Surjadi receives best village heads

Surjadi receives best village heads

Governor Surjadi Soedirdja has said the visiting best
village heads from the country's 27 provinces should see Jakarta
in a more balanced way, weighing the metropolis' negative and
positive sides, and hence not readily condoning their residents
moving to the city.

People from other areas, Surjadi said, tend to think only from
a favorable side that Jakarta is the best place for making money
and looking for jobs.

"Jakarta's superb, lavish appearance must be seen from the
right perspective because its status as the country's capital
city is like the cover of a book. It must look good and
interesting in order to attract prospective readers to open and
read the book," he said.

However, people from other areas must take into account the
city's negative sides as well, Surjadi warned.

The 27 best village heads are in the city together with team
leaders of the Family Welfare Movement, 135 best teachers, and 27
best librarians at the invitation of the national committee for
the Aug. 18 Independence Day celebrations. (arf)