HI (Hotel Indonesia) Circle is a city square in the most flourishing
area in Jakarta, Mohammad Husni Thamrin Street. Along with Sudirman Street and Kuningan
Area, they are often called as “Golden Triangle of Jakarta”, means those area
are the heart of economy and business activity in Jakarta. There are plenty of
head offices, malls, embassies, and apartments there.
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| HI Circle, Welcome Monument, and Mandarin Oriental Hotel. |
For example, around the HI Circle, there are important head
offices, malls, hotels, apartments, and embassies, such as:
- Hotel Indonesia
- Mandarin Oriental Hotel
- Kempinski Residences
- Grand Indonesia Mall
- Plaza Indonesia Mall
- BCA (Bank Central Asia) Tower
- Mandiri Tower
- UOB (United Overseas Bank) Plaza
- ANZ (Australian and New Zealand Bank) Office
- Deutsch Bank Office
- ICBC Office
- HSBC Office
- UK embassy
- Japan embassy
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| HI Circle view from Bundaran HI bus stop overpass |
HI Circle can be easily accessed via TransJakarta bus, the
most well-known public transportation in Jakarta. The route you choose is Blok
M-Kota route. Then you can stop in Bundaran HI or Tosari ICBC bus stop.
Besides its well-known name, the traffic jam in this area is
very bad, especially in the morning when people go to work and in the evening
when people go back from work. Not only traffic jam, in rainy season HI Circle
is sometimes terribly flooded. January 18, 2013, the terrible flood hit Jakarta. The height of water flooded HI Circle area was as high as knees. That
day, many people could’t come to work and TransJakarta bus stopped their operation for Blok M-Kota route.
Also, some employees in UOB Plaza are dead because the flood came like little
tsunami in UOB Plaza basement.
