FOR almost the whole Thursday Waryono waited at the fuel depot in Kemang, South Jakarta, last week. Feeling all the more annoyed and becoming more and more tired, he had to queue for hours in order to be able to purchase some kerosene. And then, I only got 3 liters, he said. This was despite the fact that he had actually been queuing since 7am.

This 54-year-old man got even more annoyed when he discovered that he had to shell out Rp2,700 per liter