Traders ask for compensation<\/p>\n
BOGOR (JP): At least 1,200 traders of Pasar Kembang market
\nhave asked the management of the Ramayana department store, also
\nlocated there, to be responsible for the 1996 fire which gutted
\nthe market.<\/p>\n
Their demand was made on Tuesday as the source of the fire,
\nwhich damaged the traders' kiosks and merchandise, came from the
\ndepartment store.<\/p>\n
Eleven representatives of the traders went to the Bogor
\nMayoralty Legislative Council to complain directly.<\/p>\n
The traders' spokesman, Tjutju Iskandar, said the protest was
\nmade after he heard that Ramayana received payment for an
\ninsurance claim worth Rp 40 billion (US$5.2 million) for its
\ngutted store.<\/p>\n
\"However, we, who also suffered from the fire, received no
\ncompensation,\" Tjutju said.<\/p>\n
The traders hoped that Ramayana was willing to pay 50 percent
\nof the new kiosks procurement in a bid to help relieve the
\ntraders' burden.<\/p>\n
The traders also complained that the sale price of the kiosks
\nset by the developer in charge of renovating the market was too
\nhigh, he said.<\/p>\n
PT Propindo Mulya Utama, the developer appointed by the
\nmayoralty, is currently rebuilding the three-story market into a
\nseven-story building. The construction of the new market is
\nalmost completed.<\/p>\n
The sale price of the kiosks, set between Rp 7.5 million and
\nRp 15 million per square meter, was considered by the traders as
\ntoo expensive because it was set without considering losses they
\nbore due to the fire.<\/p>\n
Therefore, they demanded the developer to cut the price to
\nbetween Rp 2 million and Rp 2.5 million per square meter.<\/p>\n
The traders further urged the police on Tuesday not to delay
\nthe investigation into the fire, which killed at least nine
\npeople, Tjutju said.<\/p>\n
Djudjih Jayasupena, one of the councilors who received the
\nprotesters, promised to deliver the traders' demands to the
\nrelated parties.<\/p>\n
\"We will handle the matter seriously as it is our last duty at
\nthe council (before the establishment of the new government),\"
\nDjudjih said.(24\/jun)<\/p>",
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