Proud Indonesians are always telling me how they relish doing things the old-fashioned way: fishing, digging for clams, laundry, just everyday things.

Well, if that is the case and not just an excuse, why can'€™t they walk places?

X. Simaging

This does not make any sense. Why would you want to hurt your city'€™s economy?

Widen the roads; provide plenty of alternative entries to the city. Be tough on illegal parking and road-side stalls that narrow the roads.

Install toll-road booths that scan on-board units so cars don'€™t need to stop anymore to pay for toll-fees; and so on and so forth.

This is pretty much the same thing as diagnosing a limb as affected by a treatable and curable disease and then the doctor deciding to amputate said limb instead.

Engkos

Jakarta has grown too small for its swelling population. But then Jakarta is also plagued with floods, making it a difficult place to live. The government institutions are all based in the capital city, as if otherwise they wouldn'€™t be recognized. Even the Defense Ministry is located in the capital city.

The neighboring cities of Jakarta are equally suitable to host the other ministries. In fact, the capital would be better based in either Pamekasan in Madura or Kota Waringin in Kalimantan.

Leave Jakarta as a city of business with its new infrastructure for export and import purposes. And, in the long run, let it be the new hub of the ASEAN market.

Moeljono Adikoesoemo
Jakarta

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