Commitment to the public

Commitment to the public

I have been a regular reader of The Jakarta Post ever since I
set foot in Indonesia. I enjoy your features and your style of
news coverage.

However, I cannot hide my disappointment whenever a holiday
comes around but The Jakarta Post doesn't. A short note would
appear in the newspaper the day before notifying readers that
because the next day is a holiday (Independence Day, Moslem or
Christian holiday), there would be no Jakarta Post.

In doing so, The Jakarta Post is committing a disservice to
the public. Imagine a hospital closing its doors to patients
because of a holiday! Or the community radio signing off because
of a holiday.

I have lived and worked in many different countries and to my
knowledge no newspaper ever stops printing because of a holiday.
Instead, they would feature a special article in observance of
the holiday. In the Philippines, for instance, some newspapers
stop printing only on Good Friday, not every holiday. I don't
recall a newspaper in the U.S. that ever stopped printing just
because of a holiday.

JUN STA. ANA

Jakarta

Note: Thank you for your suggestion. We will take it into
consideration.

-- Editor