Poor, and in the way, in Jakarta Markets and squatter towns leveled for parks and malls

From: International Herald Tribune | Date: March 7, 2008| Author: Peter Gelling The New York Times Media Group | Copyright information


International Herald Tribune

03-07-2008

Poor, and in the way, in Jakarta Markets and squatter towns leveled for parks and malls
Byline: Peter Gelling The New York Times Media Group
Edition: 1
Section: NEWS

JAKARTA --

Like dozens of others at the streetside ceramics market in north Jakarta, Neslon had been selling dishes out of a small kiosk in the shadow of a highway for more than 30 years.

Then, early one recent morning, the po...

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