Head of the Banten industrial and trade agency Hudaya Latuconsina said here Friday the national petrochemical industrial study and development center is a program of the trade ministry with funding from the state budget amounting to Rp20 billion for its construction, but the land for its construction would have to be sought by the Banten provincial administration.
"Banten had been chosen as one of the three areas for the project, because Banten has so many petrochemical industrial companies," Hudaya said.
He said under the engineering design and Feasibility Study, the most suitable location for the construction of the petrochemical industrial study center is Banten provincial administration center because of its strategic location and located Banten provincial administration in Serang town while the land had to be provided to the extent of at least 6,000 square meters.
"The application for it land had already been submitted to the Banten Governor of the trade ministry, only awaiting the governor`s approval," Hudaya said.
The project will later become a national petrochemical industrial information and research development center and a center of petrochemical industrial experts in the study and workshop rlated to the petrochemical industry.
Hudaya said in Banten there are some 35 petrochemical industry supporting companies and a big petrochemical industry namely PT Chandra Asri in Cilegon.
Besides in Banten, in 2012 the central government will also build a similar project in other areas having many petrochemical industries like in East Java and East Kalimantan.
"The Banten provincial administration will of course fully support the project," Hudaya said.(*)
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