Can Megawati’s government hang in till 2004? This question is nowadays often raised with anxious anticipation. The reason being, the answer could lead to a loss of all hope in governmental stability, and could seal our fate as a nation. The reply offered by Vice-President Hamzah Haz, when speaking to the press on 12 December, that it would be great if the government survives until 2004, was not at all con