Pramono urges underprivileged elderly to utilise Jakarta Elderly Card programme

Jakarta (ANTARA) - Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung Wibowo has invited low-income elderly residents to take advantage of the Jakarta Elderly Card (KLJ) programme.

Nevertheless, he stressed that the programme is not available to elderly residents who are financially well-off.

“There are indeed prerequisites that must be met. Some elderly people who, forgive me, are well-off, whose families are well-off and can support them, cannot yet receive the Elderly Card. But those in need will be our priority,” Pramono explained in North Jakarta on Tuesday.

To date, Pramono said, approximately 168,497 elderly residents in Jakarta have benefited from the Elderly Card.

Registration for the KLJ remains open. Residents who have yet to obtain the card are encouraged to register as soon as possible so they can enjoy its facilities.

Through the elderly card, those in need can receive social assistance in the form of cash amounting to Rp300,000 per month.

In addition to social assistance via the card, the Jakarta Provincial Government also provides various other facilities for elderly residents, such as free public transport services and access to healthcare at government-owned hospitals and community health centres (puskesmas).

“Now, travel on any transport managed by the Jakarta Government is free. Please get your card registration sorted,” said Pramono.

Jakarta has even launched an Elderly School programme, which currently comprises 78 schools with 2,278 participants.