Impact of new rate

Impact of new rate

Your Message from the Publisher on the front page a few days
ago was indeed a sad announcement for me. I have no choice but to
finally stop subscribing to The Jakarta Post when the new rate is
applied. I tell you frankly that I still subscribe to the Kompas
daily and Kontan weekly. This is not because I am being unfair to
you but I have to be fair to others at home -- I am the only
active English-speaking person.

I am afraid our rupiah is getting slimmer and slimmer.
Therefore, I have to redo my small budget. I would like to take
this opportunity to thank you. You have been my faithful friend
for more than a decade. I promise to hold you again one day when
"the economy in general returns to normal", to borrow your
expression.

I will miss you very much.

IMELDA NJO

Tangerang, West Java