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maybe they talking about collaboration of tourism of attracting tourist to bother countries. singapore then go watch the disappearing orang utan in wild.

The very solid relationship between Suharto and LKY was a major reason for decades of peace because Indonesia under Suharto was a friendly neighbour. Singapore was able to do her things peacefully and transition from third world to first.

Habibi was not quite so friendly with his red dot comment but he knew how far he could go. So he stopped there. He had enough of domestic problems and would be way too smart to add a foreign relations problem in his intray.

Friendly ties with Indonesia is vital not so much because of the economics and cooperation but the peace. 

If we talk about economic cooperation for mutual prosperity, Indonesia can supply us with ALL the FTs and FWs we need, any level, all levels, and we don't need to take from China, India, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, and Malaysia. Indonesia has 280 million peepur. How many do we need? They can supply.. Do you want?