Neglected land reaches 671 ha

Neglected land reaches 671 ha

TANGERANG (JP): At least 671 hectares, or 31 percent of the
2,158 hectares of land appropriated by developers here since
1993, are still empty, an official said on Wednesday.

The head of the Tangerang office of the National Land Agency,
Satmodjo S.W., said the neglected areas belonged to developers
who possessed location permits for several uses, including
housing, industry and public services.

In the past five years, Satmodjo said, his office had issued
619 location permits covering 4,639 hectares of land.

Ninety-one permits covering 3,374 hectares have been given for
housing, 285 permits covering 636 hectares for industry and the
remaining 243 other location permits for the rest of the land for
public services, he said. (41/jun)