Sutiyosos Gamble
Governor Sutiyosos plan to localize gambling in the Thousand Islands has run aground. Eighty-three percent of the respondents in TEMPOs poll are opposed to the plan.
April 30, 2002
WITH only six more months of his term remaining, Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso has come up with the brilliant idea of localizing gambling in the Thousand Islands. A feasibility study has reportedly been completed and talks have even begun with investors interested in running a casino on the offshore islands.
Perhaps Sutiyoso wanted to emulate the Malaysian governments success in localizing gambling in the Genting Highlands. If Sutiyosos plan goes t
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