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        "msgid": "emil-calls-for-support-for-social-safety-net-1447893297",
        "date": "1998-02-12 00:00:00",
        "title": "Emil calls for support for social safety net",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Emil calls for support for social safety net JAKARTA (JP): Senior economist Emil Salim has called for public support for the government's effort to build the social safety net for the poor it promised in its economic reform package. Speaking at a seminar on political and economic reform to commemorate the second anniversary of Tempo Interaktif magazine yesterday, Emil said the government's concept of a social safety net would not succeed without public participation in its implementation.",
        "content": "<p>Emil calls for support for social safety net<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA (JP): Senior economist Emil Salim has called for<br>\npublic support for the government's effort to build the social<br>\nsafety net for the poor it promised in its economic reform<br>\npackage.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a seminar on political and economic reform to<br>\ncommemorate the second anniversary of Tempo Interaktif magazine<br>\nyesterday, Emil said the government's concept of a social safety<br>\nnet would not succeed without public participation in its<br>\nimplementation.<\/p>\n<p>\"Economic reform is not to be formulated and disseminated only<br>\nbut also implemented with the participation of all elements in<br>\nsociety... Whatever you do, please, join the program to save the<br>\npoor,\" he pleaded.<\/p>\n<p>Emil underscored some crucial points in the program, including<br>\nfood security, the provision of medicines, the creation of jobs<br>\nfor the unemployed, environmental protection and the care for the<br>\nelderly.<\/p>\n<p>He said the creation of certain labor-intensive projects, such<br>\nas the \"food for work\" program, would prevent starvation -- a<br>\nthreat that had loomed in a number of remote regions.<\/p>\n<p>\"Can you imagine the (plight) of people in East Kalimantan,<br>\nwhose lands are burned down and can no longer grow anything? What<br>\nshould they eat? How can the people in Gunung Kidul (Yogyakarta)<br>\nlive if they had no income to buy food?\" said Emil, also a former<br>\ncabinet minister.<\/p>\n<p>He said that \"straight employment programs\" meant for people<br>\nwho could not generate income, should be extended using the<br>\nUS$100 million allocated by the World Bank.<\/p>\n<p>He also pointed out the importance of providing medicine which<br>\nthe poor could afford.<\/p>\n<p>\"If the drugs' prices are soaring, how can poor people get<br>\nmedication for their illness?,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>Emil appealed for environmental protection, in particular the<br>\nprevention of forest fires, and the provision of water.<\/p>\n<p>He also urged people to take special care of the elderly who<br>\nwere no longer able to fend for themselves, especially in the<br>\ncurrent monetary crisis. (09)<\/p>",
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