Mayor warns developers

TANGERANG (JP): Tangerang mayor M. Thamrin warned on Tuesday that developers who were found guilty of swindling funds from city-funded projects would be blacklisted.

In a ceremony at the City Hall which marked the inauguration of 146 projects completed in the 2000 fiscal year, Thamrin urged all developers to maintain the quality of their work as it would not only avoid wasting government funds, but benefit the people.

"Errant developers will not be awarded any project in the future," Thamrin said.

Construction projects sanctioned by the mayoralty administration in the nine-month-old fiscal year in 2000 amounted to over Rp 77.64 billion. The projects included the construction of several bridges in the Tirtayasa, Karang Anyar and Pramuka areas, an elementary school building and local government offices. (41)