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Jakarta cancels Car Free Night trial

The city administration previously planned to hold the Jakarta Muharram Festival with a torch parade from the National Monument (Monas) to the Bundaran HI traffic circle in Central Jakarta as a soft trial for a Car Free Night (CFN).

1 day ago
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Uncertain future hangs over ‘ondel-ondel’ buskers

Buskers might soon find themselves left on the streets without a means of earning an income if Jakarta's proposed ban on ondel-ondel comes to pass, though an expert has pointed out that the giant Betawi effigy is the very embodiment of "street art". ...

4 days ago
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Revamped Tanah Abang Station still faces bottlenecks, safety issues

Tanah Abang Station opened on Sunday with a new building developed as part of a three-phase overhaul to expand capacity and ease flow, but a lack of direct access routes to platforms and safety issues like pickpockets still persist. ...

5 days ago

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Grassroots sports clubs emerge to push more Jakartans to exercise

After the COVID-19 pandemic, new grassroots sports clubs have been helping motivate Jakartans to engage in regular physical exercise in a bid to promote healthy lifestyles and foster a sense of community.

1 year ago
Jakarta

Jakartans again oppose planned 10-year vehicle age limit

A recent poll shows that the majority of Jakartans is opposed to implementing a decade-old age limit policy for private vehicles that authorities revived after the President signed the DKJ Law on the city's future fate.

1 year ago
Jakarta

Golkar to reveal Jakarta, West Java tickets on registration day 1

The "grand old party" is set to announce its gubernatorial tickets for Jakarta and West Java on Aug. 27, the opening day of candidate registration for the 2024 regional head elections.

1 year ago
Jakarta

Golkar's Ridwan Kamil eyeing gubernatorial race alliance, PKS says

The PKS says Golkar politician Ridwan Kamil has expressed interest in allying with the party for the regional head elections in Jakarta as well as West Java, though it plans to make a decision only after the results of an electability poll.

1 year ago
Jakarta

Jakarta to install more air quality stations to manage pollution

Aside from expanding the number of air quality monitoring stations, the city's environment agency has urged Jakartans to do their bit by using public transportation, avoiding open waste burning and making other environmentally conscious efforts to reduce the air pollution that has been choking Jakarta for months.

1 year ago
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Ex-Kampung Bayam residents struggle with life at Rusun Nagrak

The lives of evicted Kampung Bayam residents who now live at low-cost apartment complex (Rusun) Nagrak in Cilincing, North Jakarta, have become more complex as they have to wake up at dawn to reach their respective schools or workplaces located close to their former neighborhood in Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta.

1 year ago
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PKS names Sohibul Iman Jakarta gubernatorial candidate

Sohibul Iman served as PKS chairman from 2015 to 2020 and was elected to the House of Representatives for the 2009-2014 and 2014-2019 periods. He has also likely been elected to the body for the 2024-2029 period.

1 year ago
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Pollution haze chokes Jakarta on its 497th anniversary

Acting Jakarta governor Heru Budi Hartono dismissed concerns on the deteriorating air quality in Jakarta, saying that air pollution is a common occurrence in various major cities across the world and stressing the government's anti-pollution measures such as cloud seeding and mist spraying.

1 year ago
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Gridlock, crowded public transportation mark Jakarta’s anniversary celebrations

Jakarta’s 497th anniversary on Saturday was marked by congestion on numerous thoroughfares, heavily crowded public transportation and persisting pollution as people across the city went out to join in the festivities.

1 year ago
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Jakarta celebrates another year as capital city

As Jakarta counts its remaining days as Indonesia's capital city, residents express hope that the government's plan to move the capital to Nusantara could help reduce some of its urban burdens. But doubts linger on whether the move will end the city's perennial problems. 

1 year ago
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Navigating Jakarta’s Future

Jakarta may be commemorating its final anniversary this month as the national capital, but for more than 30 million people, the city will continue to be the country’s economic heart and the bustling hub of the largest metropolitan area in Southeast Asia.

1 year ago
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Jakarta to mark 497 years with special Rp 1 transit fare

The city administration is marking Jakarta's 497th birthday with a special flat rate of Rp 1 for the BRT, MRT and LRT on June 22 and 23, while a separate discounted rate of 20 percent off applies to limited Whoosh services.

1 year ago
Jakarta

Transportation association urges Jakarta election debate to talk about public transit

The issue of transportation should be one of the themes covered during a debate between candidates ahead of the Jakarta gubernatorial election, a transportation experts association has urged.

