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Reducing Air Pollution for Asian Games 2018


The Indonesian government has prepared a lot of things to welcome Asian Games 2018. Not only renovating the stadiums and infrastructures, many people also urge the Indonesian government to reduce air pollution in Indonesia. In 2017, the air quality monitoring conducted by the Environment and Forestry Ministry showed that the level of air pollutant in Jakarta had reached 35 micrograms per cubic meter. Even if it did not exceed the national standard which is 65 micrograms pcm, it exceeds the standard set by World Health Organization which is 25 micrograms pcm.

The air pollutant in Indonesia mainly caused by motor vehicle, forest and land fires, power plants and smelters, construction waste, and household activities. The government should focus to reduce air pollution since it might create problems at Asian Games. Many international athletes that come to Indonesia to compete might get health problems that will lead to poor performances or sickness. This premise also supported by the fact that in 2016, 58.3% people in Jakarta suffered sickness that is caused by the air pollution.

In order to solve this problem, the Indonesian government will implement several things. First, vehicle emission test will be required to renew STNK which means it will reduce the air pollution caused by broken vehicles. Second, the government recommends people to shift to EURO IV standard gasoline like Pertamax Turbo. But since Asian Games is getting closer we don’t think that the government has enough time to really reduce air pollution.

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