Pasar Tradisional vs Pasar Modern

Jakarta(Djakarta News)- Di Indonesia pasar tradisional sejak jaman dulu, jaman kolonial, telah ada. Di kota-kota besar masih terlihat pasar-pasar tradisional tersebut.


Seperti di Medan ada Pajak (pasar) Ikan, Pasar Sentral di Makasar, Pasar Johar di Semarang, Pasar Beringharjo di Yogyakarta, Pasar Klewer di Solo, atau Pasar Pabean di Surabaya, dan tentunya masih ada di kota-kota besar lain termasuk di Ibukota Jakarta.

Pasar-pasar tersebut masih bertahan hingga sekarang, walaupun mungkin sudah mulai banyak yang meninggalkan baik pedagang maupun pembelinya.


Di Jakarta saat ini terdapat sekitar 151 pasar tradisional, namun sebagian tingkat huniannya sudah mulai menurun  hingga di bawah 80%, sedangkan omset juga menurun sekitar 35% setiap tahunnya.


Dari 151 pasar mungkin hanya pasar-pasar yang tempatnya strategis yang masih akan bisa bertahan lebih lama. Selebihnya harus ada pembenahan dan pemeliharaan bangunan pasar serta fasilitasnya.


Asosiasi Pedagang Pasar Seluruh Indonesia (APPSI) (seperti yang dilansir oleh tempointeraktif.com) mencatat, ada pasar-pasar yang tingkat huniannya sudah berkurang diantaranya :

   *Pasar Sindang,
   *Pasar Tugu,
   *Pasar Sinar,
   *Pasar Pademangan,
   *Pasar Kebon Bawang 
   *pasar Enjo.
   *Pasar Cipinang Muara,
   *Pasar Cibubur,
   *Pasar Ciracas,
   *Pasar Bataputih, dan
   *Pasar Mede


Hal tersebut bisa terjadi kemungkinan salah satunya karena pasar yang sudah tidak terawat lagi, sehingga pengunjung enggan untuk memulai usahanya di pasar, demikian juga pembeli enggan untuk datang, dan juga faktor keamanan pasar tersebut masih kurang memadai.


Kemungkinan lain juga karena pertumbuhan pasar moderen di Jakarta yang begitu pesat. Dari mall, ITC, plasa, dan pasar grosir modern sudah banyak berdiri di Jakarta. Diperkirakan sudah ada ratusan mall berdiri di Jakarta.Berikut daftar mall yang ramai dikunjungi di Jakarta:

    * Lindeteves Trade Center (LTC-Glodok)
    * ITC Permata Hijau
    * ITC Roxy Mas
    * Lokasari Plaza
    * Mall Ciputra (d/h Citraland Mall)
    * Mall Daan Mogot
    * Mall Puri Indah
    * Mall Taman Anggrek
    * Roxy Mas Square
    * Slipi Jaya Plaza
    * Seasons City
    * Gajah Mada Plaza
    * Glodok Plaza
    * Harco Glodok
    * Hayam Wuruk Lindeteves
    * ITC Cempaka Mas
    * Menteng Plaza
    * Pancoran, Jakarta Selatan
    * Plaza Indonesia
    * EX Plaza Indonesia
    * Pusat Pertokoan Duta Merlin
    * Sarinah Plaza
    * Grand Indonesia Shopping Town
    * Plaza Atrium
    * Kalibata Plaza
    * Cilandak Town Square
    * Mal Cilandak
    * Blok M Plaza
    * ITC Fatmawati
    * ITC Kuningan
    * Mal Ambassador
    * Mall Blok M
    * Mall Pondok Indah I & II
    * Blok M Square
    * Pasar Raya Dept. Store
    * Pasar Bata Putih
    * Pacific Place
    * Plaza Semanggi
    * Setiabudi One
    * Senayan City
    * Lifestyle X'nter
    * Cibubur Junction
    * Kramat Jati Indah Plaza (KJI PLAZA)
    * Mal Arion
    * Mal Citra
    * Mal Graha Cijantung
    * Pulogadung Trade Center (PTC/PGTC)
    * Tamini Square
    * Pusat Grosir Cililitan
    * Dusit Mangga Dua
    * Harco Mangga Dua
    * Harco Mas Mangga Dua
    * Kelapa Gading Trade Center
    * La Piazza
    * Mal Artha Gading
    * Mal Kelapa Gading
    * Mall of Indonesia (MOI)
    * Mall Sunter
    * Pasar Pagi Mangga Dua
    * Pluit Village
    * Pluit Junction
    * Emporium Pluit Mall
    * Mangga Dua Square
    * Mal Mangga Dua
    * WTC Mangga Dua
    * Sports Mall Kelapa Gading
    * Kelapa Gading Hypermall

