Thursday January 31, 2008 American Swims at UN Climate Change Convention
Bali-based Monte Monfore expresses his love for the sea and its creatures with another marathon swim.
On the morning of December 10 environmental and humanitarian swimmer Monte Monfore swam six kilometers from Serangan Island to Nusa Dua. His Reverse Climate Change Swim was an official parallel event to the United Nations Climate Change Confer...read detail
Saturday September 01, 2007 Monte Swims For Children’s Education
Early Independence Day morning August 17 humanitarian ocean swimmer Monte Monfore conquered the dangerous four-kilometer Bali Strait between Java and Bali. The Satu Hati Education Swim was part of a nation-wide campaign promoting children’s education in Indonesia.
In a pre-swim announcement the 46-year-old swimmer from California, USA spoke ...read detail
Monday June 11, 2007 Bali's Garment Sector Has Shrunk Dramatically Since 2005 Terrorist Attack. (6/11/2007) The Indonesian-language BisnisBali reports that around 70% of the companies involved in Bali's off-the-rack garment trade have ceased operations in the aftermath of the second terrorist attack of October 2005.
From an original 175 registered Bali members of the Indonesian Textile Association (API), only 40...read detail
Saturday May 05, 2007 Earlier this month American world record ocean swimmer and
Bali resident Monte Monfore achieved another world first swimming from
Lombok to Gili Tranwangan. His 7-kilometer, Lombok Fight Hunger Swim was part of the May 13, 2007 World Food Programme global Walk the World event supporting hungry school children throughout the world. The 46-year-old American humanitarian swimmer be...read detail
Saturday April 21, 2007 New Minister for Communication, Jusman Syafi’i Djamal and Minister for State Enterprises, Sofyan Jalil, recently on inspection to Medan, North Sumatra, told the press that the government plans to accelerate the construction of the new Kuala Namu International Airport at Medan, to start operations by September 2009.
Medan urgently needs a larger airport, said the Minister, since the city&rs...read detail
Saturday April 21, 2007 In 2006 some 1.92 million Indonesia visited Singapore, constituting 20% of total arrivals to the island republic that reached a total of 9.7 million visitors, said Chooi Yee Choong, Regional Director ASEAN of the Singapore Tourism Board in Jakarta recently. Total spending of all tourists to Singapore came to S$ 12.4 billion or US$ 8.1 billion (at an exchange rate of US$1 = S$ 1.53), reported Media...read detail
Saturday April 21, 2007 In 2006 some 1.92 million Indonesia visited Singapore, constituting 20% of total arrivals to the island republic that reached a total of 9.7 million visitors, said Chooi Yee Choong, Regional Director ASEAN of the Singapore Tourism Board in Jakarta recently. Total spending of all tourists to Singapore came to S$ 12.4 billion or US$ 8.1 billion (at an exchange rate of US$1 = S$ 1.53), reported Media...read detail
Saturday April 21, 2007 To achieve Sustainable Development in Papua, the government must revitalize “local genius”, asserts Dr. Jannes Johan Karubaba, - hailing from Papua - who recently defended his thesis at the University of Indonesia in Jakarta, entitled: “Revitalizing Local Environmental Values for Sustainable Development”The panel of examiners included a host of prominent names, led by Purna...read detail
Saturday April 21, 2007 On 14 May, the Canadian Government handed over to the Government of Indonesia, equipment to avert chemical, biological, radiological terror attacks with the signing of documents in Jakarta by Canadian Ambassador to Indonesia, John Holmes, and Secretary to Indonesia’s Coordinating Minister for Politics and Security, Agustadi Sasongko, reported Media Indonesia.At a press conference, Agustadi S...read detail
Saturday April 21, 2007 The Nuclear Technology Supervisory Agency has defended the government's policy to develop nuclear technology for research, industry and energy on the basis that such technology has been proven safe.
Agency head Sukarman Aminjoyo said Indonesia has operated three nuclear reactors for several years and no accidents have occurred. "All forms of technology involve certain risks, but since the ea...read detail
Saturday April 21, 2007 The province of Bali is expected to begin developing a 400-MW thermal power plant (PLTU) around Celukan Bawang port, in the Buleleng district, in efforts to anticipate a power crisis on the island, Asia Pulse reported as quoted by Indonesia’s Trade and Investment News published by the Coordinating Ministry for the Economy.
"The thermal power plant is expected to commence operation in s...read detail
Saturday April 21, 2007
CBC News, Canada, reported that Indonesia has resumed sending samples of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus to the World Health Organization, Indonesia Health Minister said Tuesday in calling for a share of any commercial vaccines that result.A dispute over the sharing of bird flu samples in Indonesia, one of the countries worst affected by H5N1, has hampered WHO's efforts to get nations to prepare ...read detail
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