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Jakarta’s hooliganism problem | |
Our collaboration with Tempo has also borne fruit in the shape of a fascinating investigation by their reporter, Larissa Huda, into the ongoing issue of football hooliganism in Jakarta. | |
Larissa’s report reveals the stories behind a number of chilling incidents between ‘Jakmania’ – as supporters of the capital’s leading football club, Persija, are known – and other fans, as well as the police. Since the Indonesian Football League started in 1993-1994, at least 54 football-related deaths were found to have occurred. | |
Larissa also visits one of Jakmania’s strongholds – the district of Manggarai, also known as ‘Jakarta’s ghetto’ – to try to better understand the deep-rooted social factors that can trigger hooliganism, and asks what, if anything, can be done to eradicate this vicious, sometimes deadly violence from the game. | |
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Francesca Perry | Francesca Perry |
Share your favourite view of Jakarta | Share your favourite view of Jakarta |
Jakarta is quite a flat city: there aren’t steep streets or hillside neighbourhoods. So where do you go to get a great view over the city? Share your photos of your favourite views in Jakarta and where you can see them from. You can share pictures on Twitter and Instagram using the hashtag #GuardianJakarta or Whatsapp us on +447881337758.Jakarta adalah kota yang rata: tidak ada jalan yang curam atau lingkungan yang berbukit. Jadi di mana kamu pergi untuk mendapatkan pemandangan kota ini? Bagi foto-foto pemandangan Jakarta favoritmu dan di mana kamu bisa melihatnya. Kamu bisa bagi lewat Twitter dan Instagram dengan tagar #GuardianJakarta atau Whatsapp kami di +447881337758. | Jakarta is quite a flat city: there aren’t steep streets or hillside neighbourhoods. So where do you go to get a great view over the city? Share your photos of your favourite views in Jakarta and where you can see them from. You can share pictures on Twitter and Instagram using the hashtag #GuardianJakarta or Whatsapp us on +447881337758.Jakarta adalah kota yang rata: tidak ada jalan yang curam atau lingkungan yang berbukit. Jadi di mana kamu pergi untuk mendapatkan pemandangan kota ini? Bagi foto-foto pemandangan Jakarta favoritmu dan di mana kamu bisa melihatnya. Kamu bisa bagi lewat Twitter dan Instagram dengan tagar #GuardianJakarta atau Whatsapp kami di +447881337758. |
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Kate Lamb | Kate Lamb |
Magic moments | Magic moments |
I just finished a meeting with M’bah P’ea Ki Nogo Koro, a self proclaimed dukun, or witchdoctor. Each week, he says, he receives dozens of customers seeking help with their love life, or remedies for problems with their health or career. | I just finished a meeting with M’bah P’ea Ki Nogo Koro, a self proclaimed dukun, or witchdoctor. Each week, he says, he receives dozens of customers seeking help with their love life, or remedies for problems with their health or career. |
The 33-year-old cleanses people’s auras and gives them medicines to take. He has practised white magic for 18 years and gets custom through word of mouth. | The 33-year-old cleanses people’s auras and gives them medicines to take. He has practised white magic for 18 years and gets custom through word of mouth. |
M'bah P'ea Ki Nogo Rogo at his home, with ondel ondel, a traditional Betawi puppet in the background. #GuardianJakarta pic.twitter.com/myrNVpnv4q | M'bah P'ea Ki Nogo Rogo at his home, with ondel ondel, a traditional Betawi puppet in the background. #GuardianJakarta pic.twitter.com/myrNVpnv4q |
I met M’bah P’ea to ask him about the government’s plans to introduce more stringent penalties for the use of black magic, which is used for malignant purposes. | I met M’bah P’ea to ask him about the government’s plans to introduce more stringent penalties for the use of black magic, which is used for malignant purposes. |
“With ilmu [magic] there is the black and the white kind and I only use white,” he says. | “With ilmu [magic] there is the black and the white kind and I only use white,” he says. |
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Kate Lamb | Kate Lamb |
Don’t rain on my parade … | Don’t rain on my parade … |
