Fri, 16 Jun 2000

Sutiyoso to quit city companies

JAKARTA (JP): Governor Sutiyoso will shortly resign from his position as chief supervisor at six city-owned companies, locally known as perusahaan daerah (PD), as ordered by Law No. 22/1999 on Regional Autonomy, an official said on Monday.

Sutiyoso has already resigned from his position as chief commissioner at city-owned Bank DKI.

"His (Sutiyoso's) resignation will have to wait for the shareholders' meetings of the six companies to decide on the replacements," head of the city economic office Dameria Saragih told reporters at her office.

"All four deputy governors, who are members of the board of supervisors, will also resign. They will all be replaced by professionals," she added.

The six city-owned companies are tap water company PDAM Jaya, slaughter company PD Dharma Jaya, property company PD Pembangunan Sarana Jaya, market operator PD Pasar Jaya, waste water company PD PAL Jaya and hotel operator PD Wisata Niaga Jaya.

The companies have been targeted to contribute more than Rp 4 billion (US$470,500) to the 2000 city budget. In the 1999/2000 budget, PD Pasar Jaya, PD Pembangunan Sarana Jaya and PD PAL Jaya's contributions only added up to about Rp 3.3 billion.

"The governor will also relinquish his position as chief commissioner at 21 jointly owned companies to improve their performances," Dameria said, while adding that the governor would initially resign from four of the companies, namely PT Bumi Grafika Jaya, PT Food Station Cipinang, PT Pembangunan Jaya and PT Pembangunan Jaya Ancol

Dameria, however, denied allegations that the governor was prevaricating over his resignations.

"The governor is resigning in phases because he has to wait for shareholders' meetings to find replacements," she said.

Sutiyoso himself has repeatedly told reporters he wants to resign from the positions to concentrate on his governorship.

Dameria also revealed the city administration's plan to set up two property and tourism holding companies to improve the companies' performances in similar fields.

"We will set up PT Pembangunan Jaya Ancol as the holding company for the tourism sector. It will oversee PD Wisata Niaga Jaya and Jaya Raya guest house," she said.

"But, we are yet to decide on which company will be the holding company for property sector. We are still evaluating our three property companies," she added, before hinting that the three companies were PT Pembangunan Pantura, PT Pembangunan Pluit Jaya and PT Pulo Mas Jaya.

The 21 jointly-owned companies have been targeted to secure a net revenue of more than Rp 13.65 billion in the 2000 city budget, compared to the Rp 27.11 billion they added to the city's coffers in 1999/2000. (nvn)