Pasar Jaya to rebuild Kenari market soon<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The city-owned market company, PD Pasar Jaya,
\nwill start rebuilding the Kenari electronics market early next
\nmonth in cooperation with a private company.<\/p>\n
On July 12, a fire destroyed at least 100 kiosks of the
\nelectronics market on Jl. Kenari in Central Jakarta, causing
\nbillions of rupiah in losses.<\/p>\n
The company's spokesman, Lihardin Sipayung, said yesterday
\nPasar Jaya and a private firm, PT Bina Citra Tata Swasta, hope
\nthe construction of the four-story electronics market will be
\ncompleted next year.<\/p>\n
"We provide the land and the private company provides the
\nfunds," Lihardin told The Jakarta Post.<\/p>\n
He refused to reveal the cost of the construction.<\/p>\n
There were 452 kiosks owned by 377 small-scale traders at the
\noriginal Kenari market. The traders were reluctant to move to a
\nnew building next to the market due to high rental fees. The
\nbuilding is owned by a private company.<\/p>\n
Lihardin said PD Pasar Jaya will offer lower rental fees than
\nthose of the private company next door. He also said owners whose
\nkiosks were destroyed in the fire will have priority in being
\nallocated kiosks in the market.<\/p>\n
"The old traders will get lower prices than new traders. But
\nthe rental fees for new traders will still be lower than the fees
\noffered by the owner of the building next to the market," he
\nsaid, adding that the rental fees have yet to be set.<\/p>\n
He said the company also suffered after the fire because the
\ntraders stopped paying rent.<\/p>\n
In the meantime, the company has built some 100 temporary
\nkiosks for the traders.<\/p>\n
The traders have agreed to the company's plan to renovate the
\nmarket, he added.<\/p>\n
PD Pasar Jaya, which currently manages 152 markets in the
\ncity, is trying to improve fire management by adding alarms,
\nhydrants and wells, and training security guards to deal with
\nsafety measures during a fire, the spokesman added.<\/p>\n
Other traditional markets will be renovated this year, he
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
A fire destroyed 11 shops in an old market on Monday on Jl.
\nJatinegara Timur, East Jakarta. No fatalities were reported.<\/p>\n
The fire which started at 5 p.m and lasted an hour started in
\na chemical shop in the shopping complex. The East Jakarta fire
\nbrigade deployed 21 trucks to extinguish the fire. (jun)<\/p>",
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