New E. Jakarta mayor installed

New E. Jakarta mayor installed

JAKARTA (JP): Andi Mappaganty has been installed as the new
mayor of East Jakarta, replacing Sudarsono, who returns to his
former post in the Armed Forces Headquarters.

Mappaganty was ordered by Governor Sutiyoso to devote his
attention to providing those in his ward with enough food to see
them through the economic crisis.

"You should pay serious attention to social safety net
programs which are intended to prevent any further outbreaks of
social unrest," he said during Wednesday's ceremony marking the
new mayor's appointment.

Sutiyoso said social safety net programs already introduced by
the city administration included labor intensive projects to
improve public facilities, drain cleaning, planting vegetables on
vacant plots of land and granting permission for street cafes to
open in certain areas.

"Other programs include allowing local people to hold self-
defense programs in residential areas in cooperation with the
security forces," he said.

Mappaganty, a former deputy mayor of East Jakarta, was born in
Ujungpandang, South Sulawesi, on July 28, 1942 and is the father
of three children. (ind)