DIDNT you just write a piece in the Jakarta Post? Amir Dauds nature was to open a conversation with a compliment. Thats how he started our last talk. We last met Sunday night, September 3, at the Klub Eksekutif Persada in Halim Air Force Base, East Jakarta. The occasion was the wedding of Rusli Tang, a graduate of the Dr. Soetomo Press Institute (Lembaga Pers Dr. Soetomo or LPDS) where we both teach journalism.

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