Mayor inaugurates Glodok Plaza

JAKARTA: Glodok Plaza, an electronics and computer center in West Jakarta, has reopened after undergoing renovation for a number of years.

The owner of Glodok, PT TCP Internusa, a subsidiary of publicly listed PT Surya Semesta Internusa, organized the plaza's soft opening on Wednesday. West Jakarta Mayor Sarimun Hadisaputra inaugurated the building.

The Plaza was ransacked and set on fire by rioters during May riots in 1998.

Company president director Johannes Suriadjaya said Glodok Plaza was no longer just a trading center, but was also a business information center.

Through its website www.e-glodokplaza.com, people from around the world can access business information on the plaza and make transactions through the Internet.

"This is part of our efforts to make Glodok Plaza the biggest electronics and computer business center in Southeast Asia," said Johannes as quoted by Antara.

The shopping center also has an exhibition room, a conference room, an ATM gallery, entertainment facilities and parking spaces for 1,400 cars.

Sarimun said Glodok Plaza, which stands on a 65,000-square- meter plot, would be able to employ at least 3,000 people.