Day: August 24, 2021

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PUPR Ministry continues to encourage One Million Houses Program

The Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) will continue to encourage the implementation of the One Million Houses Program to offer decent housing to the public.

“The One Million Houses Program will continue to be encouraged, so that Indonesian people have decent houses,” Director of Housing Financing of the Directorate General of Infrastructure Financing of the ministry, Haryo Bekti Martoyoedo, noted during an online seminar here on Tuesday.

According to Martoyoedo, the ministry was currently running the program, which is one of the government’s priority programs in fulfilling major projects, as set out in the 2020-2024 National Medium-Term Development Plan (RPJMN), through infrastructure and housing development for the community.

In the program, the government targets the construction of one million housing units for the community that are divided into two sectors, comprising 70 percent of houses for people from the Low-Income group (MBR) and 30 percent of houses for people from the non-low-income group (non-MBR).

Various programs, such as the construction of flats, special houses, self-help housing, distribution of subsidized housing infrastructure, facilities and utilities, subsidized housing loans (KPR), as well as assistance from local governments and the private sector are also being pursued. The ministry had earlier announced that before the 76th Anniversary of Indonesian Independence, some 515,107 housing units had been built throughout Indonesia under the One Million Houses Program.

The ministry’s Director General of Housing, Khalawi Abdul Hamid, expects this figure to consistently increase in line with housing developments by the central and local governments as well as housing developers and the community.

Based on the direction of the PUPR minister, Khalawi remarked that the One Million Houses Program will continue to be implemented across Indonesia as the demand for housing in Indonesia is still quite high.

Hence, the ministry is optimistic of support and cooperation from various stakeholders in the housing sector to jointly ensure the success of the National Strategic Program.

The One Million Houses Program was launched by President Joko Widodo on April 29, 2015, in Ungaran District, Central Java.

Through this program, the government is seeking to encourage the participation of every stakeholder in the housing sector, both from the central and local governments, housing developers from various associations, banks, the private sector, educational institutions, and the wider community to actively participate in housing development in the country.

Source: Antara News

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Soldiers distribute “sembako” to Yuwainda villagers in Papua’s Keerom

Soldiers stationed in Yuwainda Village, Yaffi Sub-district, Keerom District, near the Indonesia-Papua New Guinea border, expressed their care and solidarity for local residents by distributing “sembako,” or staple food packages, to them.

Distribution of “sembako” to the villagers was recently conducted by the Karang checkpoint members of the Indonesia-PNG Border Security Task Force from the 512/QY Mechanized Infantry Battalion.

“Yuwainda villagers welcomed this community service,” the task force commander Lieutenant Colonel Taufik Hidayat noted in a press statement that ANTARA quoted here on Tuesday.

Marice, a local resident, was quoted in a press statement as saying that she was thankful for a staple food package that her family received from the army personnel stationed at the Karang checkpoint. “We thank TNI soldiers, who have given us ‘sembako’. We feel that we are being helped with their presence here. May Almighty God bless them,” this 44-year-old woman stated.

The distribution of staple food packages to Yuwainda’s villagers was led by the Karang checkpoint commanding officer, 2nd Sergeant Gaintoro, Hidayat noted.

ANTARA had earlier reported on the Indonesian soldiers deployed in Papua to help the locals through community services involving the provision of staple food, healthcare, mobile library, voluntary teaching, and street clean-up programs.

Last month, in the midst of a resurgence in COVID-19 cases, seven soldiers had donated bags of rice to native Papuans in Baidub Village, Ulilin Sub-district, Merauke District. “We shared a little bit of what we get with our Papuan brothers and sisters,” Lt Col Albert Frantesca, commanding officer of the 611 Infantry Battalion/Awang Long’s Indonesia-Papua New Guinea Border Security Task Force, remarked.

The rice was distributed to locals by the border security checkpoint’s commanding officer, Second Lieutenant Nyoman, and six soldiers. The donation is expected to help placate the burden on villagers.

In February this year, several soldiers from the 756/WMS Infantry Battalion’s security task force had offered mobile health services to the residents of Beanekogom Village, Tembagapura Sub-district, Mimika District.

Such health services have routinely been offered as part of the task force’s community service initiatives to ensure that the locals are in good health, according to officials.

The task force’s commander, Major Marolop Edison Bala Hutapea, stated that the TNI is mindful of the difficulties faced by local residents and maintains an emotional connect with them.

Sincerity in conducting community services and tending to the needs of local communities would help in ensuring that the TNI security posts are useful to them, he added.

Source: Antara News

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