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        "msgid": "tanri-will-keep-his-eye-on-159-state-companies-1447893297",
        "date": "1998-04-24 00:00:00",
        "title": "Tanri will keep his eye on 159 state companies",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
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        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Tanri will keep his eye on 159 state companies JAKARTA (JP): State Minister of the Empowerment of State Enterprises Tanri Abeng will be fully responsible for overseeing the management of the country's 159 government-owned firms, it was announced yesterday. Coordinating Minister for Development Supervision and State Administrative Reforms Hartarto said the President would soon issue a decree on the handover of the companies.",
        "content": "<p>Tanri will keep his eye on 159 state companies<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA (JP): State Minister of the Empowerment of State<br>\nEnterprises Tanri Abeng will be fully responsible for overseeing<br>\nthe management of the country&apos;s 159 government-owned firms, it<br>\nwas announced yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Coordinating Minister for Development Supervision and State<br>\nAdministrative Reforms Hartarto said the President would soon<br>\nissue a decree on the handover of the companies.<\/p>\n<p>According to Hartarto, 119 of the companies are wholly owned<br>\nby the government, 34 are joint ventures and six are publicly<br>\nlisted companies.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;The minister of finance will remain as a shareholder of those<br>\ncompanies but the management is under the state minister of<br>\nempowerment of state enterprises,&quot; Hartarto said after meeting<br>\nwith Soeharto at his residence on Jl. Cendana, Central Jakarta.<\/p>\n<p>Hartarto was accompanied by Minister\/State Secretary Saadilah<br>\nMursjid in the meeting during which they reported to Soeharto on<br>\nthe country&apos;s 164 companies.<\/p>\n<p>Among the affected ministries are the Ministry of Trade and<br>\nIndustry, which will have to hand over its 36 companies, the<br>\nMinistry of Finance which will lose 30 companies, including PT<br>\nBank Negara Indonesia, the Ministry of Forestry and Plantations,<br>\n20, the Ministry of Communications, 16 including PT Garuda<br>\nIndonesia and PT Telkom, the Ministry of Public Works, 16<br>\nincluding PT Jasa Marga, the Ministry of Mines and Energy, 8<br>\nincluding PT Freeport Indonesia, and the Ministry of Agriculture,<br>\n6 companies.<\/p>\n<p>Hartarto said 10 strategic industries, formerly controlled by<br>\nthe Strategic Industries Supervisory Agency (BPIS), would also be<br>\nsupervised by Tanri.<\/p>\n<p>The 10 firms were merged into one company last year.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Companies which serve public utilities (Perum) will however<br>\nremain under the control of the technical ministries,&quot; Hartarto<br>\nsaid.<\/p>\n<p>The policy is in response to the government agreement with the<br>\nInternational Monetary Fund (IMF) in April which requires the<br>\nPresident to issue a decree giving the Office of the State<br>\nMinister of the Empowerment of State Industries full<br>\nresponsibility and accountability for the state&apos;s 164 companies.<\/p>\n<p>Hartarto however said some of the companies would not be<br>\ncompletely separated from the technical ministries, like the<br>\nMinistry of Transportation with Garuda and the Ministry of Mines<br>\nand Energy with the State Electricity Firm, PT PLN.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Such cooperation is still needed,&quot; Hartarto noted. (prb)<\/p>",
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