JAKARTA - Thrice a week, Yogyakarta butcher Sudarman leaves his home at 2am and rides his motorbike to a slaughter house in Bantul regency. After getting the meat ready, he serves his customers in a nearby market from 6am to 10am.
Once or twice a week, the father of six, including a 11-month-old baby, also works as a livestock handler to earn extra income. When lucky, he can earn up to 2.3 million rupiah (S$215) a month from both jobs, nearly half of his pre-pandemic wage.
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