Dear Mr Mario Gagho, Thanks for your inputs. My worthless piece actually benefit from your valuable inputs. :o) The idea of posting such worthless piece is to fish out valuable inputs that can further improve my understanding. Perhaps, I am too selfish. And honestly, I don't dare to include myself as amongst the indonesian intellectuals. So please don't measure the quality of indonesian intellectual discourse from my piece.
I am sure there are alot of other members who think lowly of the article. But I appreciate you putting the effort to not just point it out but also give helpful insights. Being a neophyte, my resources are highly limited. If you have the jacob levich article, perhaps, you would not mind sharing it? The question that I was pondering while writing that piece is to what extent NGOs can be made accountable. Should it come from the government or within the NGOs circle? Would NGOs' code of ethics suffice? Your inputs would be greatly appreciated. I can understand if you don't have the time, of course. Have a nice summer in Taj Mahal. :o) Cheers, X'tine Spring (I wish) in Jakarta ================================= Message: 9 Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 08:42:27 -0700 (PDT) From: Mario Gagho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: (Opinion-Jkt Post, June 1, 2004) THE RETURN OF THE OLD NEW ORDER MEASURES? dear friends, issues regarding the foreign-funded NGOs being involved in some kind of power-shift in some developing countries actually not new. jacob levich in his article published by american online newsletter december/2003 discussed at length about the phenomenon. in the article, levich elaborates the involvement of certain NGOs in political coup de tat in georgia, etc. and most of these NGOs hiding under the guise of social welfare activities which is permissible in any countries. certain main organisation like USAID and George Soros foundation also involve in this activities. notwithstnding the fact, it's naive to say that every NGOs should be suspected as a threat to civil society. equally it's absurd to defend any NGOs as innocent. nonetheless, the piece you've written give a new insight as far as indonesian intellectual discourse goes. for ms. Chin, thanks for posting your worthless piece here. :) regards summer in the taj mahal, [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Yahoo! Domains - Claim yours for only $14.70 http://us.click.yahoo.com/Z1wmxD/DREIAA/yQLSAA/BRUplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> *************************************************************************** Berdikusi dg Santun & Elegan, dg Semangat Persahabatan. Menuju Indonesia yg Lebih Baik, in Commonality & Shared Destiny. www.arsip.da.ru *************************************************************************** __________________________________________________________________________ Mohon Perhatian: 1. Harap tdk. memposting/reply yg menyinggung SARA (kecuali sbg otokritik) 2. Pesan yg akan direply harap dihapus, kecuali yg akan dikomentari. 3. Lihat arsip sebelumnya, www.ppi-india.da.ru; 4. Posting: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 5. Satu email perhari: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 6. No-email/web only: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 7. kembali menerima email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ppiindia/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
