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Jakarta 4 months ago
Yearender: Jakarta’s public space grow, but unevenly delivered
From 24-hour city parks to libraries extending their evening hours, Jakarta closed the year with a series of public space initiatives. Yet these expansions remain concentrated around economic hubs, reinforcing the spatial inequality that has long shaped the capital.
Jakarta 4 months ago
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Jakarta sets 2026’s minimum wage at Rp 5.7 million
Negotiations between workers, business owners and the city administration led to an agreement to set the alpha coefficient that determines the increase of minimum wage at 0.75, still within the threshold of between 0.5 and 0.9 set by the central government.
Jakarta 5 months ago
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Free meals under renewed scrutiny after van injures 21 at Jakarta school
The Jakarta Legal Aid Institute said the crash was not merely an accident, nor an event that can be attributed to individual error. It reflects chaotic and unprofessional program management that neglects public safety, especially the safety of children.
Jakarta 6 months ago
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New database aims to strengthen Jakarta’s fight against slums
The administration is also working with Statistics Indonesia (BPS) to continue mapping community unit (RW) areas that fall into the slum category, as Jakarta targets to upgrade all of its slums by 2027 to improve overall quality of life.
Jakarta 6 months ago
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Small farmers bring Jakarta urban farming to life
Jakarta has designated idle plots of land, including some under the Bekasi-Cawang-Kampung Melayu (Becakayu) toll road in East Jakarta, as urban farming sites in an effort to achieve food security and expand green area coverage in the city.
Jakarta 6 months ago
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Accommodating the dead: Jakarta faces grave shortage crisis
The Jakarta parks agency puts the remaining number of available graves at just 118,000, while over 86 percent of public cemeteries are at full capacity and the remainder are at 80 percent capacity, leaving the city's dead in dire need of a final resting place.
