SINCE moving from Tanah Abang in Central Jakarta to Citayam in the West Java town of Depok three months ago, Kukuh Agus has been commuting to work by train. He sold his motorcycle after finding that the distance, more than 40 kilometers away, from his new home to Jakarta is too far and too tiring to cover on his own mode of transport.

Kukuh decided on buying his Type-29 house on the outskirts of Jakarta after living for years in a rented room in t