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Indonesia is rich in natural resources. Indonesia is rich in manpower with its 103 million inhabitants - not like Malaysia with its 10 million.

I've lived in Jakarta and have seen a lot more by living here, and I understand that there's so much more to Indonesia than just Bali and Jakarta.

We are not facing great economic difficulties. The Indonesian people are faring reasonably well - just compare us to India or some other countries.

When you go for business, you just see the airport, the offices, cities. You never see what 80 per cent of the population does in a country, so if you want to understand what Indonesia is made of, or the depths of China or India, you have to go and see.

Indonesia was colonized for 350 years. We lost our mind-set for entrepreneurship. We only become workers.

The richest Indonesians have maybe $5 billion. Bill Gates has $50 billion.

I travel to Jakarta, I see what an important country it is. I've been working with them for a year.

Indonesia is hardly immune to catastrophic breakdowns, as the anti-Communist pogrom showed. But, like India, it has been relatively fortunate in evolving a mode of politics that can include many discontinuities - of class, region, ethnicity, and religion.

In Europe, they travel a lot lighter. I always joke that my Indonesian passengers bring their house and their neighbor's house.

My favorite place in Indonesia is Bali. I was there with my family in Nusa Dua, and my kids loved it. I'm a workaholic, so for me, Bali is a place where you can have a vacation, but you can have your own moment as well. You feel like you blend with nature - and I love the beach.