The Diponegoro Market located at Jalan Diponegoro, Kenari Urban Village, Senen Sub-District, will be emptied after the 70th Independence Day. As planned, it would be re-functioned to be a green belt park. 

We will start emptying the market after the celebration of Independence Day

" We will start emptying the market after the celebration of Independence Day ," said Central Jakarta Vice Mayor, Arifin, Thursday (8/13). 

According to Arifin, his party is currently still waiting for process from the Jakarta Financial Management Body (BPKD) which eliminates the market asset, to be green belt. "Well, we're still waiting for the market's asset to be eliminated by BPKD DKI thus it can be transformed into green belt," he expressed. 

Not only that, similar thing will also be done toward illegal buildings near such market. While waiting for the process, the government had held socialization to the peddlers. "We had held socialization since long before. Even now, some of the peddlers have moved their merchandises to other location," he uttered. 

As certainly the contract of most of them has been expired, then they are trying to find other location by themselves. "There are some locations we offer, yet a part of them prefer to find the location by themselves," he finished.