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Motorists wait to buy Pertalite gasoline on July 16 at a gas station in Medan, North Sumatra. PT Pertamina Patra Niaga is seeking to normalize long queues by extending operating hours to 24 hours and deploying 30 additional fuel tanker trucks to distribute fuel to gas stations across North Sumatra.
Motorists wait to buy Pertalite gasoline on July 16 at a gas station in Medan, North Sumatra. PT Pertamina Patra Niaga is seeking to normalize long queues by extending operating hours to 24 hours and deploying 30 additional fuel tanker trucks to distribute fuel to gas stations across North Sumatra. `
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Police step up crackdown on subsidized fuel abuse in Sumatra amid shortage reports

Fuel shortages have been reported in several parts of Indonesia since the start of the year, triggering queues stretching for kilometers and disrupting residents' daily activities.

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Four Indonesian firms receive ASEAN engineering awards

The awards are given to individuals, teams or institutions in Southeast Asia who have shown outstanding achievements in engineering with huge impacts for the public, industry and sustainability development in ASEAN.

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House presses on with asset forfeiture bill during recess

The House of Representatives presses ahead with the asset forfeiture bill during recess, as it seeks to pass the long-delayed bill into law by mid-December amid growing public pressure and concerns of transparency in its process.

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Government weighs changing corruption law to boost investment climate

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Jakarta extends use of overflowing Bantar Gebang landfill

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Central Kalimantan residents struggle as island burns

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Navy thwarts departure of 12 Vietnamese from Batam to Malaysia

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Students protest Central Kalimantan haze

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