ONE day last week some 60 city transports lined up two abreast along one side of the Cililitan intersection in East Jakarta about 3 kilometers from the Halim Perdanakusuma Air Force Base. The drivers chattered away as they waited for passengers. Unlike most city bus drivers, they looked neat and clean in their blue uniforms.

“Yes, it’s our mandatory uniforms,” said one of the drivers named Nardi. As an employee of Trans Halim, a business