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        "id": 1404592,
        "msgid": "govt-denies-report-on-goro-1447893297",
        "date": "1998-04-09 00:00:00",
        "title": "Govt denies report on Goro",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Govt denies report on Goro JAKARTA (JP): Coordinating Minister for Economy, Finance and Industry Ginandjar Kartasasmita denied yesterday that the government granted a privilege to wholesaler PT Goro Batara Sakti to distribute basic commodities across the country. \"The government will no longer tolerate any monopoly in any form to anybody or to any company,\" Ginandjar said during a media conference after the monthly cabinet meeting on economic affairs.",
        "content": "<p>Govt denies report on Goro<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA (JP): Coordinating Minister for Economy, Finance and<br>\nIndustry Ginandjar Kartasasmita denied yesterday that the<br>\ngovernment granted a privilege to wholesaler PT Goro Batara Sakti<br>\nto distribute basic commodities across the country.<\/p>\n<p>\"The government will no longer tolerate any monopoly in any<br>\nform to anybody or to any company,\" Ginandjar said during a media<br>\nconference after the monthly cabinet meeting on economic affairs.<\/p>\n<p>Ginandjar pointed out that President Soeharto himself had<br>\nrepeatedly expressed his strong commitment to eradicating<br>\nmonopolistic practices.<\/p>\n<p>\"I want to correct some mass media reports that implied that<br>\nGoro will hold a monopoly in the distribution of non-essential<br>\ngoods in the provinces,\" he said in reply to reporters'<br>\nquestions.<\/p>\n<p>Wholesaler Goro is 45 percent owned by President Soeharto's<br>\nyoungest son Hutomo Mandala Putra through his Humpuss business<br>\ngroup, 40 percent by cooperatives and 15 percent by the State<br>\nLogistics Agency (Bulog).<\/p>\n<p>Minister of Cooperatives and Small Cooperatives Subiakto<br>\nTjakrawerdaja said Monday after a meeting with President Soeharto<br>\nthat Goro was asked by the government to help distribute<br>\nnationwide basic commodities, other than food staples, in a bid<br>\nto help small scale enterprises and cooperatives.<\/p>\n<p>Subiakto added that Goro would not use Bulog's distribution<br>\nfacilities but the two institutions would cooperate in assisting<br>\nthe development of cooperatives and small businesses.<\/p>\n<p>Minister of Industry and Trade Mohamad (Bob) Hasan stressed at<br>\nthe same media conference yesterday that all companies could<br>\ndistribute goods to the provinces. Goro will not get any special<br>\ntreatment from the government.<\/p>\n<p>\"Every company can become a distributor in the provinces like<br>\nGoro as long as it is willing to develop its own warehouses,\" he<br>\nsaid.<\/p>\n<p>Minister of Information Muhammad Alwi Dahlan pointed out that<br>\nGinandjar's statement on Goro was the government's official<br>\nstance. (prb)<\/p>",
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