Bandung City Government Explores Cooperation with England on GBLA Stadium Management
The Bandung City Government will explore cooperation with the British Government regarding the management of the Gelora Bandung Lautan Api Stadium.
This was revealed from the results of a meeting between the Mayor of Bandung, Yana Mulyana and the British Ambassador to Indonesia and Timor Leste Owen Jenkins at City Hall, Tuesday 18 October 2022.
"For this (GBLA) so that England have football experience, later there will be a transfer of knowledge related to football management," he explained.
As is known, England has a number of international standard football stadiums. Starting from Wembley Stadium to Liverpool's Anfield Stadium.
But that is only one of three areas being explored. Other fields are public transportation and the environment.
"Already present in our midst Mr. Owen, to discuss the existing cooperation between the Bandung City Government and the British Government," said Yana.
In the field of public transportation, Yana hopes that the form of cooperation will be in the form of optimizing and accelerating public transportation in the city of Bandung. This includes integration between public transport routes in the city of Bandung.
The next area of ​​cooperation is the environment. Yana said, currently the waste problem is still a homework for the Bandung City Government.
Meanwhile, the British Ambassador to Indonesia and Timor Leste Owen Jenkins said that Bandung is a beautiful city. Owen said, in addition to having beautiful tourist destinations, the city of Bandung has strong infrastructure, education, and human resources.
“This is my third visit to West Java, a province with so many opportunities for collaboration with the UK, and great potential for even more growth,” said Owen.
He continued, currently the UK has worked closely with West Java in various fields, ranging from transportation and sustainable education, to renewable energy and the creative economy.
Furthermore, related to one of the areas of cooperation discussed, Owen said that strengthening the transportation system anywhere would improve the quality of basic infrastructure and create enormous economic opportunities.
"I also want to see for myself how the UK's Global Future Cities program supports Bandung in providing high-quality and reliable public transportation services," he said. (ray)**
Head of the Bandung City Communication and Information Technology
Yayan A. Brilyana
