Ramayana enters Batam

Ramayana enters Batam

JAKARTA (JP): The publicly-listed PT Ramayana Lestari Sentosa
retail chain opened a 5,000-square-meter department store at the
Mal Jodoh Marina on Batam island yesterday.

"The new Ramayana Department Store is our second retail center
outside Java after the 4,000-square-meter outlet, which we opened
at Kuta Center in Bali in the middle of this month," Ramayana's
President Agus Makmur said yesterday.

Makmur said that though Batam, as a bonded zone, is wide open
to imports, our the Ramayana Department Store on that island
would uphold our company's strong commitment to promoting
domestic products.

"Our retail chain will remain entirely under the management of
locally-trained human resources and operate as the sales center
for domestic products," Makmur added.

The new outlet in Batam increased the number of stores in the
Ramayana chain to 23, of which 21 are located in Java. (vin)