Govt asked to renovate market

Govt asked to renovate market

BEKASI: Hundreds of garment vendors from Pondok Gede market
urged the local administration to renovate the market, which is
now in poor condition.

The traders, grouped in the Association of Pondok Gede Market
Vendors, complained that the market was badly in need of
renovation as it was damaged by fire three years ago.

They said that they were afraid that if it rained hard, the
water would pour down through the leaks in the roof.

"People would be reluctant to visit the market and worse, the
water would damage our merchandise," Sarmada, one of the vendors
told Antara on Tuesday.

He hoped that the Bekasi administration would immediately
renovate the market so that the work would be finished by the
Ramadhan fasting month in November.

Garment vendors always enjoy a brisk business during Ramadhan
as people want to celebrate Idul Fitri with new clothes.--JP