Jakarta, Dec. 19 -- The Coordinating Ministry for Food Affairs, in collaboration with state-run logistics company Bulog, offered 900 packages of staple commodities in a cheap market operation dedicated to online motorbike taxi drivers on Thursday (December 18).

In a statement cited here on Friday, the ministry's Deputy for Coordination of Food Trade and Distribution Tatang Yuliono highlighted that the operation took place at a Bulog Warehouse in Tangerang City, Banten, and was attended by Coordinating Minister for Food Affairs Zulkifli Hasan.

"This affordable food program is dedicated to the online taxi driver community in recognition of its strategic role in society," he stated.

Yuliono pointed out that, under the initiative, the gove...