PALMOILMAGAZINE, PASER In acknowledging the transformative influence of economic activities on society, Governor Akmal Malik of East Kalimantan highlights notable examples, such as the utilization of public infrastructure in the District of Paser for transporting essential commodities like palm oil and coal.
“We reminded them that natural resource management should obey every available regulation,” Akmal said to some journalists, as Palmoilmagazine.com quoted from the official page of East Kalimantan Province on Monday, January 1, 2024.
He, who is also the General Director of the Regional Autonomy Ministry of Internal Affairs, understood the economic needs and progress through natural resource advantages for the people, but he emphasized that it needs to obey every regulation.
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“Together with the regent (of Paser), I would keep trying to remind related companies that there are regional regulations about discipline to take advantage of public facilities, for instance, the public way,” he said.
Regional government, Akmal continued, would try to maintain the balance between economic progress and the people’s interests. He thought there would be intensive communication with related parties, including the stakeholders, mining, and palm oil plantations.
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“I have ordered Satuan Polisi Pamong Praja and the Transportation Agency to get coordination with the mining and plantation sectors to obey every regulation,” he said.
Akmal also said that the law officers would deal with everything that might be illegally done. It does not deal with the regional government. But he emphasized that it needs law enforcement to maintain balance in society.
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“What we regulate is about public facilities in regional regulation. Of course, we have to obey the regulation. We have to communicate with every party about the regulation,” he hoped for. (T2)
