VDSAT to continue project

VDSAT to continue project

CIANJUR, West Java (JP): Property company PT Villa Del Sol
Agro Tourism (VDSAT) is to continue the construction of an agro-
tourism project in Cikanyere village, Pacet district, Cianjur
regency, West Java, after heavy rain put work on hold last year.

VDSAT president Robert Max Sinaulan said his firm has obtained
all documents needed for the construction of the 143-hectare
agro-tourism project.

"We expect to meet West Java Governor R. Nuriana soon to ask
his permission to complete the project," Sinaulan said.

The local administration ordered the company to postpone the
project due to heavy rains last September.

Sinaulan said he hoped the land cutting and filling would soon
resume as the dry season is coming.

The project, including the building of a hotel, an 18-hole
golf course and villas, will cost approximately Rp 50 billion
(US$21.5 million).

He said the project is not located in a village declared
restricted by the Bogor administration.

The government has announced that the Puncak area, except for
nine villages, is closed to new buildings.

President Soeharto has instructed State Minister for National
Development Planning Board Ginandjar Kartasasmita to have the
Puncak area, a weekend getaway location for Jakartans, returned
to a water catchment area for Jakarta.

The instruction was made soon after heavy floods hit Jakarta
in January and February resulting in the deaths of 30 people.
(jun)