Sunday, February 16, 2014

Muara Karang, Jakarta

Muara Karang is an administrative village (kelurahan) of Penjaringan, North Jakarta that is predominantly residential.





Most of the inhabitants are Chinese Indonesians, who also run many Hokkien restaurants. In recent times, however, the settlement has attracted Chinese immigrants of many other origins.




The place is famous as a trading centre and fishing port but behind it all are issues of poverty , low education and pollution where waste is being indiscriminately dumped into the sea which has exhibited huge increases in dangerous pollutants in recent years.





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