Melawai vendors to be relocated

Melawai vendors to be relocated

JAKARTA: In a bid to clean up crowded Melawai market in Blok
M, South Jakarta, and convert it into an integrated commercial
compound, the city market operator plans to move the sidewalk
vendors to the basement of the market building.

"The new location is still occupied by Ramayana department
store, which is contracted until 2007. However, as most of the
places are vacant, we are renegotiating the terms," head of
Melawai market operator Abdullah was quoted as saying by the city
administration's news portal beritajakarta.com on Wednesday.

Abdullah said his office had registered 368 vendors to occupy
the new location which can accommodate up to 400.

The Blok M area, with its busy bus terminal, markets and
several shopping malls, will be converted into a bonded zone of
trade, business, tourism, entertainment and transportation
centers. -- JP