C. Jakarta moves street vendors

C. Jakarta moves street vendors

JAKARTA: In an effort to clean up Central Jakarta, the
municipality administration plans to relocate street vendors to
three new locations.

Mayor Muhayat said the new sites would be at Cempaka Sari,
Johar Baru and a vacant plot of land next to the Senen bus
terminal.

"According to our records, there are 33,453 street vendors in
the municipality, 27,156 of them unregistered," the mayor was
quoted as saying over the weekend on the city's official website,
Beritajakarta.com.

Muhayat said there were about 40 locations in Central Jakarta
where street vendors operated, "which, besides disrupting public
order, causes traffic congestion because they take up part of the
roads".

"I also make sure none of my subordinates take money from the
street vendors, which could be seen as giving them official
approval for their illegal presence. Only neighborhood unit and
community unit heads are allowed to collect sanitation and
security fees from the vendors," he said. -- JP