Singapore's former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew, met with President Abdurrahman Wahid last Saturday. In Lee's entourage were a number of economics experts such as former director of US Federal Reserve Bank Paul Volcker, Nobuo Matsunaga from Japan, Marc Vienot from France and Ulrich Cartellieri from Germany.

According to Minister of Foreign Affairs Alwi Shihab, the president was all-ears to advice offered by Lee, whom the president once appointed a