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out once a mo. - a Scot.
Indonesian partner of Plantagem is P.T. Sumber Agung -- it is this firm which holds the Indonesian "hak guna usaha"
both Plantagem + Sumber Agung have Gak. offices

says here there are 6 plantations on Patuhawattee ((later learned there are more))
largest is govn. plantation SINUMBRA which has [[plus-minus]] 3000 workers

of the [[plus-minus]] 1300 workers on Patuhawattee, only 12 are classified as 'staf', i.e. persons from the mgr's class who are paid a monthly wage

minimum wage on govn. plantations is much higher -- 940 Rp.
this is because wage on govn. plantations set by special order of Dept. Petanian dan Tenaga Kerja ((what dept. is this?)) whereas wages on private plantations set by governor's decree (SK gubernor) of the province where the plantation is located
facilities generally better on government (public sector) plantations as well 
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wages on private sector plantations higher in Sumatra than on Java

[[margins]] see p. 20, also p. 45 [[margins]]

notes here say that penitipan bayi are all in home of "karyawan", ie no special room or building

[[margins]] commercial baby formula [[margins]]

SGM sold thru coop store - use "because of distance" between worker kampongs and fields where a woman may be picking on any given day
Pak Amen says that if possible a worker will go home to nurse, but usually not possible
later we learned that acc. to hukum perburuhan (labor law) children may not be taken to the fields; if children even seen in the fields the company can be prosecuted
((when was this law passed? women must have taken babies to the fields in a gendorgan in the pre-formula days - we saw some small roofed over resting places in the fields where babies might have been left in the care of one women or an older child))
enforcement of the law seems to take into account company profits more than child welfare, i.e. nursing babies and small children which