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Joy and Sorrow amid Jakarta’s Glimmering Lights

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Stefanus Ato & Ayu Pratiwi
· 5 minutes read
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Jakarta is one year older. Indonesia’s capital is now filled with skyscrapers that glimmer in the night. Beneath the sheen of the city’s economic growth, many Jakartans are in fear of losing their jobs. Still, many others are cheering for their fortunes in “Batavia”.

Marno, 26, busily put pieces of raw fish into hundreds of bubu (fish traps) on a boat. The bubu will be spread in the waters around the reclaimed land off Jakarta’s coast.

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