Jakartans and Indonesians can be superstitious. That’s where dukun, or witchdoctors, mystics and paranormals come in. Advertising their services in the local papers across Jakarta, local paranormals say they can ward off black magic, heal lunacy, cleanse your aura, or that of your home or office. Oh, and for important events, a wedding or film shoot for example, people also hire pawan hujan, or rainstoppers, to make sure it doesn’t rain on your event … | Jakartans and Indonesians can be superstitious. That’s where dukun, or witchdoctors, mystics and paranormals come in. Advertising their services in the local papers across Jakarta, local paranormals say they can ward off black magic, heal lunacy, cleanse your aura, or that of your home or office. Oh, and for important events, a wedding or film shoot for example, people also hire pawan hujan, or rainstoppers, to make sure it doesn’t rain on your event … |
Although there are more Muslims in Indonesia than any other country in the world – there are six official religions – many pre-Islamic, animist beliefs and superstitions coexist with modern life and religion. | Although there are more Muslims in Indonesia than any other country in the world – there are six official religions – many pre-Islamic, animist beliefs and superstitions coexist with modern life and religion. |
And that includes the elite too. Former president Suharto, who led the country for more than three decades until 1998, was himself a committed mystic, known to regularly visit sacred caves and tombs believed to hold special powers. | And that includes the elite too. Former president Suharto, who led the country for more than three decades until 1998, was himself a committed mystic, known to regularly visit sacred caves and tombs believed to hold special powers. |
Black magic of ilmu hitam is already illegal in Indonesia, but the Indonesian parliament plans to bring in harsher penalties, including for people who merely declare or promise they have black magic skills that can cause sickness, death, or physical and mental illness. The amended law would make such a crime punishable by a maximum of five years in prison. | Black magic of ilmu hitam is already illegal in Indonesia, but the Indonesian parliament plans to bring in harsher penalties, including for people who merely declare or promise they have black magic skills that can cause sickness, death, or physical and mental illness. The amended law would make such a crime punishable by a maximum of five years in prison. |
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David Munk | David Munk |
Two feet/wheels good | Two feet/wheels good |
The every-form-of-transport-in-one-afternoon mission draws to a close … | The every-form-of-transport-in-one-afternoon mission draws to a close … |
Trip 7. New form of transport through Jakarta. #GuardianJakarta pic.twitter.com/WPEJm062RX | Trip 7. New form of transport through Jakarta. #GuardianJakarta pic.twitter.com/WPEJm062RX |
And finally trip 8. On two wheels. Go Jek heading toward a well earned refreshment. #GuardianJakarta pic.twitter.com/CWvB5S6hFQ | And finally trip 8. On two wheels. Go Jek heading toward a well earned refreshment. #GuardianJakarta pic.twitter.com/CWvB5S6hFQ |
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Francesca Perry | Francesca Perry |
Get snapping! | Get snapping! |
For our week of reporting from Jakarta, we’ve asked a team of great Instagrammers (including @sam_otitt, @indostreets, @liewielliam and @aditpk) to take photos all around the city and tag them with #GuardianJakarta. Tag your own photos of the Indonesian capital this week and a selection will be featured in a gallery on Guardian Cities. | For our week of reporting from Jakarta, we’ve asked a team of great Instagrammers (including @sam_otitt, @indostreets, @liewielliam and @aditpk) to take photos all around the city and tag them with #GuardianJakarta. Tag your own photos of the Indonesian capital this week and a selection will be featured in a gallery on Guardian Cities. |
We also have the brilliant @ijoeel taking over our Instagram account to give his own unique view of the city. Follow the action @guardiancities! | We also have the brilliant @ijoeel taking over our Instagram account to give his own unique view of the city. Follow the action @guardiancities! |
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The Jakarta conundrum | The Jakarta conundrum |
Leading urbanist Marco Kusumawijaya of the city’s Rujak Centre explains the key struggle for Jakartans: how to imagine the future of their city. | Leading urbanist Marco Kusumawijaya of the city’s Rujak Centre explains the key struggle for Jakartans: how to imagine the future of their city. |
Unlike other megalopolises across the world, and in sharp contrast to the trend of global urbanisation, more people are actually leaving Jakarta than arriving. The city’s net migration rate has been negative since at least 1990. | Unlike other megalopolises across the world, and in sharp contrast to the trend of global urbanisation, more people are actually leaving Jakarta than arriving. The city’s net migration rate has been negative since at least 1990. |
