Surabaya, (Antara) - The Surabaya city government will hold Ramadhan bazaars in 20 different places as part of efforts to control the prices of basic commodities ahead of the fasting month which will start next week.

Surabaya Mayor Tri Rismaharini said here on Thursday the prices of basic commodities began rising in the lead-up to the fasting month and that the city government needed to control them.

"The number of Ramadhan bazaars which have originally been planned in 10 places this year will be held in 20 places," she said when chairing a coordination meeting on the control of commodity prices at the Surabaya City Hall.

The meeting was attended by producers, distributors, secretary of the city government, and heads of local offices at the Surabaya city government.

Rismaharini said the price hike had an impact on the people's purchasing power. The declining purchasing power might give rise to social problems and criminal offenses.

For its part, she ordered chief of the city trade and industry office Widodo Suryantoro to increase the number of Ramadhan bazaars.

Suryantoro said the city trade and industry office has so far established good coordination with producers and distributors.

He noted that the prices of several commodities have steadily increased.

According to the office, the price of local sugar in bulk rose significantly by 6.42 percent in the first week of June 2015 to Rp12,600 per kilogram from Rp11,840 per kilogram in the last week of May 2015.

The price of broiler eggs rose 4.78 percent to Rp20,431 per kilogram from Rp19,500 per kilogram.

"The two commodities become the center of our attention in the field," he said. (*)



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