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