Thrust unexpectedly into the country's top position, Habibie immediately began to implement major reforms.
Has it become so hard to contain celebrity egos that they now feel the need to implement major miracles into their daily life?
In this context, the 2007/08 budget just announced was arguably the government's best chance before the next election to implement major change.
"We recognise absolutely that there are lessons to be learned for the future about the way in which we implement major reforms," said the Department for Education and Skills.
A failure by the spending review to address this need would be incredibly disappointing, not least because there is genuine enthusiasm to use this parliament to implement major service change.
"What we need now is urgent action to implement policy and we encourage the secretary of state to follow Scotland's example, but not only write to all head teachers but to implement major reforms of child protection guidelines.
While foreign incursion is no longer a threat and China's economic situation is far more advanced, the present government's survival depends once again on its ability to implement major internal reforms.
Part of the reason is a deliberate attempt by the Chinese government to implement major economic reforms.
