THE offices on the tenth floor of Jakarta's Sentra Mulia building appear to be deserted. In one room that is devoid of human beings, at first glance the 40 or so workstations complete with computers appear to be neat and tidy. But the dust on all the surfaces indicates that already a long time has passed since anyone actually used the equipment.

It's been a year now since the very pulse of life in the offices of Polysindo Eka Perkasa, a su