Regarding the end of the cooperation agreement, it is expected that a joint audit between the Public Works and Public Housing Ministry and stakeholders with regard to the damage caused by the use (as) the COVID-19 Emergency Hospital will be carried oJakarta (ANTARA) - The Public Works and Public Housing Ministry and some ministries and government agencies discussed the handover of assets for Kemayoran athlete flats.
Director general of Housing at the Public Works and Public Housing Ministry Iwan Suprijanto remarked that the discussion was conducted since in the cooperation agreement signed between the ministry and National Disaster Mitigation Agency, the end of the borrowing period for the apartment building in Kemayoran for athletes to be used as the COVID-19 Emergency Hospital was drawing near.
"After this cooperation agreement ends, the assets will be handed back to the Public Works and Public Housing Ministry," Suprijanto said here on Friday.
According to Suprijanto, the Kemayoran athletes' flats could not be handed over and have the status changed, as they were still being used as an emergency COVID-19 hospital, and further instruction from President Jokowi regarding the termination of the use of Wisma Athletes was still awaited.
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"Regarding the end of the cooperation agreement, it is expected that a joint audit between the Public Works and Public Housing Ministry and stakeholders with regard to the damage caused by the use (as) the COVID-19 Emergency Hospital will be carried out, so that further follow-up repairs can be conducted," he stated.
At the meeting hosted on September 14, 2022, other institutions present apart from the Public Works and Public Housing Ministry comprised State Secretariat Ministry, Finance Ministry, Health Ministry, Kemayoran Complex Management Center, National Disaster Mitigation Agency, and Jayakarta Military Command.
Secretary General of the Public Works and Public Housing Ministry Mohammad Zainal Fatah stated that the Directorate General of Housing PUPR and BNPB could discuss the agreement thoroughly and immediately complete all obligations of both entities and re-capitalize existing assets to be re-proposed to the directorate general of state assets at the Finance Ministry.
Head of the Java 1 Housing Agency Firsta Ismet explained that the status of cooperation between the two entities from the Fiscal Year 2020 to Fiscal Year 2022 as RSDC-19 would end on December 31, 2022.
"Several obstacles and problems must be resolved, including the damage caused by the use of flats as a COVID-19 emergency hospital and the COVID-19 centralized isolation area," he remarked.
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In addition, there were some unfinished tasks in 2020 and 2021 when the towers 4, 5, 6, and 7 served as hospitals and ICUs. Moreover, medical equipment belonging to the state from the Health Ministry were still installed in the flats.
The Kemayoran Athletes' Flats had been used as a COVID-19 Emergency Hospital since March 23, 2020, in accordance with the directives of President Joko Widodo and Public Works and Public Housing Ministry Basuki Hadimuljono. The measure was an effort by the government to address the surge in COVID-19 patients and provide a proper treatment place.
According to Head of the General Bureau of the State Secretariat Ministry, Piping Supriatna, initially, the Kemayoran Athlete Flats were intended for low-income people and its management was handed over to the Jakarta Government.
However, at that time, it was temporarily used to support the Asian Games and Asian Para Games before finally being developed as flats for state apparatuses and eventually serving as a COVID-19 emergency hospital.
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