No flags in posh areas

No flags in posh areas

From Neraca

I would like to express my concern over the failure of many
residents in the Menteng area, Central Jakarta, to hoist national
flags during the celebration of the independence day, which runs
counter to the Jakarta Governor's instruction. Along Jl. Sutan
Sjahrir, for example, many families were not hoisting the red and
white flags and no gate-ways were erected.

I wondered why they did not pay heed to the governor's
instruction? Is their sense of nationalism eroding? Or simply
because they are elite people? If they cared to visit the other
parts of the city, particularly the shanties, they would see
people were in festivity and holding many activities in
connection to the observance of Independence Day.

SUGENG SURYANTONO

Jakarta