‘Name that Tune’?

Job applicants at the Trade Ministry were asked the title of a song composed by SBY. Cult-cultivating or just plain stupid?

October 20, 2010

BUREAUCRATS tend to be lebay—the slang word young Indonesians use to describe being excessive. The inclusion of a question on the title of a song composed by Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in a test taken by Trade Ministry job applicants two weeks ago is one clear example. Who knows who came up with the stupid idea, but smack in the middle of a general knowledge and history quiz was the question: which of the following songs was on President SBY’s

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