Forum: Traffic jam at Jl. Satrio

Thu, 07/03/2008 10:38 AM  |  Reader's Forum

I wish to comment about traffic at Jl. Dr. Satrio (Casablanca), South Jakarta especially in front of Mall Ambassador! Day by day, the traffic congestion becomes worse and worse.

Does anybody from the Jakarta city government and the traffic police pay attention to this problem? They have to tell mall management to build a crossing bridge for pedestrians. I think this will help reduce the traffic jams along the road.
MAYA HOLLAND
Jakarta

 

Violent student protest -- June 25, p. 1

Sometimes, I truly wonder at the quality of our university graduates. Let us take an extreme hypothesis (something wildly impossible): suppose our country is free from corruption and our national budget can sustain the fuel subsidy -- the subsidy is still morally wrong!

Cheap fuel will only encourage waste, and besides, money diverted from the subsidies can be used for national development or improving health care.

By cutting the fuel subsidies today, our people and industries are forced to be creative in improving efficiency. This is also an incentive to develop new technologies. Our economy will become more competitive in facing future challenges.
S. WIRAWAN
Tangerang

Violence is not necessary, and the House members know full well the oil price rise is merely transient. Let's face it: the government, in its feeble attempts to reduce the fuel subsidy, simply can't control the consumption of fuel by its citizens.

It seems like the political bigwigs are just looking for an opportunity to increase their popularity. Could it be because they are worried about the sweeping corruption scandals surfacing recently? Maybe, maybe not. We'll never know with this government.
VINCENT
Jakarta

 

Your climate change -- June 3, p. 6

Don't be so skeptical. The global efforts on climate change have been substantial.
ROBERT
Vienna

I agree with the writer that Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) should be a partial solution. The main is the Reduced Emissions from Fossil Fuels (REFF). Well, a low-carbon economy is miles away, but we are working toward it.
ANDREW
Canberra

REDD? It will be the same story as carbon trading or CDM. Did developed nations really provide the money as promised? No! But they continue to enjoy the fresh air provided by the (limited and untouched) natural forests in tropical countries.
KUSUMA
Bandung

 

Investment in Myanmar -- June 30, Online

The BVI investment last year came mostly from Chinese, Russian, Malaysian and Singapore companies. None of these has to contend with sanctions from their governments, and the BVI is used only to "park" shares for reasons of tax and management efficiency.

No investment funds are transferred through the BVI into Myanmar, and dividends from Myanmar are paid direct to bank accounts in China and elsewhere. Some Singapore companies investing in Myanmar are majority Burmese-owned.
DEREK TONKIN
Heathfields, UK

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