Food supply for festive season sufficient: Sutiyoso
Food supply for festive season sufficient: Sutiyoso
JAKARTA (JP): Governor Sutiyoso said on Friday that food
supplies ahead of and during the upcoming festivities -- the
Ramadhan fasting month, Christmas, the New Year and Idul Fitri --
were adequate to meet demand in the city.
The governor explained that rice stocks held by the Jakarta
chapter of the National Logistics Agency (Dolog Jaya) reached
541,551 tons at present, enough to meet demand for eight months.
"Another 53,000 tons are expected to enter the city soon," he
said.
Sutiyoso also said that sugar stocks in the city reached
69,642 tons and another 85,000 tons would soon enter the city,
while the soybean stock reached 42,162 tons.
"The quantity of cooking oil at the Indonesian Distribution
Cooperative is projected to reach 10,000 tons for Jakarta, with
another 100,000 tons for the whole of Java," he said.
Cattle imports would reach 30,000 during the festivities, of
which 15,000 had already entered the capital, he said.
The city will also be supplied with 20,000 tons of chicken and
23,375 chicken eggs, along with 30,250 tons of fish and 71,555
tons of vegetables. Four million coconuts, 55,300 tons of flour
and 22,000 tons of fruits will also be supplied.
The food supplies, distributed to markets throughout the city,
have increased by an average of between 10 percent and 30
percent, he said.
In order to ensure the distribution of the food supplies, he
said, market cooperatives, in cooperation with other
cooperatives, were already prepared to handle the task.
Moreover, Lampung and West Java provinces had also expressed
their readiness to meet the sharply rising demand for food
supplies in Jakarta during the festivities, he said.
Dolog Jaya will conduct mass market operations via traditional
markets, with the help of small-sized and medium-sized rice
traders, to ensure the proper procurement and distribution of
rice.
Senayan
Low-priced food markets were held by the Association of
Indonesian Muslim Intellectuals in the eastern parking lot of
Senayan stadium in Central Jakarta from Saturday to Thursday, and
separately in the city's five mayoralties from Wednesday to
Friday.
A low-priced food bazaar will be held on the grounds of the
House of Representatives building from Jan. 9 to Jan. 10, while
low-priced food markets will be held in the five mayoralties from
Jan. 12 to Jan. 14.
In anticipation of the need for medical services during
Christmas and New Year celebrations, the city administration had
prepared 101 doctors, 446 paramedics and 155 ambulances, Sutiyoso
said.
Service locations include bus terminals; the Jagorawi,
Cikampek and Merak toll roads; the Gambir, Senen, Jatinegara and
Manggarai railway stations; Tanjung Priok seaport and the
Soekarno-Hatta and Halim Perdanakusuma airports. The medical
teams will be on 24 hour alert.
The administration would also deploy eight to 10 personnel
from various offices, including tourism, revenues, welfare
affairs and social guidance, to secure law and order in each of
the city's 43 districts, he said.
About 12,900 police officers would also be deployed to execute
the Candle Operation to maintain security in the city from Dec.
18 to Jan. 2.
The officers would be deployed mainly near churches,
entertainment spots, shopping centers, railway and bus stations
and the city's crime spots. (ylt)