Man: Are you evacuating too Mr?
Legislator: A comparative study!
Although detailed information is not readily available, NGOs estimate that the House's budget for overseas junkets to conduct so called 'comparative studies' this year will cost taxpayers around Rp160 billion. The thousands displaced by the Mt. Merapi eruption in Central Java meanwhile are still languishing in temporary shelters due to a lack of reconstruction funds.
Kompas - October 27, 2010