Sleazy hub of Jakarta needs order

Sleazy hub of Jakarta needs order

From Warta Kota

The mayor of West Jakarta deserves some praise for putting in
order the messy stalls of sellers of pirated VCDs in front of the
Harco shopping center in downtown Glodok. It is now time for the
Central Jakarta mayor to get rid of the makeshift kiosks run by
illegal sidewalk vendors around the Senen shopping complex in the
hub of the city.

Allow me to invite the Central Jakarta mayor to the Senen area
for an evening inspection. The sidewalk sellers have created
sleazy slums in the Senen neighborhood, giving it an ugly look.
In fact, with Jakarta's position as a tourist destination and
Central Jakarta as the seat of administration, should we be
subjected to such filthy environs?

Based on Jakarta's regional regulations, the Central Jakarta
mayor could certainly win public support if any measure was taken
against violators of public interests, including those of
legitimate tenants who sell goods in official kiosks.

Besides West Jakarta, the city's southern, eastern and
northern regions have also kept their squalid areas to minimum.
Let's hope Central Jakarta will soon contribute to Jakarta's
image and try to make it a comfortable and clean metropolis.

MARSUDI, Jakarta