BATAM - The moment of the Republic of Indonesia's Birthday, which falls every August 17, brings its own blessings to flag traders. The income of flag sellers has increased sharply ahead of the celebration of the Republic of Indonesia's Independence Day.

As stated by the flag seller in Batam City, Rudi. He admitted, can earn up to Rp 1 million per day.

"The turnover per day is relative, if it's crowded, it's up to IDR 1 million per day, but if it's quiet sometimes it's under IDR 1 million," said Rudi as quoted by Antara, Saturday, August 13.

"I sell flags, bandirs, banners, backgrounds, and bamboo. Prices are still normal every year," he continued.

Each type of flag that Rudi sells has various prices. For home flags, there are two sizes with a price of Rp. 25 thousand and Rp. 35 thousand, banners of Rp. 40 thousand, bandir of Rp. 75 thousand with a size of 4 meters, and flags for motorbikes of Rp. 15 thousand per two pieces.

All merchandise is taken from Garut, West Java. He revealed that there was no Red and White flag convection service in Batam.

"Take the goods from Garut, in Batam there is no flag convection. So every year we take it from there," said Rudi.

Rudi said he had been selling red and white flags for the last 10 years at Simpang Kuda, Batam City. "I've been selling here for 10 years and every year I sell it at Simpang Kuda. I'm selling flags until August 17th," said Rudi.


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