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EDITORS NOTE:
60th. Birthday odyssey ( Part 4)
The fourth week of my
birthday odyssey began with the arrival
of my older brother from Ontario and my
mother from Bali in Nova Scotia.
George, a friend of my mom invited us to sail in Halifax Harbor which was something I had never done. It was truly a treat.
Finally the big day
arrived on July 27. and preparations
were made to feed almost 50 immediate
relatives at my 60 th. birthday in Nova
Scotia.
The day began with a purchase almost 75 pounds ( 150 kilo) of live Eastern lobster, Yum. Complemented by Nova Scotian clam chowder prepared by my mother the dinner was memorable
I
was presented with a trophy three
pounder ( 6 kilo) which i anxiously
consumed.
First cousins I hadn't seen for over 40 years flew and drove in from all over Canada to Nova Scotia.
It
was truly a heartwarming, emotional
night and definitely made me realize
just how old I am.
I can finally apply for a senior citizen's pension.
You know you're getting old when guests instead of saying you look good say "you look good for your age".
"You know you're getting old when guests instead of saying you look good say "you look good for your age".
Jennifer Aniston reveals her long to visit Bali
By:
HollywoodNews.com

HollywoodNews.com:
Actress Jennifer
Aniston said she
wants to take a
break from work so
she can travel the
world.
The 41-year-old, who
was recently in
London to launch her
debut fragrance,
said she would love
to see more of the
world but not just
for her job. She
said to Britain’s
Stylist magazine: “I
travel a lot for
work but I need to
start traveling more
for myself – it’s
really important to
me. You’d be shocked
at my list of places
I want to go. I want
to go to India, Bali
and I would love to
go to Italy – I’ve
never been to
Florence or to
Venice. I also want
to go to Thailand
and Fiji – a lot of
places!”
Aniston added that
she is always happy
to take a trip to
France as she
revealed it is her
top travel
destination.
She said: “Paris,
definitely. I love
the people, the
elegance, and the
beauty of it. I
stayed years ago at
a little boutique
hotel, I couldn’t
tell you the name of
it now, only that it
wasn’t one of the
big fancy ones.
“I’ve always liked
those little quaint
places that make you
feel like you’re in
someone’s apartment,
rather than a
hotel.”
Source: Splash News
Bali Bound on a Kite
String

BALAM Dance Theatre
| Jul 26, 2010 |
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Carlos Fittante as
Carlos Fittante as "Rama"
in Rama's Meditation
from the "Ramayana"
by Carlos Fittante,
Artistic Director,
BALAM Dance Theatre
What does it take to
pull together the
international tour
of a dance company?
A dance enthusiast
asked me that
question, which got
me thinking about
the skills needed to
organize Bali Tour
2010 for BALAM Dance
Theatre.
The stresses we face
are typical,
including a tight
budget, many things
to do and not enough
staff, etc. Rather
than giving advice
on stretching a
budget, I want to
share the following
directorial points
of view that guide
me in rallying the
BALAM Dance Theatre
team to stretch the
kite string all the
way to Bali.
Maintain a good
attitude. Interact
with others with a
calm and trusting
disposition.
Create a sense of
abundance. In your
daily interactions
and preparations,
especially in
rehearsals, try to
bring a feeling of
ease and
availability to the
situation.
Patience is a
virtue. When
required, I have
developed the
ability to slow down
my pace during
interactions,
allowing time for me
to get involved in
the nitty-gritty of
the problem, while
reducing my
potential for being
annoyed.
Listen to the
messenger. Try to
understand what is
said and
simultaneously feel
what is in the heart
of the individual,
as the person states
it. The motivation
behind the words is
the essential
communication.
Use these three
lucky charms:
breathing, smiling,
and waiting. These
three activities can
help divert a
conflict.
Apologies can heal.
The ability to
apologize sincerely
to a colleague is
essential. Let the
person know you care
about their
feelings, regardless
of a difference of
opinion. People are
more important than
getting what you
want.
Acceptance is a sign
of maturity. Be able
to accept terms that
are not your
preferences. The
creative process is
all about accepting
and incorporating
boundaries and, at
the same time,
trying to stretch
past them.
These realizations
are the foundation
of my directorial
style and have
helped me throughout
the planning of Bali
Tour 2010.
