http://www.sukhavatibali.com/news Your private estate in paradise Wed, 14 Apr 2010 07:47:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en After four years of holding the country’s richest golf tournament, Jakarta will hand the hosting privileges of the Indonesia Open to Bali, an event promoter said Thursday. The US$1.25 million tournament will be held from February until March this year. “Dreamland New Kuta Golf Resort will host the championship for the first ... http://www.sukhavatibali.com/news/index.php/indonesian-golf-open-set-to-be-played-in-bali.html Bali will spend nearly IDR 400 million to plant the seeds of 1.35 million trees next year, as part of the central government’s plan to further “green up” the island. The seeds, including chestnut and mahogany, will be planted inside and outside forests all across Bali, said Dewa Dharma Putra, head ... http://www.sukhavatibali.com/news/index.php/bali-to-plant-one-million-trees-in-2009.html Java and Bali will receive an additional 1,535 megawatts (MW) of power supply this year, although the increased capacity would still not still reach an ideal level, state power firm PT PLN said over the weekend. PLN's director for the Java and Bali region, Murtaqi Syamsuddin, said PLN's system in the ... http://www.sukhavatibali.com/news/index.php/java-bali-set-for-increased-power-supply.html Balinese celebrated the Saraswati Day on Saturday, a day when the Hindus praise and thank the goddess of knowledge for bestowing the ability to read, write and understand nature upon humans. Thousands of students all across the island participated in the celebration, wearing traditional Balinese costumes and prayed together at their ... http://www.sukhavatibali.com/news/index.php/bali-students-celebrate-saraswati-day.html Australian tourists are returning to Bali in greater numbers than ever before, according to newly released tourism statistics and information from key airlines. “Advance bookings dropped off for a period prior to December but there has been a lot of last-minute bookings for the Christmas and New Year periods,” Jetstar spokeswoman ... http://www.sukhavatibali.com/news/index.php/australian-tourists-head-to-bali-in-record-numbers.html