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If all else fails


Speaking at the Indonesia Business Links’ Corporate Social Responsibility Conference today so too busy to post anything except this howler in Yosef Ardi”s Indonesia Today. Talk about juju men!

At least 40 soothsayers, witches, magicians, and sorcerers from various ethnics in the country have registered to compete in stopping the mudflow at Lapindo Brantas Inc’s Sidoarjo, East Java operation with grand prize of 36-square meters home worth around US$9,000, Detik.com reported.

Hasan, Kedungbendo Village Chief, said the participants came from Bandung in West Java and as far as Flores Island, East Nusa Tenggara. Since too many participants registered, Hasan as the coordinator of the competition (stop the mudflow in one month operation instead of almost a year technology approach implemented by Lapindo) said all of them should pass qualification round first. In that stage, participants should proof that they could turn-off waterflow from far away without touching the shut-off valves.

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3 responses to “If all else fails”

  1. Jakartass Avatar
    Jakartass

    Is there a website or news URL devoted to the CSR conference? If there are, could you email me ~ in the interests of balance.

    I want to criticise many of the participants for their short-term tokenism and the government for allowing their social responsibilty functions to be subsumed into commercial and profit-motivated enterprises.

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  2. unspun Avatar
    unspun

    Sure thing Jakartass, the link is http://www.ibl.or.id/. It’s the Indoensian Business Links’ website. I’ll be posting something about conferences.

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  3. KuKuKaChu Avatar
    KuKuKaChu

    IBL is operated by KADIN, funded by multinationals, and effectively shuts out local participation by SMEs, including my own. ethics? good grief, give me a break.

    it’s a crock.

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