Where 'Sweeping' Hurts
The effect of sweeps against US citizens is now hitting small-scale businesses. If the government doesn't lend a hand, then many will collapse next year. It's estimated that this year revenues from non-oil/gas exports will drop by between US$2 billion to US$3 billion.
October 30, 2001
THERE'S a really bored look on the face of 65-year-old I Gde Kompyang Santa. Nowadays, all it seems there is for him to do is sit and chat with his staff or get up and rearrange the display of handicrafts in his shop window. There's hardly anything to do because no buyers come to his shop, Sandhi Arta Silver, which is located in Bakung, Buleleng, Bali. Kompyang is not absolutely certain whether or not his current slack business is a result of the t...