the younger generation and migrants. Jakarta is the port of entry for many tourist6 and busine66 people. It is home to a dynamic contrast between Western-6tyle skyscrapers, modern urban life-style6 and traditional Indonesian culture. Its rapid growth into a metropolit;an city reflects the economic, political, social and industrial development of the nation. In recent years, Jakarta has expanded its facilities for visitor6 with luxury hotels, flne restaurant6, excising nightlife end modem shopping centers. It contains many tourist attractions such as Taman Mini Indonesia Indah (Beautiful 'Indonesia in Miniature' Park), restored colonial period buildings, island resorts in the Pulau Seribu (Thousand Islands), and extensive beach recreation complex called Ancol.

The nation's capital, Jakarta, has a remarkable histcry. Its history as a trading center started as a small harbour town called Sunda Kelapa, but its actual founding dates back to the year 1527, when itwas named Jayakarta by Fatahillah of the neighbouring Sultanate of Banten. The name Japarta means City of Great Victory. During the 17th century it served as the capital of the Dutch East dies with the name Batavia. Reminders of tbis period can still be seen today in the architecture of some of the nothern parts of the city. When Indonesian independence was flnally secrued it was renamed Jakarta, and serves today as the centre of goverr meet, business and indusby, spreading over an area of more than 650 sq.km (410 sq miles). Jakarta's architecture reflects the history of I outside influences which came and left their mark on this vital seaport city. The Taman Fatahillah Restoration Project, begun in the early 1970's, has restored one ofthe oldest sections of Jakarta, known as Old Batavia or Kota, to one of the most picturesque areas of the entire city. An old Portuguese Church and warehouse have been reincarnated as living museums. The old Supreme Court building is now the National Museum of Fine Arts, and houses part of the superb Chinese porcelain collectian of former Vice-President Adam Malik. The the old Town Hall has become the Jakarta Museum, displaying such rare items as old Indonesian historical documents and Dutch period furniture. Even the city's tower clock was returned to England to be repaired under its lifetime guarantee, a lifetime which has now stretched hundreds of years.