Lee Kuan Yew’s delegation visiting Borobudur in 1960. The Tangkuban Perahu volcano in West Java. The inauguration of Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono in Jogjakarta in March 1940.Ī procession towards the Grand Mosque in Jogjakarta. Picture taken in May 1966, soon after his release from prison after being detained by President Sukarno for a few years. Mochtar Lubis, editor of the leading daily newspaper “Indonesian Raya”, who advised the author to study Javanese mysticism. Suharto dressed in traditional Javanese costume at his sister’s wedding held in Jakarta in accordance with Muslim traditions. Indonesian Co-ordinating Minister for Economics, Ginandjar Kartasasmita, talking to World Bank representative Hubert Neist in Jakarta (1998). Ms Megawati, daughter of former President Sukarno, leader of the People’s Democratic Party for Struggle (PDI – Perjuangan) is also a Presidential candidate for the coming elections. Indonesian Muslim leader Amien Rais, head of the 28-million-strong Muhammadiyah Islamic movement and now chairman of the new National Mandate Party, is running for the post of President of Indonesia. The NU leader, Abdurrahman Wahid, popularly known as Gus Dur, now head of the National Awakening Party, with 30 million supporters is one of the strong candidates for the Presidency. (Photo courtesy of AFP)Ī boy on a bicycle passes by a burning motorcycle set alight by rioters in Senen shopping district in central Jakarta on 14 November, 1998 as thousands take to the streets to protest against the government. Suharto announces his resignation before military officials after 32 years in power and handed over power to Habibie at Presidential Palace in Jakarta on 21 May, 1998.Ĭollision between government troops and students in Jakarta on 13 May, 1998.Īngry Indonesian mobs burn cars and Chinese shops as they plundered shops in Jakarta on 14 May, the third day of violence. President Suharto with Singapore President Benjamin Shears at the international airport when he visited Singapore in 1974. Lee Kuan Yew and Suharto exchanging gifts at Presidential Palace, Singapore in 1974. Suharto and Lee Kuan Yew walking towards the banquet.īanquet given by President Suharto in honour of Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew’s delegation in Jakarta. Lee Kuan Yew sprinkling flowers on the graves of two Indonesian marines who were hanged in Singapore after their conviction for sabotage in killing three Singaporeans. Lee Kuan Yew and President Suharto before their first golf game in Jakarta in 1973. Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew’s delegation being received by President Suharto at Kemajoran airport in May 1973. Some 2,000 strong anti-Chinese demonstrators affiliated to Indonesian youth fronts stormed the Communist Chinese embassy in Jakarta in 1967.Īuthor presenting credentials to President Suharto, as Singapore’s Ambassador, at Istana Negara in 1970. President Sukarno, handing over power to Suharto to maintain security in Indonesia in 1966. President Sukarno welcoming Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew’s delegation to Indonesia in 1960 at Istana Negara, Jakarta. The first President of Indonesia, Sukarno, taken at Bogor Palace, 1966.
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