JAKARTA (The Straits Times/ANN): Trains, buses, planes and ships in Indonesia will resume operations from Thursday (May 7), weeks earlier than planned, even as the country maintains its ban on the annual exodus ahead of Hari Raya Aidilfitri.
Officials said the move is necessary as essential workers as well as people with valid reasons to be out, such as those needing to see a doctor or to visit dying relatives, have been hampered by the transport limitations.
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