Overview of the Law Number 5 Of 2017 About Cultural Advancement for Managing Cultural Heritage Kawal Darat Shells Hill (BKKD) Area in Bintan Island

This paper examines management policies in the cultural heritage area of the Bukit Kerang Kawal Darat (BKKD) Site based on Law No. 5 of 2017 concerning cultural promotion. The BKKD site is indicated not to have progressed in the region, even though it has been more than ten years of research and management studies. This law is considered to be in synergy with Law No. 11 of 2010 concerning Cultural Heritage for the realization of site management which leads to an increase in the economic and socio-cultural value of the surrounding community. This paper uses inductive reasoning that starts from the discussion of each observation, interview, and literature study. The data are analyzed and interpreted until a hypothesis is formulated that the two laws are not contradictory and mutually supportive, with some notes to be considered.