BACHTIAR, 37, had to live with his pain a bit longer. His operation scheduled for last Thursday had to be postponed because the electricity at Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital in Jakarta suddenly went out. The backup electricity generator could only supply half of the operating theaters. Four other patients suffered the same fate.

That was just one activity that had to stop due to the blackout that hit all of Jakarta and Banten, as well as some