Surabaya, East Java (Antara) - Kampung Ketandan in the city of Surabaya, East Java, is preparing itself to welcome delegations of the third session of the Preparatory Committee of the UN Habitat Conference (Prepcom 3) to be held here on July 25-27.
"The neighborhood used to be dirty and not cared for. It is different now. Ketandan is now more beautiful and clean," head of Genteng sub-district that covers the neighborhood, Mahmud Sariadji, said.
He said many people have known Tunjungan as one of the city's display windows but few has been aware that in the area there is Kampung Ketandan that has extraordinary potentials.
The neighborhood located west of the well-known Tunjungan street around 100 meter from Siola in the village of Genteng, has continued decorating itself ahead of the Prepcom 3 event.
Young people including university students have been working hand in hand decorating their neighborhood.
Together with city mayor Tri Rismaharini, the young generation painted the access to the kampong in various colors.
Ketandan will be one of the destinations that would be visited by delegations from various countries attending the third session of the Preparatory Committee of the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development.
"We would show Kampung Ketandan as a cultural neighborhood where children are active participating in various kinds of art performance training," Carla, a resident of the neighborhood, said.
She said she was proud to know that Kampung Ketandan has been chosen as one of the field visit destinations in the Prepcom 3 agenda on July 27.
Surabaya, which is Indonesia's second largest city, has been chosen to host the event because it has ideals similar to those of the UN Habitat which include empowering housing and residential areas and neighborhood.(*)
Petandan Prepares for Prepcom III for UN Habitat Conference
Minggu, 17 Juli 2016 20:59 WIB