UPC to hold 'agenda of the people'

UPC to hold 'agenda of the people'

JAKARTA (JP): A non-governmental organization, the Urban Poor
Consortium (UPC), plans to hold a series of activities from Aug.
8 to Aug. 16 to commemorate the 56th anniversary of Indonesia's
independence, which falls on Aug. 17.

The organization said, in a media release issued here on
Friday, that the activities, which it calls the agenda of the
people, includes a becak (three-wheeled pedicab) show and contest
on Aug. 8, street singers' gathering on Aug. 9, a public dialog
and grass-puppet show on Aug. 10, and a congress of Jakarta
pedicab drivers on Aug. 11.

Other items on the agenda will include a picture exhibition,
titled The ruined city, which is scheduled to be held from Aug.
12 to Aug. 14.

All the activities will be held in a field opposite the Gapura
Angkasa building in Kemayoran, Central Jakarta, except for the
people's parade, which will be in the National Monument (Monas)
park on Aug. 16.