Sunday 28 June 2009

Kampung Tere Nongsa

Do you know Kampong tere?
This village is located in Nongsa, from area funeral Nongsa just straight forward and you will see in this village, Panorama of the village is very spectacular.
there are about 80 families who live in this village, malay is most tribes and the rest is Butoness , the main livelihood of this village is a fisherman


entrance to kampong tere



Mousqe

Home Residents

Home Residents

former art studio living memories




the traditional wooden port where fishing boat anchored


the fishermen start leaving to find the fish, as the sea began to flood






house in the middle of the sea, in order to make it easier to keep their fish ponds ( kelong )


Kelong and Batam Centre View


fishing boats


You can see Costarina from here

Batam Centre View from Kampong Tere


Wednesday 24 June 2009

Suku Laut - Sea People

Suku Laut is often also called Orang Laut is a tribe that inhabit Kepulauan Riau, Indonesia. The broader terms Orang Laut include " the various ethnic groups who lived on the islands and the mouth of the river in the Riau-Lingga, Seven Island, Batam Island, and coastal areas and islands offshore Sumatra in the East and the southern part of Peninsular Malaya. "
The others call them Lanun (now means is the pirate) or Orang Selat.
The language has similarities with Bahasa Melayu. Currently, they generally work as fishermen. As the tribe of the Sea Bajau People sometimes call as "sea rover", because they are “ Nomaden” moved over on the boat.
Historically, orang laut was a pirate, but plays an important role in the Kingdom of Sriwijaya, Sultanate of Malacca and Johor Sultanate. They maintain-strait strait, evict pirate, walk the traders to the port-kingdom of the kingdom, and maintain their hegemony in the region.














Unfortunately, life in the sea to influence the extent of education and setting the economy. Indeed, it is not necessarily easy to change the pattern of life which they have applied hundreds of years from generation to generation. But now, they also began a push by free trade in Batam the sea route through which the life of this tribe of the Sea.

Since that time, the government began campaigning for the Tribe merumahkan Sea. Now some of them have to leave the boat and began to occupy permanent homes provided by the government. Suku Laut people also have started to know how to live on land. In fact, children, Marine Spare started the school and the adults learn to trade.



Sunday 21 June 2009

The Barelang Bridges

Already we know that Landmark Batam is Barelang bridge. Logo Visit Batam in 2010 also made the Barelang Bridge as Icon.

Did you that the 6 bridges connecting the islands have names that actually? ...

Did you Barelang that the bridge was built in 1992 on the initiative of Mr. BJ Habibie, who then served as Minister of Research and Technology. Did you swallow the bridge Barelang around 400 billion and completed in 1998. Barelang bridge was originally known as the bridge Habibie. Because the bridge-bridge connects the island Batam, Rempang and the bridges more well known as Barelang (abbreviation of Batam Rempang & gaLang).

Did you, the overall total Barelang bridge is approximately 2264 Meters, with the details about 642m bridge 1, bridge 420meter around 2, 3 bridges around 270 meters, the bridge about 365 meters 4, 5 bridges around 365 meters and about 180 bridges 6 meters.

When Mr. Ismet Abdullah as the head of the Batam Authority the names of the bridges are named Barelang the kings wilt Riau.

Bridge #1 as Tengku Fisabillilah, Connecting Batam and Tonton Islands


Bridge #2 as Nara Singa, Connecting Tonton and Nipah Islands

Bridge #3 as Raja Ali Haji, Connecting Nipah and Setokok islands

Bridge #4 as Sultan Zainal Arifin, Connecting Setokok and Rempang islands

Bridge #5 as Tuanku Tambusai, Connecting Rempang and Galang islands

The last Bridge #6 as Raja Kecik, Connecting Galang and Galang baru islands

Perhaps the lack of socialization, or kings names designation is a difficult name so the six bridges is still known as the BRIDGE Barelang, ....

And you know, how that name is embedded in community, especially the heart Batam. And more importantly you know how we treat and preserve the cultural and tourism city of Batam object ..?







