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After backlash, Kardashian drops ‘Kimono’ name from underwear line
British rapper Stormzy
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Stormzy makes Glastonbury history, but sign interpreter steals show LONDON - British grime star Stormzy made history before throbbing crowds at the Glastonbury music festival this weekend -- but it was Tara Asher, his sign language interpreter, who may have stolen the show. Footage of Asher swaying, rocking and mouthing along Stormzy’s performance Friday of the uniquely London style of rap lit up social media and gave new recognition to the art of bringing music to the hard of hearing and the deaf. “I live in London so I understand what the slang means,” said Asher, who was one of two interpreters working the crowds when Stormzy became the first black UK solo artist to headline the annual event in its 49-year history. “The struggle with specifically grime music is the speed and also the double meanings and metaphors because, at first listen, you won’t understand the underlying threads throughout the song,” the 30-yearold told AFP at the gig.
“So it’s kind of unpicking and unpacking the song and ensuring that you deliver that message that the artist is trying to get across.” - ‘Feel the vibrations’ Still only 25, Stormzy is a cult figure in the British grime scene, which blends Jamaican dancehall and hip hop for a pulsating, hardedged sound that first electrified London nearly two decades ago. Stormzy’s biggest hits now appear in TV ads and blast out of cars cruising past London clubs at night. He is also celebrated for spearheading the fight for racial justice, creating his own scholarship for black students admitted to Cambridge and seeking fair representation of minorities at other universities. But freelance poet Danna Williams, who is in her 30s, never had a chance to experience Stormzy’s magic spell because she cannot hear -- until Tara made it happen on a hot, steamy night. (afp)
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WASHINGTON - “Kimono” is now a no no, Kim Kardashian West said Monday. The pop culture icon announced that she will change the name of her new “Kimono” line of underwear, after being accused of cultural appropriation. Kardashian, who is married to rapper Kanye West, sparked a social media storm last week when she unveiled the new line, with some in Japan accusing her of disrespecting the traditional outfit. Following the backlash, which included the trending Twitter hashtag #KimOhNo, Kardashian revealed on Twitter and to her 142 million followers on Instagram that she would change the name. “When I announced the name of my shapewear line, I did so with the best intentions in mind,” Kardashian said. “My brands and products are built with inclusivity and diversity at their core and after careful thought and consideration, I will be launching my Solutionwear brand under a new name,” she said. Once a standard of the Japanese wardrobe, the kimono is now often reserved for special occasions, such as weddings and coming-of-age ceremonies, and is mostly worn by women. The mayor of Japan’s ancient capital Kyoto was among those who asked the reality television star to consider renaming her shapewear line.
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Police fire tear gas at protesters near the government headquarters in Hong Kong early on July 2, 2019. Hong Kong police fired tear gas early on July 2 to regain control of the city’s parliament after thousands of protesters occupied and ransacked the assembly in an unprecedented display of defiance on the anniversary of the territory’s handover to China. ANGELA WEISS / AFP
In this file photo taken on May 6, 2019 Kim Kardashian and Kanye West arrive for the 2019 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Artin New York. “Kimono is a traditional ethnic dress fostered in our rich nature and history,” Kyoto Mayor Daisaku Kadokawa wrote in a letter to Kardashian. “(I) ask you to reconsider your decision of using the name Kimono in your trademark,” Kadokawa said. Explaining her decision to change the name, Kardashian said “being an entrepreneur and my own boss has been one of the most rewarding challenges I’ve been blessed with in my life.
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“What’s made it possible for me after all of these years has been the direct line of communication with my fans and the public,” she said. “I am always listening, learning and growing -- I so appreciate the passion and varied perspectives that people bring to me.” However, Kardashian’s U-turn did not appear to mollify Japanese officials, with Trade and Industry Minister Hiroshige Seko announcing that Tokyo would sent senior Patent Office staff to the US on July 9 to discuss the situation. (afp)
Hand signals and shields: how Hong Kong’s parliament was stormed
With makeshift shields zip-tied to their wrists, a trolley converted into a battering ram and rehearsed hand signals, Hong Kong’s protesters showed remarkable levels of do-it-yourself savvy as they besieged the city’s parliament. Throughout the last three weeks of unprecedented anti-government demonstrations, the largely young students at the frontlines of the protests have displayed a flair for innovation in their battle with the authorities. But Monday’s storming and vandalising of the legislature was their most brazen operation to date -- an hours-long siege and eventual breach of a heavily fortified building using whatever tools came to hand. The protests have been leaderless -- unlike previous mass demonstrations where key figures have been jailed in recent years
for leading or encouraging civil disobedience. Many of the current generation of largely young protesters proudly repeat the phrase “be like water”, a philosophy of adaptability and unpredictability espoused by martial arts master and local legend Bruce Lee. - Hand signals In an inventive move that proved key in supporting those on the front lines, protesters created a string of hand signals to communicate equipment requests. A guide to the signals was shared
among social media -- a triangle an appeal for more helmets. Other gestures alert the crowds for cling film, umbrellas, scissors, even asthma medication. The equipment is then ferried to the front by long, snaking lines of protesters. On Wednesday police announced that a 35-year-old man surnamed Lau had been arrested during the early hours of Monday morning after they found supplies in his van. “Officers seized a batch of scissors, cutters, hexagon keys, helmets, masks, gloves and industrial grade baking soda from a parked
van,” the police said.
- ‘We have to support each other’ The South China Morning Post reported that the decision to storm the parliament was taken after some 200 hardcore protesters put various options to a vote earlier on Monday, as the city was marking the anniversary of its handover to China. Tosi Kwan, a 29-year-old teacher, was among those helping to ferry equipment to the front before the parliament was breached. “I’m not too sure about the ultimate goal tonight,” he told AFP. “Maybe those on the front lines have discussed this, I don’t know. But as resistors, we have to support each other, and those on the
front lines.” While Kwan was not taking part in the break-in, he said he understood those who were because years of peaceful protests had failed to achieve political reform. “Such resistance is necessary. It’s been clear: two million people marching was useless,” he said, referencing a record-breaking rally on 16 June. Continued to page 6
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Shrida, Taste Of Ubud
By World-Renowned Maestro, Srihadi Soedarsono Ubud’s newest gastronomic sensation, Shrida, Taste Of Ubud is opening its doors this 29 July 2019 with the promise of an enticing new experience based on a unique cooking philosophy that focuses on wellness, freshness, taste and art. The name Shrida is a beautiful blend of both the founders names; SRIHADI, internationally acclaimed Indonesian painter and his beloved wife, FARIDA. A mecca for the artistic community and the gourmand who delights in the timeless beauty of the island’s exotic flavours, Shrida, Taste Of Ubud is a place where gastronomy, art and
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Officials announce significant reduction in plastic bag use in Denpasar
An official from the Denpasar Mayor Office said yesterday that the amount of plastic waste in the Balinese capital has seen a significant decrease, with sellers in traditional markets and street shops reportedly having reduced more than half of their plastics use compared to last year. Based on a survey conducted between May and June 2018, traditional markets and street shops sellers in Denpasar used more than one million sheets of plastic bags monthly, as reported by state news
agency Antara. That eventually led to Denpasar Mayor Rai Dharmawijaya Mantra to issue a regulation aimed at reducing plastic bag use in the city on October 2018, which officials says has con-
tributed to a significant decrease in plastic bag use in the capital. “We’d hoped it would be effective in reducing plastics waste and the use of plastic bags in Denpasar,” Ida Bagus Putra Wirabawa, a secretary at Denpasar’s Environmental and Cleanliness Agency, told Antara. According to Wirabawa, most recent survey showed that traditional markets have reduced their plastic
bag use by 54.26%, whereas other shops along the streets of Denpasar have reportedly reduced theirs by 86.27%. He added that this showcased the effectiveness of the 2018 Mayoral Regulation. Many shops in Denpasar no longer provide plastic bags for customers to carry goods, instead relying on customers to bring their own shopping bags or providing the more sustainable alternatives,
for a price. Earlier in April, Bintang Supermarket on the island switched from using plastic bags to banana leaves to wrap their vegetables. Meanwhile, the rest of Bali might see those plastic reductions replicated across the island in the coming months, with the 2018 Governor Regulation, which bans single-use plastic bags, straws and styrofoam, having gone into effect on June 23. (ant)
Prosecutors demand Australian woman be sentenced to 1 year
DENPASAR - Prosecutors in Bali yesterday demanded that Kim Anne Alloggia, an Australian woman who was arrested for alleged possession of liquid marijuana, be sentenced to one year in prison. Speaking at the Denpasar Court, prosecutor I Gusti Lanang Suyadnyana said that Alloggia was
found guilty of violating Article 127 of the 2009 Law on Narcotics,, as reported by state news agency Antara. It’s a relatively light sentence recommendation, considering that, under Indonesia’s notoriously harsh drug laws, possession of narcotics can be punished by up to 15 years
in prison. According to the report, Alloggia had several extenuating circumstances that helped her case, including her good behavior during trial, her admission of guilt and the fact that she had never been convicted of a crime prior to this. In addition, Alloggia is reportedly
a drug addict and is suffering from a severe mental disorder. The 51-year-old was arrested in Bali in March after her American friend sent her a vial of liquid marijuana in the mail. Authorities intercepted her package, and found a vial containing yellow-colored liquid that authorities suspected
contained narcotics. Police said that Alloggia denied having ordered the vial herself, though admitted that it was sent by a person she knew. The liquid in question was then examined and confirmed to contain THC, the active compound in marijuana. (ant)
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culture come seamlessly together in a haven of taste, touch, sight and smell. Shrida, Taste Of Ubud is also the site to a Community Gathering that takes place on the weekends featuring renowned speakers from the artistic community such as filmmakers, musicians, authors and historians. Everyone and anyone is welcomed to join to exchange ideas, learn and discover facts and fiction in the artistic world. Elegantly designed on all three floors, the restaurant itself is a beautiful representation of the owners’ vision where modernity blends seamlessly together with local accents
that represent the eternal beauty of Balinese culture and heritage. Casual Dining takes place on the ground floor amidst a stunning ambience with koi ponds, charming decorations and touches of flora and fauna, while the second floor is a lounge and bar area for gatherings and drinks before dinner. The third floor is a space for fine dining with a semi outdoor rooftop space for parties and star-gazing. The restaurant offers art on a plate and this is where Chef Made Suwendra comes in. A talented Balinese chef from Klungkung, he has a long and impressive experience in French and Mediterranean cuisine. The past 20 years travelling the world has allowed him to successfully bring together the much coveted taste of Indonesia to a new level of presentation using European techniques while maintaining the much-loved succulent tastes and textures derived from authentic Balinese cooking. Shrida, Taste Of Ubud is open every day from 7am until 10pm for breakfast, lunch and dinner. To make a reservation, please call the restaurant at +62 361 970 100. For more information on Shrida, Taste Of Ubud, please send an email to aditriana. srida@gmail.com.
