IT was not easy to convince Tomy Winata to agree to an interview. The name of this entrepreneur became a talking point again after the violence on Rempang Island, Riau Islands province, on Thursday, September 7. The police were trying to clear the 16,500-hectare island by moving its 7,500 inhabitants to Galang Island.

The Batam Development Authority (BP Batam) wants to turn Rempang Island into the Rempang Eco-City, a business and industry c