Bus fare increase

Bus fare increase

From Tiras

The plan to increase bus fares by between 40 percent and 100
percent has caused great concern to low-income people -- those
earning between Rp 100,000 and Rp 300,000. A raise in the cost of
transportation will be followed by an increase in the cost of
living, because toll road charges and the prices of fuel, water
and construction materials will also be increased.

The life of the people is already miserable enough. Would the
government add to the people's suffering by approving the
proposal for an increase in bus fares? The government should not
listen only to the demand of the transportation companies. It
must also consider the interests of the poor.

Please, pay attention to the people's aspirations and
disapprove the fare increase proposal.

DJOKO PERMONO

Jakarta