Bukit Lawang Research Articles

Communication Strategies Used By Tourist Guides: A Case Study at Bukit Lawang

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Transit Hotel in Transit Oriented Development Area

According to the Presidential Regulation of the Republic of Indonesia Number
 62 The year 2011 on Spatial Plans of Medan, Binjai, Deli Serdang and Karo (Mebidangro), Pinang Baris was included in TOD Route Map. The commercial area will be redesigned by the division of each building function, corresponding to one of TOD's four segmentation divisions [1]. The building designed in this commercial area is a transit hotel due to its location right next to Pinang Baris Terminal, with the dominance of visitors with tourist destinations to Berastagi, Bukit Lawang, Tangkahan, Lake Toba or Aceh. Hotel Transit Pinang Baris is right in front of T.B Simatupangmain street, adjacent to Mall Pinang Baris, and fitted with Pinang Baris Market building. Inter-building integration will be applied to support the factor of commercial function in the built area. By raising the "Global Warming" Issues, the Pinang Baris Transit Hotel will apply the green architecture concept on a 2.7-hectare site area, with 1.1-hectare of land built, and overall 26.746m2 building area and a maximum height of 4 floors according to local regulations. Then the hotel will be systematically designed using Glass-Box Method with form following hotel's site and standard. From the analysis, the hotel is a 3-star hotel. The transit hotel has 128 rooms, with 120 rooms of 6x4m standard size and eight rooms of 6x6m Deluxe size. Additional facilities are available at this Transit Hotel, by 3-star standards, i.e., coffee shop, bar, swimming pool, fitness, spa & sauna, and a ballroom. Thus Transit Pinang Baris Hotel with its implementation can be a place to stay that can meet the needs of visitors in the commercial area TOD Pinang Baris.

3. The Effect of Audio Recording for Playback Experiment to the Alteration of Orangutan’s Territorial Behavior

The aim of this study was to find an alternative method to prevent the conflict between the orangutan and human with the utilization of audio recording as biofence. The location of this study was in Leuser National Park on Bukit Lawang, Langkat, North Sumatra using 16 orangutans as the subject of this study. The method used in this study was a simulation and playback experiment which were using long call, spontaneous call, predator voice, and siren sound in the audio recording of non-alpha orangutans. The respond was observed using binocular and recorded using camera recorder. The data obtained were analyzed using Krustal Wallist test. The result showed that 87% of orangutan showed an interest in the attractor, on the other hand, 13% showed disinterest to the attractor. The facial expression shown by orangutan was fear, submission, aggression, and worry. The statistical analyzing result showed that long call and the spontaneous call was very significant (P0.01), while the predator and siren voice were insignificant (P0.05). The result can be concluded that long call and spontaneous calls showing the effective result to the alteration of territorial behavior on orangutan and have a potential as a biofence that is used as an alternative method to prevent the conflict between orangutan and human.

DEVELOPING LEARNING MATERIAL OF DESCRIPTIVE TEXT FOR THE TENTH GRADE STUDENTS AS A SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL

The objective of this study was to develop learning material on descriptive text based on the students’ needs as a supplementary material. This research was conducted as research and development (R & D) design. The data were taken from the books, internet and environment. The instruments used in this research were questionnaire and interview. The product of this study was a set of learning material that can be used as a supplementary material. The developed learning material consisted of two units, namely: Describing peoples which was consisted of two texts namely describing public figure (Jokowi Dodo) and describing an Idol (Agnes Monica) and Describing places consisted of three texts namely; Azizi mosque, Tangkahan and Bukit Lawang. Each of the text consisted of two kinds of exercise and in the last page of the product were provided the answer keys. Keywords: Reading Learning Material, Supplementary Material, Descriptive text.

Factors affecting reproduction in rehabilitant female orangutans: young age at first birth and short inter-birth interval

This study investigated the reproductive parameters of free-ranging rehabilitant female orangutans. We aimed to assess the factors that influence these parameters and provide information that could assist with the management of orangutan reintroduction programs. We analyzed the birth records of free-ranging female rehabilitants at Bukit Lawang, Bukit Tigapuluh, Sepilok, Camp Leakey, Kaja Island, Sungai Wain, and Meratus and compared them with reproductive parameters reported in wild and zoo populations. Females' ages at first birth were 10.6-14.7years, significantly earlier than those of wild and zoo orangutans. Computed inter-birth intervals (IBIs) calculated by the Kaplan-Meier method were 65.1-90.1months; the values for Camp Leakey and Bukit Lawang rehabilitants were significantly shorter than those reported for wild Sumatran orangutans. Infant mortality rates were 18-61%; the values for Bukit Lawang and Sepilok were significantly higher than those reported for wild Sumatran and zoo orangutans. In rehabilitants, young ages at first birth and shorter IBIs may result from the high energy intake enabled by provisioning, although the possibility exists that they reflect underestimations of age on arrival at rehabilitation centers. The observed high infant mortality rate may reflect poor mothering skills due to human rearing and/or increased disease transmission. This study demonstrates that accelerated reproductive rates (younger age at first birth and shorter IBI) are common in provisioned rehabilitant females on both Sumatra and Borneo.