Street vendors join exodus

Street vendors join exodus

JAKARTA: At least 8,000 street vendors selling fried and
boiled noodles, along with their families, left the city on
Thursday for their hometowns in Central and West Java.

They were transported by 147 buses chartered by food producer
PT Indofood Sukses Makmur.

The vendors were seen off by the company's deputy president
director, Franky Welirang, during a ceremony in the parking lot
of the Kemayoran Fairground in Central Jakarta. -- Antara