Many housewives in Indonesia worried about rising prices of gas

By Eliswan Azly Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Without an announcement on increase of the price of gas in 12 kg cylinders on the markets, many housewives in many regions of Indonesia became worried whether they could continue using gas for their daily activity and to run their home industry in the future. The government`s decision to raise fuel oil prices had been a big blow to their life as the hikes also caused an increase in the prices of basic nessaries, including clothes, as well as cost of education. Mrs Ani, a housewive who is also running a small home industry producing bread in Banyumanik village, Semarang, Central Java, said on Friday the increase in the price of gas would certainly affect production cost of her business , and also increase her family`s expenditure. "I don`t know what to do now. If the price of my bread is... [read full story]