Economic Development

March 15, 2016

HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, Mar. 16, 2016

His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Keep them at Bay Made Wijaya, the go-to Bule for behind-the-friezes analysis of Bali society and what really makes it tick, has some very sensible things to say, in his latest Stranger in Paradise column, about the excrescence Governor Made Mangku Pastika and Jakarta business tycoon Continue reading

Bali, Charity, Economic Development, Environment, Indonesia, Politics, Public Administration, Rabies, Social Development, Tourism

Amanda Csebik, Association of Veterinarians Indonesia (PDHI), Badung Regency, Benoa mangroves, Deborah Cassrels, Ferry sinkings, Governor Pastika, Hat Party, International Women’s Day, Jewel Topsfield, Klungkung, Local Heroes, Made Restiani, Made Wijaya, Mike O’Leary, Muriel Ydo, Phantom Projects, Rabies Red Zone, Sydney Morning Herald, Tomy Winata, Tsunami buoys
January 19, 2016

HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, Jan. 20, 2016

His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Modern Times There’s been an outbreak of nostalgia for the “old Bali” recently, one of those periodic episodes where everyone puts on their rose-tinted glasses and peers back into the past, fondly recalling what they think they remember. Ah, the old days! Things were so Continue reading

Art, Australia, Bali, Books, Bureaucracy, Economic Development, Environment, Indonesia, Social Development, Tourism

Capitalism, Country Road Picture Framers, David Bowie, Gordon Gecko, Governor Pastika, Hindu culture, Jesuits, Karl Marx, Litterers, Made Kaek, Manipulative rubs, Phil Jarratt, Sarah Bowes, Smokers, Steve Palmer, Western mendicants
November 10, 2015

HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, Nov. 11, 2015

His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Eastbourne Option There is a fine line between farce and tragedy in both the thespian tradition and in real life. This is a worldwide phenomenon, granted, but it does seem especially prevalent in Bali and indeed more broadly throughout Indonesia. Witness the recent travels of President Continue reading

Australia, Bali, Books, Bureaucracy, Charity, Economic Development, Environment, Indonesia

Aussie Visas, Censorship, Farce v Tragedy, Fawlty Towers, Melbourne Cup, ROLE Models Dinner, Volcanoes
August 17, 2015

HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, Aug. 19, 2015

His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Let’s Make a Mess of It We do try very hard – really we do – to find little political or bureaucratic triumphs to lighten the load of otherwise observing serial dysfunction and give us something positive to write about that has emerged from government. But Continue reading

Animal Welfare, Art, Bali, Books, Bureaucracy, Economic Development, Economy, Tourism

Adithio Novielo, Alcohol, Ayu Swarie, Beef Bans, Lestari Art Space, Sanur F estival, Volcanoes, Vyt Karazija
June 23, 2015

HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, June 24, 2015

His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Mama Mia! We failed to wear pink for the occasion because – well, just because. But we were present at the June lunch of the indomitable DIVAS, who gathered at Slippery Stone in Jl Batu Belig, Kerobokan, for fun, frivolity, a clear absence of fasting as Continue reading

Animal Welfare, Australia, Bali, Economic Development, Environment, Tourism

Bali DIVAS, Bali Starling, Christina Iskandar, Dad’s Army, Eva Scolaro, Free Visas, Janet DeNeefe, Lizzie Love, Mike O’Leary, Moazzam Malik, rabies, ROLE Foundation Bali, Slippery Stone, UWRF 2015
May 29, 2015

HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, May 27, 2015

His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Comedy of Horrors The head of animal husbandry in Badung regency, Made Badra, is reported (by the Jawa Pos newspaper) to have come up with a brilliantly cunning Baldrick-style plan to solve the rabies problem in Bali. These guys must be watching bootleg DVDs of the Continue reading

Animal Welfare, Bali, Charity, Economic Development, Economy, Music, Public Administration, Rabies, Social Development, Tourism, Ubud

Bali Asli, Black Adder, Ceremco, Chaos Theory (Bali Traffic variety), Eva Scolaro, Hog Wild, Hotel Squeeze, Jemme Restaurant, Penelope Williams, rabies, SoleMen, Ubud Food Festival
April 14, 2015

HECTOR’S DIARY, Bali Advertiser, Apr. 15, 2015

His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences A Line in Their Sand Developer tycoon Tomy Winata, who rose from street ice-pop seller to become one of Indonesia’s richest men and whose substantial and rightly recognized philanthropic ventures include helping the poor and saving Sumatran tigers (and protecting mangroves; we kid you not) is Continue reading

Animal Welfare, Art, Australia, Bali, Economic Development, Environment, Indonesia, Rabies

Bali Animal Welfare Association, Benoa mangroves, BioFarma, Cafe Cous Cous, Diana Shearin, Kim Cattrall, Lombok Guide, Moazzam Malik, Paul Grigson, Power Cuts, Rabies crisis, Sex and the City, Susi Pudjiastuti, Tomy Winata, Women in Global Business
February 18, 2015

HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, Feb. 18, 2015

His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences No Time and High Tide It’s always fun to read stories in the local press that relate to statistical information. The power of presentational representation (some people call that PR) is a skill that should never be undervalued in Indonesia. Thus we had a little smile Continue reading

Animal Welfare, Australia, Bali, Economic Development, Labor Party, Tourism

BAWA, Five Star Garuda, Four Play, HIV/AIDS, Ignorance, Janet DeNeefe, Paris Hilton, Putri Wedasari, Queensland bikie laws, Seaweed Farmers, Smoking, Ubud Food Festival, Zumba

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Former journalist now confined by age and indolence to blogging about this and that, now from Western Australia, previously from Indonesia (that’s the 8 degrees in the title) and before that, Queensland. I don’t do a newsletter so ignore that prompt below.