SINCE becoming State Minister for State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs), Sugiharto has a mountain of tasks. Among others, he must improve the performance of 158 SOEs, which, including their subsidiaries, reach approximately 600, with total assets of Rp1,300 trillion. Another task is to eliminate suspicions of corruption entangling many of them.

The problem is that the SOEs Ministry is unsettled. Several deputy ministers and expert staff, who should be hi