No more decorated graves

No more decorated graves

JAKARTA (JP): Head of the city cemetery office Sjafril
Zainuddin said yesterday that in an effort to fulfill plans to
turn cemeteries into green areas, the office will not give
permits to build boarders around graves.

"The office is responsible for turning three percent of the
city into green areas, therefore, we should work hard to
rearrange the city's cemeteries," he said.

Sjafril said that officials, as well as ulemas (Moslem
leaders), should participate in publicizing the plan to families
whose relatives are buried in public cemeteries, so they can
rearrange the grave sites so that there will be no graves built
with marble boarders, or other kinds of ornaments.

At the closing ceremony of an activity to clean up 75 public
cemeteries in the city, Sjafril said that officials should also
keep the cemetery grounds clean every day not just during
holidays. (yns)