Jakarta, July 25 -- Health expert from Australia's Griffith University Prof. Tjandra Yoga Aditama on Friday outlined four key criteria for reviewing the Free Nutritious Meals Program (MBG), whose implementation has reached the six-month mark.

Speaking in Jakarta on Friday, he said that the program, launched early this year, is now covering nearly seven million beneficiaries-higher than the total population of Singapore of around six million.

"Since the program has been running for half a year, it is a good time to evaluate it, and I'd like to offer four suggestions for its implementation," he said.

First, Tjandra, who is an adjunct professor at Griffith University, emphasized the importance of evaluating MBG using the comprehensive Sch...