Satpol PP: Tourists, Don't Smoke in Kota Tua Area
Reported by Folmer | Translated by Nugroho Adibrata
Tourists visiting the Kota Tua area, West Jakarta are urged not to smoke.
Officers will warn those who smoke
West Jakarta Satpol PP Head, Agus Irwanto said the ban against smoking for Kota Tua tourists was aimed to make the Kota Tua tourist area a low emission and pollution area.
“Kota Tua tourist area is one of the prohibited smoking areas according to Bylaw No. 2/2005 on Air Pollution Control. That's why, we urge tourists not to smoke," he expressed, Thursday (1/26).
Street Vendors Surveillance in Kota Tua Continues to Be TightenedAccording to him, together with Kota Tua UPK officers, his party would urge tourists in Kota Tua not to smoke.
"Officers will warn those who smoke with a humanist approach. No fines anyway," he expressed.
He hoped that this humanist effort would slowly make the Kota Tua tourist area one of the areas with the lowest pollution in Jakarta.
"We're optimistic that the pollution rate in Kota Tua can be low with the active role of visitors," he added.
As for the information, previously dozens of West Jakarta Satpol PP personnel were deployed to clean up cigarette butts in Fatahillah Plaza Museum area.
