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Jakarta's street kids - younger and increasing
Lynn Lee & Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja
Sat, Feb 06, 2010
The Straits Times

JAKARTA: At a bustling intersection in East Jakarta, 10-year-old Anwar sits inside a bus shelter, his face streaked with dirt and his hair matted with perspiration.

When cars stop at the traffic lights, he hurtles up to them, clapping and singing until drivers give him some spare change.

He can collect up to 15,000 rupiah (S$2.30) by evening when he returns to a halfway house to spend the night.


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