"The Kupang city government continues to make various innovations to realize Kupang as a smart city in many aspects of service," Deputy Mayor Hermanus Man said in Kupang on Saturday.
As part of this commitment, the Kupang city government has prepared a number of programs to develop Kupang as a smart city, he informed.
According to Man, the programs include an application, 'Si Hebat', that encourages people to save fuel oil.
'Si Hebat' is an integrated information system application that provides e-vouchers for saving fuel, he said. It is a digital transformation initiative for reducing the use of fuel oil in Kupang city government's vehicles, he added.
"This application can cut the budget for the Kupang government office's fuel needs. Everyone knows that it can spend hundreds of millions on fuel," he explained.
The application can save a lot of money because it can be monitored properly, he added.
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The Kupang city government has also launched an insurance application for fishers as well as a worker's social security program for neighborhood (RT), hamlet (RW), and community empowerment agencies (LPM), he informed.
"This assistance of social protection is aimed at informal workers such as the heads of LPMs, RTs, and RWs in Kupang, which have accumulated to 1,822 people," he said.
Additionally, the Kupang city government has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the construction and provision of broadband internet networks and services in Kupang with PT Mora Telematika Indonesia and PT Lintas Artha, he said.
Furthermore, free wifi facilities are being installed in traditional markets by Lintas Artha and at the GMIT Sinode Office by Biznet, he added.
"The Kupang city government has a command and data center of international standards that will be utilized by regional staff and people," Man informed.
All the innovations are breakthroughs to realize Kupang as a smart city, he added.
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Translator: Benediktus J, Kenzu T
Editor: Rahmad Nasution
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