EVEN up to today, the burden of the economic crisis in mid-1997 can still be felt. There's a harsh reminder of this burden every year in the annual state budget when the time comes to pay out interest on the recapitalized bonds that are stored in several banks.

Mulia Nasution, Director-General of the State Treasury at the Department of Finance, has stated that currently the value of recapitalized bonds that are still in banks amounts to aro