I’d like to thank to Zakwan Syah for the response to my column, For Aceh, A Lesson from Scotland. If Aceh does want to change direction like I suggested, then is the central government ready and willing to help Aceh? Frankly, since I’ve been long enough here in the U.S., I don’t understand exactly what the central government wants.

However, from the news I heard, Jakarta is now getting really serious in helping the regions. Ta