Bureaucratic and Governance Issues in Bandung

Abstract

Bandung known as the capital city of west Java, Indonesia and also known as Parijs van Java that might be called that way as well as becoming the third place in numbers, of art deco housing designed in the world after Miami in the United State of America and Paris, France (Bandung Heritage Society). Art Deco or it could be said as Art Decorative, is one of the truly International Architectural styles, using flowing curves and naturalistic motives. Bandung or Parijs van Java was built in about 1810 as it was stated in a letter of Herman Willem Daendels (1808-1811), the governor general of Dutch Indies dated on September 25, 1810. That day, then, declared by after he said while he spotted the area;” Zorg, dat als terug kom hier instand in gebouwd”. Someday if I have my time, it should be a city here, he said. Meanwhile, Daendels had been running the road progressed from Anyer, West Java to Panarukan, East Java, through the city. The city, then, is called, I suppose, Parijs van Java, according to conditions of architectural designed as well as mentioned above. Therefore, the city is built as Daendels to do it so that he was a Governor on its area of Bandung. He, actually was sent by Louis Napoleon, King of France (Wikipedia, Indonesia) and is being ordered in defending the land against English. The city of Bandung, therefore, built as well as the needs of the Dutch during that time and later on. The army base and airforce base is also located in the area at all to protect the residents. The city performed four difference social class or it could be said four castes. First, Europeans, Vreemde Osterlingen, Vreemdeling and Inlander. Those four social classes are placed from the north area, down to south area. The city, nowadays and its heritage, it assumes, performing the ranks in difference way, but still exists the old ways in its variants.