Jakarta.
The Jakarta administration has signed an agreement on Wednesday (25/05) with a
Dutch multinational company for the repainting of Kota Tua in North Jakarta and
several other public buildings and structures in the city.
Jakarta
regional secretary Saefullah signed the agreement with Jun de Dios, president
director of AkzoNobel, the company that produces the Dulux brand of paints.
The
painting process will be divided into two phases, with the first involving the
Jakarta History Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts and Ceramics and the Kota Intan
Bridge in Kota Tua. The three structures will be painted in a livelier color
and 50 trash cans made from the empty paint cans will be placed around the
historic area.
The second
phase will involve repainting of the Maritime Museum in Sunda Kelapa, North
Jakarta, and the Wayang Museum, also in Kota Tua. This phase will be expanded
to other parts of the capital and it will include the repainting of bus
shelters, pedestrian bridges, overpasses and underpasses in lively colors.
"We
are happy to see the program proceed, as it will maintain the historical
buildings, which are essential factors in preserving a cultural heritage,"
de Dios said after the signing.
The Jakarta
administration has also received four double-decker buses from the company.
"I am
the most expensive model in Jakarta. For wearing a Dulux shirt and a hat, I get
paid four buses and Kota Tua's revitalization," Governor Basuki Tjahaja
Purnama, better known as Ahok, said jokingly during Wednesday's ceremony.
"You
can have me wear these [clothing items] for a week, but then you must give me
seven buses," he added.
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