Project chiefs to face carrot, stick

Project chiefs to face carrot, stick

JAKARTA (JP): Governor Surjadi Soedirdja says managers of city owned projects should be rewarded or, if necessary, punished, according to the outcome of the projects for which they are responsible.

"If they can complete the project right on time and the quality of the work is satisfactory, the city administration should reward them. But if they fail to finish the project as scheduled the administration should reprimand them and then, if necessary, punish them," Surjadi said, while formally appointing 472 project managers and 466 project treasurers.

Surjadi did not give details of the kind of punishments that deficient managers should receive.

Ery Chajaridipura, chairman of the Jakarta Development Management Board, concurred with the governor, adding that a special team had already been formed to asses the work of project managers.

He said that the city budget for 525 projects scheduled for the 1995/1996 fiscal year was Rp 2.2 trillion.

"We expect that all the projects will get underway in June this year," he said. (31)