Compensation Funds Much Ado About Compensation

Although compensation funds haven't yet been distributed, public transport operators have already raised passenger fares. People are getting worried, while officials are busy blaming each other.

July 17, 2001

JUNAIDI, who works at the Ministry of Justice, hasn't stopped grumbling. Why? Public transport fares have gone up so he has to spend more to get to the office each day. Before fares went up, he spent Rp4,200 to get from his home in West Bekasi to the office in Kuningan, changing buses three times. But now he has to fork out Rp5,400—in other words, an increase of Rp1,200. It is a real burden for Junaidi, having to fork out the extra money for

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