INDONESIAN UNEMPLOYED SPEND THEIR DAYS FISHING IN JAKARTA, 1998-08-09 (photo)

Unemployed Indonesian harbour workers pass the time by fishing at Jakarta's Tanjung Priok port August 8. The number of vessels docking at the port has gone into decline during the currency crisis since imports have become expensive because of a tumbling Indonesian rupiah. The ravaging currency crisis, in which the rupiah has lost more than 80 percent in value against the U.S. dollar, has forced many Indonesians to lose their jobs. Up to half of the nation's 200 million people could be living below the poverty line before the end of the year. EN/JIR/WS