'Three-in-one policy to stay'

'Three-in-one policy to stay'

JAKARTA (JP): The city administration considers the three-in-
one policy as the best way to overcome traffic congestion in the
city, an official says.

The head of the City Land Transport Control Agency, JP Sepang,
announced on Sunday night that the administration has no
intention of changing the policy.

"We don't have any other choice. Traffic would be even worse
if the policy was lifted," he said.

Golkar's Jakarta chapter recently urged the city
administration to change its policy because the rule has not
solved traffic problems and has had a negative impact.

Tadjus Sobirin, the chairman of Golkar's Jakarta chapter, said
the policy has been proven ineffective.

The three-in-one policy requires a car to carry at least three
passengers in certain areas of the city at certain times.

The regulation has led children to offer their services as
jockeys to cars carrying less than three people.

The administration then established that the jockeys broke
regulations. Many three-in-one children have been detained for
the new offense. (yns)