City to sweep vendors for APEC<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The city administration will soon deploy law
\nenforcement officers to expel street vendors from main roads in
\nthe run-up to next month's Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
\n(APEC) forum's meeting to be held here and in Bogor, some 70
\nkilometers south of here.<\/p>\n
\"We will conduct the operation to keep order and security in
\nthe city during the meeting,\" the head of the City Security
\nBureau Kusaeni Budiantoro announced yesterday.<\/p>\n
A similar operation was launched two years ago when Jakarta
\nhosted the Non-Aligned Movement summit.<\/p>\n
He explained that the operation's main goal this time is to
\nstep up security precautions in potential dangerous areas in the
\ncity during the meeting.<\/p>\n
Kusaeni acknowledged that the operation has been going on for
\na few months through crackdowns on alcoholic beverages and
\nprostitutes.<\/p>\n
According to the data provided by the office 98,150 bottles of
\nbooze were confiscated in April, 153,861 bottles in May, 152
\nbottles in June, 182 bottles in July, 2,300 bottles in August and
\n465 bottles in September.<\/p>\n
He explained that the operation has been intensified since
\nearly this month by clearing the areas that the meeting's
\nparticipants will lay their eyes on.<\/p>\n
Kusaeni said that basically the office is focusing on main
\nareas such as the hotels where the meeting's delegates will stay
\nduring the forum.<\/p>\n
\"The operation will also be conducted on the surrounding
\nstreets,\" he added.<\/p>\n
A.F. Lapian, deputy chairman of the city security office,
\nexplained that the street operation is divided into four phases.<\/p>\n
In the first phase, which got underway on Oct. 1, and will
\nlast through Oct. 20, the office will attempt to persuade street
\nvendors not to sell their goods on the streets.<\/p>\n
He explained that during the second phase, a 15-day operation
\ndue to start on Oct. 21, the office will nab stubborn street
\nvendors who persist in trying to make a living by trading on the
\nstreets.<\/p>\n
\"The third and fourth phases are to control public order and
\nsecurity by deploying officers on those streets. This will be
\nconducted from Nov. 6 until Nov. 30,\" Lapian said.<\/p>\n
He said that 500 officers per shift, including police
\nofficers, will be deployed to guard the city during the meeting.<\/p>\n
The data provided by the office states that 184 street vendors
\nwere nabbed from April until September --- 13 people in April, 17
\nin June, 60 in July, 65 in August and 29 in September.<\/p>\n
He also said that the operation will include efforts to
\napprehend people who violate public order regulations, such as
\ncrossing streets at illegal spots and littering.<\/p>\n
\"I hope Jakartans will obey the regulations as their
\nparticipation is instrumental in making the city beautiful and
\nclean,\" Lapian said.<\/p>\n
The public order operation which was launched in April has
\nnabbed 27 people, 59 people in May, 122 in July and 122 in
\nAugust.<\/p>\n
The office also nabbed a total of 1,001 squatters in its
\noperation from April until September --- 262 squatters in April,
\n279 in May, 37 in June, 227 in July, 148 in August and 48 in
\nSeptember.(yns)<\/p>",
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