Source : The Jakarta Post

For the past 15-years, Astrid Haryati of Bandung origin, an urban design expert currently working for the mayor of San Francisco, has lived far from home.

The 39-year-old is the San Francisco City and County’s director of greening, responsible for shaping policies and coordinating improvement programs for the city’s urban public spaces, which ranges from better design for storm watersheds to better open spaces and streets. Before joining San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom’s team, she worked for Chicago’s mayor in a similar position.

She is currently in Jakarta, visiting family and “investigating the opportunity to return”.

Although she was still unsure whether now was the right time to return, she said the last fifteen years would prepare her to come home. Having been involved in city planning of two famous American cities, she said the years in which she lived abroad was good experience.

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WALAU sibuk menyusun strategi dan kebijakan tentang tender di lembaga pemerintah, Agus Prabowo tetap tak bisa meninggalkan hobinya, melukis.

Deputi Bidang Strategi dan Kebijakan - Lembaga Kebijakan Pengadaan Barang dan Jasa Pemerintah (LKPP) ini bahkan mengaku selalu mencari waktu di sela-sela liburan akhir pekan untuk melukis. "Kalau hari biasa, saya harus konsentrasi pada pekerjaan," kata bapak dua anak tersebut.

Aktif melukis sejak tahun 2002, lulusan arsitektur Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) angkatan tahun 1977 ini sudah menghasilkan sekitar 16 lukisan. Sebagian lukisan kerap dia ikut sertakan dalam pameran di Arsitektur Pelukis 21, sebuah klub eksekutif lulusan Arsitektur ITB yang hobi lukisan. "Salah satu anggotanya Pak Ciputra," kata Agus.
Beberapa lukisan lain tersemat di dinding kantor LKPP serta ruang kerja Agus. "Memandang lukisan sendiri bisa menjadi penyemangat kerja," ujar Agus beralasan.

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