Bandung, Sea of Garbage

Over the last month, garbage in Bandung has been piling up along protocol roads and in residential areas. The cause: all places for final garbage disposal in Bandung are closed.

May 23, 2006

THE Cihaurgeulis Market is a gloomy marketplace these days. Stall owners do not chat much anymore. The fresh aroma of vegetables and fish is also gone. In fact, it is an aroma of incense which spreads to all corners of the market. With grim faces, the vendors who had been without smiles since morning sprayed salt in front of their stalls.

Cihaurgeulis was fighting evils? Wait a minute! The incense and salt are simply substances to chase away bad o

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