PASAR ULAR MARKET

If anyone wants to purchase imported goods at a reasonable prices, then they should try The Pasar Ular or The snake" retail market" as am alternative place to shop. The relatively low price of goods here has become an attraction not only to shoppers from Jakarta but also from out of Town.

The Pasar Ular market in Plumpang North Jakarta has become the symbol of a place to shop for imported goods at reasonable prices, which started in the nineteen seventies. Many imported goods such as bags, shoes and ceramics are sold at a range of prices. Starting from tens of thousands of rupiah up to hundreds of thousands of rupiah.

Still people in Pasar Ular claimed that during the last ten years many merchants have reducing their imported supply due to the monetary crisis. Not only people from Jakarta who shop at this market but also people from out of Jakarta are even interested in hunting for specific items here. Nevertheless shoppers are quite aware of the condition of the market.

Prior to hunting for their goods despite reducing the supply of imported goods the quality of local goods offered are not that different from the imported ones. Thus the merchants are hoping that their goods will attract consumers because of the relatively low price with high quality.




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SLUM KIDS UPDATE

Two Indian slum kids who acted in The Oscar Nominated "Slumdog Millionaire' took flight for Los Angeles to attend the awards ceremony. It's a fairytale come true for eight-year-old Rubina Ali and her co-star Mohammad Azharuddin Ismail, child actors taken from The Slums of Mumbai where the rags-to-riches tale of "slumdog millionare", nominated for 10 oscars, is set.

Ali and Ismail where of to Los Angles for the 81-st academy awards ceremony at The Kodak Theater on Sunday ( February 22 ) where they could rub shoulders with the Jolies and Winslets ot the world.There are few bets against "Slumdog Millionaire" at the prestigious Hollywood awards and the story of young boy on an odds-defying quest on a television game show has picked up a clutch of awards this season.

Buit experiencing the oscards first-hand is more than just a trip abroad for the film's young stars, who have spent most of their lives in the squalor of Mumbai's slums. Rubina's uncle who came to see her off at The Mumbai's Chattrapati Shivaji International Airport was quite certain that the film would bag the coveted award.

The slum portrayed in the award-winning film is at the center of a land controversy in entertainment capital Mumbai that has highligted the challenges facing a booming India as it tries to modernize its cities. Dharavi, where part of the film was shot, is the focus of an ambitious, but contentious, 150-billion rupee ( 3 billion U.S dollars ) redevelopment plan to turn shanties near the heart of The Indian Financial Capital into upscale apartments and office towers.
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