Ni Komang Erviani, ,  The Jakarta Post, ,  Denpasar   |  Sat, 01/24/2009 3:23 PM  |  The Archipelago

Dozens of environmental activists staged*a protest Friday in front of the Bali governor’s office to oppose a plan to develop Buyan Lake in Buleleng.

Wearing masks in the likeness of Bali Governor Made Mangku Pastika, the activists, under the banner of the Bali chapter of the* Indonesia*Forum for the Environment* (Walhi), rejected the plan to develop Lake Buyan into the Buyan Eco-tourism Heaven resort, calling it a capitalist’s agenda. [Read more →]

Ni Komang Erviani, ,  The Jakarta Post, ,  Denpasar   |  Sat, 01/24/2009 3:34 PM  |  Bali

An international cruise ship port under construction in Tanah Ampo village in Manggis, Karangasem, about 50 kilometers east of the Bali provincial capital of Denpasar, is 20 percent complete, Regent I Wayan Geredeg said Friday.

“This port will become one of the biggest in Southeast Asia,” Geredeg said after meeting with Bali Governor Made Mangku Pastika, adding that the port, on which construction began in 2006, was scheduled to become operational by the end of this year. [Read more →]