(May 24, 1999) President Suharto opened his 1989 autobiography with memories of his simple childhood bathing in muddy canals in Java. “My roots are in the village,” he wrote. From the start of his dictatorship in 1966, Suharto carefully cultivated an image not just of humble origins but of lifelong simplicity. He claimed to be a common farm boy with common values, who rose without ambition to a position of dominance over one of the largest countries in the world, and who ruled in the best interests of the nation.
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Suharto Inc.: All in the Family
(May 24, 1999) TIME investigation the wealth of Indonesia’s Suharto and his children uncovers a $15 billion fortune in cash, property, art, jewelry and jets.
China to build hydroelectric project in southwest
‘While China’s government is still easily able to order large-scale engineering projects that might be politically impossible in democratic nations, concerns over dams’ environmental and social impact has been growing in recent years.’
Letter from Canadian NGO’s to Finance Minister Paul Martin
(May 20, 1999) This letter is written to register our concern and opposition to the proposed World Bank project entitled “The China Western Poverty Reduction Project” (WPRP), which is scheduled for approval on June 8, 1999. We urge you withhold Canadian support for the project.
Letter from Canadian NGO’s to Finance Minister Paul Martin
(May 20, 1999) This letter is written to register our concern and opposition to the proposed World Bank project entitled “The China Western Poverty Reduction Project” (WPRP), which is scheduled for approval on June 8, 1999. We urge you withhold Canadian support for the project.
Courses not linked to N-reactor projects
(May 19, 1999) Lecturer defends Cida-funded nuclear energy study in schools.
Misusing foreign aid
(May 19, 1999) Cynical. That’s the best way to describe Ottawa’s misuse of foreign aid money to promote nuclear power in Thailand, exposed by Bill Schiller in The Sunday Star.
Forgive the debt, then stop the lending
(May 17, 1999) The world press is in a flap over Third World debt relief, one of the hot items on the agenda of the G7 leaders’ summit scheduled to take place in Cologne this weekend.
Marleau promises to launch probe of CIDA activity
(May 17, 1999) Canada’s federal minister responsible for the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) said she knows nothing about the agency’s role in promoting CANDU nuclear reactors in Thailand.
Aid agency pushes nuclear sales
(May 16, 1999) CIDA program targets Thai teens in Candu drive.
Beaten in three court sessions
(May 15, 1999) This state electricity is being threatened to stop its business because of its failure to fulfill its promise to buy electricity from the power generating company.
Abhorrent siblings
(September 22, 1999) Violence in East Timor and economic disaster in Indonesia have a common parentage: the absence of the rule of law and the support of western banks and governments.
Tibet lobby upset at World Bank scheme
(May 13, 1999) Among the ravines and abysses of the nearly barren mountains of Eastern Qinghai, China, live 57,775 impoverished farmers who have won the development lottery.
Coal-fired power is obsolete
(May 12, 1999) DESPITE there being cheaper and less polluting alternatives, two massive coal-fired plants are being built in Prachuap Khiri Khan [Thailand], writes Grainne Ryder.
Mekong river body opens new headquarters
(May 4, 1999) The four-country Mekong River Commission (MRC) inaugurated its new headquarters on a bank of the Mekong river on Tuesday in the southern outskirts of the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh.
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