February 9, 2007

• "The drainage system depends on canals built by Dutch colonisers
  more than 200 years ago to protect the 500,000 people in what was
  then Batavia. Central Jakarta's population has swelled to more than
  12 million, living on low-lying swamp land."

  http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/jakartas-future-under-cloud-as-water-retreats/2007/02/09/1170524304080.html

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