Acting Governor Ensures Budget Allocation for Priority Programs in RAPBD 2025

Acting Jakarta Governor of Jakarta, Teguh Setyabudi delivered the Response to the General Views of the Factions on the Draft Bylaw 2025.

This program is to provide equal education services for all levels of society

On that occasion, he emphasized the Jakarta Provincial Government's commitment to priority programs in 2025.

According to him, the Jakarta Government continues to improve access to safe, decent, and affordable housing for the community. One of them was through the provision of a Low-cost Apartment (Rusunawa) for Jakarta residents who do not yet have a house and are included in the Low-Income Community (MBR) category.

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"The executive also develops the construction of habitable houses through home improvement and land consolidation in collaboration with stakeholders and the BPN," he expressed, in the Plenary Meeting at the City Council building, Tuesday (11/12).

He hoped that the Housing Facilitation Program Acquisition Financing (FRRR) could facilitate Jakarta residents to get a house. Aside that, activities to improve the quality of settlements would continue to be conducted, thus slum areas in Jakarta continue to decrease.

Regarding the Provision of Green Open Space (RTH), the Jakarta Government continues to strive for RTH management according to the RPD target of 0.009 percent or equivalent to 6 hectares per year.

Aside that, quality improvement was carried out through the construction, arrangement, and maintenance of green open space. The current green open space design has been adjusted to other green open space functions, namely ecological space, recreation, disaster mitigation, flood control, social interaction, and development of education, sports, and culture.

Related to public transportation, the Jakarta Government continues to increase the scope of public transportation services by increasing the number of transportation networks through the construction of MRT Jakarta, LRT Jakarta, and Transjakarta network extensions.

He explained there were several efforts to realize transportation integration through six dimensions of integration, including physical integration, services, routes/paths, payment systems, tariffs, and data and information integration.

"The coverage of public transportation services until October 2024 has reached 84.6 areas or 90.5 percent of the population of Jakarta," he explained.

Regarding stunting handling, the Jakarta Government had allocated a Supplementary Food Provision (PMT) program in the form of food products made from local food ingredients high in animal protein.

Then about flood handling efforts, the Jakarta Government keeps increasing the capacity of rivers and drainage channels through committed draining and dredging of sediment.

"To overcome the impact of tidal flooding in coastal areas, the Jakarta Government is also completing the construction of the 12-kilometer-long National Capital Integrated Coastal Development (NCICD) Phase A coastal protection embankment," he uttered.

He explained his party also continues to normalize rivers to increase capacity through land acquisition following applicable provisions and laws.

"The construction of reservoirs, lakes, and ponds in various potential locations that function as flood controllers and sources of raw water for clean water, one of which is Setu Babakan, is also being continuously optimized," he explained.

Regarding waste management, it is a shared responsibility through waste sorting and reduction.

As for education, the Jakarta Government would also focus on implementing the free private school program in 2025.

"This program is to provide equal education services for all levels of society. Currently, the Executive is preparing studies and regulations that support its implementation," he explained.

He also conveyed the Jakarta Government's commitment to community empowerment through the education sector, one of which is providing social assistance in the form of KJP and KJMU. The distribution of social assistance is based on the integration of beneficiary data with periodic verification and evaluation of DTKS and P3KE data.

Then support the central government program related to the provision of Free Nutritious Meals (MBG). However, the implementation of this program is still waiting for implementation instructions from the central government.

"The Jakarta Government has conducted a trial of this program through the Additional Food Provision program in the form of food products made from local food ingredients high in animal protein, by involving MSMEs," he closed.