DENPASAR – Jakarta Post reports that analysts have branded the current high import tax regime on alcoholic beverage as a policy failure that has “neither discouraged consumption nor maximized revenues” and, as many had predicted, has “fostered a thriving black market”. Bali Update (www.balidisovery.com), quoting from the Post reported that two scholars from Jakarta’s prestigious [...]

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Indonesia’s Minister of State Minister and National Development Planning and National Development Planning Board Chairman, Paskah Suzetta, has warned Bali’s leaders to stop granting permits for strip malls in Bali. Quoted in Bali Post, Suzetta told a public hearing on development planning in Bali: “I ask that Bali’s governor no longer grant permits for ‘ruko’ [...]

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Garuda Wisnu Kencana (GWK) officials have asked for the assistance from the highest ranking Hindu organization in Bali (PHDI) and the Department of Religious affairs to help mediate a long-standing conflict between the cultural park and local residents over the Pura Majapahit temple located within the boundaries of the 230-hectare facility. The controversy centers around [...]

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