Social gap

Social gap

From Surya

All luxurious cars used during the meeting of the Non-Aligned
Movement in Jakarta two years ago were sold out. Now following
the end of the APEC meeting in Bogor, the cars for the forum
which cost around Rp. 1 billion each also sold like peanuts. This
certainly does not come as a surprise to some people because they
are used to such transactions.

This means that Indonesia has many super rich people who are
capable of buying expensive things. These potential tycoons,
(although they are a minority in the population of 185 million)
help increase the gross national product (GNP) per capita to the
level of 700 U.S. dollars.

Unfortunately, there are still about 27 million poor people
who have yet to enjoy the economic growth. These people are only
in theory included in the GNP calculation. In reality they are
merely hopeless spectators.

SOEROYO

Surakarta, Central Java