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HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser Jun 11, 2014
His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences No Place for Mugs Airlines operate on razor-thin financial margins, the virtual space between the cost of operating a flight and the net revenue gained from it. That’s no bad thing, since it is evidence that competition benefits people who want to fly, which is… Continue reading
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HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, Mar. 5, 2014
His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Diving Lessons The matter of the Japanese divers whose expedition turned into disaster off Nusa Penida on Valentine’s Day (Feb. 14) is now in police hands. An investigation is apparently under way. The skipper of the dive boat is a person of interest, according to reports.… Continue reading
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HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, December 11, 2013
His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Our Changing Face New figures that show the rapid growth of domestic investment in Bali’s tourism sector and the skyrocketing numbers of domestic tourists here are very interesting for future-watchers. They show without a shadow of doubt that the characters of Bali’s leading industries – tourism… Continue reading
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Not for Profits Face Familiar Challenges | Private Portfolio Managers – PPM
Not for Profits Face Familiar Challenges | Private Portfolio Managers – PPM. Continue reading
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HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, Aug. 8, 2012
His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Oh Rats! Another problem All of a sudden, The Cage has rats. We are taking steps to eliminate the problem (and the rats) but the incident has prompted further intemperate thought about the vagaries, and difficulties, of life on Pulau Rusak. The rats in question appear… Continue reading
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HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, July 25, 2012
His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Oh Yes, It’s Paradise Here Some days you just want to sit down and cry. It’s not the crowded crassness of mass tourism that does this, or even the mindless self-absorption of the Rave ‘n’ Groove sector; though both can cause intense irritation if you… Continue reading
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HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, June 27, 2012
His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Raking it In The lively Beat Daily, the online news update produced by the chaps behind the bi-weekly entertainment glossy, had an interesting item recently, sourced from the local Bahasa press, though not – read on – the Bali Post: the 2012 Top 10 corporate rich… Continue reading
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HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, May 30, 2012
His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Oh Wow! Things Work! Two weeks in Phuket can work wonders for you. Especially when it’s raining, on and off, which it is at this time of the year, the reverse (almost exactly) of Bali’s seasons: Phuket is seven degrees 53 minutes North, Bali eight degrees… Continue reading
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HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, May 16, 2012
His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences What Rubbish! When we heard that “the authorities” – the quotation marks are possibly essential – had suddenly demolished a number of rather well known and heavily patronised watering holes favoured by the Bling-and-Bolly and Boys-and-Girls-Behaving-Badly sets on the beach at Batu Belig, a wreck and… Continue reading
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