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)