Cargo Flights And Trans Papua Line Smoothly, Jayawijaya Manpower And Trade Office Guarantees Stable Food Prices Ahead Of Christmas

Jayawijaya Disnakerindag officers conducted inspections at markets, kiosks and shops. (ANTARA/HO)

JAYAWIJAYA - The Regency Government (Pemkab) of Jayawijaya, Papua Province has ensured the stability of the prices of nine basic commodities (sembako) ahead of Christmas and New Year.

Head of the Jayawijaya Department of Manpower, Industry and Trade (Disnakerindag), Lukas Kossay, said that his party had directly monitored the prices of basic necessities on the market.

"There has not been an increase in the price of goods on the market. The price level remains the same so people don't have to worry about stockpiles of goods," he said in Wamena, Antara, Friday, December 10.

He added that the prices did not increase because distributors were smoothly loading goods from Jayapura via cargo flights or the Trans Papua route.

In addition, although traders are aware not to sell expired goods, they still check in the field to ensure that the community's needs are safe for consumption.

"Usually our traders make an inventory of expired goods themselves, withdrawn from circulation or handed over to us for destruction," he said.

Previously, the cargo airline confirmed an increase in the transportation of groceries ahead of Christmas and New Year. Other goods that are also transported to the interior of Papua are packaged drinks or canned drinks and chicken meat.