Street vendor sites to be demolished

Street vendor sites to be demolished

JAKARTA (JP): The East Jakarta mayoralty will demolish eight
street vendor sites, to make way for the establishment of parks,
as part of the local authority's effort to beautify the
mayoralty.

Kusnoto, head of the mayoralty's economic affairs section,
said over the weekend that an order for the demolition of the
street vendors sites has been issued by Mayor Sudarsono.

Three of the eight street vendor sites are located in the
Pulogadung district, two in the Duren Sawit district, two in
Makasar and one in Jatinegara, he said.

The demolition will affect hundreds of vendors, who have made
a living by selling food and other daily needs in the areas.

Kusnoto denied an allegation that the demolition plan was made
to meet the mayoralty's ambition to get awards on sanitation from
the governor.

"This plan is conducted in line with the mayoralty's plan to
return the function of city properties to their original
objectives," he added. (31)