A PMA-Regulated `Golden Finger'
The special autonomy bill for Papua province offers some hope to locals to enjoy a greater share of Freeport's mining returns. But it's just a dream if the regional administration wants to acquire Freeport shares.
October 9, 2001
This news from the House of Representatives (DPR) may bring relief to Papuans. The Special Committee for the Papuan Province Special Autonomy Bill in the DPR plenary session on September 26 approved 80 percent income from tax and natural resources for this easternmost province of Indonesia. If the government concurs with the DPR, the people of Papua will prosper, because the region still keeps a lot of untapped resources. It's unlike the province ...