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    Indonesia's Toxic Tofu Timebomb!

    For eggs it is a serious problem. Also the antibiotic residual in eggs is sometimes present. I buy only expensive eggs (40.000+ a pack).
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    Ikan tongkol mercury level advice

    While fish can contain salmonella and escherichia coli, it is usually deep fried in Indonesia and eliminated. Bali Belly probably comes from salmonella and e.coli from human feces (the cook did not wash his/her hands after the toilet job basically).
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    Middle Class Under Pressure

    It is not common. But the salary is sometimes divided in low basic salary +food allowance + transport allowance, so if you are non performing employee they will put ypu to the low basic salary before being laid off.
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    Middle Class Under Pressure

    Middle class in Indonesia starts from salary of around 2 million Rp/person by Government's definition. So all these guys working in parkings are middle class.
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    Foreign visitors MUST be accompanied by licensed local tour guides

    You can make jokes but Bali is always in top something islands in the world despite garbage and overcrowding. Competition is fierce in the F&B sector, with excelent chefs, cooks, both foreign and locals. I have not eaten burger or pizza in Bali that is bad, while I got poisoned in Koi Kemang...
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    Foreign visitors MUST be accompanied by licensed local tour guides

    No mate, they are waiting for you to show them the international cuisine. Local people come in many shape and forms -poor, rich, middle classs, and in Bali they all have access to everything for everybody's budget.
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    Foreign visitors MUST be accompanied by licensed local tour guides

    If they know too much they will complain too much. Elites sending their kids to elite schools, and that is enough for running the country.
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    Foreign visitors MUST be accompanied by licensed local tour guides

    Bali has the best international cuisine in whole Indonesia, nonsense argument.
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    Foreign visitors MUST be accompanied by licensed local tour guides

    That is why they are waiters and not stockbrokers.
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    Indonesia & Corruption: a few articles in the past few weeks

    And now the plumbing works quite well.
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    Indonesia & Corruption: a few articles in the past few weeks

    Why would the central government doing colecting fees for Bali provincial government? Ideally, the tax could be collected by hotels/villa owners.
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    Indonesia & Corruption: a few articles in the past few weeks

    Came trough the domestic terminal. Nothing there.
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    Indonesia & Corruption: a few articles in the past few weeks

    Been on Bali last week no collecting booth for this tax on or after airport.
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    Corporate “Sudden Death Syndrome”

    They should pay higher wages so they can be closed faster.
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    It's already happening, the US tariff on Indonesia is 32%, one of the highest one

    US could engage in careful review of their monetary and fiscal policy, and negotiating with its biggest trading partners to lower the imbalalance. That would take years. With the present way, all trading partners are lining up to negotiate lower tariffs. So this appears to be faster. As it...
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    It's already happening, the US tariff on Indonesia is 32%, one of the highest one

    So you think US should continue printing dollars and increasing its deficit forever? To have the most open economy in G20 while the others protect their markets?
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    Discussion about expat salaries and perks as English teacher in Indonesia

    Irrelevant. In 1950-60s Palangkaraya was a candidate for the national capital. Before that Yogyakarta, Bandung etc. Still, Jakarta is already 400 years+ the capital.
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    It's already happening, the US tariff on Indonesia is 32%, one of the highest one

    But when Indonesian government plays that game there are tens or hundreds of thousands of layoffs in other sectors because of irrrational economic and foreign investment policies that chase out investors, for one Apple that will employ 1.000 people. US can afford themselves to play like that...
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    It's already happening, the US tariff on Indonesia is 32%, one of the highest one

    On every ordered package I receive from abroad in Indonesia I am charged minimum 44-45%.
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    Discussion about expat salaries and perks as English teacher in Indonesia

    The capital will not move to Kalimantan.
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