South Jakarta Begins to Beautify Public Facilities Ahead of ASEAN Summit

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The South Jakarta provincial government has started visually improving the public facilities on the street directly facing the ASEAN secretariat headquarters. This comes ahead of the Southeast Asian intergovernmental union’s summit planned to be held this year in Jakarta. 

The acting governor of the capital city gave the orders aimed at preparing venues and urban areas that will be used for the events at the summit, the South Jakarta mayor Munjirin wrote in a statement on Sunday, January 15. 

“This is in accordance with Jakarta acting governor Heru Budi Hartono’s orders to visually improve [the area] for the ASEAN summit this year,” the mayor wrote.

Sidewalks, drainage systems, and trees were jointly maintained in the program conducted by Jakarta’s public facility maintenance agency (PPSU), park and forestry sub-agency, Bina Marga, city environmental sub-agency, and more. 

Indonesia Takes 2023 ASEAN Chairmanship 

As previously reported, the 2023 ASEAN chair has been relayed to Indonesia from Cambodia during the 40th and 41st Summit closing ceremony in Phnom Penh on November 13, 2022. Prime Minister Hun Sen symbolically handed over the gavel to President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo at the event. 

Jokowi announced at the time that Indonesia will adopt the theme “ASEAN Matters: Epicentrum of Growth.”

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