OBEROI, Seminyak ~ The Legian hotel in Seminyak is proposing changing traffic flow in the area into a one-way system, in a bid, it says, to increase security and attract more tourists. At a meeting last Sunday at Basangkasa Temple, the hotel’s human resources director, Yudhi Lingga, told those in attendance from the area’s hotels [...]

PRAMBANAN, Central Java ~ Damage to one of Indonesia’s most spectacular temple complexes caused by last year’s devastating Java earthquake was so extensive that repairs will take at least five years, UNESCO says. Some of the temples at Prambanan are threatening to topple and restoration of the entire Hindu compound, the largest in the country, [...]

Cereals in poor countries could be fortified with a new form of iron to help roll back anemia, an investigation published in the Lancet suggests. Nearly half of young children in developing countries suffer from iron deficiency, caused mainly by a diet based overwhelmingly on rice, maize (also known as corn) and other grains. Cereals [...]

Number 4 in a cut-out-and-keep series Yoga Times (logo dikeciklan) Activating the Navel Chakra for Action, Power Yoga, which means unity, calms mind and spirit, and tones the body gently and easily, benefiting health and wellbeing even if you only do it for 10 minutes. This week, we discover the Third or Navel Chakra (Manipura). [...]

By Annabel Thomas For The Bali Times SEMINYAK ~ Restuning Sandini recently became the first female PADI OWSI in Bali. Restuning did her PADI Divemaster in January 2006, and went on to take the Instructor Development Course and Instructor Exam. Restuning runs Bayu Cottages (www.bayucottages.com) in Amed, on Bali’s northeast coast, with her husband. The [...]

Name: Ni Nyoman Ari Suyastini Age: 23 Occupation: Graduate student From: Jembrana Marital status: Single Read entire article… »

SYDNEY ~ Australians have rated their flag-carrier Qantas as the worst international airline in a survey conducted by a consumer watchdog. The survey of 4,000 people voted Singapore Airlines best while Emirates, Air New Zealand, Malaysia Airlines, Thai Airways and Cathay Pacific all beat Qantas, the consumer magazine Choice said on Tuesday. Choice asked subscribers [...]

The Australian Consulate General in Bali has moved, to: Jl. Tantular No. 32 Renon Denpasar Tel: 0361 241118 Fax: 0361 221195 (general); 241120 (visas)

Top of the Heap: Harris Hotels & Resorts has honored four of its hundreds of employees as the best employees of 2006. Pictured here are (left to right): Maurice de Rooij, general manager of Harris Resort Kuta; Syahrial Efendi, Best Employee Harris Hotel Batam; I Gede Suherman; human resources & training manager of Harris Hotel [...]

TOKYO ~ Faced with growing competition from Hong Kong and Singapore, Japan aims to reinvigorate Tokyo as a global financial hub with a lofty goal of developing a new foreigner-friendly high-rise banking district. The idea has raised eyebrows among foreign fund managers in the region, whose biggest complaint about Tokyo is often not the lack [...]

TUBAN ~ Bali’s first condom shop is doing a roaring trade, the owners said this week, as tourists and locals avail of a stunningly wide array of prophylactics on offer – including in durian flavor. The shop, called The Guard and located in the Discovery Shopping Mall, is also the first of its kind in [...]

Tjokorda Bagus Dwi Santana is an emerging photographer from Ubud Palace whose works were recently exhibited for the first time, at the Warwick Ibah Luxury Villas & Spa owned by his Australian mother Jero Asri and father Tjokorda Raka Kerthayasa. The 26-year-old shared his day with The Bali Times Arga Sagitarini Read entire article… »