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    "data": {
        "id": 1868891,
        "msgid": "organising-stalls-nurturing-livelihoods-1784512331",
        "date": "2026-07-20 08:13:25",
        "title": "Organising Stalls, Nurturing Livelihoods",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "Surabaya's approach to relocating street vendors from 'overflow markets' into rent-free stalls represents a nuanced urban policy. The initiative seeks to balance spatial order with the protection of micro-enterprises that form the backbone of the local economy. It highlights the challenge of reconciling the informal sector's market-driven logic with the city's need for regulated public spaces.",
        "content": "<p>An orderly market is indeed important. However, a living market is\nfar more important. When spatial regulation can go hand in hand with the\nsustainability of people\u2019s businesses, a city becomes not only neater\nbut also fairer. Surabaya (ANTARA) - Markets always grow in step with\nthe pulse of a city. Amidst the orderly permanent buildings, there is\nalways space that becomes filled with simple stalls, carts, and even\nmats for trading. In the city of Surabaya, East Java, this space is\nknown as an \u2018overflow market\u2019, born not merely from a lack of\nregulation, but from the meeting of citizens\u2019 economic needs with the\nconstant flow of buyers. This phenomenon has long been a dual face of\nurban life. On one hand, overflow markets provide access to cheap food,\ncreate business opportunities, and drive the family economy. On the\nother, their presence often encroaches on roads, disrupts traffic,\ncreates sanitation issues, and leads to an unbalanced competition with\ntraders operating officially inside the market. Therefore, organising\noverflow markets is never as simple as moving traders from one point to\nanother. Behind each stall lies a family\u2019s income, customers built up\nover years, and a naturally developed economic ecosystem. The Surabaya\nCity Government\u2019s move to prepare around 2,700 empty stalls in markets\nowned by PT Pasar Surya Perseroda is an interesting approach. The\narrangement does not stop at enforcement but is accompanied by the\nprovision of business spaces without rental fees for relocated traders.\nThis policy demonstrates that enforcing regulations can go hand in hand\nwith protecting micro-enterprises. Information regarding the provision\nof free stalls, including around 570 stalls at the Sentra Wisata\nKuliner, as well as supervision to prevent misuse of the stalls, forms\npart of a strategy that is more comprehensive than mere disciplinary\noperations. Overflow markets are essentially a mirror of Indonesia\u2019s\ninformal economic dynamics. The Central Statistics Agency shows that the\ninformal sector remains the main pillar of national employment. Millions\nof small business actors choose to trade with limited capital because it\nis relatively easy to enter without complicated requirements. Surabaya\nis no different. The city is the largest trading centre in East Java\nwith very high public mobility. When buyers gather around traditional\nmarkets, terminals, or residential areas, traders follow the consumer\nflow. This is where the fundamental problem arises. Overflow markets\ndevelop based on the logic of market demand, while urban planning works\nbased on the logic of spatial order. These two interests often meet in a\nsituation of mutual collision.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/organising-stalls-nurturing-livelihoods-1784512331",
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    "sponsor": "Okusi Associates",
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