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No Car Day in Jakarta Means Lots of Cars

Our Correspondent
Sep 24, 2007
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They’re celebrating International ‘No Car Day’ in Jakarta and you are

Sutiyoso, outgoing governor of the mega-city you’ve dubbed Hijau Jakarta — Green Jakarta —

more in hope than in achievement given the reality of this grey-hued,

perma-smogged sprawl of 25-odd million.

Pleasingly, your municipal minions have even scrawled the lege…

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