CONSIDER a warm day in May 1998 at the National Development Planning Agency building. On the 20th of that month, as many as 16 ministers from Suharto's cabinet gathered for a special meeting, led by Coordinating Minister for Economy, Finance & Industry, Ginandjar Kartasasmita. They discussed the country's difficult situation and at meeting's end, believing that Suharto's regime would last only a few more days, Kartasasmita asked the ministers