THERE is much concern about the current state of the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA), especially bearing in mind that the amount of complaints has not decreased. In less than one month in the job, I Gde Putu Ary Suta, IBRA's new boss, has apparently already lost weight. Perhaps this is due to all the chaos and inefficiency at IBRA.

The now three-year-old agency—which is scheduled to work through until 2004—does not in fa