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Banning e-cigarettes, not tobacco products, is ‘ludicrous,’ some public health experts say
SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco’s ban on electronic cigarettes is an “insane public policy,” some public health experts say, arguing that the city should ban all tobacco products instead. The criticism came after San Francisco on Tuesday became the first major city in the United States to ban e-cigarettes. The ban, which will go into effect 30 days after the mayor signs the ordinance, was approved by city supervisors who cited the “growing health epidemic of youth vaping” in their decision. E-cigarette use has undeniably soared among youth, alarming public health officials: 20.8 percent of high school students reported in 2018 that they had used the vaping devices within the past 30 days, compared to 1.5 percent in 2011, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The CDC says e-cigarettes are not safe for children and teens, but adds that they have “potential to benefit adult smokers who are not pregnant if used as a complete substitute for regular cigarettes and other smoked tobacco products.” Still, the long-term effects of vaping devices are unknown, particularly on youth who smoke them. They contain the addictive substance nicotine but far fewer of the toxins that combustible cigarettes have. While e-cigarettes are generally understood to be less harmful than cigarettes or cigars, many parents, school administrators and pediatricians have expressed concern that the
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Joshua Ni, 24, and Fritz Ramirez, 23, vape from electronic cigarettes in San Francisco on June 17, 2019.
way e-cigarettes deliver nicotine is negatively affecting the development of teens’ brains, particularly because they can deliver a higher dose more quickly than traditional cigarettes can. But some public health experts feel banning them altogether like San Francisco alienates an entire population of adult cigarette smokers who are trying to quit and need an alternative. “We’re taking the risk of addiction among kids,” said Kenneth Warner, a professor emeritus at the University of Michigan of Public Health, “and comparing that with the immediate danger of smoking-related illness and death in smokers who have not been able to quit otherwise and who might be able to quit with vaping.” Warner cited a New England Journal of Medicine study from January 2019 that found among smokers in a smoking cessation clinic trying to quit traditional cigarettes, nearly double the number of people — 18 percent versus 9.9 percent — who used vaping over nicotine-replacement products such as gum or patches were able to quit. Other studies have concluded there isn’t enough evidence yet to say whether e-cigarettes are an effective long-term aid to quit smoking. “If the board of supervisors were interested in public health, they would prohibit the sale of cigarettes in San Francisco. That’s a far higher priority than banning vaping from a public
health point of view,” he said. “There really is an irony that now you can buy your marijuana and your cigarettes, but you won’t be able to get vaping products, which are certainly far less dangerous than cigarette smoking. It’s ludicrous.” He added that in addition to banning tobacco, San Francisco should make efforts to educate teens about the possible health effects of e-cigarettes. Dr. Michael Siegel, a professor at Boston University School of Public Health whose research focuses on tobacco reduction, called the ban an “insane public policy.” “It makes it easier to get cigarettes than e-cigarettes,” Siegel said. “I fear it really sends a bad message to other cities and to youth. It basically says we think vaping is worse than smoking.” “The worst part of this, beyond the fact that it makes no sense from a public health perspective, is I think it’s actually going to do public health harm,” he continued. “By taking e-cigarettes off the shelves, you’re basically going to force a lot of exsmokers to go back to smoking.” San Francisco’s e-cigarette ban comes on top of a 2014 ordinance that banned the sale of e-cigarettes where traditional tobacco products are already prohibited, which includes within 500 feet of any schools. Siegel suggested further limiting access to e-cigarettes by only selling them in stores that are age-restricted where customers are always carded — like liquor stores do. Dr. Neal Benowitz, a professor of
medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, and a leading expert on nicotine, agreed. “The risks of e-cigarettes kids are using now are unknown and of concern. But to me, the logical thing would be to focus more on restricting youth access to these devices,” he said. “If they wanted to get them out of gas stations and grocery stores, that’s fine, but I think e-cigarettes should have remained available in places like tobacco shops and online access, where there’s verification of age.” The San Francisco board of supervisors’ measure said e-cigarettes posed “significant public health consequence” to minors. The board did not respond to multiple calls or emails for comment from NBC News regarding whether it would consider banning tobacco products. In the past, vape manufacturers, such as JUUL, which is based in San Francisco, have come under fire for not only allowing underage access to its devices, but also for marketing in ways that may appeal to youth, with glossy social media posts and candy-like flavors for its nicotine pods. JUUL says it has since shut down its Facebook and Instagram accounts and strengthened its online age-verification system. But some say that is not enough to stem the epidemic. Many states have moved to stamp out teen vaping, with at least a dozen raising the tobacco and vaping device purchase age to 21, including California. (net)
Panel recommends HPV vaccine for men up to age 26 ATLANTA - A vaccine against cervical and other cancers should be recommended for both men and women up to age 26, a U.S. government advisory panel decided Wednesday. The vaccine protects against HPV, a virus that is commonly spread through sex and can cause certain cancers and genital warts. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ vote in Atlanta raises the recommended vaccination age for men from 21 to 26, making it the same as the existing recommendation for women. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention almost always accepts the panel’s recommendations
and uses them as guidance for U.S. doctors. The HPV vaccine is usually given to 11- and 12-year olds, to protect them before their first exposure to sexually transmitted viruses. Women as old as 26 had been recommended to get a “catch-up” vaccination if they missed the shots in pre-adolescence. For men, the catch-up recommendation had applied only up to age 21, because research indicates males tend to be exposed to sexually-transmitted viruses earlier. The panel decided Wednesday to equalize the age recommendations to make it easier for doctors. The CDC estimates that roughly
half of Americans ages 18 to 59 had some form of genital HPV. Vaccinations against it first became available in 2006 and each dose now costs $216. The vaccine is approved for people up to age 45, but the same panel declined a proposal to recommend it for people older than 26. Instead, it settled on a weak endorsement for adults between 26 and age 45, meaning patients and doctors can make the decision together. It’s not clear how many cancers would be prevented in that age group or whether the cost is worth the public health benefit, experts at the meeting said. (net)
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Vaccine panel recommends HPV shots for young adults up to age 26.
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Balerung Sari Nertya Wadirta art studio reconstructs classical Janger of Peliatan
CLASSIC Janger of Peliatan village, Ubud, Gianyar, has existed since around the 1940s. However, nowadays the performance of the classical dance is difficult to find. Moreover, its existence is rarely known, especially by the millennial youth. For this reason, Balerung Sari Nertya Wadirta Studio of Peliatan village reconstructed the classical dance.
