L'île de Batam à l'ombre de Singapour : investissement singapourien et dépendance de Batam

Abstract

Yoslan Nur The development of Batam - an Indonesian island covering an area of 415 km2, located at 20 km Southeast of Singapore - started in the early 1970's. The aim was to compete with Singapore as the economic capital of the Southeast Asian region. But at the end of the 1980's, Batam's economic development was integrated with Singapore's in the economic cooperation of the Growth Triangle of Singapore, Johor et Riau (known as "Sijori"). The goal of this cooperation is to promote regional economic development through transborder cooperation. The integration of Batam in the Growth Triangle of Sijori is a very efficient means to promote the island's development through : the increase of private investment, the creation of jobs in industry, tourism and services sectors. The island has also experienced a rapid increase in : gross regional product (GRP), the value of exports, the number of tourists and migrants. Singapore became the first foreign investor in Batam. This situation has made Batam dependent on Singapore for : sources of capital, supply of assembly parts for the manufacturing industry, export of industrial products and marketing of Batam tourist industry.

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“…Habibie. Habibie, who held a doctorate in aerospace engineering from RWTH Aachen University, was respected for this achievement across Indonesia but was an especially revered figure in the Riau Islands owing to his role in making the island of Batam an area of special economic development (Nur 2000). However, the question of where scholarships for the other three disciplines would be held remained undecided.…”

Bordering on immoral: Piracy, education, and the ethics of cross-border cooperation in the Indonesia-Malaysia-Singapore Growth Triangle

“…As Yoslan Nur (2000) illustrates, after the Konfrontasi, the Indonesian government harboured ambitions that Kepri's strategic location on trade routes between the Indian and Pacific Oceans could lead to its displacing Singapore as the regional economic and trading hub. The island of Batam became a particular focal point for investment, a policy which he describes as 'an economic response to Indonesia's discontent regarding Singapore's political actions ' (2000: 147).…”

“…It is very plausible that this template would offer a consistent normative framework underlying seemingly contradictory invocations of ethical critique. As noted above, aspirations to equivalence have long underpinned Riau Islanders' engagements with Singapore, from the policies described by Nur (2000) through to the conflicting feelings of desire and resentment that permeate everyday narratives of Singapore. Underpinned both by a historical consciousness that this is how things used to be before colonial powers imposed a border, and the lived experience of relations that criss-cross the Straits of Malacca, the hope for a relatively 'borderless' world continues to animate life in Kepri.…”