For more information
about BALAM Dance
Theatre or Bali Tour
2010 and ongoing
updates throughout
the tour, visit
http://www.balamdancetheatre.blogspot.com,
http://www.facebook.com/pages/BALAM-Dance-Theatre/332263244599,
and http://balamdance.org/.
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BALI AIRLINE NEWS
Garuda Faces Strike Threat As Unions and Bosses Clash
Irvan Tisnabudi
Jakarta Globe
In this file
photo, a PT
Garuda Indonesia
airplane takes
off from
Soekarno-Hatta
International
Airport in
Cengkareng,
Indonesia. Union
leaders and
management at
Garuda Indonesia
are at
loggerheads over
recent labor
negotiations.
(Bloomberg
Photo/Dimas
Ardian)
Indonesia. Union
leaders and
management at PT
Garuda Indonesia
are at
loggerheads over
recent labor
negotiations,
with unions
saying their
bosses have
reneged on an
agreement and
management
claiming no deal
has been
reached.
Union leaders
said they would
petition
President Susilo
Bambang
Yudhoyono on
Thursday to
intervene,
adding that a
strike was not
out of the
question.
Tomy Tampatty,
spokesman for
union Serikat
Pekerja Garuda (Sekarga),
said
negotiations in
February had
resulted in an
agreement for an
across-the-board
50 percent pay
rise for all
workers, as well
as lowering the
retirement age
for pilots from
60 to 56.
“The joint
agreement
resulted in
those two
decisions, but
management still
won’t admit to
those two
terms,” Tomy
told the Jakarta
Globe.
However, Garuda
corporate
secretary
Pudjobroto told
the Globe that
the negotiations
were ongoing and
no agreement had
been reached.
“The so-called
joint
‘agreement’ is
still being
discussed with
the Ministry of
Manpower and
Transmigration,
so it hasn’t
become a formal
agreement yet,”
he said. “Those
terms are merely
demands from the
workers union at
this point.
“The ministry
will help sort
out the demands
of the employees
and decide which
demands will be
agreed upon.”
Pudjobroto said
that for the
past three years
Garuda had
adjusted
salaries in line
with workers’
performance and
this had helped
the airline’s
transformation
from money-loser
to profit-maker.
Previously, they
had periodically
increased all
workers’
salaries
regardless of
performance.
Pudjobroto also
claimed that
Garuda pilots
had agreed to
maintain the
retirement age
of 60, even
though national
law mandates
retirement for
all employees at
56.
However,
Stephanus
Gerardus,
president of the
Garuda Pilots’
Association (APG),
told the Globe
that the pilots
did, in fact,
request the
retirement age
be lowered to
56, and that
management had
agreed.
(Most of
Garuda’s 600
pilots are
members of
Sekarga and APG.)
In a battle of
wills that is
likely to drag
on, both sides
have dismissed
the other’s
claims.
Pudjobroto has
even questioned
whether APG has
the support of
the majority of
its 5,200
members.
“The demands of
the workers’
union do not
reflect the
demands of all
Garuda
employees,”
Pudjobroto said.
Sekarga
president Salim
Abubakar
countered that
the demands of
the union did,
in fact, reflect
the preferences
of Garuda
employees, while
offering some
dramatic
leveraging of
his own.
“A strike will
be conducted as
soon as
possible, most
likely within
this year, if
Garuda’s
management does
not commit to
our joint
agreement with
them,” Salim
said.
Tomy further
attested to
Sekarga’s
resolve,
announcing that
the union would
send a letter to
Yudhoyono on
Thursday
regarding their
demands.
But when asked
about the
possibility of a
strike, Tomy was
less
threatening,
saying that it
would be the
last option if
negotiations
failed. Still,
he wouldn’t
completely rule
out resorting to
a work stoppage.
“We’ll see how
the president
reacts to our
letter,” the
union leader
said.
BALI ENVIROMENTAL NEWS
SBY Meets Soros at Tampaksiring Palace in Bali
Tuesday, 27 July,
2010 | 21:44 WIB
TEMPO Interactive,
Jakarta:President
Sus
ilo
Bambang Yudhoyono
yesterday departed
for Bali to attend
the National
Students Art
Creation Competition
and to meet with
George Soros.