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Ngurah Rai Airport
To increase tourists visits
Ngurah Rai Airport adds international flight slots
MANGUPURA — In order to support the increase in the number of foreign tourist visits to Bali, the Airport Authority for Region IV will make additional flight slots at Ngurah Rai Airport. The addition of such flight slots is planned to be implemented starting next October 2019. According to the Head of the Airport Authority for Region IV, Elfi Amir, when asked for his confirmation on Monday (Jul. 1), his authority will increase from 30 flights per hour to 32 flights per hour. “We have increased from 30 flights to 32 flights but only intended for international flights,” he said. Related to the increase of the flight slot, he explained to have discussed in the international slot conference in Cape Town, South Africa, some time ago. Indeed, at Ngurah Rai Airport, many parties have requested for additional slots. He said that it can only be implemented in October. Four airlines are stated to be in waiting lists. “So far, we cannot confirm the request first because it will only be effectively applied in October 2019,” he
concluded. The airport of Bali is indeed made different compared to other airports in Indonesia because Bali as a world destination is certainly expected to attract more tourists. For domestic, he said there are no plans for additional routes and additional lines. He revealed the increase of flight slots is carried out because in terms of flight traffic services and the division of sectors had been completed in July both for the West and the East side. In addition, from the Angkasa Pura I authority, the rapid exit taxiway (RET) is targeted to be completed this October. “The addition of RET infrastructure and sectorization is now made separately in Bali, while previously they were merged into one from the east side and west side,” he added. At this time, he said there are 30 flight slots per hour. In details, there are 29 scheduled and 1 unscheduled flight slots. “In the meantime, there are indeed no additions to supporting devices. Currently, it is only limited to the addition of infrastructure,” he concluded. (kmb23)
By involving a total of 24 young dancers (12 boys and 12 girls), the troupe successfully gained full appreciation from the audience exploring the classical Janger of Peliatan originating from the era of 1940s in the Bali Arts Festival (BAF) 2019 in the Ksiraarnawa Building, Bali Art Center, on Sunday night (Jun. 30). Due to their vivacity, some of the Janger Peliatan connoisseurs seemed to have not got a seat to listen to and see the Janger Peliatan’s signature songs and gamelan music that were very harmonious and neat. Ultimately, they were willing to stand up long. This proves that Janger Peliatan remains to be loved by the community. In reality, to produce a harmonious composition, Janger Peliatan must go through the reconstruction process before being displayed in the Janger Parade in the BAF 2019. In reality, before reconstructing the dance, it was first made a checklist. “At first, we researched to reconstruct the classical Janger in Peliatan
of around 1940s to 1950s,” said AA Gde Oka Dalem as the art troupe coordinator amidst their performance. He admitted that to restore the authenticity of the janger song of Peliatan, his party and the team traced the sources from the Peliatan village Hall. Three months before the show, the search for the authenticity of the janger song was continued. After it was completed, the training time together with the reconstruction process helped the dancers to learn about the classical janger art whose existence needs to be preserved. As a result, the classical janger of Peliatan displayed by the Balerung Sari Nertya Wadirta Studio was also successful in gaining full appreciation from the audience desiring to explore the classical Peliatan Janger of the 1940s. Typical janger of Peliatan flowing with a storyline entitled Arjuna Tapa implies a message that patience is the key to achieving success. The song composition is far from the modern words, the pattern of motion remains prominent with the tradition of Peliatan style. They are all young people, while to instill the guidelines, uniformity and inspiration of the classical janger indeed takes a long process,” explained Gung Oka. After reconstructing the classical janger of Peliatan, Gung Oka and his Peliatan colleagues expected the community to love the classical janger of Peliatan, and other classical janger in Bali. (win)
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Balerung Sari Nertya Wadirta Studio of Peliatan village reconstructed the classical dance.
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1,000 rolls of newspaper waste cost IDR 150,000
Thailand’s orphaned baby dugong becomes conservation star
DENPASAR - Recycling newspaper has become a new job opportunity for community. Newspaper waste can be used to make a variety of economical products that have selling value, including making rolled paper. From this waste newspaper roll, Ketut Suparta and his wife Ni Wayan Niasa, 58, can make tray, tissue boxes, kwangen bowl, keben or oval boxes, household furniture and ceremony paraphernalia. However, the job of rolling this newspaper waste is difficult for him because the condition of Ketut Suparta’s hand is no longer strong. Consequently, he uses the service of others to roll the newspaper waste. “My hands are not strong enough to roll. So, we pay other’s service to do this job. For every 1,000 rolls, we pay them at IDR 150,000,” he said when met at the Bali Arts Festival, recently. If rolling alone, it will take him a long time. To fulfill a large number of orders, it is not possible for him to do the rolling work. He pays IDR 150,000 for every 1,000 rolled newspapers yielded by rollers. “If making an order for one or two items, we can roll it by ourselves,” he said. After the rolling process, the rolled waste newspaper is assembled into household furniture and ceremony paraphernalia. The next step is pasted the craft with glue. It takes twice gluing process to make
the assembly stronger. After drying, the crafts are painted and lacquered to prevent water from infiltrating the paper that can make the furniture wet and leaky. “We have a finishing worker (painter) and a lacquerer,” he said. As a result, he sell his craft products in the shop located in front of Pande hamlet hall, Kediri. In the shop, in addition to displaying newspaper waste craft products, Suparta also works to produce his furniture crafts. Some customers purchase directly to his shop, while some others order the products to be resold. Besides, he frequently participates in exhibitions organized by the government such as the annual Bali Arts Festival (BAF). “I have already participated in the BAF for three times because since the beginning of making this waste newspaper crafts I was immediately invited to participate in the exhibition,” he said. While producing, he also empowers students after school to learn to make crafts from newspaper waste. Hopefully, the school students involved can have an entrepreneurship skill. (kmb42)
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This photo taken on May 14, 2019 shows a Singaporean student studying with a tutor in her home in Singapore.
Performance anxiety: Singapore schoolkids struggle with stress
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From this waste newspaper roll, Ni Wayan Niasa, 58, can make tray, tissue boxes, kwangen bowl, keben or oval boxes, household furniture and ceremony paraphernalia.
Enforcement of Nusa Penida levies
High potential, optimistic to reach target of IDR 18 billion
SEMARAPURA - Imposition of the levy for visiting tourists to Nusa Penida has been implemented since July 1.
However, on the first day of the implementation of the Regional Regulation on Levies, field officers are quite overwhelmed due
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Imposition of the levy for visiting tourists to Nusa Penida has been implemented since July 1.
