Four public toilets to be demolished

JAKARTA: The Central Jakarta administration will soon demolish four public toilets constructed on the sidewalk of Jl. Senen Raya in the Senen area.

Central Jakarta Mayor Hosea Petra Lumbun said the construction of the toilets had violated Bylaw No. 11/1988, on public order and Gubernatorial Decree No. 80/1998 on mobile toilets.

"I've ordered the officials concerned to soon demolish the public toilets on Jl. Senen Raya, in front of Gelanggang Remaja Planet Senen and the Senen bus terminal," he was quoted by beritajakarta.com as saying.

He said that the sidewalk should only be used by pedestrians, not for public toilets.

Meanwhile, Senen district head A. Rahman Siddik said that he would discuss the problem with his subordinates first before making any move to demolish the toilets.--JP