Earning Interest...and Annoyance

The growth of regional economies is dragging behind. Almost half of the regional budgetary funds are deposited in SBIs.

August 1, 2006

THE smile on Bambang Dwi Hartonos face suddenly disappeared. Bambang, who is Mayor of the City of Surabaya, the capital city of the province of East Java, seemed to be really annoyed once he had finished officially opening Tambahrejo market, Surabaya, three weeks ago. His apparent annoyance was caused by the fact that the 400 kiosks for traders were completely empty. For whatever reason, the traders at this market had apparently not yet received

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