Netherlands donate streetlights

Netherlands donate streetlights

JAKARTA (JP): The Netherlands has donated 530 streetlights
worth Rp 2.177 billion to the city, with officials saying the
project would hopefully help boost investor confidence.

The donation of the 400-watt and 250-watt streetlights is part
of a pilot project involving a joint venture between Indonesian
lighting manufacturer PT Artolite Indah Mediatama and Dutch
electronics manufacturer Industria BV.

"What is very important in this cooperation is that two
companies from two different countries work together to develop
themselves as a powerful company in the lighting market in
Southeast Asia," Dutch Ambassador Baron Schelto Van Heemstra said
late last week.

The streetlights will be installed in South, East and West
Jakarta.

Van Heemstra made his statement while symbolically presenting
the streetlights to the city's deputy governor for development
affair, Budihardjo Soekmadi.

Among the 116,000 lights across the capital, comprising
streetlights and lights in parks and in other public facilities,
Oloan said some 20 percent were in urgent need of repair, if not
replacement. (07)