to limitations of collectors in the field. Seeing the high tourism potential of Nusa Penida, Regent of Klungkung, Nyoman Suwirta, is optimistic if the target of levy reaching IDR 18 billion for a year can be achieved. Regent Suwirta explained there are 11 points of port to Nusa Penida Islands. However, only four points are used for levy collection. They are posts at Banjar Nyuh 1, Banjar Nyuh 2, Jungut Batu village hall and Tanjung Sanghyang Lembongan. On the first day (Jul. 1), the queue continued to appear at each collection post. The officers were overwhelmed due to the explosion of tourists. “Now, there are only 12 officers for these four posts. Of course there are shortcomings, and we will continue to evaluate them,” said Regent Suwirta. According to him, ideally all port points are equipped with levy collecting officers. So, there should
be 33 officers in charge, where three officers will be on duty at each post. Regarding the length of the queue at the collecting post as using manual system, this will also be evaluated to be improved. Moreover, reflecting from this problem, a number of speed boats, finally opened themselves to help the collection system directly from their boat. So, no long queue happened at the collection points. “When meeting face-to-face with speed boat entrepreneurs beforehand, the cooperation of direct collection system had been denied. However, after the first day of implementing the Regional Regulation, they finally opened themselves. Moreover, a speed boat entrepreneur is willing to cooperate,” he said. On the first day of the levy collection, until 17:30, the officers could collect a total of IDR 52.7 million from the four collection
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points. Regent Suwirta hoped that all parties, regional agencies, Transportation Agency, Municipal Police, village apparatuses and speedboat entrepreneur will help facilitate the implementation of the levy collection in the field. Thus, the potential revenue from tourism levies can be exploited to the fullest. This is to improve the levy collection system in the field, so it continues to give a positive impression for Nusa Penida tourism. As reported earlier, starting from Monday (Jul. 1), all tourists visiting Nusa Penida are charged levies. Imposition of the levy refers to Regional Regulation No. 5/2018 concerning Amendment to Regional Regulation No. 3/2013 concerning Levies on Recreation and Sports Places. The amount of levies charged to tourists is IDR 25,000 per adult and IDR 15,000 per child. (kmb31)
SINGAPORE - Schoolchildren are paying a heavy price for Singapore’s success in global education rankings, with rising numbers seeking psychiatric help as they struggle to cope with the relentless pressure for academic excellence. Children are reporting symptoms of anxiety and stress related to school as early as primary school, experts warn, and there have been extreme cases where pupils have been driven to suicide. Youths often face long days at school, hours of homework, and are then pushed by parents to have private tuition, which is having an impact on mental wellbeing -- a recent report found that overall the city’s pupils reported higher levels of anxiety than average. Now, in a bid to reduce stress in its schools, Singapore is embarking on reforms that will scrap some academic tests and change the rigid streaming process. “We have to balance the joy of learning and the rigour of education,” Education Minister Ong Ye Kung said as he announced some of the changes in parliament earlier this year. The move comes at a time when more authorities in Asia are being forced to assess if pupils are being overwhelmed by pressure to perform -- Hong Kong’s Child Fatality Review listed problems with schoolwork among one of the key reasons for teen suicide. Japan reported it’s highest youth suicide rate in 30 years in 2016/17, with officials admitting there is an
annual spike on September 1 -- the start of the new school year. Singapore has placed education at the heart of its development since independence in the 1960s and now tops the PISA international rankings -- a system dubbed the world cup of education -- for maths, reading, and science. But a study by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), which conducts the PISA assessment, found that despite academic success Singapore’s students reported higher levels of anxiety about schoolwork than other nations. - Too much, too young Primary school children are required to take a leaving exam, regarded by parents and teachers as crucial because success often means access to prestigious schools and top sets. “Children are being forced to mature too fast without the relevant foundation and reasoning power to reassure oneself,” said the psychologist Daniel Koh from Insights Mind Centre. “Society does not want to allow the luxury of taking it slow,” he added. The youngest person he had treated for school-related stress was a
first year primary school student who was struggling with the transition from kindergarten, Koh explained. Under such heavy pressure, private, after-school tuition has become the norm. Singaporean students rank third globally on time spent on homework, at 9.4 hours a week, according to an OECD survey. As major exams approach, suicide prevention group the Samaritans of Singapore typically sees a rise in students contacting them, according to senior assistant director Wong Lai Chun. In 2016, an 11-year-old boy jumped to his death on the day he was supposed to reveal his mid-year exam results to his parents. He had failed two subjects. “Over the past few years, based on my clinical experience, I have seen more teenagers who are from top schools and report experiencing school-related stress,” explained Lim Choon Guan of Singapore’s Institute of Mental Health. But he said this may be due to a greater willingness to report problems and that school counsellors are more aware of such issues and refer them. Lim added that while schoolrelated anxiety occurs year round, stress “can intensify nearer the exam periods”. (afp)
TRANG - Cuddles at feeding time are one of many techniques vets in Thailand are using to raise an orphaned baby dugong named Mariam, and which have helped spread interest in ocean conservation in the process. Found stranded on a beach in May at six months old, the ocean mammal has been receiving daily care from park officials, local conservation groups, and veterinarians at Phuket Marine Biological Centre. Her star took off after photos showing her being cradled by the vets went viral on social media, and the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources (DMCR) has posted frequent updates on her condition. Vet Pathompong Kongjit told AFP that Mariam -- who now lives in the waters around Ko Libong island of Trang province -- has become a symbol of the dire need for a clean-up in Thailand’s plasticchoked seas. “Mariam has ignited the interest among Thai people to care about marine animals, Thai seas and nature in general,” he said. But so far, her biggest challenge is feeding herself, as she has trouble digging out the seagrass buried in the ocean floor. “Mariam can only eat the protruding seagrass,” he told AFP, adding that she’s “getting better” at it.
Female dugongs also usually breastfeed their babies while they are swimming -- something the vets cannot do. “So we hold her while feeding her milk, and after that we have to get her to swim around to exercise her digestion system,” Pathompong said. Her caretakers also use an orange canoe -- nicknamed “Mother Orange” -- for her to follow around in the water for exercise. Despite Mariam’s seeming dependence on her human friends, Pathompong said she’s “learned to adjust to the environment” and no longer gets stranded on the beach. But “it doesn’t matter how many marine animals we can save... if their sea homes are in bad conditions,” said the vet, adding that Mariam will likely be under their care for at least another year. The avalanche of public interest in Mariam’s progress has prompted the DMCR to set up a livestream for the growing baby, expected to be broadcast at the end of this week. Another baby dugong was also found stranded in Krabi earlier this week. The Phuket Marine Biological Centre said in a statement that dugongs get stranded on beaches because of fishing and other human activities. Southern Thailand’s waters are home to about 250 dugongs. (afp)
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This picture taken on May 24, 2019 shows Mariam the dugong as she is cared for by park officials and veterinarians from the Phuket Marine Biological Centre on Libong island, Trang province in southern Thailand.
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Australia’s central bank cuts key interest rate 0.25% to 1%
The cut is the second in consecutive months. Previously the Reserve Bank of Australia had not shifted the rate in almost three years. “This easing of monetary policy will support employment growth and provide greater confidence that inflation will be consistent with the medium-term target,” Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe said in a statement. The outlook for the global econ-
omy remained reasonable. But uncertainty generated by the trade and technology disputes was affecting investment and meant that the risks to the global economy were tilted to the downside, Lowe said. The changes were widely expected after Lowe said in May that inflation was likely to remain below the bank’s target range of 2% to 3% a year and that a decrease in the cash rate would likely be appropriate.
The bank’s board moves interest rates at monthly meetings to keep inflation within the target range. Inflation is currently running at 1.3%. Lower rates are a boon for borrowers and can help stimulate more business activity. The bank wants Australia’s jobless rate to fall below 5.2% so wages can rise faster. With Parliament sitting on Tuesday for the first time since May elections, the government is giving priority to passing tax cuts worth 158 billion Australian dollars ($110 billion) over the next decade to boost economic activity.
National Australia Bank economist Ivan Colhoun described Lowe’s statement on the economy as positive. “It’s talking about an optimistic view of the world, but with some downside risks related to trade wars, and it’s a reasonably optimistic view of the Australian economy as well,” Colhoun told Australian Broadcasting Corp. “There is a positive spin to the rate cut. We talk about emergency rates. In fact, very low rates are the norm around the world. Australia and New Zealand are coming to that norm a lot later than other countries,”
Colhoun added. Before the June change, the cash rate last moved in August 2016, when it was reduced by 0.25% to 1.5%. The rate has not been increased since November 2010, when it rose 0.25% to 4.75%. Australia’s economy is suffering from the end of a mining boom — largely to supply China— that carried the country through the global economic crisis without a recession. Australia has not suffered a recession, which is defined as two consecutive quarters of economic contraction, since the June quarter of 1991. (ap)
Japanese manufacturers show weakening confidence in economy TOKYO - A closely watched quarterly survey by Japan’s central bank released Monday showed declining confidence in the economic outlook among major manufacturers as trade tensions between the U.S. and China add to worries over regional and global growth. The Bank of Japan’s weak “tankan” reading was the second
straight quarter of deterioration amid worries over trade tensions and a regional slowdown. The survey’s index for major manufacturers fell to 7 in June from 12 in the March survey. The index shows the percentage of companies reporting positive conditions minus the percentage reporting unfavorable ones.
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Udayana University Anaesthesiology Professor Garners Top International Accolades
In this May 6, 2019, file photo, a woman looks at display boards at the Australian Stock Exchange in Sydney, Australia. Australia’s central bank has cut its benchmark interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point to a new record low of 1% in a bid to boost the economy.
CANBERRA - Australia’s central bank cut its benchmark interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point on Tuesday to a record low of 1% in a bid to boost the economy.
