10 Comments on “Mall Heaven”

1. gil Says:
   December 11th, 2006 at 7:42 pm

   Brilliant! Carry on building those random buildings and shape the nation to be a consumer society. Keep up the good work peeps.. NOT!

2. Ihaknt Says:
   December 12th, 2006 at 6:25 pm

   Wouldnt it be better if the money goes into education????? or is it not enough money to be corrupted in that field?

   Indonesia, where are you going honey? Pemerintah, please stop stuffing your pockets!! Think about your people. That’s what you are paid for!!!

3. Dimp Says:
   December 18th, 2006 at 4:48 pm

   Hmm…

   I heard that these malls were used as collateral for loans that far exceed the value of the loans.

4. 1ndra Says:
   December 18th, 2006 at 5:35 pm

   Well with so much malls, I doubt the kiosk owners inside the malls will get their BEP too long.
   And it’s so ironic when Jakarta have so much malls but the inhabitants tend to shop abroad.

5. HK Says:
   March 15th, 2007 at 4:31 pm

   It’s amazing that Indonesia’s mall growth can even exceed the world’s highest growing economy that is China, and there are even more number of wealthy individuals in China and there are developed cities there than in Indonesia. What is the matter with the govt? It’s like they don’t know how to manage anything and they seem to lack the national pride in them that would propel them to lift up its people to reach their potential capabilities and be able to march proudly to its competitiveness to the global world.

6. Mohammed Khafi Says:
   March 17th, 2007 at 4:40 pm

   HK said:

   What is the matter with the govt? It’s like they don’t know how to manage anything and they seem to lack the national pride in them that would propel them to lift up its people to reach their potential capabilities and be able to march proudly to its competitiveness to the global world.

   It is simply a matter of what puts the most money in their pockets! Building services and infrastructure for the benefit of the population, have no shhort term benefits for their bank accounts, under the table payments from Property Developers has, quite simple really.

   National Pride? Just read some of the comments on here, it appears to be a commodity in short supply, if people are not selling out to make a fast buck, they are selling their national pride to follow Arabic religious traditions! And that may also be related to the fast buck except the black oily Middle Eastern kind.

   Peace

7. Maya Says:
   June 18th, 2009 at 6:33 am

   
   “they are selling their national pride to follow Arabic religious traditions!”

   By Arabic Religous traditions, i take you mean Muslims?

   Indonesia may be 90% Muslims, but only by their I.D. cards. They are not only lacking in culture but also religion. Have you not seen Malaysia? Look at how much their country is boosting in tourism. They restrict inernational celebrities from wearing certain attire, they are not afraid to stand for what they believe… which you would refer to as “Arabic Religous Traditons”.

   I go to Indonesia every year and i have never seen any sign of the people following arabic culture or even “traditions”. All i see are people desperately trying to imitate to western world.

   So before you decide to blame it all on ethnicity and religion, get the facts right thanks.

8. zekky Says:
   June 18th, 2009 at 8:04 pm

   i have never seen any sign of the people following arabic culture or even “traditions”. All i see are people desperately trying to imitate to western world.

   I suppose you don’t spend much time with the hajis? Many Indonesians do follow the West, but a huge number are also conforming increasingly to Middle Eastern Islam/culture.

9. zekky Says:
   June 18th, 2009 at 8:11 pm

   look at how much their country is boosting in tourism. They restrict inernational celebrities from wearing certain attire, they are not afraid to stand for what they believe… which you would refer to as “Arabic Religous Traditons”.

   I don’t think “moral Malaysia” is what drives tourism. It’s just a rich, lucky country, with good infrastructure thanks to Britain (instead of bloody Dutch in Indo).

10. Astrajingga Says:
    June 19th, 2009 at 2:20 pm

    I don’t think “moral Malaysia” is what drives tourism. It’s just a rich, lucky country, with good infrastructure thanks to Britain (instead of bloody Dutch in Indo).

    Britton, colonize us!
    Please!
    Now!

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