Civil Servants Salaries Up

THE good news came on the eve of the August 17 National Independence Day commemoration. In his state address introducing the financial note of the Draft State Budget (RAPBN) for 2007 on Wednesday, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said the government would increase the salaries of civil servants by 15 percent next year.

The rise is meant to promote the welfare of government employees, whose purchasing power is being ero