JAKARTA – Minister of Finance (Menkeu) Sri Mulyani closed a working visit to Papua this weekend with an interesting post.
Through his personal Instagram account, the treasurer was seen posting a photo of walking on a zebra cross with three other people who were officials within the Ministry of Finance.
As if to emphasize the purpose of the upload, the Minister of Finance also juxtaposed on the side of the photo an iconic image of The Beatles personnel who were also crossing the zebra crossing Abbey Road, North London.
"(We) took a photo in front of the majestic and beautiful Lukas Enembe Stadium - Jayapura Papua in the style of The Beatles Abbey Road album cover," he said via @smindrawati on Sunday, November 28.
According to the Minister of Finance, all facilities and infrastructure in Papua were built with state funds. Even so with the PON sports arena whose implementation has just been completed some time ago.
“PON XX and PEPARNAS XVI in Papua have been completed. Various sports building facilities and competition facilities as well as improvements to infrastructure and the environment were built with State Money #UangKita APBN and Transfer Funds to APBD from 2018 to 2021," he said.
The Minister of Finance revealed that the funds disbursed for the province in the easternmost part of Indonesia were not small.
"The Papua Special Infrastructure Transfer Fund for the construction of the Main Stadium GOR, rehabilitation of tennis courts, softball, baseball, futsal, shooting amounts to IDR 881.5 billion (2018), IDR 716.5 billion (2019), and IDR 140.5 billion (2020), " he said.
In addition, the former boss of the World Bank and IMF also said that Papua was one of the few provinces in Indonesia that received a special disbursement of the Special Autonomy Fund.
"Special Autonomy Funds to build GOR and sports infrastructure for the preparation of PON reached IDR 1.10 trillion (2019) and IDR 1.44 trillion (2020)," he said.
In detail, he described the 2018-2020 Ministry of PUPR spending for the construction of the Istora Papua Rising Rp. 257.5 billion, the construction of an aquatic venue of Rp. 401 billion, and the construction of a cricket arena and volleyball court of Rp. 277 billion.
Then, the construction of the rowing, archery, and roller skate venues for Rp. 116.5 billion, the arrangement of the Kampung Harapan and aquatic areas of Rp. 134.7 billion, as well as the arrangement of the doyo area to support the cricket, outdoor and indoor hockey arenas.
On this occasion, the Minister of Finance appealed to the public to protect the state and regional assets that are so magnificent and beautiful. He also reminded the local government to immediately establish a professional asset management agency capable of safeguarding, managing and utilizing these assets for the benefit of the community.
“We all hope that this can continue to encourage Papuan sports achievements in a sustainable manner and even lead to positive economic and social activities. People Can, People Are Great!” closed the Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani.
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