Hundreds of residents flocked to cheap bazaar held at Rambutan Urban Village Office, Ciracas District, East Jakarta. The event was held thanks to collaboration between urban village with PT Food Station Tjipinang Jaya.

Residents are enthusiast

Rambutan Urban Village's Head Section of Economy and Development, Lita Dwi Prasetya, said the socialization was already given to residents before providing the bazaar.

"Residents are enthusiast to buy various commodities here," she said, Tuesday (5/27).

According to her, this cheap bazaar is routinely held to help meet the availability of food for the residents, maintain the availability, smooth distribution, and stability of food prices.

"Commodities sold in the bazaar are premium rice in five kilogram package Rp 72,000, one liter of cooking oil Rp 18,500, one kilogram of flour Rp 10,000, chicken egg Rp 26,000 per kilogram, and sugar Rp 17,000 per kilogram.

One of the residents, Aminah (45), admitted happy with the cheap bazaar.

"No need to go to market. We can get cheap commodities here," she admitted.