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Foto : Warga sedang berbelanja kebutuhan pokok di S-Mart

MERAUKE, 08 April 2022 – Harga kebutuhan pokok di Papua sangatlah tinggi. Sebagai perbandingan, jika di Pulau Jawa satu tube pasta gigi ukuran sedang bisa dijual Rp 18 ribu, maka di Papua Anda harus merogoh Rp 40 ribu untuk satu buah pasta gigi dengan ukuran yang sama.

Banyak faktor yang menyebabkan harga barang di Papua melambung begitu tinggi. Salah satunya karena biaya angkut logistik yang mahal. Itu terjadi karena untuk mendistribusikan barang, harus menggunakan pesawat atau speed boat  ke daerah-daerah terpencil.

Beruntung, TSE (Tunas Sawa Erma) Group melalui anak perusahaannya PT Berkat Cipta Abadi (PT. BCA) meluncurkan program Corporate Social Contribution (CSC)-nya dengan membangun S-Mart, yaitu sebuah toko retail modern yang menjual berbagai barang kebutuhan dengan harga wajar di Kampung Selil, Distrik Ulilin, Kabupaten Merauke pada Jumat (8/4). Sebagai program CSC, S-Mart tidak mengejar keuntungan. Karena itulah S-Mart mampu menjual barang-barang dengan harga di bawah harga standar di daerah pelosok Papua.

“S-mart merupakan salah satu program CSC dari TSE Group dalam bentuk retail, sesuai dengan visi misi yang paling utamanya adalah normalisasi harga,” ujar Operational Manager S-Mart, Iqbal Tawakal.

Menurut Iqbal, hadirnya S-Mart bukan hanya membantu karyawan saja namun juga masyarakat sekitar merasa dimudahkan untuk mencari berbagai macam barang kebutuhan pokok. Maka tak heran respon masyarakat sangat baik serta antusias untuk berbelanja di sini.

“Keterbatasan akses masih menjadi kendala utama, sudah jelas permasalahan itu sudah cukup lama terjadi dan sekarang dengan adanya S-Mart masyarakat sedikit banyak sudah terbantu. Kini masyarakat tidak perlu lagi khawatir dengan pemenuhan kebutuhan pokok,” tandasnya.

Frederik Hendrik Samkakai, salah seorang karyawan PT. BCA pun mengamini permasalahan ini. Sebelum S-mart dibangun, dirinya juga harus menempuh perjalanan ke Asiki, Kabupaten Boven Digoel jika ingin berbelanja.

“Saya mewakili seluruh karyawan dan juga masyarakat sangat berterima kasih dan bersyukur dengan hadirnya S-mart. Supermarket ini sangat mempermudah kami, terutama untuk kebutuhan-kebutuhan karyawan yang selama ini kami selalu membuang waktu juga membuang biaya ke Asiki,” ucap pria asli Papua ini.

Frederik menyatakan bahwa dirinya sangat mendukung pembangunan S-mart di wilayah itu. Tak lupa dia berharap agar ke depannya pelayanan S-Mart akan bisa lebih baik lagi dan siap membantu karyawan dan masyarakat setempat dengan menyediakan berbagai kebutuhan pokok dengan harga yang terjangkau.

Senada dengan Frederik, seorang warga asli Boven Digoel bernama Cordolla Oliva Kayamat menyatakan rasa syukurnya atas kehadiran S-mart. “Sebelumnya kan belanjanya di Asiki, dan itu membutuhkan jarak yang lumayan jauh dan harganya juga di Asiki lebih tinggi dibanding di sini.”

S-mart merupakan retail modern yang diprakarsai oleh TSE Group lewat program CSC. Selain berbagai kebutuhan pokok seperti beras, gula, sabun, minuman dalam kemasan dan lainnya, S-Mart juga menyediakan pakaian untuk segala usia serta kebutuhan bayi dan balita.

Peresmian S-Mart dihadiri oleh Direktur Utama PT. BCA Cho Hyun Mo dan Manager Umum PT. BCA Kim Tae Soo. Ini merupakan store kedua, setelah sebelumnya PT. Dongin Prabhawa dari TSE Group membangun S-mart di Kampung Maam, Distrik Ngguti, Kabupaten Merauke. (pr)

 

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Photo: Residents shopping for staple goods at S-Mart

MERAUKE, 08 April 2022 – The price of staple goods in Papua is extremely high. For comparison, a medium sized tube of toothpaste can be sold at Rp18 thousand in Java Island, while in Papua one has to spend Rp40 thousand for a single toothpaste tube of the same size.

Many factors caused the price of goods in Papua incredibly high. One of them is due to expensive logistics costs. This happens because to distribute goods, a plane or a speed boat must be used to reach remote areas.

Luckily, TSE (Tunas Sawa Erma) Group through its subsidiary, PT Berkat Cipta Abadi (PT BCA) on Friday (8/4) launched its Corporate Social Contribution (CSC) program by building S-Mart, a modern retail store, which sells various staple goods at reasonable prices in Selil Village, Ulilin District, Merauke Regency. As a CSC program, S-Mart does not seek profits. That is why S-Mart is able to sell goods at prices far below the standard prices in the remote area of Papua.

“S-Mart is one of the CSC programs from TSE Group in retail, in line with the vision and mission which mostly aims to normalize prices,” said the S-Mart Operational Manager, Iqbal Tawakal.

According to Iqbal, the presence of S-Mart not only helps employees. The surrounding community also feels easier to find a variety of staple goods. So no wonder the community responded to it quite well and felt enthusiastic to shop here.

“Limited access is still the main obstacle, it is clear that the problem has been going on for quite a long time and now with S-Mart, the community has been helped a little. Now people no longer need to worry about meeting basic needs,” he said.

Frederik Hendrik Samkakai, one of the employees of PT BCA also has the same opinion regarding the problem. Before S-Mart was built, he also had to travel to Asiki, Boven Digoel Regency if he wanted to shop for groceries.

“On behalf of all employees as well as the community, we are very thankful and grateful for the presence of S-Mart. This supermarket has made it easy for us, especially to meet the needs of employees who have always spent much time and cost to go to Asiki,” said the Papuan native.

Frederik stated that he strongly supported the building of S-Mart in the region. Additionally, he hopes that in the future, S-Mart’s services will be even better and ready to assist the employees and the local community by providing various basic needs at affordable prices.

In line with Frederik, a Boven Digoel native named Cordolla Oliva Kayamat expressed her gratitude for the S-Mart’s presence. “Before, we had to shop in Asiki, and it requires a fairly long distance to reach and the prices in Asiki are also higher than here.”

S-Mart is a modern retail store initiated by TSE Group through the CSC program. In addition to a variety of basic needs such as rice, sugar, soap, packaged drinks, and others, S-Mart also provides clothing for all ages as well as needs for babies and toddlers.

The inauguration of S-Mart was attended by the President Director of PT BCA, Cho Hyun Mo and the General Manager of PT BCA, Kim Tae Soo. This is the second store after PT Dongin Prabhawa of TSE Group built S-Mart in Maam Village, Ngguti District, Merauke Regency. (pr)

 

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