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ity-owned traditional market operator PD Pasar Jaya, which supervises the city’s convenience stores under the Jakmart brand, plans to merge the existing brand with the “OK-OCE Mart” program, a signature program promoted by Jakarta governor-elect Anies Baswedan and deputy governor-elect Sandiaga Uno.

PD Pasar Jaya president director Arif Nasrudin said recently that if Jakmart and OK-OCE Mart were merged into a single program and brand, it would benefit residents because they could access the low prices offered by Jakmart and access products from micro, small and medium enterprises (SME) under the OK-OCE Mart program.

“I am sure that Jakmart and OK-OCE Mart can be integrated and become a minimart with a better concept,” Arif told reporters after the recent inauguration of the third Jakmart in the city in Rawa Bunga district, East Jakarta.

He could not say, however, which brand would be used to represent the city administration’s convenience stores in the future.

“We are waiting for instructions from our new leaders,” Arief said, referring to Anies and Sandiaga, who will begin their term in October.

The first two Jakmarts were established in Menteng district, Central Jakarta, and Pal Meriam district, East Jakarta.

Jakmart sells staple foods such as rice, cooking oil and sugar in accordance with the highest retail prices set by the Trade Ministry, which is relatively low.

For example, the highest retail price for cooking oil set by Trade Ministry last month stood at Rp 11,000.

Meanwhile, according to infopangan.jakarta.go.id, the average price for the commodity in the city’s markets last week was Rp 12,848.

The inauguration of the third Jakmart was attended by acting Jakarta governor Djarot Saiful Hidayat, who said that 41 more Jakmarts would be built by the end of this year, with the administration ultimately hoping that each district in the capital will have its own Jakmart.

Anies and Sandi said previously during their campaign that they would build OK-OCE Marts in every district in the city. The mart will accommodate the products produced by entrepreneurs nurtured in the OK-OCE program, which stands for “one entrepreneurship center for one district.”

Djarot said he did not know much about the OK-OCE Mart program, but would support any good program proposed by Anies and Sandi.

Separately, the spokesman for Anies’ transition team, Naufal Firman Yursak, said his team had responded positively to the goodwill of the city administration to integrate their programs with those of Anies and Sandi.

“Positive things will happen in the future. We will do it,” Naufal said.

When asked about further details, he said the team would have to study the Jakmart program first.

“We will provide the information later after our team finishes studying [about Jakmart]. It is too early to talk about that now,” Naufal added.

Six months prior to his inauguration, Anies is working to fulfill his pledges by forming three preparatory teams, which he calls the “synchronization”, “expert” and “steering” teams.

The synchronization team is set to build up lines of communication with the current administration to transform the campaign promises of Anies-Sandi into actual programs and include them in the city’s 2017 revised budget (APBD-P) and 2018 budget plan.

To build one Jakmart, the city needs Rp 150 million in funds. To build a single OK-OCE Mart, Rp 200 million is needed.