Bintan leads a double life: the northern portion of the island, Bintan Resorts ('''Lagoi'''), is a colony of Singapore in all but name, full of expensive resorts and manicured lawns. As it has very little in common with the rest of the island, the resorts are covered in the Bintan Resorts article.Separated from the resorts by checkpoints and armed guards, the southern half of the island is "real" border town Indonesia, home to electronics factories, fishing villages and some low-key beaches, most notably Trikora on the east coast. Long infamous for prostitution and gambling, the island has been cleaned up somewhat since Tanjung Pinang became the provincial capital. http://wikitravel.org/en/Bintan