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        "id": 1014402,
        "msgid": "people-told-to-join-agro-estate-program-1447893297",
        "date": "1994-10-27 00:00:00",
        "title": "People told to join agro-estate program",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "People told to join agro-estate program JAKARTA (JP): The government wants people who are interested in the transmigration program to join the agro-estate program through which they can buy land with bank loans. Minister of Transmigration Siswono Yudohusodho told newsmen after a meeting with President Soeharto at Bina Graha yesterday that every transmigrant joining the program will get three hectares of land.",
        "content": "<p>People told to join agro-estate program<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA (JP): The government wants people who are interested<br>\nin the transmigration program to join the agro-estate program<br>\nthrough which they can buy land with bank loans.<\/p>\n<p>Minister of Transmigration Siswono Yudohusodho told newsmen<br>\nafter a meeting with President Soeharto at Bina Graha yesterday<br>\nthat every transmigrant joining the program will get three<br>\nhectares of land.<\/p>\n<p>He said that the first trial project for the program is<br>\nlocated in Banggai regency, Southeast Sulawesi. It is sponsored<br>\nby a local businessman, Haji Murad, who has allocated a 1,000-<br>\nhectare plot for a cacao plantation.<\/p>\n<p>The minister said he was convinced that the transmigrants who<br>\njoin the program will be able to repay their bank loans within<br>\nfour or five years.<\/p>\n<p>Siswono said that cacao has a good market now. \"Haji Murad has<br>\nexported his cacao products to various international markets,\" he<br>\nsaid.<\/p>\n<p>The minister cited oil palm, cashews, grapes and apples as<br>\nvery promising commodities. \"So, the program, which looks small,<br>\nhas a great meaning for the people.\"<\/p>\n<p>The minister also disclosed that 56 out of 2,611<br>\ntransmigration projects had failed to help transmigrants improve<br>\ntheir standard of living due to various difficulties. They<br>\nincluded the limited area and fertility of plots of land and<br>\nflooding.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the projects are located in isolated areas, Siswono<br>\nsaid.<\/p>\n<p>He added that President Soeharto had given him three years to<br>\novercome the problems.<\/p>\n<p>The minister said the President also asked him to encourage<br>\nretired servicemen to join the government-sponsored<br>\ntransmigration program.<\/p>\n<p>\"So far the government has only transmigrated about 800<br>\nretired officers annually,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that every year between 16,000 and 19,000 members of<br>\nthe Armed Forces go into retirement.  (tis)<\/p>",
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