February 18, 2008 - About 50 students in Sittwe staged a demonstration on 13 February after authorities doubled their school bus fare, reports a student from Sittwe.
He said, "We went to the university by foot on that day to show our feelings about the increased bus fare, and about 50 students joined in the demonstration."
During the walk, many streets were blocked after trafficked stopped due to the students' demonstration.
The news of the demonstration spread quickly in the state capital; high authorities came to the students on the street and requested they stop their demonstration. They promised the bus fare would be reduced promptly.
"We stopped our demonstration after the authority promised to reduce the bus fare within a short period of time," the student said.
The school bus fare was reduced suddenly from 100 kyat back to 50 kyat soon after the student demonstration arose in the streets of Sittwe.
The authority also attempted to increase the school bus fare last year but later reduced it back to normal because many students opposing the fare increase staged similar demonstrations in the streets.
Source: Narinjara News
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