185 pass screening for transportation council

185 pass screening for transportation council

A total of 185 of 335 applicants managed to pass the first phase
of screening for the newly set up City Transportation Council
(DTK).

DTK recruitment committee secretary Tubagus Haryo Karbyanto
said on Monday that around 70 percent of the 185 were public
transport users. The remaining 30 percent are academics,
activists, bus crew and public transportation operators.

Tubagus pledged that the recruitment would be held in a fair
and transparent way.

Each applicant must submit several documents, including a CV,
school diplomas, the results of a test to certify he or she is
drug-free, a doctor's statement that the applicant was in good
health and an essay on transportation.

Committee chairwoman Ellen S.W. Tangkudung, a lecturer at the
University of Indonesia (UI), said those who had passed the first
screening were scheduled to take a written test on Aug. 7. The
test will cover issues on transportation regulations and problems
faced by the city.

Only 60 people will be selected for the final psychological
test and interviews, scheduled for Aug. 25 and Aug. 26.

The thirteen applicants selected will be announced on Sept.
17. Together with a Jakarta Police officer and a city
transportation agency official, they will be on the council for a
two-year term.

Tubagus said the public would have the opportunity to give
their views on the 60 council candidates from Aug. 25 to Aug. 31
before the announcement of the final 13 members.

The establishment of the council is mandated in Bylaw No.
12/2003 on transportation. The bylaw, which was deliberated on
Nov. 13, 2003, requires that the city set up the council six
months after the bylaw was deliberated. -- JP