I don't know what could be worse. Is it that the government approved this deal, not knowing how deeply connected Paper Excellence is to APP and Sinar Mas, or is it that it knew and it approved it anyway?
This is because the long-term implications for the logging industry in terms of where the fibre is going to go.... Who is going to be controlling it? Will that be supporting good, local jobs, or will it all be shipped out to build jobs elsewhere? Those are fundamental questions that remain unanswered.