Cows, buffaloes brought to Jakarta for festival<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The city administration has brought in about
\n53,000 cows and water buffaloes to fulfill the public demand for
\nmeat in the city during the Moslem fasting month of Ramadhan.<\/p>\n
Head of the City Husbandry Office Soemitro said most of the
\ncattle were from Bali, East and West Nusa Tenggara as well as
\nother provinces in Java.<\/p>\n
Demand will peak three days before Idul Fitri, after which
\ntime 4,000 cows will be slaughtered every day.<\/p>\n
\"Usually about 800 cows and buffaloes are slaughtered to
\nfulfill daily demand, which has now reached 1,600 cows, or 200
\ntons of meat per day,\" Soemitro told Antara Thursday.<\/p>\n
The city administration, through the city-owned PD Dharma Jaya
\ncattle company, will also supply about 951.5 tons of frozen meat,
\nof which 299 tons is imported.<\/p>\n
Soemitro also said the office will increase its operation to
\ncurb illegal slaughter houses in the city to prevent the sale of
\npoor quality meat.<\/p>\n
\"The office will take firm action against owners of illegal
\nslaughter houses,\" Soemitro said.<\/p>\n
In the meantime, the city logistics agency has implemented a
\nmarket operation in a bid to control prices of nine prime
\ncommodities during Ramadhan.<\/p>\n
The office supplies about 2,000 tons rice per day to eight
\nmarkets: Klender, Kramatjati, Senen, Tanah Abang, Anyar Bahari,
\nTomang, Pasar Minggu and Kebayoran Lama.<\/p>\n
The price of rice has increased from Rp 984 per kg, at the end
\nof January, to Rp 1,040 per kg over the past two weeks. The
\nlogistics agency stated that the raise was caused by limited
\nsupply.<\/p>\n
Traders in Cipinang market confirmed the statement by saying
\nthat the supplies from Solo and Semarang in Central Java have
\nbeen decreasing.<\/p>\n
The office also reported that stocks of cooking oil, flour and
\nsugar in the city are adequate to fulfill the demand and the
\nprices are relatively stable.<\/p>\n
The prices of cooking oil, Rp 1,500 per bottle, and flour, Rp
\n816 per kg have been stable four the last four weeks while the
\nprice of sugar has increased from Rp 1,344 per kg in January to
\nRp 1,350 this month.<\/p>\n
Sugar and flour demands in the city are 32,000 tons per month
\nand as a precaution, the logistics board will supply an
\nadditional 24,000 tons of sugar and flour.<\/p>\n
The agency reported that the stock of chicken is enough, about
\n1.5 million chickens, to cover the 300-per-day demand. However,
\nthe price of chicken has increased from Rp 4,385 per kg in
\nJanuary to Rp 4,486 this month.(yns)<\/p>",
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