Yudhoyono inaugurates world`s third largest herbarium

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Wednesday inaugurated Herbarium Bogoriense — the world third largest herbarium — located in the Cibinong Science Center (CSC), here on Wednesday.

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Wednesday inaugurated Herbarium Bogoriense — the world third largest herbarium — located in the Cibinong Science Center (CSC), here on Wednesday.
Massive waves failed to discourage tourists in Yogyakarta and Bali from flocking to popular beaches Saturday.
The long weekend has contributed to an increased number of domestic and foreign tourists visiting Bandung, Bali and Yogyakarta.
Though still in search of financial backers, Bali Fashion Week is determined to return to Bali this November following its postponement in 2006.
In the past the event, founded and championed by Bali’s Fashion icon Mardiana Ika, managed to draw hundred of top fashion buyers to Bali to view the latest creations by Indonesian designers and national fashion houses.
Unusually large waves struck the southern shorelines of Java and Bali on Thursday and Friday, May 17-18, 2007, destroying shoreline buildings and preventing local fisherman from going to sea.
In Bali, the waves swept ashore along the beaches at Kuta and Jimbaran, dissuading tourists from recreating on Bali’s most popular seaside and sweeping away the simple sheds of local businesspeople at the fishing village of Jimbaran. A number of local fishing boats in Bali were reportedly also destroyed by the sudden waves.
In early May 2007, Bali inaugurated its first Volcano Museum in Bangli. Opened as part of the 803rd anniversary of seat of the Bangli Regency, the Museum Gunung Api Batur was officially opened its Regent I Nengah Arnawa.