ITS not Boedionos custom to stand in the limelight. Alas, last Monday the Coordinating Minister for the Economy had no choice but to appear before leaders of the national mass media. In the Bimasena Room, Dharmawangsa Hotel, South Jakarta, he immediately grabbed the microphone. Ill be the moderator, he said opening the after-dinner conversation.

Present were several ministers for the economy: Purnomo Yusgiantoro (Energy Minister), Paskah Suzetta (