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        "msgid": "indonesian-proficiency-1447893297",
        "date": "2003-08-29 00:00:00",
        "title": "Indonesian proficiency",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Indonesian proficiency Reading through Cathy Jones's article on Aug. 22 titled Priceless proposal by govt, I remember the good old colonial days under the Dutch. Westerners invited to an Indonesia dinner refused to touch \"native\" food and demanded Western food instead. But the world has since changed. More and more expatriates are trying to master the Indonesian language.",
        "content": "<p>Indonesian proficiency<\/p>\n<p>Reading through Cathy Jones&apos;s article on Aug. 22 titled<br>\nPriceless proposal by govt, I remember the good old colonial days<br>\nunder the Dutch. Westerners invited to an Indonesia dinner<br>\nrefused to touch &quot;native&quot; food and demanded Western food instead.<\/p>\n<p>But the world has since changed. More and more expatriates are<br>\ntrying to master the Indonesian language. To mention a few, the<br>\ncurrent British Ambassador in Jakarta speaks fluent Indonesian,<br>\nand Professor Levi from the University of Seattle can conduct an<br>\ninterview in Jakarta in perfect Indonesian. Mrs. Jones seems to<br>\nbe the last of the Mohicans.<\/p>\n<p>It gives me a good laugh. When I wanted to work in the States,<br>\nI had to pass the TOEFL (English language proficiency) test and I<br>\ndid not feel humiliated.<\/p>\n<p>It is no sin for a country like Indonesia to try to get its<br>\nlanguage to be recognized as a world language. After all, more<br>\nthan 200 million people already speak Indonesian.<\/p>\n<p>SUMARSONO SASTROWARDOYO<br>\nTangerang, Banten<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/indonesian-proficiency-1447893297",
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    "sponsor": "Okusi Associates",
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