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)