New Concessions For The Conglomerates?

About two hundred businessmen and top executives have sat down with the government's economic team, led by Rizal Ramli. Is it possible the government might repeat some of its past mistakes?

September 11, 2000

The atmosphere at Jakarta's Shangri-La Hotel on Monday last week was very different to usual. Hundreds of business leaders and top executives were to be seen in the Sulawesi Room, attending a meeting with the government's economic team, led by Rizal Ramli, the economics coordinating minister. This was something we have witnessed very rarely this year. Whilst harmony between officials and conglomerates was quite normal during the New Order era,

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