Word: mangkusubroto
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...brought an end to the hyperinflation of Sukarno's reign and eradicated the country's widespread hunger by establishing Indonesian self-sufficiency in rice. Stability attracted billions of dollars in foreign investment. "Suharto built Indonesia and we have him to thank for modern buildings, ports and harbors," says Kuntoro Mangkusubroto, a former mines and energy minister under Suharto. "He has made mistakes, and there were consequences for many, but he used that centralistic form of government to build things as fast as possible...
Just weeks ago, Kuntoro Mangkusubroto, 58, was teaching business at the Bandung Institute of Technology. Now he heads the Aceh Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Agency, tasked with rebuilding the tsunami-devastated Indonesian province. Last week Kuntoro launched a key infrastructure project-a new pier-but he told TIME's Zamira Loebis that much remains to be done...
...Roads? There are no roads being built. Bridges? There are no bridges being built. Harbors? There are no harbors being built." KUNTORO MANGKUSUBROTO, head of the Agency for the Rehabilitation and Reconstruction of Aceh, on the $5 billion in tsunami relief money he claims has not been disbursed because of Indonesia's slow bureaucracy...
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