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White
Rose Hotel Anniversary
 LEGIAN
– On December 31st, 2002 the
White Rose Hotel celebrated the New
Year by organizing an event with the
theme of ‘’Let’s go
to the Archipelago”, followed
by celebrations for its 4th anniversary,
on January 1st, 2003. Pictured Hendro
Tedjo Wijojo – Managing Director
of Harmony Tours congratulating Eric
Marco Ranti – President Director
of the White Rose Hotel.
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Balinese
Kids in Japan
DENPASAR
- Rare Angon Production Arti Foundation
and Children Tabloid Lintang corporate
with Tecnich Arts Tokyo FM Japan is
presenting a painting exhibition at
Sakura country, Japan until December
23rd 2002. The group of eighteen consists
of painters, dancers, and musicians.
Besides the painting exhibition, they
are also staging an arts performance
like Ritus legong dance and Calonarang
dance drama.
This Balinese artisan group is also
doing a collaboration performance
with arts lecturerers of Japan who
are skilled in performing Balinese
gamelan music. The Japanese instrumentalists
also accompanied the Balinese dance
performed by the Japanese. Two young
Balinese painters, I Gusti Ayu Pradnya
Asih Winanti and Ida Ayu Candra Dewi
got the opportunity to paint directly
in front of the students and public
who were visiting the exhibition.
Both of these painters showed their
ability and skill with crayon on canvas.
About 50 of the children’s paintings
were exhibited. Those paintings were
gathered from the result of a painting
collaboration that was held by Rare
Angon Foundation each Sunday afternoon
at Puputan Badung Park, Denpasar.
Hundreds of children participated
in this painting extravaganza, and
the best works were selected and then
exhibited. This exhibition of the
Sun Rise Country is the second exhibition
after the success of the Children’s
Painting Exhibition at Gedong Kriya,
Art Centre, Denpasar, September 2001.
The exhibition is an annual program
for Rare Angon Foundation; as well
as regular painting competitions every
four months. (bud)
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Persisting
in Loving Bali
 SANUR
- June Waters, who is a citizen
of New Zealand, has visited Bali
34 times up until this year. After
her 33rd tour of September 2002
she had just returned to her home
country when she heard the news
about the bomb blast in Kuta, which
made her think about the time she
once spent in a Kuta hotel. She
loves Bali so much that she still
came for her 34th visit on 23 December
2002. “I came together with
my husband, Malcolm Waters, and
one of our son in-laws, Gary Brooks,”
she told “Bali Travel News”.
The photo shows June Waters together
with Wisnu Wardana, Editor in Chief
of “Bali Travel News”
at Griya Santrian Beach, Sanur.
(YB)
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‘’Bali
Travel News” Guest
 DENPASAR
– Marketing Communication Manager
of Hotel Padma Bali, Sophia Suzylowati,
visited Bali Travel News (BTN) office
on Wedenesday,15 January 2003. The
magazine’s General Manager, B.
Ashrama received Suzylowati, with
Wisnu Wardana (Editor in Chief of
BTN), Palgunadi (Bali Post), and Dwi
Yani and Bram Sarjana from Bisnis
Bali. The aim of the visit was to
develop close relations with the Bali
Post Group, which includes BTN. (YB)
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French Ambassador
 LOMBOK
– Herve Ladsous, the Ambassador
of France in Indonesia and East Timor
chose Novotel Coralia Lombok as the
venue to celebrate Christmas 2002.
Among many other activities, Herve
Ladsous and his family visited Tanjung
Luar, a traditional fish market, and
were entertained by Stephare Fages,
General Manager at the traditional
‘’Lesehan Lombok Dinner”.
Ladsous is very supportive of Indonesian
Tourism and is in strong support of
the withdrawal of travel warnings
on Indonesian tourist destinations
as soon as possible.
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