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July 12, 2016 edition

John McBeth*
Firstly, an admission: I like to have a drink, not in excess, but whenever I feel like it, usually after the sun goes down. It's a nice way to end the day, either with friends or simply to relax and ruminate over things.
With that out of the way, let's now turn to the matter at hand: the supposedly urgent legislation now before the House of Representatives that will ban the sale of alcohol across Indonesia.

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May 31, 2016 edition

Touring the world's capitals, President Joko Widodo clearly has little taste for the sort of diplomacy enjoyed by predecessor Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in his single-minded pursuit of foreign investment.
Extolling the virtues of doing business in Indonesia, Widodo wants capital for urgently needed infrastructure development and to reenergize the manufacturing sector as the new driver of a revived Indonesian economy.

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May 24, 2016 edition

It has been more than six months since devastating forest fires in Sumatra and Kalimantan caused the annual havoc not only in Indonesia but also in neighboring Singapore and parts of Malaysia. There were loss of life, health hazards and massive environmental degradation.
With another dry season just around the corner and about 50 hotspots already detected by the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysical Agency (BMKG) in Sumatra and the Riau archipelago, the question that needs to be asked is just how ready we are to deal with yet another potential disaster.

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