NELLY, 52, looks worried. Her income has been dropping sharply of late. Her stock of Singaporean secondhand clothes is piling up in a corner of her house in Kampung Kolong, Karimun Regency, Riau. In one day, she clears just Rp50,000 or Rp60,000. "Two years ago I could earn Rp200,000 a day," she said.

Two fellow secondhand clothing vendors, Usman and Muchlis, are also facing hard times. Selling their merchandise in Puakang New Market, they ty