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        "id": 1003939,
        "msgid": "2000-chinese-seek-citizenship-1447893297",
        "date": "1994-09-02 00:00:00",
        "title": "2,000 Chinese seek citizenship",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "2,000 Chinese seek citizenship PALU, Central Sulawesi: Some 2,073 out of 2,681 registered Chinese descendants in Central Sulawesi have applied for Indonesian citizenship, Vice Governor H.M. Sulaiman said. \"Their applications are being processed by the immigration office, the district court and other government agencies,\" Sulaiman was quoted by Antara as saying. Sulaiman heads a team carrying out a census on the number of Chinese descendants in the province.",
        "content": "<p>2,000 Chinese seek citizenship<\/p>\n<p>PALU, Central Sulawesi: Some 2,073 out of 2,681 registered<br>\nChinese descendants in Central Sulawesi have applied for<br>\nIndonesian citizenship, Vice Governor H.M. Sulaiman said.<\/p>\n<p>\"Their applications are being processed by the immigration<br>\noffice, the district court and other government agencies,\"<br>\nSulaiman was quoted by Antara as saying.<\/p>\n<p>Sulaiman heads a team carrying out a census on the number of<br>\nChinese descendants in the province. He said a second survey<br>\ntaken this year found that the size of the Chinese community in<br>\nthe province had declined to 2,073 from the nearly 4,000<br>\nestimated in the first survey.<\/p>\n<p>Many of them have since adopted Indonesian nationality but are<br>\nretaining their Chinese citizenship. These people will be asked<br>\nto rescind their Chinese nationality because dual nationality is<br>\nforbidden by Indonesian law.<\/p>\n<p>Sulaiman however acknowledged that the survey might have<br>\nmissed out on some Chinese who purposefully avoided the<br>\nofficials. (emb)<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/2000-chinese-seek-citizenship-1447893297",
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