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

Mo Bar Jakarta

Mo Bar is an upmarket hotel bar located in the refurbished Mandarin Oriental. It’s all very sleek and sophisticated and has drink prices to match.

Nearby are the housing tenements at Kebon Kacang. Even so, it’s not often that members of the proletariat manage to worm their way in to this exclusive joint. “Music, cocktails and all the right people” is the message on its website. Yeah it’s quite clear who’s welcome – and who is not.

ladies nights MO bar Jakarta

Yet irony has worked its unpredictable ways yet again and the bar’s ideal of attracting the “right sort of people” has backfired somewhat. This is because the bar is generally fairly quiet except during its legendary ladies nights (Tuesdays), occasions when large numbers of both wanton women and male predators are drawn in equal measure!

sexy Indonesian girl

MO Bar
Mandarin Oriental Hotel
Jalan MH Thamrin
Jakarta

Telp: (021) 2993 8888
Email: mojkt-dine@mohg.com

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