Jakarta (ANTARA News) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will summon Jakarta Governor Fauzi Bowo for an explanation about the transportation management in the capital city.
"In the near future I will ask the Jakarta governor and perhaps also the mayors and other high ranking officials of the Jakarta city administration for their report on the progress of the development and management of the transportation sector in Jakarta," the president said here on Wednesday after presiding over a limited cabinet meeting to discuss achievements in 2007 and priority programs in 2008.
The capital city with a population of about 10 million has five mayors respectively of Central Jakarta, West Jakarta, East Jakarta, South Jakarta and North Jakarta.
The president admitted that the transportation problem in Jakarta is a crucial issue which should be jointly solved by the central and regional governments.
"There should be a synergy among the ministries of transportation, industry, public works, the police, Jakarta city administration as well as among Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, Bekasi (Jabodetabek) so that traffic can be managed effectively including the infrastructure in those cities," Yudhoyono pointed out.
The president said further that the government had prepared several solutions consisting of the short run, medium and the long run over the transportation problems in Jakarta and its environs (Bodetabek).
One of the solutions is giving an opportunity to the private sector to handle the railway transportation business.
"Now the government is considering the parts ot the railway transportation business most suitable to handled by state-owned enterprises and those by the private sector to establish the most effective cooperation. Of course we will take into account different cases of transportation," the president cited.
The partnership between the state-owned railway company and the private sector is aimed to improve public service to support the ongoing economic development to raise the income of the state-owned companies.
The head of state will also ask the Jakarta governor about the problems of flood control and garbage disposal.
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