Use of stickers

Use of stickers

On April 19, 1995, The Jakarta Post reported an interview given by the city council's Chairman of Commission C, H Helmy AR Syihap, that the three-in-one regulation should be replaced by the use of stickers.

At last someone high up shares my views, contained in my article published in Kompas some time ago. I made the same proposal for the same reasons. The only difference was that I mentioned Singapore as an example, where this sticker system has been in operation for a long time. Some roads are closed until ten o'clock, except for sticker bearers. The traffic is under control and most important the money flows into the government coffer.

As with every coin, there are two sides. With this sticker system, the three-in-one jockeys will be out of work. But this is not a big deal.

This sticker system should be given priority in the program of the Jakarta City Council. Seen from the legal point of view, there are no obstacles in replacing the governor's decree, No 613/1992, with another more up-to-date regulation. Even a Supreme Court final decision can be suspended by the same Supreme Court.

SOEGIH ARTO

Jakarta