Entertainment on the Banks of the Angke River

The Jakarta provincial government has begun cleaning up the vice-ridden Kalijodo area. On Thursday last week, they sent the first warning letter, ordering all people living on the land of that former green area to move out. On the same day, tens of police officers, assisted by the members of the military, conducted a raid against thugs, searching for weapons. It was a sign of the end of a red-light district that has a history dating way back during the Dutch colonial days.