Vice governor of Jakarta, Prijanto, strikes a drum to officially open the Jakarta anniversary events series in the Historical Museum, on Sunday.

Jakarta will be celebrating its anniversary on June 22.

The government has prepared 71 national and international events, that will run until the end of June.

The theme is - “With Diversities We Build Jakarta as the Green Service City”.

The events will be including aspects such as “green-living,” “community,” “sports,” “business,” “entertainment,” and “art.”

Most of the events are unique.

In terms of green-living, the government of Jakarta will be holding a competition to transform a park into a clean and creative, green space, with places of worship, biking for fun, and newly planted trees.

Jakarta will also be offering its best in shopping experience, with the likes of Passer Baru Festival, Jakarta Fair, and Jakarta Great Sale.

And for the international events, Jakarta will host the Jakarta International 10K, the International Dance Festival, and the World Junior Golf Championship, to name a few.

[Prijanto , Vice Governor, Jakarta]:
“I hope these events can attract tourists from local and foreign countries. With their visits, we can get many advantages. For example in the hotel business, or restaurant business, if the tourists buy handicraft from our local entrepreneur, it means their handicraft also can be known widely. There are so many advantages.”

An Indonesian singer, Uut Permatasari, attended the opening ceremony. Permatasari shares her personal hope for Jakarta City which will soon be 483 years old.

[Uut Permatasari, Indonesian Dangdut Singer]:
“I hope everybody who enters Jakarta can feel safe and secure. I hope Jakarta City can continue its eco-friendly efforts - and one other thing - I hope everybody can conserve the traditional culture of Jakarta. We must take care of our traditional culture. We must remember and appreciate it because it’s the inheritance from our ancestors.”

“Jakarta” is short for “Jayakarta”, meaning “the city of victory” or “the city of glory”.

NTD News, Jakarta, Indonesia.