Students protest rising prices

UJUNGPANDANG, South Sulawesi: Fifty university students and more than a dozen vendors demanded Thursday local legislators help check the escalating price of basic daily needs.

In a rally at the city council office, they warned that they would resort to "their own means" if in the next four days legislators failed to meet their demands.

Kallo Bandoso, deputy chairman of the city council, met with the demonstrators who were grouped in the Action Committee of Indonesian Students and Youths (KO-AMPI), and promised to meet the students' demand.

Kallo told the students that it is part of the council's duty to ensure prices remain fair and affordable. (30)