Still no lunch money

Still no lunch money

SEMARANG: Central Java Governor Soewardi says employees of the
provincial administration will not get lunch money with the
introduction of longer working hours beginning this month.

Rumors have been circulating that employees will receive lunch
money of between Rp 500 and Rp 750 a day because they now have to
work from morning until late afternoon, with a lunch break in
between. Previously, they could have lunch at home after work.

"We don't have the money," Soewardi said as quoted by the
Antara news agency.

The longer working hours have been introduced to compensate
for the shorter working week; from six days to five.

The scheme is being introduced in phases. All government
offices in Indonesia will fully adopt the scheme beginning August
1995. (emb)