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In 1971 President Soeharto granted citizenship to Kerry. This was the first time any foreigner had even been given such status without application. Immediately, due to his former security background the Australian authorities became concerned due to the sensitivity of material he had access to during his term in the Embassy and the Department of Air in Canberra. Kerry's Australian citizenship was stripped from him. Kerry is a sixth generation Australian. Disillusioned, he then went about establishing himself in his adopted country. Within a few short years Kerry had successfully carved a formidable niche in the Indonesian community. Some of those achievements are:
He was founding member of the Young President's organisation in Jakarta. Over a period of 18 years Kerry founded and co-founded more than twenty companies and joint ventures in Indonesia. He built the villa estate in the mountains outside Jakarta known as Coolibah, in Cimacan, and developed other housing estates in Kalimantan. The George & Dragon, The Cellar Bar, Joanne Drew Salons were but a few of the many investments Kerry started. In 1985 Kerry was responsible for the promotion of the first private universities in Australia. He was co-founder of several educational institutions in Australia, including what became known as the Beaufort College in Perth. In 1989/90 Kerry established the first external satellite television service from Australia, Topaz, which was the first private satellite license issued by the Australian government. Kerry commenced working in Indochina in 1991 and currently continues to reside in Asia. Having lived in South East Asia for thirty years he brings unique qualification to writing his chilling novels.
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 572 pages. Canberra bomb toll 'horrific' - Amongst those beli eved killed were the Indonesian Ambassador to Australia, the Indo nesian Chief of Army Staff, the Indonesian Minister for Foreign A ffairs and. Tension between Australia and Indonesia, the worl d's largest Moslem nation, brings the two countries to the brink of war. East Timor's sovereignty and rich oil fields shared by th e two neighbouring countries become key elements in one man's amb itions. General Nathan Seda, a powerful Indonesian Officer, has a dangerous plan in which he enmeshes Stephen Coleman, a career In telligence Officer with the Australian Embassy in Jakarta. 'The Timor Man', an absorbing thriller, provides a controversial persp ective on events in Indonesia from the abortive coup d'etat of 19 65 to the present day. Editorial Reviews Review .certainly a powerful thriller. -- Australian Book Review .hard to put down . -- The Canberra Times Collison put the Indonesian experience i nto perspective. -- Sydney Telegraph --This text refers to the ma ss_market edition. About the Author Kerry entered the Royal Aust ralian Air Force in 1962. He was later cleared to the highest lev el of security and sent to the RAAF Airforce Base at Point Cook w here he spent one year, along with a select few friends, learning Bahasa Indonesia. At that time President Soekarno's Indonesia bo asted the third largest Communist Party in the world. Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War had just started and there was a growing fear that the threat of an Asian invasion of Australia wa s becoming a real possibility. Immediately upon graduation, and o nly 22, Kerry was sent to Jakarta as the Assistant Air Attaché an d interpreter in the Australian Embassy during the final stages o f the time which became known as the Years of Living Dangerously. This violent period lasted from October 1965 until the end of 19 67 resulting in the death of some half a million Indonesians. Ker ry spent almost three years in the Embassy before resigning from the Airforce and then establishing his own business in Indonesia. This soon became successful due to his access to the Indonesian Military and his former association with the Australian Governmen t. Kerry was sought after as a commercial representative and was appointed by more than twenty major international groups to overs ee their interests in Indonesia. He became involved in such ventu res as the supply of helicopters (Hughes) to the Indonesian gover nment, and flew with Lee Archer on the first successful helicopte r flight from Singapore to Jakarta in a Hughes 500. In 1971 Pre sident Soeharto granted citizenship to Kerry. This was the first time any foreigner had even been given such status without applic ation. Immediately, due to his former security background the Aus tralian authorities became concerned due to the sensitivity of ma terial he had access to during his term in the Embassy and the De partment of Air in Canberra. Kerry's Australian citizenship was s tripped from him. Kerry is a sixth generation Australian. Disillu sioned, he then went about establishing himself in his adopted co untry. Within a few short years Kerry had successfully carved a f ormidable niche in the Indonesian community. Some of those achiev ements are: He was founding member of the Young President's org anisation in Jakarta. Over a period of 18 years Kerry founded and co-founded more than twenty companies and joint ventures in Indo nesia. He built the villa estate in the mountains outside Jakarta known as Coolibah, in Cimacan, and developed other housing estat es in Kalimantan. The George & Dragon, The Cellar Bar, Joanne Dre w Salons were but a few of the many investments Kerry started. In 1985 Kerry was responsible for the promotion of the first privat e universities in Australia. He was co-founder of several educati onal institutions in Australia, including what became known as th e Beaufort College in Perth. In 1989/90 Kerry es. Seller Inventory # 708z
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