The meeting with
Soros was held at
the Tampaksiring
Palace in Gianyar,
Bali. To his guest,
as quoted in the
President’s website,
SBY introduced the
Tampaksiring Palace
to Soros. He also
said the palace is
one of the most
beautiful palaces in
the country.
SBY was accompanied
by the Coordinating
Minister for
People’s Welfare
Agung Laksono,
Environment Minister
Muhammad Gusti
Hatta, State
Secretary Sudi
Silalahi, Cabinet
Secretary Dipo Alam,
Culture and Tourism
Minister Jero wacik,
and Presidential
spokesperson, Julian
Aldrin Pasha.
Before starting the
meeting, the
president mentioned
that his meeting
with Soros was to
discuss about
climate change.
Soros, who is the
United Nation’s
ambassador for
environmental
issues, had just
returned from
Kalimantan to look
at the condition of
the forests there.
Later on Wednesday,
the president is
scheduled to visit
Lombok, West Nusa
Tenggar to attend
the event “Indonesia
Free From Rotating
Power Shut Downs.”
BALI GREEN SCHOOL BALI - one of the most groundbreaking schools on the planet
The green school
BY CHRISTIANE
OELRICH

GREEN SCHOOL BALI is
one of the most
groundbreaking
schools on the
planet, hoping to
produce a generation
of citizens who are
knowledgeable about
and inspired to take
responsibility for
the sustainability
of the world.
Situated on the
Indonesian island of
Bali, the first
impression could be
of a hippy camp in
the jungle but here,
the objective is for
the school’s
children to tune in
to the world around
them, not drop out
from a consumerist
society.
The school was
founded two years
ago with a focus on
environmental
protection and
sustainability, but
the 130 pupils also
learn mathematics,
physics, philosophy,
English grammar and
mathematics to the
Cambridge IGCSE
standard.
"A life-changing
experience," says
Renee Schipp, whose
13-year-old daughter
Greta has been
attending the school
for a few months
now.
"We have seen the
transformation of a
teenager, who
previously barely
opened her mouth at
meal times but now
discusses Plato and
environmental
protection with us."
The Australians are
delighted with
Greta’s progress.
"Our daughter has
found her voice and
learnt that her
views are valued,"
says father Ashley.
"The children are
more socially
engaged, understand
cultural and
linguistic
differences and have
greater respect for
others," explains
the school’s German
teacher, Satya
Berger.
The stony road to
the school at Sibang
Kaja, which lies a
quarter of an hour’s
drive south of the
artist town of Ubud,
weaves its way
through jungle and
is lined by trees
and palms.
Travellers have to
cross the river
Ayung by means of a
bamboo bridge and
continue along the
unlit route before
the school building
suddenly comes into
view.
The single
classrooms are
spread over eight
hectares and are
almost invisible as
their construction
entirely out of
bamboo means they
blend superbly into
the forest.
The school also uses
compost toilets to
reduce its impact on
the local
environment and has,
at its heart, a
two-storey open hall
that serves as an
atrium and will also
house the planned
library.
Lessons take place
inside and outside
with students
switching on a
regular basis. The
classrooms rely on
natural ventilation
and air-conditioning
is only used in the
bamboo huts on
particularly humid
days.
Each class is
responsible for its
own garden,
supplying the
canteen with any
harvest. "It’s so
much fun here," says
one 13-year-old
schoolboy from
Belgium who is
standing with
friends at the
organic restaurant
on his last day
before returning
home for his summer
holidays.
"I’m sad because
we’re moving away
from Bali," he
explains.
As well as the usual
subjects, the
school’s timetable
includes yoga,
organic farming,
water treatment and
the manufacture of
batik, a Javanese
cloth that
traditionally uses a
manual wax-resist
dyeing technique.
Children also learn
the Balinese martial
art of mepantigan
which involves the
techniques of
throwing and
locking.
Most importantly,
the children have to
have no fear of
getting their hands
dirty as a lot of
physics and biology
classes take place
in the forest or
along the river.
Berger’s
seven-year-old son
Melvin also attends
the school.
"We were won over by
the academic
timetable, combined
with the essential
skills the children
learn here that
means they are more
environmentally
aware," he says.
"They are being
brought up to have
values that will
last them a
lifetime."
Understanding the
environment is not a
separate topic but
is a thread that
runs through all
subjects.
