Foreigners are humbler

Silvya Sucipto's letter in The Jakarta Post, Dec. 13 about foreigners owning property, states that "foreigners living in luxury in Indonesia would create more jealousy, resentment ... riots ... terrorism" is painting a very negative picture about this subject.

I do not see the effects that she is describing. I think jealousy is created more by those super rich Indonesians who have ten cars, five houses and three wives, and who treat their maids like inferior subjects.

Foreigners, in general, are more humble and satisfied with one house, one car and one wife.

MELINDA TAN, Jakarta