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stay in their former houses, some others moved communal areas, history galleries, and
to other places and rent cheaper homes. “But archaeological site displays as to mark the Kota
they still like to come, to visit residents who Tua walls. Meanwhile, to maintain the Kampung
stayed,” he said. Kunir in the future, the residents established
a Konsumen Kunir Pinangsia Sejahtera
Suswantoro is among those who chose to stay Cooperation. “The management and supervision
in Kampung Kunir. He is unwilling to take the unit of Kampung Susun Kunir will be carried out by
at Marunda flats as the fare is too expensive the residents through the cooperation,” said
for him to afford. Moreover, he doesn’t have a one of the cooperation administrators, Marsha.
steady income. He chose to survive. “My life was The cooperation will become a place for the
very difficult back then. I once slept at porch of residents to run business, and it is fostered by
the stores,” he recalled. Recently, he built a bed Jakarta Industry, Trade, Cooperatives, Small and
on the land of his former house—a simple shelter Medium Enterprises Agency.
to protect his family from heat and rains. To
support his family, he and his wife Wilastri open Kampung Kota Tua
a small shop.
Suswanto still remembers that back in the past,
His long wait to get Kampung Kunir back has Kampung Kunir was a beautiful village situated
finally been paid off. Under the governance in the bank of Ciliwung river. It was there since
of Anies Baswedan, the Jakarta provincial 1979. The initiators, Samiran and Suhadi, were
government eventually rebuilt the kampung. On civil defence officers (hansip). The kampung
the 860 sqm land, there will be a vertical village was a living settlement. Its residents liked to
of Kampung Kunir which will be offered to 33 hold Quran recitations and community services.
families who have been evicted from the area “When they held community service, all residents
in 2015. went down to the river to clean up the garbage
carried away by the streams,” he recalled.
The inauguration of Kampung Susun Kunir
has been held and attended by the Governor The kampung with a motto of “Kampung Kunir,
Anies Baswedan in October 2021. Since its first Kampung of the Old Town” was known as a
introduction for development, the residents were green village, since its residents like to plant
given the opportunity to propose ideas on how vegetables and fruits. It was also known for its
the housings would be like according to their rujak (mixed sliced fruits with spicy palm sugar).
needs. “InsyaAllah, by August 2022 the residents In fact, back in 2010, Kampung Kunir was awarded
of Kampung Kunir will be able to occupy as “Green and Clean” village in West Jakarta.
adequate housings,” said Anies. “If the Kampung is successfully rebuilt, we had
obsession on making it a green kampung again,
The Jakarta government will also build as a form of our gratitude and pride,” promised
supporting facilities, such as business spaces, Suswantoro, happily. gro/bam

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