Deputy Chairman of
Commission V of house Muhidin Muhammad Said observed development of
international harbor at Tanjung Berakit, Bintan. The APBN budget allocated for
the project was quite sizable but the harbor which should have been finished
and operate in 2013 was not completed.
The same was with excavation of alur Berakit, it was
still not completed so far. This year the Central Government planned to inject
tens of billions of fund for deepening of the harbor waters of Tanjung Berakit.
This was the information released by the Public Relations Dept of House on
Monday [2/12].
According to Muhidin, the International Harbor of Tanjung
Berakit, Bintn, which connected Malaysia and Singapore should be operating in
this year 2013. However there was financial problem at the Central Government
who was having austerity plan so fund was not liquidated by the Ministry of
Finance and the project had to be temporarily suspended.
It was expected that by 2014, the Tanjung Berakit Harbor
of Bintan would be put in operation and be benefited by foreign visitors. About
the sea bottom excavation, Muhidin said that Commission V of House would
allocate around Rp 34 billion of fund for the project. Commission V of House
also guaranteed that the harbor would be in operation before 2015.
If the Tanjung Berakit Harbor, Bintan was in operation it
would have a positive impact on trading and tourism. The Commission VI of House
as legislative body had the mission to support the Government as executive to
bring the harbor to life.
The Regent of Bintan, Ansar Ahmad was expecting the
Tanjung Berakit Harbor to operate soonest. This harbor was one of the medium to
promote trading and tourist inflow to Bintan. The same expectation was once
asked by an investors from Russia on the operation of this international
harbor.
Building of National Road.
Muhidin Muhammad Said said, the development of national
road at Bintan was almost completed. The building of national road was one of
the projects financed by the Central Government. Commission V of House would
continue to push the Government to build national strategic roads whereby to
promote trade and tourism in the regions. By 2014 all the national roads in
Banten would be completed.
Meanwhile
the Regent of Bintan Ansar Ahmad would continue to consult Commission V of
House and related ministries about continuity of road, harbors and other infra
structure for development and progress of the Bintan Regency. Bintan was a
place for future investment, which was why development of rural roads were
supported by Commission V of House. The Commission V team of House had observed
directly road construction in some locations in Bintan, although the status was
not State Roads, but roads built to promote tourism. Today the regency of
Bintan had prepared Detailed Engineering Design [DEED] for West by-pass road of
Bintan to make access easier.
Business News - December 6, 2013
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