before that, harmoko made a survey in several places in jakarta, such as tanjung priok, jatinegara, tanah abang, and senen. the survey found that people want the news relating to the real problems in their daily lives. therefore, the "pos kota" news content are ranging from crime, law, sexuality, and sports news. post city was first published on 15 april 1970 with 3,500 copies and got a good reception so that a few months later the circulation rose into 30.000-60.000 copies per month.