Get off to a flying start
November 23, 2007 — tbelfield
This is a becak…
And not a becak to be found…
“In 1970, there were 92,650 becak officially registered in Jakarta; unofficially this was estimated at 150,000. Propelled by at least two shifts per day, this would provide jobs for about 300,000 men, who could conservatively be expected to support another 900,000 people: altogether about 1,200,000 people were dependent on becak-driving.”
-S. Abeyasekere in Jakarta: A History.
Becak were banned in Jakarta in 1994.
That was then… this is now…
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