Sorry, No More `People's Rates'

Although fuel prices are going down, the government plans to increase the economy class transportation rate up to 40 percent. Once again, an additional burden for the poor.

July 2, 2002

Suwarni looks exhausted. An employee from the Sinar Terang store in the Pasar Baru area, she is squeezed in on all sides by other passengers in the Jabotabek electric train (KRL) plying the Jakarta-Bogor route. It's certainly not the most comfortable way of getting to work. Clutching her bag, Suwarni, who's standing near the door, is often jostled by passengers entering and disembarking. "Don't push me, I'm going to fall," she yells.

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