REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, BANDUNG -- The Bandung municipality has planned to develop some 607 parks, including 60 thematic parks, to beautify the city.

"Mayor Ridwan Kamil came up with the idea to develop more parks to make Bandung greener and more beautiful, to attract more tourists to the city," Sri Dian Dini of the Bandung Municipality's Communication and Informatics Office said here recently.

A number of parks will also have WiFi networks, she added.

"With pretty and green parks, local inhabitants and tourists will be able to enjoy the environment and spend their time outdoors during holidays while staying connected to the Internet. Love, traffic and films are among the themes for the parks," she stated.

The park based on the theme of love will be located behind Bandung's office area. Here, visitors can put up lovers' locks.

Moreover, public awareness of maintaining cleanliness has improved significantly. A number of residents volunteer to help keep the city clean.

These volunteers will monitor the condition of parks and will report to the authorities if they see any plants that need replacing or replanting, Dini affirmed.

Furthermore, the Bandung municipality will develop these new parks with the cooperation of state-owned enterprises that will provide funds as part of their corporate social responsibility.

"Some companies will develop the parks. Once they are ready, they will hand them over to the Bandung municipality," Dini explained.

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