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Wednesday, January 4, 2017 Security forces, Red Cross and rescue workers carry body bags with the remains of victims after a fire ripped through a boat carrying tourists to islands north of the capital, at Muara Angke port in Jakarta, Indonesia January 1, 2017.

Mariah Carey performs during a concert in Times Square on New Year’s Eve in New York, U.S. December 31, 2016.

After New Year’s Eve debacle, Mariah Carey wishes for ‘more headlines’

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NEW YORK - Grammy Award-winning singer Mariah Carey shrugged off a botched New Year’s Eve show in New York’s Times Square, telling fans and critics on Sunday that life does not always go as planned.

“Shit happens,” Carey, the world’s million-selling female singer, wrote on Twitter. “Have a happy and healthy new year everybody! Here’s to making more headlines in 2017.”

Carey, named the Grammy’s Best New Artist in 1991, was the final musical act on ABC’s “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest,” taking the stage just before midnight.

In addition to the television au-

dience, the program was watched in person by the hundreds of thousands of people who gathered in what is called the “Crossroads of the World” to mark the beginning of 2017.

Carey’s opening song, a rendition of Robert Burns’ “Auld Lang Syne,” seemed to go as planned.

But then the singer, surrounded by dancers and a sea of humanity, appeared flustered and complained of technical difficulties.

“We can’t hear,” she said, as the music from her 1991 hit song “Emotions” began to play. “It is what it is,” she said. “Let the audience sing, OK?” But the awkwardness persisted, prompting Carey to say: “I want a holiday, too. Can I not have one? I’m trying to be a good sport here.”

The next song, “We Belong Together,” Carey’s 2005 hit, went awry as well. Carey dropped her hand-held microphone to her side and the song went on playing, revealing that she may have been only syncing her lips to the words.

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Indonesian boat captain to be prosecuted for negligence after deadly fire

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JAKARTA - Indonesia plans to prosecute the captain of a tourist boat for negligence after a fire ripped through the vessel on New Year’s Day, killing at least 23 people and injuring dozens, police said on Tuesday.

The boat was carrying about 250 people before it was engulfed by flames shortly after leaving Jakarta.

Authorities were still searching the waters around the port for victims, while bodies retrieved from the charred ship were still being identified, said Hendra Sudirman, head of Jakarta’s Search and Rescue agency.

After questioning, the captain had been named a suspect, police said.

“We have detained the captain of the boat since the incident. His status is now a suspect based on information from the crew, the passengers,” Argo Yuwono, a spokesman for Jakarta’s Metro Police, said on Tuesday.

Under the shipping law, if a captain causes deaths by sailing a ship knowing it is not seaworthy he can be jailed for up to 10 years.

Negligence causing death under the criminal code is punishable by up to five years in jail.

Sea accidents are frequent in Indonesia, a sprawling archipelago, with vessels often overloaded, poorly maintained or having too few life jackets.

Regret House of Representative (DPR) deputy speaker Taufik Kurniawan has regretted that the Zahro Express passenger ship, which caught fire

off Seribu Island, killing 23 passengers, had a fake manifest.

While conveying condolences to the families of the dead and injured victims, Kurniawan expressed his disappointment and concern over the incident.

“This false (passenger) manifest has been repeatedly revealed during shipwrecks. This is a matter of concern for the Indonesian shipping world,” Kurniawan said by phone on Monday.

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Some investors get interested in Suwung landfill

DENPASAR - Waste management at Suwung landfill remains to become a homework that has not been resolved until these days. Moreover, after the failure of PT NOEI (Navigat Organic Energy Indonesia) to process waste into electrical energy, the cooperation with PT NOEI was finally terminated. Today, the handling of waste at the Suwung landfill becomes the priority of the Denpasar Environment and Sanitation Agency (DLHK).

The Head of the DLHK Denpasar, I Ketut Wisada, said on Monday (Jan. 2) that when entering 2017, the issue getting the attention from the DLHK is the management of Suwung landfill. Moreover, after the issuance of the Mayoral Regulation No.11/2016 about waste management, the DLHK is now focused on handling waste from depot to landfill. In the meantime, the handling of waste at household level is carried out with independent management pattern.

Related to the management of Suwung landfill, Wisada said that there are dozens of investors submitting the application for the management. He said that approximately 20 potential investors are interested in managing the landfill. “Currently, those potential

investors are being selected. Hopefully, there has been definitive investor in 2017. In short, the selection is very tightly performed because we do not want the case of PT NOEI will happen again,” said Wisada.

As reported earlier, PT NOEI that managed the waste at Suwung landfill ended with contract termination. In the agreement with the Sarbagita (Denpasar, Badung, Gianyar and Tabanan) sanitation management agency (BPKS), PT NOEI has been authorized to manage the waste at Suwung landfill for 20 years.

The waste processed would produce electricity with the capacity of 9 MW. Unfortunately, in the realization PT NOEI failed, so that the cooperation signed on April 2, 2004 was terminated in the middle of contract period.

Chief of the BPKS, I Made Sudarma, accompanied

by Deputy Mayor of Denpasar IGN Jaya Negara in the meeting room of the Denpasar mayor’s office said that the agreement termination was signed on Thursday (Jun. 09, 2016) in Jakarta. Termination of this cooperation was done by consensus because both parties equally realized the problems faced. Signature of the cooperation termination was carried out by both parties, namely the Head BPKS I Made Sudarma with the Managing Director of PT NOEI Michael Mangowal. (kmb12)

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According to Wija, most foreign workers in Bali are Chinese citizens, reaching 300 people. Of that number, approximately 200 people are working at Celukan Bawang, Buleleng. It happens because the whole capital of the electricity infrastructure built there belongs to China. Aside from China, there are 203 workers from Australia, 174 workers from France, 155 workers from Japan, 133 workers from UK and 115 workers from the US. “They are big 6, while the next is from Germany (78 workers), the Netherlands (71 workers), and so on. There are citizens from nearly all countries,” he added.

So far, added Wija, his agency has not found any illegal foreign workers. There are many complaints, mainly from the tourism sector concerning illegal tour guides. Surveillance remains to be carried out by a team involving the manpower agency, police authority, public prosecutor and immigration office.

“We at the manpower agency have 24 manpower inspectors. It supervises both local and foreign workers. As the name implies, the illegal workers are indeed very difficult to arrest. If people happen to encounter the indications of illegal foreign workers, please report it either to immigration office or manpower agency. Later on, we will do a search, and they could be repatriated to their home country,” he concluded. (kmb32)

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DENPASAR - The foreign worker employment permit (IMTA) in Bali remains approximately 1,433 in the province and 660 in the district. The Head of the Bali Manpower Agency, I Ketut Wija, said that both provincial and district level do not issue the new IMTA. However, it is only limited to the handling of extension.

“We in the district and the province do not issue new IMTA, but the extension only. The number of foreign workers particularly in Bali tends to stable from year to year reaching around 2,100. There is no significant increase despite there is implementation of the ASEAN Economic Community. It remains around that number with slight fluctuation,” he said in Denpasar on Monday (Jan. 2).

Wija added that the IMTA is issued by the Ministry of Manpower on the submission of the company that will hire the foreign workers.

Companies must create a foreign worker utilization plan for any job or expertise. Ministry of Manpower then issues the work permit in accordance with terms of foreign workers.

“It can be valid for 6 months, 1 year, 2 years or 3 years. Having been issued, every year it has to be extended. For foreign workers working across the provinces, the extension of the IMTA will be issued by central government, while the IMTA of cross-district workers will be extended in the province.

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SpaceX aims for Jan. 8 return to flight with Falcon rocket

CAPE CANAVERAL - Elon Musk’s SpaceX plans to resume flying rockets next week following an investigation into why one of them burst into flames on a launch pad four months ago, the company said on Monday.

In a statement, SpaceX said it expected to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base on Jan. 8 to put 10 satellites into orbit for Iridium Communications Inc .

SpaceX had suspended flights after the same model rocket went up in a blaze on Sept. 1 as it was being fueled for a routine pre-launch test in Florida.

The explosion at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida destroyed the $62 million rocket and a $200 million communications satellite.

Space X, owned and operated by Tesla Motors Inc. Chief Executive Officer Musk, has a backlog of more than 70 missions for NASA and commercial customers, worth more than $10 billion.

The company statement said that accident investigators concluded that a canister of helium inside the rocket’s upper-stage oxygen tank had exploded.

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In the short term, SpaceX plans to revamp its fueling procedures so that the super-cold liquid oxygen will not build up between the helium tank’s liner and its outer covering, it added.

SpaceX said accumulation of oxygen in a void or buckle in the liner most likely led to the explosion.

“In the long term, SpaceX will implement design changes to the (helium canisters) to prevent buckles altogether,” the statement said.

The company did not say when new helium canisters would be ready to fly, but that using warmer temperature helium and a slower fueling operation will prevent them from bursting.

“Iridium is pleased with SpaceX’s announcement on the results of the September 1 anomaly as identified by their accident investigation team, and their plans to target a return to flight,” company spokeswoman Diane Hockenberry said in a statement.

SpaceX has not said how much damage the Sept.

1 accident did to its primary Florida launch pad, nor when a new second pad in Florida, located at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, will be put into service. (rtr)

On September 1, one of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rockets exploded during pre-launch prep.

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In this Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016, file photo, President Barack Obama meets with President-elect Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Trump’s skepticism of technology marks a sharp contrast from Obama, whom he’ll replace on Jan. 20.

Obama boosted White House technology; Trump sees risks

WASHINGTON — As Barack Obama began preparing to leave office, the first smartphone-toting U.S. president ordered his team to upgrade the White House’s aging technology for his successor. New computers were purchased and faster internet was installed.

Not included in the modernization plans? A courier service.

But that delivery method of a bygone era may be in for a comeback under Donald Trump. Despite his voracious use of Twitter, the president-elect appears to be leaning toward old tech to ensure the security of sensitive messages.

“It’s very important, if you have something really important, write it out and have it delivered by courier, the old-fashioned way because I’ll tell you what, no computer is safe,” Trump told reporters Saturday in response to questions about Russia’s alleged hacking of Democrats during the presidential election. Trump, who doesn’t email or surf the internet, said days earlier that computers “have complicated lives very greatly.”

Trump’s skepticism of some technology marks a sharp contrast from the president he’ll replace on Jan. 20.

Obama, who was a youthful 47 years old when he took office, carries a specially outfitted Blackberry, emails with a small number of friends and aides, and has received some of his daily security briefings on an iPad. He celebrated technological innovations at an annual science fair, created the job of chief technology officer in the White House and viewed technology as key to making the sprawling federal government more efficient and responsive to the public.

A much less frequent Twitter user than Trump, Obama let loose Sunday with a volley of tweets highlighting some of his accomplishments as president: boosting clean energy, bringing troops home, delivering “the longest streak of job growth in our history,” passing a law to make health care

affordable, reducing dependence on foreign oil and working “to reaffirm that all are created equal.”

But technology has also been a burden for Obama. Online sign-ups for his health care law were crippled by massive technical issues, resulting in one of the most embarrassing episodes of his presidency. National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden stole classified information that he leaked to journalists, revealing the Obama administration’s bulk collection of millions of Americans’ phone records, as well as U.S. spying on some friendly foreign leaders.

Trump, 70, rarely uses a computer and sifts through stacks of newspapers, magazines and printed articles to read the news. He panned candidates’ reliance on data and technology in presidential campaigns, preferring to make decisions in part based on the reaction from audiences at his rallies. While Trump’s tweetstorms are already legendary, he utters some of his messages out loud and leaves the actual typing to aides.

Incoming White House press secretary Sean Spicer said he expects Trump to continue using Twitter and other social media sites as president, casting it as an effective way to communicate with Americans.

“Absolutely, you’re going to see Twitter,” Spicer said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week.” ‘’I think it freaks the mainstream media out — that he has this following of 45-plus million people that follow him on social media” and he “can have a direct conversation” with them.

Trump has shown some interest in technology since winning the White House. Billionaire tech investor Peter Thiel has been working with Trump’s transition team and could serve as an adviser to the administration. Trump met with several Silicon Valley executives last month, telling them his administration was “here to help you folks do well.” (ap)

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Bali province stays above the national economic growth, around 6.26 percent. Until the end of 2016, it can still grow in the range of 6.15 percent to 6.55 percent.

Economic resilience of Bali strong enough

DENPASAR - Until the end of 2016, the economy of Bali remains to show remarkable resilience. It is proved by several indicators such as the indicator of economic growth, where the Bali province stays above the national economic growth, around 6.26 percent. Until the end of 2016, it can still grow in the range of 6.15 percent to 6.55 percent.

“This shows that Bali is strong enough to face the world and national economic situation,” said Causa Iman Karana, Chief Representative Office of Bank Indonesia for Bali Region.

In terms of inflation, it is well under control. Previously, the inflation of Bali was always above six percent,

but with the establishment of regional inflation control team (TPID) of Bali, the inflation of Bali was then in the range of 2 to 3 percent. It is estimated that until the end of 2016, the inflation will remain within the government target namely 3.14 percent plus minus 1. Another indicator is welfare. The

unemployment rate reduced 1.89 percent, poverty declined 4.25 percent, while the gap of Bali improved (Gini ratio) namely 0.37 percent.