Menurut Peraturan Daerah (Perda) DKI Jakarta Nomor 2 tahun 2002 tentang Jarak Antara Pasar Modern dan Pasar Tradisional, bahwa pasar tradisional dan pasar modern harus berjarak minimal dalam radius 2,5 kilometer.

Berpengaruh signifikankah antara jarak pasar tradisional dan moderen dengan kelangsungan hidup pasar?

Hal tersebut memang harus ada penelitian lebih lanjut, karena bisa jadi pangsa pasar tradisional dan moderen berbeda. Pasar tradisional kebanyakan yang berkecimpung kalangan menengah ke bawah sedangkan pasar moderen seperti mall kebanyakan kalangan menengah ke atas.

ITC Roxy Mas, pusat ponsel terbesar di Indonesia

Jakarta(Djakarta News)- Saat ini telepon selular sudah menjadi kebutuhan banyak orang. Harga ponsel yang terjangkau memungkinkan kalangan menengah bahkan yang berpenghasilan pas-pasan bisa membelinya untuk dimiliki baik untuk kebutuhan maupun untuk sekedar punya.

Di Jakarta terdapat pusat jual beli ponsel terbesar di Indonesia, yaitu di ITC Roxy Mas. Segala merek ponsel terdapat di kios-kios yang ada di ITC dari lantai dasar sampai lantai 3.Ponsel jadul hingga yang paling baru bisa didapat.ITC Roxy Mas terletak di Jalan KH Hasyim Ashari Jakarta Pusat.

Harga ponsel di ITC Roxy Mas relatif lebih murah daripada tempat penjualan ponsel di tempat lain.Selain ponsel juga bisa didapat asesorisnya seperti baterei, charger, handsfree, memori card, casing, screen protector, dan lain-lain. Para produsen ponsel juga menyediakan tempat layanan servis (service center).Demikian juga para operator GSM/CDMA berkumpul di Roxy Mas.

Berikut daftar beberapa tempat servis center ponsel di Roxy Mas yang mungikin berguna bagi para pembaca:

Nokia :
[Parastar]
ITC ROXY Lt.2 No. 82-84 Jl. Hasyim Ashari
Telepon: (021) 63866542
Faks: (021) 6304986
Mon - Fri : 11:00 - 19:00
Sat : 11:00 - 19:00
[Global]
Pertokoan ITC Roxy Mas Lt.1 Blok 1 No.9 , Jl. K.H. Hasyim Ashari
Telepon: (021) 63858803 / (021) 63865646 / (021) 6304983
Mon - Sun : 08:00 - 20:00
[Trikomsel]
ITC Roxy Mas Lt. Dasar Unit 3 no.38 - 40
Telepon: (021) 6324919
Faks: (021) 63863905
Mon - Sun : 09.30 - 20.00

Motorola :
ITC Roxy Mas Lt.2 No.137 JakPus

Sony Ericsson :
ITC Roxy Mas
Lt. 3, No. 6 - 7
Jl. KH. Hasyim Ashari
Jakarta 10150
(021) 638 51655
Senin - Minggu: 10.30 - 19.00

ITC Roxy Mas
Lt. Dasar, No. 45 - 47
Jl. KH. Hasyim Ashari
Jakarta 10150
(021) 638 52450
Senin - Jumat: 10.00 - 18.30
Sabtu: 10.00 - 17.30
Minggu: Tutup

Pusat Niaga Roxy Mas
Blok C4 No. 6 - 7
Jl. KH. Hasyim Ashari
Jakarta 10150
(021) 633 5809
(021) 6339780
Senin - Minggu: 10.30 - 19.00
 
Samsung :
PT. SARINDO NUSA PRATAMA
Ruko ITC Roxy Mas Blok B1 No. 9
Tel: (021) 6385-8088
Fax: (021) 6385-8089

