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In Tivaouane, around 90 kilometres from the city of Dakar, Senegal, the name is closely attached to the memory of Djakarta society today. There, the name it was consecrated to the motorcycle taxi carries the designations hilir-mudik passengers.
Motorcycles, most of which is a product of China, is one of the main means of transportation in the Holy City of Tidianiya. Second Secretary of information and socio-cultural Field, the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia (the INDONESIAN EMBASSY) Dakar, Rheinhard Sinaga said, according to the citizens of Tivaouane, the mention of the name of immemorial Djakarta ojek because motorcycles are mostly imported from Jakarta.
"This explains why the spelling Djakarta are still using the old spelling Dj not j. so that the user calling the motor of his motorcycle Djakarta, and then evolved into a motor Djakarta," said Rheinhard via email from Dakar, on Wednesday (8/2/2012).
Indonesia, said Rheinhard, used to be the largest motorcycle exporter to the region of West Africa in the era of the 80-90s, but then lost to compete with Chinese-made motorcycles. Mali's former Ambassador to Indonesia, based in Tokyo, Mdm. Maemunnah, first of all get to know Indonesia Djakarta motor instead of existing in Mali.
Even the information obtained from the Mdm. Maemunnah, which was delivered to Andradjati, Ambassador of INDONESIA in Dakar at the moment, while still serving as Director of the African Kemlu RI, Mali's President plans to return to import motor of Indonesia. This is a business opportunity for exporters, motor Indonesia to sell products to two-wheeled vehicles to Mali and other countries in the region of West Africa.
Today, this model of transportation motor Djakarta has an important role for the community to move quickly from one place to another in the region of West Africa, among others such as Senegal and Mali, given the traffic congestion which has become daily habits. Djakarta, into the right choice than using a car, let alone in the streets were jammed.
In Tivaouane, motor transport is used to seek sustenance Djakarta windfall as a motorcycle taxi to transport passengers at a cost that is much cheaper than a taxi. Moreover, during the celebration of the Sekaten, where people were celebrating the number in the hundreds of thousands of people menyemuti the city.
According to the story in a motor-taxi artisan Tivaouane, in normal conditions, usually one way passengers pay a fare of 200 Francs (the equivalent of Rp. 4,000, assuming Francs 1 = Rp. 20), but at the moment the celebration early last February, Maulud passengers could pay up to 600 Francs per transport. The average income of a motorcycle taxi could reach 25,000 Francs per day, and from that amount the workers must deposit of 2,000 Francs-taxi to the owner of the motor and the Djakarta enjoy the rest.
If passengers are again many motorcycle taxi business, be very seductive. Moreover, as in the days when large crowds need-taxi-taxi, earning a hefty and great savings to purchase a motor can Djakarta without borrowing to the owner.
"In fact they could be worth living with income-taxi," shot Rheinhard.
