Four mayoralties win Adipura awards

JAKARTA (JP): Four of the city's five mayoralties have won Adipura environmental awards for their success in improving sanitation.

The awards were presented by President Soeharto yesterday to the mayors of South, East, Central and West Jakarta at the Indonesia in Miniature Park (Taman Mini Indonesia Indah) in East Jakarta.

The awards were warmly welcomed by Governor Surjadi Soedirdja, who urged Jakartans to continue their participation in improving sanitation in their areas.

The governor said the goal of making the city clean could not be realized without the participation of Jakarta's residents.

"Although four mayoralties have won the trophy we still have to continue and publicize the sanitation program," Surjadi said at a ceremony celebrating the awards at City Hall.

He said that the promotion of cleanliness could be said to be successful when it reached a stage at which people were ashamed to litter.

It was important, he said, for the city to continue to aggressively promote greater cleanliness.

For Central Jakarta the award was the fourth Adipura award the mayoralty has won, while for West, East and South Jakarta the award was their first.

The North Jakarta mayoralty received only a certificate of appreciation, also presented by Soeharto.

"I am sure that North Jakarta will win the award next year," Surjadi said, adding that the problems faced by that mayoralty were more complicated than those faced by the others, especially given that it was located near the sea which, he said, was frequently dirty.

Following the welcoming ceremony at City Hall, the awards were taken to the respective mayoralties by pick-up trucks to enable the public to view them with ease.

South Jakarta Mayor Pardjoko said there were three key factors in the mayoralty's success: management, equipment and the participation of the people.

"There would not be any award if we had to depend on management or equipment alone," Pardjoko said.

He said that the people's participation in making the city clean had also been important. (yns)