(2000 pop. 8 million). Surabaya, Indonesia's second largest city and capital of East Java, is situated at the mouth of the Brantas River opposite Madura island. Legend has it that Surabaya derived its name from a ferocious fight between a shark...

Surabaya (formerly Soerabaja) is Indonesia's second-largest city, and the capital of the province of East Java. It is located on the northern shore of eastern Java at the mouth of the Mas River and at the side of the Madura Strait. Known as the city of...

Pakuwon Jati Group, one of the business groups dealing in the construction of office buildings, office blocks, and shopping centres, is quite aggressive in expanding its activity. Following its success with its prestigious project, i.e. Surabaya's Tunjungan Plaza, which is now managed by...

Surabaya, City of Work: A Socioeconomic History, 1900-2000. By H. W. Dick (Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Center for International Studies Research in International Studies Southeast Asia Series No. 106, Ohio University Press, 2002. xxix plus 541 pp.). Howard Dick, an economic historian...

Survivors from an Indonesian ferry that sank in stormy weather recalled desperate days adrift at sea Friday, as hopes faded of finding alive some 400 people still missing a week after the ship went down.Ahmad Rifai said he and 14 other survivors on a life...