Sutiyoso proposes Rp 597.44 billion additional budget

Sutiyoso proposes Rp 597.44 billion additional budget

Bambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

Governor Sutiyoso proposed an additional Rp 597.44 billion
(US$70.3 million) for the 2003 city budget, causing the budget
total to jump to Rp 11.65 trillion.

The proposal was conveyed during his speech on the budget
revision to a City Council plenary session on Monday.

Sutiyoso said the reason for raising the budget was due to the
higher target of regional income, from Rp 8.92 trillion to Rp
9.48 trillion, meaning there would be additional income of Rp
566.53 billion.

Regional income is expected to increase from Rp 4.66 trillion
to Rp 4.92 trillion while central government redistributed income
is expected to increase from Rp 4.26 trillion to Rp 4.55
trillion.

Sutiyoso said that a significant contribution for the
increased budget would come from motorized vehicle tax of Rp 80
billion, tax on the change of vehicle ownership of Rp 115 billion
and entertainment tax of Rp 5 billion.

From the central government, redistributed income is expected
from property tax, income tax and taxes on change of property
ownership.

On the expenditure side, administrative affairs spending will
increase to some Rp 199.05 billion, while operation, maintenance
of infrastructure and public facility spending will reach Rp
406.37 billion.

The greatest additional spending is set for infrastructure and
public facilities, which will increase from Rp 2.12 trillion to
Rp 2.36 trillion.

"The funds, will be used for funding the East Flood Canal
construction, busway facility development and land clearance for
overpasses," Sutiyoso said.

The second-largest increase in spending would be for education
and health. The budget for the two items will increase by Rp
223.48 billion on the original budget of Rp 2.71 trillion.

Sutiyoso said that the higher budget in education and health
sectors would be used to renovate school buildings, provide
scholarships and deal with a possible upsurge in dengue fever
during the rainy season.

Other significant spending increases will be on administrative
affairs (Rp 167.6 billion on Rp 3.62 trillion), followed by legal
and public order affairs (Rp 37.98 billion), natural resources
and the environment (Rp 37.13 billion), social and cultural
affairs (Rp 20.94 billion) and the economy (Rp 6.66 billion).