PaulineHansonHeapsManureonBali
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statusofasovereignnation,Hansonsaid, “Cattleroamthestreets,cattleshitonthe ground,peoplewalkinthatshit.Thatshitis thenbroughtbackintheirclothingandon theirpersonandbackintothiscountry.”
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Indonesia’sMinisterofTourismand Culture, SandiagaUno,hasferventlyrefuted statementsmadebyfirebrandAustralian SenatorPaulineHansonregardingsanitary conditionsandtheriskofspreading Hoof andMouthDisease(PMK) fromBalito Australia. As TheSydneyMorningHerald reported, Hanson“madeanoutburst”inthe Australian FederalSenate onThursday,04August 2022,wheresheproclaimedBaliwas“totally differenttoothercountries”indisease control. IncorrectlygrantingtheIslandofBalithe
Inresponse, Australia’sAgriculture Minister MurrayWattcametothedefenseof hiscountry’sbiosecuritymeasures,accusing Hansonofpoliticizingthethreatposedto Australia’slivestockindustry.
InresponsetoSenatorHanson’sdepiction ofunsanitaryconditionsandall-pervasive cattlemanurecoveringtheIsland’s roadways,MinisterSandiagaUnosaidthat Indonesiaisatourismdestinationthat strictlyapplieshealthprotocolsbasedon cleanliness,health,safety,and environmentalsustainabilityoperatedunder theGovernment’s CHSEprogram (Cleanliness,Health,Safety, Environment). OnSaturday,06August2022, Sandiagasaidtheseprotocolswereputin placetosafeguardthewelfareoftourists. Kompas.com quotedSandiaga:“Wemust stronglydenywhatwassaid(bythe AustralianSenator).Weupholdlocal wisdomandsecureourtourismviathe CHSEprotocols.”Continuing,the IndonesianMinistersaidSenatorHanson’s commentsoncattlemanureinBaliarenot basedonanydemonstrablefact. Baliisaniconandattheveryheartof Indonesiantourism.Becauseofthis, Sandiagacan’tacceptHanson’sinsults aimedatBali.“Wecannotallowourselvesto bebulliedbyanyonespreadingbadnews abouttourisminIndonesia,”saidSandiaga. Alsoquotedbythe SydneyMorningHerald, Drh.IKetutPuja,amemberof Indonesia’s footandmouthtaskforce anda leadingveterinarianinBali,hastaken PaulineHansontotask,saying:“Maybeshe (Hanson)hasneverbeentoBali.[Whatshe described]istheancienttime.Today’sBaliis different.Youwon’tfindcowswandering aroundinDenpasar,forinstance.Theyare notincities.Theyareincages,villages,or tiedupatcoconuttreesinsomeone’sfield.” (Balidiscovery.com.)
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Anotherday,another deportation. Aforeignerwasexpelledfrom Indonesiabyimmigration officersinDenpasarafterhe reportedlymadeasceneby refusingtopayforhishotelin fullinSanur. HeadoftheBaliOfficeofthe IndonesianMinistryofLawand HumanRightsAffairs,Anggiat
received. TheownersuggestedAAleave thehotel,buthewasreluctantto dosoandcontinuedtogivethe managementahardtime. Eventually,hewasreportedto theauthoritiesforcausing troublewithlocals. AccordingtoAnggiat, immigrationauthoritiesexercised theirrighttoenforce administrativesanctionsonAA overcausingpublicdisturbance, asstipulatedin Indonesia’s ImmigrationLaw. Inaddition, Anggiatstated that“[AA]didnot paytherightamounttothehotel aspromised”,andwasultimately deportedfordoingso. AA,whoclaimstobeablogger andafreelancejournalisttofund hisislandlife,beganhisjourney inIndonesiaonApril23,2021, andenteredthecountrywitha 60-dayvisitorvisa.
“HispassportexpiredonJuly19, 2022,”Anggiatadded. Deportationstoriesare worryinglycommoninBali.From foreigners disrespectingthe island’ssacredculture to complaintsabouttheisland’s authorities,AA’scaseisjustone ofmanyinvolvingaforeigner gettingbootedoutofIndonesia followingscandalsinBali. Infact,AAis oneofthreepeople whoweredeportedthisweek OneDutchcitizenwiththe initialsCGAB(75),andanother Germannationalidentifiedas SAP(55),weredeportedfor overstayingtheirvisas.The threeEuropeansweredeported lastTuesday,flyingfromNgurah RaiInternationalAirporttotheir respectivehomecountrieswith KLMRoyalDutchAirlines. (Coconuts.co)
Balitouristdeportedfornotsettlinghotelbill,causingpublicnuisance
Napitupulu,today said the39year-oldman,identifiedbyhis initialsAA,heldRussianand Germancitizenships,and had servedintheGermanmarine corps AAcheckedinattheSanurhotel inJune.Duringhisstay,he arguedwiththehotel’s management,justifyinghis angerwithunsatisfactoryhotel servicesheclaimedhehad
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InabidtopromoteBali’s traditionalliquorarak,Bali GovernorWayanKosterhas askedtheisland’shotelsand restaurantstoincludethe alcoholicbeveragemore prominently.
Baligovernorappealstohotels,restaurantstosellmore‘arak’traditionalliquor
araktwoyearsago (followedby apresident regulationissued by PresidentJokoWidodo lastyear),Kostersaid earlierthisweekthathe wishestoseearak productsmakeupat least50percentof hotelsandrestaurants’ alcoholicbeverages menus. “Soeveryoneneedsto playtheirpartin increasingtheproductqualityof Bali’sarak,includingthe packaging.Iwillopentheaccess [to]hotels,restaurants, supermarkets,theairport,and others,”he said,teasingafuture regulation. Balinesearakisaliquormade fromcoconutflowerextract. Undera2020regional regulation,arak,alongwithtuak (anothertraditionaldrinkmade fromcoconutflowerextractsbut distinctfromarakinfermentation method),andbrem(traditional ricewine)werelegalized, preservedasculturalheritages, andmarkedforfurther commercialdevelopmentinBali. Koster’sbackingforthe commercializationoftraditional Balineseliquorsincludescalling uponproducerstoinclude traditionalscriptureondrinks packages.Thegovernorhas alsoinstructedfor crackdowns oncanesugar-basedarak,such asthoseproducedin Karangasem. Concernshavelongbeenraised aboutcane-sugararak containing harmfulchemical additives.Therewerealsofears thattheproductwouldthreaten traditionalcoconut-basedarak artisans,aswellasruinBali’s reputationastheonlysourceof genuinearak. (Coconuts.co)
Havingissuedagubernatorial regulationtopushforthe productionandmarketingof
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