Tangerang freezes permit issuance

Tangerang freezes permit issuance

JAKARTA (JP): The local administration of Tangerang, West Java, has temporarily frozen the issuance of permits for the construction of new factories in the regency.

The administration's Ena Karlina told Antara on Wednesday that the decision to freeze the issuance of permits until August was made in accordance with a circular from the Ministry of Industry, which declared that Tangerang was closed to new factories.

"Actually there are still another 3,000 hectares earmarked by the city administration for the development of industrial estates, in line with city planning. But we have to abide by the memorandum from the industry ministry and wait for further instructions from the central government," she said.

Ena said that the 3,000 hectares designated for industrial estate development were located in the Cikupa, Pasar Kemis and Balaraja districts. (hhr)