W. Java's industrial growth

W. Java's industrial growth

JAKARTA (JP): Industrial growth in West Java slowed to 9.4
percent last year from 12.3 percent in 1993 due to the relocation
of some manufacturing plants from the province to other
countries, an official said.

A deputy governor of West Java, Ukman Sutaryan, told the
provincial council in a hearing in Bandung on Friday that a
number of companies have relocated their plants from the province
to China, Thailand and Taiwan.

Ukman did not specify the exact number of the companies which
have relocated their industrial activities, or their reasons.

He said that the growth decline was also caused by the fact
that most of the industrial plants operating in the province have
been operating at full capacity, Antara reported.

The government is practically curbing the growth of the
establishment of new industrial plants in the province by banning
the construction of new ones in Tangerang and allowing their
development only within industrial estates in its other
towns. (rid)