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Jakarta
 Jakarta ... largest city of Indonesia. Located on the northwest coast of the island of Java, it has an area of 661.52 kmē and a population of 8,792,000 (2004). Jakarta has been developed for more than 490 years and currently is the eleventh largest city and metropolitan area and ninth most densely populated city in the world with 44,283 people per sq mile. Its metropolitan area is called Jabotabek and contains more than 23 million people, and it is part of an even larger Jakarta-Bandung megalopolis.Newest Review: ... One of the best exhibitions of a country's culture and tradition would have to be the Taman Mini Indonesia in Jakarta. In a large parkland area, the 27 regions of Indonesia are separately represented by large buildings or pavilions constructed in the traditional style of the area, in natural surroundings. Customary costumes are worn and dances performed to inform and entertain the ... more ... interested, for a nominal entrance fee to the park. As well as keeping regional traditions alive by these time-honoured displays, some of the regions put modern life into their set by giving youngsters wearing jeans and t-shirts a chance to express themselves ...more |
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Jakarta Stinks -- Or Does It? (802 words)
by - written on 04/09/00 (Very useful, 81 readings)
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It's hard to think of something fresh to say about Jakarta, unless you seek it out. Any attempt at modernity was severely restricted by crumbling roads and pavements, crowded public transport and a stinky, black, open sewage system that gripped the back of my throat. Too long in the place could prove a severe health hazard to a fragile foreigner, and I would not even contemplate eating at a street-stall here. But I refrain from continuing my condemnation of the place because it is life to these poor people from the fields of Java; who hope for a better chance in Indonesia's capital city. Pasar Ikan: I walked around the ... Read the complete review
JAKARTA (803 words)
by - written on 17/08/00 (Very useful, 188 readings)
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Jakarta has had a bad press: bomb explosions (13/9/00) and people having their heads cut off (1999); army barracks and millionaire generals; drugs and gambling; murderous schoolboy gang fights; unsafe buses and taxis; few pavements; fundamentalist Moslems calling for jihad against Christians (fundamentalists got virtually no votes in the election and most Moslems are extremely moderate, hospitable and kind); people mysteriously disappearing (Jakarta Post 16/8/00)-allegedly the work of the army's special forces KOSTRAD; Chinese women raped and many hundreds slaughtered in the May '98 riots; groups of para-militaries and gangsters.... BUT, 1.Jakarta is ... Read the complete review
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