Newcomers to Jakarta Predicted Declining
Reported by Rudi Hermawan | Translated by Rini Elvira
Jakarta seems to no longer be destination city for job seekers who are now prefer Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, Tangerang Selatan, and Bekasi more. The industrial growth in these bordering areas is increasing and needs a lot of manpower. While in the capital city, job vacancies in formal sector are relatively small.
Jakarta is no longer be the main target of people from other regions. They proceed to industrial areas around Jakarta
“Jakarta is no longer be the main target of people from other regions. They proceed to industrial areas around Jakarta,” stated Head of Jakarta Population and Civil Registry Department, Purba Hutapea, after the ceremony of the 2014 Homecoming and Returning Flows Control, at Monas, Central Jakarta, Monday (7/21).
Based on population data in 2013, Hutapea continued, there were about 31 thousand newcomers after Eid ul Fitr. From that amount, 20 thousand of them proceeded to areas outside Jakarta. No wonder recent population growth in the city is low, which is only around 1.4 percent. As for Depok and Bekasi, population growth in those cities is more than 3 percent.
Kemendagri Demanded to Accelerate ID Card Issuance“Although the amount of newcomers keeps decreasing, we will still do efforts to press their numbers because Jakarta is getting crowded. One of the ways is by spreading banners and leaflets,” he told.
According to Hutapea, the writings on the banners will picture the hard life in the city, such as ‘Jakarta is Already Dense, Let’s Build and Bring Forward Dearest Village, or ‘Thank You for Not Taking Newcomer to Jakarta’. These banners will be installed in bus terminals and several traffic light intersections.
“The writings on the banners will picture the hard life in the city, especially for newcomers who don’t have skills. The effects (of their arrival) will make Jakarta becomes more dense and increase traffic congestion,” he uttered.
In addition, Hutapea disclosed that the research done by Economic Faculty of University of Indonesia Demographic Institution in May 2014 against Jakartans revealed that as many as 3,616,774 people have confirmed they will be going hometowns. This amount is 36.21 percent of total citizens, which is 9,988,329 people.