Imagining a future for this chaotic metropolis is very difficult for most people who live and work here. If they imagine anything, it’s to detach their own future from the city. | Imagining a future for this chaotic metropolis is very difficult for most people who live and work here. If they imagine anything, it’s to detach their own future from the city. |
Read his piece here – and tune in at 7pm for a livestream of the Guardian Cities and Rujak Centre live panel discussion: Jakarta at 30 Million | Read his piece here – and tune in at 7pm for a livestream of the Guardian Cities and Rujak Centre live panel discussion: Jakarta at 30 Million |
Tidak seperti megalopolitan di berbagai belahan dunia, dan berbeda dari tren urbanisasi global, lebih banyak orang meninggalkan Jakarta ketimbang pindah ke kota ini. Angka bersih migrasi ke Jakarta menunjukkan nilai negatif sejak 1990. | Tidak seperti megalopolitan di berbagai belahan dunia, dan berbeda dari tren urbanisasi global, lebih banyak orang meninggalkan Jakarta ketimbang pindah ke kota ini. Angka bersih migrasi ke Jakarta menunjukkan nilai negatif sejak 1990. |
Amat sulit bagi mereka yang tinggal dan bekerja di Jakarta untuk membayangkan masa depan metropolitan yang semrawut ini. Jika mereka merenungkan masa depan, yang kerap terpikir adalah meninggalkan kota ini. | Amat sulit bagi mereka yang tinggal dan bekerja di Jakarta untuk membayangkan masa depan metropolitan yang semrawut ini. Jika mereka merenungkan masa depan, yang kerap terpikir adalah meninggalkan kota ini. |
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Chris Michael | Chris Michael |
Tempo + Guardian Cities | Tempo + Guardian Cities |
As part of Guardian Jakarta Week, we have joined forces with Tempo, Indonesia’s leading source for investigative journalism, on several special reports, as well as a live event this Wednesday entitled Indonesia and the Media. | As part of Guardian Jakarta Week, we have joined forces with Tempo, Indonesia’s leading source for investigative journalism, on several special reports, as well as a live event this Wednesday entitled Indonesia and the Media. |
The newspaper was banned under Suharto and firebombed after a police corruption story in 2010. I asked Wahyu Dyatmika, Tempo news editor and Indonesia lead on the Panama Papers tax haven expose, why he thinks their mission is of increasing importance in 2016. | The newspaper was banned under Suharto and firebombed after a police corruption story in 2010. I asked Wahyu Dyatmika, Tempo news editor and Indonesia lead on the Panama Papers tax haven expose, why he thinks their mission is of increasing importance in 2016. |
Tempo has been and will always be about independent reporting and quality journalism. These are the qualities that we – as Jakartans and Indonesians – desperately need more and more in the media now, especially when we see there is no sign of abating corruption while sectarianism and intolerance are on the rise. | Tempo has been and will always be about independent reporting and quality journalism. These are the qualities that we – as Jakartans and Indonesians – desperately need more and more in the media now, especially when we see there is no sign of abating corruption while sectarianism and intolerance are on the rise. |
What does Tempo see as their role in Jakarta’s media landscape? | What does Tempo see as their role in Jakarta’s media landscape? |
We want to remain the voice of reason in this city. That is why we are joyful to be invited to collaborate with the Guardian, and to discuss Indonesia and the international media [at the event on Wednesday 23 November]. Hopefully the forum will shed some lights on some of the concern people have about Indonesia’s image abroad, and how journalists can do a better job in reporting the facts. | We want to remain the voice of reason in this city. That is why we are joyful to be invited to collaborate with the Guardian, and to discuss Indonesia and the international media [at the event on Wednesday 23 November]. Hopefully the forum will shed some lights on some of the concern people have about Indonesia’s image abroad, and how journalists can do a better job in reporting the facts. |
Stay tuned throughout the week for more on the collaboration. | Stay tuned throughout the week for more on the collaboration. |
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Oliver Holmes | Oliver Holmes |
Snakes in the water | Snakes in the water |
I’ve met up with the men who clean Jakarta’s rivers, balancing on foam rafts and scooping up the rubbish with a giant stick that also works as an oar. | I’ve met up with the men who clean Jakarta’s rivers, balancing on foam rafts and scooping up the rubbish with a giant stick that also works as an oar. |
