Tanah Abang vendors to be relocated<\/p>\n
Bambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post\/Jakarta<\/p>\n
City-run market operator PD Pasar Jaya will relocate about 2,000
\nstreet vendors on Jl. Kebon Jati, located next to Tanah Abang
\ntextile market, Central Jakarta, starting on Nov. 14, the day
\nbefore Idul Fitri.<\/p>\n
PD Pasar Jaya president director Prabowo Soenirman said in a
\nmeeting at the City Council on Wednesday that the street vendors
\nwould have to pay Rp 4 million (US$440) per square-meter to rent
\na kiosk at the new market.<\/p>\n
Jl. Kebon Jati, which separates Tanah Abang and Kebon Jati
\nmarkets, has four lanes but three of them are occupied by street
\nvendors. Only one lane remains available for passing vehicles.<\/p>\n
Prabowo said that street vendors would be able to resume
\nbusiness one week after Idul Fitri at the Kebon Jati market,
\nwhich will be called Block G.<\/p>\n
The vacant road will serve as a temporarily location for
\ntraders, whose kiosks at Tanah Abang's Block B, C, D and E will
\nbe demolished.<\/p>\n
The demolition is to meet the call from the City Construction
\nSupervision and Regulation Agency (PPB) which said that the
\nmarket would collapse within two years due to its deteriorating
\nstructure.<\/p>\n
Tanah Abang will be converted into a 12-hectare mega-project
\nstretching from the textile market to Tanah Abang railway
\nstation. The Rp 6 trillion project will consist of a wholesale
\nmarket, trade center, office buildings, three-star hotels and
\nlow-cost apartments.<\/p>\n
In the meeting, councillors questioned PD Pasar Jaya's reasons
\nto demolish the market buildings.<\/p>\n
Councillor Ahmad Nur Alam of Commission A for administrative
\nand legal affairs asked PD Pasar Jaya for a second opinion from
\nthe Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB)'s study that
\nrecommended the demolition.<\/p>\n
Prabowo had said earlier in his letter that vendors could get
\na second opinion, but it would not affect the administration's
\nplan.<\/p>\n
Councillors then proposed the establishment of an inquiry team
\nto study the prolonged debate.<\/p>\n
Deputy council speaker Maringan Pangaribuan said the result of
\nWednesday's meeting would be discussed in the Council leaders'
\nmeeting before it passed the recommendation.<\/p>",
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