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        "id": 1229048,
        "msgid": "pan-chided-as-environment-foe-1447893297",
        "date": "2002-06-11 00:00:00",
        "title": "PAN chided as environment foe",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "PAN chided as environment foe BATAM, Riau: A group of environmentalists lashed out at Amien Rais' National Mandate Party (PAN) for cutting down hundreds of bamboo trees to make 2,000 flag poles for its three-day congress here. \"We regret the use of bamboo considering the fact that our forest has already been damaged. Why they don't they erect metal poles?\" asked Andy, one of the environmentalists. The congress opened on Monday.",
        "content": "<p>PAN chided as environment foe<\/p>\n<p>BATAM, Riau: A group of environmentalists lashed out at Amien<br>\nRais' National Mandate Party (PAN) for cutting down hundreds of<br>\nbamboo trees to make 2,000 flag poles for its three-day congress<br>\nhere.<\/p>\n<p>\"We regret the use of bamboo considering the fact that our<br>\nforest has already been damaged. Why they don't they erect metal<br>\npoles?\" asked Andy, one of the environmentalists.<\/p>\n<p>The congress opened on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The protest has been aired on local radio which is also heard<br>\nin Singapore and Malaysia.<\/p>\n<p>Environmental groups have reported that some 4,000 hectares of<br>\nforests in Batam has been cleared for various reasons, including<br>\nconstruction projects.<\/p>\n<p>In the current fiscal year, the local administration only<br>\nallocated some Rp 500 million of the Rp 2 billion required to<br>\nrehabilitate the forest. --Antara<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/pan-chided-as-environment-foe-1447893297",
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