Friday, February 25, 2005

Batam

The data-collection in batam was really fun... at least I feel relieved everyone is back safe and sound and that we had achieved roughly what we set out to achieve... go through all the industrial parks and collect more than 100 surveys in total... I've not counted the total yet but I'm quite hopeful it would hover around the range of 100.

We moved around Batam on 23/02/05 for a day... landed at waterfront city instead of batam centre ferry terminal out of mistake... and then we moved to the batam central industrial parks to do site visits... it was quite adventurous of the guys to take the cabs but gladly we have indonesian-speaking guys/girls around in each of the 4 teams. I'm glad we managed to finish slightly earlier and we took a stroll in panbil mall and got back to Island Garden Hotel... dinner was sponsored and was at A1 Restaurant... a big marina south like makan place but it is all seafood mainly.

The day two was a bit of a slow start... the response was lower for most teams. We headed for three different sectors and got back to the ferry terminal at batam centre at 6pm... I walked over to BIDA and had a look, sadly the office was closed. But I still managed to get two brochures. Yup... in short, the trip was meaningful and I think I can now better-understand the culture and issues in Batam industrial parks.

Off to a busy day... =)


dk scribbled
9:54 AM
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