“Thus, we are quite happy and have confidence that Bali can adequately survive even above the national rate,” he said. (kmb42)

Capacity of SPAM Penet 300 liters/second

Current distribution reaches 30 liter/second

MANGUPURA - The Penet drinking water treatment system (SPAM) located at Penet River, Cemagi village, Mengwi, is actually able to process water with a capacity of 300 liters per second. The water will be distributed to meet the water needs in Badung and Denpasar with the distribution of respectively 150 liters per second. However, so far the water distributed only reached

30 liters per second.

Chief of drinking water development performance (PKPAM) of Bali, Ida Bagus Lanang Suardana, reasoned that it happened due to the tapping workmanship has not accomplished. The addition to pipeline intersection used to expand the service coverage has not completed at two points, namely Buduk and Jalan Gunung

Sanghyang, Denpasar.

“For the time being, the operation of tapping at Kancil hamlet can supply 30 liters per second,” he said on the sidelines of the visit of governor of Bali to SPAM Penet on Sunday (Jan. 1). Lanang hoped the tapping can be completed soon so that the entire water production of SPAM Penet can be distributed to the public. It is built to anticipate

the deficit of clean water, chiefly in the area of South Bali.

According to Lanang, the SPAM has been built since 2013 worked on jointly by the central government as well as the government of Bali Province, Badung and Denpasar with the division of tasks as set forth in the memorandum of understanding. The making of SPAM was funded by state budget, while the main distri-

bution network was undertaken by the provincial government of Bali.

The government of Badung and Denpasar worked on the distribution pipeline to customers.

Governor of Bali, Made Mangku Pastika, hoped that the presence of SPAM having been operated since March 2016 could meet the water needs for South Bali region mainly Denpasar and Badung. (kmb32)

Royal heritages stored in the Netherlands

IF the original palm-leaf manuscripts remain available in Bali, it is different from the objects of royal cultural heritages of Bali. Some heritages like kris dagger, sculpture and original gold jewelries are stored in Leiden, the Netherlands.

Such historic objects were trafficked to the Netherlands during the colonial period because they were considered valuable.

“The state’s wealth denoting

cultural property may not be sold. If wishing to get back (to Indonesia), it needs cooperation of the government. If possible, well ... it needs a negotiation,” said the historian I Gde Parimartha in Denpasar on Sunday (Jan. 1).

Palm-leaf manuscripts that actually pose the copies, added Parimartha, cannot be easily taken back to Indonesia. They can be taken back, but possibly it is accompa-

nied with a certain process that equally benefits both countries.

“In my opinion, the Netherlands may not want to easily give the palm-leaf manuscripts that would like to be returned to Indonesia.

Definitely, they will be copied or given in soft copy or electronic format because they have been stored in digital format. Maybe they could be returned because they are valuable and each researcher will be

looking over there,” he explained.

In the meantime, the Head of the Bali Culture Agency, Dewa Putu Beratha, said the efforts to restore historical heritages to Indonesia, especially Bali, has been initiated during the administration of Governor Dewa Beratha. There was a messenger of Bali delegated to the Netherlands, and now it just needs to be continued with the MoU. “Now, it surely has to be started

from the beginning again. It is impossible to take back for granted, there must be a process,” he explained.

Beratha added that Bali is ready to receive such cultural heritages if the Dutch government wants to return. Moreover, there have been documentation center at the Culture Agency and the National Library and Regional Archives as well as palm-leaf manuscript library at the Udayana University. (kmb32)

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High rainfall intensity, farmers complain about dropped harvest

North Korea’s claim on ICBM test plausible - experts

SINGARAJA - Recently, heavy rains often hit several regions in Buleleng. It has severe consequences for the agricultural sector. Pest attack to horticultural crops is on the rise. Likewise, many flowers of coffee fall out. Such conditions cause farmers to complain.

A farmer of Asah Munduk hamlet, Munduk, Banjar, Gustibia, explained that the recent bad weather caused an increasing environmental humidity. It has a quite negative impact on her cabbage plants. Since a few weeks old, the growth is not normal and the leaves look slightly yellow. In addition, the pest attack is unavoidable. “The weather is quite influential in the agricultural sector, especially vegetables,” she said on Sunday (Jan. 1).

She added that when faced with such conditions, the harvest is ascertained to plummet around 50 percent. In contrast to the previous season, the harvest was quite satisfactory. “Indeed, we think it does not suffer losses.

However, this sufficiently affects to the earnings with reduction of 50 percent,” she complained.

In addition to vegetables, the rains also caused blooming flower of coffee to fall out. As estimation, the harvest is down around 50 percent. Unlike previous season, they were capable of having massive harvest. “When the coffee is just blooming, the rains can cause it to fall out. It will bear less fruit than last season. At that time, it was really a massive harvest,” said the woman who is also a merchant.

Similar opinion was also delivered by a farmer from Wanagiri village, Sukasada, I Ketut Kartika Yasa. High rainfall intensity also causes all the coffee flowers to fall out and lead to crop failure. More seriously, such condition takes place when the selling price of coffee is quite good, in the range of IDR 25,000 per kg for dry beans.

“Currently, most coffee farmers failed to harvest. If bearing fruits, they are only a few. The flowers will fall out first due to heavy rains,” he said.

The adverse effects of heavy rain, he said, do not happen to hydrangea plants. Harvest of this season is good enough. Likewise, the selling price reached IDR 10,000 per kilogram. (kmb45)

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Relatives of prisoners react near riot police at a checkpoint close to the prison where around 60 people were killed in a prison riot in the Amazon jungle city of Manaus, Brazil, January 2, 2017.

Brazil drug gangs spark prison riot, 56 dead

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The recent bad weather caused an increasing environmental humidity. It has a quite negative impact on her cabbage plants.

Many palm-leaf manuscript collections scattered

Administrative neatness required to manage

DENPASAR - Weak administrative neatness becomes a major constraint in the preservation of palm-leaf manuscripts in Bali. Although the original palm-leaf manuscripts are generally stored in the palace or house of higher priest, all the historical heritages in the form of manuscripts have been actually copied and stored in the museum.

Unfortunately, several copies of the palm-leaf manuscripts have lost and scattered somewhere.

“When the Dutch government in Bali was headquartered in Singaraja, they have palm-leaf manuscripts throughout Bali copied, so that it financed the copying. There were two copies, one was stored in Gedong Kirtya Singaraja and another was sent to the Netherlands, while the original remains in Bali,” said I Gde

Parimartha, a historian in Denpasar on Sunday (Jan. 1).

According to him, the copies of the palm-leaf manuscripts in the Netherlands are still in good and intact condition. In the past, the nation that colonized Indonesia wanted to learn further about Balinese culture through the copied palm-leaf manuscripts. Primarily it was carried out by linguists and archaeologists in a series of the colonial approach.

Although he did not remember the numbers exactly, he said there are many copied palm-leaf manuscripts stored at the museum in Leiden, the Netherlands.

“The manuscripts at Gedong Kirtya are actually as complete as the ones in the Netherlands, but when I tried to track down to Singaraja many are not found and

probably they are still borrowed.

Due to poor administration, they are not returned, not found and not tracked. That’s our problem in the matter of administrative neatness. In the Netherlands, it is not like that,” said the professor of the Udayana University.

Parimartha added that the situation even got worse when there was a transfer of palm-leaf manuscripts from Gedong Kirtya to Denpasar.

Conditions of the copied manuscripts messed up and some were still left in Singaraja while some others were already in Denpasar.

On that account, the government should pay attention to this matter to detect the missing and scattered manuscripts.

“It is important that all the missing ones should be tracked. Many manu-

scripts are scattered and have not been recorded. So, Balinese linguists need to track and study the unregistered manuscripts,” he explained.

Parimartha appreciated to the data collection of palm-leaf manuscripts carried out by Balinese language extension officers at villages.

Such efforts need to be followed up by the experts or graduates of master and doctoral program of Balinese language by further reviewing the contents of the palm-leaf manuscripts. Thus, the values of local wisdom carried in the manuscripts could be disseminated to the public.

It also includes the classification which one belongs to healing, chronicle or mythology.

“It is meant to further study them in-depth, get literary reviews, values and history. They also have historical

values and not only about Balinese language. After that, good values in the manuscripts can be explored.

When having been understood by the community, they can become guidelines of education materials for Balinese people,” he added.

The Head of the Bali Culture Agency, Dewa Putu Beratha, said that Balinese language extension officers will be provided with training on palm-leaf manuscripts conservation. On the other hand, people who have manuscripts are also encouraged to entrust theirs in the Culture Agency, primarily those who can no longer take care of the manuscripts. “In order that the palm-leaf manuscripts will not getting more damaged and neglected, it could be done so if they wish,” he said. (kmb32)

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BRASILIA - Drug gangs sparked a prison riot that killed 56 people, with decapitated bodies thrown over prison walls in the bloodiest violence in more than two decades in Brazil’s overcrowded penitentiary system, officials said on Monday.

Sergio Fontes, the security chief for Amazonas state, told reporters several decapitated bodies were thrown over the wall of the prison in the Amazon city of Manaus, with most of those killed coming from the Sao Paulo-based First Capital Command (PCC) drug gang.

“This was another chapter in the silent and ruthless war of drug trafficking,” he said.

Pedro Florencio, the Amazonas state prison secretary, said the massacre was a “revenge killing” in a feud between criminal gangs in Brazil.

The violence began late Sunday and was brought under control by around 7 a.m. AMT (1100 GMT) on Monday, Fontes said.

Just as the riot began in one unit of the Anisio Jobim prison complex, dozens of prisoners in the second unit started a mass escape in what authorities said was a coordinated effort to distract guards.

Overcrowding is extremely common in Brazil’s prisons, which

suffer endemic violence and what rights groups call medieval conditions with food scarce and cells so packed that prisoners have no space to lie down.

The Anisio Jobim prison complex currently houses 2,230 inmates despite having a capacity of only 590.

Hours after the Anisio Jobim prison revolt ended, prisoners at an adjoining detention center began a riot and attempted to escape.

Authorities said the situation was quickly brought under control.

Watchdog groups sharply criticize Brazil for its prisons, where deadly riots routinely break out.

“These massacres occur almost daily in Brazil,” said Father Valdir Silveira, director of Pastoral Carceraria, a Catholic center that monitors prison conditions in Brazil. “Our prisons were built to annihilate, torture and kill.”

A total of 184 inmates escaped, with 40 recaptured by Monday afternoon.

The violence was the latest clash between inmates aligned with PCC, Brazil’s most powerful drug gang, and a Manaus criminal group known as the North Family.

The Manaus-based gang is widely believed to be attacking PCC inmates at the behest of the Rio de Janeiro-based Red Command (CV) drug gang, Brazil’s second largest.

“This is part of a nationwide movement. It has happened in Roraima, in Acre, in Porto Velho, in parts of northeast Brazil and now it has happened here,” Amazonas Governor José Melo de Oliveira said at a news conference, referring to other clashes between rival criminal factions.

Oliveira met on Monday with Justice Minister Alexandre de Moraes and other federal security officials over the riot. Speaking at the same news conference, Moraes said that once identified, inmates who spearheaded the revolt will be transferred to federal prisons.

Four inmates were later found dead in another prison in the rural area of Manaus, but state representatives were unable to clarify if a riot had occurred. (rtr)

SEOUL - North Korea has been working through 2016 on developing components for an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), making the isolated nation’s claim that it was close to a test-launch plausible, international weapons experts said on Monday.

North Korea has been testing rocket engines and heat-shields for an ICBM while developing the technology to guide a missile after re-entry into the atmosphere following a lift-off, the experts said.

While Pyongyang is close to a test, it is likely to take some years to perfect the weapon.

Once fully developed, a North Korean ICBM could threaten the continental United States, which is around 9,000 km (5,500 miles) from the North. ICBMs have a minimum range of about 5,500 km (3,400 miles), but some are designed to travel 10,000 km (6,200 miles) or further.

North Korea’s state media regularly threatens the United States with a nuclear strike, but before 2016 Pyongyang had been assumed to be a long way from being capable of doing so.

“The bottom line is Pyongyang is much further along in their missile development than most people realise,” said Melissa Hanham, a senior research associate at the U.S.-based Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, California.

She said the North’s test in April of a large liquid-fuel engine that could propel an ICBM was a major development.

“The liquid engine test was astounding,” Hanham said.

“For years, we knew that North Korea had a Soviet R-27 missile engine design. They re-engineered the design of that engine to double its propulsion”.

North Korea has said it is capable of mounting a nuclear warhead on a ballistic missile but it claims to be able to miniaturise a nuclear device have never been independently verified.

The isolated nation has achieved this progress despite U.N. Security Council imposed sanctions for its nuclear tests and long-range rocket launches dating back to 2006. The sanctions ban arms trade and money flows that can fund the country’s arms programme.

