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In 2009, Bali Governor I Made Pastika warned the island's council that 260 of Bali's 400 rivers and waterways weren't functioning properly due to unchecked development, deforestation and excessive pumping of groundwater for businesses.
Trouble in Paradise Joe Cochrane 2011
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Two Indian construction companies, GMR Infrastructure and GVK Industries, have already visited Bali and submitted proposals to build the airport, Mr. Pastika said.
Trouble in Paradise Joe Cochrane 2011
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It's not because it's overloaded, it's because the southern part is crowded and the northern parts are still in poverty, Mr. Pastika says.
Trouble in Paradise Joe Cochrane 2011
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Perhaps more alarming is a rise in crime that prompted Governor Pastika,a former police official who led the successful investigation of the 2002 terrorist attacks, to approve an order for police to shoot on sight criminals targeting foreigners.
Trouble in Paradise Joe Cochrane 2011
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I Made Pastika says the island's problems stem not from too many tourists overall but from having them all in one small area; the north is 'still in poverty.'
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At other times his rantings seemed to be apropos of nothing in particular, from his tale of the “unbelievable bargains” to be had at the Lost Luggage Center in a pasture in Indiana (or was it Illinois?) to his description of a peculiar type of Alphabet soup in Nazi Germany, “Pastika.”
A Pilgrimage to Tom Waits's World: Leonardo DiSanto DiSanto, Leonardo 2008
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In Indonesia and the Philippines, the key figures leading intelligence gathering and investigation have all been replaced more than a year into their work, like I Made Pastika, who led the Bali investigations.
Seeds of Terror Maria A. Ressa 2003
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In Indonesia and the Philippines, the key figures leading intelligence gathering and investigation have all been replaced more than a year into their work, like I Made Pastika, who led the Bali investigations.
Seeds of Terror Maria A. Ressa 2003
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Pastika is popular - he investigated the bombings as Bali's then police chief - but his moratorium isn't.
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Nobody I talked to reckoned that Pastika's measures would influence who built what where.
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