"Jakarta is the show window of Indonesia. Therefore, it should be freed from floods so that it would not create bad image in the eyes of investors," Apindo chairman Sofja Wanandi said here on Friday.
He said that the government should therefore give a priority to the handling of floods so that the investment climate would not be affected.
The Apindo chairman said that each time Jakarta is hit by floods; all become awaken and aware again of the importance of continuing flood handling efforts and giving it a priority.
"Flood in Jakarta deals a big blow to the economy and the country because Jakarta is the center of the government administration and the hub of the country`s economy," he said.
Thursday`s floods could cause industries to suffer a loss of about Rp1.4 million per day as they have caused at least 300 factories to stop operation, because the factories could not be operated for damage or because workers could not go to workplaces.
(A014/S012)
Editor: Jafar M Sidik
Copyright © ANTARA 2013