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Although hopes for progress in resolving the festering dispute between Washington and Beijing revived with an agreement between President Donald Trump and China’s Xi Jinping to resume trade negotiations, the outcome is far from certain. The easing of tensions after Trump and Xi met at the Group of 20 summit in
Osaka, Japan, was welcome relief for world markets, but worries remain. Japan, the world’s third-largest economy, has struggled to sustain growth as its population ages and declines. But while the tankan reading for large manufacturers was worse than expected, conditions for non-
manufacturers improved slightly, while the “all industry” index slipped to 10 from 12. “Given that the change rather than the level tends to be the best guide to GDP growth, that suggests the economy may have passed its low point,” Marcel Thieliant of Capital Economics said in a commentary. (ap)
Professor Stephen Gatt a Uni Udayana is currently on lecture tour at Sanglah Hospital. His specialty is Obstetric Anaesthesiology and Obstetric Intensive Care. He has been to Bali about 14 times previously and to Indonesia over 40 times. He originally hails from the Republic of Malta, currently in the European Union, and he has lived for 44 years with his family in Sydney, Australia. He is a regular visitor to Bali. Recently, Dr Gatt has been granted two of the highest accolades by his peers in the UK and Australia/New Zealand. The Royal College of Anaesthetists of the United Kingdom has conferred an Honorary Fellowship of the RCA, FRCA Honoris Causa, for extensive contributions to the field of anaesthesia internationally. Prof. Gatt had previously held FRCA, by election, of the RCA and holds fellowships by examination in anaesthesia (FANZCA), intensive care medicine (FCICM) and health service management (FACHSM) as well as associate fellowship in medical administration (AFRACMA) and company directorship (AFAICD) in Australia and New Zealand, amongst others. The award was made for extensive contributions to anaesthesia and especially to obstetric anaesthesia. As President of the Obstetric Anaesthesia Society of Asia and Oceania for over 25 years and, as of last year, Emeritus Life President of OASAO, Prof. Gatt is the most recognisable obstetric anaesthetist across Asia and Australasia. He has given more than 500 lectures in more than 100 cities in more than 34 countries. His bibliography is prodigious – 5 books, more than 280 scientific papers and more than 45 journal reviews. This amounts to an average of one publication every 5.5 weeks over the last 35 years. Some two months ago, the Society of Obstetric Medicine of Australia and New Zealand also bestowed on Professor Stephen Gatt its highest honour – Honorary Life Membership – at its 2018 National Scientific Congress in Cairns in tropical Far North Queensland. This is a rare honour, indeed, having been granted only five times in the society’s 30 years history and never to an intensive care and anaesthesia specialist. Professor Gatt planned, established, staffed and directed, for more than a decade, the first obstetric intensive care unit in Australia and, most probably, the world, given that Australia was the first country to have formal Fellowship in Intensive Care, well ahead of the US and UK, with Dr. Gatt being in the first tranche of 12 qualified specialists. The Honorary Life Membership
was also granted for his vast authorship contributions to Obstetric Medicine which include more than 280 publications. His books have been variously translated into Japanese, Bahasa Indonesia / Malaysia and Vietnamese. The Citation, by Associate Professor Sandra Lowe, noted that “Dr. Gatt was instrumental in establishing and seeding, handsomely, the SOMANZ Research Foundation which has sustained a generation of obstetric medicine researchers especially now that the purse strings continue to tighten around research”. Dr. Gatt is seen as a great innovator in his fields of endeavour with a string of inventions and device co-inventions, which subsequently made it to market, attributable to him. These inventions which Dr. Gatt produced in partnership with others include the quadruple lumen catheter (1982) for simultaneous administration of powerful medication close to the heart (awarded the Matthew Spence Medal for Intensive Care) and the silicone nasal prongs for high flow oxygen a year later. The disposable dual dose epidural infusion pump (1993) for pain relief in labour and the Closer Eye Epidural (1994) in the next year and a clear fenestrated, gusseted sterile drape for epidural and spinal anaesthesia followed more recently. Often ahead of the pack by twenty years, these innovations were taken up by a slew of manufacturing companies (American Edwards, Go-Medical, Portex, Boots, Baxter) and put to market. For Dr. Gatt it was “never an exercise in patents, royalties and business; all was shareware for the common good and the advancement of medicine”. The total parenteral feeding formulae (1986) for maintaining intravenous feeding in women unable to take any food through the mouth remained the standard solutions produced by Baxter for more than two decades. Dr. Gatt contributed mightily to the standardised protocols for the management of venous thromboembolism in use across Australia, the End-of-Life Decision Making Guidelines which spread from South East Health in Sydney to become NSW Health’s Policy and was a pioneer of the Massive Transfusion Protocols for Haemorrhage in Australia which were eventually adopted, in many variants and iterations, by many other countries. “There have been so many instances of profound satisfaction in anaesthesia and medicine, as well as in family life and in working with community, that came, heaven-sent, to that little 8-year old boy in Sliema (Salaam in Arabic), Malta, in the ‘60s who ‘just wanted to be a good doctor’ within a family of Maltese doctors”.
One of the high points in my career, for me, says Dr. Gatt, came from designing the first anaesthetic for AMPS (anaesthetic management under placental support) for the world’s first successful, more than 1-hour long, procedure for an EXIT procedure where the baby is operated on out of the uterus while still receiving its anaesthetic via its placenta and umbilical cord. The technique is now used worldwide; at the time, it was an exercise of marvel. “I have always been intrigued by the ‘impossible’; for example, our 42-hour long multi-surgical-specialty operation in which I was a little cog within the big machine”. Dr. Gatt, an MD graduate of the, then Royal, University of Malta, and now an alumnus of other universities – New South Wales, Harvard, Udayana - has maintained strong ties with the Malta, the UK, USA, Indonesia and many other Asian countries especially in his capacity as President Obstetric Anaesthesia Society of Asia and Oceania. He has given over 400 public lectures in over 100 cities. He holds a special affection for his country of birth – Malta - and the Maltese overseas. For over 30 years he has been the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Board of Management of St. Dominic’s Home for the Elderly in Sydney, Australia. On the world stage, for 10 years, he was the President of the Federation of Maltese Abroad (FOMA) and has recently been renewed by the Prime Minister of Malta, The Hon PM Joseph Muscat, as an Australian Delegate Member of the Council of Maltese Living Abroad (CMLA), chaired by the Former Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Hon Dr George Vella and, more recently, the current Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Promotion, The Hon Carmelo Abela, with tenure until 2020. Dr. Gatt claims that all work amongst the
Maltese was always his favourite pro bono activity and a “slice of payback for the wonderful educational and cultural opportunities which my beloved Malta gave me”. Prof. Gatt was in Malta only last week and is currently in Manila, Philippines. Prof. Gatt is a Senior Staff Specialist and, formerly, Director of Anaesthesia, Royal Hospital for Women, Senior Staff Specialist and, formerly, Head of Division of Anaesthesia & Intensive Care of Prince of Wales, Sydney Children’s & Sydney/ Sydney Eye Hospitals and, formerly, Area Chair in Anaesthesia, South East Health; Emeritus Life President and, formerly, President, Obstetric Anaesthesia Society of Asia and Oceania (OASAO); Senior Visiting Consultant Anaesthetist, Prince of Wales Private Hospital, Healthscope, Randwick, NSW, Australia and former Presiding Member in the Faculty of Anaesthesia, Emergency Medicine and Critical Care at the University of New South Wales in a career spanning over 40 years. Prof. Gatt has been honoured with the Malta National Order of Merit (Member – MOM) in the Qadi Gieh ir-Republika Awards Scheme and the Order of Australia (Medal - OAM). He has been ‘knighted’ twice over 20 years ago and has progressed within the orders over the years - in the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta (SMOM) – Knight, IInd Class, of Magistral Grace in Obedience and the Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (OHS) - Knight Grand Cross Commander with Star of Jerusalem. He is intimately involved in the altruistic, charitable and humanitarian activities of both these orders, eg. relief in the tsunami of Banda Aceh. Dr. Gatt has two TV programmes – ‘Konsulta’ and ‘Opinjoni Medika mal-Profs Gatt’ which have run for
14 years. Dr. Gatt is unashamedly the ultimate globe trotter who has delivered over 425 lectures in 100 cities in 34 countries – most recently in China, Tibet, Philippines and USA. Running workshops and hands-on work in developing countries across AsiaPacific, Africa and Latin America “produce experiences of sublime insight and satisfaction”. He sits on the Editorial Board of several journals and, mentored hundreds of his ‘proteges’ and examined and adjudicated on many schools of medicine, universities and tribunals. “Not knowing anything of Australia when I left Malta 43 years ago, I was, fortuitously, ‘dumped’ into this gigantic paradise which has not ceased to improve daily as the years rolled by… and no thanks to me, too”. Thinking of it, Bali has achieved much the same. “I have been given unbelievable opportunities which, sadly, may no longer be available to the generations which will follow, in a golden age of a naïve world wide open to improvement and innovation… a place to dream, experiment and achieve.” Dr. Gatt was one of the two people who instituted IndoAnesthesia in Jakarta which has run – and been attended annually by him – for 18 years. He has visited over 20 cities across the length and breadth of our archipelago. Prof. Gatt salutes the Balinese, Javanese and all the peoples of Indonesia and is particularly impressed with the great strides made over the last two decades by our own Sahglah Hospital, Denpasar and Udayana University in the teaching and practice of pain relief in labour, care of mothers and babies and labour and delivery… this has been a labour of love which has produced rich results and obvious improvements in safety and wellbeing. (ad)
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South Americans marvel at total solar eclipse
LA HIGUERA - A rare total solar eclipse plunged a vast swath of Latin America’s southern cone into darkness Tuesday, briefly turning day into night and enthralling huge crowds in much of Chile and Argentina. Hundreds of thousands of people flocked to Chile’s northern Coquimbo region near the Atacama desert -- festooned with some of the planet’s most powerful telescopes -- which was situated directly on the eclipse’s 100-mile-wide “path of totality.” Large crowds congregated in the town of La Higuera, some 2,400 meters above sea level and near the landmark La Silla Observatory, operated by the European Southern Observatory. “I don’t believe there’s a better place in the world to see an eclipse than La Silla,” said Australian tourist Betsy Clark. Clark and her family were among thousands who flocked to the craggy peaks around the observatory on Tuesday. They were not disappointed. The eclipse had its longest duration as it made to La Silla: 2.36 minutes. “It was an experience to last several lifetimes,” said Chilean tourist Rene Serey. Solar eclipses happen when the Sun, the Moon and Earth line up, allowing the Moon to cast its shadow on Earth. The area where the observatory is located, with its dry weather, crystal-clear air and low light pollution, is a stargazers’ paradise. To the west, in the coastal town of La Serena, thousands of people on the beach cheered and clapped at the moment when the Moon closed over the Sun and blocked it out completely. “Oh my God, it’s incredible!”
