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        "id": 1357527,
        "msgid": "death-expected-to-become-cheaper-1447893297",
        "date": "2003-08-09 00:00:00",
        "title": "Death expected to become cheaper",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Death expected to become cheaper Bambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Not only is the city administration making graveyards more environmentally friendly by doing way with upright headstones in some cemeteries, it also intends to make burial cheaper. Governor Sutiyoso said on Friday that he had proposed that rent on graves be scrapped next year because city officials often embezzled the money collected. The city earned Rp 5 billion (US$558,233) from the rent last year.",
        "content": "<p>Death expected to become cheaper<\/p>\n<p>Bambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n<p>Not only is the city administration making graveyards more<br>\nenvironmentally friendly by doing way with upright headstones in<br>\nsome cemeteries, it also intends to make burial cheaper.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Sutiyoso said on Friday that he had proposed that<br>\nrent on graves be scrapped next year because city officials often<br>\nembezzled the money collected. The city earned Rp 5 billion<br>\n(US$558,233) from the rent last year.<\/p>\n<p>\"I want the rent scrapped because the income is not that<br>\nsignificant but is often criticized,\" Sutiyoso said after a<br>\nmeeting with officials from several city agencies.<\/p>\n<p>He said he had asked relevant officials in the city<br>\nadministration to study the possibility of doing away with the<br>\nrent.<\/p>\n<p>He said the team, consisting of officials from the city<br>\nrevenue agency and the city cemetery agency, would be under the<br>\ncoordination of City Secretary Ritola Tasmaya.<\/p>\n<p>Article 116 of City Bylaw No.3\/1999 on regional fees says that<br>\ngraveyard rent should range from Rp 0 to Rp 100,000.<\/p>\n<p>The bylaw also states that the lease on a grave is only for<br>\nthree years, after which it can be extended. The rent should be<br>\nhalf the regular rate for the second lease.<\/p>\n<p>But in reality, people pay much more than the official rent,<br>\nsuch as in Bivak Cemetery, Central Jakarta, and in Tanah Kusir<br>\nCemetery, South Jakarta.<\/p>\n<p>A resident claimed he was for Rp 800,000 for a plot in Tanah<br>\nKusir Cemetery rather than the official Rp 50,000.<\/p>\n<p>Besides scrapping rent on graves, Sutiyoso also plans to<br>\nabolish garbage collection fees for households.<\/p>\n<p>Article 110 of Bylaw No.3\/1999 puts household garbage<br>\ncollection fees at Rp 1,500 to Rp 10,000 per month.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, garbage fees collected totaled Rp 6 billion.<\/p>\n<p>The scrapping of graveyard rent and garbage collection fees<br>\nwill not significantly affect the 2003 city budget, which will<br>\namount to Rp 11.63 trillion.<\/p>",
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