ITC Roxy Mas Lantai Dasar D-062
Tel: (021) 6386-4683
Fax: (021) 632-2333
 
LG :
ITC Roxy Mas Lantai Dasar D31 Jakarta Pusat
(021) 6388287

Komplek Roxy Mas Blok C3 No. 37
Jl. Hasyim Ashari
(021) 6331925

BENQ-SIEMENS: 
ITC Roxi Mas Lantai III No.17, Jakarta
(021) 6386 2485 / 86
ITC Roxi Mas Lantai Dasar No.40, Jakarta
(021) 630 4727 / 6385 7021
 

Blackberry :
ITC Roxy Mas LT 3 No 110B

SPC Mobile:
Roxy Mas Lt 3 Blok A38-39, telphone 021-63851499 Hasyim Ashari Jakarta Pusat


Sedangkan alamat operator GSM/CDMA sebagian besar terdapat di kompleks ruko seperti:

Telkomsel:
Komp. Ruko ITC Roxy Mas Blok D1 No.2,Jl. KH. Hasyim Ashari, Jakarta Pusat

Indosat:  
Komp Perniagaan Roxy Mas Blok C2 No 3, Jl. Hasyim Asyari Jakarta, 10150

XL:
Ruko Roxy Mas Blok D3 No.19-20 Jakarta Pusat (021) 633 8181

3Store:
Komplek Pertokoan Roxy Mas Blok D3 Jl KH Hasyim Ashari - Jakarta

Mobile 8:
Komplek Pertokoan Roxy Mas, Rukan Blok E1 No. 7,

Telkomflexi:
PT SIMPATINDO MULTIMEDIA
Ruko ITC ROXY MAS Blok B1 No. 9
Jl. Hasyim Ashari 125
Jakarta - 10150
Tel. 021-6385 8070 (Hunting)
Fax. 021-6385 8071

PT STAR CELLULAR INDONESIA
Ruko ITC Roxy Blok C 5/17
Jl. K.H. Hasyim Ashari
Jakarta - 10150
Tel. 021-633 0589

Esia:
Ruko ITC Roxy Mas Blok D2 No.4-5 JL. K.H. Hasyim Ashari
Jakarta 10150

Smart:
Gedung ITC Roxy Mas Lt.1 No.14-15
JL. K.H. Hasyim Ashari
Jakarta 10150

Untuk mendukung transaksi perdagangan di ITC Roxy Mas, di kompleks Ruko ITC Roxy Mas juga terdapat beberapa kantor cabang Bank seperti BCA, Mandiri, BRI, Danamon, Panin, CIMB Niaga, NISP, Bukopin, Bank Mega, dan lain-lain.





 



 

Indonesia leader says charges should be dropped in row

Jakarta (BBC News) - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has said two officials at the centre of a high level corruption scandal should not face trial. The president said the case, which caused public outrage when it emerged the two could have been framed, should be settled out of court.

The scandal has pitted the country's anti-corruption agency against senior law enforcement officials. Anti-corruption activists criticised the president's announcement. He needed to go further to prove he was serious about clamping down on corruption, they said.

In his televised speech to the nation, the president said the two officials should not face trial so "the image of Indonesia in the eyes of the world improves". But he also said he could not interfere with the investigations.

Frequent protests

The BBC's Karishma Vaswani reports from Jakarta there had been high hopes that what the president said would draw a line under the ongoing corruption scandal that has transfixed the nation. But instead it raised even more questions about his commitment to root out graft in this country, she says.
An independent inquiry had already recommended that the police case against two anti-corruption officials accused of extortion and abuse of power should be dropped.

The two men - Bibit Samad Rianto and Chandra Hamzah - have been released, but the police and the attorney general's office have so far refused to drop their case. Public sympathy has been growing for the anti-corruption agency - known by its acronym KPK - with almost daily protests on the streets of Jakarta urging the president to act decisively.

Indonesians do not have much faith in many of their institutions, like the police force or the judiciary, but the KPK is one thing many of them do believe in, our correspondent says. She says they see the case against the two KPK men as an outrageous injustice - an attempt by Indonesia's police to weaken the powerful agency, which has earned itself a reputation for putting corrupt officials behind bars, even those in high places.

