Forbes World Richest People 2009

List of top 100 billionaries 2009 according to Forbes Magazine.
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Ali Alatas Former Indonesia Foreign Minister Dies

The Jakarta Post reports:

Former foreign minister and seasoned diplomat Ali Alatas died Thursday morning of a heart attack at Singapore’s Mount Elizabeth hospital, aged 76. He is survived by his wife and three children.

Alatas had been admitted with heart problems to Medistra hospital in Jakarta on Nov. 20, but was transported to Singapore four days later.

His body was flown to Jakarta on Thursday evening and taken to his family home in Kemang, South Jakarta. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will lead the military burial procession Friday morning at the Kalibata Heroes’ Cemetery in South Jakarta.

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Blogger Indonesia of the Week (87): Pan Mohamad Faiz

Pan Mohamad Faiz is a visionary blogger and a man-of-principle personality, so to speak.  He knows what he wants to  do. When the first time I met him in my last-year stay in India in 2007 he asked me how to make a blog. At the same time he insisted that he wanted to have a niche blog on law, his specialty, not a personal blog. He knows that a niche blog will not get a good traffic instantly but he is sure it will create faithful readers and, thus credibility to the blogger concerned. He wants his blog to emphasize on specific quality content. I couldn’t agree more with him.
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Forbes 2008 World Most Powerful Women

Forbes magazine has this habit to rank the world prominent personalities in various categories and field of influences even on gender basis.  This time around Forbes present 100 most powerful women in the world. Prior to this, Forbes has presented the Top 100 Richest People in the World and Top Richest Royals.

Interesting to note, especially for Indonesian, that an Indonesian woman that is Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Indonesia’s Coordinating minister for economic affairs and finance minister, has been ranked at no. 23 ahead of such prominent women as Gloria Arroyo, President of the Philippines, ranked at no. 41, Hillary Rodham Clinton (no. 28), Nancy Pelosi, US Speaker of House of Representative (no. 35), Oprah Winfrey (no. 36), Aung San Suu Kyi of Myanmar (no. 38).  You may wonder why.
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Malaysian Blogger Arrested

[Update 23 September 2008] RPK got two years jail term under the draconian internal security act (ISA).

A Malaysian blogger arrested. The reason as the Deputy Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Ismail Omar put it:

This arrest was made after our investigations showed that he (Raja Petra) did certain things which could cause unrest among the citizens of various races in this country

The blogger named Raja Petra Kamarudin (RPK) is a popular figure in Malaysia. He’s also a journalist and politician.
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Who’s the Best Indonesian President?

On 9 April 2009 another general election will be held in Indonesia after which we will have another new democratically elected president. Since gaining its Independence from Japan in 1945, and sucessfully defended the Dutch attack in 1949, Indonesia-barring Suharto and Habibie- has democratically elected six presidents. All presidents of course has their own plus and flipside. Having said that, there should be one or two who one thinks had the best performance & capability as the head of state of the country.
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Forbes’ World Richest Royals

The royals, kings and queen, in this 21st century may not enjoy the luxury of unreserved admiration, adulation and loyalty from their subjects like it used to be not so long ago. But certainly they still enjoy the luxury of “unlimited” wealth to enjoy the extravagant lives money can buy. In its 20th August edition, Forbes magazine published the list of richest existing royals, not the richest ordinary people, two of whom are coming from South East Asian countries, Thailand and Brunei. Surprisingly, King Bumiphol of Thailand got the “gold medal.” Please watch carefully the list below, who knows you are among those top list kings and queens. :)
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Indonesia Richest Government officials 2008

State officials

Below is the list of the names of Indonesia’s 12 richest state officials and how much money they have.

Name Title Wealth
Aburizal Bakrie Indonesian Coordinating Minister for People’s Welfare $1.05 billion
Hamengkubuwono X Sultan of Yogyakarta $140 million
Fadel Muhammad Governor of Gorontalo $16, 638, 186
Fahmi Idris Indonesian Minister of Industry $9, 423, 488
Zaulkifli Nurdin Governor of Jambi $6, 543, 216
Bun Bunan EJ Hutapea Deputy Governor of Bank of Indonesia $5, 927, 470
Fauzi Bowo Governor of Jakarta $4, 410, 803
Meutia F. Hatta Indonesian State Minister for Women’s Empowerment $4, 271, 758
Ginandjar Kartasasminata Indonesian Chairman of Regional Parliament $3, 246, 939
Budiarsa S. Member of Indonesian House of Representatives $2, 147, 909
Ratu Atut Chosiyah Governor Banten $1, 978, 968

Source: Wikipedia.com

The Richest Indonesians 2008

2008 Indonesia’s Billionaires

Rank Name Net worth (US Dollars) Age
1 Aburizal Bakrie & family 9.2 Billion 61
2 Robert Budi Hartono & family 6.8 Billion 67
3 Eka Tjipta Widjaja & family 3.8 Billion 85
4 Sudono Salim & family 3.04 Billion 93
5 Putra Sampoerna & family 2.42 Billion 60
6 Rachman Halim & family 2 Billion 61
7 Sukanto Tanoto & family 1.43 Billion 58
8 Eddie William Katuari 1.21 Billion 57
9 Prajogo Pangestu 1.2 Billion 57
10 Murdaya poo & family 1.1 Biliion 67
11 Hary taniesoedibjo & family 1.1 Billion 43
12 Martua Sitorus 1.1 Billion 48
13 Arifin & Hilmi Panigoro 1.05 Billion 63/53
14 Hashim Djojohadikusumo 1.05 Billion 54
15 Peter Sondakh 1 Billion 56

Source: Globe Asia (2008).

