More pedicab drivers netted in Central Jakarta<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Personnel of the Central Jakarta mayoralty
\napprehended 51 pedicab drivers operating in the area on Monday
\nevening, officials said in statement released on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The officials said that 43 drivers netted during the raid had
\ndecided to sell their pedicabs to the mayoralty at Rp 250,000
\n(US$34) each, while the other eight asked that their pedicabs be
\nsent to their hometowns.<\/p>\n
The raid was conducted in six Central Jakarta districts: Tanah
\nAbang, Sawah Besar, Cempaka Putih, Kemayoran, Johar Baru and
\nGambir.<\/p>\n
Efforts to ban pedicabs in Central Jakarta began after Jakarta
\nGovernor Sutiyoso issued Decree no. 1\/2000 this year, which bans
\npedicabs from operating in the capital as of Feb. 22.<\/p>\n
The five day-operation, which ended on March 4, has netted a
\ntotal of 216 pedicabs, 143 of which were bought by officials of
\nthe Central Jakarta mayoralty. The pedicabs were later dumped in
\na junk yard in Cakung, East Jakarta, while the remaining 73 were
\nsent to the owners' hometowns.<\/p>\n
Central Jakarta Mayor Andi S. Abdullah said after the
\noperation that some 150 of a total 1,500 pedicabs in his area
\nwere still operating.<\/p>\n
The mayoralty said that some 216 drivers had agreed to join
\nthe mayoralty's training program that would offer them
\nalternative jobs. More than half of them were scheduled to start
\ntraining on Thursday.<\/p>\n
The new jobs provided by the city administration include
\nvacancies for security guards, vendors, parking wardens and
\ncleaning services personnel.(06)<\/p>",
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