Official Traders At The Main Market 'Adverse' With Outer Illegal Traders: Unpayable Rentals And Make Omzets Down

JAKARTA - Mawi (22) a potato trader at the Kramat Jati Main Market complained about the existence of illegal traders selling outside the Kramat Jati Main Market area, East Jakarta.

Usually, this trader peddles his merchandise in front of the sidewalk of Jalan Raya Bogor, not far from the Kramat Jati Main Market.

"There are illegal traders in front of me, who I also don't know what the rules are, it also affects here," Mawi said when met at the Kramat Jati Main Market, Tuesday, December 6.

According to Mawi, the presence of illegal traders outside the Kramat Jati Main Market affects the turnover of official traders in the market.

Yang Mawi and traders in the complaints market, these illegal traders can be free to sell without paying a business stall in the market managed by Perumda Pasar Jaya.

Therefore, considering that the DKI Provincial Government plans to revitalize the Kramat Jati Main Market, Mawi asks illegal traders to be facilitated in the market area and pay the rent of their business stalls.

"Hopefully the traders, maybe with the revitalization, will be cleaned up the traders in front. Give enough facilities at a decent price too. We rent stalls, buy stalls at an expensive price," he explained.