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60% of Jak's [[Jakarta's]] pop [[population]] or about 3 mil
people live in kampongs w/ out [[without]] basic
services
location of some other major slums in
Jak [[Jakarta]]: 1. along Kali Malang
                 2. along railroad tracks
                    behind Tanjung Priok station
                 3. Tanah Abang Bongkarang
                 4. along length of Kali Grogol
                 5. behind Jatinegara station
                 6. etc.
maj. [[majority]] of people in these slums are
migrants (pendatang)
-while kampongs w/ [with] resmi status
benefit from govn. [[government]] - sponsored
kampong - improvement programs, squatter
settlements don't
-Sadikin also pts. [[points]] out that Jak's [[Jakarta's]]
pop [[population]] has grown too fast for govn [[government]]
to be able to provide needed services
or administr. [[administrative]] structures to help w/ [[with]] their problems,
or for formal sector to absorb their
labor
-Mc Gee's theory of "peasants in the cities"
discussed
much of work done is in service
rather than production sector
-high %age [[percentage]] of migrants lack kartu
penduduk (identity cards) for Jakarta

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and so reluctant to use health +
educ. [[education]] facilities which are available
-often enter jobs because relative or 
s.o. [[significant other]] from their village doing; initial
capital also obtained from these
sources
-Moir + Sujpto W. quoted as saying
560,000 Jak. [[Jakarta]] residents work as
head of inf. [[informal]] sector enterprises
-as more labor crowds into inf. [[informal]] sector
competition becomes greater and ave. [[average]]
earnings per person go down
-are also circular migrants documented
by Jellinek + Silaban who return
periodically to villages + don't consider
Jak [[Jakarta]] their home
63.2% of circular migrants are 
traders
of these 41.6 trade cooked food + 21.6
raw food
-because inf. [[informal]] sector characterized by
small size of enterprise + small
capitaliz. [[capitalization]] often perceived as unsuited
for econ. [[economic]] dev. [[development]] and maintenance
of the city
becak drivers criticized for blocking
car traffic, street vendors for dirtying
the city, etc
city authorities commonly speak of a 
future time when these inf. [[informal]] sector activities