DJAROT Saiful Hidayat, the Mayor of Blitar, is comfortable with his alternative approach amid the modernity typified by beautiful skyscrapers and glittering lights. He refuses to develop shopping malls and limits the number of mini-markets. Street hawkers are given spaces. "I am proud, my city is busy with street vendors," he says.

Street sellers in Blitar are not jumbled all over the place. Instead, Djarot has managed the street hawkers who previou