Navy cyclists set good example<\/p>\n
Antara, Jakarta<\/p>\n
Rear Admiral Slamet Subijanto used to ride around the naval base
\nin Surabaya on his bicycle when he chief of the Navy's training
\ndepartment.<\/p>\n
He continued to do so when he was made chief of the Navy's
\nEastern Fleet.<\/p>\n
But when he was appointed as chief of the Navy, which is based
\nin Jakarta, he abandoned his bike.<\/p>\n
Now thanks to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's instruction
\non energy saving in government offices, it has been suggested
\nthat public servants ride to work.<\/p>\n
The instruction, which came after the prolonged fuel crisis in
\nthe country, has been followed up by many officials in the
\nregions, who are turning up air conditioners and dimming lights.<\/p>\n
In the Navy's Eastern Fleet complex in Surabaya, officers have
\nfor years ridden bicycles to perform their duties.<\/p>\n
\"When I joined the Navy many years ago, officers were riding
\nbicycles. I don't know when the practice began,\" said the Navy's
\nEducation Office spokesman Lt. Col. Tony Syaiful.<\/p>\n
Tony said that each Navy task force in the Eastern fleet
\ncomplex had at least two or three bicycles that were used in turn
\nby the officers. Officers rode bicycles when they traveled to
\nother sections or offices within the complex.<\/p>\n
The use of bicycles in the training department was initiated
\nby Slamet when he was appointed as chief of the Eastern Fleet. He
\nbought hundreds of new bicycles so that officers could travel
\nfrom one place to another, said spokesman of the Navy's Eastern
\nFleet Lt. Col. Guntur Wahyudi.<\/p>\n
\"Riding a bicycle can reduce pollution and it is good for your
\nhealth,\" said Guntur, quoted as saying by Antara.<\/p>",
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