Up to 144 buses violate fare hike<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): As many as 144 inter-provincial buses violated
\nthe government-sanctioned 25 percent fare hike during the Idul
\nFitri holidays, the head of the city's Traffic and Transportation
\nOffice Buyung Atang said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
\"Some 105 violations were reported by our officers while the
\nremaining 35 violations were reported by the public,\" Buyung told
\nreporters at City Hall.<\/p>\n
He said the buses would have their operating permits
\ntemporarily suspended. The duration of the suspensions was not
\nspecified.<\/p>\n
Buyung added that buses which were found to have been in
\nviolation for the third time would be forbidden to operate for a
\nyear.<\/p>\n
A bus of PO Raflesia company was reported to have charged the
\nhighest increase when it charged Rp 115,750 instead of the
\nofficial increase of Rp 26,625. The air-conditioned bus was
\nplying the Jakarta-Lampung route.<\/p>\n
Another bus, PO Rawit Mulyo which traveled from Jakarta to
\nYogyakarta, was reported to have increased its fare 100.84
\npercent above the official hike.<\/p>\n
Similarly, a PO Lorena bus plying Palembang, South Sumatra-
\nJakarta route raised its fare 98.27 percent.<\/p>\n
According to the Office's records, the number of passengers
\nboarding outbound buses from Jakarta from Dec. 20 to Jan. 4
\nreached a total of 929,478 people on 33,223 buses.<\/p>\n
The number of passengers arriving in the city during that same
\nperiod reached 908,916 in 36,933 buses.(07\/04\/jun)<\/p>",
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