Yudhoyono: Economise! We must tighten our belts (waist band)!

Man: But I don’t have a waist Mr!

In a repeat of a scene seven years ago, air conditioners at the Palace were turned down and lights turned off following a last week’s live televised speech by President Yudhoyono unveiling the government’s latest plan to control energy consumption and calling on the people to tighten their belts. Such symbolic gestures will not of course be possible for the one-third of population with no access to electricity, and who probably missed the speech anyway.