Lights off for an hour at five Jakarta landmarks

The Jakarta Post   |  Sat, 03/28/2009 7:44 PM  |  Jakarta

All lights at five public landmarks in Jakarta will be turned off for an hour starting at 8.30 p.m. On Saturday as the city administration takes part in the WWF climate change campaign called Earth Hour.

The landmarks are the National Monument (Monas), the Hotel Indonesia Roundabout, the City Hall, the Pemuda statue and the Arjuna Wiwaha Horse statue.

“For the first time Jakarta will join 2,848 other cities in 83 countries in the global event,” said WWF Indonesia spokesperson Fitrian Ardiansyah as quoted by tempointeraktif.com.

Jakarta governor Fauzi Bowo, who recently was appointed Earth Hour ambassador, would lead the event by symbolically switching off the lights at the landmarks, Fitrian said.

Fitrian also said that several companies had uttered their willingness to participate in the event.

During the one hour of darkness, musicians would play acoustic instruments at the Hotel Indonesia Roundabout, Fitrian said. (and)

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