Lebak Bulus Terminal plans to make bus-pulling contest an annual event
The management of Lebak Bulus Terminal in South Jakarta plans to make a bus-pulling and pushing contest an annual event to enliven the 81st anniversary of the Republic of Indonesia.
“This happens to be the first time, but looking at the enthusiasm, even though it was small, the terminal users were very enthusiastic. So I will hold it every year,” said Head of Lebak Bulus Terminal, Joni Budhi, to reporters in Jakarta on Monday.
Joni said the activity was also an effort to introduce Lebak Bulus Terminal to the public as a terminal that remains active in serving residents’ activities.
According to him, activities such as contests and outreach involving the media can help increase public trust in the terminal’s existence and services.
“Besides improving the terminal, we will also carry out outreach. Assisted by media like this, the public will increasingly trust that the terminal here is active,” he said.
The contest was participated in by a number of groups active at Lebak Bulus Terminal, ranging from bus crews, terminal support officers, traders, the public, to prospective passengers about to travel out of town.
Although the number of participants was not large, only around 30 people, the enthusiasm of the public and terminal users was considered quite high.
The bus chosen was a large yellow Putra Luragung bus serving the Kuningan-Jakarta route.
In the bus-pulling contest, the second team managed to finish with the fastest time of 2 minutes 50 seconds.
The participant with the second fastest time finished in 3 minutes 13 seconds. The contest winners received cash prizes.
Besides the AKAP bus pulling and pushing contest, the committee also held a number of other games, such as inserting straws into bottles using the nose and a balloon-shifting contest.
He explained that the bus pulling and pushing contest was chosen because the vehicle is an inseparable part of activities at Lebak Bulus Terminal.
“At the terminal, what we have are buses. I also wanted the buses lined up, pushed together, lively. But we cannot because we have lanes and the track also goes uphill, so it was like earlier. But the enthusiasm remained good,” he said.
He said the concept of the activity was created by utilising the facilities available at the terminal so that the Independence Day celebration could still take place festively without disrupting service activities.
“We elaborate on what is available at the terminal,” he said.
Thus, it is hoped that the public can fill the independence momentum with positive activities according to their respective abilities, including through the work they do every day.