Business Returning to Normal, Slowly

KOMPAS/BAHANA PATRIA GUPTA

Students of state junior high school SMP Negeri 6 in Palu city, Central Java, arrange school benches after the earthquake and tsunami disaster, Monday (08/10/2018). On the first school day after the earthquake and tsunami, the activities being carried out were only in the form of student data collection and the cleaning-up.

SIGI, KOMPAS – Government offices in Palu city and Donggala and Sigi regencies in Central Sulawesi had yet to operate normally as of Monday (8/10/2018). In Sigi, the local regent’s office and agencies were deserted, with only military and police personnel guarding the buildings. Only the Sigi development planning agency’s office and the Sigi Biromaru district head’s office, which serve as disaster management centers, were visibly busy.

Central Sulawesi regional secretary M Hidayat said that he hoped all government offices would open and that all civil servants would work as usual. “There will be no sanction for those who have yet to return to work. However, we hope that activities at government offices will return to normal soon so that public services can be optimized,” he said.