Jakarta Industry and Energy (PE) Dept. recently observes to build Betawi product shopping center in order to develop small medium enterprises (IKM)s in City.

We want to try to build Betawi shopping center

Jakarta PE Dept.'s Industry Division Head, Elisabeth Ratu Rante Allo said, there are 500 IKMs of Betawi products from total around 28 thousands active IKMs in Jakarta.

"We want to try to build Betawi shopping center," she said, Tuesday (7/4).

She explained that her side helps to sell IKM product by socializing it to hotel, another tourism industries, and also inviting IKM merchants that sell Betawi product to participate in several exhibitions.

She admitted that all her works are not enough to boost IKM product sale. Thus her side observes the establishment of shopping center as permanent display location.

"It will provide Betawi food, fashion, and handicraft. We are still searching the right location for that and planning to use our building asset," she closed.