Transport works tendered

Transport works tendered

JAKARTA (JP): The Ministry of Transportation said yesterday
that it will tender all the projects for the construction of
transportation facilities which are offered to the private sector
under a build-operate-and-transfer scheme.

Secretary General of the Ministry of Transportation
Muchtarudin Siregar denied accusations that his ministry did not
tender many of its transportation projects.

The building of the container terminal in Tanjung Priok port
by Humpuss and a new airport in Medan, North Sumatra, by PT Citra
Lamtorogung Persada, for example, had been tendered with normal
procedures, he said.

Both companies belong to the children of President Soeharto,
his youngest son Hutomo Mandala Putra and eldest daughter Siti
Hardiyanti Rukmana.

The container terminal project is estimated to cost Rp 800
billion (US$370 million) and the airport project Rp 2 trillion.

"The construction of the Rp 7 trillion Mass Rapid Transport
(MRT) project in the Jakarta greater area will also be tendered
according to normal procedures," Siregar was quoted by Antara
news agency as saying here.

Last week's meeting of the Consultative Group for Indonesia
(CGI) suggested that the building of mega projects in Indonesia
should be offered to contractors through tenders.

Siregar said private sector companies interested in
transportation projects can ask the government for explanation.

He said there will be more mega transportation projects which
will be offered to private sector companies, including an
integrated station in Mangarai, Central Jakarta, and
international airports in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara, and in
Solo, Central Java. (yns)