Illegal Bali villas face demolition
Three hundred villas in Bali deemed to be illegal are threatened with demolition.
Bali Update (www.balidiscovery.com) reports that in keeping with an expected stricter enforced of building and zoning laws, the Badung regency government is ordering the demolition of about 300 villas in the regency erected without proper building permits.
Local media reports that the vice-regent of Badung has confirmed the period of amnesty from a strict application of new zoning rules is now past.
Bali Update is also reporting that Bali governor Made Mangku Pastika is urging the Bali chapter of the Indonesian Guide Association to immediately arrest and imprison tourist guides operating without permits in Bali.
The governor said the illegal guides are destroying the image of Bali “due to frequent incidents of coercion and intimidation practiced by unlicensed guides against tourist visitors”.
Ian Jarrett
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