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        "id": 1014621,
        "msgid": "duty-free-shop-1447899208",
        "date": "1994-10-05 00:00:00",
        "title": "Duty free shop",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Duty free shop I have lived in this country for upwards of 13 years, during which time I have been puzzled by the great \"Duty Free Anomaly.\" By this I mean that the duty free facility is granted at various Duty Free Shops in Jakarta (and no doubt in other major cities) to those who least need it. Expats who are earning maybe US$20,000 a month get the privilege of buying cheap wines and spirits, whereas the lower paid ($2000-3000 per month) are denied it.",
        "content": "<p>Duty free shop<\/p>\n<p>I have lived in this country for upwards of 13 years, during<br>\nwhich time I have been puzzled by the great \"Duty Free Anomaly.\"<br>\nBy this I mean that the duty free facility is granted at various<br>\nDuty Free Shops in Jakarta (and no doubt in other major cities)<br>\nto those who least need it. Expats who are earning maybe<br>\nUS$20,000 a month get the privilege of buying cheap wines and<br>\nspirits, whereas the lower paid ($2000-3000 per month) are denied<br>\nit.<\/p>\n<p>Since the Duty Free Shops are, I imagine, owned by the<br>\ngovernment, they are presumably supposed to earn foreign<br>\ncurrency. Therefore, if the duty free privilege were extended to<br>\npermanent (lower paid) expats like myself, who cannot afford to<br>\nbuy wines and spirits at supermarket prices and so do not do so<br>\n(which means that the government is missing out on the high taxes<br>\nlevied on alcohol, a potentially fruitful source of foreign<br>\ncurrency) the government would thereby reap a worthwhile extra<br>\nharvest of dollars.<\/p>\n<p>RB SAWREY COOKSON<\/p>\n<p>Jakarta<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/duty-free-shop-1447899208",
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