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ct. 25, p9

Jakarta will have more in its vault to pay for healthcare services as the administration will receive billions of rupiah in revenue from cigarette excise as of next year.

The City Council on Thursday endorsed the bylaw on tobacco tax in lieu of Law No. 28/2009 on local taxes and levies, the latter of which stipulates the cigarette tax is 10 percent of its excise.

Your comments:

If they were really concerned with health instead of money, they would ban the cultivation and sale of tobacco products.

Exbrit

Now I understand why the city administration seems reluctant or lacks energy to enforce gubernatorial decree on air pollution control. The revenue target must increase year-on-year.

Perhaps soon we will understand why the city administration does not have the willingness to curb noise pollution in the city.

Suri Adnyana