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Working in Semarang
Working in Semarang
For business travelers, Semarang is a transit city where you only have a chance to see Semarang's bustling activities from a taxi or a hotel's window.
Semarang is also an industrial city. Many companies have opened their manufacturing plants in the eastern, western and southern parts of Semarang. For a foreigner who wants to work in Semarang, this is a good place because of its landscape. You can live in the hilly and considerably cooler housing area in Candi or Bukit Sari while you work in the downtown area. Traffic jams is considered to be fewer than in Bandung or Surabaya. For visitors from Jakarta, driving a car in Semarang is "heaven" for its many fewer traffic jams compared with Jakarta.
Semarang is the home of the biggest "Jamu" (means "javanese traditional herbal") industry such as Jamu Jago, Nyonya Meneer and others.
Most of Jakarta's major banks and companies have opened branches in Semarang. For its relatively close vicinity with Jakarta (only 40 minutes by plane and 6 hours by train), making Semarang enjoy its status as a major hub in Java island.
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