Divided on Reclamation

TEMPO readers who followed last week's poll were divided on the question of whether to halt or continue the reclamation of the Jakarta bay. Out of 2,216 respondents, 50.7 percent wanted the reclamation to be stopped, compared to 48.1 percent who wanted to see the project go on.

The question rose again as a national dispute when newly appointed Coordinating Maritime Affairs Minister Luhut Binsar Panjaitan ended a moratorium on reclamation activities. Luhut also recalled the prohibition of reclamation for Island G, which was decreed by former Minister Rizal Ramli.