1 year ago
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PDI-P open to backing Anies in Jakarta polls, Ganjar says

As political parties gear up for the regional head elections, Ganjar has said the PDI-P was open to considering backing external candidates in the Jakarta election, including his former presidential rival Anies, who could make a reelection bid for the city's governorship come November.

1 year ago
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Jakarta to release Wolbachia mosquitoes in battle against dengue

The city is set to release mosquitoes with Wolbachia in its latest measure to curb the spread of dengue fever, while the acting governor has dismissed the seriousness of relevant authorities about slapping fines on residents that do not comply with the relevant health rules.

1 year ago
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Ex-Kampung Bayam residents join hands to survive difficult times

With individualistic culture increasingly prevalent in cities globally, including in Jakarta, evicted former residents of Kampung Bayam in North Jakarta have chosen to stick to the nation’s spirit of gotong royong (mutual cooperation) amid the difficulties of living in temporary shelters.

1 year ago
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Jakarta administration to build new apartments for former Kampung Bayam residents

Former Kampung Bayam residents who were evicted from their homes to make way for the development of the Jakarta International Stadium (JIS) in Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta, agreed to move to a new apartment complex that will be built by the city administration soon.

1 year ago
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Kampung Bayam residents still homeless, four years on

Recently, a joint team comprising members of the National Police, the military and the Jakarta Public Order Agency raided Kampung Susun Bayam to force the inhabitants to leave. They finally agreed to return to the temporary shelters on the condition that Furqon was released.

1 year ago
Jakarta

MRT Jakarta halts service after construction crane falls onto tracks

In a statement posted on a number of social media outlets, MRT Jakarta blamed the disruption on an incident at a construction site located inside the nearby Attorney General's Office (AGO) headquarters in Blok M, South Jakarta.

1 year ago
Regional Elections

NasDem open to pairing Prabowo's nephew with Raffi in Jakarta election

NasDem election campaign operation head Prananda Paloh, the son of party chairman Surya Paloh, said that the party leadership is now weighing its options on who to back in the Jakarta gubernatorial election, including the Budi Satrio-Raffi ticket.

1 year ago
Jakarta

PKS to weigh Anies' candidacy in Jakarta election

The PKS is mulling over whether to back the former Jakarta governor for reelection in November's regional head elections.

1 year ago
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Jakarta to build city's first waste-to-energy plant

The RDF plant is set to be built atop a 7.8-hectare site in Rorotan, North Jakarta. Once the facility is fully operational, it will be able to process 2,500 tonnes of waste per day.

1 year ago
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Jakarta struggles to end illicit parking attendants amid high unemployment

The Jakarta administration is making another bid to crack down on the never-ending practice of informal parking attendants at convenience stores, but the underlying cause of the city’s high unemployment rate is adding complexity to the issue.

1 year ago
Jakarta

Pilot of BSD air crash tried emergency landing: KNKT

The KNKT's ongoing air accident investigation has found indications that pilot Capt. Pulung Darmawan had deliberately diverted from his flight path to attempt an emergency landing in the empty field where the plane's wreckage was recovered.

1 year ago
Jakarta

BSD air crash probe to look into pilot chatter: KNKT

The parallel police investigation found that the three victims aboard were likely killed upon the aircraft's impact with the ground.

1 year ago
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Prone to fire and fresh air problems, people in Tambora figure out life in a slum area

Living in a small alley near Duri Station in Tambora, West Jakarta, Nur Walidah, 37, prefers to sit outside her house, along with other mothers, while nurturing her four-year-old daughter. While the minimum standard of adequate living is a bit more than 7 square meters per person, it is not unheard for a family of four, or even more, to live in a cramped house as little as 15 sq m in size. On average, there are 17 Jakartans living to each 1 sq m of the city.

1 year ago
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Some Jakartans denied clean piped water for decades

While Indonesia is set to host the world’s largest water conference in Bali this week, many people living in the country’s capital remain without reliable access to clean water provided by the city, forcing them to seek out independent solutions.

1 year ago
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Tens of thousands seek better lives in Jakarta. But is the city losing its draw?

Jakarta has long been a magnet for people searching for better livelihoods, particularly after Idul Fitri. But this year, the estimated number of newcomers has fallen as the economies of other cities in the country start to catch up.

1 year ago
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PDI-P considering Anies, Ahok as Jakarta gubernatorial candidates

PDI-P secretary-general Hasto Kristiyanto acknowledged that Anies and Ahok were among the names proposed by the party's rank and file. 

1 year ago
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Passengers want better service amid plan to increase Commuter Line fares

Commuter Line passengers in Greater Jakarta say they do not mind paying extra for transit expenses as long as the new fares are reasonable and the services are improved.

1 year ago

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