North Korea has enough uranium for six bombs a year and much of what it needs for its nuclear and missile programmes relies on Soviet-era design and technology. Labour is virtually free. (rtr)

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A new engine for an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) is tested at a test site at Sohae Space Center in Cholsan County, North Pyongan province in North Korea in this undated photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on April 9, 2016.

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Few people seen selling yuan for dollars on first day of China’s forex quota re-set

BEIJING/SHANGHAI - China’s authorities have sounded the alarm in recent weeks over the risk of capital outflows from the economy, but there was little evidence at Beijing and Shanghai banks on Tuesday that Chinese individuals were rushing to lock in 2017 quotas to buy foreign exchange.

Only a trickle of people at banks were seen selling yuan for dollars on the first business day of the new year, when buyers in theory could have made use of their quotas.

Under China’s capital controls, individuals are permitted to buy up to $50,000 in foreign exchange a year, and data shows January is typically a standout month for onshore foreign currency deposits.

The yuan shed nearly 7 percent against the dollar last year, its poorest showing since 1994, as policymakers struggled to contain capital outflows and preserve foreign exchange reserves in the face of a slowing economy and resurgent dollar.

Authorities have tightened monitoring of foreign exchange transactions out of concern over capital outflows.

China’s currency regulator this week began requiring Chinese individuals who want to buy foreign currencies to specify the purpose of the purchase and provide additional information, and said it would monitor transactions more closely and frequently as well as punish rule-breakers.

At major bank branches in two of China’s biggest cities, there were no queues on Tuesday, and the few individuals who changed money reported doing so with relative ease.

SMOOTH AND QUICK “The whole process of changing money was pretty smooth and quick,” said an office worker surnamed Xu, who withdrew $500 from an ICBC branch in Beijing on Tuesday for a coming vacation in the United States.

Several other customers at banks in the two cities reported similar ease when changing amounts of money well below the quota.

However, it is unclear how much foreign currency exchange was being conducted online on Tuesday. Central bank data shows onshore foreign exchange deposits rose by almost 32 percent in the first 11 months of 2016, propelled in part by the yuan’s fall to eightyear lows.

Aside from the rising forex deposits, there has been little indication of growing unease among ordinary Chinese - although the authorities were taking no chances,

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President Joko Widodo or Jokowi (left) talking with tax officials while serving taxpayers who participated in the program in the Tax Forgiveness Joint Tax Office in Jalan M.I. Ridwan Rais, Jakarta, Wednesday (Sept. 28, 2016). The President appreciated the community participation in the program Forgiveness Tax (Tax Amnesty).

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A sign for foreign currency exchange is seen at a branch of the ICBC bank in Beijing, China, January 3, 2017. repeating a mantra that the economy is improving and there is no basis for depreciation of the yuan in the long term.

Yang Zhao, chief China economist at Nomura in Hong Kong, said there wasn’t any widespread panic about the falling yuan, so he had not expected a surge in demand.

In recent months, analysts have noted that the yuan was not alone in falling against the dollar, with most other emerging market currencies also suffering, which has helped keep sentiment around the yuan from souring too much.

Zhao said restrictions on use of foreign exchange limited anyone’s

options and so acted as a disincentive anyhow.

“You can’t buy real estate. You can’t purchase anything. Basically you can only park that FX in your deposit account onshore with interest rates that are very low,” he said.(rtr)

UK manufacturing growth unexpectedly hits 2-1/2-year high - PMI LONDON - British manufacturing growth climbed to a two-and-a-halfyear high last month, fuelled by new orders from both home and abroad and adding to signs the economy ended 2016 strongly, a survey showed on Tuesday.

The Markit/CIPS UK Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) rose to 56.1, the strongest reading since June 2014, from 53.6 in November. That exceeded all forecasts in a Reuters poll, which pointed to a decline to 53.1.

Britain’s economy has fared much better than many economists predicted in the aftermath of June’s vote to leave the European Union, with consumer spending strong and companies continuing to perform well.

REUTERS/Phil Noble/File Photo The manufacturing PMI showed A worker assembles components at the Mec Com Ltd facdomestic and export order books grew, tory near Stafford, Britain, December 15, 2016.

but so did cost pressures facing factories - something that will increasingly feed into consumer prices next year.

Survey compiler IHS Markit said the survey was consistent with manufacturing output rising at a quarterly pace of around 1.5 percent.

“The boost to competitiveness from the weak exchange rate has undoubtedly been a key driver of the recent turnaround, while the domestic market has remained a strong contributor to new business wins,” said Rob Dobson, senior economist at IHS Markit.

Dobson added that higher costs were the flip side of the pound’s fall since June’s Brexit vote, which has left it down around 10 percent on a trade-weighted basis. “Of the companies citing a cause of higher costs, 75 percent linked the increase to the exchange rate,” Dobson said.

A separate survey of financial officers last week showed business morale has recovered completely its plunge after the Brexit vote. However, companies are reluctant to spend more because of uncertainty about the economic outlook.

IHS Markit said investment and intermediate goods manufacturers performed particularly well in December, which could augur well for investment more broadly. Manufacturers hired staff at the fastest rate since October 2015.

Britain’s economy looks on track to expand by more than 2 percent this year - faster than almost all other big advanced economies except perhaps the United States.

Economists polled by Reuters expect Britain’s growth rate to more than halve in 2017 to 1.1 percent.(rtr)

Redemption under Indonesian tax amnesty program rises to Rp107 trillion

JAKARTA - Redemption under the Indonesian tax amnesty program totaled Rp107 trillion until the end of 2016 or the second phase of the program.

The redemption rose only Rp9.8 trillion from Rp97.2 trillion in the first phase of the program or reaching only 64.8 percent of the target of Rp165 trillion set until the deadline in March 2017.

The program is divided in three phases - first from July to Sep-

tember, second from October to December, 2016 and the third or the last phase from January to March, 2017.

The tax penalty on assets declaration in the country was 2 percent of net assets in the first phase, 3 percent in the second phase and 5

percent in the last phase.

The tax penalty on assets abroad declared but not repatriated is 4 percent in the first phase, 6 percent in the second phase and 10 percent in the third phase.

The penalty is the same in the three phases for tax payers categorized as micro, small and medium enterprises (UMKM with tariff of 0.5 percent for assets up to Rp10 billion and 2 percent for assets

larger than Rp10 billion. .

The taxation directorate general (DJP) said declaration of assets, previously not reported, reached Rp4,292 trillion including Rp1,013 trillion abroad, and Rp141 trillion repatriated.

Repatriation also grew slowly from Rp137 trillion in the first phase.

The number of tax payers taking part in the program totaled

616,372.

After the March, 2017 deadline failure to declare taxable assets would face sanction .

In 2018, Indonesia will adopt the Automatic Exchange of Information (AEOI) under which all banks in the world would be accessible for investigation of taxable assets.

In 2018, there would be no safe place for tax evasion, Finance Minister Sri Mulyani has said. (ant)

Ministry asked to review ferry service standardization

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Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi

JAKARTA - The Indonesian Consumers Institution (YLKI) has urged the Ministry of Transportation to review safety standards and licensing of ferries operating in the country.

“If ferries operating in Jakarta can meet with an accident like this (catch fire), what about those operating outside Jakarta?” YLKI Chairman Tulus Abadi said in a press statement made available to ANTARA here on Monday.

He also called on the Jakarta regional government to consider the incident as the consequence of inadequate public transportation services. Tulus Abadi argued that

the Zahro Express ferry fire that killed at least 23 passengers in the Thousand Islands waters, North Jakarta, on Sunday only reflected the tip of the iceberg phenomenon of the taxi boat that has been operating for tens of years in the Thousand Islands.

“Now, tens of or even hundreds of taxi boats are operating without clear security and safety standards as well as adequate supervision.”

In term of availability of transportation, he said that if the accident was partly due to lack of ferries, the mishap reflected the Jakarta governments failure in pro-

viding adequate public transportation means for travelling between Jakarta and Thousand Islands.

The Jakarta Transportation Service does not provide adequate means of public transportation to cater the mobility of the Thousand Islands residents. What is available is a large number of taxi boats with minimum safety standards, managed by individuals (not by a corporate body).

The owner of the taxi ferries are only grouped as a cooperative, just like the mikrolet minibus cooperatives, while the Ministry of Transportation has the responsibility of certifying them and

supervising their operations.

The Transportation Ministry plans to implement a ferry service to Thousand Islands using vessels owned by state-owned ship operators PT Pelayaran Nasional Indonesia (Pelni) and ASDP Indonesia Ferry in response to the accident involving the KM Zahro Express.

Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi said while it was awaiting the National Transportation Safety Commission (KNKT) report on the incident, the ministry will take action to prevent similar incidents from happening in future. (ant)

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New U.S. Congress prepares to undo Obamacare, weigh Trump personnel picks

WASHINGTON - A new, Republicancontrolled U.S. Congress convenes on Tuesday eager to repeal major portions of President Barack Obama’s healthcare law and roll back environmental and financial industry regulations, but could quickly become embroiled in fights over President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet choices.

Despite his promise to unite a deeply divided country, Trump will be sworn in on Jan. 20 leading a Republican Party that early on will push legislation through Congress without significant - or any - Democratic support.

According to a Gallup poll released on Monday, Trump will take office with less than half of Americans confident in his ability to handle an international crisis, use military force wisely or prevent major ethics lapses in his administration.

Leading Democrats on Monday warned of a fierce fight over Obamacare, which is expected to have 13.8 million people enrolled in the program that aims to provide health insurance to economically disadvantaged people and to expand coverage for others.

Obama is scheduled to meet on Wednesday with congressional Democrats to discuss strategies for fending off Republican attacks on Obamacare.

Vice President-elect Mike Pence will meet with his fellow House Republicans the same day to rally them on repealing Obamacare, Politico reported.

Republicans in coming weeks will try to steer legislation through Congress using procedures that would

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not require Democratic cooperation. Their bill, which has not been unveiled, is expected to repeal Obamacare, but postpone the actions for two or three years while also maintaining some of the law’s provisions.

“We’re going to fight as hard as ever to protect the ACA (Affordable Care Act), said Representative Steny Hoyer, the House of Representatives’ second-ranking Democrat.

Speaking to reporters, Hoyer and House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi said they would launch an effort to mobilize grassroots support for Obamacare by explaining how repeal would create a ripple effect hurting a majority of Americans.

For years, Republicans have hammered away at Obamacare, insisting it was unworkable and was hampering job growth. With control of Congress and the White House, they will be in a position to enact a repeal bill.

The Senate will have more than legislation on its hands in the new year.

It has the daunting task of debating and voting on the scores of appointees Trump already has announced to head his Cabinet departments and for other top jobs in the new administration.

It also is expected to receive a Supreme Court nomination early on from Trump, triggering a likely confirmation war.

Prominent Senator John McCain has warned that Rex Tillerson, Trump’s choice for secretary of state, will have to explain his relations with Russian President Vladimir Putin, whom McCain has called a “thug and a murderer.” (rtr)

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Local mass media reported that according to the ships passenger list there were 100 passengers, but it was actually carrying around 180 people. Although the number of passengers did not exceed the ships capacity, Kurniawan stated, many passengers were not listed correctly in the manifest, causing problems in insurance claims. “This serious offense had violated the standard operating procedure,” he noted. According to Kurniawan, the fake passenger list was made for personal profit. He also acknowledged that the helmsman and the ships captain had jumped overboard to save themselves, knowing that the ship was on fire.

As part of their responsibilities, the helmsman and the captain should lead evacuation procedures in case

of emergencies, instead of rescuing themselves and ignoring hundreds of passengers lives.

“If the ships captain had been responsible and had assisted in the evacuation, the number of victims may not have been so much,” Kurniawan stated. The death toll in of the mishap, which occurred off the waters of Seribu Island at 9 am Western Indonesia Standard Time, on Sunday morning, rose to 23.

While 194 others have been saved, 17 passengers are still missing, Seply Madreta, an officer at the Disaster Mitigation and Control Operation Center, confirmed to Antara.

Kurniawan urged the police and the National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) and the National Transportation Safety Commission (KNKT) to immediately focus on rescue efforts and investigate the cause of the fire. (rtr)

Islamic State claims Istanbul attack, gunman remains at large

ISTANBUL - Islamic State claimed responsibility on Monday for a New Year’s Day mass shooting in a packed Istanbul nightclub that killed 39 people, an attack carried out by a lone gunman who remains at large.

It described the Reina nightclub, where many foreigners as well as Turks were killed, as a gathering point for Christians celebrating their “apostate holiday”. The attack, it said, was revenge for Turkish military involvement in Syria.

“The apostate Turkish government should know that the blood of Muslims shed with airplanes and artillery fire will, with God’s permission, ignite a fire in their own land,” the Islamic State declaration said.

At a news conference in Ankara, Turkish government spokesman Numan Kurtulmus made no reference to the claim but said it was clear Turkey’s military operations in Syria had annoyed terrorist groups and those behind them.

“This attack is a message to Turkey against its decisive operations across the border,” Kurtulmus said, adding that the offensive in Syria would continue until all threats to Turkey were removed.

