Reading TEMPO’s Investigation report, "Drowned by Partners" (December 4, 2000 edition), I was impressed by the report’s depth, which completely uncovered what had yet to surface.

The future of the Jakarta Municipal Drinking Water Company (PAM Jaya) and its employees is clouded when foreign partners (TPJ and Palyja) are involved. This gloomy forecast arose when it was reported that the private enterprises seemed ignorant to the protests