There's no such thing as a free lunch...Or is there?
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
Where did you get the last bit about shattering cinema attendance records? NOT true at all. Both films had mediocre to OKAY box office showings, not even in the top 10 highest grossing Indonesian films, despite having the highest budget of any. Seems you copy-pasted the producer's own PR material. Nice.
ReplyDeleteyes anon, it's called a quotation. That's why the text is in italics.
ReplyDeletei think they have just take a shoot at Jogjakarta, just 2 hours ago...a road is blocked by the police for the movie shoot...
ReplyDeleteYes they have been shooting in Yogyakarta lately.. downtown ...
ReplyDeleteAnyone who makes a film in Indonesia is either crazy or gotta a load of cash like sail boat owners
ReplyDeleteActually, the location of the film is in Jogjakarta, not in Jakarta.
ReplyDeleteYep Youfan that's true, but he still visited Jakarta before going to Jogya. Cheers.
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