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Jakarta MRT to have women operators, maintenance officers
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A brand new MRT car sits on a railway track at a station in Lebak Bulus, South Jakarta, on April 12. (JP/Wendra Ajistyatama)
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ix women will operate Jakarta’s first MRT service while another 18 women will maintain the facility, the operational division head of PT Jakarta MRT Mega Indahwati Natangsa has said.
The company has provided equal opportunities for men and women to work for the company, she added.
Mega said all 41 MRT operators had been trained in Malaysia during which the men and women were trained under the same program.
“During the training, women [operators] were asked to carry an emergency ladder weighing 40 kilograms and walk the length of the train. If women can do it, men can do it,” Mega said on Wednesday according to tempo.co.
The company has recruited 48 percent of the 320 workers needed for the MRT, set to begin operation in 2019.
The infrastructure project's development has reached 50.55 percent, she said. (cal)
