Japan's industry minister Koichi Hagiuda, left and Indonesian energy minister Arifin Tasrif sign a

spreading to the surrounding area," Tasrif said, adding that the government had set up a new danger map

Tasrif said the government was currently devising the National Grand Energy Strategy containing

JAKARTA: The government may need to spend 190 trillion rupiah( US$ 13. 23bil or RM56. 63bil) more than planned to cover swelling subsidies, as surging international oil prices drive up the cost of fuel imports. The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry estimated that subsidies and compensation for gasoline, diesel and liquefied petroleum gas( LPG) may swell to 320 trillion rupiah( RM95. 38bil) this year, more than double the 130 trillion rupiah( RM38. 75bil) assumed in the state budget plan. Com