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Depok halts issuance of building permits for minimarkets
The growth of minimarkets in Depok has caused an unhealthy rivalry with small stores and stalls
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Prevailing regional regulation on minimarket building restrictions had not helped to suppress the growth. (Via kaltim.tribunnews.com/NET)
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he Depok administration in West Java has issued a moratorium on the issuance of building permit for minimarkets. Depok Mayor Mohammad Idris said it was done to minimize retail business growth in the area.
“The growth of minimarkets in Depok has caused an unhealthy rivalry with small stores and stalls,” Idris said as quoted by kompas.com on Thursday.
He went on to say that the prevailing regional regulation on minimarket building restrictions had not helped to suppress the growth because it only regulated the distance to the nearest traditional market.
“What also needs to be controlled is the ratio of residents to minimarkets. Turns out, this is also a problem. That’s why we will revise the prevailing regional regulation,” Idris said.
Idris said he did not know the exact number of minimarkets in Depok.
“Some districts have only a few minimarkets, but other districts have so many,” he said.
Idris added that the moratorium was not applicable to cooperatives that wanted to build a minimarket because cooperatives had a positive impact on people’s livelihoods.
Idris said the moratorium would last until the administration determined the ratio of people to existing minimarkets.
