Operator, traders agreed on UI

JAKARTA: Tanah Abang textile market vendors and city-run market operator PD Pasar Jaya agreed on Monday to appoint the University of Indonesia (UI) technology research institute to get a second opinion on the strength of the market construction.

The decision was made in a fourth meeting between the two parties following strong opposition from vendors to the city administration's plan to demolish the market.

The demolition was planned after the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) issued a report that stated that the structure of the market's Block B, C, D and E could only last for two years.

PD Pasar Jaya president director Prabowo Soenirman anticipates that the result of the UI study will be announced on Nov. 24, four days before traders business permits expire. -- JP