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        "id": 1203880,
        "msgid": "productive-use-of-funds-urge-1447893297",
        "date": "1995-01-19 00:00:00",
        "title": "Productive use of funds urge",
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        "summary": "Productive use of funds urge JAKARTA (JP): Deputy Governor for Economic and Development Affairs Tb. Rais stressed that the presidential aid for least- developed villages should be used for productive activities. \"The funds should be used as a capital for activities which can raise the standard of living of poor people and also pay back the aid,\" Rais told residents of the Kamal Muara subdistrict on Tuesday. Rais said the success of the activities is very important.",
        "content": "<p>Productive use of funds urge<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA (JP): Deputy Governor for Economic and Development<br>\nAffairs Tb. Rais stressed that the presidential aid for least-<br>\ndeveloped villages should be used for productive activities.<\/p>\n<p>\"The funds should be used as a capital for activities which<br>\ncan raise the standard of living of poor people and also pay back<br>\nthe aid,\" Rais told residents of the Kamal Muara subdistrict on<br>\nTuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Rais said the success of the activities is very important.<\/p>\n<p>\"People who have not yet received the funds will get it once<br>\nthe current recipients have made profits from their activities<br>\nand can pay back their share,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>Rais said the city administration has targeted three years<br>\nfor the eradication of poverty (by the end of 1997) and a target<br>\nof 10 months for recipients to pay back their part of the funds.<\/p>\n<p>The program is one of the latest in government efforts to<br>\nfight poverty as it strives to raise the standard of living for<br>\nthe estimated 27 million people who are still living below the<br>\npoverty line.<\/p>\n<p>The government has identified 31.5 percent of all villages<br>\nin Indonesia (20,633) as being eligible for these funds. Under<br>\nthe program, established by a presidential decree, each of the<br>\n20,633 villages identified, as being below the poverty line, will<br>\nreceive Rp 20 million ($9,500).<\/p>\n<p>These villages are required to establish work groups designed<br>\nto adopt a common concept for mutual development. It is hoped<br>\nthat the funds will be used as capital for small industries.<\/p>\n<p>In Jakarta there are 11 subdistricts receiving the funds,<br>\nincluding the Kamal Muara, Kapuk Muara and Penjaringan<br>\nsubdistricts.<\/p>\n<p>In Kamal Muara Rp 36 million in aid has been given to 99<br>\nfamilies and the funds are being used for various activities such<br>\nas opening shops and beauty parlors. Recipients have already paid<br>\nback Rp 6.3 million.<\/p>\n<p>In Kapuk Muara there are 380 families who have received Rp<br>\n80 million in aid and Rp 12.7 million has been repaid. (yns)<\/p>",
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