EXHIBIT 11(a)

                     [WILLKIE FARR & GALLAGHER LETTERHEAD]


March 28, 2001


The Indonesia Fund, Inc.
466 Lexington Avenue
16th Floor
New York, New York 10017

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel to The Indonesia Fund, Inc. (the "Fund"), a corporation
organized under the laws of the State of Maryland, in connection with its
proposed reorganization (the "Reorganization") with the Jakarta Growth Fund,
Inc. (the "Jakarta Fund"), a corporation organized under the laws of the State
of Maryland. Pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization between the
Fund and the Jakarta Fund (the "Agreement"), the Fund will acquire substantially
all of the assets and all of the liabilities of the Jakarta Fund in exchange for
full shares of common stock, $0.001 par value, of the Fund (the "Fund Shares")
and cash in lieu of fractional share interests.

We have examined copies of the Charter and By-Laws of the Fund, as amended to
date, the Fund's post-effective amendment to its Registration Statement on Form
N-14 (Securities File No. 333-47744) with respect to the Reorganization (the
"Registration Statement"), substantially in the form in which it is to become
effective, the Agreement, resolutions adopted by the Fund's Board of Directors
and other records and documents that we have deemed necessary or appropriate for
the purpose of this opinion. We have also examined such other documents, papers,
statutes and authorities as we have deemed necessary to form a basis for the
opinion hereinafter expressed.

In our examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures and the
conformity to original documents of all copies submitted to us. We have also
assumed that the terms of the Agreement are fair and reasonable to the Fund. As
to various questions of fact material to our opinion, we have relied upon
statements and certificates of officers and representatives of the Fund and
others. As to matters governed by the laws of the State of Maryland, we have
relied upon the opinion of Venable, Baetjer and Howard, LLP that is attached to
this opinion.

Based upon the foregoing, we are of the opinion that when the Agreement has been
executed by the Fund and the Jakarta Fund, the Agreement has been duly approved
by the stockholders of the Fund in



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accordance with the listing rules of the New York Stock Exchange (the "NYSE"),
appropriate Articles of Transfer with respect to the Reorganization (the
"Articles of Transfer") have been accepted for record by the Maryland State
Department of Assessments and Taxation and the Fund Shares have been issued
pursuant to the Agreement and the Articles of Transfer and in the manner
described in the Registration Statement, the Fund Shares will have been validly
and legally authorized and issued and will be fully paid and non-assessable, and
duly authorized for listing on the NYSE.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement and to the reference to us under the caption "Legal
Opinions" in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus included as part of the Registration
Statement.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Willkie Farr & Gallagher