Lamira has been waiting for ages. When finally last Thursday she saw a silver Toyota Avanza drive into Segak Kecil hamlet, in Ketapang, West Kalimantan, the 45-year-old farmer had high hopes its occupants were part of a team sent by the government to resume the paddy fields creation project in her hamlet.

"I thought they would bring good news. We had so much hope that the program could be fixed," said Lamira. When the vehicle's door opened, she kn