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JAKARTA: In a bid to involve the public in creating a safe and comfortable Jakarta, the city administration Friday formed a communication forum at both municipality and provincial levels to foster community alertness
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JAKARTA: In a bid to involve the public in creating a safe and comfortable Jakarta, the city administration Friday formed a communication forum at both municipality and provincial levels to foster community alertness.
Governor Fauzi Bowo said the forum would prepare the community for rapid action as the city set an alert status for flood, bird flu, dengue fever and other disasters.
"It was the public that helped the police unveil drug factories," Fauzi said after inaugurating around 50 forum members at City Hall.
"The ones who really know about an area are the locals. So we need to raise their alertness."
The forum was sanctioned by a 2006 Home Ministry law on community action. The regulation states that the local administration should maintain safety and prepare communities facing both natural and man-made disasters.
The city administration will establish forums at subdistrict and district levels next year. -- JP
