Antique car owners hold rally<\/p>\n
The owner of an antique car (picture above) drives past the Hotel
\nIndonesia traffic circle on Jl. Thamrin in Central Jakarta on
\nSunday morning on his way to a protest against a proposal to ban
\nold cars from Jakarta's streets.<\/p>\n
Hundreds of antique car owners from the Indonesia Antique Cars
\nFan Association (PPMKI) drove from the National Monument park to
\nJl. Sudirman and Jl. Thamrin as part of the protest.<\/p>\n
Car owners from several car clubs such as VW, Morris, Holden
\nand Mercedez Benz also criticized the government's plan not to
\nextend the car ownership documents of antique vehicles.<\/p>\n
\"Don't blame antique cars for using up a lot of fuel and
\npolluting the air because the owners rarely use the cars. We use
\nthem once or twice a week,\" said Roy Suryo, a PPMKI member.<\/p>\n
The government and city police announced earlier they were
\nconsidering banning old cars from Jakarta's streets to reduce
\nenergy consumption and pollution in the capital.<\/p>\n
Roy, a telecommunications expert, said most antique cars used
\nless fuel than newer vehicles.<\/p>\n
\"A Morris, for examples, uses one liter of fuel for every 15
\nkilometers, while a new car uses one liter for seven or eight
\nkilometers,\" he said.<\/p>\n
He said the PPMKI would write a letter to President Susilo
\nBambang Yudhoyono to protest the proposed ban.<\/p>",
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