URBANIZATION EXPLOSION, FTZ BATAM EFFECT!

Saturday, July 5, 2008 the ship transport leaning in Sekupang sea port at 15.00 pm (Batam time). When I’m driving my car crossing the street in front of the Sekupang Sea Port totally stuck. Do you know mean this happen? This is the urbanization explosion in Batam Island. The urban people come down to Batam to find a job. They want to work in many industries in Batam. This is the FTZ Batam effect.

Of cause, this effect depress population problem of Batam seriously. Mayor assistant of Batam, Syamsul Bahrum said in lunch time with me, the booming population in Batam is so high because urbanization. And now, the complicated problems are progressively with existence of baby booming. Not more three years the residents in Batam grow more than 20%. Today, the population of Batam City is 750 thousands people – that the registered people more people not registered as the Batam citizen.

What the industry need exactly? Are the people like the urban? Actually, the industry management just needed the skill people who can do anything to support the productivity. Are the new urban who came down from the transport ship in Sekupang Sea Port have needed skill? I don’t know bro!