Locals complain price hikes

Mon, 13 Dec 2004, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

PALEMBANG, South Sumatra: Shortages in rice and sugar have
caused price hikes in the staple foodstuffs in markets across
Palembang, residents say.

For the past three days, rice was selling for Rp 68,000
(US$7.5) a 25-kilogram sack in the city's Cinde traditional
market. Its normal price was only Rp 58,000 a sack.

Sugar, normally sold for Rp 4,400 a kilogram, had increased to
Rp 5,000, they said. --JP

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