Locals object to high fares

Locals object to high fares

KENDARI, Southeast Sulawesi: Residents here are complaining
about high intercity transport fares.

The village head of Sanggona in Mowewe district, Kolaka
regency, Abdul Kadir, said fares from the district capital to
villages, a distance of at least 48 kilometers, reached Rp
35,000. He cited residents saying this was expensive compared to
fares from Kendari, the provincial capital, to Kolaka, 173
kilometers away, which cost only Rp 10,000 per person.

Governor La Ode Kaimoeddin, who visited the village, pledged
he would look into the possibility of lowering fares. (anr)