THE headquarters of the Bosowa Corporation in Jalan Urip Sumoharjo, Makassar, are far from glamorous. The floors are granite and the walls are covered with simple wallpaper. When Tempo visited this four-story building at the beginning of September this year, some parts of the wallpaper in one of the board of directors’ offices was torn.

However, it is from this simple building that the largest business group in eastern Indonesia runs its opera