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