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Govt to repurpose former COVID hospital as public servant housing
The building complex, comprising 10 towers with between 18 and 23 floors, has remained vacant since the pandemic ended in 2023.
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Members of the Indonesian Red Cross prepare to sterilize Kemayoran Athletes VIllage in Jakarta, on March 21, 2020. -JP/Seto Wardhana/Adi/20 (JP/Seto Wardhana)
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he government plans to repurpose the Athletes Village, in Kemayoran, Central Jakarta, an emergency hospital previously used to treat COVID-19 patients, into vertical housing for public servants.
The building complex, comprising 10 towers with between 18 and 23 floors, has remained vacant since the pandemic ended in 2023.
Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati said on Tuesday that the administration would issue a presidential instruction to underline utilization of vacant state assets, including the Athletes Village, so it could spur economic activities in Jakarta, while also utilizing them as public facilities, as reported by Kumparan.
“We have assessed interest in prospective commercial activities. It would also serve as housing for state servants, as many happen to live within the vicinity of the building,” Sri Mulyani said.
“However, we don’t want to send an incorrect signal because we still have plans to move the capital [to East Kalimantan],” she added.
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Before it became one of the country’s most prominent health facilities during the height of COVID-19, it accommodated athletes for the 2018 Asian Games and Asian Para Games.