The alleged conspiracy against the KPK was revealed in wiretaps played in court earlier this month, in which senior officials from the national police and the attorney general's office discussed plans to undermine the agency.

President Yudhoyono has been under pressure to come up with a solution to this problem, with mounting criticism that he has been slow to act. He was re-elected in July on his promise to clamp down on corruption.

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk

Jakarta, London join forces against emissions

Jakarta (The Jakarta Post)-The British Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change, Joan Ruddock, and Jakarta Governor Fauzi Bowo launched a “British Embassy Act on Copenhagen” campaign on Wednesday.

Ruddock said the United Kingdom and Indonesia shared something in common when it came to understanding the impact of climate change and the two countries could work together.

“We can assist and share experience from local government and contribute to the global reduction of carbon emissions,” she said.

London, she added, like Jakarta, was built below sea level, forcing the government to build expensive infrastructure in order to create a flood barrier to protect the city.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has warned the world needs massive emissions cuts to reduce atmospheric CO2 concentration levels to prevent average global temperatures from rising by an additional 2 degrees Celsius.

Ruddock said the campaign would include stickers attached to the TransJakarta buses and bajaj (three wheeled taxis) to encourage people who use private cars to take public transportation.

“We all want to use cars, but if we can reduce our dependance on cars and use public transport, it will save energy and improve air quality,” she said.

She said the message was also spread in the UK because 42 percent of the country’s emissions are attributed to homes and personal transport.

Source: http://www.thejakartapost.com/

Nasib pengendara sepeda di Jakarta

Jakarta(Djakarta News)- Jangan ditanya lagi, kalau kota Jakarta adalah kota terbesar di Indonesia. Demikian juga kepadatan penduduknya adalah yang terpadat di Indonesia.Segala pusat kegiatan bisnis di Indonesia banyak dilakukan di Jakarta, demikian juga pusat pemerintahan.

Dengan keadaan seperti itu, maka transportasi darat di Jakarta menjadi sangat padat. Berbagai macam angkutan seperti motor, mobil pribadi, bus, angkot, bajai, kereta api dan lain-lain akan tumpek blek di Jakarta, karena masyarakat memang membutuhkan itu.Sepeda mungkin sudah tidak diminati lagi.

Dari sekian banyak alat transportasi darat tentu kereta api yang paling banyak mengangkut penumpang, kemudian disusul bus. Dari banyak pengamatan di lapangan transportasi masal tersebut fungsi dan fasilitas dan kenyamanan sangat memprihatinkan. Sehingga banyak pengguna angkutan masal beralih ke mobil atau motor.

Lalulintas Jakarta menjadi lebih semrawut. Motor memang jauh lebih fleksibel, baik dalam kecepatan maupun dari segi biaya transportasi. Pemilik kendaraan bermotor dan mobil pribadi semakin lama semakin bertambah, pengguna sepeda semakin terpinggirkan.

Pengguna sepeda di Jakarta kebanyakan orang yang bekerja di sektor in-formal, walaupun ada juga yang bekerja di sektor formal yang tergabung dalam komunitas Bike To Work Indonesia (B2W).

Memang untuk jarak yang jauh menggunakan sepeda akan capek, tetapi seandainya jalur sepeda dibuat dan terintegrasi dengan tempat parkir sepeda di stasiun atau halte-halte bus, bukan tidak mungkin orang akan kembali beralih menggunakan sepeda asalkan didukung dengan transportasi masal yang aman dan nyaman.

Mungkinkah akan terwujud di ibukota Jakarta?

Meteor shower 'fails to impress'

Jakarta(BBC News)-Stargazers who stayed up throughout the night to witness what was expected to be an intense meteor shower were left disappointed.

The Leonid meteor shower, the best views of which were to have been from Asia, was largely obscured by cloud.

The shower was caused by tiny high-speed particles from the tail of Comet 55 P/Tempel-Tuttle, which was last in the vicinity of the Earth in 1998.

Nasa had projected there would be up to 300 meteors raining down every hour.

On a typical night there are about eight per hour. In many of the viewing hotspots, however, hopeful visitors were let down by the weather.

Reports from the Philippines, Nepal and India were of cloudy conditions blocking a view of the night sky.
Schoolchildren in Sonipat, India, covered up to watch the shower


But there were a few stories of stargazing success.

