Pontianak turns off the lights

PONTIANAK, West Kalimantan: As part of the nationwide energy saving drive, the Pontianak city government has instructed that all advertising lights on the street had to be turned off at midnight.

The municipal government would also replace standard street lights with energy saving lights, said Pontianak Mayor Buchary Abdurrahman.

The city government embarked on the energy saving measures after presidential decree No. 10/2005, which instructs all government offices nationwide to save energy to mitigate the effects of an acute fuel crisis. -- Antara