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GOVT TO SET ECONOMIC PRIORITIES FOR 2009
Jakarta, Dec 31 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian government plans to set seven priorities in 2009 to maintain the country's economic growth.
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said at a press conference after conducting a coordination meeting with the acting coordinating minister for the economy here on Wednesday that he had heard a report from the minister and discussed fundamental problems with regard to the 2009 budget management.
"Tonight the finance ministry will work overtime to make a note on everything affecting state earnings and the current position of the 2008 budget with regard to revenues, expenditures and deficit as well as its implementation in ministries, government institutions and in regional administrations to see the budget's peformance," the president said.
The President said the seven priorities were firstly overcoming poverty and new unemployment stemming from current global financial crisis and secondly controlling inflation.
"The policies we are taking such as the fiscal incentive from the finance ministry are meant to save the real sector so that companies may keep their workers and would not conduct lay-offs," he said.
Another priority is safeguarding the people's buying power. "We will raise the civil servants' salary again next year as well as extending a 13th salary to them. Those who have no salary the government has budget programs for them such as cash assistance," he said.
The government will also assure food and energy sufficiency. "Thank God this year we can be self-sufficient in rice while people also started using gas," he said.
"We always monitor international prices and in time we will adjust the price of fuel oils in the country according to the international prices and also our budget capacity," he said.
The seventh priority was maintaining the economic growth. President Yudhoyono said the country's economy grew by six percent in 2008 which was good in the midst of current crisis.
He said as all countries corrected their growth forecast down for next year he hoped the country could still maintain a reasonable growth rate.
"I hope it could be above four percent. It is a realistic figure. Even if we want to work harder it may still be higher. So let us start the year 2009 in full spirits," he said.
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said at a press conference after conducting a coordination meeting with the acting coordinating minister for the economy here on Wednesday that he had heard a report from the minister and discussed fundamental problems with regard to the 2009 budget management.
"Tonight the finance ministry will work overtime to make a note on everything affecting state earnings and the current position of the 2008 budget with regard to revenues, expenditures and deficit as well as its implementation in ministries, government institutions and in regional administrations to see the budget's peformance," the president said.
The President said the seven priorities were firstly overcoming poverty and new unemployment stemming from current global financial crisis and secondly controlling inflation.
"The policies we are taking such as the fiscal incentive from the finance ministry are meant to save the real sector so that companies may keep their workers and would not conduct lay-offs," he said.
Another priority is safeguarding the people's buying power. "We will raise the civil servants' salary again next year as well as extending a 13th salary to them. Those who have no salary the government has budget programs for them such as cash assistance," he said.
The government will also assure food and energy sufficiency. "Thank God this year we can be self-sufficient in rice while people also started using gas," he said.
"We always monitor international prices and in time we will adjust the price of fuel oils in the country according to the international prices and also our budget capacity," he said.
The seventh priority was maintaining the economic growth. President Yudhoyono said the country's economy grew by six percent in 2008 which was good in the midst of current crisis.
He said as all countries corrected their growth forecast down for next year he hoped the country could still maintain a reasonable growth rate.
"I hope it could be above four percent. It is a realistic figure. Even if we want to work harder it may still be higher. So let us start the year 2009 in full spirits," he said.
