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| Rising food, fuel prices drive Indonesian May Day rallies |
| Published: May 2, 2008, 8:44 am |
| Tags: News, Fuel Prices Drive Indonesian May Day Rallies, Indonesia Rice, Rising Food |
| — Thousands of Indonesians took to the streets of the capital Jakarta for Labor Day rallies on Thursday, with rising food prices and an expected cut in fuel subsidies weighing heavily on workers’ minds. “We are expecting more than 40,000 people demonstrating today,” policeman Hariyadi said as thousands of workers |
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| Indonesia Biofuel Not Behind Environment, Food Woes |
| Published: May 2, 2008, 7:41 am |
| Tags: News, Food Woes, Indonesia Biofuel Not Behind Environment, Indonesia News, Indonesia Rice |
| palm oil as a feed stock in Indonesia is 1.7 million tonnes per year and it exported an estimated of 300,000 tonnes of biofuel in 2007, according to data from its biofuel association. Tjakrwawan blamed speculators for driving up palm oil prices and said this had hindered the development of the biofuel industry in Indonesia. Rising palm oil |
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