JAKARTA, INDONESIA: Governor Fauzi Bowo rejected Monday the idea the city administration would invest in a railway project to connect the capital to Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang.

He said the administration would take the idea seriously if the project was designed mainly in the interest of Jakartans.

"The railway system will only serve those who want to reach or leave the airport quickly. Not many of those people are Jakartans," he said at City Hall.

However, Deputy Governor Prijanto said the administration might take part in the project after a meeting with Vice President Jusuf Kalla last Wednesday.

The new service -- headed by PT RaiLink, a subsidiary of state railway operator PT Kereta Api -- will connect Manggarai train station in South Jakarta to the airport. -- JP