Street vendors on Malioboro

Street vendors on Malioboro

YOGYAKARTA: The opening of major department stores along Jl.
Malioboro has brought more street vendors onto the city's main
thoroughfare.

Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono X, the king of the sultanate, said
on Saturday that Malioboro has grown more congested -- not less,
as was feared earlier.

Concerns that the new department stores would force street
vendors out of business have now been dashed, with shoppers and
tourist flocking to the area.

The Sultan said he would welcome any initiative to open
shopping centers away from Malioboro, Antara reported.(31)