Traders want new market

Traders from the Klender market in East Jakarta, which was razed by fire last December, are urging the city administration to build a new market for them soon.

Akmal, one of the market's cooperative executives, was quoted by Pelita yesterday as saying that the traders have already sent letters to the East Jakarta mayoralty administration three times, asking for the re-development of the new market. He said copies of the letters were sent to the City Market Authority, PD Pasar Jaya, and the governor's office.

"We want the government to implement the (rebuilding) plan soon," Akmal said.

More than 400 traders who lost their business sites in the blaze are now accommodated in temporary shelters built by the market authority in a nearby area.

Meanwhile East Jakarta Mayor Sudarsono said the mayoralty administration was still waiting for approval from the governor's office on the blueprint of the new market.

"We ask the traders to be patient," Sudarsono said. (03)