Hamzah's convoy takes over busway lane<\/p>\n
No vehicles other than the designated buses are allowed in the
\nbusway lane -- unless, of course, your name is Hamzah Haz.<\/p>\n
On Monday morning a convoy of vehicles including the one in
\nwhich Hamzah was riding, were seen cruising down the special
\nlane, past all the unfortunate motorists caught in bumper-to-
\nbumper Monday morning traffic along Jl. M. Thamrin near Sarinah
\ndepartment store. Hamzah's spokesman Yudo Bambang Satrio told
\ndetik.com that it was the police who directed the convoy into the
\nbusway lane.<\/p>\n
However, he quickly added that it was an emergency. \"Jl.
\nThamrin was congested. His convoy passed a police officer who
\ndirected the convoy into the busway lane. What's all the fuss
\nabout?\"<\/p>\n
The Vice President had just left a function in the Senayan
\narea of Central Jakarta and was in apparently in a hurry to
\nattend a meeting with the Indonesian Ulema's Council at his
\noffice, Yudo said.<\/p>\n
\"So (entering the busway lane) was the initiative of the local
\npolice, it was not the request of the Vice President. And it (the
\nconvoy) didn't take so much space, after a few hundred meters the
\nconvoy was out of the lane again,\" Yudo added.<\/p>\n
He said the convoy was comprised of the Mercedez-Benz
\ntransporting Hamzah, the vehicle of Jakarta police and two others
\nwith presidential guards in them.<\/p>\n
The introduction of the busway system has left only two \"fast\"
\nlanes for private vehicles. There are additional plans to add
\neven more space for an express busway bus.<\/p>\n
The busway system, with its exclusive lane, was introduced to
\nJakartans on Jan. 15. -- JP<\/p>",
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