A Raucous Walk in the Park

The House of Representatives wants to turn the Senayan Ria Park into an urban forest area. The State Secretariat is bound by an old agreement rife with problems.

August 4, 2010

SCORES of men dressed in brown uniforms walked back and forth at the entry to the Taman Ria Senayan, a park in Senayan, South Jakarta, on Wednesday afternoon last week. Some were busy talking on cellphones, others taking out large red boards from Kijang automobiles bearing the logo of the Office of Construction Regulation and Supervision. A pickup truck was then parked right in front of a white fence which cordons off this area which was leveled

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