Although Leaks Occur, Debts Continue

It was agreed in the CGI meeting to give Indonesia loans of US$2.7 billion. At the meeting the issue of leaks was also spread about, while the meeting's primary theme of poverty was allowed to lie, without protest.

January 28, 2003

The face of Dorodjatun Kuntjoro Jakti seemed carefree. Repeatedly, the Coordinating Minister for the Economy persuaded his assistants to get up on stage and sing happily. Dorodjatun himself performed the well-known song of the 1960s era: I Left My Heart in San Francisco. And a number of his staff could be seen loyally joining in.

The small party was held last Wednesday evening in Nusa Dua, Bali, after two days of intensive negotiations on

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