Angry, driven, smart – and gone

Kwik Kian Gie was the highest-ranking ethnic Chinese in the Indonesian government: an outspoken economic visionary who used his 10 months in office to wage war on the country's conglomerates. But his tenure as coordinating minister for the economy, during which he was criticized for being both ineffectual and loud-mouthed, is at an end. In Kwik's last interview before Gus Dur announced his reshuffled cabinet, he spoke candidly to Asiamoney about the successes of his office and the challenges ahead. By Chris Wright and Maggie Ford.