Posted on 06/09/2009 9:47:43 AM PDT by SvenMagnussen
President Soeharto proclaimed a "New Order" in Indonesian politics and dramatically shifted foreign and domestic policies away from the course set in Soekarno's final years. The New Order established economic rehabilitation and development as its primary goals and pursued its policies through an administrative structure dominated by the military but with advice from Western-educated economic experts. In 1968, the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) formally selected Soeharto to a full five-year term as President, and he was reelected to successive five-year terms in 1973, 1978, 1983, 1988, 1993, and 1998.
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Although nowhere near the freer atmosphere in Hong Kong or Singapore, it has really made some marked improvements over the past. However, ethnic Chinese (including many relatives) continue to be wary with good reason based on history.
Borobodur temple on the island of Java and, of course, Bali are definitely worth visiting (even thought it’s over 20 hours of flying time from Chicago).
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