Sanitation at Permata Hijau

Sanitation at Permata Hijau

JAKARTA (JP): South Jakarta Mayor Pardjoko expressed concern with the bad management of the luxurious Permata Hijau housing complex.

According to the mayor, the grass in a number of areas around the complex is not tended properly and growing wildly. Moreover, food sellers have been allowed to offer their services under the foliage of a large tree.

"We actually expect the Permata Hijau complex to become a model for other sub-districts in the mayoralty," the mayor said.

There are 560 houses in the Permata Hijau complex, whose owners are obliged to pay a Rp 4000 ($1.80) cleaning service fee. Twenty workers are currently employed in the complex, Antara reported yesterday.

"Things are not working well," Pardjoko said, calling for an immediate settlement to the problem.(29)