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July 19, 2005

President Sukarno wrote a jolly ditty which he liked to sing:

Who says the man's from Blitar He comes from Prambanan Who says Indonesians are hungry Indonesia has food a'plenty

THIS early 1960s ditty in Malay pantun style was an attempt to refute the news of malnutrition—and sadly it was wrong. Malnutrition does not happen because a country has a food shortage, but because there is no decent distribution from those wit

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