City has enough food stocks<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The city logistics agency will make available an
\nextra 350,000 tons of rice to anticipate increased demand during
\nthe upcoming Idul Fitri holiday, an official said yesterday.<\/p>\n
The head of the agency, Achmad Noor, said the total stock is
\nenough to feed Jakartans for 20 months based on a demand of 2,250
\ntons of rice per day.<\/p>\n
He added that the price of rice during the fasting month of
\nRamadhan will remain relatively stable, especially for the types
\nof rice controlled by the board.<\/p>\n
Achmad said the agency also has sufficient supplies of such
\nstaples as sugar, flour and cooking oil.<\/p>\n
The agency's warehouse holds 69,000 tons of sugar and 96,000
\ntons of flour, enough for three months based on a monthly sugar
\ndemand of 23,000 tons per month and a flour demand of 32,000 tons
\nper month.<\/p>\n
He also said the agency's 90,000 tons of crude palm oil is
\nenough to cover the city's demand of 500 tons per day.<\/p>\n
"Basically, we have filled our warehouses with food staples,"
\nAchmad said while accompanying several city council members
\nduring a visit to Kramat Jati market in East Jakarta yesterday.<\/p>\n
In a related development, the chairman of the council's
\ncommission B for economic affairs, Abdulgani Abdullah, said
\nyesterday that the board has intensified its efforts to control
\nthe price of chili by distributing two tons of chili per day
\ndirectly to 17 markets in the city since Jan. 24.<\/p>\n
The first operation, carried out on Jan. 6, only distributed
\nthe chili to the city's central Kramat Jati market, which failed
\nto control the price, which is normally Rp 9,000 per kilogram.<\/p>\n
"The board has supplied a total of 42 tons of chili to the
\ncity's markets since Jan. 6," he said, adding that the price of
\nchili at the Kramat Jati market has since decreased to 6,500 per
\nkilogram.<\/p>\n
He urged chili sellers not to take advantage of the chili
\nconfusion by overcharging consumers. (yns)<\/p>",
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