MATALI (Chinese Solidarity Society) is seldom mentioned, but it's not just anybody who joins this organization. There are such business tycoons as Tong Djoe, a shipping magnate who received the Foreign Office's Jasa Pratama medal of merit in 1998; Sukanta Tanudjaja, owner of PT Great River International Tbk., one of Southeast Asia's largest garment companies; and Anggoro Widjojo, owner of Satelindo.

Besides, there are also those who once had