Sariyono, 56, has been doing this job for two years. He was on his break when I arrived (his buddy was down in the water wearing a orange life jacket) so I got to ask about his time on the green-coloured river. | Sariyono, 56, has been doing this job for two years. He was on his break when I arrived (his buddy was down in the water wearing a orange life jacket) so I got to ask about his time on the green-coloured river. |
Jakarta's river cleaners. #GuardianJakarta pic.twitter.com/qWj7FHk1uw | Jakarta's river cleaners. #GuardianJakarta pic.twitter.com/qWj7FHk1uw |
“One part of it is cleaning up the rubbish,” he said. “But it’s important that we make sure the canals don’t get blocked, because that’s when the floods happen.”He said he doesn’t depend on his job, although the local government provides a salary, medical care and a pension. His kids are already grown up and independent. | “One part of it is cleaning up the rubbish,” he said. “But it’s important that we make sure the canals don’t get blocked, because that’s when the floods happen.”He said he doesn’t depend on his job, although the local government provides a salary, medical care and a pension. His kids are already grown up and independent. |
Yup, there are snakes in there... #GuardianJakarta pic.twitter.com/KtPcQklNR4 | Yup, there are snakes in there... #GuardianJakarta pic.twitter.com/KtPcQklNR4 |
“I like the idea of cleaning up the city,” he said, adding that he heard Kuala Lumpur and Singapore have harsher laws for littering. “I wish they’d implement them in Jakarta.”Worst thing he’s ever seen in the water? “Snakes. And monitor lizards.” | “I like the idea of cleaning up the city,” he said, adding that he heard Kuala Lumpur and Singapore have harsher laws for littering. “I wish they’d implement them in Jakarta.”Worst thing he’s ever seen in the water? “Snakes. And monitor lizards.” |
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Jamie Wilson | Jamie Wilson |
The longest lunch | The longest lunch |
Pineapple peeling, Jakarta style #GuardianJakarta pic.twitter.com/71eGrzDiyq | Pineapple peeling, Jakarta style #GuardianJakarta pic.twitter.com/71eGrzDiyq |
Jakarta's food stalls come in all shapes and sizes, but this one is definitely the most bijou so far #GuardianJakarta pic.twitter.com/jTDuWxEdAX | Jakarta's food stalls come in all shapes and sizes, but this one is definitely the most bijou so far #GuardianJakarta pic.twitter.com/jTDuWxEdAX |
Deep fried tofu. The oil is re-used over and over again. Some people say it makes it taste better... #GuardianJakarta pic.twitter.com/ERPjXLf61s | Deep fried tofu. The oil is re-used over and over again. Some people say it makes it taste better... #GuardianJakarta pic.twitter.com/ERPjXLf61s |
It's been a very long lunchtime #GuardianJakarta pic.twitter.com/lQCdOuUATM | It's been a very long lunchtime #GuardianJakarta pic.twitter.com/lQCdOuUATM |
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Nick Van Mead | Nick Van Mead |
We’re going on a rat hunt … | We’re going on a rat hunt … |
Jakarta’s deputy governor has come up with a programme to control the city’s expanding rat population – a cash bounty of 20,000 rupiahs for each live rat handed in. That’s about $1.50, which is generous in a country where many live on $2 a day. | Jakarta’s deputy governor has come up with a programme to control the city’s expanding rat population – a cash bounty of 20,000 rupiahs for each live rat handed in. That’s about $1.50, which is generous in a country where many live on $2 a day. |
Djarot is trying to organise private funding for the scheme long term, but a series of pilots are under way and I went along to one in Cakung, in the east of the city. | Djarot is trying to organise private funding for the scheme long term, but a series of pilots are under way and I went along to one in Cakung, in the east of the city. |
A curious crowd gathered as cleaning workers from surrounding areas turned up with 650 rats in an assortment of old birdcages and other containers. Workers in protective clothing tipped them into steel drums and they were gassed. | A curious crowd gathered as cleaning workers from surrounding areas turned up with 650 rats in an assortment of old birdcages and other containers. Workers in protective clothing tipped them into steel drums and they were gassed. |
Screams went up whenever a rat made a bid for freedom. Some made it back to the sewer … | Screams went up whenever a rat made a bid for freedom. Some made it back to the sewer … |
Here’s the full story … | Here’s the full story … |
