TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hutchinson,Francis E.
AU  - Negara,Siwage Dharma
TI  - The Riau Islands: setting sail 
T2  - The Sijori series
SN  - 9789814951067 (ebook)
AV  - HC448.K3937 R53 2021
U1  - 330.95982 23
PY  - 2021///
CY  - Singapore
PB  - ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute
KW  - Kepulauan Riau (Indonesia)
KW  - Economic conditions
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Social conditions
N1  - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Oct 2021)
N2  - To Singapore's immediate south, Indonesia's Riau Islands has a population of 2 million and a land area of 8,200 sq kilometres scattered across some 2,000 islands. The better-known islands include: Batam, the province's economic motor; Bintan, the area's cultural heartland and site of the provincial capital, Tanjungpinang; and Karimun, a ship-building hub strategically located near the Straits of Malacca. Leveraging on its proximity to Singapore, the Riau Islands-and particularly Batam-have been a key part of Indonesia's strategy to develop its manufacturing sector since the 1990s. In addition to generating a large number of formal sector jobs and earning foreign exchange, this reorientation opened the way for a number of far-reaching political and social developments. Key among them has been: large-scale migration from other parts of the country; the secession of the Riau Islands from the larger Riau Province; and the creation of a new provincial government. Building on earlier work by the ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute on the SIJORI Cross-Border Region, spanning Singapore, the Malaysian state of Johor, and the Riau Islands, and a second volume looking specifically at Johor, the third volume in this series explores the key challenges facing this fledgling Indonesian province. Adopting a multidisciplinary framework, this book explores three issues: what have been the social, political, and environmental effects of the rapid economic change set in motion in the Riau Islands; to what extent can or should the province seek to reconfigure its manufacturing-based economy; and how have the decentralization reforms implemented across Indonesia affected the Riau Islands
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