41. But business, labor, the public, and even politicians from his own party are already angry at the severe measures, and social tensions are rising. 42. But many interior provinces have struggled to keep a lid on social tension as local governments failed to meet payrolls. 43. But now Nepal says that unlimited access to Indians is causing unemployment in their country and leading to social tensions. 44. But social tensions, fueled by widespread unemployment, have intensified in Indonesia amid the worst economic crisis in decades. 45. Devaluation and continuing government limits on bank cash withdrawals have kept social tensions boiling. 46. Demonstrators lingered in the streets for hours early Saturday as social tensions simmered. 47. First, with hundreds of thousands of Indonesians now jobless because of layoffs triggered by the monetary crisis, social tensions have unavoidably increased. 48. Friction between the rival parties has added to growing social tensions fueled by anger at corruption, poverty and the autocratic rule of Suharto. 49. He also said more money would be channeled to poorer Chinese and less-developed western China to lessen social tensions. 50. He said he warned of a dangerous build-up in social tension in the disputed territory, but that his information was seen as alarmist. |