Saturday 20 June 2009

Economy

Batam economic growth is higher than the national rate of economic growth makes this region are trigger for economic growth both nationally and for the Province of Riau Islands. Various sectors of economic sectors include communications, electricity sector, water and gas, banking sector, industrial sector and over the ship, trade and services sector is the economic pulse of the city batam is not only a consumption society Batam and Indonesia but is also a commodity exports to other countries . The existence of economic activities in the City is also in order to increase employment and welfare of the community. Municipality of Batam as the development of Batam with Parliament and the Batam Authority Board participation in the continuing development of Batam, a commitment in promoting investment and economic growth Batam, this is evidenced by the memorandum of understanding is the third, which is then expected the development of sustainable Batam. Batam, Bintan and together with the Karimun are now as Special Economic Regions (KEK). With this expected to increase the investment in Batam is intended ultimately to improve the welfare of the community.

source :
Wikipedia bahasa Indonesia, ensiklopedia bebas

Population

Tribal Nation

Batam
Society is a heterogeneous society that consists of various tribes and groups. Some of the tribe is the dominant ethnic Malay, Minang, Batak, Makassar, Java, Flores, Chinese and others. With the culture wither and uphold Bhinneka Tunggal Ika, Batam be conducive to do activities in the economic, social and political culture in the community. Until December 2008, Batam has been inhabited for approximately 919,449 inhabitants and a population growth rate high enough. In the period of year 2001 to year 2008 population growth has a number average 8 percent over the year.

Religion

Islam is the majority religion in the city of Batam. Masjid ( mousqe) Raya Batam that is located in the middle of town, near the square, the mayor office and the DPRD office became a symbol of religious communities Batam. Christian and Catholic are also held by many Batam community, mainly originating from the Batak ethnic and Flores. Buddhist religion adopted by most Chinese citizens. Batam Vihara which reputedly has the largest in Southeast Asia, namely Vihara Duta Maitreya.

Languages

English language is used as a day-to-day. The local language is also used by the people who come from other areas, such as language Minang, Batak language, Java language, makasar language, and also the Chinese language. It so happens because It is a place where various tribes met

source :
Wikipedia bahasa Indonesia, ensiklopedia bebas

Geographic

A city that is part of Riau Islands Province has a land area of 715 km ² or about 115% of the territory of Singapore, while achieving the overall area of 1.570.35 km ². Batam tropical with an average temperature of 26 to 34 degrees celcius. It has the rolling plains and Valley . The ground form of the red soil is less fertile.

Boundaries Batam:

* In the northern borders with Singapore and Malaysia
* In the southern borders with the District Daik-Lingga
* The eastern boundary with the island of Bintan and cape pinang
* In the west is bordered by Karimun Regency

source : Wikipedia bahasa Indonesia, ensiklopedia bebas

Batam History

Batam Island was first inhabited by people wither as the strait since the year 231 BC. The island had become a warlord medan Hang Nadim struggle against the colonists in this use by the government in the decade of 1960s as a logistics base oil on the island of Sambu.

In the decade of 1970s, with the goal of beginning to make Batam as its Singapore-Indonesia, according to Presidential Decree number 41 of 1973, Batam Island as defined working environment with the local industry supported by the Regional Industrial Development Authority Batam Island or better known as the Batam Authority Board (BOB) as the development of Batam

Along with rapid development of Batam Island, in the decade of the 1980s, based on Government Regulation Number 34 year 1983, Batam districts that are part of the Riau Islands regency, enhanced status and became Batam Municipality which has the task in running the administration and governance and social development made mendudukung Batam Authority.

In the era of reform at the end of the decade of the 1990s, with the Law number 53 of 1999, the administrative Batam Municipality changed status and became autonomous regions, namely the Government of Batam City to perform the function of governance and development to include with the Batam Authority

source :
Wikipedia bahasa Indonesia, ensiklopedia bebas

peta batam