The Death of Afternoon Delight
A shareholders' meeting finally decided to liquidate PT Surabaya Post, which publishes East Java's leading afternoon daily, the Surabaya Post. Was the closure caused by poor management or family conflict?
July 30, 2002
There is a depressed look of anxiety on Yayuk's face. She has been working in the advertising section of the Surabaya Post for over 20 years. The time has now come for her to leave. With a heavy heart and a sense of grief, she walks slowly out of the newspaper office on Jalan Taman Ade Suryani, Surabaya, for the last time. A week ago, Yayuk lost the job that had helped her family to make ends meet. "What else can I say? This is my lot," she said
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