Karabha Unggul helps the poor

JAKARTA (JP): PT Karabha Unggul, which manages Makro wholesale stores, is allowing poor families living near the company's nine outlets to buy discounted foodstuff packages, a release stated.

The packages, valued at Rp 45 million, were symbolically handed over for sale yesterday by the company's director of human resources, Imam U. Ismojo, to the head of West Jakarta's North Meruya subdistrict, Haji Damin.

Each package, worth Rp 9,000 and selling for Rp 3,000, contains three kilograms of rice, a kilo of cooking oil and a kilo of sugar, the company said.

At Makro's Meruya branch, one package was valued at Rp 19,212 and was sold for Rp 5,000, consisting of two kilos of rice, two kilos of sugar, one liter of cooking oil and five packets of instant noodles.

Besides Meruya, Makro's other major outlets are located in Pasar Rebo in East Jakarta, Kelapa Gading in North Jakarta, Ciputat in South Jakarta, Tangerang, Bekasi and Bandung in West Java, Surabaya in East Java and Bali. (ind)