Busloads of Woe

Transportation businessmen support the termination of imported second-hand buses. Wanted: A total solution and government support.

Tempo

January 4, 2005

INSTEAD of becoming anxious, Aip Syarifuddin is happy. This despite the fact that the government’s plans to stop the import of second-hand buses are related to his livelihood as a transport businessman. Furthermore, the Head of the Land Transport Organization (Organda) of Jakarta immediately sent a letter to the Minister of Industry last Tuesday. “We ask that the second-hand bus policy be evaluated,” he said.

In 2003, Minister

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