DENPASAR (Indo.com): Robin is an English legend and now
he comes to the capital of Denpasar with an idea. He wants
to introduce a city tour as a reality in the traffic jam
jungle.
He already began his war, starting by rearranging Badung's
river, some palaces and many tourist projects to wipe out
people's doubt about city tour program.
Robin looked so calm when we visited him in his office recently.
It is hard to predict his age. But he looks younger than
his real age, probably because he has a lot of ideas as
well as a high sense of leadership.
"This will be a long journey before we can achieve the main
goal. Just let people comment on this (the project). I have
my own idea to make this project a success. I always account
between what we will get and what we must sacrifice for
it. This is my land and I am responsible for this land,"
he said when asked to respond to criticisms on the city
tour program.
Robin has already been involved in tourism industry since
1960s. He is a witness of tourism progress in this island.
He was considered to be a pioneer in providing tourism "cake"
for local people, especially after proposing an idea to
establish a tourism school in Bali.
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His travel agent has
made a significant contribution to tourism industry
in the island. And now some of his students have been
successful businesspeople in tourism industry. It makes
him very optimistic to make city tour as one of the
key programs in his career as an executive. |
Robin's next program is to rearrange traditional market,
Badung Market on Sulawesi street, as an international café.
He will provide courses for food and beverage vendors in
this area and "so they can serve their guests with international
taste in Bali's atmosphere. Government is expected to provide
clean and nice places for them."
As a man who holds a position in the government through
fair endeavors, he wants to make his office and government
projects free from corruptive and collusive practices.
Even with his previous business partners, Robin had asked
them to run their business without opposing the existing
regulations.
Robin always stressed that that Bali future is "our responsibility".
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