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Hospital to be constructed with private funds: Ahok
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The picture shows the planned cardiac and cancer hospital to be constructed on the land that the city administration purchased from the Sumber Waras Hospital in Grogol, West Jakarta. (kompas.com/Windoro Adi )
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overnor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama plans to construct a cancer and heart hospital on land purchased from Sumber Waras Hospital in West Jakarta . The construction will be funded by private companies.
The construction of the hospital is estimated to be complete within two years, Ahok said.
“We will source contributions [from private companies. If we use private funds, it will not violate the regulation,” said Ahok as reported by kompas.com, adding that the project requires investment of Rp 3 trillion (US$224.47 million).
He said that according to a decree issued by a home affair minister in 2011, a multi-year project could not be implemented by regional heads – governors, mayors and regents – if their term had less than two years remaining.
Ahok's statement was made after the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) announced on Tuesday that its investigators had not found any case of corruption in the acquisition of the Sumber Waras land. According to the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) the purchase had caused state loss.
“We will find [a developer] who wants to develop property projects, several floors higher than [the provision stipulated in city regulations],” said the governor. Three or more companies would be required in order to sufficiently finance the hospital construction. (bbn)
