No foreign films dubbed by October<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Information R. Hartono has ordered
\nall television stations in the country to stop airing foreign
\nprograms that are dubbed into the Indonesian language by October.<\/p>\n
All foreign TV programs instead should be dubbed into English,
\nHartono said yesterday as reported by Antara.<\/p>\n
\"At least by October, stations should stop airing foreign non-
\nEnglish language programs that are dubbed into Bahasa Indonesia,\"
\nhe was quoted by the news agency as saying.<\/p>\n
Chinese and Indian movies -- both popular among Indonesian TV
\naudiences -- must be dubbed into English, he said.<\/p>\n
Also increasing in popularity are Latin soap operas, known as
\ntelenovela, which have been dubbed into Indonesian from Spanish.<\/p>\n
Exempted from the ruling are foreign programs that use Malay-
\nbased language, such as films from Malaysia, the minister said.<\/p>\n
Hartono said the ruling on using English instead of Indonesian
\nwas intended to minimize the intrusion of foreign cultures
\nthrough TV programs.<\/p>\n
The ruling would also apply to films shown at movie theaters
\nand on rented videos, he said.<\/p>\n
The government had earlier planned to have TV stations dub all
\nforeign programs, including those in English, into Indonesian,
\nciting the successful practice of Thailand and most European
\ncountries in dubbing American-made movies.<\/p>\n
The plan was dropped in the face of opposition from the public
\nand TV stations. (emb)<\/p>",
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