THE house measuring 75 square meters only has a television set and a wooden bed. There are no chairs or other pieces of furniture. For several days last week, the house was flooded knee-high by the water of Ketapang River. Three children of owners of the house, still in primary school and junior high school, had to study on the bed.

But it is not just floods that pose a headache to the couple, Solikin and Sulastri. The back part of this chip fac