KEBIJAKAN PEMBANGUNAN “SIJORI” DAN DAMPAKNYA TERHADAP KEBUDAYAAN

Aribowo, Sutamat ( Pusat Penelitian Kemasyarakatan dan Kebudayaan (P2KK-LIPI))

Jurnal Masyarakat dan Budaya
Vol 11, No 1 (2009)

In the New Order era, President Soeharto, Prime Minister
Mahathir Muhammad, and Prime Minister of Lee Kuan Yew
developed a cooperation among three nearby states, which
called “growth triangle” Singapura - Johor - Riau (Sijori).
The approach used at that moment was “comparative
advantage”. As a consequence of this approach, its
orientation tends to be more quantitative rather than
qualitative. Caring less for the qualitative issue has made the
approach ‘ignore’ the problems of culture. Therefore, policies
executed following the paradigm of “growth triangle” Sijori
were merely seen from the perspective of economic and
politics.
This article tries to reflect and converse the cooperation of
“growth triangle” in Kepulauan Riau from the perspective of
culture. Particularly in answering the question on how the
policies of culture in this area at past, present, and the future
are.
Keyword: Politics of culture, development policy, Sijori,
Malay’s world.