MY LOVELY CITY BATAM

       Batam City is the largest city in the province of Riau Islands and is the third largest city population in Sumatra after Medan and Palembang, with a population reaching 949 775 inhabitants. Metropolitan Batam consists of three islands, namely Batam, Galang Rempang and connected by bridge Barelang. Batam is a city with a very strategic location. In addition to being on international cruise lines, the city has a short distance away with Singapore and Malaysia. Batam is one of the fastest growing cities in Indonesia. When built in the early 1970s the city was only occupied by about 6,000 inhabitants and the population within 40 years Batam grow up to 170-fold. Batam Island was first inhabited by the Malay people as the strait since the year 231 AD. The island that had become the terrain of struggle Admiral Hang Nadim in the fight against these invaders used by the government in the decade of the 1960s as a petroleum logistics base on the island of Sambu. In the decade of the 1970s, with the initial goal to make Singapore its Batam Indonesia, according to Presidential Decree number 41 of 1973, Batam Island designated as an industrial area with the working environment supported by the Industrial Development Authority Batam Island or better known as the Batam Industrial Development Authority Board (BOB) as driving the development of Batam.
       As the rapid development of Batam Island, in the decade of the 1980s, according to Government Regulation No. 34 year 1983, districts that are part of Batam Islands regency, Riau, Batam Municipality upgraded to a task in running the administration of government and society and development undertaken mendudukung Batam Authority. In the era of reform at the end of the decade of the 1990s, by Act number 53 of 1999, the Municipality of Batam administrative change its status to autonomous regions, namely the Government of Batam for the functioning of government and development by involving the Batam Authority Board. Cities that are part of this Province, has an area of ​​land covering an area of ​​715 km ² or about 115% of the territory of Singapore, while the total area reached 1570.35 km ². Batam City has a tropical climate with average temperatures 26 to 34 degrees celsius. The city has a hilly terrain and berlembah. The land of red soil is less fertile.The limits of Batam: Northern Strait of Singapore and Malaysia, District South Linga, Karimun Regency West, East of Bintan Island and Tanjung Pinang.
      Society of Batam is a heterogeneous society composed of various tribes and factions. The dominant tribes, among others, Malay, Minangkabau, Batak, Javanese, and Chinese. With Malay have smth. As an umbrella and upholds Unity in Diversity, Batam be conducive to moving economic activity, social politics and culture in society. Until August 2010, Batam has a population of 949,775 people and has a population growth rate is very high. In the period of 2001 through 2010 population growth rates average nearly 10 percent per year. Islam is the religion of the majority in Batam. Masjid Raya Batam is located in the center of town, adjacent to the square, the mayor's office and the DPRD office became a religious symbol Batam community. Christianity and Catholicism are also shared by many people of Batam, mainly originating from the Batak ethnic group and Flores. Buddhism is mostly held by Chinese citizens. Batam has the Vihara who reputedly the largest in Southeast Asia, namely Vihara Duta Maitreya.       Indonesian is used as the language of instruction daily. Regional languages ​​are also used by people from other areas, such as Bahasa Minang, Batak language, and Java language. It so happens because the island is where the various tribes met.  One of the shopping center of Batam City Square (BCS) malls in Batam city Public bus in Batam Centre. Batam's economic growth is higher than the national rate of economic growth makes the region's mainstay for the driver of economic growth nationally and the Riau Islands Province. Various sectors of economic drivers include communications sector, electricity sector, water and gas, banking sector, industrial sector and over the ship, trade and services sector is the economic pulse batam city that not only is the consumption of Batam and Indonesia but is also a commodity exports to other countries . The existence of economic activities in the city is also in the context of increasing jobs and prosperity.
        Batam City Government as an executive development Batam together with the House of Representatives of the area of ​​Batam and Batam Authority's participation in continuing development, is committed in promoting investment and economic growth of Batam, this is evidenced by the memorandum of understanding these three agencies, which then expected creation of a sustainable development of Batam. Batam, Bintan and Karimun along with now has the status of Special Economic Zones (KEK). With this expected to increase the investment in Batam, which in turn is intended to improve the welfare of the community.