Who's Siphoning off the Subsidies?
The government's price differential fuel policy has failed. Pertamina, businesspeople and transport companies are accused of buying subsidized diesel and reselling it to industry.
May 22, 2001
IT'S REALLY difficult living in Jakarta. Just buying diesel is an extraordinary adventure requiring great fortitude. Queues more than 2 kilometers long could be seen last week at petrol stations in the Jabotabek (Jakarta and the three neighboring cities of Bogor, Tangerang and Bekasi) area. If you want to fill up your tank, you need to be patient and queue for at least two hours. And that's if you're lucky. Many car owners have tolerantly joined the
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