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Originally Posted by Sexrider
I don't think the number of visitor from riau island is significant. Also, those rich rich businessmen and rich tai tai from Indo bonk land should be quite "Atas", hence take air transport.
Genting group is strong in bringing visitor from cruise, because they own few cruise isn't it? However, I maybe terribly wrong. Here, batam, many funny news can be heard, isn't it, Pak P?
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You will be surprised at the rich RIAU people who uses Batam to transit to singapore. Alot of the islanders are rich people, for your info...
The airplanes that comes to changi airport is from Medan, Pekan, and Jakarta... These region, rich comes to singapore via changi, the rest, comes here by boat thru Batam. Due to fiscal tax. Which is cheaper via ferry, and cost is lower too.
I think you heard the news wrongly, the cruise are the ones going to Marina Barrage, if I get the news correct in Straits Times some time ago.... Due to congestion. Also, the gambling boats( long jie) collects passengers from Harbour Front too, and transit at Batam before going to the ship( long Jie).
Alot of these players( long jie) are aunties and old people who has nothing better to do. A MRT to Harbour Front is fastest, compares to Tanah Merah Ferry.
Overall, Batam is still a transit place for many Indos and also a place for Singaporeans to go there to have fun. To cut the ferry from HF is a most stupid thing to do economically, and does harm to Maple Tree investment( if I got the info that vivo is under M tree), and makes no sense to underutilise the MRT built there.....
Tanah Merah is too far out of no where and have no shopping malls for people going there to take the ship.
IMHO, the ferries are in Harbour Front to stay.....