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RUBRIKASI
PUBLIC ORDER
Tanah Abang hectic ahead
of Ramadhan
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Indah Setiawati
THE JAKARTA POSTIjAKART A
Despite the relocation of street
vendors to a newIy renovated marketplace, gridlock is once again
adaily sight on the streets surmunding
Tanah Abang market
in Central Jakarta and the traffic
situation has become worse on the
eve of the fasting month, which is
expected to begill.at the end of this
month.
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Elly, who hasl>een selling MusIim clothes in a shop on Jl. Jati Baru
Raya for the past three years, said
she would prefer to walk further to
catch a public minivan on a quieter
street rather than getting stuck in
the busy main road in front of Blok
G building.
Accordillg to her, using the sidewalks was more comfortable and
safer as they were relatively clear of
street vendors.
"It takes around 30 minutes to
get through the traffic in front of
Blok G. These days the traffic is
getting worse. I think more people
are corning here to buy stuff to sell
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during Ramadhan," she told The Jakarta Post on Monday.
Increased activity could also be
seen by logistics companies that
dot JI. Jati Baru' Raya late in the
aftemoon. Workers loaded and
unloaded
packages
from
big
trucks that took up a lane of the
narraw street, forcing same pedestrians to walk in the middle of
the road and road users to slow dmVTI.
Described as the largest and most
lucrative market in Southeast Asia,
Tanah Abang has become an iconic
market for wholesale and retail
textile and garment trade rs. The
2.6-hectare market comprises four
shopping blocks - Blok A, Blok B,
Blok F and Blok G.
According
to jakarta tourism.
go. id, the market has built its reputati on as a center for textile and
clothing trade since 1735.
\-Vith almost 8,000 kiosks and
some 80,000 shop pers at busy
times, transactions in Blok A alone
can amount to Rp 500 billion
(US$42.98 million) per day. Buyers
co me from as far afield as Malaysia. Brunei Danlssalam. Africa and
Middle Eastern countries.
Central Jakarta Mayor Saefullah
said his administration had taken
measures and launched raids on
street vendors and seasonal traders
in an effort to ease traffic around
the busy trade center.
"The level of congestion occurs
because of, among other things, the
presence of Tasik traders who seH
clothes from their cars every Man.
day and Thursday morning. We use
aparking lot to accornmodate the
Tasik traders," he said, referring to
garment traders from Tasikmalaya
in West Java.
He said at the same time, Public
Order Agency (Satpol PP) officials
were deployed regularly to raid
street vendors who occupied roads
and sidewalks and disrupted the
flow oftraffic.
Several vendors of fruit, snacks
and accessories could stHl be seen
selling their wares alang the side.
walks, but the\' were fewer in num.
ber compared"w previausly.
In 2013, Governor Joko "Jokav•..i"
\Vidodo wok several major steps
tov,'ard restorin~ public order in the
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market. which has caused a chronic
headache to the city administration
and motorists for decades.
The efforts included cooperating
with the Jakarta Police in arresting
suspected gang members who rent.
ed out stalls on the streets, relocating over,a thousand street vendors
to the nearby Blok G building and
redirecting the routes of some pub.
lie buses and minivans.
To settle the unresolved chronic
traffic, extortion and prostitution
issues in Tanah Abang subdistrict,
Jokowi came down to persuade
gang members and petty criminals
to seek jobs to avoid being arrested
by the police.
He also reno'"'ted the Blok Ghali
to accommodate the street vendors.
Most of the street vendors are reportedly of the Minangkabau eth.
nicity and despite havingno Jakarta
identity cards, they were allowed to
open kiosks in the market.
The business environment in
the block has begun to f10urish fol.
lowing the presence of food stalls,
besides garment traders in the market hall.
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