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        "id": 1444753,
        "msgid": "jakarta-fair-canceled-1447893297",
        "date": "1999-04-15 00:00:00",
        "title": "Jakarta Fair canceled",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Jakarta Fair canceled JAKARTA (JP): The city administration has decided to cancel the 32nd annual Jakarta Fair, usually held in June, due to lack of interest and the unpredictable sociopolitical situation, a fair management executive said on Wednesday. Gito Bantas, president of the Jakarta International Trade Fair Corporation, said that no privately run company had registered for the fair.",
        "content": "<p>Jakarta Fair canceled<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA (JP): The city administration has decided to cancel<br>\nthe 32nd annual Jakarta Fair, usually held in June, due to lack<br>\nof interest and the unpredictable sociopolitical situation, a<br>\nfair management executive said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Gito Bantas, president of the Jakarta International Trade Fair<br>\nCorporation, said that no privately run company had registered<br>\nfor the fair.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, only six provincial administrations from the<br>\ncountry's 27 provinces expressed readiness to participate in the<br>\nevent, he said.<\/p>\n<p>\"The low number of participants is caused mainly by the impact<br>\nof the prolonged economic crisis and the unpredictable<br>\nsociopolitical condition ahead of and during the June 7 general<br>\nelection.\"<\/p>\n<p>Gito said the corporation had proposed combining the fair with<br>\nthe planned Jakarta Expo '99 in August.<\/p>\n<p>\"We are waiting for approval from Governor Sutiyoso.\"<\/p>\n<p>The Jakarta Fair has been an annual event, held to commemorate<br>\nthe city's anniversary on June 22. In the past, a large number of<br>\nlocal and foreign products were exhibited and sold during the<br>\nfair, which also provided various kinds of entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>Former fair participants included representatives from all 27<br>\nprovinces and many local and foreign companies.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Governor for Development Affairs Budihardjo Sukmadi,<br>\nsaid the fair had lost its appeal one year after the economic<br>\ncrisis began hitting the country in June 1997.<\/p>\n<p>Last year's fair, conducted in July because of the mid-May<br>\nriots, attracted only 200 participants, a sharp drop from the<br>\nprevious year which involved 1,000. Transaction figures also<br>\ndropped to Rp 10.8 billion last year from Rp 125 billion in 1997.<\/p>\n<p>Budihardjo said the cancellation did not mean a total lack of<br>\ncelebrations for the 472th city anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>\"Such a celebration will go on,\" he said. (ind)<\/p>",
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