Unsafe housing estates

Unsafe housing estates

From Surabaya Post

Housing estates and new residential areas have become the target of thieves and purse snatchers. This would not have happened if developers and contractors regularly reported new settlers to local village and district chiefs. This could lead to the establishment of new neighborhood community organizations.

Two-year-old housing estates with 60 percent occupancy rates still experience difficulties in setting up their own community organizations.

Among the new settlers, bigwigs from large cities prefer to be indifferent to this matter. This only aggravates the unsafe situation and provides certain people with the opportunity to illegally collect money, under the pretense of development purposes.

W. ISNANDAR

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