Dili Dynasty -East Timor

November 2008

How do you rebuild a country from scratch? There's billions of oil dollars in the bank, but no infrastructure or expertise. Melbourne's Pires family and politician Steve Bracks are working on the problems.
"Right now we have about three billion dollars in our fund." Emilia Pires is the Finance Minister. Her grandfather fled in 1975 dreaming of an independent East Timor. Educated in Melbourne, Emilia has now returned home to realise that dream. But the problems are huge. The capital's power station is a dirty shack full of ancient diesel engines. Basics are in short supply. "If there are two generators that need servicing we have to share the tools," tells an engineer. Emilia flies back to Melbourne for a brief visit to see her husband. The couple laugh, "We haven't even had our honeymoon!" An intimate insight into the Pires family as they work to rebuild East Timor.

Produced by ABC Australia
Distributed by Journeyman Pictures

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[kewlkewl12]

that's because East Timorese bureaucracy under Indonesia were mostly Indonesian. They all went back to Indonesia.

[Xhobu]

Great family east timor need a lot of family like this. so lets stand up and do what you can do for you country. congratulation you father must be so proud of you all.

[fizzytitanium]

timor leste akan menjadi singapore ke dua di wilayah asia tenggara

[jacinto1811]

 corupt family

[mudamudiselalu]

hare ba duni sai tiha naok ten ida nee,,,heit nian aman,,,,naok ten halo moe amp deit... nia buka diak deit...ministra beik ten bot,,,serviço la hatene...raut ema estrangeiros (acessores) barak2 (60) tau iha iha neba hodi lakon osan deit,,,ministra nee laiha kapacidade,,,,sai asu het nia aman,,,,,,fila ba australia.....

[SuperJulax]

penduduk asli timor leste pasti terjajah oleh orang2 portugis itu...

[aviationdoc78]

yang pasti kami gak pernah mencuri kaya negara lu itu tukang maling pulau..tukang maling kebudayaan..pake otak kalo mau nulis ya...emangnya di negara lu gak ada yg miskin..melayu bodoh...

[mcgrimey]

Wow timor is just like the Philippines the people so we should have more coporation.

[maytoros]

saya jamin east timor suatu saat akan lebih maju dari indoensia yg bnyk org bermental bobrok

[macan4469]

Emilia Pires is a simple stupid cow and bitch that thinks she is smart. Fernando is a declared boy molester. the other sisters are nice.

[duatiga23]

normal ya negara baru merdeka,,,coba liat indonesia udah brapa tahun merdeka pemandangan sngat indah ya ,tgl dibwah jembatan,dkat sngai kotor,byk pengganguran ,nyk copet apalagi byk tukang minta2 di jalanan ,,,,pokonya kaya di indonesia,,,aviationdoac78 bangut tu ngara kamu miskin tu jaman 21 centuri msh miskin di ind,,nazis deh

[lu32blue]

there is still a lot of work to be done, they tried to learn about african politics to avoid the corruption path. being a new country brings a lots of challenges and its proving to be a long road.