There's no such thing as a free lunch...Or is there?

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It's official. The next president of Indonesia is former army general Prabowo Subianto. Quite how the next five years will pan out is anyone's guess but hopefully the foreign pundits who always bring up his dodgy human rights record will be proven wrong. Nonetheless, on policy making, Prabowo's popularist move to literally offer the poor 'a free lunch' every day of the week does not augur well for the future. Such a policy - if it ever came to fruition - would cost a phenomenal amount of money and likely lead to huge inefficiencies (food waste) and poor incentives (make people lazy). Another concern is Prabowo's strong nationalist bent. Thus, in the possible event that he finds himself with his back against the proverbial wall in the face of stern economic challenges, there is a big chance that he will simply scapegoat foreigners. But he will have to be careful. Construction of the new capital city, Nusantara, for example, is highly dependent on foreign in

Esia Indonesia and Friday sleaze

The latest classifieds in the esteemed Jakarta Post:


- Miss Indonesian Models Club. Sounds good. But are they really former beauty contest winners? Or even models?
- Miss Asia Models Club – a step up in territorial coverage, suggesting international talent – perhaps from the Philippines or, of course, Thailand.
- Goddess 88 – for a heavenly experience no doubt. Very apt at the current time.
- A raising massage. Leaves little to the imagination. A read through leads to disappointment though – this one’s for the non-straights.
- Pink Pussycat Special!!!! Hahaha!!

Meanwhile, the phenomenon of using sexy dancers to launch new products/services is really catching on in Indonesia in a big way. The most recent show I’ve seen being the one for the new Esia handphone product launch earlier this week. Was expecting the usual stuff about the average revenues per subscriber and market penetration rates etc but were instead provided with something a whole lot better. I even got a few telephone numbers!

Esia sexy dancers


Esia sexy dancers

Esia sexy dancers

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