THE short message from State Minister for Research & Technology, Kusmayanto Kardiman, spread to the cellphones of his subordinates: “Please check the land that subsided in the parking lot.” Kusmayanto was caught by surprise when he got out of his car and walked to his office in Building II of the Agency for the Assessment & Application of Technology (BPPT). The ground he stepped on subsided. The BPPT building is located in the prestigious are