More billboards demolished

More billboards demolished

JAKARTA (JP): The City Revenue Office and the City Public Order Office demolished five more illegal billboards in East and North Jakarta yesterday.

Three of the billboards promoting Ricoh and Konica products were in East Jakarta and the other two, owned by PT Finna Pangan Lestari and PT Mega Guna Ganda Semesta, were in North Jakarta.

"Thousands of other illegal billboards are still up even though their licenses have expired," Suhardi, an officer of the revenue office, said.

According to the office data, 6,000 of the 60,000 officially registered billboards displayed throughout the capital are illegal.

Out of the 6,000 illegal billboards, only 107 have been demolished, Suhardi said.

The data were compiled by PT Bina Citra Sentra Makmur, a private company authorized by the city revenue office to do the job.

"The illegal billboards already demolished mostly violated the expiration dates of their permits," he said.

Suhardi also said that his office is having difficulty in getting rid of banners in the capital. "Banners are not allowed because they disturb the city's beauty. But soon after we clean them up, others go up again," he added. (31)