Direct Cash Aid Unnecessary

May 20, 2008

Do you agree that the poor receive Rp100,000 per family in compensation for the fuel price hike?
Yes
19.19% 76
No
76.26%302
Unsure
4.55%18
Total100%396

THE government is to increase fuel prices by 30 percent in the coming weeks. According to Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Boediono, the government has not yet decided whether the prices will be increased in phases or by 30 percent at once.

As compensation, the government will disburse direct

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