JAKARTA. The Jakarta Great Sale (JGS) shopping event was officially launched by Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (Ahok) at Lotte Shopping Avenue mall in South Jakarta on Friday evening (6/3). Ahok said during the opening ceremony that the sale, themed "Shop More, Less Plastic" and being held from Friday until July 17, could make Jakarta an international shopping hub, along with cities like Singapore and Hong Kong. "We need only to reduce the traffic. It is exhausting to get to the mall with congestion in every direction," he said.
Jakarta Great Sale kicks off
JAKARTA. The Jakarta Great Sale (JGS) shopping event was officially launched by Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (Ahok) at Lotte Shopping Avenue mall in South Jakarta on Friday evening (6/3). Ahok said during the opening ceremony that the sale, themed "Shop More, Less Plastic" and being held from Friday until July 17, could make Jakarta an international shopping hub, along with cities like Singapore and Hong Kong. "We need only to reduce the traffic. It is exhausting to get to the mall with congestion in every direction," he said.