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Jababeka Golf & Country Club
\nThe World's Toughest Golf Course<\/p>\n
You cannot consider yourself a true golfer unless you have
\nvisited Jababeka Golf & Country Club in Cikarang.<\/p>\n
Easily accessible from central Jakarta at a distance of only
\n31 k.m. on the toll road, about 45 minutes by car, this 18-hole
\ngolf course, designed by Nick Faldo, offers you a beautiful
\npanorama while you play. It is also known for hosting the 2002
\nName of tournament here, attended by top professional golfers
\nfrom around the world.<\/p>\n
Measuring some 67 hectares in area, this golf course has many
\nunique and challenging features.<\/p>\n
Professional golfers like this course, with its eight-hectare
\nlake and the highly challenging level of difficulty it offers.
\nJababeka has been dubbed \"the world's toughest golf course\", as
\nanyone who has played here will tell you.<\/p>\n
Jababeka is also a place where nature is highly regarded.
\nBuilt between 1994 and 1996 at a cost of some US$13 million, the
\nclub has become a meeting point for golf professionals and well-
\nheeled executives, says the town's developer and president-
\ndirector of PT Jababeka Tbk, Setyono Djuandi Darmono.<\/p>\n
Setyono says the club serves three functions: As a corporate
\nflag carrier, as a valuable land asset and as a business
\nnetworking center.<\/p>\n
Golf courses are well known to be places where important
\nbusiness deals are made and Jababeka is no exception.<\/p>\n
\"Japanese companies require their employees to play golf as
\nthey can do business through golfing,\" Darmono said.<\/p>\n
Given a 73-rating by the Indonesian Golf Association (PGI), an
\naverage of about 3,000 golfers play here every month. Many of
\nthem live in the Jababeka area, including expatriates from Japan,
\nKorea and Europe.<\/p>\n
Jababeka is a sporting landmark in Cikarang and comes with
\nwhat you would expect from a world-class course -- a driving
\nrange, club house, pro-shop, an international-standard restaurant
\nwith 300 seats and a function room. But unlike other courses,
\nJababeka is not just a place to play golf -- it is part of an
\nintergrated concept combining recreation, a residential area and
\nan industrial estate -- a heady combination of lifestyle and
\ncommerce known as Jababeka City.<\/p>\n
The concept, which is still in development, is that of a
\nself-supporting city built with a residential concept along the
\nlines of those in Hong Kong or Singapore.<\/p>\n
On this 3,000-hectare plot of land you can now find 1,113
\ncompanies, including multinational corporations -- Unilever, ICI,
\nSamsung Electronics, Nippon EGI (Sumitomo), Mattel, United
\nTractor, Nissin, Kao Indonesia, Video Glass Indonesia, Akzo Nobel
\nand Stork.<\/p>\n
Jababeka also has Jababeka Central Business District, an area
\nmeasuring some 30 hectares.<\/p>\n
On April 5, 2003, Plaza JB Mal Jababeka and Jababeka Center
\nwere officially opened here. The construction of the Capital
\nBusiness Park, including a President Executive Club, is still
\nunder way and is expected to be completed later this year.<\/p>\n
\"Developing Cikarang is just like developing Las Vegas, the
\nworld's most sparkling city which was formerly just a barren
\nplot of land,\" Darmono said.<\/p>\n
But rather than gamblers, the next target group Jababeka wants
\nto attract is students, Darmono says, which reflects his concern
\nabout the importance of education.<\/p>\n
To encourage students to the area, he has set up a range of
\nfoundations, and a senior high school in what he calls the
\nJababeka Educational Park, which is already fielding programs
\nfrom major universities from around the country.<\/p>\n
\"Education is the fundamental asset for our long-term economic
\ndevelopment. Without intellectual skills and good morality, we
\nare but nothing.\"<\/p>\n
The park's President University, where English is the medium
\nof instruction, can house 400 students and has students from as
\nfar away as China and Vietnam.<\/p>",
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