Letter #8

Letter #8

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am a student at Ipeka Christian Bilingual School. My name is Karina Andin, grade 8. I want to share a personal experience. Last week, my family and I went to Plaza Senayan. I live in West Jakarta, so it is quite far. It took about one hour because there was a traffic jam. Everywhere I go in Jakarta, there are traffic jams, even on the highways.

Traffic jams all over Jakarta are big problems. As the citizens, we hate this. Jakarta is a high population city, so wherever you go, there're traffic jams. People are bored about this thing.

Traffic jams are caused by many things. First, they're caused by the big population in Jakarta. They're also caused by the citizens that don't obey the rules and there are so many cars here. The citizens that don't obey the rules can cause car accidents.

If it can be fixed, we will be so happy and tourists will come. This will help to improve our economy in Jakarta, and also in Indonesia.

As we know, there are several steps that the government and the citizens can take. At least, it will reduce the traffic jams.

For us, as the citizens, we can do the little things, such as obeying the rules. Children can help too. We must teach our children to obey the rules, like crossing the road at the zebra crossing and many other things. These things will help them to be good and responsible citizens.

The government has taken many methods to control the problem. The government has made good rules, built the highways and controlled the population. Those are good things, but there are some things that can be improved still further.

In controlling the population, the government must control the people that want to urbanize Jakarta. Those people want to have a better life in Jakarta, but when they arrive, they get nothing. The government has built the busway, but the buses aren't good enough and there is crime. The government has to improve the condition of the buses and the security, and also ask people to use the busway.

Many people think that these are too great and complicated, but I think the government and the people of Jakarta can do these. Just start from the little things and do it step by step. These will take years, but at least it can reduce one big problem in Jakarta.

The cost to repair the buses and improve the security is expensive, but the government can think of many simple methods to control the price, such as repairing the oldest buses or many other things. There are things that you must sacrifice to produce other things.

I understand that I have asked you, the citizens, and the government so many things. I only want to say what solutions that can fix the problem. I want to share my opinions with all of you. I hope that all of you will understand and consider my proposals seriously. Thank you for your attention.

Sincerely yours, Karina