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GOVT TO FORM TEAM TO MONITOR KEROSENE-TO-GAS CONVERSION PROGRAM
Jakarta, Sept 2 (ANTARA) - The government will soon set up a task force to monitor the implementation of its kerosene-to-gas conversion program, an official said.
The team would be made up of representatives from state oil and gas company Pertamina, the Attorney General's Office, the Finance and Development Supervisory Board (BPKP) and relevant ministries, Pertamina President Director Ari H Soemarno said after a coordination meeting on the program at the vice presidential office here on Tuesday.
"The team will later serve as Pertamina's partner in implementing the kerosene-to-gas conversion program," he said.
Ari said the government had completed the implementation of the kerosene-to-gas conversion program in and around Jakarta and would launch the program in West, Central and East Java provinces.
The kerosene-to-gas conversion program was high in the list of the government's priorities because it would help save a great deal of money from energy consumption, he said.
For its part, Pertamina deemed it necessary to have a partner to ensure the success of the program in accordance with the law, he added.
He also said he did not object to the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigating Pertamina in connection with the program which he said had sparked public protest.
The program was aimed at encouraging the public to switch from kerosene to gas and that it was reasonable if the program had been much criticized, he said.
The team would be made up of representatives from state oil and gas company Pertamina, the Attorney General's Office, the Finance and Development Supervisory Board (BPKP) and relevant ministries, Pertamina President Director Ari H Soemarno said after a coordination meeting on the program at the vice presidential office here on Tuesday.
"The team will later serve as Pertamina's partner in implementing the kerosene-to-gas conversion program," he said.
Ari said the government had completed the implementation of the kerosene-to-gas conversion program in and around Jakarta and would launch the program in West, Central and East Java provinces.
The kerosene-to-gas conversion program was high in the list of the government's priorities because it would help save a great deal of money from energy consumption, he said.
For its part, Pertamina deemed it necessary to have a partner to ensure the success of the program in accordance with the law, he added.
He also said he did not object to the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigating Pertamina in connection with the program which he said had sparked public protest.
The program was aimed at encouraging the public to switch from kerosene to gas and that it was reasonable if the program had been much criticized, he said.
