Burn Notice

Just when a marketplace is about to be renovated, a big fire precedes it. Is this standard procedure in solving disputes in Jakarta's marketplaces?

May 6, 2014

BLOCK III of Senen Market in Jakarta was set to be renovated. Since it was built in 1974, during the time of Governor Ali Sadikin, the building had never been touched. But its structure had become worrying and its electricity cables looked chaotic. Unfortunately, the renovation plans had not gone smoothly. Some of the vendors refused to go along with it. The reasons given were typical: after the building is renovated, no vendor could afford to le

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