The authorities are close to fully identifying the gunman, Kurtulmus said, after gathering fingerprints and information on his basic appearance, and had detained eight other people.

NATO member Turkey is part of the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State and launched the incursion into neighbouring Syria in August to drive the radical Sunni militants, as well as Kurdish militia fighters, away from its borders.

The jihadist group has been

blamed for at least half a dozen attacks on civilian targets in Turkey over the past 18 months; but, other than assassinations, this is the first time it has directly claimed any of them. It made the statement on one of its Telegram channels, a method used after attacks elsewhere.

ATTACKER FROM CENTRAL ASIA?

Nationals of Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Morocco, Libya, Israel, India, Canada, a Turkish-Belgian dual citizen and a Franco-Tunisian woman were among those killed at the nightclub on the shores of the Bosphorus waterway. Twentyfive of the dead were foreigners, according to the state-run Anadolu news agency.

All of those killed died from gunshot wounds, some of them shot at a very close distance or even point-blank range, according to a forensics report quoted by Milliyet newspaper.

Police distributed a hazy blackand-white photo of the alleged gunman taken from security footage.

The authorities believe the attacker may be from a Central Asian nation and suspect he had links to Islamic State, the Hurriyet newspaper said. It said he may be from the same cell responsible for a gun-and-bomb attack on Istanbul’s main airport in June, in which 45 people were killed and hundreds wounded.

The attack at Reina, popular with Turkish celebrities and wealthy visitors, shook Turkey as it tries to recover from a failed July coup and a series of deadly bombings, some blamed on Islamic State, others claimed by Kurdish militants. (rtr)

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Djokovic recovers from slow start to begin year with win in Doha

DOHA - Defending champion Novak Djokovic made a sticky return to action before recovering from losing the opening four games to beat Germany’s Jan-Lennard Struff at the Qatar Open on Monday.

Delod Berawah beach

NEGARA - The village of Delod Berawah is located 12 km southeast of the town of Negara, and or 88 km to the west of Denpasar. It has a black sandy beach with pandanus tree vegetation, offering an especially enchanting atmosphere for relaxation and recreation. There is also a tourism park that includes the only public sea-water swimming pool in Bali a mini water boom, a fishing pool, and a beautiful landscape. North of the beach there is a Mekepung, (traditional buffalo race) arena that has been become the main tourism attraction of Jembrana Regency. Hotels, restaurants, a playground are also available here.

Almost every year this event is always held in order to preserve this tradition. Makepung an icon of Jembrana district so that the border between the districts Jembrana with Tabanan built Statue Makepung. To preserve the tradition of this Makepung the district government building the circuit Makepung jembrana in sights Berawah delod Beach.

Along the way to get to this beach location, you will be presented with the natural scenery of rice fields was beautiful. You will witness the activities of the farmers working in the fields.

Way to go to the beach location is great because it was paved with very well. After reaching the

coastal region delod Berawah then you will be greeted by a statue of a mermaid as icons Berawah delod coast.

Just like in Medewi Beach, waves on the beach delod Berawah very friendly with surfers. It’s just that this beach does not like the beach medewi repercussions that are well known to foreign countries, so that by the time the team visited Long Trip Mania no visible surfing activity performed by surfers from around the world.

To support tourism activities on the beach delod Berawah Jembrana district government already provides public facilities such as a large parking area, a sitting area to enjoy the beauty of the beach, dining, and lodging. In addition, the local government also provides sea water swimming pool is located on the waterfront called Tirta Ocean Recreation Park Dlod Brawah.

Crowd around the beach delod Brawah not only occur during the day, even at night around the beach is decorated with sparkling lights and the sound of music fused with waves coming from the night entertainment places that are around the coast. In addition to beach tourism delod Berawah, Jembrana district also has other interesting sights such as Yeh Leh Beach, Park City Pecangakan, Benel Dams and Dam Palasari. (IBP/net)

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LONDON - World number one Michael van Gerwen of the Netherlands won his second PDC World Darts Championship title with a 7-3 win over holder Gary Anderson at a sold-out Alexandra Palace on Monday.

The 27-year-old Van Gerwen never looked in any real danger against Scotland’s Anderson during a contest that included 42 maximums of 180 - a world record for a single darts match.

“I feel absolutely over the moon. I had to find my A game,” ‘Mighty Mike’ Van Gerwen told Sky Sports. “My average of 108 says it all - it was incredible for everyone.”

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by Andy Murray at the back end of last year and split with coach Boris Becker, eventually snapped into his usual rhythm to win 7-6(1) 6-3.

The Serbian will play either Florian Mayer of Germany or Argentine Horacio Zeballos in the second round.

“It’s the first match of the year. You never know how you’re going to start,” Djokovic was quoted as saying on the ATP’s website (www.atpworldtour.com).

“I was a bit flat on my feet. But I stayed composed because I knew, I believed that I could find the rhythm, start reading his serve better, and that’s what happened.

“I know that I can’t be at my top the very first match, but I believe that the process is right.”

Murray, who lost a first-round doubles match with Mariusz Fyrstenberg on Monday, plays Frenchman Jeremy Chardy on Tuesday. The Scot won the title in 2008 and 2009. (rtr)

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An intruder who climbed on to the stage in the ninth set seemed to briefly break Van Gerwen’s concentration but the Dutchman ended a three-year wait for a second world title by hitting the bullseye to seal a comfortable victory.

World number two Anderson, 46, was aiming to match Eric Bristow (1984-86) and Phil Taylor (1995-2002 & 2004-06) by becoming the third man to win three successive world titles.

“It’s well deserved for Michael with the year he’s had, but I’ve had a good three years,” said Anderson. “At 2-2 I just started to drop and got punished.” (rtr) Michael van Gerwen of the Netherlands celebrates winning with the Sid Waddell trophy on the last day of the World Darts Championship at Alexandra Palace, London, Monday Jan. 2, 2017.

SYDNEY - David Warner’s spectacular century in the opening session gave Australia the perfect start to the third test against Pakistan on Tuesday and the hosts reached tea on 224 for two despite his departure for 113.

The left-hander, playing on his home ground just a few hundred metres from where he was born, reached the hundred mark from 78 balls in 118 minutes to become only the fifth batsman to notch up a century before lunch on the first day of a test.

He was unable to add to his tally of 17 fours before being caught behind off Wahab Riaz soon after the break, however, and Usman Khawaja followed for 13 in similar fashion half an hour before tea.

That left opener Matt Renshaw, who had stuck to his more circumspect game while Warner lit up the SCG in the morning, inching towards his maiden century on 83 not out and set to resume for the final session with Steve Smith (12 not out).

Australia are already assured of victory in the series after wins in the day/night Brisbane test and Boxing Day contest in Melbourne gave them an unassailable 2-0 lead.

Skipper Smith won the toss and chose to bat with Warner setting the tone for his innings by hitting

Mohammad Amir for four off the second ball he faced.

As pugnacious as ever, Warner barely hit a false note and did not let up until he had run three runs, albeit helped by a misfield, to secure his 18th test century.

The 30-year-old emitted a roar of delight before his traditional celebratory leap into the air, despite being unaware he had joined some select company.

No batsman had ever hit a century in the opening session of a test match in Australia and only compatriots Victor Trumper, Charles Macartney and Don Bradman as well as Pakistan’s Majid Khan had done it elsewhere.

“It’s a honour and privilege to be amongst the greats of the game,” Warner said.

“It wasn’t something in the back of my mind to go out and score a 100 in a session. It was about going out there with intent and batting positive.”

Warner also bettered his own record for the fastest test century at the SCG, having taken 82 balls to reach the milestone against West Indies here last year.

Pakistan had made two changes to their line-up from the Melbourne test, handing opener Sharjeel Khan his debut and recalling seamer Imran Khan. (rtr)

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Manchester United’s Juan Mata celebrates after scoring the opening goal of the game during their English Premier League soccer match between West Ham United and Manchester United at the London stadium, in London Monday, Jan. 2, 2017.

Man United beats 10-man West Ham for 6th successive win

LONDON — Manchester United benefited from a controversial red card and an equally debatable goal to beat 10-man West Ham 2-0 in the English Premier League on Monday, earning a sixth successive victory.

Substitute Juan Mata gave United the lead before Zlatan Ibrahimovic secured victory from what clearly appeared to be an offside position, after referee Mike Dean had controversially dismissed Sofiane Feghouli in the opening stages.

Despite its numerical advantage, United struggled to break down the home side for long spells and required a number of saves from goalkeeper David de Gea to keep West Ham out.

“I think it was not a very good performance,” United manager Jose Mourinho said. “I think it’s very difficult to play football in these circumstances, 48 hours,” after both teams’ previous fixtures.

“Only when I brought fresh people on, Mata and (Marcus) Rashford, the team was different,” Mourinho added. “We gave width with Rashford, we gave an extra body in the creative area with Mata.”

West Ham manager Slaven Bilic said his club would appeal against the three-game ban Feghouli is facing after his challenge on Phil Jones.

“I was very surprised (at the red card), I wouldn’t have been happy with a yellow. The more times I’ve seen it, it’s the other way round, it was Jones who made a more dangerous tackle than Feghouli,” Bilic said.

“We are gutted and frustrated, but I’m very proud of the team and I told them after the game that if we continue to work hard and play for each other, we don’t have

to worry, we’re going to be very high on the table.”

Feghouli, making his first Premier League start for West Ham, was sent off after just 15 minutes in what replays suggested was a harsh decision.

Manuel Lanzini brought two strong saves from De Gea before the break, while Michail Antonio was crucially denied by the Spanish goalkeeper when through one-on-one on the hour mark. West Ham was made to pay just three minutes later with Mourinho’s alterations proving crucial as Rashford beat two defenders before setting up Mata to finish from close range.

United wrapped up the victory 12 minutes from time when Ibrahimovic reacted first as the ball bounced off Ander Herrera to fire low and hard past Darren Randolph from just inside the box, with replays showing the striker had been marginally offside.

United had struggled to create chances before the break, but did draw one of the saves of the season from West Ham keeper, Randolph, in the 35th, before Jesse Lingard produced an equally spectacular miss.

Antonio Valencia was set up at the back post after good work from Ibrahmovic and Henrikh Mkhitaryan, but was foiled by the sprawling Randolph, who prevented the ball from crossing his line by the narrowest of margins.

The rebound fell to Lingard with the goal at his mercy, but he could only direct his effort onto the post from two yards out, with West Ham somehow escaping as the ball bounced into Randolph’s hands.

United remains sixth in the table, but has now moved within five points of second-place Liverpool, which was held to a 2-2 draw at Sunderland earlier on Monday. West Ham dropped to 13th. (ap)

Chelsea striker Diego Costa has credited manager Antonio Conte for the side’s recordequalling run of 13 consecutive victories that has propelled them to the top of the Premier League table.

Chelsea, who finished 10th in the league last season, are five points clear at the top and Costa believes the change in the fortunes of the club is down to the Italian manager’s close relationship with the squad.

“The manager has come, he’s applied his ideas, and things are going well,” the 28-year-old striker told the British media.

“The truth is the manager is good with the players, every time making more jokes with the players.

“That’s good for us, to have a manager who is not just a boss, but like a person we can talk with,

someone whose support we can count on in difficult moments.”

Costa, who is the league’s top scorer with 14 goals this season, said he was close to leaving the London club for Atletico Madrid before the start of the season.

“I had the possibility to go to Atletico because of a few things the family, the life I have there - but not because of Chelsea,” he said.

“Here there’s a lot of love with the supporters, with the people, so I’m here very happy, I’m very content.

“There was one thing I wanted to change for family reasons but, well, it wasn’t to be and I continue (to be) happy here.”

Chelsea visit fifth-placed Tottenham Hotspur on Wednesday before hosting League One outfit Peterborough United in the FA Cup third-round on Sunday. (rtr)

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Paul Clement set to leave Bayern to become Swansea manager

SWANSEA — Bayern Munich has given assistant manager Paul Clement permission to hold talks with Swansea over becoming manager of the English Premier League club.

The 44-year-old Clement would be the south Wales team’s third manager this season, with Francesco Guidolin and then Bob Bradley fired.

Swansea is in danger of being relegated after

six seasons in the Premier League, with the team bottom of the standings.

Clement has less than one season’s experience as a head coach, leaving second-tier English club Derby in February 2016 after eight months.

But the Englishman has worked alongside Carlo Ancelotti at Chelsea, Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid and, this season, Bayern. (ap)

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Chelsea’s Diego Costa and Chelsea manager Antonio Conte celebrate after the game.

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Napoli sign striker Pavoletti from Genoa

Napoli have completed the signing of striker Leonardo Pavoletti from Genoa, the Serie A club has said. No financial details of the transfer were released but local media reports said Napoli paid 18 million euros ($18.75 million) to sign Pavoletti from Genoa.

The 28-year-old Italian, who joined Genoa in 2015, initially on loan from Sassuolo before making his transfer permanent, has scored

three goals in nine appearances in Serie A this season.

Napoli will hope Pavoletti will help fill the void left by the absence of striker Arkadiusz Milik, who sustained a cruciate ligament injury after just seven games this campaign.

