Kranji Baru market to be renovated

Kranji Baru market to be renovated

BEKASI (JP): The Bekasi regency administration plans to
renovate the Kranji Baru market in the near future to provide a
more comfortable shopping mecca for the city's residents.

The chief of the local agency overseeing markets, S. Sihotang,
promised last week that the traditional market will be developed
into a modern shopping place.

"This is the answer to traders' and shoppers' complaints over
the inconvenience they have to endure when they are in the
market," he said.

He added that the local administration believes that the
renovated market will better suit everyone's needs because it has
been designed based on the suggestions of both businessmen and
their customers.

Several traders said that the market built in 1984 is still
physically safe to do business in, but they are concerned at the
lack of cleanliness. They argue that the dirty environment has
discouraged customers from visiting their stalls.

"The garbage is piling up in some places and the terrible odor
naturally sends prospective shoppers away from our kiosks," a
trader said.

Especially during the rainy season, the traditional market
loses out to more modern centers because of its deplorable
condition, he said. (13/yns)