Jakarta, May 19 (Antara) - Indonesia, which has about 13 thousand
traditional markets across the country, will begin revitalizing 60
traditional markets next month in an effort to prevent them from being
sidelined by modern markets.
"We set a target to begin revitalizing 60 traditional markets in June
and to finish the revitalization in 2014," Nyak Ubin, a deputy for
infrastructure and facility marketing of the Cooperatives and Small
Scale Enterprises (UKM) Ministry, said here on Monday.
The government had operated the traditional market revitalization
program since 2005 and until last year, and the Cooperatives and
Small-and Medium-Sized Business Ministry (UKM) had rebuilt 461
traditional markets, 53 of these were pilot projects.
The Cooperatives and the UKM Ministry revitalized a total of 207 traditional markets in 2013.
In 2014, another phase of the revitalization program will begin, with
60 traditional markets as part of the government's efforts to increase
the competitiveness of traditional markets amid the mushrooming of
modern markets, including mini markets such the Alfa Mart, Indo Maret
and others.
Nyak Ubin said the budget for financing the renovation of the 60
cooperatives-based traditional markets will be disbursed after the
government's Development Finance Comptroller (BPKP) reviewed the plan.
"The work can be carried out after the funding plans are reviewed. It
can be done directly," he said, adding that his office had selected
traditional markets that will be renovated.
"We have selected traditional markets, such as those in Central
Kalimantan, South Sulawesi, Riau, Bengkulu, Medan (North Sumatra), North
Sulawesi and Southeast Sulawesi," Nyak Ubin added.
The markets selected should meet requirements, such as having
locations, markets, cooperatives and traders who are members of the
cooperatives. Each of the traditional markets will get an assistance
fund of Rp900 million.
Previously, the Ministry of Finance issued a circular regarding the
assistance funds for traditional market development. The circular was
issued to avoid overlapping with the same programs of other ministries
in the disbursement of the funds.
Early this year, the Trade Ministry also launched a traditional market
revitalization program. Thirteen of the traditional markets renovated
were located in West Java and received funds of Rp75 billion.
The Ministry of Trade is committed to improving traditional markets in various parts of the country.
"The funds for the renovation of the traditional markets were taken
from the Trade Ministry's Task Assistance Funds, and amounted to Rp1.9
trillion," then trade minister Gita Wirjawan said, as he prepared to
inaugurate the Leuwipanjang Market in Purwakarta District last January.
The program is intended to improve the image of traditional markets,
which are often seen as dirty and disorganized. As they are revitalized,
traditional markets in the country are expected to become cleaner,
neater and more in line with modern markets.
"Overall, the turn-out at traditional markets increased by an average
of 57 per cent after they were renovated," Gita said.
Furthermore, to enable traditional markets to compete with modern
retailers, the Trade Ministry had restricted the establishment of modern
mini markets over the last year.
"The number of mini-markets in a district or city should not exceed
150. A mini-market that wants to start operations in a district that
already has 150 units should partner with the local entrepreneurs," Gita
said.
The evidence shows that the presence of foreign modern markets in
Indonesia has sidelined traditional markets. In 2007, there were about
13,000 traditional markets across the country; currently that number has
dropped to just 9,000.
The rehabilitation of the markets is therefore needed. After all,
traditional markets play an important role in society too, so they
should not be displaced by the expansion of modern markets, according to
Regional Representatives Council (DPD) Chairman Irman Gusman.
"When developing modern markets, we should also help develop
traditional markets with modern facilities," Irman said as he launched a
national campaign to promote shopping in traditional markets early this
year.
In addition, the traditional market revitalization program is aimed at
boosting and accelerating economic growth in the region. This will
reinforce the trade sector and increase the competitiveness in the
domestic market.
As more traditional markets become revitalized, more transactions will
take place between sellers and buyers, and that will automatically
stabilize prices.
The ministry of trade has made a commitment over the past few years to
revitalize traditional markets in the country to change their image of
being dirty and disorganized.
"So far, the connotation of traditional market is dirty and
disorganized. They are smelly and inconvenient. We will change it and
make it clean and orderly, a market that offers convenience and stores
frozen products, able to compete with modern markets," Trade Deputy
Trade Minister Bayu Krisnamurthi said recently.
He added that the revitalization program launched by the ministry of
trade was in a form that will accelerate development in the regions.
For this purposes, the government has disbursed a total funds of Rp4.01
trillion to build and rehabilitate 2,758 traditional markets from 2005
to 2013.***2***
(T.A014/INE/B003)
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