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Monday, November 21, 2011
Participants of walk event that held by Bali Post starting their 9
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kilometers walked from Renon on Sunday, November 20, 2011. This event was held to commomerate Puputan Margarana and celebrating 63th Bali Post anniversary.
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103.000 participants walk for 9 Kilometer Bali Post
Denpasar – More than 100,000 participants took part in the walk to commemorate the 63rd Anniversary of Bali Post. The start was on Renon Field and finished on Lumintang Field. The event was held on Sunday, November 20, 2011.
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The 9 kilometer walk didn’t make the participant tired and they directly enjoy the entertainment after they reached the finish line. Bali Post provided 225 prizes so it attracted participants not only from Bali but also from Java
such as Jember and Klaten and also from Mataram, East Nusa Tenggara. The CEO of Bali Post Media Group ABG Satria Naradha, along with the Vice Governor of Bali, AAN Puspayoga, officially opened the event in
Renon. He stated that the event was held to honor the hores who already passed away. While the Vice Governor stated that a big nation is the one which is always honor their heroes, for that reason, everyone
must take part in developing Bali. “Developing Bali cannot remove the root of culture which already existed since long time ago,” Puspayoga added. According to him, the culture of Bali is essential in the life of the people in the island. Tourists will not come to Bali and the heroes would also mad to everyone. “They will cry in the afterlife because they have fought to protect Bali,” he said.
Satria Naradha explained that the purpose of the event is also to interact the press and the society. It is also to increase the spirit of the people to honor and continue the struggle of the heroes, one of them is I Gusti Ngurah Rai. The event also filled with the donation of biopori equipments to several schools such as SMK 2 Denpasar, SMP PGRI 2 Denpasar, and Udayana University. (nel/wah)
Barack Obama Leaves the Island of the Gods I’m delighted to visit Bali Bali Post
DENPASAR - President Barack Obama finally left Bali with the U.S. Force One aircraft at exactly 4:30 p.m. Local Time. Departure of the number one man in the U.S. on Saturday (Nov 19) was followed
by leaders of ASEAN countries and partners. They departed from the Island of the Gods after attending a series of sessions in the 19th ASEAN Summit and Related Summits. Meanwhile, the U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton, departed at around 1:45 p.m.
President Obama at a press conference with President Yudhoyono after the RI-US bilateral meeting on Friday evening also touched on his last visit to Bali 18 years ago. At that time, there was no development here. So, this condition indicated a
tremendous development in the region. “I am delighted to come back to Bali. I always feel happy to be here and get a chance to dialog with my old friend, President Yudhoyono,” he said. Continued on page 6