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8.34am GMT | 8.34am GMT |
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Francesca Perry | Francesca Perry |
Traffic truths | Traffic truths |
This week we’re asking you what the best and worst things abut life in Jakarta are, and what you would change to improve the city. Already over 130 people have contributed – thank you! – and if you want to add your voice, you can by contributing here. | This week we’re asking you what the best and worst things abut life in Jakarta are, and what you would change to improve the city. Already over 130 people have contributed – thank you! – and if you want to add your voice, you can by contributing here. |
It’s interesting to see the same things emerging again and again in the feedback. What’s good about the city? The hustle and bustle, the fact you can get anything at any time. The downsides? Traffic, traffic, traffic – which is unsurprising considering Jakarta has been named the most gridlocked city on the planet. Here’s the local view... | It’s interesting to see the same things emerging again and again in the feedback. What’s good about the city? The hustle and bustle, the fact you can get anything at any time. The downsides? Traffic, traffic, traffic – which is unsurprising considering Jakarta has been named the most gridlocked city on the planet. Here’s the local view... |
“The traffic is just so so so so bad. People tell me ‘Bangkok’s traffic is crazy’, ‘Manila’s traffic is terrible’, ‘You don’t even want to know about Beijing’s traffic’, and all I can say is ‘Have you been to Jakarta? Then you still don’t know what traffic is.’ | “The traffic is just so so so so bad. People tell me ‘Bangkok’s traffic is crazy’, ‘Manila’s traffic is terrible’, ‘You don’t even want to know about Beijing’s traffic’, and all I can say is ‘Have you been to Jakarta? Then you still don’t know what traffic is.’ |
I love Jakarta. I always do. Even with the crazy traffic. The most amazing feeling is to drive around Central Jakarta at 3am, when the road is clear and the tall buildings are around you. The city lights, the night sky, everything feels so right. In those moments you’ll forget all the craziness from the day, and you’ll love Jakarta again.” (Jeehan R Fadila, resident for 23 years) | I love Jakarta. I always do. Even with the crazy traffic. The most amazing feeling is to drive around Central Jakarta at 3am, when the road is clear and the tall buildings are around you. The city lights, the night sky, everything feels so right. In those moments you’ll forget all the craziness from the day, and you’ll love Jakarta again.” (Jeehan R Fadila, resident for 23 years) |
“The worst thing about Jakarta is it’s hard to build a social life because it is hard to meet due to traffic!” (Anonymous resident) | “The worst thing about Jakarta is it’s hard to build a social life because it is hard to meet due to traffic!” (Anonymous resident) |
“My childhood memories of this place – the pleasant mornings with dragonflies and views of a mountain, ice cream vendors strolling through neighbourhoods on late afternoons – have all been replaced by the current reality: a maddening amount of dead time spent inside our cars. It is getting harder to reconcile the fact that this place is my home.” (Farid Hamka, resident for 18 years) | “My childhood memories of this place – the pleasant mornings with dragonflies and views of a mountain, ice cream vendors strolling through neighbourhoods on late afternoons – have all been replaced by the current reality: a maddening amount of dead time spent inside our cars. It is getting harder to reconcile the fact that this place is my home.” (Farid Hamka, resident for 18 years) |
“Sometimes I fantasise that the streets are lonely, and cars don’t exist. I know Jakarta will be Jakarta, it will never be like London or New York, but enough with cars!” (Alwinsyah, resident for 21 years) | “Sometimes I fantasise that the streets are lonely, and cars don’t exist. I know Jakarta will be Jakarta, it will never be like London or New York, but enough with cars!” (Alwinsyah, resident for 21 years) |
Earlier this morning we asked for your tips on how to survive the endless Jakartan traffic jams. Share your suggestions in the comments below or on Twitter using #GuardianJakarta | Earlier this morning we asked for your tips on how to survive the endless Jakartan traffic jams. Share your suggestions in the comments below or on Twitter using #GuardianJakarta |
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In search of Obama | In search of Obama |
The every-form-of-transport-in-one-afternoon mission continues... | The every-form-of-transport-in-one-afternoon mission continues... |
