All Pain, No Gain
Tuesday, July 3, 2001
To deal with the recent spate of price hikes, most respondents in our survey have cut back on the quantity and quality of their basic needs.
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MARYATI, a mother of two residing in the Jatinegara district of East Jakarta, has no idea how to cover her family’s costs. Maryati’s husband is a low-paid employee, with a monthly salary of Rp750,000. Formerly, although things were tight, this would usually cover the family’s monthly food, transport, and children’s school costs. But after the recent commodity price hike, caused by the government’s fuel price hike, he
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