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Language Next Nationalist Battleground for Indonesia

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Albert
Jan 29, 2015
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In a move that appears aimed at the numbers of Chinese mainlanders flooding into Indonesia’s industrial sector but that will likely sideswipe foreign and local investors, the government is poised to mandate that all expatriate work permit holders be forced to learn Indonesian as a foreign language.

The early drafts of the new rules – which have not been …

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