Is this the toughest job in Jakarta?

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Is this the toughest job in Jakarta?

Bambang Sudibyo was Indonesia's finance minister for the first 10 months of the Wahid government until the president replaced him with Prijadi Praptosuhardjo – perhaps the most controversial decision of the whole reshuffle. Asiamoney met him just two days before Wahid's announcement. By Chris Wright and Maggie Ford.

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