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