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Premium costs Rp 200.000 per liter in remote West Papua
Due to expensive transportation costs, the Premium fuel price set by Pertamina of Rp 6
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ue to expensive transportation costs, the Premium fuel price set by Pertamina of Rp 6.600 (50 US cents) per liter is selling for Rp 200.000 per liter in East Moskona, an isolated district in Teluk Bintuni regency, West Papua.
East Moskona district head Jendri Salakory said in Manokwari, West Papua, on Wednesday that Premium began selling for Rp 250.000 per liter after the government raised the fuel price to Rp 8.500 from Rp 6.500 per liter.
'The skyrocketing price of Premium [gasoline] in East Moskona has a lot to do with costly transportation [getting to] the district,' he said as quoted by Antara news agency, adding that East Moskona could only reached by air.
'A charter small plane is paid Rp 85 million for one flight while a charter chopper costs Rp 146 million,' he said.
He called on the government to begin developing land transportation that would stimulate the local economy and allow local residents to "enter modernity".
He added that East Moskona was just one of many isolated districts in the resource-rich province. (rms)
