Wholesale market plan unclear

Wholesale market plan unclear

TANGERANG: The plan to build a wholesale vegetable market, or
an agricultural terminal, in Balaraja district, Tangerang
regency, was first revealed last September, but six months later,
the project remains unclear.

"We have heard that the project has attracted many investors
from Asian countries. However, we know nothing about the progress
of the plan," Tangerang agricultural agency head Nana Mulyana
said on Monday.

Tangerang regency is to provide 10 hectares of land in
Balaraja while the Jakarta administration is to finance the
project.

Nana said the two administrations planned to build a more
modern wholesale market than the existing Kramat Jati wholesale
market in East Jakarta as a transit point for all agricultural
products from Sumatra island and Banten province, from where they
would be distributed to Jakarta and other cities. -- JP