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