Jakarta MRT sets standards

Fast track: The PT MRT Jakarta announced that the public’s response to the mass rapid transit system has been ‘beyond expectations’. — The Straits Times/ANN

JAKARTA: No buskers belting out the latest dangdut songs while strumming their guitars, no hawkers carrying baskets of fish crackers, and no passengers sitting on the floor picnicking on packets of nasi campur or mixed rice.

Instead, people queue to buy tickets, give way to others when they board and alight the trains, and refrain from eating, drinking, littering – and even smoking.