Deputy Minister Of SOEs Wants Red Plate Company Assets To Be Optimized Into Public Open Spaces

Deputy Minister of State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) Kartika Wirjoatmodjo (center). (Photo: Special)

JAKARTA - Deputy Minister of State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) Kartika Wirjoatmodjo wants state-owned company assets that have historical value to be optimized into public open spaces. Without eliminating the original form of the building.

For example, the revitalization of the Sarinah building. Where the construction still maintains historical value. Now, Sarinah is the center of a new crowd in Jakarta. This includes the revitalization of Pos Indonesia's assets into Posbloc.

"Hopefully, all BUMN assets that have heritage aspects will be maintained. So I think this can become a new crowd center, but also a heart center rather than a green city," he said at the Peruri City Park groundbreaking event, in Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta, Friday, October 13.

Tiko, Kartika's nickname, also hopes that the revitalization carried out on Peruri's assets, in this case the construction of Peruri City Park, can also become a new center of crowds in South Jakarta. However, it is also a green open space for the public.

Not only will it become a green space that is open to the public, Tiko said that Peruri City Park will also become a center for government technology (govtech).

"So this is a big transformation in Peruri. We aspire here to be the center of Govtech, so the official Govtech, including the Govtech data center, will be brought to this area," he said.

"Our hope is that this is not only a green center that is a gathering place for balked communities, but also a center for technological developments for govtech. Of course, it can be interesting for future communities for millennials who are interested in helping govtech with the government," he continued.

As is known, Peruri will use the company's assets into public spaces. This step is to revive Kebayoran Baru's'sprit' as Garden City. The new master plan will be based on the construction of Urban Park or Peruri City Park.

Development also received support from the Ministry of State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) and also the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government.

Peruri President Director Dwina Septiani Wijaya said the City of Peruri will become a new face by carrying out the concept of development that is not massive through low density and low rise development, and still brings preservation of cultural heritage values among the concepts of modern buildings.

"We will start the construction of Peruri City, not from the laying of the first stone as is usually done in the construction of tally buildings, but from planting trees in Peruri City which will make the ex-industrial area provide 1.08 hectares of reforestation areas and a wider container for creative activities for Jakarta residents," he said.

Dwina said that Peruri City has a very strategic location surrounded by several public transportation facilities, including Blok M Bus Terminal, Transjakarta Bus Stop and MRT Station, thus making this area included in the TOD (Transit Oriented Development) area.

The city of Peruri is an integrated area consisting of 7 activity zones, namely Peruri Office, Heritage Fine dining and Resto, Urban Park, Art and Creative Gallery, Food and Beverage, MICE, and Commercial Office by carrying out four planning principles, namely inclusive, dynamic, authentic, and adaptive-reuse.

One of the zones in Peruri City is Urban Park or so-called Peruri City Park to answer the community's need for green open space in the middle of South Jakarta. Peruri City Park accounts for most green open spaces with a total area of 1.08 hectares which will be one of the sources of reforestation in the middle of South Jakarta.

"The city of Peruri will in the future become a center of activity that encourages visitors to use public transportation to support emission reduction," he said.