Residents, traders differ on new market

Residents, traders differ on new market

TANGERANG: While residents flocked to the traditional market
in the Bumi Serpong Damai housing complex, which opened on
Monday, traders complained about its high rental fees.

Irli, a vegetable vendor, said she could only pay the special
Rp 180,000 (US$19) per lot, per month, for the first six-month
period. "We will have to pay Rp 330,000 per month afterwards,"
she said.

Said, who sells chicken, said on Thursday he was tired of
being told to keep his lot tidy all the time by the market's
security officers.

However, it was the modern, clean facilities Herlina, 53, a
resident in the complex, loved about the market. "I can't get
everything I want from modern supermarkets, but going to
traditional markets used to mean you had to deal with the stench,
garbage, mud and flies," she said.

Complex public service division head Dohony Rahajoe, said the
prices at the market were the same as in other markets, without
the nuisance of gangs. --JP