VIDEO: For The Sake Of Cheap Cooking Oil, Residents Are Willing To Queue Under The Hot Sun

For the sake of cheap cooking oil, residents are willing to queue under the hot sun. (VOI Video graphics team)

JAKARTA - This is how people line up to get cheap cooking oil in the Rawamangun area, East Jakarta, Wednesday (23/2). Hundreds of these residents are willing to queue up to get cheap cooking oil for Rp. 10,500 per liter. Prices in some traditional markets are still above the highest retail prices and are quite rare to find. However, residents are only allowed to buy a maximum of two jerry cans or 10 liters of oil. Residents said they were very happy with the cheap cooking oil bazaar. The organizers said that the price of cooking oil was in accordance with the price set by the government without taking any profit or increasing distribution costs. Watch the video below.