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Article: Indonesia's 'National' Car Stalls
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- International Herald Tribune
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- May 27, 1997
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Michael Richardson
International Herald Tribune
05-27-1997
The several thousand brand new sedans that fill a large lot near Jakarta's international airport are silent testimony to the flagging sales and uncertain future of Indonesia's so-called national car project.
As Indonesians prepare to vote in parliamentary elections Thursday, critics of the car project say it has become a target of the unusually vehement and open public protests in the campaign against alleged collusion between government and big business. The critics say this collusion influences the awarding of contracts, licenses and state bank loans to favored companies often those controlled by relatives and friends of ...