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        "id": 1325862,
        "msgid": "batam-tourism-eyes-recovery-1447899208",
        "date": "2003-06-03 00:00:00",
        "title": "Batam tourism eyes recovery ",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Batam tourism eyes recovery BATAM, Riau: Batam's battered tourist industry is betting on the return of Singaporean tourists after the World Health Organization (WHO) removed the neighboring country from its list of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)-affected areas. \"Batam cannot be separated from Singapore,\" said Urmy Sungkar, the Batam chairman of the Indonesian Hotel and Restaurant Union, on Monday.",
        "content": "<p>Batam tourism eyes recovery<\/p>\n<p>BATAM, Riau: Batam's battered tourist industry is betting on <br>\nthe return of Singaporean tourists after the World Health <br>\nOrganization (WHO) removed the neighboring country from its list <br>\nof Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)-affected areas.<\/p>\n<p>\"Batam cannot be separated from Singapore,\" said Urmy Sungkar, <br>\nthe Batam chairman of the Indonesian Hotel and Restaurant Union, <br>\non Monday. \"I am sure that with the removal of Singapore from the <br>\nWHO list of SARS-affected areas, it will help Batam's tourist <br>\nsector recover.\"<\/p>\n<p>WHO removed Singapore from the list after the country showed <br>\nno new SARS cases within a 20-day period. SARS killed 31 people <br>\nand infected 206 others in Singapore.<\/p>\n<p>Located just 15 minutes from Singapore, Batam's tourist <br>\nindustry took a hit from the SARS outbreak as Singaporeans were  <br>\nreluctant to travel.<\/p>\n<p>Trizno Tarmoezi, a manager at the Banyan Tree tourist resort <br>\non the neighboring island of Bintan, said the resort laid off 22 <br>\nof its 212 employees because of the tourist slump.<\/p>\n<p>He expressed confidence that the removal of Singapore from the <br>\nWHO list would improve Batam's tourist industry, but added that <br>\nrecovery would take time. -- Antara<\/p>",
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