Nine child-friendly playgrounds (RPTRA) in six urban villages in Thousand Islands will be closed to visitors temporarily starting on December 25, 31 and January 1.

" It is done to prevent the COVID-19 and to avoid the crowd during public holiday"

Thousand Islands Child Protection and Empowerment and Population Control (PPAPP) Sub-agency Head Rizki Hamid said, it referred to the Governor Instruction number 64/2020 on Controlling Community Activities in the Prevention of COVID-19 during Christmas 2020 and New Year 2021 Holidays.

"It is done to prevent the COVID-19 and to avoid the crowd during public holiday," he said, Wednesday (12/23).

Nevertheless, as long as it is closed, RPTRA officers would continue to conduct maintenance and cleanliness of existing facilities in the RPTRA area.