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    "data": {
        "id": 1003697,
        "msgid": "absentee-landownership-1447893297",
        "date": "1994-09-06 00:00:00",
        "title": "Absentee landownership",
        "author": null,
        "source": "HPR",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Absentee landownership Minister of State Secretary Moerdiono, in an address during the inauguration of five deputy heads at the National Land Agency in July 1989, criticized the phenomenon of absentee landownership. According to Moerdiono, absentee landownership -- the ownership of rural lands by people in the cities -- should be prevented because it could have a serious impact. He said the land was being used as a commodity in order to gain huge profits.",
        "content": "<p>Absentee landownership<\/p>\n<p>Minister of State Secretary Moerdiono, in an address during<br>\nthe inauguration of five deputy heads at the National Land Agency<br>\nin July 1989, criticized the phenomenon of absentee<br>\nlandownership. According to Moerdiono, absentee landownership --<br>\nthe ownership of rural lands by people in the cities -- should be<br>\nprevented because it could have a serious impact. He said the<br>\nland was being used as a commodity in order to gain huge profits.<\/p>\n<p>We find it suitable to cite the minister's words because<br>\nabsentee landownership has not decreased over the years, but<br>\nincreased. This implies that the number of landless farmers has<br>\nalso increased.<\/p>\n<p>An agricultural census held in 1983 showed that of the 11.6<br>\nmillion farmers on the island of Java, 7.3 million, or 65<br>\npercent, are small farmers with less than 0.5 hectares of land.<br>\nIt is quite possible that their numbers have since increased<br>\ngiven the intensity of the changes in land use. Farm land is<br>\nbeing transformed into real and industrial estates, or is being<br>\nused for city expansion projects, golf courses and other<br>\npurposes.<\/p>\n<p>This problem of absentee landownership could be surmounted, or<br>\nat least the negative impacts could be lessened, by the<br>\nconsistent application of land reform measures as stipulated by<br>\nLaw No.56, of 1960.<\/p>\n<p>-- Suara Pembaruan, Jakarta<\/p>",
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