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December 1, 2015 edition

The three daughters of the late Mohammad Hatta, Indonesia's first Vice President and co-proclamator of the nation's declaration of independence in 1945, recently got together in Jakarta to witness the launching of a reprint of their father's book on cooperatives.
It was an auspicious occasion for the Hattas Meutia, Gemala and Halida whose father wrote Membangun Kooperasi dan Kooperasi Membangun ('Building Cooperatives and Cooperatives Build') back in 1971. Bung Hatta, as he was popularly known, believed that cooperatives were an alternative economic system that could work in building a democratic society. The book contains a compilation of the thoughts and speeches of Bung Hatta on a number of topics that stress on the principle of gotong-royong, or mutual assistance.

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November 3, 2015 edition

A little over one year ago, author Goenawan Mohamad in righteous anger pointed out to the Goethe Institute in Jakarta that Indonesia had done nothing to prepare for the Frankfurt Book Fair. "You gave us five years' notice. It is now year four and nothing has been done. A new government will be in place, with no time to attend to a book fair, however important. So I suggest, with due respect, that the German ambassador offer this honorable opportunity to Malaysia instead," he said, shocking participants at the meeting. The tables were turned. Goenawan was offered the position to chair the national committee to the prestigious event.

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