The Indonesian Transportation Society says housing construction should take into account access to public transportation interchanges.

Reptile observer Arbi Krisna said the appearance of cobras was unsurprising as most snake eggs hatched this time of year.  

Across Jakarta are dozens of tabletop communities that gather at trading card game stores, such as Good Guy Games in Tomang, Arcanum Hobbies in Kuningan and Eternity Games in Mangga Besar.

Spending most of their final year of high school studying, students are typically expected to regularly attend private tutoring sessions and subscribe to online learning platforms. The pressure is high because of the tough competition to get into top state universities.  

While Jakarta's pedestrians and road users are starting to enjoy traveling freely around Pasar Senen Jaya, street vendors relocated from the area are adjusting to their new places of business – as are the tenanted merchants in welcoming the newcomers.

With the toll road opening ahead of schedule, it is expected to share the traffic burden of Christmas and New Year travel. 

The Rp 2.1 trillion (US$ 150 million) for school renovation projects around the capital has been slashed to Rp 1.4 trillion. 

Anies said the lower subsidies would not impact public transportation services.

Based on 2015 data from Statistics Indonesia (BPS), Indonesia has 21.5 million citizens with disabilities, which represents about 8 percent of its population. Unfortunately, based on recent data from BPS, they only spend an average of 4.6 years at school, far less the government’s requirement of nine years.

The contents of four landfills in Greater Jakarta are be channeled to incinerators to produce electricity, but the construction of the facilities has been sluggish. 

These delays caused the number of passengers waiting to board trains to swell, especially during peak hours.

 The Tomang Rawa Kepa Park in Grogol Petamburan subdistrict, West Jakarta, recently underwent a major facelift that transformed it from an unattended plot of land into an 18,000-square-meter playground.

Currently FoodBox is available at the Evasari Hospital in Cempaka Putih and the Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital in Senen, both in Central Jakarta.

The entity joint venture company will manage public transportation-related aspects, including fares and routes.

In an attempt to better educate children of the community, the management team of child-friendly public space (RPTRA) Sindang Raya has been offering free night classes on various school subjects.

The 4.6-hectare urban park comprises 3.2 ha managed by hospitality group Plataran Indonesia and 1.3 ha by the GBK Complex Management Center (PPK GBK).

Indonesia has about 23 million senior citizens or 9 percent of the total population.

A recent landslide in South Tangerang, Banten, claimed one life and injured another following hours of heavy rain.

The administration of Bekasi in West Java is turning the Jatiasih toll road area into a playground for skaters, with construction expected to conclude by the end of December.

The study is based on Greater Jakarta transportation data from 2002 to 2010, collected by the Japan International Corporation Agency (JICA).

“We’re still investigating it. We need at least three or four days or maybe a week,” a ministry official said.

BPRD head Faisal Syafruddin said that in Jakarta taxes were owed on 1,104 two and four-wheeled luxury vehicles that had sale values of more than Rp 1 billion each.

The outbreak of hepatitis A affecting hundreds of residents of Depok in West Java may have spread to other areas, according to the Health Ministry, which has urged residents in its neighboring cities in Greater Jakarta to increase awareness about the potential of being affected.

The Jakarta administration plans to conduct various events next year at Rawabadung Lake in Cakung, East Jakarta, in an attempt to get potential tourists to take note of this and other lakes in the city.

The city administration of Bogor in West Java has relocated about 200 street vendors from Jl. Dewi Sartika to develop the town square and revitalize Bogor’s Grand Mosque.

MRT Jakarta president director William Sabandar confirmed there was a master plan to extend the MRT line to 230 kilometers by 2030.

Annual flooding has prompted local administrations and residents to dig infiltration wells to restore the ground’s ability to hold water.

The governor has issued a new regulation that cuts out the previous fixed quota for overseas trips, but the city's councilors believe that sending an extra official or two will not significantly affect next year's budget.

A possible case of sexual abuse of a child in Manggarai, South Jakarta, adds to a long list of such assaults by family members, according to Komnas Perempuan.

The police have killed a suspected drug mule after he allegedly resisted arrest. They also seized 3,237 grams of methamphetamine worth Rp 3.23 billion (US$229,062) in an operation.