Name : Riska Apriyani
Class : 3EB19
NPM : 26211273
Land Acquisition
Issue Halts Trans-Sumatra Toll Road Project
(1.) Public Works Minister Djoko Kirmanto said on
Monday that the long-awaited Trans-Sumatra toll road project would not begin
this year as previously planned due to land acquisition problems. ( Simple Past Future Tense )
(2.) “The tender awaits the completion of land acquisition. ( Simple Present Tense ) (3.) Therefore, we will focus on acquiring the land needed to construct the toll road within the next two or three years and construction will begin after we settle the land acquisition,” Djoko said at a media briefing on Monday. ( Future Continous Tense )
(4.) The 2,700-kilometer toll road project, stretching from Aceh to Lampung and consisting of 23 sections, was previously planned to commence construction this year. The toll road will connect major cities in Sumatra. ( Past Continous Tense )
(5.) The initial construction comprised four toll road sections, namely Medan-Binjai, Indralaya-Palembang, Pekanbaru-Dumai and Bakauheni-Terbanggi Besar. ( Present Perfect Tense )
(6.) In order to construct the toll road, the government needs to acquire 218,976 million square meters of land. ( Simple Present Tense ) (7.) The minister acknowledged that until now, the ministry had acquired only an “insignificant percentage of the land needed to construct the roads”. ( Future Continous Tense )
(8.) He did not mention the exact percentage. ( Simple Past Tense )
(9.) “We estimate that the cost to acquire the land is Rp 15 trillion [US$1.3 billion]. ( Simple Present Tense ) (10.) After we acquire the land, we will protect it against local residents willfully occupying it,” said the ministry’s director general for highways, Djoko Murjanto. ( Simple Future Tanse )
(11.) Besides being hindered by land acquisition problems, the ministry is also still waiting for the issuance of a presidential decree as a legal basis to construct the toll road. ( Simple Past Future Tense )
(12.) Construction will be carried out by state-owned enterprises with funding from the state budget. ( Future Continous Tanse )
(13.) The draft decree prepared by the ministry states that should the appointed state-owned enterprises be unable to finish the project, the task will be taken over by the ministry. ( Future Perfect Tanse )
(14.) Minister Djoko said the ministry had submitted the draft revision to the Cabinet secretary and hoped that the draft would be finalized soon. ( Past Perfect Tense )
(15.) He also said the appointment of state-owned contractor company PT Hutama Karya had not been finalized. ( Past Perfect Tense )
(16.) “What is certain is that state-owned enterprises will work on the project,” he said. ( Simple Future Tense )
(17.) During the media briefing, Djoko said the ministry had built 4,401 km of roads over the past 10 years. ( Past Perfect Continous Tense )
(2.) “The tender awaits the completion of land acquisition. ( Simple Present Tense ) (3.) Therefore, we will focus on acquiring the land needed to construct the toll road within the next two or three years and construction will begin after we settle the land acquisition,” Djoko said at a media briefing on Monday. ( Future Continous Tense )
(4.) The 2,700-kilometer toll road project, stretching from Aceh to Lampung and consisting of 23 sections, was previously planned to commence construction this year. The toll road will connect major cities in Sumatra. ( Past Continous Tense )
(5.) The initial construction comprised four toll road sections, namely Medan-Binjai, Indralaya-Palembang, Pekanbaru-Dumai and Bakauheni-Terbanggi Besar. ( Present Perfect Tense )
(6.) In order to construct the toll road, the government needs to acquire 218,976 million square meters of land. ( Simple Present Tense ) (7.) The minister acknowledged that until now, the ministry had acquired only an “insignificant percentage of the land needed to construct the roads”. ( Future Continous Tense )
(8.) He did not mention the exact percentage. ( Simple Past Tense )
(9.) “We estimate that the cost to acquire the land is Rp 15 trillion [US$1.3 billion]. ( Simple Present Tense ) (10.) After we acquire the land, we will protect it against local residents willfully occupying it,” said the ministry’s director general for highways, Djoko Murjanto. ( Simple Future Tanse )
(11.) Besides being hindered by land acquisition problems, the ministry is also still waiting for the issuance of a presidential decree as a legal basis to construct the toll road. ( Simple Past Future Tense )
(12.) Construction will be carried out by state-owned enterprises with funding from the state budget. ( Future Continous Tanse )
(13.) The draft decree prepared by the ministry states that should the appointed state-owned enterprises be unable to finish the project, the task will be taken over by the ministry. ( Future Perfect Tanse )
(14.) Minister Djoko said the ministry had submitted the draft revision to the Cabinet secretary and hoped that the draft would be finalized soon. ( Past Perfect Tense )
(15.) He also said the appointment of state-owned contractor company PT Hutama Karya had not been finalized. ( Past Perfect Tense )
(16.) “What is certain is that state-owned enterprises will work on the project,” he said. ( Simple Future Tense )
(17.) During the media briefing, Djoko said the ministry had built 4,401 km of roads over the past 10 years. ( Past Perfect Continous Tense )
Based on ministry
data, the length of roads built by the ministry in 2004 reached around 34,000
km. The length increased to only 38,401 km in 2014.
(19.) Meanwhile, the total length of toll roads in the country reached only 918 km this year, increasing only 307 km from 2004, the minister added. ( Present Perfect Tense )
(20.) “Even though the total length of roads has not increased significantly, we have widened and strengthened roads. ( Present Perfect Tense ) (21.) The fact is that economic development outpaces road development. Therefore, the public still complains about traffic jams,” the minister said, adding that road projects could be accelerated if land acquisition went smoothly. ( Past Future Continous Tense )
(19.) Meanwhile, the total length of toll roads in the country reached only 918 km this year, increasing only 307 km from 2004, the minister added. ( Present Perfect Tense )
(20.) “Even though the total length of roads has not increased significantly, we have widened and strengthened roads. ( Present Perfect Tense ) (21.) The fact is that economic development outpaces road development. Therefore, the public still complains about traffic jams,” the minister said, adding that road projects could be accelerated if land acquisition went smoothly. ( Past Future Continous Tense )
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