Gas stations open 24 hours during holidays
Gas stations open 24 hours during holidays
JAKARTA (JP): All 158 gas stations in the city will operate 24
hours during the Christmas and year end holidays.
The head of the Jakarta office of the Ministry of
Transportation, Abdul Karim, said on Tuesday that city buses will
also be available 24 hours for the holidays.
He promised that the supply of gas will be adequate and the
number of public buses operating at nights will be sufficient to
transport holiday revelers.
Karim said that the government has predicted that the demand
for gasoline during the Christmas and New Year's holidays will
increase by eight percent from usual.
The state-owned oil company, Pertamina, has reported that
normally the demand for fuel in West Java, which includes
Jakarta, is 10,551,000 liters per day, 13,408,000 liters of which
is diesel fuel and 43,000 liters of gas.
In a related development Deputy Governor for Administrative
Affairs Idroes said yesterday that the Jakarta Military Command
was cooperating with the police to secure Christmas and New
Year's Eve.
Idroes said that a total of 12,000 security officers, from the
city police and the military, will be deployed for the "Candle
Operation" aimed at securing greater Jakarta during the holidays.
He said that 4,000 policemen are involved in another security
drive known as the "Sweeping Operation". They are backed up by
3,000 military men.
Idroes also said that the administration has ordered the city
logistics offices to make sure that food supplies are adequate
for Christmas and New Year's holidays.
Idroes said that the city administration will deploy a total
of 6,805 inter-city buses to serve Jakartans who intend to spend
their holidays out of the city.
The state-owned bus company PPD will field 150 buses, another
150 buses will be made available by PT Mayasari Bhakti, 15 by PT
Giri Indah Andalan, 15 by PT Arion, 20 by PT Mass Transs, 50 by
PT Bianglala and 30 by Koperasi Himpurna.
The head of the city police command, control and operation
center, Col. Muhantojo, urged Jakartans to participate in
maintaining security in Jakarta.
"I urge Jakartans to be on their guard against crime because
many houses will be empty while the owners are spending their
holidays out of the city," he said. (yns)