Summarecon responds

Summarecon responds

Pertaining to Van der Westhuizen P.J.'s letter in The Jakarta
Post on Nov. 4, we at PT Summarecon Agung Tbk (SA), the developer
of Kelapa Gading Permai, would like to make the following
clarification.

First, the puskesmas (health clinic) in the Bukit Gading Villa
(BGV) area is on a plot of land that was handed over by SA to the
Jakarta municipality (DKI) as part of our obligation to provide a
social/public facility, therefore the construction of this clinic
was entirely under the coordination of the municipality.

As a matter of fact, before construction began, we had advised
the municipality to relocate to an alternative location.
Unfortunately, this gesture did not receive any response from the
residents of Bukit Gading Villa.

Second, it is not true or fair at all if we are perceived as
being indifferent toward the township we have developed since
1975. We are a publicly listed real estate developer who has been
rebuilding the infrastructure after the floods in February of
this year, by repairing the boulevards, clearing the main gutters
of garbage and constructing a water retention pond to the north
of the township. In addition, we have also organized a
neighborhood campaign aimed at increasing residents' awareness
and care toward the environment in an attempt to prevent floods
from recurring.

As for your suggestion on what the government can and should
do, let's voice this together as a concerted effort to make
Kelapa Gading Permai, including BGV, a better place to live in.

PANJI KIANSANTANG, Community Relations Manager,
PT Summarecon Agung Tbk, Jakarta