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Fauzi Seals Off  Disputed Taman Ria Site
Dofa Fasila | July 27, 2010

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Jakarta Governor Fauzi Bowo on Tuesday said he had ordered the sealing of Taman Ria Senayan, an sprawling plot of state land adjacent to the legislative complex, which had been the subject of a dispute between the lawmakers and the government.

‘This morning, I have issued an order to seal [the land] and halt all activities there,” Fauzi said.

The roughly 10.5 hectares of land had been leased by the State Secretariat to a private company planning to build a commercial mall.

Lawmakers, arguing that the city already had more commercial malls than it needed but much less open, green public spaces than it should, have opposed the project and demanded that the land be used for a park instead.

“This action is part of the efforts of the city administration to expand the city’s green open space,” Fauzi said, adding that the decision to seal the site was also made in response to the objection from the lawmakers.

Fauzi said he had already consulted the leadership of the People’s Consultative Assembly, the House of Representatives and the Regional Representatives Council (DPD), all legislative institutions housed in the complex next to Taman Ria Senayan.

The governor said that under the city’s spatial planning, 80 percent of the area should be green open space while the built area could only cover the remaining 20 percent.

However, Hari Sasongko Kushadi who heads the city’s Building Monitoring and Control Agency, said that only 10 percent of the area could be built and there was a limitation of the height of the building at four floors.

The State Secretariat had leased the land to property developer PT Ariobimo Laguna Perkasa for 25 years, beginning this year, under a contract signed in July 2008.

Ariobimo has said it was planning to develop a mall in the area that would be operated by the Lippo group, with which the Jakarta Globe is affiliated.

Data from the city’s spatial planning office showed that Ariobimo was planning to build seven buildings on the site, occupying 10 percent of the land.

House Speaker Marzuki Alie had earlier said the legislative body needed the site to build a new office tower for legislators, but he later denied that rejecting the mall had anything to do with that plan.