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Power cuts are becoming increasingly common in Java, Madura and Bali. An energy saving program is non-negotiable.

July 8, 2008

WARNIYATI'S fury seemed endless. Three times in the past two weeks, power in her village of Kauman, in Yogyakarta, was cut. Owner of the Wijaya ready-made clothes business suffered losses amounting to Rp2.4 million a day because 80 of her workers had no choice but to sit idle. Unfortunately, the power cut happened during working hours, from 8am to 4pm. "There was nothing for them to do but clean up the storage because all the machines, sewing, over

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