Napoli, third in the standings, are seven points behind league leaders and reigning champions Juventus, host 13th-placed Sampdoria on Saturday. (rtr)

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Manchester United’s Juan Mata celebrates after scoring the opening goal of the game during their English Premier League soccer match between West Ham United and Manchester United at the London stadium, in London Monday, Jan. 2, 2017.

Man United beats 10-man West Ham for 6th successive win

LONDON — Manchester United benefited from a controversial red card and an equally debatable goal to beat 10-man West Ham 2-0 in the English Premier League on Monday, earning a sixth successive victory.

Substitute Juan Mata gave United the lead before Zlatan Ibrahimovic secured victory from what clearly appeared to be an offside position, after referee Mike Dean had controversially dismissed Sofiane Feghouli in the opening stages.

Despite its numerical advantage, United struggled to break down the home side for long spells and required a number of saves from goalkeeper David de Gea to keep West Ham out.

“I think it was not a very good performance,” United manager Jose Mourinho said. “I think it’s very difficult to play football in these circumstances, 48 hours,” after both teams’ previous fixtures.

“Only when I brought fresh people on, Mata and (Marcus) Rashford, the team was different,” Mourinho added. “We gave width with Rashford, we gave an extra body in the creative area with Mata.”

West Ham manager Slaven Bilic said his club would appeal against the three-game ban Feghouli is facing after his challenge on Phil Jones.

“I was very surprised (at the red card), I wouldn’t have been happy with a yellow. The more times I’ve seen it, it’s the other way round, it was Jones who made a more dangerous tackle than Feghouli,” Bilic said.

“We are gutted and frustrated, but I’m very proud of the team and I told them after the game that if we continue to work hard and play for each other, we don’t have

to worry, we’re going to be very high on the table.”

Feghouli, making his first Premier League start for West Ham, was sent off after just 15 minutes in what replays suggested was a harsh decision.

Manuel Lanzini brought two strong saves from De Gea before the break, while Michail Antonio was crucially denied by the Spanish goalkeeper when through one-on-one on the hour mark. West Ham was made to pay just three minutes later with Mourinho’s alterations proving crucial as Rashford beat two defenders before setting up Mata to finish from close range.

United wrapped up the victory 12 minutes from time when Ibrahimovic reacted first as the ball bounced off Ander Herrera to fire low and hard past Darren Randolph from just inside the box, with replays showing the striker had been marginally offside.

United had struggled to create chances before the break, but did draw one of the saves of the season from West Ham keeper, Randolph, in the 35th, before Jesse Lingard produced an equally spectacular miss.

Antonio Valencia was set up at the back post after good work from Ibrahmovic and Henrikh Mkhitaryan, but was foiled by the sprawling Randolph, who prevented the ball from crossing his line by the narrowest of margins.

The rebound fell to Lingard with the goal at his mercy, but he could only direct his effort onto the post from two yards out, with West Ham somehow escaping as the ball bounced into Randolph’s hands.

United remains sixth in the table, but has now moved within five points of second-place Liverpool, which was held to a 2-2 draw at Sunderland earlier on Monday. West Ham dropped to 13th. (ap)

Chelsea striker Diego Costa has credited manager Antonio Conte for the side’s recordequalling run of 13 consecutive victories that has propelled them to the top of the Premier League table.

Chelsea, who finished 10th in the league last season, are five points clear at the top and Costa believes the change in the fortunes of the club is down to the Italian manager’s close relationship with the squad.

“The manager has come, he’s applied his ideas, and things are going well,” the 28-year-old striker told the British media.

“The truth is the manager is good with the players, every time making more jokes with the players.

“That’s good for us, to have a manager who is not just a boss, but like a person we can talk with,

someone whose support we can count on in difficult moments.”

Costa, who is the league’s top scorer with 14 goals this season, said he was close to leaving the London club for Atletico Madrid before the start of the season.

“I had the possibility to go to Atletico because of a few things the family, the life I have there - but not because of Chelsea,” he said.

“Here there’s a lot of love with the supporters, with the people, so I’m here very happy, I’m very content.

“There was one thing I wanted to change for family reasons but, well, it wasn’t to be and I continue (to be) happy here.”

Chelsea visit fifth-placed Tottenham Hotspur on Wednesday before hosting League One outfit Peterborough United in the FA Cup third-round on Sunday. (rtr)

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Paul Clement set to leave Bayern to become Swansea manager

SWANSEA — Bayern Munich has given assistant manager Paul Clement permission to hold talks with Swansea over becoming manager of the English Premier League club.

The 44-year-old Clement would be the south Wales team’s third manager this season, with Francesco Guidolin and then Bob Bradley fired.

Swansea is in danger of being relegated after

six seasons in the Premier League, with the team bottom of the standings.

Clement has less than one season’s experience as a head coach, leaving second-tier English club Derby in February 2016 after eight months.

But the Englishman has worked alongside Carlo Ancelotti at Chelsea, Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid and, this season, Bayern. (ap)

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Chelsea’s Diego Costa and Chelsea manager Antonio Conte celebrate after the game.

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Napoli sign striker Pavoletti from Genoa

Napoli have completed the signing of striker Leonardo Pavoletti from Genoa, the Serie A club has said. No financial details of the transfer were released but local media reports said Napoli paid 18 million euros ($18.75 million) to sign Pavoletti from Genoa.

The 28-year-old Italian, who joined Genoa in 2015, initially on loan from Sassuolo before making his transfer permanent, has scored

three goals in nine appearances in Serie A this season.

Napoli will hope Pavoletti will help fill the void left by the absence of striker Arkadiusz Milik, who sustained a cruciate ligament injury after just seven games this campaign.

Napoli, third in the standings, are seven points behind league leaders and reigning champions Juventus, host 13th-placed Sampdoria on Saturday. (rtr)

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Djokovic recovers from slow start to begin year with win in Doha

DOHA - Defending champion Novak Djokovic made a sticky return to action before recovering from losing the opening four games to beat Germany’s Jan-Lennard Struff at the Qatar Open on Monday.

Delod Berawah beach

NEGARA - The village of Delod Berawah is located 12 km southeast of the town of Negara, and or 88 km to the west of Denpasar. It has a black sandy beach with pandanus tree vegetation, offering an especially enchanting atmosphere for relaxation and recreation. There is also a tourism park that includes the only public sea-water swimming pool in Bali a mini water boom, a fishing pool, and a beautiful landscape. North of the beach there is a Mekepung, (traditional buffalo race) arena that has been become the main tourism attraction of Jembrana Regency. Hotels, restaurants, a playground are also available here.

Almost every year this event is always held in order to preserve this tradition. Makepung an icon of Jembrana district so that the border between the districts Jembrana with Tabanan built Statue Makepung. To preserve the tradition of this Makepung the district government building the circuit Makepung jembrana in sights Berawah delod Beach.

Along the way to get to this beach location, you will be presented with the natural scenery of rice fields was beautiful. You will witness the activities of the farmers working in the fields.

Way to go to the beach location is great because it was paved with very well. After reaching the

coastal region delod Berawah then you will be greeted by a statue of a mermaid as icons Berawah delod coast.

Just like in Medewi Beach, waves on the beach delod Berawah very friendly with surfers. It’s just that this beach does not like the beach medewi repercussions that are well known to foreign countries, so that by the time the team visited Long Trip Mania no visible surfing activity performed by surfers from around the world.

To support tourism activities on the beach delod Berawah Jembrana district government already provides public facilities such as a large parking area, a sitting area to enjoy the beauty of the beach, dining, and lodging. In addition, the local government also provides sea water swimming pool is located on the waterfront called Tirta Ocean Recreation Park Dlod Brawah.

Crowd around the beach delod Brawah not only occur during the day, even at night around the beach is decorated with sparkling lights and the sound of music fused with waves coming from the night entertainment places that are around the coast. In addition to beach tourism delod Berawah, Jembrana district also has other interesting sights such as Yeh Leh Beach, Park City Pecangakan, Benel Dams and Dam Palasari. (IBP/net)

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LONDON - World number one Michael van Gerwen of the Netherlands won his second PDC World Darts Championship title with a 7-3 win over holder Gary Anderson at a sold-out Alexandra Palace on Monday.

The 27-year-old Van Gerwen never looked in any real danger against Scotland’s Anderson during a contest that included 42 maximums of 180 - a world record for a single darts match.

“I feel absolutely over the moon. I had to find my A game,” ‘Mighty Mike’ Van Gerwen told Sky Sports. “My average of 108 says it all - it was incredible for everyone.”

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by Andy Murray at the back end of last year and split with coach Boris Becker, eventually snapped into his usual rhythm to win 7-6(1) 6-3.

The Serbian will play either Florian Mayer of Germany or Argentine Horacio Zeballos in the second round.

“It’s the first match of the year. You never know how you’re going to start,” Djokovic was quoted as saying on the ATP’s website (www.atpworldtour.com).

“I was a bit flat on my feet. But I stayed composed because I knew, I believed that I could find the rhythm, start reading his serve better, and that’s what happened.

“I know that I can’t be at my top the very first match, but I believe that the process is right.”

Murray, who lost a first-round doubles match with Mariusz Fyrstenberg on Monday, plays Frenchman Jeremy Chardy on Tuesday. The Scot won the title in 2008 and 2009. (rtr)

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An intruder who climbed on to the stage in the ninth set seemed to briefly break Van Gerwen’s concentration but the Dutchman ended a three-year wait for a second world title by hitting the bullseye to seal a comfortable victory.

World number two Anderson, 46, was aiming to match Eric Bristow (1984-86) and Phil Taylor (1995-2002 & 2004-06) by becoming the third man to win three successive world titles.

“It’s well deserved for Michael with the year he’s had, but I’ve had a good three years,” said Anderson. “At 2-2 I just started to drop and got punished.” (rtr) Michael van Gerwen of the Netherlands celebrates winning with the Sid Waddell trophy on the last day of the World Darts Championship at Alexandra Palace, London, Monday Jan. 2, 2017.

SYDNEY - David Warner’s spectacular century in the opening session gave Australia the perfect start to the third test against Pakistan on Tuesday and the hosts reached tea on 224 for two despite his departure for 113.

The left-hander, playing on his home ground just a few hundred metres from where he was born, reached the hundred mark from 78 balls in 118 minutes to become only the fifth batsman to notch up a century before lunch on the first day of a test.

He was unable to add to his tally of 17 fours before being caught behind off Wahab Riaz soon after the break, however, and Usman Khawaja followed for 13 in similar fashion half an hour before tea.

That left opener Matt Renshaw, who had stuck to his more circumspect game while Warner lit up the SCG in the morning, inching towards his maiden century on 83 not out and set to resume for the final session with Steve Smith (12 not out).

Australia are already assured of victory in the series after wins in the day/night Brisbane test and Boxing Day contest in Melbourne gave them an unassailable 2-0 lead.

Skipper Smith won the toss and chose to bat with Warner setting the tone for his innings by hitting

Mohammad Amir for four off the second ball he faced.

As pugnacious as ever, Warner barely hit a false note and did not let up until he had run three runs, albeit helped by a misfield, to secure his 18th test century.

The 30-year-old emitted a roar of delight before his traditional celebratory leap into the air, despite being unaware he had joined some select company.

No batsman had ever hit a century in the opening session of a test match in Australia and only compatriots Victor Trumper, Charles Macartney and Don Bradman as well as Pakistan’s Majid Khan had done it elsewhere.

“It’s a honour and privilege to be amongst the greats of the game,” Warner said.

“It wasn’t something in the back of my mind to go out and score a 100 in a session. It was about going out there with intent and batting positive.”

Warner also bettered his own record for the fastest test century at the SCG, having taken 82 balls to reach the milestone against West Indies here last year.

Pakistan had made two changes to their line-up from the Melbourne test, handing opener Sharjeel Khan his debut and recalling seamer Imran Khan. (rtr)

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New U.S. Congress prepares to undo Obamacare, weigh Trump personnel picks

WASHINGTON - A new, Republicancontrolled U.S. Congress convenes on Tuesday eager to repeal major portions of President Barack Obama’s healthcare law and roll back environmental and financial industry regulations, but could quickly become embroiled in fights over President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet choices.

Despite his promise to unite a deeply divided country, Trump will be sworn in on Jan. 20 leading a Republican Party that early on will push legislation through Congress without significant - or any - Democratic support.

According to a Gallup poll released on Monday, Trump will take office with less than half of Americans confident in his ability to handle an international crisis, use military force wisely or prevent major ethics lapses in his administration.

Leading Democrats on Monday warned of a fierce fight over Obamacare, which is expected to have 13.8 million people enrolled in the program that aims to provide health insurance to economically disadvantaged people and to expand coverage for others.

Obama is scheduled to meet on Wednesday with congressional Democrats to discuss strategies for fending off Republican attacks on Obamacare.

Vice President-elect Mike Pence will meet with his fellow House Republicans the same day to rally them on repealing Obamacare, Politico reported.

Republicans in coming weeks will try to steer legislation through Congress using procedures that would

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“We’re going to fight as hard as ever to protect the ACA (Affordable Care Act), said Representative Steny Hoyer, the House of Representatives’ second-ranking Democrat.

