New Year always means new challenges

But elites' thirst for power has contributed to perpetuating further political ills, among others, the decision by the House of Representatives to pursue an investigation into the bailout of Bank Century, channeling bribes to National Police generals, ... budget allocation for research and development in Indonesia is 0.07 percent of the GDP, much smaller than Singapore (2.36 percent), Malaysia (0.63 percent), Thailand (0.25 percent) and Vietnam (0.19 percent). ...