400 traders refuse to move to new market<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): About 400 traders of Jembatan Lima in West
\nJakarta are still resisting the authority's order to vacate the
\nmarket to pave the way for renovation.<\/p>\n
The traders said yesterday they refused to leave because a
\ncontract between them and PD Pasar Jaya, the City-owned Market
\nCompany, gave them the right to do business there for another
\nseven years.<\/p>\n
PD Pasar Jaya announced in January last year it was planning
\nto renovate the 12-year-old market, and told all 583 traders to
\nprepare to move to another market place to be set up by the
\nauthority.<\/p>\n
The city-owned company announced in July that the traders
\nwould have to leave the market before Sept. 1 because it would be
\ndemolished then.<\/p>\n
Then they were given a deadline of between Feb. 15 and Feb. 20
\nthis year and a warning to collect their merchandise and move to
\nthe newly-set up makeshift market a kilometer away.<\/p>\n
By yesterday many traders had left the market for unknown
\ndestinations after refusing to move to the makeshift one because
\nit did not meet the conditions to be a good market.<\/p>\n
The remaining traders, who occupy the first floor, told The
\nJakarta Post yesterday "we'll wait and see what will happen to
\nus."<\/p>\n
"I have a permit to use my kiosk until the year 2004," Nasir,
\nwho sells basic commodities, said while other traders mocked the
\nannouncements from the authorities being repeatedly played
\nthrough the loudspeakers.<\/p>\n
Another trader, who wanted to remain anonymous, said the
\nmakeshift shops had been build in a one-kilometer-long stretch
\nalong the roadside.<\/p>\n
He said the kiosks were not grouped and this would
\ninconvenience buyers.<\/p>\n
Asma, a pots and pans seller, said she did not want to move
\nbecause she was afraid of possible flooding. The makeshift market
\nis too close to the Cibubur river and occasionally inundated the
\nsurrounding areas," she said.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile a PD Pasar Jaya staff member told the Post 60
\npercent of the traders had already collected keys to the
\nmakeshift shops.<\/p>\n
The official, who refused to be named, did not want to say
\nwhat the market authority would do to the stubborn traders.<\/p>\n
Yesterday the shops at the makeshift market were still not
\noccupied. (13)<\/p>",
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