Glodok Plaza to be rebuilt<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Almost a year and a half after last year's
\ndevastating riots, construction work will begin on the gutted
\nGlodok Plaza electronics and computer shopping complex at
\ndowntown Kota in West Jakarta, an executive said on Monday.<\/p>\n
Johannes Suriadjaya, the vice director of Multi Plaza
\nProperties, which owns the Plaza, said he was optimistic that the
\nrenamed Plaza Glodok would be a popular shopping destination. He
\nsaid that with its planned food courts, video arcades,
\nrestaurants and clothes shops, the plaza would cater to a variety
\nof family needs.<\/p>\n
\"After Glodok Plaza was burned down last year, there was no
\nshopping complex which catered specifically for electronic goods
\nand computers, although several other shopping centers provided
\nspace to accommodate our former tenants,\" Johannes said.<\/p>\n
He said construction of the eight-story building, slated for
\ncompletion in 2001, would cost about Rp 120 billion (US$15
\nmillion). \"All of the expenses will be covered by compensation
\nfrom the building insurance, worth $13.6 million.\"<\/p>\n
Johannes said that for security reasons the new shopping
\ncomplex would be protected by a high fence, with three separate
\nentrance gates for shoppers.<\/p>\n
Constructed in 1986, the 39,000-square-meter Glodok Plaza was
\nthe former home for 348 traders, who occupied 500 kiosks.<\/p>\n
Most of the traders currently occupy kiosks at other shopping
\ncomplexes, such as the Gajah Mada Plaza in Central Jakarta and
\ncomplexes in Mangga Dua, West Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Other traders are occupying 105 temporary kiosks provided by
\nPT Multi Plaza Properties, which are located on the building's
\ncharred site.<\/p>\n
Johannes said about 70 percent of the plaza's former tenants
\nhad confirmed that they would return to the new Plaza Glodok,
\nwhich will provide 500 kiosks.<\/p>\n
Johannes said the management had yet to determine the kiosk
\nrental charges.<\/p>\n
The hectic Glodok area, also known as the city's Chinatown,
\nwas Jakarta's premier electronic and computer trading center.
\nAnother electronic market in the area, which was owned by the
\ncity administration, and was also burned down in last year's
\nunrest, will be rebuilt in December. (ind)<\/p>",
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