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JP/18/BRIEFS

New shopping at
Bali Collection

NUSA DUA: An exclusive shopping complex called Bali Collection,
within the Nusa Dua resort complex, will be officially opened on
Dec. 15.

The complex will house a Sogo department store, numerous
branded boutiques and shops selling fashion and luxury goods.

Located on the site of former Galeria Nusa Dua, the complex
has undergone a major face-lift, both inside and out.

Visitors should feel the new ambience there while shopping or
relaxing. For more information, please call Dian hadiani on
(0361) 662*** -- JP

'Bali Blues'
to be launched

DENPASAR: The first English-language publication to depict events
surrounding the Bali bombings from an Indonesian perspective,
Bali Blues, will be launched at Kayu Api on Friday, Dec. 16.

The book follows the lives of several Kuta residents -- a
hotel manager, beach vendor, pecalang (Balinese traditional
guard), a bar girl, an Australian expatriate -- as they struggle
to survive in a once-prosperous community now devastated and
thrust into the international spotlight through a horrifying act
of terrorism.

Written by Jeremy Allan, a Canadian by birth who has lived in
Indonesia since l980, the book attempts to explain the social
transformation of the nation through books, magazine articles and
video presentations.

Allan is also the author of Jakarta Jive, a sensitive
portrayal of lives disrupted by economic crisis and social unrest
in Jakarta during the turbulent end of the Soeharto New Order
era.

Allan now lives in Bali, where he is in training for a bicycle
journey across the Indonesian archipelago to research his next
book, Indonesians.

For more information please call Ari Widianingsih on (0361)
221930, fax: (0361) 221328, e-mail: ari@mediamakara.com