"Today’s school
education needs to
be more focused on
the needs of the
21st century than
was previously the
case," explains
admissions director
Ben Macrory. "We
want to raise
creative
problem-solvers."
The school was
founded by John and
Cynthia Hardy, an
American couple who
for years produced
silver jewellery in
Bali. The Hardys
have since sold
their factory, which
was mainly built of
bamboo and with
minimal impact on
the neighbouring
rice fields.
"This school should
stand in the
vanguard of
revolutionary
education in the
21st century," says
Cynthia.
The school
emphasises taking
responsibility for
each other, the
importance of a
social conscience,
promoting creativity
and caring for the
environment.
It’s not cheap,
however, with
parents paying up to
US$10,000 (RM32,000)
per year with
scholarships only
available to locals.
Next year, the
Hardys expect
between 150 and 170
schoolchildren
through their doors.
– dpa
People urged to take active role in forest conservation
Wasti Atmodjo, The
Jakarta Post,
Denpasar | Wed,
07/28/2010 10:49 AM
| Bali
A | A | A |
The Bali Forestry
Office has
implemented
community-based
seed-planting
programs in 77
villages across Bali
as part of a
national program to
mobilize communities
in forest
conservation.
The head of the
office, A.A.N. Buana,
said they would
distribute Rp 3
billion in funds
from the provincial
budget to run the
program until the
end of 2010.
"This national
program is in line
with our plans to
empower individual
communities," he
said.
Through the program,
the office's field
staff would train
villagers on how to
cultivate seeds of
rare plants in
effective ways in a
"transfer of
technology from
experts to the
communities".
The first priority
was to cultivate
productive plants,
which have high
economic value.
Farmers would be
able to benefit from
the wood or fruit of
those plants, he
said.
There are a number
of endangered plants
as well as
productive fruit
plants such as
mangosteens and
mango, which can be
cultivated through
the program.
The program also
encourages active
participation by
locals in preserving
forest areas and
rare plant species.
In terms of economic
value, farmers will
be able to sell
plant seeds as well
as harvest the
plants' yields.
"Some trees have
high economic value
as they produce high
quality wood fit for
handicrafts and art
works," he said.
The office, he said,
would help local
farmers select the
best plants for
their respective to
take advantage of
geographically
specific soils,
water abundance and
other factors.
Buana said since
2008, the office had
delivered one
million seeds to 66
local farmer groups
in Jembrana,
Buleleng, Klungkung,
Tabanan, Gianyar and
Karangasem
regencies.
I Gusti Made Oka
Ratawan, a farmer
who once worked at
the forestry office,
said he was glad to
hear about the
program.
Ratawan now grows
various rare plants
such as mejanggau, a
native plant of
Bali.
"Many people are
unaware of the
richness of native
Balinese plants.
They plant them in
their homes without
knowing their
economic value," he
said.
The program would
encourage other
farmers to cultivate
the endangered
plants, which are
good for medicinal
purposes, he said.
BALI SPORTS NEWS
Carmichael wins Billabong Pro Junior
ESPN Action Sports
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ASPCarmichael,
handling solid
swell.
Australia's Wade
Carmichael has won
the Billabong Pro
Junior Asia in
pumping,
four-to-five-foot
surf at the Keramas
Rivermouth in Bali,
Indonesia. The
17-year-old beat out
New Zealand's James
Woods despite Woods
posting 9.0 early on
in the final.
"I was really
concerned when Woods
scored that 9-point
ride early but I
sort of told myself
to relax and
concentrate on
getting a great
wave. There were a
lot of excellent
waves coming through
and I'd scored big
prior to the final
and realized I
simply had to score
a big one again,"
said Carmichael
afterward.
Carmichael responded
to Woods's ride with
a 8.75 before
backing it up with a
7.75. Woods needed a
7.5 but failed to
find it in the final
10 minutes.
This was
Carmichael's first
final and best-ever
result in any ASP
Pro Junior event. He
took home $7,000 in
prize money and
Woods with $3000.
Billabong Pro Junior
Asia 2010 Final Day
Results:
Final:
1. Wade Carmichael
(AUS/NSW/Central
Coast) 16.50
2. James Woods (AUS/Qld/Coolangatta)
15.50
Semi 1: Wade
Carmichael def.
Blake Ainsworth
Semi 2: James Woods
def. Thomas Woods
Quarter 1: Wade
Carmichael def.
