Civil servants hit the streets

KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: Thousands of civil servants took to the streets yesterday, not to protest but to help clean up the city.

An official at the provincial administration, Umbu Dapasapu, said the activity was part of celebrations to commemorate Environment Day on June 5.

"On June 4, one day before Environment Day, we will again take to the streets to do more cleaning," he said as quoted by Antara.

Main roads in the city were the primary focus of the volunteer work which began at 7 a.m.