New Year's Eve supervision

JAKARTA (JP): South Jakarta mayoralty will deploy 120 officers to supervise entertainment activities at 48 amusement centers, mostly in Blok M, Mayestik and Kebayoran Lama, on New Year's Eve.

South Jakarta Mayor Pardjoko yesterday said the officers will be in charge of monitoring whether or not amusement centers violate existing regulations.

Pardjoko said that based on Governor's Instruction No. 445/1994, all entertainment presentations must have permits from the city government and city police.

Foreign performers must also be registered at the Entertainment Activities Evaluation Committee of the directorate general of tourism, he said.

Pardjoko also urged the public to report any entertainment violations to his office. (hhr)