Taking the Fast Lane

How much time and money is needed for the formalities of acquiring a driving license? It depends through whom you lodge the application. "If you do it through me it will be Rp250 for a category A license. And the whole thing takes only an hour," said a police officer, generously offering his services to a TEMPO correspondent at the Traffic Police office on Jalan Daan Mogot, West Jakarta, last week.

Anton, an illegal agent, charges Rp220,000 for

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