Garrett Parkes
Quarter 2: Blake
Ainsworth def. Ty
Watson
Quarter 3: James
Woods def. Ryan
Callinan
Quarter 4: Thomas
Woods def. Beyrick
Des Vries (Sth
Africa)
BALI POLICE NEWS
Australian Government will support any plea of clemency made by Schapelle Corby

Govt
supports
Corby
sentence
cut
29
Jul,
2010
05:03
PM
The
Australian
Government
will
support
any
plea
of
clemency
made
by
Schapelle
Corby,
Foreign
Minister
Stephen
Smith
says.
Indonesian
authorities
are
reportedly
considering
cutting
Corby's
jail
sentence
by a
significant
amount.
Corby,
33,
is
serving
a
20-year
jail
term
after
she
was
arrested
at
Bali's
airport
in
October
2004
with
4.1kg
of
marijuana
in
her
boogie
board
bag.
Earlier
this
year
she
applied
for
presidential
clemency,
saying
she
was
suffering
from
depression
that
could
endanger
her
life.
Mr
Smith
said
while
the
pursuit
of
clemency
is a
matter
for
Corby
and
her
lawyers
he
had
indicated
to
the
Indonesian
government
Australia
would
support
a
plea.
"I
made
it
clear
to
Indonesian
authorities
that
if
and
when
she
formally
made
an
application
of
clemency
to
the
president
that
we
would
support
it,"
he
told
reporters
in
Perth
on
Thursday.
Mr
Smith
said
ultimately
it
was
a
matter
for
Indonesian
processes
and
"we
will
await
any
decision
made
by
the
authorities".
BALI ECONOMY
Foreign Investment in Indonesia Up 49% in First Half

Foreign investment in the Indonesian economy has grown significantly during the first half of 2010. (AFP Photo/Adek Berry)
Foreign Investment in Indonesia Up 49% in First Half
Indonesia. Indonesia experienced a surge in foreign direct investment in the first half of the year, creating expectations that the total for the year may exceed earlier forecasts, the Investment Coordinating Board announced on Wednesday.
Investors from Singapore, Hong Kong and the United States topped the list, with most of the capital coming from expansion of existing operations, according to Gita Wirjawan, chairman of the board, also known as the BKPM.
FDI totaled $7.8 billion during the first half of the year, an increase of 48.7 percent over $5.3 billion recorded during the same period last year, the BKPM said.
Gita said he expected the full-year FDI figure to reach $13.1 billion in 2010, an increase of 25 percent from last year’s realized investment of $10.5 billion. Previously, the government projected FDI to increase 15 percent this year.
The first-half figure for this year topped the $6.5 billion invested in the same period of 2008, prior to the outbreak of the global financial crisis.
The transportation, warehousing and telecommunications sectors combined to attract 40 percent of the total FDI in the second quarter, while the mining sector attracted 17 percent during the same time.
Gita said expansion of existing facilities was complemented by new investment in the textile and footwear sectors, especially factory relocations to Indonesia from Vietnam and China.
“It indicates a rising trust in Indonesia’s investment environment among both local and global players,” he said, adding that Indonesia’s competitive wages were a major attraction.
Rising wages in China and political uncertainty in Thailand are seen as contributing to investment in Indonesia, which has low wages, abundant natural resources and a huge domestic market.
The Indonesian Footwear Association (Aprisindo) told the Jakarta Globe last week that six footwear manufacturers would relocate from China and Vietnam to Indonesia this year, investing a total of $550 million. Aprisindo chairman Eddy Widjanarko told the Globe that he expected another 20 such relocations next year.
Carmaker Nissan last month outlined plans to double its production capacity and more than quadruple its sales in Indonesia by 2013, adding that it would consider making the country its export hub for Southeast Asia.
Gundy Cahyadi, an economist with OCBC Bank said: “In general, the total investment growth in the first half does suggest that investment climate has improved in Indonesia. Certainly, this strong number is partly caused by the low basis effect from the financial crisis that was still prevalent in early 2009. But no doubt the fact that investors are returning to look into Indonesia is a positive for the growth outlook.”
But Gundy added that investors would continue scrutinizing domestic policies and the success of the government’s reform agenda.
Enrico Tanuwidjaja, a regional economist at OSK-DMG Group in Singapore, said the encouraging investment data strengthened the group’s forecast for Indonesia’s economy to achieve 6 percent growth this year.
