Heads in the Clouds
November 27, 2001
Acting like newly rich people, the powers that be in the provinces just cannot seem to spend enough now that the regional autonomy tap has been turned on. They feel rich and well-endowed, and capable of proposing anything they like. East Java province, for example, feels that it is high time a helicopter was purchased for the governor. This proposal emerged at a hearing between the provincial legislative assembly's (DPRD) Commission D and the
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