The Jakarta Globe, Anita Rachman
Transportation Minister Freddy Numberi said on Tuesday that pushing for clean toilets at the nation’s ports was going to be one of his priorities for his first 100 days in administration.
He said that he has been conducting inspections at some ports and found that people are still dumping trash irresponsibly and that they weren’t keeping their toilets clean.
“I went to the Ambon port, it was filled with trash,” Freddy told journalists at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport after inspecting hajj pilgrimage flights.
He said that Indonesians should be aware that keeping the environment clean is very important, especially for attracting tourists.
“People, they have money, then they come to Indonesia and see that its toilets are very dirty, so why should they stay? They have money, they can choose somewhere else with cleaner toilets [to visit],” he said.
He said that he will ask all departments under his control to pay more attention to hygiene issues.
“We should change our culture,” he said. “This program is not only for my 100 first days in administration, but forever.”
“This is not a poor country,” he said.
He added that the ministry would conduct raids on the street vendors around the airport. Freddy said that it was acceptable for people to sell things inside the airport, however, they should understand that they need to have authorization.
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