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Senior Minister hopes Organda to cancel nationwide strike

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Sofyan Djalil will communicate with the Organization of Land Transportation Owners (Organda) on its plan to hold a nationwide strike on Wednesday against the subsidized fuel prices hikes. "We hope not (no nationwide strike), we will communicate and discuss it, Organda should also consider the interests of the larger part (of nation),"...

Officers tow an illegally parked taxis in Kalibata, South Jakarta on Monday.

Watch out... Jakarta begins towing illegally parked vehicles

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - The Jakarta provincial administration on Monday has initiated to tow and impose fines for illegally parked vehicles on the city's streets. Head of Transportation Office of Jakarta Administration Muhammad Akbar stated that separate raids on illegally parked vehicles had been conducted in five areas--Tanah Abang (Central Jakarta), Jatinegara (East Jakarta), Marunda (North Jakarta), Kalibata (South Jakarta), and...