Up to 1,000 people who camped out in a car park on the outskirts of Bangkok in Thailand spotted 52 meteors over several hours.

One group of amateur astronomers in India at the Siriska wildlife sanctuary, south of New Delhi reported counting 78 during a four-hour period.

"There was no moon in the sky, which is good for observation," Yogeshwar Kanu Aggarwal, a member of the Space Science Popularization Association of Communications and Educators, told the Associated Press news agency.

"We could see flashes of light for almost 10 seconds as bright as star Sirius."

North American observers stayed up from the early hours of the morning until dawn on Tuesday 17 November to view the shower's peak.

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/

Jakarta Saat Musim Hujan

Jakarta(Djakarta News)- Bulan Oktober sebagian wilayah Jakarta sudah mulai musim hujan. Di bulan November ini seluruh Jakarta sudah memasuki musim hujan.

Yah..seperti tahun-tahun sebelumnya di banyak tempat di Jakarta akan banyak genangan air. Daerah sepanjang tepi sungai Ciliwung adalah daerah yang harus diwaspadai.

Jalan jalan protokol di Jakarta juga sering tergenang banjir seperti di Jalan Jendral Sudirman dan Jalan MH Thamrin. Akibat genangan air banyak jalan menjadi rusak dan berlubang.

Berikut beberapa lokasi jalan rusak dan berlubang yang diperoleh  Traffic Management Center Polda Metro Jaya (18/11/09):

Wilayah Jakarta Selatan
1. Jl. H Nawi TL ITC Fatmawati arah Pondok Indah
2. Jl. VC Veteran kolong Tol BSD
3. Dekat TL Penerbangan
4. Fly Over Pancoran arah ke Timur
5. Jl. TB Simatupang arah timur Menjelang SPBU
6. Jl. MT Haryono arah Timur

Wilayah Jakarta Timur (nihil)

Wilayah Jakarta Pusat
1. Jl. Kramat Raya Layang Senen
2. Di TL Lap Tembak (Lubang Bekas Galian)

Wilayah Jakarta Utara
1. Jl. Teluk Gong dari Bandengan terusan s/d BHI
2. Jl. Perintis Kemerdekaan arah ke Timur
3. Jl. Lodan dari Bunda Mulia s/d Masjid Kramat
4. Jl. Raya Cacing pintu Tol Rorotan II ke Utara
5. Jl. Raya Cacing depan PT. Komatsu ke Utara
6. Jl. Raya Cacing depan PT. Justus ke Utara
7. Jl. Raya Cacing depan PT. SPM

Wilayah Jakarta Barat
1. Jl. Ring Road Raya Cengkareng
2. Jl. Simpruk arah Rel KA (jalannya miring)

Sebagian jalan juga sedang mengalami perbaikan saluran air dan pengecoran, sehingga menimbulkan kemacetan.

Lapan to launch Orari satellite next year

Jakarta (ANTARAnews) - The National Space and Aviation Agency (Lapan) and the Indonesian Radio Amateurs Organization (Orari) is set to launch an Orari satellite in 2010, the organization`s chief Sutiyoso said.

Orari played a bigger role in keeping the Unitary Republic of Indonesia intact through broad and strong communication networks, he said when installing the executive board of Orari chapter in South Kalimantan on Friday.

Aware of the greater role, the former Jakarta governor said Orari is cooperating with Lapan to launch an Orari satellite to expand its networks to remote areas in the country.

"Communication does not guarantee victory in a battle. But it is difficult to win a battle without communication. That`s why Orari plays a greater role in fostering land, sea and air communications," he said.

In fact, Orari had so far served as an alternative communication means in case of massive disasters in the country, he said referring to an 8.9-magnitude undersea earthquake and the subsequent tsunami devastating Aceh on December 26, 2004 when all communication means were paralyzed for a few days.

Orari was the only communication means in the region at that time to report any developments to the rest of the country, he said.

He said Orari once again became the only alternative communication means when a powerful earthquake rocked West Sumatra province on September 30 this year.
Orari was a big and solid organization although it never relied on government financial assistance, he said.(*)

 Source: http://www.antaranews.com/

Seandainya Ibukota RI Dipindah Dari Jakarta

Jakarta(Djakarta News)- Jakarta adalah Ibukota Republik Indonesia.Jakarta menjadi propinsi dan ditetapkan sebagai Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta.Karena Jakarta menjadi ibukota, maka pemerintah pusat berada di Jakarta, demikian juga dengan kedutaan besar negara-negara sahabat.

