Hidayat: Cheap cars! What’s wrong with the little people driving cars?

Kid: Ordinary people driving cars is a sign of prosperity right Dad?

Man: What’s wrong with the little people cycling... as long as they don’t eat dry left over rice and tempeh made from peanut residue anymore!

Industry Minister MS Hidayat has defended plans to promote so-called low-cost green cars – which critics say will only worsen Jakarta’s already horrendous traffic jams – saying it will allow the poor to shift from motorbikes to cars and speed up technology transfer.