VOI - Voice of Indonesia | RRI - Radio Republik Indonesia

Indonesia will refurbish 1,592 traditional markets across the country this year as part of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's nine-pronged and domestic-focused Nawacita development program. Trade Minister Enggartiasto Lukita said recently that a  total of Rp 5.5 trillion ($409 million) will be made available to modernize the  markets through co-administration funding, special allocation funding and under the management of the Cooperatives and Small Businesses Ministry. Enggartiasto said the government faces many challenges in trying to modernize traditional markets, ranging from budget limitations to protests from market’s sellers. He told reporters during a press conference in Jakarta that it’s not easy to rebuild or move traditional markets.. The government has already refurbished 2,715 traditional markets since 2015 till last year, out of an eventual target of 5,000 markets by 2019. ///