BURHANUDDIN Abdullah's dream to equal the record of Rachmat Saleh as a two-term Governor (1973-1983) of Bank Indonesia is slowly fading. In front of hundreds of employees filling the lobby of BI's headquarters at Jalan Thamrin last week, he declared his intention not to run as the bank's governor for another five-year term.

Named the best central banker in 2007 by Global Finance and as a recipient of the Mahaputra Award from the government during the