400 street vendors urged to move

400 street vendors urged to move

The city administration has allocated Rp 2.1 billion (US$1
million) funds in the current 1994/95 fiscal year to finance the
appropriation of a 2,880 square meter plot of land to be
developed into a new market in Koja Selatan, North Jakarta.

Part of the new market will be used to accommodate 400 traders
and street vendors now open for business near the Permai theater
on Jl. Lorong, Koja Selatan, Tanjung Priok.

JB Sudharto, section head of economic affairs at the North
Jakarta mayor's office, was quoted by Bisnis Indonesia as saying
yesterday that the location of the new market is expected to be
near the existing marketplace.

"The new markets will mainly be used to accommodate traders
and street vendors from Jl. Lorong," Sudharto said.

The relocation of the 400 traders and vendors is in line with
the plan by the mayor's office to alleviate traffic problems on
Jl. Lorong, which links two major roads in the mayoralty--Jl. Yos
Sudarso and Jl. Sindang. (has)