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Shopping hub to promote RI's position in global halal market
Halal shopping will be built like a shopping mall which will comprise retail stores, boutiques, restaurants, and cafes area
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Visitors crowd the Halal Park near the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Senayan, Central Jakarta, which was inaugurated by President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on April 16. (JP/Riza Roidila Mufti)
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ndonesia is embarking on another big campaign to further push the halal industry in the country by developing a halal shopping district at the heart of Jakarta.
The new shopping district, called the Halal Park Zone, is intended to be a trade center where producers of halal products and services, such as fashion products, cosmetics, food and beverages, from across the country can sell them.
“This is not a new plan as we have talked about it several times in the past,” President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said when he recently launched the construction of the facility. "The district would accommodate small and medium enterprises that have been selected and here they would be able not only to sell but also to promote their products to overseas buyers."
The district is to be built on a 21,000-square-meter lot in Senayan for a cost of about Rp 250 billion (US$17.75 million). The construction is being undertaken by state-owned company Wijaya Karya (WIKA) and is scheduled to finish within two years.
According to the design concept made available to media, the center is to be built like any shopping mall, with retail stores, boutiques, restaurants and cafés, as well as exhibition halls, offices, co-working spaces, a food court and even a museum about the history of Islam in Indonesia.
All products and services to be sold in the shopping mall are to be halal or otherwise permissible according to Islamic law.
Jokowi said the development of the halal shopping mall should become an embryo to further promote Indonesia’s position in the global halal industry, which has rapidly grown in recent years.
