Cheap Staple Food Bazaar Held at Kampung Nelayan Cilincing

The cheap staple food bazaar as held at Cilincing Sub-district Office, North Jakarta, Wednesday (3/6). Local residents were enthusiast to participate in the bazaar. The program was provided by Perumda Dharma Jaya and Perumda Pasar Jaya, also CSR from PT Pelabuhan Indonesia (Pelindo).

consistently holding cheap staple food bazaar

The program was attended by Acting Jakarta Governor, Heru Budi Hartono accompanied by Jakarta Regional Secretary's Economy and Finance Assistant, Sri Haryati; Jakarta Food Tenacity, Maritime and Agriculture Agency Head, Suharini Eliawati; North Jakarta Mayor, Ali Maulana, and other apparatuses.

At the program, Heru also distributed animal protein products for PPSU personnel at Cilincing Sub-district Office.

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"Thanks God Jakarta Provincial Government is consistently holding cheap staple food bazaar. Today the program is assisted by Pelindo. We try to maintain the staple food stock as well as stabilize the inflation rate," Heru said as quoted from Jakarta Provincial Government's press release.

Heru also listened to residents' aspirations regarding the continuation of this program, so that residents can still buy basic necessities for Ramadan at affordable prices.

"The program will remain exist ahead of fasting month. It has been scheduled for five administration areas. Residents are able to buy cheap staple food. Other commodities such as meat will also be prepared in several sub-districts," Heru added.

Saripah (64), Cilincing resident, hopes the program can be continued since the staple food price at the market is fluctuate.

"Thanks to Acting Jakarta Governor for providing us cheap staple food package. It is hoped the program will remain exist ahead of fasting month," Saripah said.

Meanwhile, Jakarta KPKP Agency Head, Suharini Eliawati, explained today's bazaar provided 1,000 packages. The package was sold Rp 100,000 for five kilograms of rice, two liters of cooking oil, one kilogram of sugar, and one kilogram of flour. There were also 500 instant noodles and frozen meat.

"We also held socialization about how to process frozen food to maintain its quality. Of those 1,000 packages, we also allocated for fishermen," she explained.

As for information, Perumda Dharma Jaya provided 14 animal protein products during today's bazaar. Those are frozen chicken sold Rp 25,000, one kilogram of beef Rp 90,000-Rp 105,000, 500 gram of slice meat Rp 55,000, one kilogram of ground beef Rp 55,000, one kilogram of dori fish fillet Rp 35,000, one tray of egg Rp 22,000 and so on.