Guess What? Marissa haque

Guess What? Marissa haque

Actress and founder of the local production house PT Rana
Artha Mulia, Marissa Haque, says she has more to celebrate than
the debut of her teleserial production, Antara Jakarta Dan Perth
(Between Jakarta and Perth), to be broadcast on private TV
station RCTI in the middle of next month.

She joined several parents of children enrolled in a
prestigious school in Bintaro, Tangerang, in a protest against
the school's policy of charging fees at the market rate for the
U.S. dollar.

And they got their way when the school backtracked on its
decision.

"I had to sell a car to get both daughters -- aged 9 and 10
respectively -- into the school. Now, we are paying school fees
at Rp 5,000 per dollar," Marissa said.

"We could not afford to pay if it (the school) was to go by
the market rate."

The registration fee per child is Rp 20 million, plus Rp 1.4
million monthly in tuition.

She said the school should understand the "plight" of ordinary
parents trying to survive the crisis, even if "grandchildren of
the President or tycoons study there ..."

She added that neither "the President's children nor tycoons
were among those who protested against the fee dilemma". (02)