Parliament Plenary Meeting
had agreed to pass Industrial Bill as law. This law was Government’s initiative
which would soon serve as reference in building national industry which was independent
and competitive. The Industrial Law was designed to empower small and medium
industry would be given full attention in the form of facilities, incentive,
and convenience. Public Relations Dept. of House announced on Monday [23/12].
This Government proposed Bill consisted of 17 chapters
and 125 articles. This Bill was designed to build national industry as pillar
and propeller of national economy. In this Bill, the national industry was
expected to be independent, competitive, secured in business and environment
orientated. Not less important was that soon when this Bill was passed, a
National Industry Committee would be set up and be legalized. The National
Industry Committee was needed to coordinate industrial development whereby to
synergize.
It was expected that the industrial law would serve as
sound legal foundation which would give legal assurance to industry management
at home. Besides, the Law on Industry was expected to enhance growth of
Indonesia’s industry to be independent, progressive and competitive.
Member of House Sadarestuwati urged the Government to
synchronize the new Industrial Law with the law of Cultural Conservation,
whereby the nation’s traces of history would not vanish in the air. An example
was Triwulan in Modjokerto where a steel plant was going to be built which
would damage the cultural conservation. Therefore the Government was asked to
designate Triwulan as culture conservation.
As
known the Regent of Mojokerto, East Java Mustofa Kamal Pasha stressed he would not
withdraw permit to PT Manunggal Sentra Baja to build a steel factory in an area
where once stood the Majapahit empire in the District of Triwulan, Mojokerto.
The reason was that the Regent was absolutely sure there was no archeological
remains in that site. The Mojokerto local Government had only issued building
permit [IMB] for PT Manunggal steel factory in Triwulan, but in case of
protection against disturbances [hinder Ordinantie] no permit if any sort had
been issued by the Regent of Mojokerto. Besides, the local Government could not
force PT Manunggal to relocate the factory to another place, since Triwulan was
not designated as cultural conservation center. Moreover the Directorate
General of Culture had already made excavations around the factory site, but
there was no archeological remain found. Building of steel factory in Triwulan
was widely criticized as it was rated as destructive to the remains of
Majapahit Kingdom. Although building permit was nort withdrawn, PT Manunggal
took the initiative to temporarily stop building process of the factory.
Business News - December 30, 2013
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