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Jakarta to double infrastructure, transport budgets on fuel gain

Sixty per cent of the 230 trillion rupiah saved from fuel subsidy change will be spent on infrastructure

Published Mon, Jan 5, 2015 · 09:50 PM
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INDONESIA will save about US$18 billion from the biggest overhaul of its decades-old fuel subsidy system, allowing the government to double spending on transportation, agriculture and public works.

The government will save 230 trillion rupiah (S$24.4 billion) in total from the fuel subsidy change an…

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