Traffic to be detoured during APEC meeting

Traffic to be detoured during APEC meeting

CIGOMBONG, Bogor (JP): A number of roads in the city will be
closed and traffic routed for several days before, during and
after the upcoming Asian and Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
meeting next month, city Police Chief Maj. Gen. Mochamad Hindarto
said yesterday.

"We hope the public will understand because we all have to
make the meeting run smoothly," Hindarto said after the
dedication of a six-month training course for 107 low-ranking
police officers at the Lido State Police School here yesterday.

City Police Headquarters have yet to announce which roads will
be closed and for how long.

These closures will apply on roads to be used by heads of
states, as well as their delegations, moving between the meeting
site in Bogor and their hotels.

"We realize such a change could possibly inconvenience many
people," Hindarto said. "We hope motorists will make note of and
obey the changes."

He advises motorists to take alternate roads in an effort to
help ease the traffic congestion which could occur when certain
roads are closed and alternate routes applied.

APEC groups Canada, China, Japan, the United States, Mexico,
Taiwan, Hong Kong, South Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore,
Brunei, the Philippines, Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea
and Indonesia, which currently chairs the forum.

The forum's heads of states are scheduled to gather on Nov.
15, at the Bogor Palace, to hold their second meeting. This
meeting follows the inaugural APEC leaders meeting on Blake
Island, Seattle, last year.

City police will deploy 75 percent of its 15,000 officers
during the conference to keep order and security.(bsr)