Not So Cheerful for the Poor

THIS year’s Eid (Idul Fitri, the feast that marks the end of the fasting month) will be different for Supriyadi. As that day approaches in October, he will no longer be queuing up for hours to buy transport tickets to his home town of Semarang, as he has done in the past each year. Last week he purchased a second-hand car. “So it will be more convenient to take along my baby,” explained Supriyadi, whose wife gave birth to a son three months

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