Surakarta City Government Immediately Revitalize Jongke Market

SOLO - The Surakarta City Government, Central Java, immediately revitalized Jongke Market to increase convenience for traders and consumers.

Head of the Surakarta City Trade Office, Heru Sunardi, said that there had been directives regarding the development concept from the Mayor of Surakarta, Gibran Rakabuming Raka.

"Later on in the market there will be activities that are attractive in nature. The facade in the middle of the market is not for trading activities, but for example banking can be there, public services can be there. It can be used to pay vehicle taxes, ATMs," he was quoted as saying. Between, Tuesday, June 14th.

He said the market will have a clean and lively concept. Although he did not mention the exact schedule, he said, the revitalization process would start next year.

"This is the first DED (detailed engineering design) process," he said.

Meanwhile, the Mayor of Surakarta, Gibran Rakabuming Raka, said that the revitalization of Jongke Market will continue with the traditional market concept.

"The Kabangan Market will also become one there, yes," he said.

However, Gibran did not want to reveal the design details that will be raised in the revitalization of the market.

"I ordered Pak Heru (Head of the Trade Service), because the building is large with a large number of traders. Later there will be a special section in the middle outside the market traders, there will be banks, cooperatives, and logistics companies such as JNE, TIKI, and others, " he said.

Asked about the budget that will be issued by the revitalization project, his party is still reluctant to elaborate.

"It's going to be awkward (later), ojo (don't) be leaked. The budget is easy," he said.