The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Mon, 10/04/2010 12:49 PM | National
The government through state-run railway company PT Kereta Api apologized on Monday over
two train accidents in Central Java on Saturday.
The government was concerned and expressed condolence over the two collisions where 35 passengers were killed.
The apology was disclosed by Director General of Railway at the Ministry of Transportation Tunjung Inderawan in press conference in Central Jakarta on Monday.
Before the start of the press briefing Tundjung asked everybody present to pray for the victims of the train collisions in Petarukan village, Pemalang, and Purwasari railway station, Solo.
“I in the name of the government am concerned (with the incidents) and apologize over them to all the public, railway customers, especially the victims and their families,” Tundjung said as quoted by kompas.com.
“This is beyond human's will and a temptation for for all of us. I hope this will not discourage our determination to improve the railway service in Indonesia,” he said.
Tundjung, who at the press briefing was accompanied by PT Kereta Api's president Ignatius Jonan, said that the Pemalang crash caused 34 fatalities, while the Solo one caused one death.
two train accidents in Central Java on Saturday.
The government was concerned and expressed condolence over the two collisions where 35 passengers were killed.
The apology was disclosed by Director General of Railway at the Ministry of Transportation Tunjung Inderawan in press conference in Central Jakarta on Monday.
Before the start of the press briefing Tundjung asked everybody present to pray for the victims of the train collisions in Petarukan village, Pemalang, and Purwasari railway station, Solo.
“I in the name of the government am concerned (with the incidents) and apologize over them to all the public, railway customers, especially the victims and their families,” Tundjung said as quoted by kompas.com.
“This is beyond human's will and a temptation for for all of us. I hope this will not discourage our determination to improve the railway service in Indonesia,” he said.
Tundjung, who at the press briefing was accompanied by PT Kereta Api's president Ignatius Jonan, said that the Pemalang crash caused 34 fatalities, while the Solo one caused one death.
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