Title: THE ROLE OF CONGLOMERATES IN INDONESIAN POLITICS – PAST AND PRESENT Speakers: Richard Borsuk and Nancy Chng, authors of LIEM SIOE LIONG’S SALIM GROUP: THE BUSINESS PILLAR OF SUHARTO’S INDONESIA Date: November 6th (Thus.), 2014, 16:00 - 18:00 Place: Middle-sized meeting Room (Room No. 332), 3rd Floor of Inamori Foundation Memorial Building, Kyoto University   Abstract: Suharto’s New Order is remembered as a period when collusion between government and big business reached its heights. Suharto’s long tenure as Indonesia’s second president was greatly aided by funds raised from various sources, chief among which were Chinese conglomerate bosses. And his main crony was Liem Sioe Liong, a migrant from China’s [ Read More ]