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Ahok's running mate Djarot gets full hair treatment in Chinatown
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Deputy governor Djarot Syaiful Hidayat gets a hair cut in Petak Sembilan in Chinatown, West Jakarta, on Jan. 25. He said he had been to the Ko Tang barbershop three times because he liked the service, which included a shoulder rub. (Courtesy of Ahok-Djarot Team/File)
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head of the second Jakarta gubernatorial debate, Djarot Saiful Hidayat, the current deputy governor, spent his evening at a barbershop during his “blusukan” (impromptu visit) to Petak Sembilan in Jakarta’s Chinatown on Wednesday.
Djarot, the running mate of incumbent Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama, said it was his third visit to the barbershop, called Ko Tang. “Ko” is a colloquial address meaning brother for Chinese-Indonesians. Ko Tang Barbershop also treated President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo during his campaign as then Jakarta governor candidate in 2012.
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"I had my hair washed and cut and my moustache washed and trimmed, plus a shoulder rub. This is a super complete package, ‘plus, plus’. [I feel] fresh again," Djarot said.
However, he refused to say the treatment was a part of his preparations for Friday’s televised debate. "No, no, [you] would think that, I know, but it has nothing to do with the debate. I just want to show that such a traditional method is good," added the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) politician.
Djarot said the barbershop offered good services, although the hair style it offered was somewhat old fashioned.
"Am I handsome? Of course I am," Djarot said after the treatment, before leaving the barbershop. (evi)
