Government Guarantees Supply of Basic Needs

KOMPAS/RIZA FATHONI

A worker packs rice in the warehouse of PT Food Station Tjipinang Jaya in Cipinang, East Jakarta, on Tuesday (3/3/2020). The regional government-owned company (BUMD) on food ensures that the rice stock for Jakarta is sufficient and urges people not to panic in responding to the positive cases of COVID-19 in the capital and surrounding areas

JAKARTA, KOMPAS - The government has ensured the supply of basic needs and promised to maintain the stability of their prices. The people, therefore, don’t need to panic and shop excessively because it will disturb the stability and prices in the market.

At the same time, in order to suffice stock, the government has issued a permit to import sugar and garlic. The permit has been issued to import 438,802 tons of raw sugar, the raw material for refined sugar, to meet the needs until May 2020 before Idul Fitri, a celebration that comes after the end of Ramadan.