Official gallops his way to office

Official gallops his way to office

JAKARTA: An Indonesian official, heeding a government call to
conserve energy, has exchanged his car for a more ecologically-
friendly means of transport -- a horse, a report said Wednesday.

"I am doing this because of the presidential instruction,"
said G.S. Anas, who heads the administration section of the South
Sulawesi Plantation Office in the provincial capital of Makassar.

Another reason was that he was "too lazy to queue for fuel at
the fuel station", said Anas, also the head of the South Sulawesi
Horse Breeders' Association, according to the detikcom online
news service. His chauffeur, who usually drives him to the
office, rode alongside him for the two-kilometer (1.2 mile) trip,
the report said. -- AFP