This, he adds, was the main discussion during his recent June 27 meeting in Jakarta with Malaysian Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry, Tengku Zafrul Aziz and Indonesian Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, Airlangga Hartarto.
“Two is better than one and three is better than two,” quips Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Gan Kim Yong on a panel at the 9th Asean conference on July 3.
Gan refers to the possibility of roping in Indonesia’s Batam, Bintan and Karimun Islands (BBK) to form a special economic zone (SEZ) with Singapore in the future, one that would not be dissimilar from the city-state’s partnership with Malaysia in the Johor-Singapore special economic zone (JS-SEZ).