Jakarta juga menjadi pusat bisnis nasional.Segala kegiatan perdagangan di tanah air banyak dipusatkan di Jakarta. Dengan demikian banyak orang dari penjuru tanah air datang ke Jakarta dengan berbagai kegiatan.Sehingga terjadi urbanisasi, dan banyak yang kemudian memutuskan untuk tinggal di Jakarta. Semakin lama Jakarta semakin bertambah penduduknya, dan berbagai masalah akhirnya timbul di Jakarta.

Pada masa perjuangan ibukota Jakarta pernah mengalami perpindahan yaitu ke Yogyakarta.Pada masa kini. sering muncul wacana untuk memindahkan ibukota RI dari Jakarta, karena Jakarta telah penuh sesak. Mungikinkah ibukota RI pada masa kini bisa dipindah? Untuk memindahkan ibukota negara memang membutuhkan anggaran yang besar, tetapi kerugian akan lebih besar jika Ibukota RI akan tetap seperti ini.

Apa yang akan terjadi dengan Jakarta seandainya ibukota RI benar-benar dipindah? Dan di manakah tempat yang paling tepat sebagai pengganti Jakarta sebagai Ibukota RI? Mungikin akan ada jawaban beragam yang  menarik.Seandaianya Ibukota Jakarta pindah, Jakarta akan menjadi lebih sepi, lebih tertib, lalulintas lebih lancar, kriminalitas berkurang, kesehatan masyarakat lebih baik,dan lain-lain yang jelas akan menjadi lebih positif untuk Jakarta. Untuk kepentingan yang lebih luas, pemerataan di Indonesia bisa lebih cepat.

Bagaimana dengan pendapat kalau tempat yang tepat sebagai pengganti Ibukota Jakarta adalah di Kalimantan atau di Papua?

Include us in decision-making, say drivers

Jakarta (The Jakarta Post)-Around 100 drivers of three-wheeled bemo staged a protest in front of City Hall on Friday morning, demanding the transportation agency halt the raids that were recently conducted in some areas.

The drivers parked around 50 old rusty bemo along the green strip of the street in front of the building.

Boyo Hidayat, head of the Bemo Drivers Community, said the drivers felt they were being treated unfairly, because the officials confiscated their vehicles without providing them with an alternative solution.

"We welcome a plan to replace bemo with new vehicles, but please start to phase in the new vehicle, so we can still earn a living. Don't conduct any raids before we get a replacement," he said to representatives from the transportation agency and the administration.

The drivers conducted the protest following the confiscation of 15 vehicles in Mangga Besar, West Jakarta, last Wednesday.

Boyo said the raids meant the loss of livelihood for around 30 drivers, while hundreds of other drivers were afraid they would be targeted in future raids.

The city has not made any firm decision on the drivers' fate.

Arifin, head of a control unit at the transportation agency, told the drivers he could not guarantee the agency would immediately cease the raids, claiming he was not authorized to make such a decision.

He said he would convey the drivers' concerns to the agency head.

Meanwhile, city secretary Muhayat said the city was still discussing the model of three-wheeled vehicle that would replace the bemo.

"Bemo will be replaced by a natural gas-powered three-wheeled vehicle. The rollout will be the same as the replacement program for bajaj *another three-wheeled vehicle*," he said.

Muhayat said the administration would wait until the bemo owners were financially ready before starting the program.

He said the raids were not intended to wipe bemo from the streets, but were conducted because many bemo were not properly licensed.

Edi Saidi, a community organizer and advocacy official at the Urban Poor Consortium (UPC), said he was concerned with the drivers' anxiety, and expressed his fear that a clash would erupt in the next raid.

Once a lucrative mode of transport, the Japanese bemo, which has been in the country since 1968, was phased out by the administration in 2003. Despite the ban, it is still possible to spot the odd seven-passenger bemo plying some parts of the city, including Bendungan Hilir, Karet in Central Jakarta, and Grogol in West Jakarta.

Source: www.thejakartapost.com