Plan to provide cheaper goods on hold

Plan to provide cheaper goods on hold

JAKARTA: The Jakarta administration will not yet organize
market operations in Jakarta to provide cheaper goods despite the
fact that prices of basic commodities have steadily increased,
Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso said on Friday.

"There are various indicators used to determine when we should
organize a market operation, and now's not the time," he said as
quoted by Tempointeraktif.com.

Instead, the administration will hold bazaars for holders of
fuel compensation cards such as the ones already held at Monas
last week, Sutiyoso said, explaining that while the bazaar for
the poor was a national program, in Jakarta it will be held at
the municipal level.

The governor also said that he would soon be distributing food
packages to holders of fuel compensation cards. --JP