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TOP REPORT               New Start for Kampung
                               Akuarium









             The start of Kampung Akuarium         right smiles shimering on ev-  The planning for this revitaliza-
                                                   ery  one’s  faces  in Kampung
             restoration highlights the goal to   BAkuarium,  Penjaringan,  North   tion has been done since couple years
                                                                              ago. The long process of planning was
               fulfill Jakartans’ rights to have   Jakarta, on August 17th, 2020. That   made with the local residents. “What’s
                        adequate and proper   day on the 75th anniversary of Indo-  happening today is the result of what’s
             settlements without diminishing   nesia, there were groundbreaking   been planned by the  residents of
              their kampung characteristics.  ceremnony held in th area, marking   Kampung  Akuarium,”  said  Anies.  He
                                             a project launched by the Provincial   wished for what’s been done in the
                                             Government of Jakarta (Pemprov DKI)   area will be a model for another kam-
                                             to provide adequate housings for its   pung  revitalization.  He  even  wished
                                             citizens, a program named Enhancing   for this project to be a model for urban
                      The History of         The Quality of Settlements. This pro-  kampungs. “This will be the new start
                 Kampung Bahari Akuarium     gram was being stipulated in Guber-  for kampung revitalization in Indone-
                                             natorial Instruction No.878/2018 on   sia,” he said.
                                             the kampung and residential area res-  Acting head of Jakarta Housing
                               01            toration task force.             and Settlement agency (PRKP) Sar-
    10                  April 14 ,              The governor of Jakarta, Anies   joko said that the government will
                              th
                         2016                Baswedan attended the ceremony.   facilitate the needs for residents in
                                             When delivering his welcome speech,   slums. They will provide adequate,
                                             Anies explained that the government   comfortable and affordable housings
               Jakarta government under Governor   aims a quite simple goal through this   for the residents, in order to make a
               Basuki Tjahaya Purnama evicted the   program, to fulfill the rights of every   developed city with happier people. He
              residentials area in Kampung Akuarium.
                                             residents for proper and adequate   later explained that Kampung Akuari-
                                             housings. Only then they will be able   um will be set in a 10,000 meter square
                                             to grow and develop to be residents   land and consisted of five blocks area.
                                             who  keeps  their  kampung  charac-  In each of the block, there will be four-
                               02            teristics. According  to him,  Jakarta   storey flats consists of 241 housings in
                        October              has long history for settlements: “We   type 36 house plan. For the first phase
                         2016                should  develop  our  kampungs.  The   of revitalization, there will be tempo-
                                             kampung should find its new forma-  rary  shelter  reposition.  “This  month
               The residents of Kampung Akuarium   tions and the residents should be hap-  we’ll do the reposition while preparing
               sued Jakarta government by filing a   py living in their own birthland.”  the area. We’ll start the construction
              class action lawsuit to Central Jakarta
                      District Court.



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                        Januari –                      April 14 ,                        May 21 ,
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                       April 2018                        2018                             2018
                Jakarta provincial government built   Two years after the eviction, the   Jakarta provincial government issued
                temporary shelters for residents of   residents of Kampung Akuarium handed   Gubernatorial Decree No.878/2018 on
                     Kampung Akuarium.       the concept of Flats in Kampung Bahari   kampung and residential area
                                               Akuarium to Anies Baswedan, who       restoration task force.
                                             already became the Governor of Jakarta
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