FINANCE Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati was wearing a white and cream colored suit, on Sunday two weeks ago. The bright colors of her suit were the most striking among the officials from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) with the representatives from Japan, China and South Korea wearing dark uniforms. There were wide smiles all around when the camera immortalized them in front of the Beach Hotel, a resort in Phuket, southern Thail