Fuel Policy
No Way Out

This year's quota for subsidized fuel is all used up. Fuel subsidies have soared to nearly Rp30 trillion.

December 7, 2011

RACHMAT, an angkot M-01 driver, does not always refuel in the four gas stations appointed by the government. The city public transport plying the Senen-Kampung Melayu route often 'cheats.' On Wednesday last week, Rachmat used the one in the Kramat area in Central Jakarta. "It's a waste; the scanner in the appointed fuel station is broken. Better to line up in other places," said the man in his 30s, when Tempo met him at Senen terminal in Central Jakar

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