Thousands of textile workers fired after fuel price hikes

· Fights, frustration mar fuel cash handouts
· Thousands of textile workers fired after fuel price hikes

19 October 2005 - Hundreds of people attacked and vandalized local government offices yesterday in West Lombok and Tangerang, signaling that public frustration is growing over the messy distribution of fuel compensation money across the archipelago. Tuesday's incidents were the latest in a series of violent incidents across the nation since the government started disbursing cash aid to the poor to offset the impact of the fuel price hikes.
Aftermath of the rising prices
· Violence mars fuel cash aid distribution
· Indonesia fuel-price hikes spark strikes

30 September 2005 - The Indonesian government has put the price of household oil at Rp 2.000 per liter up from Rp 700, an astonishing 186 per cent, and the price of premium petrol will be raised to Rp 4650 per liter (up from Rp 2400). This is an increase of about 88 per cent. With this higher prices, the subsidy per liter is down to Rp 800 to Rp 1.000. This was announced just minutes ago by Aburizal Bakrie.
New fuel prices up by 126%
· Indonesia shocks with fuel price moves
· New fuel prices up by 126%
· Household oil Rp 2.000, Premium Rp 4.500

Protests before fuel price hikes
· Police fires tear gas at Jakarta students
· Short news around fuel price hikes
· Securing Jakarta: police concentrate on three locations
· Protests gathering pace ahead of fuel price hike
· SBY warns against fueling violence
· Police, troops on standby ahead of fuel price rise
· Over 2,000 protest planned fuel price rise
· Govt prepares for protests over planned fuel price hikes

News about the rising prices
· Fuel scarcity worsens before price hikes
· Yudhoyono likely to survive fuel price rise protest
· Indonesia set for fuel cost rise
· Indonesia to raise oil price by 30-60%
· Indonesia may raise fuel prices by 50% in October
· Indonesia says to hike fuel prices in early October

Forum topics about the rising prices
· Household oil Rp 2.000, Premium Rp 4.500
· Indonesia to pay fuel subsidies to poorest
· Indonesia says to hike fuel prices in early October

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