Jakarta, Aug. 16 -- President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) highlighted the need for all parties to strive to ensure that the products of Indonesians can flood regional and global markets.
"We must dare to expand and not merely play in the domestic market," President Jokowi noted during his annual state of the nation address to Parliament on Thursday prior to the celebration of Indonesia's 74th Independence Day on August 17.
Entrepreneurs and state-owned enterprises must be plucky enough to become world-class players. The domestic industry must also be strengthened.
The results of science and technology products as well as innovations must be increasingly commercialized.
"The international world should be able to perceive our talent. Once again,...