The Surakarta administration has been honored as the regional administration that best preserves its culture in 2015 by the Culture and Education Ministry
he Surakarta administration has been honored as the regional administration that best preserves its culture in 2015 by the Culture and Education Ministry.
'We and the Blitar administration have been honored in the category of regional administration with the best cultural heritage preservation in Indonesia,' Surakarta's head of culture and tourism Eny Tyasni Susana said as quoted by Antara news agency on Thursday.
She said this was the first time the Surakarta administration had won an award in the field of cultural preservation.
'The ministry has acknowledged that the Surakarta administration cares about the preservation of culture,' Eny said.
Examples of the administration's cultural preservation efforts that the award cited were the issuance of a regional regulation on culture preservation, a mayoral decree on the registration of heritage buildings, the preservation of historic buildings, and the recognition of individuals and institutions committed to preserving Indonesian cultural heritage with the awarding of property tax reductions of up to 30 percent, she said.
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