PIK to raise roads in Kapok

PIK to raise roads in Kapok

JAKARTA: Developer of the luxury housing complex Pantai Indah
Kapok, PT Mandala Permai, has agreed to fulfill Kapok residents'
demand to raise 2.5 kilometers of road in their area by one
meter.

The agreement was reached during the third meeting, on Sunday,
between the development's management and Kapok residents, who had
previously identified the housing complex as being the cause of
flooding in their area and had asked for compensation from the
developer.

Hamid, one of Kapok's public figures who attended the meeting,
said that with the agreement, residents, for the time being,
would abandon their threat to demolish the dikes built by the
developer to prevent flooding at the housing complex.

"We managed to reach agreement today as the developer showed
its good will. But we're still asking for the developer to
fulfill other demands," he said, adding that the raising of the
roads would start on Monday. --JP