Gemstone Festival Hopes to Achieve Rp 4 Billion Transaction Value

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Jumat, 22 Mei 2015 14:34 WIB

Pengunjung menyaksikan pameran batu akik, saat pameran dan kontes batu di Gedung Pasar Segar, Makassar, 30 Maret 2015. TEMPO/Fahmi Ali

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Sulawesi Gem and Heritage Festival (FFPS) held by Makassar Gem Lovers (Magello) community in Segar Market, Makassar, aims to achieve a total transaction value of Rp 4 billion.


"We set a target of one thousand visitors per day with a total transaction [value] of Rp 4 billion," said M. Yusuf, Chief of of the FPPS Organizing Committee and Head of the Magello on Thursday, May 21, 2015.


This festival displays gemstones from Indonesia and other countries around the world.


The FPPS will be held until May 27, 2015, and will be filled with various activities including gemstone contest.


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