THE CHANGE OF OFFICE HOURS IN JAKARTA

Due to the heavy traffict which has been a real problem for people in Jakarta, The Goverment is already enforcing a regulation for the students to starts school at six.thirty a.m. From the previous schedule of seven a.m now there are to be new office starting hours and these are currently slowly being introduced.

It is believed that the change of office hours in both private companies and government offices will help ease the heavy traffic in Jakarta. Based on a survey the peak traffic jams in Jakarta are at nine the morning. To reduce the traffic jams a regulation has been issued regarding the start of office hours. The regulation is currently being made public areas in central and North Jakarta will start their working hours at seven thirty in the morning.

Areas in Easth and West Jakarta at eight in the morning while areas in South Jakarta will start at nine in the morning. Some of the civil servants in The Gajah Mada central Jakarta area have agreed to the change of the office hours from eight to seven thirty a.m. Meanwhile some of the civil servants in the state court trade and human rights office said that they are dealing with trials that does not recognize time.

They sometimes goes to court in the morning,in the afternoon and dometimes at night if it is required. Private companies are also scheduled to go to work at the assigned hours.