shouted some, while others chanted “more, more, more!” Many remained silent, enchanted and moved by one of nature’s spectacles. “The truth is that even if one knows what’s going on, it is shocking the minute that the shadow of darkness begins to come and that silence begins,” said astronomer Sonia Duffau, as she choked back tears. Total solar eclipses are rare, but what is even rarer about Tuesday’s event is that it occurred directly over an area of the Earth most prepared to study the heavenly bodies. “Very seldom has it happened
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Solar eclipse as seen from the La Silla European Southern Observatory (ESO) in La Higuera, Coquimbo Region, Chile, on July 02, 2019.
Hong Kong’s parliament... From page 1
The first successful breach of the building’s heavily reinforced windows came after protesters filled a street vendor’s trolley with heavy debris and then used it as a battering ram. It looked like something out of a medieval siege. Inside the building stood rows and rows of riot police with shields, pepper spray and gas masks. On the other side protesters slammed the
that the whole of an eclipse is seen over an observatory, the last time this happened was in ‘91” at the Mauna Kea observatory in Hawaii, said Matias Jones, an astronomer at La Silla. Both Chile and Argentina were situated under the narrow, 6,000mile long band of Earth that experienced the eclipse. The eclipse began at 13:01 (17:01 GMT) in the Pacific Ocean, and a 95 mile (150 kilometer)-wide band of total darkness reached Chile’s coast at 4:38 pm (20:38 GMT), before crossing into southeastern Argentina and into the wastes of the South Atlantic. (afp)
trolley against the glass for some two hours as others protected them from police pepper spray with a shield wall of umbrellas. Some of the protesters had strapped makeshift armour to their bodies, comprised of thick magazines or cork padding. One of the most persistent assailants wielded an eye-catching orange shield that was made out of one half of a plastic suitcase.
Others assembled long paint rollers to cover CCTV cameras on the ceiling. - ‘Don’t destroy’ -
But it was steel poles, taken from nearby construction sites and unscrewed from street fencing, that proved the most reliable at defeating the toughened glass. As the sun set, protesters discovered they could make much better progress against the glass by attacking its edges, creating a hole that could quickly bewidened.
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A captured minke whale is lifted by a crane into a truck bed at a port in Kushiro, Hokkaido Prefecture on July 1, 2019. Japanese whalers brought ashore their first catches on July 1 as they resumed commercial hunting after a three-decade hiatus, brushing aside criticism from activists who say the practice is cruel and outdated.
Japan whale restaurants cheer hunt resumption
TOKYO - “Two sashimis, three steaks,” cries the waitress at one of Tokyo’s most famous whale restaurants during a frantic lunchtime service where Japan’s resumption of commercial whaling has cooked up new hope. Mitsuo Tani has spent 46 of his 64 years preparing and cooking whale meat and hosts a mixed clientele at his restaurant: salarymen in white shirts gulping down a quick lunch before heading back to the office, single women, retired couples. Whale steak is the most popular dish at 980 yen ($9). A thin rectangular piece of meat with as much rice, miso soup, vegetables and iced tea as the customer can eat. Also flying out of the kitchen is whale sashimi -- raw slices of whale flesh, skin or liver. Japan’s resumption of commercial whaling has prompted fury from other countries and campaigners, with activists saying that one of the three species targeted is threatened with extinction and sub-populations of the other two are depleted. But veteran whale chef Tani is keen to promote the health benefits of whale meat. “It is five times lower in calories than beef, 10 times lower in cholesterol, two times less fat than chicken. It’s packed with iron. But abroad, people do not know this,” he told AFP. Not all would agree with Tani’s health based sales-pitch, however. In 2015, when the Environmental Investigation Agency tested the mercury levels of whale meat sold in Japan, they The riot police then retreated behind steel shutters that placed the building on complete lockdown. But they were little match for the protesters who again used the polls to prise the shutters up high enough to place metal barricades underneath and allow people to flood through. At that point police abandoned the parliament to the protesters who swarmed the building, spraying the walls with graffiti, tearing down portraits of city leaders and hanging a colonial-era flag in the
found it riddled with the substance. Whipping up a “whale roast beef” at the pass, Tani explained that he had to move from the northern city of Sendai after the 2011 tsunami and the price of whale meat soared amid a significant drop in supply. In Tokyo, he has never had any problem procuring meat. While Japan was still part of the International Whaling Commission, the whales caught in Antarctic waters for “research” purposes still ended up as sashimi and steak on plates around the country. Ironically, with Japan leaving the IWC and resuming commercial whaling off its own coast, the quantity of meat may decline. Japan set an annual quota of more than 600 whales while in the IWC. The cap now stands at 227 until the end of the year -- 52 minke, 150 Bryde’s and 25 sei whales. It is not the only country carrying out hunts, with Norway and Iceland conducting them in recent years and indigenous people from Alaska to Greenland allowed exemptions to the moratorium. Hitting back at those who fear the resumption of commercial whaling further endangers whales, Japanese authorities say the quotas have been set carefully “to keep the whale population at a sustainable level.” “I’m scared that the quantity of whale meat will go down,” admitted Tani. (afp)
debating chamber. But even the storming showed careful levels of coordination with notes left by protesters telling their fellow assailants to leave books and display cabinets with expensive trinkets unharmed. “Preserve cultural objects”, “Don’t destroy”, read two notes next to a display cabinet. Another sign was stuck to a fridge containing drinks. “We are not thieves,” it read. “We won’t take without asking.” (afp)
Clean air experienced only 34 days a year in Jakarta JAKARTA - Greenpeace Indonesia stated that Jakarta capital city had “good” air quality for only 34 days in a year, while unhealthy air condition was recorded on 196 days, and moderate air quality on the remaining days. “Data from the Ministry of Environment and Forestry recorded the air quality at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium area,” the campaign person of environmental organization Greenpeace Indonesia Bondan Ariyanu stated in Jakarta on Tuesday (July 2). However, the data aligns with Greenpeace Indonesia’s analysis result in 2017 when “green day” or pollution-free air condition was recorded on 29 days, while moderate air quality was reported on the other 238 days. “During that year, the air was polluted for 92 days,” Ariyanu added. In 2018, the number of days recorded as having unhealthy air quality doubled, reaching 247 days, with very unhealthy air condition on 177 days. Hence, Greenpeace Indonesia has urged the Jakarta administration to give emphasis and attention to the problem of air pollution and give a responsive reaction to tackle it. (afp)
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Indonesia to return 49 containers of waste to Europe, US Dozens of shipping containers full of waste will be returned to France and other developed countries, Indonesia said Tuesday, as Southeast Asian nations increasingly reject serving as dumping grounds for international trash. The 49 containers were loaded with a combination of garbage, plastic waste and hazardous materials in violation of import rules, according to customs officials on Batam island. “We are coordinating the with the importer to immediately process their return,” customs office spokesman Sumarna, who goes by one name, told AFP. The waste came from the United States, Australia, France, Germany and Hong Kong, he added. Last month, Jakarta returned five containers of waste to the United States, joining a chorus of Southeast Asian
nations that are increasingly unhappy about being used as dumping grounds for trash from Western countries. China’s decision in 2018 to ban imports of foreign plastic waste threw global recycling into chaos, leaving developed nations struggling to find places to send their waste. Huge quantities of rubbish have since been redirected to Southeast Asia. In May, neighbouring Malaysia vowed to ship back hundreds of tonnes of plastic waste. The Philippines, meanwhile, returned about 69 containers of rubbish back to Canada last month, putting an end to a diplomatic row between the two countries. Around 300 million tonnes of plastic are produced every year, according to the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF), with much of it ending up in landfills or polluting the seas, in what has become a growing international crisis. (afp)
MK registers 260 cases on legislative election disputes We have done the registration by transferred the application’s data to the Book of Constitutional Cases Registration (BRPK) and stated the Letter of Constitutional Cases Registration (ARPK) to all applicants. Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Constitutional Court (MK) had registered as many as 260 cases on legislative election 2019 result disputes since Monday (1/7), as stated by the Head of Public Relations and National Affairs of MK Fajar Laksono. “We have done the registration by transfering the application’s data to the Book of Constitutional Cases Registration (BRPK) and stated the Letter of Constitutional Cases Registration (ARPK) to all applicants,” Laksono said at MK Building in Jakarta on Tuesday. After the legislative election results were out until May, MK received 340 cases but in file verification process several applications were requested by the same political parties in one province. So that there were only 260 of them processed to registration step. “MK checked the cases applications based on their provinces, therefore applications requested by the same political parties in one province would be merged,” Laksono added. Of those 260 cases, 248 cases requested by political parties, one case requested by Berkarya Party over the parliamentary threshold, one case requested by Papua’s indigenous community. While the other 10 cases were requested by candidates of Regional Representative Council (DPD) members from six provinces, namely North Sumatera, West Nusa Tenggara, Southeast Sulawesi, North Maluku, Papua, and West Papua. (ant)
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In this picture taken on June 19, 2019, Indonesian officials check one of the 49 containers loaded with a combination of garbage, plastic waste and hazardous materials in violation of import rules, in Batam island.
