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JAKARTA, Jan 1 Asia Pulse - 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.
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Source: HighBeam Research, INDONESIA'S GOVT TO SET ECONOMIC PRIORITIES FOR 2009.