The Ministry of Agriculture plans to change land use and limit foreign ownership in a new regulation on staple food production outside the island of Java, a senior ministry official said. Sutarto Alimoeso, the ministry’s director general of food crops, said the revisions - necessary to reduce the potential for future disputes - could further delay plans to issue the regulation .

Bali's Lawmakers and Businessmen React Strongly to Customs and Excise Raids as Island Runs Short of Grog. (6/7/2009) Sweeping raids conducted by Customs and Excise officials (Bea Cukai) against Bali hotels and restaurants are being roundly criticized as heavy-handed and misguided by tourism officials and tourism business owners.

Bali by the Numbers: Arrival Numbers Grow as Australia Displaces Japan as Bali's Top Source Market for Foreign Visitors. (6/6/2009) Foreign tourist arrival to Bali in April 2009 totaled 179,879 representing the best April on record for Bali tourism and 21.94% improvement over April 2008 (147,515). View cumulatively, the first four months of 2009 saw 645,061 foreign tourists come to Bali, an increase of 8.15% when compared to the same period last year (596,469).

Delegates from China Secretariat for ASEAN Expo (CAEXPO) will hold a series of seminar in Indonesia aims at luring local companies to participate in the upcoming trade and industrial exhibition in Nanning, China. Kompas.com reported Sunday the CAEXPO will hold the seminars between June 7 and June 12, three of which will be held at Hotel JW Marriot on June 9, Hotel Borobudur on June 10 and Hotel Bali on June 11.