* * * * * Coat of Arms. Denpasar, Island of Bali, Republic of Indonesia Monday, 29 th November 1993 With a population of close to four million, Bali is home to virtually all of Indonesia's Hindu minority , and, f rom the 1980s tourism-related business made up 80% of its economy. Additionally, it’s renowned for highly developed arts, including traditional and modern dance, sculpture, painting, leather and metalwork, plus music. Bali is also part of the “ Coral Triangle ,” the area with the highest biodiversity of marine species. In this area alone over 500 reef-building coral species dwell; making tourist dive operators quite happy. The Portuguese discovered Bali in 1512; then came the Dutc...