Traders to get new kiosks

Traders to get new kiosks

JAKARTA (JP): Traders whose kiosks were ravaged by fire in
Kebon Kembang market in Bogor, east of here, last month, will
receive lottery numbers for temporary kiosks on Monday.

Bogor Mayor Eddy Gunardi will preside over the handing over of
lottery numbers for traders' kiosks, Antara reported.

Lottery numbers for the allocations will also depend on the
types of goods sold.

A fire ravaged the three-story Kebon Kembang market in Bogor,
West Java on March 28, destroying the kiosks of more than 1,000
traders. Ten people were reported killed in the inferno.

Eddy, who visited the market yesterday, said that government
officials caught levying money from traders attempting to secure
their kiosks will be reprimanded.

"These kiosks were built and are to be given to traders free
of any charges," Eddy said.

Traders earlier rejected the government's involvement in the
total renovation of the gutted market for fear of being evicted
when new kiosks were built and being unable to afford the high
prices.

They said that, instead, they would prefer to rebuild their
own kiosks.

Usman Zakaria, an assistant to the Bogor mayor in charge of
building the temporary kiosks, said that 2,131 temporary kiosks
are ready to be used.

Each kiosk, made of wood, has a floor surface of two square
meters. (14)