South Korea's Street Vendor Concept Difficult to Apply in Jakarta

The lack of empty land in the capital city, making Jakarta Provincial Government has difficulties to imitate the arrangement concept of street vendors in South Korea which utilizes as a pedestrian space for trade.

Sidewalks in Jakarta is narrow. That's why we difficult to imitate the South Korea's concept, and must be stimulated

Head of Jakarta Cooperatives, Micro, Small and Medium Scale Enterprises and Trade (KUMKMP) Department, Joko Kundaryo said that many fundamental differences between South Korea and Jakarta. Thus, South Korea's concept cannot easily be replicated. According to him, South Korea has a large pedestrian, thus vendors can be placed along the sidewalk. Moreover, the sidewalk in Jakarta is narrow.

"Sidewalks in Jakarta is narrow. That's why we difficult to imitate the South Korea's concept, and must be stimulated," he stated, at City Hall, Monday (9/22).

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He continued that South Korea's concept is more likely to make a new area. While his department wants to arrange the existing area to make it more orderly. "We prefer to re-arrange the existing area first to make it more orderly, because transaction activity on the sidewalk and drain is very disturbing pedestrian," he asserted.

He added, street vendors in South Jakarta is very orderly and can also maintain the existing vendors without adding its number. It is inversely proportional to Jakarta. "In South Korea, the government provides a land for 10 vendors, but its concept cannot be implemented in Jakarta yet and its number will keep increasing plus role of community organization or thug," he explained.