jokowi has implemented a raft of business reforms.r the next 30 minutes, we check in on the progress of his vision. three years into your presidency, do you think you have delivered on your promise to bring growth and prosperity to this nation of 250 million people? president widodo: indonesia is a big country with a total population of 250 million people. we want, of course, all leaders would like, to bring prosperity to the people. our economic growth, i think it is good. it is slightly above 5%. a country of this size with such growth, i think it is good. but indeed the biggest problem is slowing global growth, so the expansion of our exports is limited, and secondly commodity prices are declining. prices are declining. so this is affecting growth in indonesia a bit. haslinda: 5% growth last year, slightly above 5% this year. that is the estimate, but when you came to power, you were targeting 7% growth. that seems to be elusive. is it fair to say we can forget about 7% growth now? is it unrealistic? president widodo: i said earlie

we just saw president jokowi of indonesia walk and other dignitaries arriving as well.ummit, as you say, howard, still watching to see what happens in terms of the south china sea and the code of conduct but what are some of the other issues that have dominated? the biggest issue, of course, has been a meeting between donald trump and the philippine president rodrigo duterte. the big issue at the moment is human rights in the region. president duterte has had this year— long war on drugs at the moment where we have seen thousands of people killed, human rights groups say in there have been extrajudicial killings, people with hands bound behind their backs, bullet wounds in their heads so people are looking for leaders of this region to come forward and make a statement about this. nothing has come forward yet. even a meeting between donald trump and president duterte, he brought up theissue and president duterte, he brought up the issue briefly and donald trump just nodded when he was told about the war on drugs you so human rights, another big issue but will we see any

jokowi the current president, to run again for 2018. >> why is that? to maintain his position. [indiscernible] would you yourself are run as vice president? is it possible? >> i do not know. >> what you make a president jokowi's reform agenda? >> the infrastructure has been successful. it is important for us to have an operating infrastructure. not only in the big city, but other places on the island. the distribution of wealth will be more even. was haslinda that amin speaking with the mnc group founder. much more ahead, hong kong stocks dip on worries china will restrict investor flows. whether beijing is blotting a stellar year for the hang seng. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ paul: this is "daybreak asia."i am paul allen in sydney. betty: i am betty liu in new york. putting aluminum at the heart of new trade tensions. commodities trading closed in the u.s. we will watch aluminum prices when they restart trade in asia. ramy inocencio at the wall with the charts we need to know and reaction so far. ramy: looking at u.s. trade, it was down about 1.5%. is this

jokowi. >> why is that? the middle, so basically governing everyone. he has done for everybody. >> widget you yourself run as vice president? -- would you yourself run as vice president? >> i don't know. >> what do you make of the reform agenda? >> it has been successful. it is important for us to have proper infrastructure everywhere, not only in the c-suite, but other places so that -- the big city, but other places so that the distribution of wealth will be more even. usually a man of few words. he was on the guest list for trump's inauguration. they have had a long-standing relationship. we are talking about whether he would run as jokowi's vice president. it is hard to see him doing that given the current political climate. earlier this year, a former jakarta governor was toppled in a election marred by religious tension, so perhaps several months yet to work things out, but at this point in time it is hard to see him running for vp on the ticket led by jokowi himself. ,aidi: very interesting i guess do