Chaotic Cinema Stimulus
National economic recovery fund allocation for the film industry is late in disbursement and is now under threat of remaining unabsorbed. Evidence of failure by the tourism and creative economy ministry in providing support for creative industries.
Tempo
November 29, 2021
CONVOLUTED execution of funds allocated for Covid-19 mitigation and national economic recovery (PEN) is akin to never-ending reruns of bad soap operas. After almost two years into the pandemic, we are still hearing stories of government fumbling in determining their scale of priorities and dispersal of monies. This time the convolution is centered around the film sector.
Allocated in October, a stimulus totaling Rp226 billion was determined
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