Sebatik Island is the border region as well as a center in the network system of trade
between nations. It can also benefit the economic potential of the major cities in East
Kalimantan, particularly Balikpapan, Samarinda, Bontang, Sangata, Tanjung Selor
Tarakan, and Nunukan with towns in Sabah region by utilizing the pattern of bonded zones
or special economic zones. Therefore, their efforts to develop trade center in the Border
Region, especially in Sebatik Island as a border town and placing it as a city of trade,
which is able to provide added value for the benefits of trade in the border region.
This paper describes some of the important dimensions of program Development Trade
Center on Border Area in Sebatik Island of North Kalimantan province as a general
overview and issue the border area, the strategic aspects, and recommended by strategies
for trading center in the region of North Borneo.
*Dosen Pascasarjana Program Studi Pendidikan IPS (S-2) Universitas Kanjuruhan Malang
Pulau sebatik merupakan wilayah perbatasan juga sebagai simpul dalam sistem jaringan
perdagangan antar Negara. Hal ini juga dapat memanfaatkan potensi perekonomian kota-
kota besar di Kalimantan Timur, khususnya Balikpapan, Samarinda, Bontang, Sangata,
Tanjung Selor, Tarakan dan Nunukan dengan kota-kota di wilayah Sabah dengan
memanfaatkan pola kawasan berikat atau kawasan ekonomi khusus. Oleh karena itu,
adanya upaya pengembangan pusat perdagangan di Wilayah Perbatasan khususnya di
Pulau Sebatik sebagai kota perbatasan dan menempatkannya sebagai kota dagang, yang
mampu memberikan nilai tambah bagi kepentingan perdagangan di wilayah perbatasan.
Makalah ini menggambarkan beberapa dimensi penting dari penyusunan program
Pengembangan Pusat Perdagangan di Wilayah Perbatasan Negara di Pulau Sebatik
Provinsi Kalimantan Utara seperti gambaran umum dan masalah daerah perbatasan, aspek
strategis, dan direkomendasikan strategi untuk pusat perdagangan di wilayah Kalimantan
Utara
B. METHOD
Starting the research results of Abdul Rahim and Muszafarshah (2010), which
examines the problems of the border between Thailand and Malaysia with a focus on the
border of Bukit Kayu Hitam-Sadao. Besides other researchers also conducted a study on
the subject of border between Thailand and Malaysia, economic activity in the border
region in Indonesia and Malaysia were examined by Husnaidi (2006) Dendy (2009), Nurul,
Lau and Shazali (2004), Robert (2004), Kasim and Mori (2008), Ramli and Ahmad (2007),
Yekti (tt). Thirunaukarasu, Evelyn and Sivachandralingam (2013), Abd Hair Awang et
al. (2013), Noor Rahmah (2012), Endi and Ratnawati (2012), Saru (2012), Ramli Dollah
and Ahmad (2007), CB Herman (2007) and Abdul Rahim et al. (2013).
In the study more aspects of assessing the development potential in the region
adjoining the border with neighboring countries to improve economic pertubuhan each
region is still low, especially in the border regions where objekt security and defense in the
border region is more advanced than the construction.
The basis of writing this article is more descriptive with qualitative approach. The
technique used to obtain data and facts in the context of the discussion of the problem in
this paper is the use of library research(library research) in the form of books, literature,
dictionaries, articles in magazines, scientific journals, bulletins and documentation for the
management of borders may be obtained from internet access. For technical data analysis
techniques used in qualitative data analysis is an analysis describing a problem based on
the facts available. To then collated into units of categories and the final step is to interpret
or give meaning to data that researchers are careful. in this article the author tried to
describe the "Development of Trade Centre in the Border Area in North Kalimantan
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