About 800 merchants in Cakung Small Industry Village (PIK), East Jakarta, are hoping for adequate promotion facility. They expect so because so far there are only few people who know the superior products sold in PIK.

Almost all merchants here complained because there is no place or building to promote their products. As a result, there are only few people know about PIK crafts

Head of Cakung PIK Cooperative, Ali Rosidi, said that PIK traders need promotion facility to showcase their superior creative products. Besides producing apparel, PIK craf ters are also capable in making goods from leather, metal, and variety of food which quality no less than other areas.

“Almost all merchants here complained because there is no place or building to promote their products. As a result, there are only few people know about PIK crafts. So, it is not a surprise if the merchants’ income is declining,” he uttered, Wednesday (10/1).

According to Rosidi, his party had proposed for PIK promotion facility to East Jakarta Administration and Jakarta Provincial government, but there is no positive response until now.

“Minus in the number of buyers coming to shop in PIK has made a lot of merchants closed their stalls. The number of merchants is declining from previous year due to lack of promotion and the absence of exhibition place,” he stated.

For information, in PIK Cakung there are four craft sectors, namely leather industry that produces shoes, bags and T-shirts, garment industry such as convection, metal industry with products like spare parts, and food industry.

“Many creative industry products being made but there is no facility. Whereas, PIK Cakung was said to be Jakarta’s shopping attraction in 2015,” he told.