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Table 1 Arrival ships at Dabo during 2005
No Month Arrival ship
Times 1.
January 178
2. February
156 3.
March 170
4 April
146 5
May 145
6 June
150 7
July 177
8 August
198 9
September 192 10 October
165 11 November
159 12 December
188 Singkep also has a small airport, capable of handling 40
passengers. The airport was active during the lead mining operation, and is currently used by charter flight and the
government patrol aircraft. Up to 1980’s, lead mining brought prosperity to the island.
Dabosingkep as capital of sub district Singkep have been known as “lead town. The mining corporation invested in the welfare of
its employee for example by changing the city square into a garden like park, complete with trees and fountain, have left the
infrastructure which now become the local government asset and technical department like airport, sea port, roadway, electrics
infrastructure, drinking water, telecommunications, hospital, bank building, white collars of lead company, unit of office buildings,
employees housing. After the lead market collapse, the mining corporation left the island and Dabosingkep turn into a sleepy city
or a ghost town waiting for better times.
Indonesia in fact has big mining potency and it become the economic contribution. The problem is that mineral represent
the nature resource which un-substitute, unhandled used up and environment can generate distress. For example in Dabosingkep
today, discontinue of economics activity generate the unemployment, and social uneasiness.
Figure 4 City centre grow up become swallow nest breeding.
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7. Scenario of Dabosingkep become cultural sensitive toward human development and ecosystem
a. Development and preservation of tailings piles become historic artifacts
The scenery feature of former lead mining is remaining the decay architecture of mines, pound and smelters that
outsiders might see as ugly and meaningless. But locals’ people like the sight of tailings because that has historical landscape.
They family mined for more than a hundred years, from grandfather was a miner and so was father and themselves
before it closed in 1992. They always telling about the prosperity when the mining still active. Revitalization program is one
scenario of developed into achievement another success story.
When all mine shut down as environmental protection reason, came in 15 years ago there never found managed to
reduce pollution from old mines draining into a river, surface water or activity direct to big hole as former mining excavation,
but its also never read information to preserve location, and crucial lead residue in neighborhood soil, or water and how
dangerous it for children. Cleanup need expanded to include the entire town and place around lead residue.
The condition of open water dump in Dabosingkep today had variation of colors, many different levels and steep slopes,
showing how the miners operated before. Some of big hole with water as wide lake is very dangerous because it suck something
to the deep.
As natural mining landscape museum with some attractive developed, made from their own contours, and covered
it all with artificial situation as much as history of lead mining firstly it need safety with reducing pollution hazard. Trying to
preserve as much of the history estimates the cleanup will costly, but it need visitor secure from whatever threat and toward
environmentally save.
Constellation of small islands Dabosingkep located far enough from mainland it have seaport and airport a potential
access to take this place, indicate that mining museum need to developed in order visitor satisfied and come all over again. Carry
up the success of revitalization need support from local government because their disagreement between preservation
and clean it up and change to another marine, industry and tourism function.
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Figure 5 Dabo position in the contalation of Lingga Regency
b. Economic condition and develop new function
Missing heard about effect of lead mining pollution recognized as malaria disease a result of filling water in former
excavation place and not flowing and the inundate become place for malaria mosquito larva because only 80
– 60 cm deep possible for freshwater fish.
When the glorious time as mining city is offer there nothing substitute urban economic factor as subsistence in
Dabosingkep it just supporting daily needs. Many of them take out to another island, although unmoving inhabitant with productive
age decided living in Dabosingkep. A small population in Singkep district are 26,678 people 2005 of land area 491,90 Km
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while in Dabo sub district are 15,848 people 2007 of land area 137.520
Km2, make it known as the Ghost city Table 1.
Table 2 The Population of Sub District Dabo, in Singkep District Source: Lingga Regency in Figures 2005
No. Age year Total 1.
4 - 6 1,612
2. 7 - 12
3,191 3.
13 - 15 1,673
4. 20 - 26
2,705 5.
27 - 75 6,667
15,848 Table 3. Type of income of people in Dabo Sub District, Singkep District
Source: Lingga Regency in Figures 2005
No. Type of income earning Total person 1
Entrepreneur 1,481
2 Farm worker
1,090 3
Farmer 815
4 Trade
672 5
Retired 593
6 Fisherman
479 7
Worker 207
8 Service
198 9
Reuse Picker 10
Total : 5,545
