Mayor upset by developer

Mayor upset by developer

JAKARTA (JP): The deputy governor, responsible for government affairs, Idroes, said he will ask the North Jakarta mayor to examine the reasons for the reduction in the number of public facilities to be given by PT Summarecon, a housing developer, to city administration.

"The mayoralty should recheck the data submitted by the company," he said. "The developer has agreed to give away public and social facilities to the mayoralty, that's all we know," Idroes said over the weekend.

In a letter to the mayoralty, dated April 12, 1995, PT Summarecon stated it was ready to build public and social facilities in the Kelapa Gading housing complex it is now constructing. When completed, the company will give them to the North Jakarta mayoralty. But the size of the land set aside for the facilities was less than what it has previously promised.

Idroes said the company previously agreed to build public and social facilities worth more than Rp 300 billion. The facilities included 28 parks worth Rp 82 billion.

Idroes said the developer, in its letter, also promised that those facilities would be completed before August this year. But on the official list submitted later to the mayoralties, it was stated that the developer would only give away 19 parks, not 28 as promised.

The size of the land set aside for a community health center is also not in conformity with the statement made in the letter. The land size is only 6,250 square meters, 1,350 square meters short of that originally promised.

PT Summarecon, as one of the biggest housing developers in the country, received a certificate of appreciation directly from President Soeharto recently for its participation in constructing the Bidara Cina apartments. (31)