The Spate Over Jakarta Bay's Spatial Planning

FIVE Hino trucks plied back and forth on Island D as 10 construction workers prepared to enter the North Jakarta coastal area last Wednesday afternoon. A security guard stood by a bridge leading to the Pantai Indah Kapuk housing complex to check the workers' tool kits.

Activities on the 312-hectare island, managed by Kapuk Naga Indah, continued apace despite Jakarta Governor Basuki 'Ahok' Tjahaja Purnama's order that they be stopped pending the issuance of building permits. "We've already sealed off the area," Ahok claimed.