Meeting With Luhut, Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono X Says Yogyakarta Is Ready To Implement Care To Protect In Mal

Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono X. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - The Yogyakarta Special Region Government is preparing to implement the PeduliLindung application as one of the requirements for visitors to enter shopping centers or malls and places to eat in this area.

"I am suitable (implementing Care for Protect). We will also prepare this policy," said Yogyakarta Governor Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono X during a Coordination Meeting with Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan virtually, quoted from Antara, Tuesday, August 24.

According to the Sultan, for now, the managers of malls or shopping centers in DIY have chosen not to operate for a while on the grounds of considering the costs involved.

However, preparations for implementing the PeduliLindung application according to the instructions of the central government, he said, would still be carried out.

"Of course we will continue to process this policy so that when it is ready to be opened, everything is ready," said the King of the Yogyakarta Palace.

The Regional Secretary (Sekda) of DIY Kadarmanta Baskara Aji explained that the PeduliLindung application contained various information, including related to vaccination status and PCR results of trips made by visitors.

With this application, visitors are asked to scan or scan the QR Code first before entering malls, restaurants, even warteg to angkringan.

Before the application is implemented, according to him, socialization will be intensified first among the trade associations and other related associations.

"Because even from the center we are asked to 'talk' with associations. What is certain, to this day, malls in DIY have not opened. Only a few areas have started testing, such as Bali, Bandung and Malang," he said. he.

The Minister of Komarves RI, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan asked the local government to make careful preparations before the various public places were opened or more relaxed to prevent the emergence of COVID-19 clusters.

"We want this (implementation of PeduliLindung) to be more widely disseminated. Everyone needs to participate in preparing, including how it will be at warteg-warteg or other small eating places," said Luhut.