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        "msgid": "17-extra-levies-may-be-removed-1447893297",
        "date": "1996-03-02 00:00:00",
        "title": "17 extra levies may be removed",
        "author": null,
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        "topic": null,
        "summary": "17 extra levies may be removed JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Agriculture Sjarifudin Baharsjah said yesterday that at least 17 levies within his ministry may be removed as part of the government's campaign to eliminate excessive levies imposed on businesses. Sjarifudin said the 17 levies were imposed on the sugar business alone. He implied that there were other unnecessary levies in other agrobusinesses overseen by the ministry.",
        "content": "<p>17 extra levies may be removed<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Agriculture Sjarifudin Baharsjah<br>\nsaid yesterday that at least 17 levies within his ministry may be<br>\nremoved as part of the government's campaign to eliminate<br>\nexcessive levies imposed on businesses.<\/p>\n<p>Sjarifudin said the 17 levies were imposed on the sugar<br>\nbusiness alone. He implied that there were other unnecessary<br>\nlevies in other agrobusinesses overseen by the ministry.<\/p>\n<p>\"We will make a list of those levies and from there we can<br>\ndetermine which ones are unnecessary and can thus be removed,\" he<br>\nannounced after installing new officials at the ministry and<br>\nstate-owned companies.<\/p>\n<p>Sjarifudin said he would meet next week with government<br>\nofficials and executives of state-owned companies in the sugar<br>\nbusiness to discuss problems they faced.<\/p>\n<p>He acknowledged that there were many unnecessary levies<br>\nimposed in the implementation of sugar plantation nucleus<br>\nestates.<\/p>\n<p>\"These fees are very harmful and can easily disrupt sugar<br>\nproduction,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>Sjarifudin yesterday installed Erwin Soetirto as the<br>\nministry's new director general of animal husbandry, replacing<br>\nSoehadji; Asbur as director for plant protection supervision,<br>\nreplacing J. Ekowarso; Wahyudi Sugiyanto as head of the Center<br>\nfor Standardization and Accreditation of the ministry's<br>\nagribusiness agency, replacing Achmad Suryana.<\/p>\n<p>Sjarifudin also installed M. Sujud as the new president of the<br>\nstate-owned Perum Sang Hyang Seri (SHS) rice seed company,<br>\nreplacing Soemardhi; Endang Syaeful as SHS' director of finance<br>\nand administration, replacing Susilo Kusumo; Dody Hidayat as SHS'<br>\ndirector of production, replacing Z.S. Mawuntu; M. Munawir as<br>\nSHS' president commissioner; and A. Rifai Husein and Wachjoedi as<br>\nSHS' commissioners.<\/p>\n<p>Sjarifudin also installed Soetriadji as the new president of<br>\nthe state-owned PT Pertani farming company and P.M. Sudarsono and<br>\nSoemitro as Pertani's commissioners. (pwn)<\/p>",
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