Suherdjoko, The Jakarta Post, Semarang | Tue, 03/03/2009 5:53 PM
State-owned railway company PT KAI of Semarang has renovated historical Lawang Sewu building and planned to create it as a ticket reservation centre and tourism object after being neglected for 25 years.
Over the past one week, the company has deployed some workers to clean up and paint some rooms at the first and second floor of the building, which located in the Tugu Muda area.
The company's spokesperson Warsono told The Jakarta Post on Tuesday that his office was renovating only some main rooms at the first and second floors and targeting to finish them all this month.
“We will also make the old building as a center for executive and business classes tickets reservation to make easier for residents thanks to the building strategic location as compared to Tawang station,” he said.
To attract more visitors, he added, the company would provide the building with antique locomotive made in 1908 from Germany.
The Lawang Sewu building was built on Feb. 17, 1904 and was the headquarter of Nederlandsch Indische Spoorweg Maatschapij or the Dutch Indies Rail Company. (ewd)
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