Speaking to reporters, Hoyer and House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi said they would launch an effort to mobilize grassroots support for Obamacare by explaining how repeal would create a ripple effect hurting a majority of Americans.

For years, Republicans have hammered away at Obamacare, insisting it was unworkable and was hampering job growth. With control of Congress and the White House, they will be in a position to enact a repeal bill.

The Senate will have more than legislation on its hands in the new year.

It has the daunting task of debating and voting on the scores of appointees Trump already has announced to head his Cabinet departments and for other top jobs in the new administration.

It also is expected to receive a Supreme Court nomination early on from Trump, triggering a likely confirmation war.

Prominent Senator John McCain has warned that Rex Tillerson, Trump’s choice for secretary of state, will have to explain his relations with Russian President Vladimir Putin, whom McCain has called a “thug and a murderer.” (rtr)

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Local mass media reported that according to the ships passenger list there were 100 passengers, but it was actually carrying around 180 people. Although the number of passengers did not exceed the ships capacity, Kurniawan stated, many passengers were not listed correctly in the manifest, causing problems in insurance claims. “This serious offense had violated the standard operating procedure,” he noted. According to Kurniawan, the fake passenger list was made for personal profit. He also acknowledged that the helmsman and the ships captain had jumped overboard to save themselves, knowing that the ship was on fire.

As part of their responsibilities, the helmsman and the captain should lead evacuation procedures in case

of emergencies, instead of rescuing themselves and ignoring hundreds of passengers lives.

“If the ships captain had been responsible and had assisted in the evacuation, the number of victims may not have been so much,” Kurniawan stated. The death toll in of the mishap, which occurred off the waters of Seribu Island at 9 am Western Indonesia Standard Time, on Sunday morning, rose to 23.

While 194 others have been saved, 17 passengers are still missing, Seply Madreta, an officer at the Disaster Mitigation and Control Operation Center, confirmed to Antara.

Kurniawan urged the police and the National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) and the National Transportation Safety Commission (KNKT) to immediately focus on rescue efforts and investigate the cause of the fire. (rtr)

Islamic State claims Istanbul attack, gunman remains at large

ISTANBUL - Islamic State claimed responsibility on Monday for a New Year’s Day mass shooting in a packed Istanbul nightclub that killed 39 people, an attack carried out by a lone gunman who remains at large.

It described the Reina nightclub, where many foreigners as well as Turks were killed, as a gathering point for Christians celebrating their “apostate holiday”. The attack, it said, was revenge for Turkish military involvement in Syria.

“The apostate Turkish government should know that the blood of Muslims shed with airplanes and artillery fire will, with God’s permission, ignite a fire in their own land,” the Islamic State declaration said.

At a news conference in Ankara, Turkish government spokesman Numan Kurtulmus made no reference to the claim but said it was clear Turkey’s military operations in Syria had annoyed terrorist groups and those behind them.

“This attack is a message to Turkey against its decisive operations across the border,” Kurtulmus said, adding that the offensive in Syria would continue until all threats to Turkey were removed.

The authorities are close to fully identifying the gunman, Kurtulmus said, after gathering fingerprints and information on his basic appearance, and had detained eight other people.

NATO member Turkey is part of the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State and launched the incursion into neighbouring Syria in August to drive the radical Sunni militants, as well as Kurdish militia fighters, away from its borders.

The jihadist group has been

blamed for at least half a dozen attacks on civilian targets in Turkey over the past 18 months; but, other than assassinations, this is the first time it has directly claimed any of them. It made the statement on one of its Telegram channels, a method used after attacks elsewhere.

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Nationals of Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Morocco, Libya, Israel, India, Canada, a Turkish-Belgian dual citizen and a Franco-Tunisian woman were among those killed at the nightclub on the shores of the Bosphorus waterway. Twentyfive of the dead were foreigners, according to the state-run Anadolu news agency.

All of those killed died from gunshot wounds, some of them shot at a very close distance or even point-blank range, according to a forensics report quoted by Milliyet newspaper.

Police distributed a hazy blackand-white photo of the alleged gunman taken from security footage.

The authorities believe the attacker may be from a Central Asian nation and suspect he had links to Islamic State, the Hurriyet newspaper said. It said he may be from the same cell responsible for a gun-and-bomb attack on Istanbul’s main airport in June, in which 45 people were killed and hundreds wounded.

The attack at Reina, popular with Turkish celebrities and wealthy visitors, shook Turkey as it tries to recover from a failed July coup and a series of deadly bombings, some blamed on Islamic State, others claimed by Kurdish militants. (rtr)

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Few people seen selling yuan for dollars on first day of China’s forex quota re-set

BEIJING/SHANGHAI - China’s authorities have sounded the alarm in recent weeks over the risk of capital outflows from the economy, but there was little evidence at Beijing and Shanghai banks on Tuesday that Chinese individuals were rushing to lock in 2017 quotas to buy foreign exchange.

Only a trickle of people at banks were seen selling yuan for dollars on the first business day of the new year, when buyers in theory could have made use of their quotas.

Under China’s capital controls, individuals are permitted to buy up to $50,000 in foreign exchange a year, and data shows January is typically a standout month for onshore foreign currency deposits.

The yuan shed nearly 7 percent against the dollar last year, its poorest showing since 1994, as policymakers struggled to contain capital outflows and preserve foreign exchange reserves in the face of a slowing economy and resurgent dollar.

Authorities have tightened monitoring of foreign exchange transactions out of concern over capital outflows.

China’s currency regulator this week began requiring Chinese individuals who want to buy foreign currencies to specify the purpose of the purchase and provide additional information, and said it would monitor transactions more closely and frequently as well as punish rule-breakers.

At major bank branches in two of China’s biggest cities, there were no queues on Tuesday, and the few individuals who changed money reported doing so with relative ease.

SMOOTH AND QUICK “The whole process of changing money was pretty smooth and quick,” said an office worker surnamed Xu, who withdrew $500 from an ICBC branch in Beijing on Tuesday for a coming vacation in the United States.

Several other customers at banks in the two cities reported similar ease when changing amounts of money well below the quota.

However, it is unclear how much foreign currency exchange was being conducted online on Tuesday. Central bank data shows onshore foreign exchange deposits rose by almost 32 percent in the first 11 months of 2016, propelled in part by the yuan’s fall to eightyear lows.

Aside from the rising forex deposits, there has been little indication of growing unease among ordinary Chinese - although the authorities were taking no chances,

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President Joko Widodo or Jokowi (left) talking with tax officials while serving taxpayers who participated in the program in the Tax Forgiveness Joint Tax Office in Jalan M.I. Ridwan Rais, Jakarta, Wednesday (Sept. 28, 2016). The President appreciated the community participation in the program Forgiveness Tax (Tax Amnesty).

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A sign for foreign currency exchange is seen at a branch of the ICBC bank in Beijing, China, January 3, 2017. repeating a mantra that the economy is improving and there is no basis for depreciation of the yuan in the long term.

Yang Zhao, chief China economist at Nomura in Hong Kong, said there wasn’t any widespread panic about the falling yuan, so he had not expected a surge in demand.

In recent months, analysts have noted that the yuan was not alone in falling against the dollar, with most other emerging market currencies also suffering, which has helped keep sentiment around the yuan from souring too much.

Zhao said restrictions on use of foreign exchange limited anyone’s

options and so acted as a disincentive anyhow.

“You can’t buy real estate. You can’t purchase anything. Basically you can only park that FX in your deposit account onshore with interest rates that are very low,” he said.(rtr)

UK manufacturing growth unexpectedly hits 2-1/2-year high - PMI LONDON - British manufacturing growth climbed to a two-and-a-halfyear high last month, fuelled by new orders from both home and abroad and adding to signs the economy ended 2016 strongly, a survey showed on Tuesday.

The Markit/CIPS UK Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) rose to 56.1, the strongest reading since June 2014, from 53.6 in November. That exceeded all forecasts in a Reuters poll, which pointed to a decline to 53.1.

Britain’s economy has fared much better than many economists predicted in the aftermath of June’s vote to leave the European Union, with consumer spending strong and companies continuing to perform well.

REUTERS/Phil Noble/File Photo The manufacturing PMI showed A worker assembles components at the Mec Com Ltd facdomestic and export order books grew, tory near Stafford, Britain, December 15, 2016.

but so did cost pressures facing factories - something that will increasingly feed into consumer prices next year.

Survey compiler IHS Markit said the survey was consistent with manufacturing output rising at a quarterly pace of around 1.5 percent.

“The boost to competitiveness from the weak exchange rate has undoubtedly been a key driver of the recent turnaround, while the domestic market has remained a strong contributor to new business wins,” said Rob Dobson, senior economist at IHS Markit.

Dobson added that higher costs were the flip side of the pound’s fall since June’s Brexit vote, which has left it down around 10 percent on a trade-weighted basis. “Of the companies citing a cause of higher costs, 75 percent linked the increase to the exchange rate,” Dobson said.

A separate survey of financial officers last week showed business morale has recovered completely its plunge after the Brexit vote. However, companies are reluctant to spend more because of uncertainty about the economic outlook.

IHS Markit said investment and intermediate goods manufacturers performed particularly well in December, which could augur well for investment more broadly. Manufacturers hired staff at the fastest rate since October 2015.

Britain’s economy looks on track to expand by more than 2 percent this year - faster than almost all other big advanced economies except perhaps the United States.

Economists polled by Reuters expect Britain’s growth rate to more than halve in 2017 to 1.1 percent.(rtr)

Redemption under Indonesian tax amnesty program rises to Rp107 trillion

JAKARTA - Redemption under the Indonesian tax amnesty program totaled Rp107 trillion until the end of 2016 or the second phase of the program.

The redemption rose only Rp9.8 trillion from Rp97.2 trillion in the first phase of the program or reaching only 64.8 percent of the target of Rp165 trillion set until the deadline in March 2017.

The program is divided in three phases - first from July to Sep-

tember, second from October to December, 2016 and the third or the last phase from January to March, 2017.

The tax penalty on assets declaration in the country was 2 percent of net assets in the first phase, 3 percent in the second phase and 5

percent in the last phase.

The tax penalty on assets abroad declared but not repatriated is 4 percent in the first phase, 6 percent in the second phase and 10 percent in the third phase.

The penalty is the same in the three phases for tax payers categorized as micro, small and medium enterprises (UMKM with tariff of 0.5 percent for assets up to Rp10 billion and 2 percent for assets

larger than Rp10 billion. .

The taxation directorate general (DJP) said declaration of assets, previously not reported, reached Rp4,292 trillion including Rp1,013 trillion abroad, and Rp141 trillion repatriated.

Repatriation also grew slowly from Rp137 trillion in the first phase.

The number of tax payers taking part in the program totaled

616,372.

After the March, 2017 deadline failure to declare taxable assets would face sanction .

In 2018, Indonesia will adopt the Automatic Exchange of Information (AEOI) under which all banks in the world would be accessible for investigation of taxable assets.

In 2018, there would be no safe place for tax evasion, Finance Minister Sri Mulyani has said. (ant)

Ministry asked to review ferry service standardization

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Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi

JAKARTA - The Indonesian Consumers Institution (YLKI) has urged the Ministry of Transportation to review safety standards and licensing of ferries operating in the country.

“If ferries operating in Jakarta can meet with an accident like this (catch fire), what about those operating outside Jakarta?” YLKI Chairman Tulus Abadi said in a press statement made available to ANTARA here on Monday.

He also called on the Jakarta regional government to consider the incident as the consequence of inadequate public transportation services. Tulus Abadi argued that

the Zahro Express ferry fire that killed at least 23 passengers in the Thousand Islands waters, North Jakarta, on Sunday only reflected the tip of the iceberg phenomenon of the taxi boat that has been operating for tens of years in the Thousand Islands.

“Now, tens of or even hundreds of taxi boats are operating without clear security and safety standards as well as adequate supervision.”

In term of availability of transportation, he said that if the accident was partly due to lack of ferries, the mishap reflected the Jakarta governments failure in pro-

viding adequate public transportation means for travelling between Jakarta and Thousand Islands.

The Jakarta Transportation Service does not provide adequate means of public transportation to cater the mobility of the Thousand Islands residents. What is available is a large number of taxi boats with minimum safety standards, managed by individuals (not by a corporate body).

The owner of the taxi ferries are only grouped as a cooperative, just like the mikrolet minibus cooperatives, while the Ministry of Transportation has the responsibility of certifying them and

supervising their operations.

The Transportation Ministry plans to implement a ferry service to Thousand Islands using vessels owned by state-owned ship operators PT Pelayaran Nasional Indonesia (Pelni) and ASDP Indonesia Ferry in response to the accident involving the KM Zahro Express.

Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi said while it was awaiting the National Transportation Safety Commission (KNKT) report on the incident, the ministry will take action to prevent similar incidents from happening in future. (ant)

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High rainfall intensity, farmers complain about dropped harvest

North Korea’s claim on ICBM test plausible - experts

SINGARAJA - Recently, heavy rains often hit several regions in Buleleng. It has severe consequences for the agricultural sector. Pest attack to horticultural crops is on the rise. Likewise, many flowers of coffee fall out. Such conditions cause farmers to complain.