Malaysian Richest People Forbes 2008

The top 40 richest in Malaysia for 2008 are:

  1. Robert Kuok USD 10 billion, 84, married, 8 children.
    Kuok Group, Pacific Carriers Ltd, Transmile Group, Wilmar International
  2. Ananda Krishnan USD 7.2 billion, 70, married, 3 children.
    Maxis Comminications, Aircel Ltd, Astro All Asia Networks
  3. Lee Shin Cheng USD 5.5 billion, 69, married, 6 children.
    IOI Group
  4. Teh Hong Piow USD 3.5 billion, 78, married, 4 children.
    Public Bank
  5. Lee Kim Hua & family USD 3.4 billion, 79, widow, 6 children.
    Genting Group
  6. Quek Leng Chan USD 2.4 billion, 67, married, 3 children.
    Hong Leong Group, Guoco Group, Rank Group
  7. Yeoh Tiong Lay and family USD 2.1 billion, 78, widow, 7 children.
    YTL Corporation
  8. Syed Mokhtar AlBukhary USD 1.8 billion, 56, married, 5 children.
    Malaysia Mining Corporation (MMC), Malaysia Johor Port, Malakoff, Gas Malaysia
  9. Vincent Tan USD 1.3 billion, 56, married, 11 children.
    Berjaya Group
  10. Tiong Hiew King USD 1.1 billion, 78, married, 4 children.
    Rimbunan Hijau Group, Tri-M Technologies
  11. Azman Hashim USD 700 million, 68, married, 5 children.
    AMCorp Group, Ambank
  12. William H. J. Cheng USD 660 million, 65, married, 3 children.
    Lion Group
  13. Lee Swee Eng USD 495 million, 52, married.
    KNM Group
  14. Ong Beng Seng USD 470 million, 63, married, 2 children.
    Hotel Properties Ltd, Natsteel
  15. Lim Kok Thay USD 345 million, 56, married, 3 children.
    Genting Group, Star Cruises. Alliance Global
  16. Vinod Sekhar USD 320 million, 40, married, 2 children.
    Petra Group, Green Rubber Global
  17. Lee Oi Hian USD 300 million, 57, married, 4 children.
    Kuala Lumpur Kepong, Crabtree & Evelyn
  18. Yaw Teck Seng USD 295 million, 70, married.
    Samling Group
  19. Anthony Fernandes USD 290 million, 44, married.
    AirAsia, Tune Hotel, AirAsia X
  20. Mokhzani Mahathir USD 285 million, 47, married, 5 children.
    Kencana
  21. Kamarudin Meranun USD 280 million, 47, married, 5 children.
    AirAsia, Tune Hotel, AirAsia X
  22. Jeffrey Cheah USD 275 million, 63, married, 3 children.
    Sunway Group
  23. Lee Hau Hian USD 250 million, 55, married, 1 children.
    Batu Kawan, Kuala Lumpur Kepong
  24. Chong Chook Yew USD 245 million, 86, widow, 4 children.
    Selangor Properties
  25. Yaw Chee Ming USD 240 million, 49, married.
    Samling Group
  26. G. Gnanalingam USD 230 million, 63, married, 3 children.
    Westports
  27. Lim Wee Chai USD 200 million, 50, married, 2 children.
    Top Glove
  28. Kua Sian Kooi USD 195 million, 55, married, 4 children.
    Kurnia Asia
  29. Lau Cho Kun USD 185 million, 72, married.
    Gek Poh Holding, Malaysian Mosaics, Hap Seng
  30. Abdul Hamed Sepawi USD 180 million, 58, married, 2 children.
    Ta Ann
  31. David Law Tien Seng USD 165 million.
    Midwest, Sinosteel, T.S.Law Holding
  32. Tiah Thee Kian USD 163 million, 61, married, 5 children.
    TA Enterprise
  33. Liew Kee Sin USD 160 million, 50, married, 4 children.
    SP Setia
  34. Ahmayuddin Ahmad USD 155 million, 51, married, 4 children.
    Westports, Pelikan
  35. Eleena Azlan Shah USD 150 million, 48, married.
    Gamuda
  36. Lin Yun Ling USD 145 million, 53, married, 2 children.
    Gamuda
  37. Ong Leong Huat USD 130 million, 64, married, 4 children.
    OSK Group
  38. Lim Thian Kiat USD 115 million, 50, divorced.
    Former head of conglomerate Multi-Purpose
  39. Khoo Kay Peng USD 110 million, 69.
    MUI, Laura Ashley
  40. Nazir Razak USD 100 million, 41, married.
    CIMB, Bumiputra Commerce Holdings

Courtesy: Forbes.com

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