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        "id": 1036108,
        "msgid": "big-bird-1447899208",
        "date": "1996-06-08 00:00:00",
        "title": "Big bird",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Big bird Under the initiative of Minister of Tourism, Post and Telecommunications Joop Ave, the Garuda Wisnu Kencana monument will be built on 250 hectares of land in Bali. This monument will cost Rp 80 billion and is aimed at promoting tourism in Bali. In light of President Soeharto's disclosure that 14 percent of the Indonesian population still live below the poverty line, and 400,000 school-age children await foster parents, I conclude that the project is completely unnecessary.",
        "content": "<p>Big bird<\/p>\n<p>Under the initiative of Minister of Tourism, Post and<br>\nTelecommunications Joop Ave, the Garuda Wisnu Kencana monument<br>\nwill be built on 250 hectares of land in Bali. This monument will<br>\ncost Rp 80 billion and is aimed at promoting tourism in Bali.<\/p>\n<p>In light of President Soeharto's disclosure that 14 percent of<br>\nthe Indonesian population still live below the poverty line, and<br>\n400,000 school-age children await foster parents, I conclude that<br>\nthe project is completely unnecessary.<\/p>\n<p>Minister Joop Ave is said to have asked the Ministry of<br>\nFinance to set aside Rp 30 billion from the profits of PT Telkom<br>\nto help finance the project. The finance minister should think<br>\ncarefully before funding such a lavish project, remembering that<br>\nthere are foreign loans in need of repayment.<\/p>\n<p>Obviously the morals of civil servants have degenerated. Only<br>\nweeks ago, big-shot Eddy Tansil walked out of Cipinang<br>\npenitentiary by bribing a prison driver with Rp 2 million. The<br>\nYogyakarta immigration office issued 169 fake passports to<br>\nChinese people. Both incidents indicate how the morals of our<br>\ncivil servants have eroded, tarnishing the image of Indonesia.<\/p>\n<p>If the Garuda Wisnu Kencana statue was to be financed by<br>\nprivate funds, no problem. But don't spend government funds on<br>\nunnecessary and lavish projects.<\/p>\n<p>SUHARSONO HADIKUSUMO<\/p>\n<p>Jakarta<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/big-bird-1447899208",
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    "sponsor": "Okusi Associates",
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