Subdistrict heads to receive Kijang

Subdistrict heads to receive Kijang

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

The city administration is set to give a new Toyota Kijang car to
each of the 267 subdistrict heads in the city.

Deputy Governor Fauzi Bowo said on Thursday that the vehicles
were badly needed not only by the subdistrict heads, but also by
their subordinates so as to facilitate their work.

Fauzi refused to go into detail about how much the vehicles
would cost. "Just work it out for yourselves. How much does a new
Kijang cost right now?" he said.

As the price of a Kijang is around Rp 150 million (US$16,800),
the city administration will probably have to spend more than Rp
40 billion to purchase the 267 vehicles as envisaged.

Fauzi said the vehicles would be purchased in July or August
this year.

City spokesman Muhayat said that the cars would be purchased
by the City Administration's Assets Bureau.

The city administration has been allocating huge sums of money
to the subdistricts, including the Subdistrict Community
Empowerment Program (PPMK), which is managed by the Subdistrict
Councils (Dekel).

Although many instances of graft have been found in the
management of the money, the city administration doubled the
amount of the funds from Rp 250 billion last year to Rp 500
billion this year.

A source in the Assets Bureau said the administration had also
allocated Rp 500 million for the maintenance of each subdistrict
office.