Puncak needs place for street vendors

BOGOR: The Bogor municipal administration is currently seeking a strategic spot in Puncak to accommodate its street vendors.

"We're now trying to talk two tea plantations into letting 4.5 hectares of their premises be used for that purpose," Bogor city spokesman Sjahuri said over the weekend.

The two companies are PT Ciliwung and PTP III Gunung Mas, he added.

The relocation of the street vendors is being planned in a bid to clear the resort of street vendors, a policy made in 2000.

"There are around 513 street vendors in Puncak who operate on the streets, which is against the regional bylaw prohibiting selling on the streets," Sjahuri explained.

Bogor Public Order Agency head Achmad Memet said that the administration would evict the street vendors on April 20, giving the vendors time until then to relocate. -- JP