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any facilities, or building huts in an tal condition and to enhance the qual- One of which is to issued Gubernatori-
empty land without minding the right- ity of residents living in that so-called al Regulations (Pergub) No.90/2018 on
ful regulations. Big Village kampung. The Slums Restoration for Integrat-
Moreover, the Jakarta government ed Settlements Area. On this Pergub,
Kampung Restoration had also made relocation and revamp- signed in August 29th, 2018, there
ing for slums, and later conducted a were approximately 445 RWs aimed to
Pretoria Declaration on Infor- program to build flats (rusun), both for be the targetted location for this pro-
mal Settlements issued in 2016 men- owned flats (rusunami) or rented flats gram. Those designated RWs would
tioned the vulnerability of those lived (rusunawa). Today, the Jakarta gov- be organized based on its slum sever-
in slums, who are vulnerable in so- ernment continued to solve the slums ity level.
cial and economy. They are also at risk problem by launching a new program Previously, the Jakarta govern-
of disasters and impacts of climate called Enhancing The Quality of Set- ment had also issued Gubernatori-
change. They tend to have poor health tlements. al Decree (Kepgub) No.878/2018 on
condition and prone to marginaliza- Acting Head of Jakarta Housing Kampung and Residential Area Resto-
tion, which unfortunately became the and Settlement Agency , Sarjoko said ration Task Force. The restoration will
identity for those who live in slums. If that the program aims to create an or- be held gradually for 21 kampungs
this condition left unnoticed, the qual- ganized, adequate and human settle- that are classified as severily inappro-
ity of the poors will stay low at it is. ments. “This is a community-based priate slums, with most of them lo-
To solve the problem, Jakarta gov- program, means that we engage the cated in North and West Jakarta. “The
ernment has tried numbers of efforts community to actively participate and first target of the project is here at
since couple of years ago. For exam- collaborate to create this adequate Kampung Akuarium. We hope that it’ll
ple, they have conducted a restoration settlement,” he said in the ground- be finished in December, so the res-
program for Kampung Jakarta, which breaking ceremony of Kampung idents will get their own houses and
was known as Mohammad Husni Akuarium in mid August. able to live and grow as proper Jakar- 9
Thamrin Project or MHT Project. The The Jakarta government, he con- tans in this kampung,” ended Sarjoko.
project was initially began in 1969 and tinued, has regulated several law and
was aimed to restore the environmen- regulations related to the program. yen/nis

1.Construction
planning mockup for
Kampung Akuarium,
North Jakarta.
2. Number of
children are playing
in the front yard at
one of the resident’s
house in Kampung
Akuarium, Penjarin-
gan, North Jakarta.
Credits
Dharma W.