Accomodate Street Vendors To Not Selling At Public Facilities: 150 MSME Traders Start To Crowd The Sogo Jongkok Cideng Market Area Every Weekend

Pasar sogo jongkok in the Cideng area, Central Jakarta which is held every weekend to revive MSMEs and prevent people from trading in public facilities. (VOI/Rizky Sulistio)

JAKARTA - A total of 150 MSME traders from various types of merchandise held a "sogo jongkok" stall in the open area of ​​Tasik Cideng Market, Gambir District, Central Jakarta, Sunday, September 18.

The naming of sogo jongkok was revived to preserve the local wisdom of sogo jongkok which once triumphed in Cideng Street, Gambir area.

"Sogo jongkok is iconic, traders are on the street. After this pandemic, we are trying to accommodate the name Sogo jongkok with the proper location (officially, not violating public facilities)," said Heru Nuryaman, land manager for the Cideng lake market, Central Jakarta, Sunday, September 18th.

The provision of land for buying and selling goods in Sogo Jongkok aims to raise MSME traders in an effort to recover the community's economy and preserve local wisdom.

"Our target is small and medium-sized businesses. After this pandemic, we have seen an economic stretch, so we are very enthusiastic for small and medium-sized businesses to immediately join here," he said.

The shelter for traders for the preservation of sogo jongkok also received support from the Central Jakarta City Government. The reason is, this place can reduce the chaos of street vendors (PKL) that are mushrooming around the Tanah Abang Market area and other Jakarta areas.

"In the future, in the government program, we will help this program to control street vendors on the road. So we accommodate them here, we accommodate them together, collaborate with local government officials so that there are activities for small and medium economic circles," he said.

Meanwhile, according to Amir (42), one of the sellers of used clothing suitable for use, he was greatly helped by the suggestion of the sogo jongkok market. With the existence of this trading area, he is no longer messing around with the Satpol PP officers.

"It's a good breakthrough for these traders. So small traders like us can sell freely and safely," he added.