Parents oppose planned market

Parents oppose planned market

JAKARTA: Hundreds of parents in Bekasi, West Java protested
Friday against a plan to build a market on 4,000 square meters of
land next to Pedurenan I elementary school in Mustikajaya
subdistrict.

The parents argued that the market would have a negative
impact on the learning process and health of their children
studying at the school.

"We strongly oppose the planned market as garbage from the
market will spread stench to the school and could spread various
diseases among students," exclaimed Siti Fatimah, one of the
parents.

The protest came after parents spotted a large announcement
board saying that a market would be established in the area.

Supporting the protest, chairman of Bekasi Municipal Council's
Commission B for economic affairs Mulyanto said that the market
would have a negative impact on the learning process in the
school.

According to Antara news agency, the market would be built and
managed by PT Berlian Elang Surya Perkasa.

Head of the Mustikajaya subdistrict Giyono, however, said that
he had no information about the plan to build a market in the
area. --Antara