Jakarta has 2,495 cooperatives

Jakarta has 2,495 cooperatives

Governor Surjadi Soedirdja said that cooperatives have played
a pivotal role in the economic development of the city .

He revealed that in the Fifth Five Year Development Plan
(Pelita V) which ended this year, at least 93 new cooperatives
were established in Jakarta, which is eight percent more than the
targeted number. At present there are 2,495 cooperatives in the
city.

Despite the encouraging growth, Surjadi underlined the
necessity to promote a campaign on cooperatives among the
management of city-owned companies.

At PD Pasar Jaya market authority, for example, 38 of the 165
traditional markets under the supervision of the city-owned
company were still without a cooperative.

As quoted by Antara, the governor identified the obstacles in
developing a cooperative in Jakarta as "a lack of vision by the
cooperatives managers, insufficient funding (and) inefficiencies
in transporting the cooperative workers." (mds)