Market space

Market space

From Neraca

Jakarta has dozens of new markets built under the Presidential Aid Scheme (Inpres), but still they fail to accommodate sidewalk vendors.

A case in point is the market in the Senen area of Central Jakarta. Sidewalk vendors increased after the opening of the market.

The same happened with the opening of the market in Pasar Minggu in South Jakarta. I wonder if the Jakarta market authority, PD Pasar Jaya, has ever conducted a survey on this phenomenon.

This has led me to another question: whether or not those traders who moved into the markets were truly former sidewalk vendors.

This thing really bothers me because I know the reason the numerous markets were built was precisely to contain sidewalk vendors.

Furthermore, I know that so many sidewalk vendors are complaining about the difficulties in obtaining a space in the those markets because they first have to pay a lot of money. And money for them is hard to gain because they are small traders.

I can only hope that the market authority will look into this matter.

ARIFIN SOMAD

Jakarta