Pontianak turns off the lights

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