Anies Builds Literacy Park In Block M Transit Area

DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan (DKI Provincial Public Relations PHOTO)

JAKARTA - DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan built the Martha Christina Tiahahu literacy park in the Blok M transit area, South Jakarta, to increase the richness of the Indonesian language.

"Hopefully with the literacy park, the richness of the Indonesian language will grow again," said DKI Governor Anies Baswedan when he announced the construction of a literacy park in Jakarta, quoted by Antara, Thursday, October 28.

According to him, the Indonesian language treasure needs to be enriched, one of which is absorption from regional languages in the country.

Anies said that currently the number of Indonesian vocabularies has reached 135 thousand, while English has reached about one million vocabularies and an increase of about 7,000 vocabularies per year.

Meanwhile, Arabic, he continued, is one of the languages with a large vocabulary of 12.6 million vocabularies.

"We must continue to add Indonesian language. From where? By absorbing it from the regional language," he said.

For this reason, Anies supports the enrichment of the Indonesian language through the provision of ecosystems such as literacy parks, so that it is not only borne by the Ministry of Education and Culture or the Language Agency but needs the support of all parties.

Meanwhile, the selection of the location in Taman Martha Tiahahu, he said, apart from being a young national hero, is also a strategic place as a center of activity for the younger generation and includes a transit-oriented area.

Around the park, there are shopping centers, the Blok M Transjakarta bus stop and the Blok M MRT station.

Meanwhile, the Company's Director of PT Integration Transit Jakarta (ITJ) Aidin Barlean said that the revitalization of the 9,000-square-meter land, apart from being a green area, is also a public area.

There are also facilities that will stand in the literacy park, namely discussion rooms, study rooms, gallery rooms, reading rooms and other facilities.

He targets the construction of the literacy park to be completed during the eight-month construction period or in June 2022.

"In this 9,000-meter area, we can realize the development vision of how to create public spaces and green spaces that accommodate people related to literacy activities and support transit orientation areas," he said.