JP\/18\/BRIEFS<\/p>\n
New shopping at
\nBali Collection
\n
\nNUSA DUA: An exclusive shopping complex called Bali Collection,
\nwithin the Nusa Dua resort complex, will be officially opened on
\nDec. 15.<\/p>\n
The complex will house a Sogo department store, numerous
\nbranded boutiques and shops selling fashion and luxury goods.<\/p>\n
Located on the site of former Galeria Nusa Dua, the complex
\nhas undergone a major face-lift, both inside and out.<\/p>\n
Visitors should feel the new ambience there while shopping or
\nrelaxing. For more information, please call Dian hadiani on
\n(0361) 662*** -- JP<\/p>\n
'Bali Blues'
\nto be launched
\n
\nDENPASAR: The first English-language publication to depict events
\nsurrounding the Bali bombings from an Indonesian perspective,
\nBali Blues, will be launched at Kayu Api on Friday, Dec. 16.<\/p>\n
The book follows the lives of several Kuta residents -- a
\nhotel manager, beach vendor, pecalang (Balinese traditional
\nguard), a bar girl, an Australian expatriate -- as they struggle
\nto survive in a once-prosperous community now devastated and
\nthrust into the international spotlight through a horrifying act
\nof terrorism.<\/p>\n
Written by Jeremy Allan, a Canadian by birth who has lived in
\nIndonesia since l980, the book attempts to explain the social
\ntransformation of the nation through books, magazine articles and
\nvideo presentations.<\/p>\n
Allan is also the author of Jakarta Jive, a sensitive
\nportrayal of lives disrupted by economic crisis and social unrest
\nin Jakarta during the turbulent end of the Soeharto New Order
\nera.<\/p>\n
Allan now lives in Bali, where he is in training for a bicycle
\njourney across the Indonesian archipelago to research his next
\nbook, Indonesians.<\/p>\n
For more information please call Ari Widianingsih on (0361)
\n221930, fax: (0361) 221328, e-mail: ari@mediamakara.com<\/p>",
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