From London And Singapore: RIAU ARCHIPELAGO, re'ou, island oup, Republic of Indonesia, lying off eastern imatra at the entrance to the Strait of Malacca, d separated from Singapore by Singapore rait. The area of the islands is 2,279 square les. The largest is Bintan (415 square miles), lilly island noted for bauxite and tin produc-n; it also contains the chief town, Tandjung-ang. With the Lingga Archipelago (q.v.), the m islands form part of the republic's Riau wince.
Since the traditional entrepot trade of Hong ig was overshadowed by manufacturing, the le of domestic exports has increased to about • times that of re-exports. Important domestic )rts are clothing, Textile yarn and fabrics, tic flowers, toys and dolls, footwear, and sistor radios. Major markets are the United es, the United Kingdom, West Germany, aysia, Singapore, Canada, Japan, and Aus-a. Major re-exports are food, chemicals, and les, which are sent mainly to Indonesia, lysia, Singapore, Japan, the United States, Taiwan.
It makes about 850 broadcasts a week, with roughly three quarters in foreign languages and one quarter in English. Reliable news is the heart of the programming. The BBC's "English by Radio" service is the largest language-teaching operation in the world. About 150 lessons are broadcast weekly from London and Singapore; the latter transmits in 13 languages to an area extending from Iran to Japan. |
