Without felt I was 9 years old was alive and living in Pulau Bintan The journey starts from the Port of Pekanbaru Tengku Cik by ferry Kenangan Fitri at 7.00 am on July 27,2000, arived in Sekupang, Batam at 17.00 and was followed by Ferry Sentosa to Tanjungpinang. At 18.30 that day for the first time I set food in Tanjungpinang, precisely in Sri Bintan Pura Harbor and went straight to Hotel Wisata is dealing direct with Bintan Mall.
The next morning, while enjoying breakfast at the hotel 2nd floor, China Town athmosphere are felt when I stood at the edge of the window. Frenzied Tanjungpinang Dragon Head area reminds me of the films of Hong Kong is often seen when I was teenager. Indeed Dragon Head area in the district is in habited Tanjungpinangkota more than 90% ethnic Chinnese ( Tionghoa ) where bloggers friends often calls with Indochina. Dragon Head is a term often used by econimists to describe the area of economic strength of a city inhabited by ethnic Tionghoa.
Now after 9 years, Bintan Centre ( formerly the swamp ) is located 9 km from Tanjungpinangkota, preparing to become The New Head of The Dragon. Bintan Centre ready to compete Tanjungpinangkota already hundreds of years into economic power. Unlike the Tanjungpinangkota, Bintan Centre filled by various players a wider range of businesses from various nationalities.
Tanjungpinang as capital of Riau Islands provinces ethnic's diversity represented on Pulau Bintan. Pulau Bintan themselves are inhabited by various ethnic groups for hundred of years, call Malays, Bugis, Buton, Tionghoa, Flores, Javanese, Sundanese, Minangkabau, Banjar, Ambon, Kawanua, and various other ethnic groups in Indonesia, including the Nam or Vietnamese who had come as "The Boat People". Pulau Bintan rich in tourism and industrial potential, in addition to stepping stone for "foreign exchange heroes" or migrant workers who seek a new livelihood in Malaysia or Singapore. Life goes by harmony, the inhabitants of this diverse Bintan interact to progress together, its worth-called "Rainbow in The South China Sea".