“It is encouraging also to see more investment, both domestic and foreign-origin, fall into the transportation area and our hope is for the investment to improve upon the efficiency of cross-provincial transportation system so as to reduce the transportation costs and consequently lower food prices” and the prices of other related items.
Gita was optimistic that the FDI figure would continue growing strongly for the year.
“There are $10 billion of investment that could be pledged and signed in the second half, mostly from abroad, like Asia and Europe,” he said.
Local investors seem to share their foreign counterparts’ bullish view, as they reportedly invested Rp 21.9 trillion ($2.4 billion) in the first half, dwarfing the Rp 1.9 trillion in the same period a year ago.
Total investment in the first half rose to Rp 92.9 trillion, up 40 percent from the year-earlier period. In 2009, total investment reached $14.9 billion.
Indonesia has entered a rolling-blackout-free era
SBY Inaugurates ‘Blackout-Free’ Era

Indonesia. Indonesia has entered a rolling-blackout-free era. At least that’s according to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who arrived in Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara, on Tuesday to officially launch the government’s new electricity program.
The “Indonesia Free From Rolling Blackouts” launch was attended by, among others, Energy Minister Darwin Zahedy Saleh and Coordinating Minister for the Economy Hatta Rajasa.
The official launch came two days after Dahlan Iskan, president director of state utility PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara, said the country now had sufficient power supplies to end scheduled blackouts, which he vowed to do effective immediately after vocal protests from industries that a rate hike passed in June had burdened them with increases far greater than that promised.
Dahlan’s pronouncement was greeted with skepticism, however, by industry analysts who said the complexity of the problems facing PLN might cause Dahlan to regret making his vow.
Speaking in Lombok, Yudhoyono said 19 million households across the country still had no access to electricity, and emphasized the need for concrete efforts in the sector.
He said PLN’s next target should be to assure that anyone who wanted electricity would be able to access it.
“The government continues to strive in electricity so that the poor will be able to enjoy it,” he said. “Everyone knows it is our homework. Access to electricity is also connected with justice. It is unfair if some people still do not have access to electricity.”
He added that the central and regional governments were both actively working on the problem.
Meanwhile, Darwin said the government was now buying power from private companies, using leased generators and shortening maintenance times to help PLN meet the goal of preventing scheduled blackouts.
“If outages are still occurring, it must be because of local problems,” he insisted.
He added the government intended to accelerate the first phase of the 10,000 megawatt “fast-track” electricity generating program, with a focus on building new coal-fired plants, that was scheduled for completion in 2012.
The second phase, which will shift away from coal, is intended to add a further 10,000 MW of capacity by 2014.
BALI REAL ESTATE NEWS
Critical land' in Bali increasing
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| Mon, 07/26/2010 10:09 AM | Bali
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DENPASAR: The amount of critical land in Bali has reached 51.107 hectares, or 9.1 percent of the entire island. Critical land is a term used to describe land that has suffered severe physical, chemical or biological damage.
"Plots of critical land were found inside and outside the island's forested areas. In Buleleng, Bangli, Karangasem and Klungkung we came across critical lands inside the forested areas," said I Wayan Restu a researcher at Udayana University's Center for Environmental Research.
"In 2008, the amount of critical land inside forested areas reached 18,450 hectares, or 14.1 percent of the total size of the island's forest," he said. "The area with the largest amount of critical land is Nusa Penida island. The amount of critical land on that island is 13,825 hectares. - JP
Lombok Resort Still on Track: Emaar
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Jakarta. Dubai-based property developer Emaar Properties has again been forced to deny it has pulled out of a $600 million resort project on the island of Lombok, which has been idle for years.
The property developer said it had “responded on time and with total commitment to the proposals of [joint developer] the Bali Tourism Development Corporation for the project.”
The statement came in response to comments from the Indonesian government, published by the local media last week, which said that officials were to retender the project after Emaar pulled out.
Emaar said it had provided recommendations on how it intended to proceed with the development, adding: “Emaar has strong financial fundamentals and will undertake all strategic projects across its key markets.” Emaar did not disclose the current status of the project.
Last week, the head of the Indonesian Investment Coordinating Board, Gita Wirjawan, said potential investors from Abu Dhabi, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and India had expressed interest and could be ready to replace Emaar.
