Jayapura back to six-day public service

Jayapura back to six-day public service

JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: As of Jan. 1, 2001, the Jayapura
municipal administration returned to a six-day work week to
improve its service to the public.

Jayapura Mayor M.R. Kambu said the decision was made after
finding a slight fall in the quality of public service over the
last three years.

"The former five-day work week is not effective because the
productivity of the city administration's employees could not be
maintained," he said.

"The five-days of work were not effective because most
employees used Fridays for sports and then went home," he added
here Friday. "The effective days were only Monday through
Thursday."

He warned that he would take strict action against employees
caught violating the new policy.

According to Antara's monitoring, many employees have yet to
go back to their work place because of the recent Christmas and
New year celebrations. --Antara