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Surabaya Bungkul Park Receives International Award
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Surabaya Mayor, Tri Rismaharini, will fly to Fukuoka, Japan, on November 26 to receive the international award for Surabaya Bungkul Park.
"The Mayor will go (to Japan) to receive the award," said the Section Head of Surabaya Administration Public Relation, M. Fikser, on Sunday, November 17.
Bungkul Park is a 900-meter–square open green space located in Jl. Raya Darmo. The park is provided with jogging track, children playground, WiFi internet access, amphitheatre, and skate boards. A cemetery of Ki Supo who was also known as Sunan Bungkul is also located in the park. Sunan Bungkul was a Muslim cleric who lived in ancient Majapahit kingdom era.
Mayor Tri Rismaharini, better known as Risma, revealed that she has yet to know the criteria that has been used to appraise the park and which other countries won the similar award.
"I will only know once I am there," said the first female Mayor of Surabaya.
According to Risma, the appreciation may be based on the Bungkul Park features that combine heritage preservation and the modern city park. The entire city resident can use the facility in the park for free. She also said that she put such concept on the park so that all the city residents can gather there regardless to financial condition or race. Vendors are lining up the eastern side of the complex indicating the pulse of economy activities.
"May be it is the integration of public facilities, religious site and economy activities that has been appraised by the award committee," she added.
Source: http://en.tempo.co/read/news/2013/11/17/206530247/Surabaya-Bungkul-Park-Receives-International-Award
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