TRADITIONAL MARKETS

Some traders prepared their vegetables at Pasar Subuh Andir, Bandung, West Java, April 23, 2010. Base on data of Association of Indonesia Market Association (APPSI) Jabar, there are approximately 700 traditional markets with a number of merchants to reach 5 million people in 2005. But with the developing of modern market, the number of traditional markets began to decrease. Within five years, more than 100 traditional markets in West Java is closed. Even in the data of Market Traders Association and Warung Traditional (Rapid) Jabar, currently the number of traditional markets in Bandung amounted 49 far less compared with 486 modern markets. FOTO ANTARA/AGUS BEBENG/hp/djo/10