Cikarang

Cikarang is the capital of Bekasi Regency, West Java in Indonesia. Jababeka is the biggest industrial estate in Southeast Asia. Property projects have also been built in Cikarang, such as Lippo Cikarang, Cikarang Baru, Taman Sentosa and Kota Delta Mas. The last one is the office complex of Bekasi.

Cikarang Industrial City

Cikarang is an area that includes the government of Bekasi Regency. Currently, Cikarang City grew as an industrial city. Here, industrial activity is very prominent. Looks from the many industrial areas began to spread from the West Cikarang (Cibitung) to South Cikarang area. Some well-known area is located in MM2100 Cikarang Barat, Kota Jababeka, Bekasi International Industrial Estate (BIIE) or the Hyundai Industrial Park, East Jakarta Industrial Park (EJIP) and Delta Silicon Industrial Park. Many foreign companies are located in Cikarang industrial estate, such as from Singapore, USA, Germany, Korea, Japan, China, Malaysia, Taiwan and the Middle East region.

Cikarang Industrial City is supported by housing complexes scattered around the Cikarang industrial park was build by PT PP as an architect, main contractors and structure contractors. This residential area stretches around Tambun, Cibitung, Cikarang, Serang, Setu, Ci Cau and Cibarusah. Some residential areas are quite well known Jababeka and Lippo Cikarang were built by PT PP as an architect, structure and main contractors and skemanusa consultama as electrical engineering. Two of these housing complexes located adjacent to the Industrial area.

Muhammad Rizieq Shihab

Muhammad Rizieq Shihab (Arabic: محمّد رزق شهاب‎, translit. Muḥammad Rizq Šihāb; Arabic pronunciation: [(ʔ)mʊˈħæmmæd rizq ʃihaːb]) also known as Habib Rizieq (born in Jakarta, August 24, 1965) is an Indonesian Islamic scholar, activist and the founder of the Islamic Defenders Front (Arabic: الجبهة الدفاعة الاسلميه‎; Indonesian: Front Pembela Islam, abbreviated as FPI).

History

Early life

Rizieq was born in Jakarta on August 24, 1965 to Husein bin Shihab and Syarifah sidah Alatas. Both his parents were Arab Indonesians of Hadhrami descents with some Betawi blood mixed in. His father died when he was 11 months old, and because of that Rizieq was not put in boarding school. Starting at the tender age of 4, he continues to be dilligent in reading Koran at mosques. As a single parent, his mother worked as a tailor and bridal makeup artist.

Rizieq is a Sayyid with his family Shihab (or Shihabuddin Aal bin Husein) lineage traces back to Imam `Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib through Imam Ahmad al-Muhajir. Meanwhile, his wife is also of Sayyid family from Aal bin Yahya.

Lippo Cikarang

Lippo Cikarang is an independent city project built by P.T. Lippo Cikarang Tbk and located east of Jakarta in Cikarang, West Java Province. By relying on seven industrial regions nearby and various metropolitan-like city facilities such as offices, hotels, entertainment, shopping malls, and sports, the site is worthy to be called a self-reliant city.

Cityscape

Landmarks

A five-star hotel named Sahid Jaya International Hotel, Siloam Gleneagles Hospital and Pacific Tower office building are the main sites in the city.

Culture

Media

National and local media are present in Lippo Cikarang. Informasi Komunitas Cikarang or IKC is a high quality local print promotional magazine and website that connects to many affluent target audiences such as factory owners, general managers, factory head unit, business executives mostly in the Cikarang, Cibitung, Bekasi, Karawang, and selected target readers. IKC distributes and circulates a total of 6,000 copies every month with its door-to-door factories and middle-up homes distributions. The website www.komunitascikarang.info has wider audiences.