LET us call her Lia. Two years ago, this Ambonese girl graduated from a private university in Jakarta. This year she begins her master program in management at Gadjah Mada University. “I pay the Rp50 million tuition fee myself,” she said proudly.

Yes, two years back, shortly after graduation, Lia passed the recruitment test at PT Telkom. Her first pay after tax was Rp4 million. In the second year after being appointed a fixed-term employee,