Jakarta prepared for IPU meeting

Jakarta prepared for IPU meeting

JAKARTA (JP): The capital is set to host the 104th conference
of the Inter-parliamentary Union (IPU) and all of the detailed
preparations have been concluded ahead of the Oct. 15-21
meeting, an official said.

Deputy Governor for Administrative Affairs Abdul Kahfi said
the Jakarta administration with the help of the police would do
its best to create a favorable security environment here to
welcome and serve all of the participants from the union's 139
countries.

"We hope that some 1,700 to 2,000 parliamentarians will see
Jakarta as a safe place and that the situation here is not as bad
as the images reported over the last few weeks," Kahfi told
reporters on Friday after attending a meeting at his office on
the preparations for the meeting with officials from the other
agencies involved.

"Hopefully, after their visit here the participants in the
upcoming meeting will inform people in their respective countries
that the Indonesian capital is a good place," he added.

Organized by the House of Representatives, the 11-day IPU
conference is to be held at the Jakarta Convention Center in
Senayan, Central Jakarta.

Kahfi said most of the activities for the conference
participants would be arranged and financed by the House.

The city administration has only been assigned to help
beautify the capital, including the erection of decorative street
lights and welcoming banners.

The city administration will also host a Betawi-style dinner
for the participants on Oct. 20, he said. (dja)