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Ahok lets regent use governor's boat to save costs

Map of Thousand Islands regency (thousandIsland

Edna Tarigan (The Jakarta Post)
Jakarta
Fri, November 27, 2015

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Ahok lets regent use governor's boat to save costs Map of Thousand Islands regency (thousandIsland.co.id) (thousandIsland.co.id)

Map of Thousand Islands regency (thousandIsland.co.id)

Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama has allowed Thousand Islands Regent Budi Utomo to use the governor'€™s official boat for daily transportation due to high boat rental fees.

Ahok said that he had learned about the high fees from the provisional budget document, known as the 2016 City Budget Priorities and the Provisional Budget Platform (KUA-PPAS), that he had scrutinized over the last few days.

"I have learned from the KUA-PPAS that boat rental fees for the regent dominate the budget allocation for the Thousand Islands regency. It costs Rp 11 million (US$800) for one-way transportation,'€ Ahok said at City Hall on Friday.

Ahok said that the regent had asked him if his official boat could be used, and that as he was aware that the regent wished to cut transportation costs and had no official boat of his own, he had granted the request.

'€œWhen he asked me to allow him to use the boat, I just said, '€˜go ahead'€™. So, the Thousand Islands regent's boat is [also] the governor's official boat," Ahok added. (bbn)

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