Mayoralties get 'Adipura' award

Mayoralties get 'Adipura' award

JAKARTA (JP): The city's five mayoralties, for the first time
in history, have won the Adipura award for cleanliness. The
trophies were handed over by President Soeharto in a ceremony at
Merdeka Palace on Monday.

The trophies were taken by the respective mayors who then
paraded them on horse-driven carts to City Hall. Governor Surjadi
Soedirdja and City Council Speaker MH Ritonga greeted them.

The Central Jakarta mayoralty's award this year is its fifth
and therefore it got Adipura Kencana (Golden Adipura), instead of
just Adipura. North Jakarta received its first ever Adipura.

Surjadi said in his speech that Adipura is the answer to the
city residents' determination to maintain cleanliness in their
respective areas.

"The awards are not the final targets as they are just a means
to enhance the 'clean culture' among residents," he said.

Pollution is still serious in Jakarta, he said. "It is
subdistrict and district heads and mayors who have the right to
push residents into having a greater awareness of cleanliness."
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