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Gone in 58 minutes: Tomic faces fine after defeat in second shortest match
LONDON - Bernard Tomic shrugged off the prospect of being stripped of his 45,000-pound ($57,000) prize money after losing the second shortest match at Wimbledon on Tuesday.
Sawangan Beach, Spot of Seaweed and Pre-Wedding Photos BADUNG - Do you want to enjoy the beauty of tranquil white sandy beach that is really far away from hustles and bustles? This atmosphere can be found on Sawangan Beach. This beach is located at Sawangan village. Some people also call it Geger Beach because it is very close to Geger Temple often linked to the pilgrimage of Nirartha, a sage from East Java who migrated to Bali. Geger Temple perching above the piles of rigid rocks offers lush beauty and serenity that looks so perfect under lullabies of full moonlight. From the point of this height, the boisterous and splendor of night
lamps of Nusa Dua, Jimbaran, Kuta and Denpasar seem close. In the meantime, this beach offers beautiful scenery with charming white sandy beach. Moreover, this beach is one of the hidden beaches in Bali because only a few travelers know about the existence of this beach. Though the beach is claimed to be hidden but the access is quite easy. Sawangan Beach is also used by local community to cultivate seaweed because the beach is fairly quiet. When visiting this beach, travelers will see seaweed farmers drying out their crops. For fishing hobbyists, there are also many spots of fishing here. Due
to the beauty owned, this beach is often used by wedding couples as the location of their pre-wedding photo session. What is interesting here? At low tide, visitors can explore the verges along the beach to see the beauty of the rocks and crystalclear seawater. Thus, visitors will be made comfortable to linger on this beach. An important thing to note here is that when visiting this beach traveler must prepare supplies because there are no stalls selling food and drinks here. A unique attraction offered on this beach is camel ride. It can be tried while enjoying the beauty of this beach. This camel attraction is managed by the Bali Camel Safari. So, you should make a reservation first if you want to enjoy the experience of this camel ride. The rate of camel ride for adults and children is charged per person with duration of one hour. Camel ride attraction can be carried out either in the morning or late afternoon. Thus, you do not have to come to the Middle East just to enjoy the experience of camel ride. (kmb)
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Australia’s Bernard Tomic returns against France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga during their men’s singles first round match on the second day of the 2019 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Lawn Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on July 2, 2019.
The controversial Australian, who has been accused of not trying previously in his career, lost 6-2, 6-1, 6-4 to France’s Jo-Wifried Tsonga in just 58 minutes. It was only four minutes longer than it took Roger Federer to defeat Alejandro Falla of Colombia in 2004. “I think I played as best as I could. It’s just I played terrible,” said the world number 96, who was a top 20 player in 2011 but has been dubbed ‘Tomic the tank engine’ by a critical Australian media. When he was asked if he was happy with the effort he was making on court, he snapped: “Next question please.” Tomic has run foul of the Wimbledon authorities in the past. Two years ago, he was fined after admitting he had faked an injury and complained of being bored in defeat to Germany’s Mischa Zverev. His racquet sponsor Head dropped him as a client. “I expected a match like this,” sais Tsonga. Tomic would not be the first player to be fined for alleged lack of effort in recent weeks. America’s Anna Tatishvili was stripped of her first round prize money at Roland Garros for “not playing at a professional standard”. She lost to Greece’s 33rd-ranked Maria Sakkari, 6-0, 6-1 in just 55 minutes, only three minutes fewer than Tomic who had played a set more. Tatishvili had returned to competition following a 31-month absence due to a serious ankle injury and multiple surgeries. She is appealing the ruling, claiming she is the victim of discrimination. (afp)
‘Future is now’: Bernal tipped for Tour greatness in Froome’s absence
BRUSSELS - Fast-emerging Colombian all-rounder Egan Bernal can take centre stage at the 2019 Tour de France in the absence of his injured Team Ineos leader Chris Froome with even the race organisers backing the 22-year-old for a tilt at the title. Bernal joined Sky, now Ineos, in 2018 and on the back of an immediate win at the Tour of California was drafted into last year’s Tour de France, where he vowed to learn everything he could from four-time winner Froome. Impressed with his astonishing progress, Ineos made Bernal team leader for May’s Giro d’Italia but a fall ruled him out, and when Froome himself suffered a dreadful
fall in June, Bernal’s stock took a sharp rise. “They’ve been talking about him since he won the Tour de L’Avenir two years ago,” Tour de France chief Christian Prudhomme told AFP this week. “Then at Paris-Nice in March, Bernal took the yellow jersey and was presented with it by (all time great) Eddy Merckx! “It was a hugely signifiant moment, and made one think about what might come in the future, and now the future is coming, it’s this July.” Prudhomme pointed out that it was 50 years since Merckx won his first Tour, and that he felt maybe Bernal could take up the baton
the great Belgian once carried so bravely. “I also noted how marvellously polite he is,” Prudhomme said of the 22-year-old. “Of course he’s brilliantly talented too, there’s no doubt about it. “There is the question of how will he do over three long weeks with the colossal pressure that you can’t imagine until you actually have the yellow jersey on your back. I’m not sure how he might feel. “But I can tell you that last year, in the final week he was still there, at just 21 years old, helping Chris Froome at altitudes over 2000m.” (afp)
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Colombian Ronald Bernal, the brother of cyclist Egan Bernal, rides his bike during a training session in Zipaquira, Cundinamarca, Colombia, on June 28, 2019.
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Scaloni feeling positive for Argentina future despite Brazil loss
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Brazil’s Gabriel Jesus celebrates after scoring against Argentina during their Copa America football tournament semi-final match at the Mineirao Stadium in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, on July 2, 2019.
Jesus, Firmino send Brazil into Copa America final as Messi fails again
Gabriel Jesus and Roberto Firmino scored the goals as Brazil beat arch-rivals Argentina 2-0 on Tuesday to qualify for the Copa America final. Jesus and Firmino netted a goal apiece in each half to give Brazil a victory which ensured Lionel Messi’s frustrating wait for a major international tournament title with Argentina continued. Hosts Brazil will play the winners of Wednesday’s second semifinal between champions Chile and Peru in Sunday’s final. It was the first time these age-old rivals had met in a major competition since Brazil beat Argentina 3-0 in the 2007 Copa final. English-based Jesus and Firmino were the stars, each creating the other’s goal, although captain Dani Alves had a major say in the opener. “It was another step towards our objective. We’re achieving all the goals that we’re setting ourselves,” said Alves. “A lot of people doubt us but we have a lot of faith in ourselves, in our plan, in our hard work. “We’re reaping the fruits of
the seeds we’re sowing every day.” But it was a miserable night for Messi, whose hopes of landing a major international honour with Argentina ended in disappointment once again. He will get another opportunity next year, though, with the fourth Copa America in the last five years, due to be played in Argentina and Colombia. “We should have been the team going to the final because we deserved it, no doubt about that. But sometimes football is unfair,” complained Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni. - Tackles flying -
In what was always expected to be a feisty affair there were some wild early tackles flying in, and Argentina’s Nicolas Tagliafico was first to be booked for a lunge at Jesus. The uneven pitch looked like
it had been trampled by a herd of wildebeest before kick-off and both sides struggled to play flowing football. Brazil’s Casemiro was even jeered after sending a long crossfield ball straight out of play. The first chance came when Argentina’s Leandro Paredes let fly from 30 yards but the ball whistled just over the top of goalkeeper Alisson’s goal. Brazil took the lead on 19 minutes after a piece of individual brilliance from Alves. He beat three players on a mazy run before sending Firmino clear down the right with a no-look pass, the Liverpool forward crossing for the unmarked Jesus to tap home. Two-footed lunges were flying in as the match threatened to descend from niggly to dirty. Argentina almost levelled on the half hour when Sergio Aguero headed Messi’s free-kick onto the bar, the ball bouncing down just
in front of the line before Brazil scrambled it clear. Messi then burst into life, driving at heart of the Brazil defense and playing in Aguero, who took advantage of a Thiago Silva slip to make space for himself but Marquinhos was quickly across to block the Manchester City striker’s shot. Moments later, Messi beat two men on the right, won back the ball with a sliding tackle after overrunning it, but then wastefully shot high and wide. At the other end, Arthur shot powerfully, but straight at goalkeeper Franco Armani. - Pirouetting Jesus -
Argentina pushed Brazil back at the start of the second half and Aguero picked out Lautaro Martinez in the box but he didn’t catch his left-foot volley cleanly and Alisson gathered comfortably. Another promising attacking move ended with Rodrigo de Paul blazing over from 20 yards.
