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Fisherman Village

Kampung Nelayan (fishermen village) near Harbour Bay just behind Jodoh traditional market.

 

As one of the closest neighbor to Singapore, Batam island has been attracted many Indonesian workers from another part of the country to come to this island. Batam, a part of Kepulauan Riau province is also part of Sijori Growth Triangle a partnership arrangement between Singapore, Johor (in Malaysia), and Riau (in Indonesia) that combines the competitive strengths of the three areas to make the subregion more attractive to regional and international investors[1].

 

On the other side, the number of low level society which are usually emigrants without skills who were attracted to this new promising land are increased. Sadly they are usually end up in an illegal land or area like this village where health and sanitation are extremely bad.

 

Another Jakarta is in the making.

 

 

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Uploaded on December 30, 2007
Taken on November 17, 2007