A farmer of Asah Munduk hamlet, Munduk, Banjar, Gustibia, explained that the recent bad weather caused an increasing environmental humidity. It has a quite negative impact on her cabbage plants. Since a few weeks old, the growth is not normal and the leaves look slightly yellow. In addition, the pest attack is unavoidable. “The weather is quite influential in the agricultural sector, especially vegetables,” she said on Sunday (Jan. 1).

She added that when faced with such conditions, the harvest is ascertained to plummet around 50 percent. In contrast to the previous season, the harvest was quite satisfactory. “Indeed, we think it does not suffer losses.

However, this sufficiently affects to the earnings with reduction of 50 percent,” she complained.

In addition to vegetables, the rains also caused blooming flower of coffee to fall out. As estimation, the harvest is down around 50 percent. Unlike previous season, they were capable of having massive harvest. “When the coffee is just blooming, the rains can cause it to fall out. It will bear less fruit than last season. At that time, it was really a massive harvest,” said the woman who is also a merchant.

Similar opinion was also delivered by a farmer from Wanagiri village, Sukasada, I Ketut Kartika Yasa. High rainfall intensity also causes all the coffee flowers to fall out and lead to crop failure. More seriously, such condition takes place when the selling price of coffee is quite good, in the range of IDR 25,000 per kg for dry beans.

“Currently, most coffee farmers failed to harvest. If bearing fruits, they are only a few. The flowers will fall out first due to heavy rains,” he said.

The adverse effects of heavy rain, he said, do not happen to hydrangea plants. Harvest of this season is good enough. Likewise, the selling price reached IDR 10,000 per kilogram. (kmb45)

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Relatives of prisoners react near riot police at a checkpoint close to the prison where around 60 people were killed in a prison riot in the Amazon jungle city of Manaus, Brazil, January 2, 2017.

Brazil drug gangs spark prison riot, 56 dead

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The recent bad weather caused an increasing environmental humidity. It has a quite negative impact on her cabbage plants.

Many palm-leaf manuscript collections scattered

Administrative neatness required to manage

DENPASAR - Weak administrative neatness becomes a major constraint in the preservation of palm-leaf manuscripts in Bali. Although the original palm-leaf manuscripts are generally stored in the palace or house of higher priest, all the historical heritages in the form of manuscripts have been actually copied and stored in the museum.

Unfortunately, several copies of the palm-leaf manuscripts have lost and scattered somewhere.

“When the Dutch government in Bali was headquartered in Singaraja, they have palm-leaf manuscripts throughout Bali copied, so that it financed the copying. There were two copies, one was stored in Gedong Kirtya Singaraja and another was sent to the Netherlands, while the original remains in Bali,” said I Gde

Parimartha, a historian in Denpasar on Sunday (Jan. 1).

According to him, the copies of the palm-leaf manuscripts in the Netherlands are still in good and intact condition. In the past, the nation that colonized Indonesia wanted to learn further about Balinese culture through the copied palm-leaf manuscripts. Primarily it was carried out by linguists and archaeologists in a series of the colonial approach.

Although he did not remember the numbers exactly, he said there are many copied palm-leaf manuscripts stored at the museum in Leiden, the Netherlands.

“The manuscripts at Gedong Kirtya are actually as complete as the ones in the Netherlands, but when I tried to track down to Singaraja many are not found and

probably they are still borrowed.

Due to poor administration, they are not returned, not found and not tracked. That’s our problem in the matter of administrative neatness. In the Netherlands, it is not like that,” said the professor of the Udayana University.

Parimartha added that the situation even got worse when there was a transfer of palm-leaf manuscripts from Gedong Kirtya to Denpasar.

Conditions of the copied manuscripts messed up and some were still left in Singaraja while some others were already in Denpasar.

On that account, the government should pay attention to this matter to detect the missing and scattered manuscripts.

“It is important that all the missing ones should be tracked. Many manu-

scripts are scattered and have not been recorded. So, Balinese linguists need to track and study the unregistered manuscripts,” he explained.

Parimartha appreciated to the data collection of palm-leaf manuscripts carried out by Balinese language extension officers at villages.

Such efforts need to be followed up by the experts or graduates of master and doctoral program of Balinese language by further reviewing the contents of the palm-leaf manuscripts. Thus, the values of local wisdom carried in the manuscripts could be disseminated to the public.

It also includes the classification which one belongs to healing, chronicle or mythology.

“It is meant to further study them in-depth, get literary reviews, values and history. They also have historical

values and not only about Balinese language. After that, good values in the manuscripts can be explored.

When having been understood by the community, they can become guidelines of education materials for Balinese people,” he added.

The Head of the Bali Culture Agency, Dewa Putu Beratha, said that Balinese language extension officers will be provided with training on palm-leaf manuscripts conservation. On the other hand, people who have manuscripts are also encouraged to entrust theirs in the Culture Agency, primarily those who can no longer take care of the manuscripts. “In order that the palm-leaf manuscripts will not getting more damaged and neglected, it could be done so if they wish,” he said. (kmb32)

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BRASILIA - Drug gangs sparked a prison riot that killed 56 people, with decapitated bodies thrown over prison walls in the bloodiest violence in more than two decades in Brazil’s overcrowded penitentiary system, officials said on Monday.

Sergio Fontes, the security chief for Amazonas state, told reporters several decapitated bodies were thrown over the wall of the prison in the Amazon city of Manaus, with most of those killed coming from the Sao Paulo-based First Capital Command (PCC) drug gang.

“This was another chapter in the silent and ruthless war of drug trafficking,” he said.

Pedro Florencio, the Amazonas state prison secretary, said the massacre was a “revenge killing” in a feud between criminal gangs in Brazil.

The violence began late Sunday and was brought under control by around 7 a.m. AMT (1100 GMT) on Monday, Fontes said.

Just as the riot began in one unit of the Anisio Jobim prison complex, dozens of prisoners in the second unit started a mass escape in what authorities said was a coordinated effort to distract guards.

Overcrowding is extremely common in Brazil’s prisons, which

suffer endemic violence and what rights groups call medieval conditions with food scarce and cells so packed that prisoners have no space to lie down.

The Anisio Jobim prison complex currently houses 2,230 inmates despite having a capacity of only 590.

Hours after the Anisio Jobim prison revolt ended, prisoners at an adjoining detention center began a riot and attempted to escape.

Authorities said the situation was quickly brought under control.

Watchdog groups sharply criticize Brazil for its prisons, where deadly riots routinely break out.

“These massacres occur almost daily in Brazil,” said Father Valdir Silveira, director of Pastoral Carceraria, a Catholic center that monitors prison conditions in Brazil. “Our prisons were built to annihilate, torture and kill.”

A total of 184 inmates escaped, with 40 recaptured by Monday afternoon.

The violence was the latest clash between inmates aligned with PCC, Brazil’s most powerful drug gang, and a Manaus criminal group known as the North Family.

The Manaus-based gang is widely believed to be attacking PCC inmates at the behest of the Rio de Janeiro-based Red Command (CV) drug gang, Brazil’s second largest.

“This is part of a nationwide movement. It has happened in Roraima, in Acre, in Porto Velho, in parts of northeast Brazil and now it has happened here,” Amazonas Governor José Melo de Oliveira said at a news conference, referring to other clashes between rival criminal factions.

Oliveira met on Monday with Justice Minister Alexandre de Moraes and other federal security officials over the riot. Speaking at the same news conference, Moraes said that once identified, inmates who spearheaded the revolt will be transferred to federal prisons.

Four inmates were later found dead in another prison in the rural area of Manaus, but state representatives were unable to clarify if a riot had occurred. (rtr)

SEOUL - North Korea has been working through 2016 on developing components for an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), making the isolated nation’s claim that it was close to a test-launch plausible, international weapons experts said on Monday.

North Korea has been testing rocket engines and heat-shields for an ICBM while developing the technology to guide a missile after re-entry into the atmosphere following a lift-off, the experts said.

While Pyongyang is close to a test, it is likely to take some years to perfect the weapon.

Once fully developed, a North Korean ICBM could threaten the continental United States, which is around 9,000 km (5,500 miles) from the North. ICBMs have a minimum range of about 5,500 km (3,400 miles), but some are designed to travel 10,000 km (6,200 miles) or further.

North Korea’s state media regularly threatens the United States with a nuclear strike, but before 2016 Pyongyang had been assumed to be a long way from being capable of doing so.

“The bottom line is Pyongyang is much further along in their missile development than most people realise,” said Melissa Hanham, a senior research associate at the U.S.-based Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, California.

She said the North’s test in April of a large liquid-fuel engine that could propel an ICBM was a major development.

“The liquid engine test was astounding,” Hanham said.

“For years, we knew that North Korea had a Soviet R-27 missile engine design. They re-engineered the design of that engine to double its propulsion”.

North Korea has said it is capable of mounting a nuclear warhead on a ballistic missile but it claims to be able to miniaturise a nuclear device have never been independently verified.

The isolated nation has achieved this progress despite U.N. Security Council imposed sanctions for its nuclear tests and long-range rocket launches dating back to 2006. The sanctions ban arms trade and money flows that can fund the country’s arms programme.

North Korea has enough uranium for six bombs a year and much of what it needs for its nuclear and missile programmes relies on Soviet-era design and technology. Labour is virtually free. (rtr)

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A new engine for an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) is tested at a test site at Sohae Space Center in Cholsan County, North Pyongan province in North Korea in this undated photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on April 9, 2016.

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Technology

SpaceX aims for Jan. 8 return to flight with Falcon rocket

CAPE CANAVERAL - Elon Musk’s SpaceX plans to resume flying rockets next week following an investigation into why one of them burst into flames on a launch pad four months ago, the company said on Monday.

In a statement, SpaceX said it expected to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base on Jan. 8 to put 10 satellites into orbit for Iridium Communications Inc .

SpaceX had suspended flights after the same model rocket went up in a blaze on Sept. 1 as it was being fueled for a routine pre-launch test in Florida.

The explosion at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida destroyed the $62 million rocket and a $200 million communications satellite.

Space X, owned and operated by Tesla Motors Inc. Chief Executive Officer Musk, has a backlog of more than 70 missions for NASA and commercial customers, worth more than $10 billion.

The company statement said that accident investigators concluded that a canister of helium inside the rocket’s upper-stage oxygen tank had exploded.

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In the short term, SpaceX plans to revamp its fueling procedures so that the super-cold liquid oxygen will not build up between the helium tank’s liner and its outer covering, it added.

SpaceX said accumulation of oxygen in a void or buckle in the liner most likely led to the explosion.

“In the long term, SpaceX will implement design changes to the (helium canisters) to prevent buckles altogether,” the statement said.

The company did not say when new helium canisters would be ready to fly, but that using warmer temperature helium and a slower fueling operation will prevent them from bursting.

“Iridium is pleased with SpaceX’s announcement on the results of the September 1 anomaly as identified by their accident investigation team, and their plans to target a return to flight,” company spokeswoman Diane Hockenberry said in a statement.

SpaceX has not said how much damage the Sept.

1 accident did to its primary Florida launch pad, nor when a new second pad in Florida, located at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, will be put into service. (rtr)

On September 1, one of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rockets exploded during pre-launch prep.

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In this Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016, file photo, President Barack Obama meets with President-elect Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Trump’s skepticism of technology marks a sharp contrast from Obama, whom he’ll replace on Jan. 20.

Obama boosted White House technology; Trump sees risks

WASHINGTON — As Barack Obama began preparing to leave office, the first smartphone-toting U.S. president ordered his team to upgrade the White House’s aging technology for his successor. New computers were purchased and faster internet was installed.

Not included in the modernization plans? A courier service.

But that delivery method of a bygone era may be in for a comeback under Donald Trump. Despite his voracious use of Twitter, the president-elect appears to be leaning toward old tech to ensure the security of sensitive messages.

“It’s very important, if you have something really important, write it out and have it delivered by courier, the old-fashioned way because I’ll tell you what, no computer is safe,” Trump told reporters Saturday in response to questions about Russia’s alleged hacking of Democrats during the presidential election. Trump, who doesn’t email or surf the internet, said days earlier that computers “have complicated lives very greatly.”

Trump’s skepticism of some technology marks a sharp contrast from the president he’ll replace on Jan. 20.

Obama, who was a youthful 47 years old when he took office, carries a specially outfitted Blackberry, emails with a small number of friends and aides, and has received some of his daily security briefings on an iPad. He celebrated technological innovations at an annual science fair, created the job of chief technology officer in the White House and viewed technology as key to making the sprawling federal government more efficient and responsive to the public.

A much less frequent Twitter user than Trump, Obama let loose Sunday with a volley of tweets highlighting some of his accomplishments as president: boosting clean energy, bringing troops home, delivering “the longest streak of job growth in our history,” passing a law to make health care

affordable, reducing dependence on foreign oil and working “to reaffirm that all are created equal.”

