The government has set this day as holiday together Chinese New Year 2023. However, it turns out that there are still a group of people who work on holidays and even into the early hours of the morning to make a profit in Jakarta.
They are merchants in the central area of the Capital City. They choose to keep selling regardless of holidays in order to finance their daily needs.
One of the traders who shared his story was Ros. This 56-year-old woman admitted that for several days she had set up a bazaar booth at the Kendal Tunnel, Dukuh Atas, Central Jakarta, to sell market snacks. Ros is one of dozens of MSME actors assisted by the regional government who have opened booths in the region.
“At this location, I sell snacks from the Archipelago Market and Pontianak Kremes bananas typical of Kalimantan and Betawi special double suri and mendoan tofu and tempeh, which are traded here under the guidance of MSMEs in Central and South Jakarta,” said Ros when met by detik.com at the location, Monday (23/1/ 2023).
Ros admitted that he had opened a sales booth since early in the morning. The majority of customers are office employees. Unmitigated, the daily turnover that he pocketed could be up to IDR 8 million.
“The majority are office employees, there is also the general public, but you could say 80 percent of consumers are employees around here,” he explained.
“Even the turnover from selling cakes is Rp. 8 million. I feel that profits here can be up to Rp. 23 million in this event. It really helps my family’s economy,” he added.
Even so, Ros admitted that on this Chinese New Year national holiday, turnover actually decreased by up to 20% because the majority of employees were on vacation. Even so, Ros remains optimistic that the merchandise he sells can sell well.
“I’m optimistic, culinary stuff will definitely sell well, people will like it. Indeed, there is a little influence, but not much. At least it’s only a 20 percent difference,” he said.
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