Jakarta Fair
jakarta fair indonesian pekan raya jakarta prj lit jakarta grand week fair held annually jakarta international expo kemayoran jakarta indonesia june july feature exhibition trade promotion shopping music performance various show amusement ride food festival jakarta fair part series event held celebrate capital anniversary fall june jakarta fair see exhibitor across country display whole range good product ranging specialty food item traditional handmade art craft addition many exhibitor also live entertainment including music dance cultural performance fair incorporates trade exhibition entertainment existed batavia jakarta dutch east indie era originally annual fair took place koningsplein merdeka square weltevreden batavia called pasar gambir pekan raya indonesia old spelling pekan raja indonesia indonesia fair held three consecutive year held site atma jaya university stand called kebayoran road jalan jendral sudirman version pekan raya held stimulate economy indonesia boosting national export bringing new technology product indonesia main focus restructuring economy end colonial period first pekan raya indonesia held august october officially known english first indonesian international trade industrial fair china main international exhibitor among notable feature first pekan raya chinese pavilion largest international pavilion fair second pekan raya indonesia soviet union main international exhibitor last pekan raya indonesia united state main international exhibitor leading u company eg ford general motor caterpillar goodyear rca pan make exhibition fair holiday ice first introduced indonesia pekan raya indonesia whose performance jakarta attended wife late president eleanor roosevelt among notable feature last pekan raya indonesia stand televisi television stand among first introduction true color television indonesia modern jakarta fair pekan raya held first time inaugurated president suharto fair took place june july southern part merdeka square near national monument idea hold grand fair jakarta initiated jakarta governor ali sadikin inspired colonial era pasar gambir sought centralized grand fair combine several night market pasar malam held throughout city since become annual event part city anniversary celebration longest jakarta fair day held usually jakarta fair held day united state president richard nixon one vip guest visit jakarta fair part jakarta fair taman ria fun park operated year southwest corner medan merdeka forming part jakarta fairground last jakarta fair southern side medan merdeka fair relocated old kemayoran airport site number participant grown steadily fairground southern park medan merdeka square considered large enough contain grand fair jakarta fairground moved present location jakarta international expo kemayoran exhibition complex located former kemayoran airport trade worth rp trillion million occurred jakarta fair ticket price rp weekday rp saturday sunday holiday company joined jakarta fair stall event attracted million visitor transaction worth rp trillion million surpassed target similar fair called pasar malam besar held hague netherlands also inspired pasar malam tradition colonial era pasar gambir may july june july june july june july june july june july june july june july june july june july june july june july june july june july june july june july june july june july june july june july june july june july june july june july may july june july june july may july may june event postponed due covid pandemic indonesia june july june july june july pasar malam besar jakarta great sale festival merrillees scott jakarta portrait capital jakarta equinox publishing isbn jakarta fair