Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Jakarta branch of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) said that the Jakarta floods had paralyzed at least 300 factories. "About 300 factories totally stopped production but we have not yet received confirmation on a plan to relocate them because floods also cut off our communications and electricity supplies," Deputy Chairman of Kadin Jakarta, Sarman Simanjorang said. Thursday's floods inundated industrial areas in East Jakarta with flood waters reaching a level between 20 cm and 100 cm. As a result, at least 300 factories stopped operations. He said that the losses incurred as a result of the stoppage of the factories' operations were estimated at Rp1.5 billion per day. The Kadin official expressed hope that government would help overcome the problem soon, even if businesses had not yet decide to relocate their factories. He said that businesses were concerned as floods disturbed production activities and the distribution of goods produced by their factories. "Many employers complained of the floods which caused their employees and workers to stay off the offices and factories so that production activities are disturbed," Sarman said. In addition, floods also delayed financial and business transactions to serve business world. Businesses therefore, hoped the central and regional governments to coordinate in coping with the flood problems in the capital city, he said. (*)

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