DENPASAR, 20 April 2008 - The government says it will add 350,00 seats each year on the air segment between Singapore and Bali in order to meet growing demand and sustain ambitious official tourism targets.

As reported on Tempo Interaktif, quoted Indonesia’s Minister of Culture and Tourism Jero Wacik who said: “from four trips each day we’ll go to seven. In this way we will add 350,000 seats each year. Wacik’s comments were made at a press conference in Jakarta on Wednesday, April 16, 2008, following a meeting with Vice President Jusuf Kalla.

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An earthquake with magnitude of 6.4 on the Richter scale rocked East Timor and eastern parts of Indonesia on Saturday, no immediate reports of damages or casualty, Indonesian meteorology agency and health ministry said here. The quake struck at 18:21 time (10:21 GMT) with epicenter at 81 km northeast Dili the capital of the country and at 10 km under sea bed, an official of the agency Diana Rahayu told.

The center of the quake was closer to Wetar Island of Maluku province in eastern parts of Indonesia, the official said. Head of Crisis Center of Indonesian Health Ministry Rustam Pakaya said there were no report of damage or casualties in Dili and eastern parts of Indonesia bordering with East Timor. Both Indonesia and East Timor are located in a vulnerable zone called “the Pacific Ring of Fire” where two continental plates, stretching from the Western Hemisphere through Japan and Southeast Asia, meet that cause frequent tectonic movements.