Bus operators told not to raise fares, yet<\/p>\n
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
The city administration asked bus operators in the city not to
\nraise their fares unilaterally as it had submitted its fare
\nincrease proposal to the city council for approval on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
According to the proposal, which was signed by city Governor
\nSutiyoso, the fares will be increased by 14 percent to 67 percent
\nfollowing the recent fuel price hike.<\/p>\n
It said the fares for regular buses would be increased from Rp
\n700 to Rp 1,000, for limited-stop and express (Patas) buses from
\nRp 900 to Rp 1,200, medium-size buses from Rp 900 to Rp 1,100,
\npublic minivans from Rp 1,400 to Rp 1,600, and for students from
\nRp 300 to Rp 500.<\/p>\n
It does not mention the fares for air-conditioned buses, which
\nare currently set at Rp 3,300.<\/p>\n
The City Council, which earlier questioned the increase, will
\nlikely accept the administration's proposal without debating it
\nfurther.<\/p>\n
\"We are aware that the commission discussed it on Monday.
\nMaybe tomorrow we will hold a leaders' meeting to approve the
\nproposal,\" said chairman of council commission D for development
\naffairs Sayogo Hendrosubroto.<\/p>\n
Sayogo, of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI
\nPerjuangan), said earlier that the proposed increase was higher
\nthan that of the fuel price hike, which was an average of 14
\npercent.<\/p>\n
He considered that the administration had also weighted the
\nprice increase of spare parts too highly in determining the new
\nbus fares.<\/p>\n
The councillor also rejected the fare increase for students as
\nmost of them were from ordinary families.<\/p>\n
During a hearing with the commission on Monday, chairman of
\nthe city chapter of the Organization of Land Transportation
\nOwners (Organda) Aip Syaifuddin threatened that the bus companies
\nwould announce their new fares on May 18 if the city failed to
\nincrease the fares.<\/p>\n
However, city transportation agency chief Rustam Effendy
\nconsidered that the companies were just bluffing in order to push
\ntheir demand.<\/p>\n
He promised to deal severely with bus operators who put up
\ntheir fares before the administration had officially announced
\nthe increase.<\/p>\n
He revealed that, thus far, the agency had suspended the
\noperating licenses of 45 buses from various bus companies that
\nwere found to have increased their fares.<\/p>",
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