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THE world’s travellers and dreamers have vivid memories and images of the famous Three Gilis (small islands) of Trawangan, Meno and Air in the Pemenang district of North Lombok regency.
Clean white beaches, translucent turquoise waters and rare blue coral reefs teeming with marine life draw tourists to the islands from around the globe, throughout the year.
Last year, almost 50 percent of North Lombok’s 300,000 recorded tourists travelled to the Three Gilis by fast boat from Bali, according to North Lombok regent H Djohan Sjamsu. Tourism contributes about 70 percent of regency revenue,
In response to steadily increasing tourist visits, especially to the Gilis, the North Lombok administration will this year focus on the development of facilities in tourist areas.
In mid-January, the regency signed a memorandum of understanding with Jakarta investor PT Siskem Aneka Indonesia on joint development of systems to supply clean drinking water and to recycle domestic waste on the Three Gilis.
The agreement was signed by the company’s president director Syauki Amin and regent Djohan in the presence of deputy regent H Najmul Akhyar and other North Lombok government leaders.
The agreement is an important step in North Lombok’s drive to accelerate infrastructure development, especially the supply of clean water, for the internationally popular Three Gilis.
“Transporting clean water from the mainland pushes the price up to about Rp70,000 a cubic metre, which is too expensive” said regent Djohan.
PT Siskem Aneka Indonesia is a private sector investor with the technical and financial capabilities to assist the regency to build the two infrastructure systems for the islands.
Both systems, which support regency efforts to improve community welfare, would deliver cost savings to tourism businesses and local communities, said Djohan.
Following signing of the joint agreement, North Lombok will fund a feasibility study into an investment plan for the development of a water supply system. PT Siskem Aneka Indonesia will conduct the three-month study in which it will assess two main alternative systems.
Results of the study will form the basis on which North Lombok will prepare construction project documents for both the supply of clean water supply and domestic waste management on the islands.
Companies interested in constructing the systems will then become part of a formal tender process, as specified in legislation. As project initiator, PT Siskem Aneka Indonesia will not be eligible to bid for the work.
Regent Djohan said the feasibility study would explore alternatives systems of water supply including a network of underwater pipelines from mainland Lombok to the islands and a network of machines to distil sea water on each of the islands.
“The two systems are to be reviewed to determine which is more affordable and which is most easily constructed,” said Djohan.
“If all this goes well, then by the end of 2012 both the drinking water supply and the domestic waste recycling systems for the Three Gilis will be operational.”
PT Siskem Aneka Indonesia’s Syauki said the assessment would include a calculation of water needs for the Three Gilis and an appraisal of budget requirements for construction. Generally, every person needed 100 to 200 litres of clean water a day, he said.
A similar water project for Fantasy Island near Batam, the Indonesian island just off Singapore, had required a budget of Rp50 billion, he said, adding that the calculation of costs for the Three Gilis would come later in the process and that sub-sea pipelines would be the more expensive option.
Other regency officials at the signing of the agreement were Regional Development Planning Board (Bappeda) head Nanang Matalata; Investment, Empowerment of Women and Family Planning, and Village Governance (BPM-PPKB-Pemdes) head Jayadi; and department of Transportation, Tourism, Communication and Informatics head Sinar Wugiarno
Clean white beaches, translucent turquoise waters and rare blue coral reefs teeming with marine life draw tourists to the islands from around the globe, throughout the year.
Last year, almost 50 percent of North Lombok’s 300,000 recorded tourists travelled to the Three Gilis by fast boat from Bali, according to North Lombok regent H Djohan Sjamsu. Tourism contributes about 70 percent of regency revenue,
In response to steadily increasing tourist visits, especially to the Gilis, the North Lombok administration will this year focus on the development of facilities in tourist areas.
In mid-January, the regency signed a memorandum of understanding with Jakarta investor PT Siskem Aneka Indonesia on joint development of systems to supply clean drinking water and to recycle domestic waste on the Three Gilis.
The agreement was signed by the company’s president director Syauki Amin and regent Djohan in the presence of deputy regent H Najmul Akhyar and other North Lombok government leaders.
The agreement is an important step in North Lombok’s drive to accelerate infrastructure development, especially the supply of clean water, for the internationally popular Three Gilis.
“Transporting clean water from the mainland pushes the price up to about Rp70,000 a cubic metre, which is too expensive” said regent Djohan.
PT Siskem Aneka Indonesia is a private sector investor with the technical and financial capabilities to assist the regency to build the two infrastructure systems for the islands.
Both systems, which support regency efforts to improve community welfare, would deliver cost savings to tourism businesses and local communities, said Djohan.
Following signing of the joint agreement, North Lombok will fund a feasibility study into an investment plan for the development of a water supply system. PT Siskem Aneka Indonesia will conduct the three-month study in which it will assess two main alternative systems.
Results of the study will form the basis on which North Lombok will prepare construction project documents for both the supply of clean water supply and domestic waste management on the islands.
Companies interested in constructing the systems will then become part of a formal tender process, as specified in legislation. As project initiator, PT Siskem Aneka Indonesia will not be eligible to bid for the work.
Regent Djohan said the feasibility study would explore alternatives systems of water supply including a network of underwater pipelines from mainland Lombok to the islands and a network of machines to distil sea water on each of the islands.
“The two systems are to be reviewed to determine which is more affordable and which is most easily constructed,” said Djohan.
“If all this goes well, then by the end of 2012 both the drinking water supply and the domestic waste recycling systems for the Three Gilis will be operational.”
PT Siskem Aneka Indonesia’s Syauki said the assessment would include a calculation of water needs for the Three Gilis and an appraisal of budget requirements for construction. Generally, every person needed 100 to 200 litres of clean water a day, he said.
A similar water project for Fantasy Island near Batam, the Indonesian island just off Singapore, had required a budget of Rp50 billion, he said, adding that the calculation of costs for the Three Gilis would come later in the process and that sub-sea pipelines would be the more expensive option.
Other regency officials at the signing of the agreement were Regional Development Planning Board (Bappeda) head Nanang Matalata; Investment, Empowerment of Women and Family Planning, and Village Governance (BPM-PPKB-Pemdes) head Jayadi; and department of Transportation, Tourism, Communication and Informatics head Sinar Wugiarno
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