Jakartans welcome plan for more child-friendly spaces - Jakarta - The Jakarta Post

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Announced during National’s Children Day, the Jakarta administration is planning to expand the number of integrated child-friendly public spaces (RPTRA) across the city, as only 173 of 267 subdistricts currently have such spaces.

An elementary school pupil walks past the Wangi Cempedak integrated child-friendly public space (RPTRA) in East Jakarta on July 24, 2026. (JP/Iqro Rinaldi)

Laughing children chased soccer balls at an integrated child-friendly public space (RPTRA) in Mampang Prapatan, South Jakarta, in the afternoon of July 23, as local resident Wahyudi Cahya, 46, watched them playing from the edge of the park.“Children here are free to play with many other kids,” Wahyudi told The Jakarta Post. “For at least a couple of hours, they can break free from the grip of their gadgets.”