EVEN before 10am, the modern retail store Megaria in Tahuna City, Sangihe Islands Regency, North Sulawesi, was already packed with customers. Megaria offers everyday items for the people of Tahuna, an area that borders the Philippines. Almost all of the goods sold there come from outside the island, such as rice, sugar, eggs, and cooking oil. “This is the most complete shopping center here,” Meykel Lengkong, Megaria’s store mana