FOR a week Tuminah has been having headaches. The resident of Kalitan Kampong, Solo, Central Java, has run out of ideas on how to keep her kitchen alive amid crazy kerosene prices. Cmon, Rp3,000 a liter, said Tuminah, irritated.

Tuminahs complaint is not without grounds. The new kerosene price set by the government as per October 1 was only Rp2,000 per liter. Even that was already an increase of 185.7 percent from the previous price of Rp700 per l