Trip 5. In a Bajaj. Off to see statue of Obama. #GuardianJakarta pic.twitter.com/yu9LhPG7PN | Trip 5. In a Bajaj. Off to see statue of Obama. #GuardianJakarta pic.twitter.com/yu9LhPG7PN |
Food on the go. Jakarta style. #GuardianJakarta pic.twitter.com/6EaESZ2TUK | Food on the go. Jakarta style. #GuardianJakarta pic.twitter.com/6EaESZ2TUK |
The young @BarackObama @POTUS "The future belongs to those who believe in the power of their dreams" #GuardianJakarta pic.twitter.com/PFYgtvsN7X | The young @BarackObama @POTUS "The future belongs to those who believe in the power of their dreams" #GuardianJakarta pic.twitter.com/PFYgtvsN7X |
(The 44th president of the United States, Barack Obama, lived in Jakarta from 1967-71.) | (The 44th president of the United States, Barack Obama, lived in Jakarta from 1967-71.) |
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An oasis the city wants to destroy | An oasis the city wants to destroy |
David Munk | David Munk |
Peaceful, shady, green spaces are an all-too precious commodity in Jakarta. So the haven of eco-friendliness that residents of Tongkol and its neighbouring kampungs have created along their riverbanks would, you might imagine, be held up as a rare example of good urban practice in this rubbish-clogged, highly polluted city. | Peaceful, shady, green spaces are an all-too precious commodity in Jakarta. So the haven of eco-friendliness that residents of Tongkol and its neighbouring kampungs have created along their riverbanks would, you might imagine, be held up as a rare example of good urban practice in this rubbish-clogged, highly polluted city. |
You’d be wrong. | You’d be wrong. |
More than 250 families – some of whom have lived here more than 40 years – are being threatened with eviction from these riverbanks. The city’s administrators claim they require a swathe of land each side of the river for an inspection road, to monitor the floods that frequently stop Jakarta in its tracks. | More than 250 families – some of whom have lived here more than 40 years – are being threatened with eviction from these riverbanks. The city’s administrators claim they require a swathe of land each side of the river for an inspection road, to monitor the floods that frequently stop Jakarta in its tracks. |
Instead of waiting for demolition, however, the kampungs’ residents took matters into their own hands. | Instead of waiting for demolition, however, the kampungs’ residents took matters into their own hands. |
They took the remarkable step of demolishing parts of their own houses, using sledgehammers to knock off the front of their homes in order to move them back five metres from the waterway. In some cases that halved their floor space. | They took the remarkable step of demolishing parts of their own houses, using sledgehammers to knock off the front of their homes in order to move them back five metres from the waterway. In some cases that halved their floor space. |
They also set about a wholescale clean-up of their environment. They built rafts to collect rubbish from the river (in part to counter unfair accusations that they were wholly responsible for its polluted state). They planted trees on its banks, set up a community-wide recycling and composting system, and encouraged self-sufficiency with vegetable gardens. | They also set about a wholescale clean-up of their environment. They built rafts to collect rubbish from the river (in part to counter unfair accusations that they were wholly responsible for its polluted state). They planted trees on its banks, set up a community-wide recycling and composting system, and encouraged self-sufficiency with vegetable gardens. |
Gugun Muhammad, a resident and community organiser who also works for the Urban Poor Consortium, admits that while this transformation has benefitted the quality of life here no end, the project is also an advertisement – a demonstration to the city’s leaders of what can be achieved by some of their poorest communities, and why they should be allowed to remain, rather than forced out to faraway, soulless suburbs. | Gugun Muhammad, a resident and community organiser who also works for the Urban Poor Consortium, admits that while this transformation has benefitted the quality of life here no end, the project is also an advertisement – a demonstration to the city’s leaders of what can be achieved by some of their poorest communities, and why they should be allowed to remain, rather than forced out to faraway, soulless suburbs. |
The question is, will Jakarta authorities take any notice? After a delightful afternoon spent with Gugun and his fellow residents, we certainly hope so. If you can, go see for yourself. | The question is, will Jakarta authorities take any notice? After a delightful afternoon spent with Gugun and his fellow residents, we certainly hope so. If you can, go see for yourself. |
