WRITING is easy, said Arswendo Atmowiloto with a broad grin. Handling the press publication business license (SIUPP) in the New Order time was even more so. With his shrewdness and correct strategy, Arswendo, once a "favorite child" of the Kompas-Gramedia Group, had a pleasant experience in securing this press permit.

It was in the mid-1980s when Arswendo intended to request a SIUPP for an entertainment tabloid. Then he hurried to meet with Ha