Regent's directive needed

Regent's directive needed

TANGERANG, West Java (JP): A Tangerang regency regulation
issued last year on a levy imposed on privately-owned market
building owners has yet to be enforced, pending the regent's
directive.

The head of the Tangerang Market Authority, Bunyamin, said
yesterday that the market authority, which is responsible for
enforcing the regulation, has done nothing due to the absence of
the directive.

"What the market authority has done is listed the market
buildings built by private companies in Tangerang," he said.

According to regulation No. 8/1995 issued more than six months
ago, the buildings' owners are subject to pay a monthly levy
between Rp 500 and Rp 1,000 to the regency revenue office for
each square meter of flooring of the market buildings they own.

There are presently at least 20 supermarkets, malls and
shopping centers operating in housing complexes built by private
companies in Tangerang, Bunyamin said.

The regency oversees 17 market buildings built by the
government. "They contribute around Rp 300 million (US$130,434)
in regency revenue annually," Bunyamin said.

"Had the directive been issued, the regency would have
collected hundreds of thousands of rupiah in revenue from the
businessmen," he said. (18/sur)