Officers blamed for illegal projects

Officers blamed for illegal projects

JAKARTA (JP): Central Jakarta Mayor Abdul Kahfi said yesterday
that the mushrooming of illegal construction projects in the
mayoralty was entirely due to his subordinates' lack of knowledge
about their role and existing regulations.

"These land cases occurred because heads of districts and
subdistricts did not take stern action against the illicit
developers due to their poor knowledge of the regulations and
their area," he said, giving no further details about the
unlawful projects.

By improving their awareness, council officers could prevent
the growing number of non-licensed projects which normally
inflict losses on local residents.

Kahfi was speaking after installing Rustam Effendi, a former
deputy head of Sawah Besar district, as the new Kemayoran
district head, replacing Dasril Hasibuan.

He also urged all heads of districts and subdistricts to keep
on reducing the illegal land acquisitions at strategic business
sites in Central Jakarta. (04)