Trade signs removed

Trade signs removed

TANGERANG: A number of trade signs in the Lippo Pinangsia office park in Karawaci, Tangerang, were removed by local authorities on Wednesday.

The operation against illegal trade signs was led by Tangerang zoning agency chief Said Hendro Wiyanto.

According to Said, the authorities had no other choice but to remove the trade signs because their owners had not paid taxes on them and had ignored the municipality's written warnings.

"We sent two official warnings to them and asked them to pay the taxes before we finally removed the trade signs and seized them."

Most of the trade signs belonged to restaurants, amusement places and department stores. --JP