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        "id": 1295510,
        "msgid": "salary-hike-not-a-priority-sutiyoso-1447893297",
        "date": "2000-01-15 00:00:00",
        "title": "Salary hike not a priority: Sutiyoso",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Salary hike not a priority: Sutiyoso JAKARTA (JP): The city administration will not follow the central government's move to increase the salaries of its employees, Governor Sutiyoso announced at City Hall, saying salary hikes were not considered a top priority. \"The city administration's top priority is to improve the welfare of lower-income residents who have been affected by the prolonged economic crisis,\" he said.",
        "content": "<p>Salary hike not a priority: Sutiyoso<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA (JP): The city administration will not follow the<br>\ncentral government's move to increase the salaries of its<br>\nemployees, Governor Sutiyoso announced at City Hall, saying<br>\nsalary hikes were not considered a top priority.<\/p>\n<p>\"The city administration's top priority is to improve the<br>\nwelfare of lower-income residents who have been affected by the<br>\nprolonged economic crisis,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>However, a senior official said governors all over the<br>\ncountry, including Sutiyoso, would receive Rp 18 million<br>\n(US$2,500) monthly, an increase from the current salary of Rp 2.3<br>\nmillion.<\/p>\n<p>The central government announced it would increase the<br>\nsalaries of all civil servants, military and police personnel by<br>\n20 percent starting April 1, the start of 2000 fiscal year. It<br>\nalso included a significant hike for top state officials,<br>\nincluding the President.<\/p>\n<p>Sutiyoso acknowledged that the city's financial condition had<br>\nimproved compared to during the crisis, which began in late 1997.<\/p>\n<p>\"However, city revenue is still not enough to finance all city<br>\nprograms. Therefore, increasing city employees' salaries will be<br>\nof the least priority,\" he added.<\/p>\n<p>City spokesman Muhayat said that currently there were some<br>\n70,000 city employees of all levels and ranks.<\/p>\n<p>\"The number will increase when we receive employees from the<br>\nministries' regional offices, as stipulated in Law No. 22\/1999 on<br>\nregional autonomy. The transferred employees will also become the<br>\ncity's responsibility,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, chairman of City Council Commission C for city<br>\nrevenue, Asballah Usman, said there was a plan to increase<br>\ncouncilors' salaries for the 2000 fiscal year.<\/p>\n<p>\"The hike is important to improve the quality of councilors<br>\nanticipating regional autonomy,\" he said. (05)<\/p>",
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