T. Abang vendors to lose permits, says operator<\/p>\n
Damar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post\/Jakarta<\/p>\n
A court order meant to protect the livelihoods of 3,000 vendors
\nin the Tanah Abang textile market would actually stop most of
\nthem from trading, the market's operator claims.<\/p>\n
City-run market operator PD Pasar Jaya said it would not be
\nable to renew the permits of more than 2,600 of the vendors
\nbecause of an asset preservation order issued by the Central
\nJakarta District Court.<\/p>\n
The order would forbid PD Pasar Jaya from renovating, tearing
\ndown or selling the market indefinitely. The company, which is in
\na dispute with the traders over planned renovations, says the
\norder would also restrict it from administrative business.<\/p>\n
Only 600 traders, whose long-term permits expire in 2007 and
\n2024, would not be affected by the ruling, PD Pasar Jaya lawyer
\nListyo Winarno said.<\/p>\n
A spokesman for the traders, Sofyan Masyud, said they were
\ndisturbed by the claim.<\/p>\n
\"I can't immediately comment on this situation. I have to
\ndiscuss it first with other traders to look deeper into the
\ncase,\" he told The Jakarta Post.<\/p>\n
Listyo said the court order would \"only boomerang back on the
\ntraders\".<\/p>\n
\"Under the current legal status, the company will not be able
\nto renew the permits,\" he said. Traders whose permits had expired
\nmust leave the premises, he said.<\/p>\n
However, Listyo also said PD Pasar Jaya had yet to receive the
\norder, or the details of a separate civil lawsuit filed against
\nit by traders at the West Jakarta District Court.<\/p>\n
Traders took the action against PD Pasar Jaya and its private
\nbusiness partner, PT Sari Kebon Jeruk Permai, on Nov. 22 to fight
\nthe two entities' plans for the market.<\/p>\n
As the market is located in Central Jakarta, the West Jakarta
\ncourt has requested the Central Jakarta court to execute the
\npreservation order.<\/p>\n
However, a court spokesman confirmed it had yet to issue the
\norder on Friday.<\/p>\n
Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso suspected that the latest ruling was
\nmarred by \"irregularities\". He said the West Jakarta court had
\nfailed to inform the city, as the owner of the land and property,
\nprior to the execution of the order.<\/p>\n
\"The court should have issued summonses for hearings before
\nmaking any ruling,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Listyo said PD Pasar Jaya planned to sue the traders at the
\nCentral Jakarta court in response.<\/p>\n
\"We will also request the court revoke the ruling,\" he said.<\/p>\n
The market operator and PT Sari plan to completely rebuild
\nTanah Abang's Market's blocks B, C, D and E.<\/p>\n
A study by the Bandung Institute of Technology' School of
\nCivil Engineering says the four blocks are in danger of
\ncollapsing because they are gravely structurally unsound.<\/p>\n
Traders oppose the plan because they say the fees the operator
\nplans to charge in the new market are too high.<\/p>\n
The traders, some of whom have permits to operate in the old
\nmarket until 2024, also oppose its demolition.<\/p>",
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