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Monday, June 5, 2017
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ILOILO City – Touring around the city before paying a visit to Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog at city hall recently, Indonesian embassy’s top officials were impressed by the cleanliness of the streets and the Iloilo River.
“Iloilo River and the city’s surroundings are clean. There are no vendors blocking the streets. We will invite some Indonesian mayors to come to Iloilo City to see the river and learn successful rehabilitation efforts,” said Madame Budi Dewahjani, deputy chief of mission of the Embassy of Republic of Indonesia.
Dewahjani noted that Surabaya, Indonesia’s second largest city next to the capital Jakarta, has also been transformed into a clean and peaceful urban center.
“We got a lot of support from the private sector, academe, civil society, non-government organizations, down to the barangays and up to the national government agencies in making the city clean and livable,” shared Mabilog.
Dewahjani said they were conducting visit on how the two governments boost economic ties, seek opportunity and build cooperation as follow up to the meeting of Indonesian President Joko Widodo and President Rodrigo Duterte in the recent Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Manila.
“We implement projects with a lot of political will. These included relocation of 1,000 families living along riverbank to resettlement site, Do-Day every Saturday, and regular garbage collection to sanitary landfill. We will also enforce plastic ban ordinance starting July 1. It takes education, discipline and sense of ownership among the people,” Mabilog told Dewajahni.
Dewahjani was with Hidayat Zakaria, counsellor, economic section of Embassy of Republic of Indonesia, and two staffs.
“We appreciate the hospitality and warm welcome,” Dewajahni told Mabilog.
The Indonesian delegation was accompanied by Donna Rose Ratilla, president of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry-Iloilo. (Iloilo City PIO/PN)
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