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ity-owned developer PT Jakarta Propertindo (Jakpro) has begun developing a management plan for public facilities on the three artificial islets in Jakarta Bay that the Jakarta administration has assigned it to manage.

Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan announced on Friday that he had appointed Jakpro to manage islets C, D and G, which had been built by private developers. The announcement followed Anies’ decision in September to revoke the principle permits of 13 artificial islands in the controversial Jakarta Bay land reclamation project.

According to the gubernatorial regulation concerning Jakpro’s new role, the company would be entitled to manage “contribution land” set aside by the private developers, 5 percent of the total islet, that is dedicated to be used for public purposes, Jakpro corporate secretary Hani Sumarno said.

“It’s for the good of coastal communities that were affected by reclamation activities,” she told The Jakarta Post on Sunday.

The company was still preparing a plan for the three islets, including for the remaining 95 percent of ground outside the contribution land.

Jakpro has been tasked with constructing public facilities such as housing for lower-income people, fish markets, seafood restaurants, houses of worship, government buildings, docks and other things.

The contribution land may be located anywhere on the islets, with the details to be discussed with the existing developers.

“If we’ve reached a deal with developers so we can also use the existing buildings,” Hani said, referring to 934 buildings already on Islet D.

The regulation also allows Jakpro to cooperate with the private developers to manage the public facilities on the islets.

Anies said his administration would reveal more detailed plans for the existing three islets once Jakpro completes its planning. The city would make sure that the planning would be in line with the city’s revised draft spatial planning bylaw, which his office is still preparing.

“[Jakpro is to manage the islets] so that they would be able to be used by the public. Now, they cannot be used for anything, so we tasked Jakpro to start developing a plan,” Anies told reporters on Sunday.

He said that the islets would be open to the public, especially to fisherfolk living nearby.

“We will have a village that we will rejuvenate, so they could live as fishers, while at another side of the islets, the beaches will be open and usable by all,” he added.

PT Kapuk Naga Indah, a subsidiary of property giant PT Agung Sedayu Group, is the developer of Islets C and D.

Both Islets have completed reclamation in Jakarta Bay. Up to 409 houses and 525 offices had been built on Islet D, but Anies sealed them in June prior to his decision to halt the projects.

PT Muara Wisesa Samudara, a subsidiary of PT Kencana Unggul Sukses owned by PT Agung Podmoro Land, developed islet G, which is not yet finished.

The private developers seemed to be in the dark concerning the city administration’s plans.

APL corporate secretary Justini Omas said the company would comply with the city administration’s decision, although had only received the information recently from the media.

“We just found out from the news that Jakpro will manage the islets. We do not know anything yet,” Justini said.

The company’s focus, she said, was to wait for a green light from the government to continue the reclamation of islet G.

“On islet G, there’s a long way to go as we have not yet finished the reclamation. We had to stop midway, unlike islets C and D,” she added.

Meanwhile, Kapuk Naga Indah’s lawyer Kresna Wasedanto refused to comment when The Jakarta Post contacted him on Sunday.