The Bekasi municipality of West Java asked the Jakarta administration on Tuesday for Rp 900 billion (US$69 million) to finance development
he Bekasi municipality of West Java asked the Jakarta administration on Tuesday for Rp 900 billion (US$69 million) to finance development.
“We submitted a request for Rp 900 billion but apparently we will get Rp 400 billion. [If we get that amount] we will be thankful too,” Bekasi Mayor Rahmat Effendi said at City Hall, as quoted by beritajakarta.com.
Rahmat said the amount of the grant in the proposal was bigger than last year’s grant of Rp 98 billion because Bekasi planned to build infrastructure projects.
Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama will not quibble on the amount if it is used for the right reasons.
“If it’s for the development of roads, absorption wells and other things like that, we will give it to them,” Ahok said.
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