Garbage At Monas

Garbage At Monas

Visitors to the National Monument usually throw their rubbish wherever they like, perhaps under the pretext that the government hires city cleaners to clean the area. “I have paid my taxes anyway,” visitors may tell themselves. Then they throw plastic bottles, peanut shells, banana skins, plastic bags and whatnot around.

I recall a foreign friend staying with us for a few days in the fifties. Then bicycles are a popular means of traveling about. Our guest liked to use our old and dirty bicycle. After use the bicycle was returned and was much cleaner than before. When she left us, my wife went to clean and make the guest bedroom tidy. But she was very surprised to find the room as tidy and clean as ever. A package, certainly not garbage, was left on the bed – a souvenir for our family.

From Sinar Pagi, The Jakarta Post April 24, 1995

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