But technology has also been a burden for Obama. Online sign-ups for his health care law were crippled by massive technical issues, resulting in one of the most embarrassing episodes of his presidency. National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden stole classified information that he leaked to journalists, revealing the Obama administration’s bulk collection of millions of Americans’ phone records, as well as U.S. spying on some friendly foreign leaders.

Trump, 70, rarely uses a computer and sifts through stacks of newspapers, magazines and printed articles to read the news. He panned candidates’ reliance on data and technology in presidential campaigns, preferring to make decisions in part based on the reaction from audiences at his rallies. While Trump’s tweetstorms are already legendary, he utters some of his messages out loud and leaves the actual typing to aides.

Incoming White House press secretary Sean Spicer said he expects Trump to continue using Twitter and other social media sites as president, casting it as an effective way to communicate with Americans.

“Absolutely, you’re going to see Twitter,” Spicer said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week.” ‘’I think it freaks the mainstream media out — that he has this following of 45-plus million people that follow him on social media” and he “can have a direct conversation” with them.

Trump has shown some interest in technology since winning the White House. Billionaire tech investor Peter Thiel has been working with Trump’s transition team and could serve as an adviser to the administration. Trump met with several Silicon Valley executives last month, telling them his administration was “here to help you folks do well.” (ap)

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Bali province stays above the national economic growth, around 6.26 percent. Until the end of 2016, it can still grow in the range of 6.15 percent to 6.55 percent.

Economic resilience of Bali strong enough

DENPASAR - Until the end of 2016, the economy of Bali remains to show remarkable resilience. It is proved by several indicators such as the indicator of economic growth, where the Bali province stays above the national economic growth, around 6.26 percent. Until the end of 2016, it can still grow in the range of 6.15 percent to 6.55 percent.

“This shows that Bali is strong enough to face the world and national economic situation,” said Causa Iman Karana, Chief Representative Office of Bank Indonesia for Bali Region.

In terms of inflation, it is well under control. Previously, the inflation of Bali was always above six percent,

but with the establishment of regional inflation control team (TPID) of Bali, the inflation of Bali was then in the range of 2 to 3 percent. It is estimated that until the end of 2016, the inflation will remain within the government target namely 3.14 percent plus minus 1. Another indicator is welfare. The

unemployment rate reduced 1.89 percent, poverty declined 4.25 percent, while the gap of Bali improved (Gini ratio) namely 0.37 percent.

“Thus, we are quite happy and have confidence that Bali can adequately survive even above the national rate,” he said. (kmb42)

Capacity of SPAM Penet 300 liters/second

Current distribution reaches 30 liter/second

MANGUPURA - The Penet drinking water treatment system (SPAM) located at Penet River, Cemagi village, Mengwi, is actually able to process water with a capacity of 300 liters per second. The water will be distributed to meet the water needs in Badung and Denpasar with the distribution of respectively 150 liters per second. However, so far the water distributed only reached

30 liters per second.

Chief of drinking water development performance (PKPAM) of Bali, Ida Bagus Lanang Suardana, reasoned that it happened due to the tapping workmanship has not accomplished. The addition to pipeline intersection used to expand the service coverage has not completed at two points, namely Buduk and Jalan Gunung

Sanghyang, Denpasar.

“For the time being, the operation of tapping at Kancil hamlet can supply 30 liters per second,” he said on the sidelines of the visit of governor of Bali to SPAM Penet on Sunday (Jan. 1). Lanang hoped the tapping can be completed soon so that the entire water production of SPAM Penet can be distributed to the public. It is built to anticipate

the deficit of clean water, chiefly in the area of South Bali.

According to Lanang, the SPAM has been built since 2013 worked on jointly by the central government as well as the government of Bali Province, Badung and Denpasar with the division of tasks as set forth in the memorandum of understanding. The making of SPAM was funded by state budget, while the main distri-

bution network was undertaken by the provincial government of Bali.

The government of Badung and Denpasar worked on the distribution pipeline to customers.

Governor of Bali, Made Mangku Pastika, hoped that the presence of SPAM having been operated since March 2016 could meet the water needs for South Bali region mainly Denpasar and Badung. (kmb32)

Royal heritages stored in the Netherlands

IF the original palm-leaf manuscripts remain available in Bali, it is different from the objects of royal cultural heritages of Bali. Some heritages like kris dagger, sculpture and original gold jewelries are stored in Leiden, the Netherlands.

Such historic objects were trafficked to the Netherlands during the colonial period because they were considered valuable.

“The state’s wealth denoting

cultural property may not be sold. If wishing to get back (to Indonesia), it needs cooperation of the government. If possible, well ... it needs a negotiation,” said the historian I Gde Parimartha in Denpasar on Sunday (Jan. 1).

Palm-leaf manuscripts that actually pose the copies, added Parimartha, cannot be easily taken back to Indonesia. They can be taken back, but possibly it is accompa-

nied with a certain process that equally benefits both countries.

“In my opinion, the Netherlands may not want to easily give the palm-leaf manuscripts that would like to be returned to Indonesia.

Definitely, they will be copied or given in soft copy or electronic format because they have been stored in digital format. Maybe they could be returned because they are valuable and each researcher will be

looking over there,” he explained.

In the meantime, the Head of the Bali Culture Agency, Dewa Putu Beratha, said the efforts to restore historical heritages to Indonesia, especially Bali, has been initiated during the administration of Governor Dewa Beratha. There was a messenger of Bali delegated to the Netherlands, and now it just needs to be continued with the MoU. “Now, it surely has to be started

from the beginning again. It is impossible to take back for granted, there must be a process,” he explained.

Beratha added that Bali is ready to receive such cultural heritages if the Dutch government wants to return. Moreover, there have been documentation center at the Culture Agency and the National Library and Regional Archives as well as palm-leaf manuscript library at the Udayana University. (kmb32)

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Suwung Landfill

PT NOEI kicked out

Some investors get interested in Suwung landfill

DENPASAR - Waste management at Suwung landfill remains to become a homework that has not been resolved until these days. Moreover, after the failure of PT NOEI (Navigat Organic Energy Indonesia) to process waste into electrical energy, the cooperation with PT NOEI was finally terminated. Today, the handling of waste at the Suwung landfill becomes the priority of the Denpasar Environment and Sanitation Agency (DLHK).

The Head of the DLHK Denpasar, I Ketut Wisada, said on Monday (Jan. 2) that when entering 2017, the issue getting the attention from the DLHK is the management of Suwung landfill. Moreover, after the issuance of the Mayoral Regulation No.11/2016 about waste management, the DLHK is now focused on handling waste from depot to landfill. In the meantime, the handling of waste at household level is carried out with independent management pattern.

Related to the management of Suwung landfill, Wisada said that there are dozens of investors submitting the application for the management. He said that approximately 20 potential investors are interested in managing the landfill. “Currently, those potential

investors are being selected. Hopefully, there has been definitive investor in 2017. In short, the selection is very tightly performed because we do not want the case of PT NOEI will happen again,” said Wisada.

As reported earlier, PT NOEI that managed the waste at Suwung landfill ended with contract termination. In the agreement with the Sarbagita (Denpasar, Badung, Gianyar and Tabanan) sanitation management agency (BPKS), PT NOEI has been authorized to manage the waste at Suwung landfill for 20 years.

The waste processed would produce electricity with the capacity of 9 MW. Unfortunately, in the realization PT NOEI failed, so that the cooperation signed on April 2, 2004 was terminated in the middle of contract period.

Chief of the BPKS, I Made Sudarma, accompanied

by Deputy Mayor of Denpasar IGN Jaya Negara in the meeting room of the Denpasar mayor’s office said that the agreement termination was signed on Thursday (Jun. 09, 2016) in Jakarta. Termination of this cooperation was done by consensus because both parties equally realized the problems faced. Signature of the cooperation termination was carried out by both parties, namely the Head BPKS I Made Sudarma with the Managing Director of PT NOEI Michael Mangowal. (kmb12)

sion will be made in the district,” he said.

According to Wija, most foreign workers in Bali are Chinese citizens, reaching 300 people. Of that number, approximately 200 people are working at Celukan Bawang, Buleleng. It happens because the whole capital of the electricity infrastructure built there belongs to China. Aside from China, there are 203 workers from Australia, 174 workers from France, 155 workers from Japan, 133 workers from UK and 115 workers from the US. “They are big 6, while the next is from Germany (78 workers), the Netherlands (71 workers), and so on. There are citizens from nearly all countries,” he added.

So far, added Wija, his agency has not found any illegal foreign workers. There are many complaints, mainly from the tourism sector concerning illegal tour guides. Surveillance remains to be carried out by a team involving the manpower agency, police authority, public prosecutor and immigration office.

“We at the manpower agency have 24 manpower inspectors. It supervises both local and foreign workers. As the name implies, the illegal workers are indeed very difficult to arrest. If people happen to encounter the indications of illegal foreign workers, please report it either to immigration office or manpower agency. Later on, we will do a search, and they could be repatriated to their home country,” he concluded. (kmb32)

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Bali Manpower Agency not to issue new IMTA

DENPASAR - The foreign worker employment permit (IMTA) in Bali remains approximately 1,433 in the province and 660 in the district. The Head of the Bali Manpower Agency, I Ketut Wija, said that both provincial and district level do not issue the new IMTA. However, it is only limited to the handling of extension.

“We in the district and the province do not issue new IMTA, but the extension only. The number of foreign workers particularly in Bali tends to stable from year to year reaching around 2,100. There is no significant increase despite there is implementation of the ASEAN Economic Community. It remains around that number with slight fluctuation,” he said in Denpasar on Monday (Jan. 2).

Wija added that the IMTA is issued by the Ministry of Manpower on the submission of the company that will hire the foreign workers.

Companies must create a foreign worker utilization plan for any job or expertise. Ministry of Manpower then issues the work permit in accordance with terms of foreign workers.

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Wednesday, January 4, 2017 Security forces, Red Cross and rescue workers carry body bags with the remains of victims after a fire ripped through a boat carrying tourists to islands north of the capital, at Muara Angke port in Jakarta, Indonesia January 1, 2017.

Mariah Carey performs during a concert in Times Square on New Year’s Eve in New York, U.S. December 31, 2016.

After New Year’s Eve debacle, Mariah Carey wishes for ‘more headlines’

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NEW YORK - Grammy Award-winning singer Mariah Carey shrugged off a botched New Year’s Eve show in New York’s Times Square, telling fans and critics on Sunday that life does not always go as planned.

“Shit happens,” Carey, the world’s million-selling female singer, wrote on Twitter. “Have a happy and healthy new year everybody! Here’s to making more headlines in 2017.”

Carey, named the Grammy’s Best New Artist in 1991, was the final musical act on ABC’s “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest,” taking the stage just before midnight.

In addition to the television au-

dience, the program was watched in person by the hundreds of thousands of people who gathered in what is called the “Crossroads of the World” to mark the beginning of 2017.

Carey’s opening song, a rendition of Robert Burns’ “Auld Lang Syne,” seemed to go as planned.

But then the singer, surrounded by dancers and a sea of humanity, appeared flustered and complained of technical difficulties.

“We can’t hear,” she said, as the music from her 1991 hit song “Emotions” began to play. “It is what it is,” she said. “Let the audience sing, OK?” But the awkwardness persisted, prompting Carey to say: “I want a holiday, too. Can I not have one? I’m trying to be a good sport here.”

The next song, “We Belong Together,” Carey’s 2005 hit, went awry as well. Carey dropped her hand-held microphone to her side and the song went on playing, revealing that she may have been only syncing her lips to the words.

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Indonesian boat captain to be prosecuted for negligence after deadly fire

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JAKARTA - Indonesia plans to prosecute the captain of a tourist boat for negligence after a fire ripped through the vessel on New Year’s Day, killing at least 23 people and injuring dozens, police said on Tuesday.

The boat was carrying about 250 people before it was engulfed by flames shortly after leaving Jakarta.

Authorities were still searching the waters around the port for victims, while bodies retrieved from the charred ship were still being identified, said Hendra Sudirman, head of Jakarta’s Search and Rescue agency.

After questioning, the captain had been named a suspect, police said.

“We have detained the captain of the boat since the incident. His status is now a suspect based on information from the crew, the passengers,” Argo Yuwono, a spokesman for Jakarta’s Metro Police, said on Tuesday.

Under the shipping law, if a captain causes deaths by sailing a ship knowing it is not seaworthy he can be jailed for up to 10 years.

Negligence causing death under the criminal code is punishable by up to five years in jail.

Sea accidents are frequent in Indonesia, a sprawling archipelago, with vessels often overloaded, poorly maintained or having too few life jackets.

Regret House of Representative (DPR) deputy speaker Taufik Kurniawan has regretted that the Zahro Express passenger ship, which caught fire

off Seribu Island, killing 23 passengers, had a fake manifest.

While conveying condolences to the families of the dead and injured victims, Kurniawan expressed his disappointment and concern over the incident.

“This false (passenger) manifest has been repeatedly revealed during shipwrecks. This is a matter of concern for the Indonesian shipping world,” Kurniawan said by phone on Monday.

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