Tag: Benoa Bay
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Talk to the Ants
HECTOR’S DIARY In the Bali Advertiser May 24, 2017 JEWEL Topsfield, the Australian Fairfax newspaper group’s Indonesian correspondent, wrote a lovely piece recently after an extended interview she had with Prabowo Subianto, who probably likes to think of himself as president-in-waiting. We’ll have to wait until 2019 to find out, but in the meantime…
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They’re a Scream
HECTOR’S DIARY His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Bali Aug. 17, 2016 If the acquisitive cartel of private interests and public officials that really runs Bali wants to turn the island into Disneyland, it must be conceded (through gritted teeth) that they can. The electoral check on such excess is even…
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Here’s a Tip
Hector’s Bali Diary, Apr. 27, 2016 His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Now that the issue of destroying Benoa Bay so that rich people can get even richer is at the forefront of the public mind, and is the subject as it should be of robust dissention, it’s time to…
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HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, Oct. 28, 2015
His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Peace Off There is a debate under way over Bali’s branding as a destination. It’s probably less tiring to whicker about that than to act firmly to curb the growing list of demerits that stand in the way of Bali being any sort of destination:…
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HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, Oct. 14, 2015
His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Mynah Triumph Like the reports relating to the death of Mark Twain – which the gentleman concerned noted were greatly exaggerated – claims that the endangered Bali Starling is again on the verge of extinction in its natural habitat may lack several crucial grades of…
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