BP Batam Strengthens Services to Support Investor Growth

RRI.CO.ID, Jakarta - Deputy Head of the Batam Concession Agency (BP Batam), Li Claudia Chandra, said investment growth in Batam City, Riau Islands, must be accompanied by improvements in service quality for businesses. She said investors require certainty from the initial stages of investment through to project operation and expansion.

“Public services must be prompt, inter‑agency collaboration must be strengthened, and investment obstacles must be resolved quickly and in a measurable way. These are key factors in ensuring certainty and comfort for investors,” Li Claudia said in an official statement in Batam on Tuesday, August 18, 2028, as quoted by Antara.

She added that BP Batam, together with relevant stakeholders, will continue strengthening coordination to ensure investor needs are addressed more quickly. “We want investors not only to come to Batam, but also to feel confident about growing and expanding their businesses here,” she said.

Based on BP Batam’s bottom‑up monitoring, realized investment reached IDR 38.97 trillion (approximately USD 2.18 billion) in the first half of 2026, equivalent to 55.67 percent of the full‑year target of IDR 70 trillion.

According to the Investment Activity Report (LKPM), Batam’s realized investment for the same period stood at IDR 29.89 trillion. In the first quarter of 2026, investment reached IDR 17.48 trillion, growing 102.85 percent year‑on‑year -- far exceeding the national investment growth rate of 7.2 percent.

The impact of investment is also reflected in rising employment. The number of workers increased from 30,979 in the first half of 2025 to 40,943 in the first half of 2026 -- an additional 9,964 workers, or 32.16 percent growth. ***