The Central Jakarta Parks and City Forests (Tamhut) Sub-agency has started to decorate the area with ornamental plants ahead of Indonesia Indepedence Day's 78th Anniversary and ASEAN Summit.

In total, as many as 5,000 polybags of plants have been planted since yesterday morning and will end today

Parks and City Forests Division Head, Amri Muhammad expressed the beautification activities this time were centered on the Arjuna Wijaya Statue (Horse Statue), Bank Indonesia Fountain and courtyard of Central Jakarta Mayor's Office.

The types of ornamental plants planted in this beautification range from red-white kastuba, siverdust merah, cabbage palm, kadaka, hanjungan merah, rumput gajah mini, palm cameroeia, pandan bali, red-white krisna, anthurium merah, and thypa.

"In total, as many as 5,000 polybags of plants have been planted since yesterday morning and will end today," he said, Tuesday (8/15).

His party also put up banners that read Indonesian Independence Day and the ASEAN Summit in eight sub-districts.

"We have attached them in 23 points spread across eight districts with a total of 141 poles," he explained.

Hopefully, it could make the atmosphere of Indonesia Independence Day Anniversary and ASEAN Summit more lively and felt in Central Jakarta.

"I hope that it can all add to the excitement," he hoped.