Prices Of Rice, Chili And Onions In DKI Rise Ahead Of Christmas and New Year, Deputy Governor Riza Calls It Ordinary

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JAKARTA - Food prices in the capital began to rise ahead of the Christmas and New Year holidays. Responding to this, the Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta, Ahmad Riza Patria, admitted that the DKI Provincial Government had anticipated it. The reason for the increase in prices is due to the high needs of residents.

"The increase is normal. It's a supply-demand theory. During Eid al-fitr, Christmas, there is indeed an increase in demand, so sometimes there is an increase followed by an increase in prices," said Riza at City Hall, Central Jakarta, Thursday, December 16.

However, Riza said that his party would control the stability of food prices by carrying out market operations such as increasing the availability of food to avoid scarcity.

"Later we will try to be able to maintain price stability, control, and first ensure the availability of food stocks for food needs and for the new year," he said.

"In principle, the government only ensures the availability of food, but also the selling price that is affordable by the community. Even if there are some whose prices have increased, hopefully, they are still within the reach of the people's purchasing power," he continued.

For information, seen from the infopangan.jakarta.go.id page as of Thursday, December 16, a number of types of rice such as Setra Ramos rice rose to IDR 11.473 per kilogram, pera rice IDR 12.000 per kilogram, and Rojolele rice at IDR 12,096 per kilogram.

In addition, the price of curly red chilies also rose to IDR 50,936 per kilogram, large red chilies to IDR 58,733 per kilogram, red chilies to IDR 81,851 per kilogram, and green chilies to IDR 57,382 per kilogram.

Then, the price of shallots also rose to IDR 31.212 per kilogram, garlic to IDR 29.914 per kilogram, broiler chickens to IDR 38.227 per kilogram, and chicken eggs to IDR 24.840 per kilogram.