March 29, 2016 edition

To Shanti Poesposoetjipto, the current chairperson of the board of Samudera Lines, awards come easily. Under her belt are at least 20 acknowledgements of her busy and productive life in business and in civil society. Before she was conferred the 'Order of the Crown' from the Belgian government and witnessed by visiting HRH Princess Astridwho was in Indonesia to lead a business delegation of about 300 peopleshe has, under her belt, the Woman Entrepreneur of the Year (2009), the Asia-Pacific Entrepreneurship Award in that same year, and most impressively, she was listed as the 14th most powerful out of 100 women in Indonesia (2007, 2008) by Globe Asia magazine, which named her the 10th most powerful woman in Indonesia the following year.
The list goes on and on, yet little known by the public at large is her dedication to environmental and governance issues, having founded a few environmental NGOs and who sits in the boards of transparency and governance organizations. Because of her business acumen, she was selected to also be a presidential as well as ministerial advisory council member.

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January 26, 2016 edition

There's something different about Bambang Widjojanto, former deputy chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK). Arriving to attend the launching of Tempo's 45-year celebration logo last week, where he was a keynote speaker, Bambang was seen to drive a shiny black sedan automobile. What's unusual about this is that Bambang almost never drove a car but always used public transportation to get around town.
Has he changed his lifestyle now that he's no longer in the limelight as head of the anti-graft organization? No, was his answer, that he still rode the commuter trains going to and from work. "After I get to the office, then I may ride in a car, usually not mine," claimed 56-year old Bambang: Once an activist, always an activist.

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