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