Malls celebrate RI anniversary with discounts
Malls celebrate RI anniversary with discounts
JAKARTA (JP): Major shopping malls are offering huge discounts
to mark Independence Day tomorrow.
At Mal Ciputra, Seibu, Megamal, Plaza Senayan and Pasaraya,
the discounts range from 10 percent to 70 percent.
For many shops, the sales are a continuation of the Jakarta
Big Sales that started in June to mark the capital's 470th
anniversary.
Some malls are holding special programs.
Mal Ciputra in West Jakarta is holding a Youth Fiesta from
Aug. 20 to Aug. 31 with contests such as in logo design for Mal
Ciputra's fifth anniversary next year, joke telling for students,
shop-counter design, website homepage design, T-shirt design and
ice cream eating.
Top prizes include package tours to Thailand and Singapore,
said Halida Hajadi, marketing manager of Mal Ciputra.
Megamal Pluit is holding an exhibition of traditional
handicrafts from various regions in the archipelago, public
relations manager Wina Andriyani said.
A new, somewhat more exclusive boutique mall, Mitra Hadiprana
on Jl. Kemang Raya, is opening tomorrow.
There will be a festival presenting an array of traditional
Indonesian snacks on the grand opening day.
Competition
Meanwhile, the one-year-old Mal Taman Anggrek is to hold a
fast-food eating competition and face-painting festival today in
the main atrium of the shopping mall on Jl. S. Parman at Tomang
in West Jakarta.
The events, held to commemorate its first anniversary and the
52nd anniversary of Indonesia's independence, will be followed by
another fast-food competition and red-and-white clothing contest
the next day.
"Except for the face painting festival, which is only for
kids, the winners of the other events will receive gifts from Mal
Taman Anggrek and other sponsors," the spokesman of the site's
management, PT Mulia Intipelangi, Geoffry Samuel, said yesterday.
The mall will provide no less than 5,000 gifts for visitors
attired in the most attractive red-and-white clothes or
accessories, he said.
According to Geoffry, all visitors, including foreigners, are
welcome to participate in the games.
Entry is free except for the eating contest, for which
participants will have to produce receipts worth at least Rp
50,000 (US$18.50) spent at any shop in the mall on the same day.
Fast food on the competition menu includes burgers, spaghetti,
muffins and kebab, Geoffry said.
Puri Ayu traditional cosmetics producer will paint children's
faces for free.
All the events will start at around 12 a.m. and last until 6
p.m. (04/bsr)