Bali Emergency Community Activity Restrictions: Street Lights And Lights In Public Places Are Turned Off At 8 P.M. Including WiFi

DENPASAR - Bali Governor Wayan Koster together with the Bali Regional Leadership Communication Forum (Forkompinda) and the Regent/Mayor in the area agreed to turn off street lights and lights in public places at 20.00 p.m. local time.

Regional Secretary of Bali Province Dewa Made Indra said the Governor of Bali, Forkompinda, and Regents/Mayors throughout Bali had held an Evaluation Meeting for the Implementation of Emergency Community Activity Restrictions (PPKM) in Bali Province.

"In this evaluation meeting, the Military Area Command (Pangdam) IX/Udayana, Bali Police Chief, Head of the Bali High Prosecutor's Office, and Military Resort Command (Danrem) 163/Wirasatya both conveyed the results of field evaluations according to their respective fields of duty, as well as the regents/mayors", said Dewa Indra, Thursday, July 8.

In the evaluation meeting which lasted for 2.5 hours, 12 things were agreed upon. This includes agreeing that lights in tourist attractions, street lighting lamps (LPJ), or lights in public places will be extinguished at 20.00 p.m. local time.

"Of course, while still considering security and order aspects", said Dewa Indra, who is also the Daily Chair of the Bali Province COVID-19 Handling Task Force.

The agreement, he continued, was also related to the limitation of operating hours for community activities until 20.00 p.m., then by turning off lights at tourist attractions, LPJ, and lights in public places to avoid crowds or activities of groups of people that could potentially transmit COVID-19.

Through the meeting, it was also emphasized again that eating and drinking activities in public places, such as food stalls, restaurants, cafes, street vendors, hawker stalls, and other similar activities, both in separate locations and centrally located shopping/malls only accept delivery/takeaway and do not accept dine-in.

"This provision, it is emphasized again that the operating hours are valid until 20.00 p.m. This provision will come into effect on Thursday, July 8, 2021. This provision has been stated in the form of a Circular Letter of the Governor of Bali, Number 9R of 2021 dated July 7, 2021", he said.

Other matters that are also regulated regarding social activities, whether traditional, religious, arts, and cultural activities will be tightened in such a way.

"For traditional and religious activities that can still be postponed, please postpone them. Meanwhile, traditional and religious activities that are forced to be carried out, due to various reasons, please apply very strict restrictions, both restrictions on participants, restrictions on the duration or time of the activities. with the implementation of strict health protocols", he said.

Furthermore, the WiFi service provided by the Bali Provincial Government or provided by the Regency/City Government is also limited in activation time, which is a maximum of 20.00 p.m. local time.

After 20.00 p.m., the WiFi provided by the government will be turned off.

"Therefore, community members, students, and children who use WiFi facilities for learning purposes, please use them until before 20.00 p.m.", said Dewa Indra.

He added that the Bali Provincial Government understands and is also concerned about the restrictions on community activities that are still being enforced, considering that the spread of COVID-19 still shows a fairly high dynamic.

His party certainly understands the conditions faced by the community, especially the conditions of economic difficulties due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

"So, we ask for the support of all elements of society so that we can continue to suppress COVID-19 in the Bali Province to its lowest point. So that we can maintain the health and safety of the souls of the Balinese people as well as possible and then we can restore economic activities", said Indra.