This is not the first time that Emaar has denied pulling out of the project.
In March, the Jakarta Globe reported that Emaar said it was still planning to proceed and was awaiting a response from an expression of interest it had submitted to the Bali tourism authority.
The comment in March was made after the Indonesian ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, Mohammad Supriyadi, said that Emaar had abandoned the project.
http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/business/lombok-resort-still-on-track-emaar/387747
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Letter From The President of PT. B.A.L.I.
Over the past 12 months I have secured six renewals for 25 years for two bedroom and three-bedroom Bali Luxury Villas which are part of our Emerald and Jade Villa complexes. In essence I now own the leases for 25 years beginning as early as 19 years from now.
My philosophy is to enjoy life now and I do not want to wait until I am almost 80 years old to enjoy the benefits of these leases therefore I'm willing to release these leases at very attractive rates for those who want to purchase them now for a long-term investment.
Here's how it works for example
you purchase a three bedroom
Villa which currently has a
market value of around $285,000
for a purchase price of only
$89,000.
You will take over ownership of the Villa a little over 19 years from now and own it for an additional 25 years including the lease on the land. This is 100% legal for foreigners.
We will sign a notarized lease transfer now transferring all rights of ownership of the lease to you when the current owners lease expires.
We have already secured
and paid for the lease of the
land for that 25 years with the owners of the land under
notarized lease which they
cannot cancel without criminal
(not civil) prosecution.
When you and your children and grandchildren take over the Villa in a little over 19 years from now the original leases with the owners stipulates that it must be kept in good condition therefore although there may be some things that need repair it will be minor as the Villa would have been rented up until that time to tourists and long-term tenants .
Earn 220% on your investment
Looking at the cash flow
projections for these villas
after takeover even if the
rental prices didn't increase from
today's price (which they
naturally will ) when you takeover
the Villa it will have
a estimated sale price of around
$285,000 for your $89,000. A
whopping 220 % return on your investment
or 11 % per annum.
This is a darn sight better than the 1% -3 % Banks are offering on Cd's which may not be safe if the bank collapses as we saw happen in 2008.
" 220 % return on your investment or 11 % per annum"
Frankly you would be foolish to sell because if you rented it out to tourists at today's average rate of $70 per room per night the cash flow projections reveal that you would receive back an astonishing $3,520,000 on your investment of $89,000 at the end of your twenty five years lease. By the way since this is based on 70 % occupancy that means you, your family and friends can use it 30 % for the or 15 weeks each year. What a deal.
So the bottom line this is a no-lose, virtually guaranteed investment.
Of course no on can guarantee an investment so see the disclaimer below.
Act Now First Time Offer:
This is the first time we have ever offered these lease renewals to the public so we recommend you act quickly. If you snooze you will probably lose out on this once in a lifetime opportunity.
Action Plan:
To avoid missing out on this opportunity while at the same time having the time to make a prudent decision take the following steps.
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Review and choose a villa from the selection below.
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Email me at lawrence@ptabali.com or call me direct at +18123814014 or 62-361-284069 with your questions or order.
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Secure the villa with a contract and 5% fully refundable deposit subject to you inspection and approval within 60 days.
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Pay Balance of purchase within 120 days.
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Sign Legal binding Notarized agreement for the lease renewal in you name or name of beneficiaries.
Current Inventory:
Below is the current inventory and is subject to changes or alterations without prior notice.
| Name | Complex | # | Bed. | Bath | Land | Estimated | Lease | Savings |
| Click | Sq. | Current | for | |||||
| for photos | Mtr | Price | 25 yrs | |||||
| Emerald | A | 8 | 2 | 3.5 | 350 | $253,000 | $79,000 | $174,000 |
| Emerald | B | 9 | 2 | 3.5 | 350 | $285,000 | $89,000 | $196,000 |
| Emerald | D | 5 | 3 | 3.5 | 500 | $298,000 | $92,000 | $206,000 |
| Emerald | E | 1 | 3 | 3.5 | 550 | $310,000 | $94,000 | $216,000 |
| Jade | B | 1 | 3 | 3.5 | 450 | $300,000 | $94,000 | $206,000 |
| Jade | B | 4 | 3 | 2.5 | 450 | $306,000 | $96,000 | $210,000 |
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