Street vendors resist relocation

Street vendors resist relocation

JAKARTA: Sidewalk vendors at the entrance to Pasar Minggu bus
terminal, South Jakarta, resisted being relocated to a hall
inside the Pasar Minggu traditional market, which they considered
to be a poor location for business.

"No buyers will come there ... they'll prefer to go to Pasar
Jaya market or Robinson department store," Marsih, a vegetable
vendor, was quoted as saying by Antara news agency on Wednesday.

Another vendor, Pariyah, said the new location was too close
to a public cemetery.

The hall was established in 2002 to relocate sidewalk vendors
who were blamed for heavy traffic congestion in the area. The
hall can accommodate 800 vendors, insufficient for the existing
2,000 vendors in the area. -- JP