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our comments on the government's plan to tailor social services to the most vulnerable groups such as abandoned elderly people, children with problems and people with serious illnesses.

It is never too late. We don't have to wait until Indonesia becomes a welfare state, such as Holland, England or German to name but a few. We all know about people's welfare in these countries. So the government's plan to tailor social services should be put into action as soon as possible.

E Nurdin
Jakarta

I would like to suggest that social services be rendered to the Indonesian female migrant workers sheltering and asking for help inside the Indonesian embassies abroad; they are in desperate need of social workers to provide them with the help they needed

Mahmud Turjuman
Amman

I hope the government plan to tailor social services to the most vulnerable citizens will be implemented soon and will reach all areas across the country, particularly the remote areas.

Donny Monas
Jakarta

Yudhoyono's Australian visit

Your comments on President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's plan to visit Australia in March and the current relationship between the two countries.

President Yudhoyono's visit to Australia is well-planned and well-timed in order to strengthen the relationship between the two countries before President Obama's visit to Indonesia and Australia later in March.

I totally agree with a policy: "Friends to all and enemies to none!" Let's make this happen and create a world, a place for us to live peacefully, regardless of race, creed and social status. Let peace be in our mind and deed! Australia and Indonesia will be friends and neighbors until the end of the world, whether we like it or not!

So, let us be friends and develop our Asia-Pacific region to be a better and safer place for all of us! I hope President Yudhoyono's visit to Australia will bring us new hope and new vision toward the future of these two countries.