Indonesia has cut three of its 23 holidays for 2008, citing a need to
keep the economy humming amid fears of a global slowdown. The three
holidays were among eight so-called "sandwich holidays" – days
sandwiched between public holidays and weekends, or to replace holidays
falling on a weekend – which are given to government workers and
shutter the stock market. Critics have long complained that the large
number of Indonesian public holidays puts a drag on the economy.
Sandwich holidays were introduced in a bid to boost domestic tourism
after the 2002 Bali bombings by Islamic extremists, which triggered a
drop in the number of international visitors to the island. (AFP)
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