Drivers' strike strands thousands

Sat, 13 Feb 1999, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

PALANGKA RAYA, Central Kalimantan: About 200 minivan drivers
went on strike on Friday to protest the local authorities' plan
to increase the number of public transportation vehicles and add
new routes.

Students were among the thousands stranded as the city came to
a virtual halt beginning in the early morning.

"The plan to add 75 more vans will severely affect our
income," one of the drivers told Antara.

Drivers' spokesman Mat Nanyom said his peers were already
suffering from declining income as passenger numbers waned.

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