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7.08am GMT | 7.08am GMT |
07:08 | 07:08 |
Jamie Wilson | Jamie Wilson |
Jamie’s Indonesian: the street food sleuth | Jamie’s Indonesian: the street food sleuth |
They say to get to know a city you really need to get to know its food – and in Jakarta that means heading to the street. Here’s some of what I’ve found so far. | They say to get to know a city you really need to get to know its food – and in Jakarta that means heading to the street. Here’s some of what I’ve found so far. |
Time for some morning refreshment in Tak Kie, one of the oldest coffee shops in Chinatown. Condensed milk compulsory #GuardianJakarta pic.twitter.com/TjdjYgZm7q | Time for some morning refreshment in Tak Kie, one of the oldest coffee shops in Chinatown. Condensed milk compulsory #GuardianJakarta pic.twitter.com/TjdjYgZm7q |
I've headed south to Blok S where Woody is preparing meatballs for the lunch crowd he hopes will show up despite the rain #GuardianJakarta pic.twitter.com/kCAmjyocoS | I've headed south to Blok S where Woody is preparing meatballs for the lunch crowd he hopes will show up despite the rain #GuardianJakarta pic.twitter.com/kCAmjyocoS |
Bang Boy uses 500 fish a day to make his Somay, a kind of steamed fish cake #GuardianJakarta pic.twitter.com/s9BfnRRjy8 | Bang Boy uses 500 fish a day to make his Somay, a kind of steamed fish cake #GuardianJakarta pic.twitter.com/s9BfnRRjy8 |
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06:48 | 06:48 |
Oliver Holmes | Oliver Holmes |
Chinatown, Jakarta-style | Chinatown, Jakarta-style |
Mr Udin, 52, owns a Chinese medicine shop in Glodok. It has been boiling up roots, flowers and herbs for 25 years. | Mr Udin, 52, owns a Chinese medicine shop in Glodok. It has been boiling up roots, flowers and herbs for 25 years. |
When we arrived, he was making a mix that helps men with prostrate problems, using a handheld scales to measure it all out. | When we arrived, he was making a mix that helps men with prostrate problems, using a handheld scales to measure it all out. |
Mr Udin mixing up some Chinese medicine in Glodok. #GuardianJakarta pic.twitter.com/JbWwN3fwFs | Mr Udin mixing up some Chinese medicine in Glodok. #GuardianJakarta pic.twitter.com/JbWwN3fwFs |
He told me his customers come in for high blood pressure, flu and diabetes. While we were talking, a man walked in to ask for something for his daughter’s recent cesarean. | He told me his customers come in for high blood pressure, flu and diabetes. While we were talking, a man walked in to ask for something for his daughter’s recent cesarean. |
Stage one. #GuardianJakarta pic.twitter.com/LzBxN5ypnD | Stage one. #GuardianJakarta pic.twitter.com/LzBxN5ypnD |
Behind him is a wall of wooden and plastic containers. I can see bamboo shavings, cinnamon, mushroom and “unripe bitter orange”. | Behind him is a wall of wooden and plastic containers. I can see bamboo shavings, cinnamon, mushroom and “unripe bitter orange”. |
Stage two. #GuardianJakarta pic.twitter.com/g9LUfWi5Jb | Stage two. #GuardianJakarta pic.twitter.com/g9LUfWi5Jb |
Mr Udin’s boss is giving me a dirty look after I asked to take a photo of the handwritten recipe book. Family secret. | Mr Udin’s boss is giving me a dirty look after I asked to take a photo of the handwritten recipe book. Family secret. |
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at 6.49am GMT | at 6.49am GMT |
6.27am GMT | 6.27am GMT |
06:27 | 06:27 |
Kate Lamb | Kate Lamb |
Humans of the Kampung | Humans of the Kampung |
Today I’m meeting people in Jakarta’s tight-knit neighbourhoods, known as kampungs, starting with the one I used to live in. | Today I’m meeting people in Jakarta’s tight-knit neighbourhoods, known as kampungs, starting with the one I used to live in. |
How it feels. Hujan terus #GuardianJakarta pic.twitter.com/3YAPIfgCek | How it feels. Hujan terus #GuardianJakarta pic.twitter.com/3YAPIfgCek |
The Four Seasons and the kampung. Jakarta is a city of extreme juxtapositions sometimes. #GuardianJakarta pic.twitter.com/A4BtAdGsKJ | The Four Seasons and the kampung. Jakarta is a city of extreme juxtapositions sometimes. #GuardianJakarta pic.twitter.com/A4BtAdGsKJ |
I met Achmad Adamadli, 61, a pensioner earlier today. Each day he trawls the streets for plastic bottles to sell. #GuardianJakarta pic.twitter.com/MsbhmJU9zt | I met Achmad Adamadli, 61, a pensioner earlier today. Each day he trawls the streets for plastic bottles to sell. #GuardianJakarta pic.twitter.com/MsbhmJU9zt |