Vehicle maintenance losses reach Rp 7b

Vehicle maintenance losses reach Rp 7b

JAKARTA (JP): Total loss of funds allocated by the city for
the maintenance of official vehicles in the first eight months of
this fiscal year was Rp 7 billion (US$933,333), not Rp 16 billion
as earlier estimated, an official said.

City secretary Fauzi Bowo said on Tuesday the Rp 7 billion
loss was calculated for the maintenance of 6,851 vehicles
reported in the budget calculation at the local inspectorate
office.

Of the number, he said, 4,416 units were equipped with vehicle
ownership documents. Another 1,136 have no ownership documents
but possess supporting documents stating they were bought under
overseas project funds and overseas aid, he said.

"The remaining 1,304 neither have supporting documents nor the
vehicle ownership documents," Fauzi said.

Early this month, more than Rp 16 billion was reported missing
from the 1998/1999 city budget due to the practice of marking up
the number of vehicles.

Based on the vehicle ownership documents, the number of
official vehicles included in the routine expenditure then was
3,873, far below the 6,797 reported in the budget calculation.
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