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| Grand design M-Tower, Mamuju. |
Recently, the public has been faced by notion of Mamuju's iconic construction plan Manakarra Tower (referred to M-Tower) in the municipality. Argument split into two perspectives, those who agree with and doesn't is like two sides of coin.
Moreover, the pros and cons evoked a resistance between supporter and repellent with various analysis. A specific trigger is the fact that this infrastructure will spend tens of billions money.
A likely explanation of M-Tower's supporter views point out that the building could be an iconic value for the city, which will look stylistic features for tourists and the locals. Like an Eiffel Tower did that was attracting anyone to go there for example.
Still, it has been commonly assumed the presence of M-Tower will encourage profitable revenue for the resident around it. Simply put, street vendors and micro enterprises nearby the district will be overwhelmed by buyers. However, what the main concern is some claimed albeit the cost to build M-Tower sounds fantastic, it also enables to contribute to the regional incomes instead. It is almost certain the imposed fares for visitor entry would possibly be a substantial exploitation for this incomes.
On the other hand, a major criticism against above-mentioned arguments at least inspired by reasonable perspectives, in which speak volumes of social development pattern that is, in fact, an effort to create livable city (society as a living subject). Meaning humanitarian services are far more crucial than high-rise building to be likely useless for our generation.
It is nonessential to follow Jakarta with its National Monument. Needless to be as picturesque as Bandung's Gedung Sate. It is unnecessarily to mimic Jogja's monument. But simply follow Hatta's economic sovereignty, and the breath of Pancasila's social development. Because one possible implication of such infrastructures will cause maintenance expenditures that don't equal to earnings directly.
In the meantime there are another vital sectors that are more deserving priority than M-Tower such as environment, climate change, flood mitigation and landslides in the countryside, water sanitation, air pollution, plastic waste, social services, poverty, the development of small and medium enterprises, education and health services and to name but a few.
As examples of these primary sectors. In Mamuju many cases of puppil's parents complaining consistently to school fees that was undoubtedly expensive. All the more not to mention the salaries of teachers and staff honorarium, for those who are serving in remote villages, don't reflect welfare. Also, omnipresent schools have no adequate laboratories and libraries for learning.
Another proven example is in health and social sector. Many public health service centers have no incinerator for their hazardous medical waste. Withal, countless medical workers need a capacity building to avoid the death of malpractices. Moreover, related to the social sector according to previous research, 30 percent of national wealth was only owned by 10 percent of the population. Then 40% of the population only controlled 16% of national wealth overall. What does it mean? inequality in poverty was not only deeper, but also wider. In Mamuju itself, referring to the 2016 Statistics Agency Data, out of 60.713 households, 6.48 percent were poor families. Poverty may be higher than M-Tower in this year.
Based on the examples, if the Mamuju's government will exceptionally pour out tens of billions funding for high-rise building, this would reflect a lack of sensibility. It's as if that the administrative does not feel guilty using taxes for unusable tower while other primary sector problems, as exemplified above, have not been resolved.
To conclude this article, there was an impressive quote from the Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy, who made a scathing criticism against Eiffel Tower at that time. He said: "The Eiffel Tower was nothing more than a toy created to satisfy the thirst of children," The quote is definitely relevant to the context of M-Tower development plan.
Tolstoy might think that the symbol construction like Eiffel, which was intended only to commemorate the glory of a regime (romanticism), was not as prominent as the renewal of human value itself (read: social services). The author agrees with this.
Therefore, it is important to review what the principle benefits of M-Tower will be. Whether or not its presence will be able to overcome various issues that cover the dimensions of economic growth, environmental preservation, as well as welfare and social justice. The dimensions are significant key associated with the Rio+20 declaration and the SDGs. (tra/*)
Moreover, the pros and cons evoked a resistance between supporter and repellent with various analysis. A specific trigger is the fact that this infrastructure will spend tens of billions money.
A likely explanation of M-Tower's supporter views point out that the building could be an iconic value for the city, which will look stylistic features for tourists and the locals. Like an Eiffel Tower did that was attracting anyone to go there for example.
Still, it has been commonly assumed the presence of M-Tower will encourage profitable revenue for the resident around it. Simply put, street vendors and micro enterprises nearby the district will be overwhelmed by buyers. However, what the main concern is some claimed albeit the cost to build M-Tower sounds fantastic, it also enables to contribute to the regional incomes instead. It is almost certain the imposed fares for visitor entry would possibly be a substantial exploitation for this incomes.
On the other hand, a major criticism against above-mentioned arguments at least inspired by reasonable perspectives, in which speak volumes of social development pattern that is, in fact, an effort to create livable city (society as a living subject). Meaning humanitarian services are far more crucial than high-rise building to be likely useless for our generation.
It is nonessential to follow Jakarta with its National Monument. Needless to be as picturesque as Bandung's Gedung Sate. It is unnecessarily to mimic Jogja's monument. But simply follow Hatta's economic sovereignty, and the breath of Pancasila's social development. Because one possible implication of such infrastructures will cause maintenance expenditures that don't equal to earnings directly.
In the meantime there are another vital sectors that are more deserving priority than M-Tower such as environment, climate change, flood mitigation and landslides in the countryside, water sanitation, air pollution, plastic waste, social services, poverty, the development of small and medium enterprises, education and health services and to name but a few.
As examples of these primary sectors. In Mamuju many cases of puppil's parents complaining consistently to school fees that was undoubtedly expensive. All the more not to mention the salaries of teachers and staff honorarium, for those who are serving in remote villages, don't reflect welfare. Also, omnipresent schools have no adequate laboratories and libraries for learning.
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Based on the examples, if the Mamuju's government will exceptionally pour out tens of billions funding for high-rise building, this would reflect a lack of sensibility. It's as if that the administrative does not feel guilty using taxes for unusable tower while other primary sector problems, as exemplified above, have not been resolved.
To conclude this article, there was an impressive quote from the Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy, who made a scathing criticism against Eiffel Tower at that time. He said: "The Eiffel Tower was nothing more than a toy created to satisfy the thirst of children," The quote is definitely relevant to the context of M-Tower development plan.
Tolstoy might think that the symbol construction like Eiffel, which was intended only to commemorate the glory of a regime (romanticism), was not as prominent as the renewal of human value itself (read: social services). The author agrees with this.
Therefore, it is important to review what the principle benefits of M-Tower will be. Whether or not its presence will be able to overcome various issues that cover the dimensions of economic growth, environmental preservation, as well as welfare and social justice. The dimensions are significant key associated with the Rio+20 declaration and the SDGs. (tra/*)