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    "data": {
        "id": 1212265,
        "msgid": "remove-flour-subsidies-1447893297",
        "date": "1995-08-15 00:00:00",
        "title": "Remove flour subsidies",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Remove flour subsidies Comments on the flour business are getting sharper. This is so not only because the protected sector has not been touched by deregulation measures, but also because the disguised subsidy is so huge. It is not surprising that so many parties are now raising objections to the protection and subsidies received since 1979. In a series of sessions in the House of Representatives during the past year the issue -- previously untouchable -- has also been raised.",
        "content": "<p>Remove flour subsidies<\/p>\n<p>Comments on the flour business are getting sharper. This is so<br>\nnot only because the protected sector has not been touched by<br>\nderegulation measures, but also because the disguised subsidy is<br>\nso huge.<\/p>\n<p>It is not surprising that so many parties are now raising<br>\nobjections to the protection and subsidies received since 1979.<br>\nIn a series of sessions in the House of Representatives during<br>\nthe past year the issue -- previously untouchable -- has also<br>\nbeen raised.<\/p>\n<p>The discussions are based on the public's realization that<br>\nprotection of the flour business continues to cause considerable<br>\ndamage. Consumers are forced to pay prices that are higher than<br>\nnormal, while the growth of industries which rely on flour, both<br>\ndownstream and upstream, is hampered.<\/p>\n<p>If we are now raising the question of unfair subsidies, which<br>\nhave long encumbered consumers, it is obviously not inconsiderate<br>\nto speak of the privileges that are being enjoyed by certain<br>\npeople. In this era of openness and globalization the business<br>\nsector must open itself up to healthy competition practices so<br>\nthat the public is not unjustly burdened.<\/p>\n<p>If it is the government's intervention that has led to the<br>\nprotection of the flour business, now the government must<br>\nintervene to end it.<\/p>\n<p>-- Media Indonesia, Jakarta<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/remove-flour-subsidies-1447893297",
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    "sponsor": "Okusi Associates",
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