Residents urged to demolish houses

Residents urged to demolish houses

JAKARTA (JP): North Jakarta Mayor H. Suprawito yesterday urged residents living on Jl. Perintis Kemerdekaan to immediately demolish their houses to make way for the development of public parks along the street.

"If they do not want to demolish the houses themselves, we will pull them down for them," he told reporters. But he refused to say when the demolition, by city administration officers, will be done.

Suprawito said several public parks will be built along the street.

At the moment this location, on Jl.Perintis Kemerdekaan, is occupied by 53 families which live in approximately 100 houses.

According to Suprawito the people have been living there since 1987, and under an agreement signed by them and city administration officials, they have to move from the site when the city administration decides it will use the land.(bas)