More low-cost apartments needed

More low-cost apartments needed

JAKARTA (JP): A deputy governor wants PD Pembangunan Sarana
Jaya, a city-owned construction company, to build more low-cost
apartments to meet the escalating demand for housing among the
low-income bracket.

"The company should not only anticipate big opportunities in
the property business but should build more low-cost apartments
instead," said Tb. M. Rais, the deputy governor for economic and
development affairs.

Rais made the statement during the inauguration of several
high ranking city officials, including PD Sarana Jaya's new
operation director, M. Zaidani Hamdan, at a ceremony at City Hall
on Tuesday.

Up until now, the city-owned company has constructed eight
low-cost apartments with a total of 2,934 units.

The apartments, some of which are rented on a daily basis, are
located in Pondok Kelapa, Pondok Bambu and Cipinang, East
Jakarta; in Karang Anyar and Rawa Sari, Central Jakarta; in
Penjaringan, North Jakarta, and in Cengkareng and Tambora, West
Jakarta.

PD Sarana Jaya's president, Thamrin Djamain, earlier said that
the company would refurbish a dilapidated low-cost apartment
complex located in the Rawa Bilal area of Tebet, South Jakarta,
which was built in 1982. (03)