BEMO PENEBAR SCIENCE

Ever became the primadona of public vehicles in 60 to 80s, the presence of Becak Motor or ‘Bemo’ has now started to be forgotten especially in Jakarta. Although the role began to be scalable, a number of Bemo’s community tried to survive serving its customers who need cheap short distance transportation in the capital corner that has not been served public transportation.

Sutisno Hadi (56) years is one of the Bemo drivers who still survive serving passengers with the route of Rubber-Yellowan every day. However, his bemo has been with him since 30 years ago it was not only utilized as a transportation tool, but it was also sucked into a running library.

Kinong, so he was commonly greeted, who was living in the New Market Rubber area II, Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta, changed his three wheel vehicle into a library running with donated books from several sponsors since 3 years ago. When the morning Kinong is looking for a breath by serving passengers invigorating the route of Rubber-Kuningan.

Bemo who still survive serving passengers with Rubber-Kuningan route, Jakarta.

Sutisno Hadi with Bemo who still survive serving passengers with the route of Karet-Kuningan, Jakarta.

Lunch until the afternoon, she used to get around to school and village village villages by bringing a number of fair books, magazines to hero biography books that meet his Bemo’s back rack.

Warm from bocah-bocah is able to close the typical sound of the antique vehicle. Children take and read books inside the Bemo.

Although only lays education up to five classes of the People’s School (SR), Kinong provides a wonderful inspiration by facilitating children to be more familiar with books through their own library. Not only provides Kinong’s books provide children’s guidance to read books according to their needs and life.