TEN days after the quake, West Sumatra Governor Gamawan Fauzi looked comparatively cheerful. On Friday last week, at his official residence and quake control command post, he said, “The economic activity in society has begun to recover.”

AFTER being rocked by a 7.6-magnitude earthquake on Wednesday afternoon two weeks ago, life in the city is reverting to normal. There are no more long lines for gas. City transport is running. Electricity is