Jakarta, Oct. 18 -- The mass rapid transit (MRT) station in Jakarta named ASEAN aids in familiarizing and promoting the regional association to the citizens of Jakarta in the spirit of further deepening understanding of the bloc among people.
President Director of Jakarta's mass rapid transit operator company PT MRT Jakarta, William Syahbandar, made the statement in his keynote address at a seminar on infrastructure cooperation between Japan and the ASEAN in Jakarta, Friday.
It was earlier planned to name the station after one of the Indonesian heroes, Sisingamangaraja, inspired by which the street underneath the elevated station was also named.
It was then changed to ASEAN in a bid to further instill the spirit of the bloc among members...