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An Asian Games banner with a collapsed mascot and the Jakarta administration's logo, as well as a missing “g” in the Indonesian word “terselenggara”, becoming “terselengara”, is seen in Palmerah, West Jakarta, on Aug. 8. (JP/Damar Harsanto)
Jakarta has welcomed the Asian Games by putting up banners, but they have typos and misplaced elements.
One banner in Palmerah, West Jakarta, is landscape-oriented and displays a collapsed mascot and the Jakarta administration logo, and a missing “g” in the Indonesian word terselenggara, becoming terselengara. Terselenggara means “being staged”.
Another banner bearing the administration’s logo has gone viral on social media because it has a typo, with Asian Games written as Asean Games. ASEAN stands for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
Prominent writer Goenawan Mohamad rhetorically questioned who was to blame for the typo - the Jakarta administration or whoever made the picture that was used.
Pemprov DKI salah? Atau foto ini yg salah? pic.twitter.com/BBARELouKl
— goenawan mohamad (@gm_gm) August 7, 2018
Goenawan tweeted another picture with the misspelling of “Asian Games” as “Aisan Games”, adding jokingly “We’re waiting: ASINAN GAMES”. Asinan is an Indonesian dish of salty vegetables or fruits.
Kita tunggu: ASINAN GAMES! pic.twitter.com/lyTnEVueW6
— goenawan mohamad (@gm_gm) August 7, 2018
Public policy analyst Agus Pambagyo commented on his Facebook account: “How could [the Jakarta administration] not be thorough? [It] has become a public mockery.” He also pointed out the banner bearing the term “Aisan Games”, which was seen in Kartini subdistrict in Central Jakarta.
Meanwhile, Jakarta City Council’s head of Commission D overseeing development, Iman Satria, showed the assistant to the governor for development and the environment, Yusmada Faizal, a picture of the misspelling on the banner, which went viral on the internet
"Here is one, Sir. Why was it spelled “Asean” on the Asian Games banner?” Imam questioned during a session at the City Council on Tuesday. “We could be a laughingstock. This is embarrassing, Sir. Especially with the Jakarta government’s logo on it." (stu)
