Sport complex management questioned

Sport complex management questioned

JAKARTA (JP): Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso has demanded the right
to manage the Bung Karno sports complex in Senayan, Central
Jakarta, which he claims to have been mismanaged by its current
management board.

The sports complex is currently managed by Bung Karno Sports
Complex Management Board, which was established by the State
Secretary.

In accordance with the implementation of Regional Autonomy Law
No.22/2000, the sports center should be managed by the city
administration, Sutiyoso told reporters last week.

He also said that there were irregularities under the current
management, such as the construction of Hotel Mulia and Plaza
Senayan.

Sutiyoso denied, however, that his demand to manage the sports
center is based on his ambition to reap profits from the sports
complex.

"The income of the Jakarta city administration has already
reached trillions of rupiah; if necessary, we could cross-
subsidize (the sports complex)," Sutiyoso boasted.

When the management is returned to the city administration,
the governor plans to fully utilize the sports complex in the
manner for which it was originally designed and make it the
city's "lung" to counteract the severe air pollution in Jakarta.

Sutiyoso claimed to have discussed the matter beforehand with
President Megawati Soekarnoputri.(06)