THE PROBLEMS AND CONCEPTS OF THE LAND MANAGEMENT RIGHTS IMPROVEMENT IN BATAM CITY

Abstract

This study has two purposes. First, to know about the basic concept of land management rights in Batam City in terms of improving people's welfare. Second, knowing about improving the quality of land management rights in Batam City. The method in this study uses empirical legal research. The types of data used are primary data and secondary data. The primary data are from interviews with the public community, government officer of Batam City, BP Batam, the District, and also Subdistrict offices; and from observations in the old village of Tanjung Uma and the old village of Nongsa. The secondary data are from the 1945 Constitution and Law Number 5 of 1960 concerning Agrarian Principles. Based on the results of the study, the Implementation of Land Management Rights in Batam is problematic after the Reform phase with the enactment of Law No. 22 of 1999 on Local Government or Regional Autonomy Law, Law No. 53 of 1999 on The Establishment of Batam city and the Batam Mayor Decree No. 105 of 2004 on The Establishment of 37 Old Village Points. Then, the Central Government and the Regional Government of the Riau Islands Province as well as the Batam City Government and BP Batam are suggested to immediately restructure the land policy regulations in Batam and synchronize land policies, so that Batam people can obtain certainty of land rights as guarantees for their welfare in the future.