The project to build the North Bali International Airport was removed from former president Joko Widodo’s list of National Strategic Projects in July 2022 and was also said to be opposed by former president Megawati Soekarnoputri. DENPASAR, BALI: A new international airport could help transform Bali into “the new Singapore” or “the new Hong Kong”, the country’s newly-inaugurated president has pledged. “I am committed to build a North Bali International Airport … We will make Bali into the new