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        "id": 1162612,
        "msgid": "sidewalk-traders-stage-protest-1447893297",
        "date": "2005-05-03 00:00:00",
        "title": "Sidewalk traders stage protest",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Sidewalk traders stage protest PALEMBANG, South Sumatra: About 5,000 sidewalk vendors staged a protest at a roundabout in Palembang city center on Monday, rejecting the mayor's decision to move them to the city's Jakabaring market. \"The mayor is not being fair. We are only trying earn a living in the Pasar 16 market,\" a trader, Effendi, said. He said that Jakabaring market did not attract many customers, meaning it would be hard for traders to earn money. \"We refuse to be removed.",
        "content": "<p>Sidewalk traders stage protest<\/p>\n<p>PALEMBANG, South Sumatra: About 5,000 sidewalk vendors staged<br>\na protest at a roundabout in Palembang city center on Monday,<br>\nrejecting the mayor's decision to move them to the city's<br>\nJakabaring market.<\/p>\n<p>\"The mayor is not being fair. We are only trying earn a living<br>\nin the Pasar 16 market,\" a trader, Effendi, said.<\/p>\n<p>He said that Jakabaring market did not attract many customers,<br>\nmeaning it would be hard for traders to earn money. \"We refuse to<br>\nbe removed. We ask the mayor to be wise.\"<\/p>\n<p>The protest started at around 10 a.m. with protesters<br>\ndemanding to meet Mayor Eddy Santana Putra. At 1 p.m., Eddy met<br>\n50 representatives of the traders.<\/p>\n<p>Eddy said the city had prepared the new market for the<br>\ntraders.<\/p>\n<p>\"The market is very presentable and it's ready. So I object if<br>\npeople say we're evicting the traders.\" The old Pasar 16 market<br>\nwould be renovated, he said. -- JP<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/sidewalk-traders-stage-protest-1447893297",
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