The New Order under Suharto was basically a system of tax farming. Your job was to get the bridge built and as long as it got built nobody asked questions.

This will be a real shot in the arm for an industry that hasn't been receiving a lot of investment. It's a real boon for business, and that will probably spill over into the attitude for overall investment in Indonesia.

These are some major new important competitors for business. If America wants to maintain a presence it's going to have to work a lot harder. The Chinese are a big player.

Anyplace worth its salt has a 'parking problem'

Liberty and order will never be perfectly safe, until a trespass on the constitutional provisions for either, shall be felt with the same keenness that resents an invasion of the dearest rights.

I am just another customer as far as they are concerned and when I order a flute I have to wait 9 months to a year until it is delivered. I do not ask for special treatment and I don't get it either.