The Tension Mounts
This week the government discusses planned rises in politically sensitive fuel oil prices with the DPR. It seems the government stands to lose more by waiting than by implementing the rises fast.
Tempo
February 22, 2005
IT was far from the usual scene at the offices of the National Development Planning Board (Bappenas) on Thursday evening last week. It was more like the State Palace, as nearly all senior officials of ministerial level turned up at the Bappenas office, near Taman Surapati in Central Jakarta. They ranged from the Armed Forces (TNI) commander to the head of the State Intelligence Agency (BIN), from the economics ministers to the chief security
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