But Jesus produced a beautiful piece of skill, including a pirouetting drag-back, before teeing up Philippe Coutinho who should have done better than shooting over. Moments later, though, a blocked shot from Martinez looped over to Messi who lashed a shot from an angle against the post, with Alisson beaten. Alisson was alert to clutch a Messi free-kick on 66 minutes that looked destined for the top corner. By then, Scaloni had already gone for broke, bringing off midfielder Marcos Acuna and sending on speedy winger Angel Di Maria, with Messi dropping into a deeper role. Just as Argentina looked capable of finding a way back into the match, Brazil stung them on the counter-attack with Manchester City’s Jesus getting away from two defenders and teeing up the unmarked Liverpool striker Firmino for a tap in on 71 minutes. Scaloni threw on another forward in Paulo Dybala but there was no way back for Argentina. (afp)
Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni insisted the future is bright for his new-look squad despite their 2-0 defeat to Brazil on Tuesday that prevented them from reaching the Copa America final. “Without a doubt, today we showed that this group of players feel the jersey like no-one else,” he said. “We showed an image for the future of this squad and these players and the great path they are on. “To play in this stadium, in these conditions and to be superior to our opponents. “It doesn’t matter because they’re going to the final but if we’re aware of what we did today then there’s only positives.” He said the defeat was “unfair” claiming that “no other team has created as many goalscoring chances against Brazil as we did.” Star player Lionel Messi was quiet at times but showed flashes of his brilliant best, including hitting
the post with a volley on 57 minutes. “There’s no debate about this, he’s our standard-bearer,” said Scaloni. “Brazil were continuously trying to stop passes from reaching him and we kept looking for ways to get him the ball. “It was thrilling to see him play. It didn’t work out today but he’ll have his rematch and the whole squad will have their rematch.” Scaloni was unhappy with some of Ecuadoran referee Roddy Zambrano’s decisions, not least the fact that Argentina picked up six bookings to Brazil’s two. “I didn’t like the referee, I don’t usually make those comments,” he said. “I don’t think he was qualified for a match of this level.” He added: “If a midfielder player is on a yellow card this changes things. There were a lot of small details where the match started to lose its balance because of those decisions.” (afp)
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United States’ forward Alex Morgan (C) is tackled by England’s defender Millie Bright during the France 2019 Women’s World Cup semi-final football match between England and USA, on July 2, 2019, at the Lyon Satdium in Decines-Charpieu, central-eastern France.
Morgan delight after stepping up for USA in Rapinoe absence
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Argentina’s coach Lionel Scaloni gestures during the Copa America football tournament semi-final match against Brazil at the Mineirao Stadium in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, on July 2, 2019.
She was determined to give the credit to other members of her team, but Alex Morgan stepped up on the big occasion with the winning goal against England to take the United States through to the final of another women’s World Cup on Tuesday. The holders were without Megan Rapinoe for the semi-final in Lyon, the scorer of all her team’s goals in the wins over Spain and France in the previous two rounds missing out with a hamstring injury. That meant Christen Press came in and duly scored the opener, and it meant Morgan wore the captain’s armband on her 30th birthday as she headed home Lindsey Horan’s cross in the 31st minute for the deciding goal in a 2-1 victory watched by more than 53,000. It was Morgan’s sixth goal of the World Cup, putting her level with Ellen White -- who had earlier scored England’s equaliser -- at the top of the scorers’ chart. However, it was a much-needed goal for the striker, who had not found the net since scoring five in the record-breaking 13-0 humiliation of Thailand with which the USA opened their defence of the trophy. “I wouldn’t say it was important but for me obviously it felt good to get on the scoresheet and to get the game-winning goal. We had the goals early and we had to hold on,” said Morgan, who is back in Lyon having had a spell with Europe’s leading club side in 2017. Morgan celebrated her goal by miming sipping a cup of tea, which some saw as an attempt at a wind-up towards the English. “’Pino’ has so many celebrations and nobody asks her about them. I have only one and everyone wants to know,” Morgan said, referring to her fellow co-captain
Rapinoe. “Obviously we have fun with celebrations and we had to keep it interesting.” - ‘Saved our asses’ -
That goal was not the end of it, however, as the USA were grateful to the VAR for disallowing another White goal midway through the second half and to goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher for saving Steph Houghton’s 84thminute penalty, awarded after another VAR review. “She saved our asses in that moment and we knew after that moment that the momentum was shifting and that we had to put in a huge amount of defensive work to close out the game,” said Morgan of Naeher. Press also earned praise for having a “tremendous game”, and Morgan can now look forward to appearing in a third straight World Cup final. “Yeah, it’s pretty incredible. Each tournament for me has given me something different and I’ve looked at it through a different lens,” she said. Morgan was 22 when she came off the bench to score in the 2011 final against Japan in Frankfurt, which her team ended up losing on penalties. In 2015 she was in the starting line-up for the 5-2 win over the Japanese in which skipper Carli Lloyd netted a hat-trick. “Obviously I have a greater role being a captain on this team and leading this team in a different way so for me it’s just so great,” she added. “I just saw all my teammates being so emotional after the game. We have put so much into this journey together and now we have one more game to close it out.” (afp)
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Brazil’s Gabriel Jesus celebrates after scoring against Argentina during their Copa America football tournament semi-final match at the Mineirao Stadium in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, on July 2, 2019.
Jesus, Firmino send Brazil into Copa America final as Messi fails again
Gabriel Jesus and Roberto Firmino scored the goals as Brazil beat arch-rivals Argentina 2-0 on Tuesday to qualify for the Copa America final. Jesus and Firmino netted a goal apiece in each half to give Brazil a victory which ensured Lionel Messi’s frustrating wait for a major international tournament title with Argentina continued. Hosts Brazil will play the winners of Wednesday’s second semifinal between champions Chile and Peru in Sunday’s final. It was the first time these age-old rivals had met in a major competition since Brazil beat Argentina 3-0 in the 2007 Copa final. English-based Jesus and Firmino were the stars, each creating the other’s goal, although captain Dani Alves had a major say in the opener. “It was another step towards our objective. We’re achieving all the goals that we’re setting ourselves,” said Alves. “A lot of people doubt us but we have a lot of faith in ourselves, in our plan, in our hard work. “We’re reaping the fruits of
the seeds we’re sowing every day.” But it was a miserable night for Messi, whose hopes of landing a major international honour with Argentina ended in disappointment once again. He will get another opportunity next year, though, with the fourth Copa America in the last five years, due to be played in Argentina and Colombia. “We should have been the team going to the final because we deserved it, no doubt about that. But sometimes football is unfair,” complained Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni. - Tackles flying -
In what was always expected to be a feisty affair there were some wild early tackles flying in, and Argentina’s Nicolas Tagliafico was first to be booked for a lunge at Jesus. The uneven pitch looked like
it had been trampled by a herd of wildebeest before kick-off and both sides struggled to play flowing football. Brazil’s Casemiro was even jeered after sending a long crossfield ball straight out of play. The first chance came when Argentina’s Leandro Paredes let fly from 30 yards but the ball whistled just over the top of goalkeeper Alisson’s goal. Brazil took the lead on 19 minutes after a piece of individual brilliance from Alves. He beat three players on a mazy run before sending Firmino clear down the right with a no-look pass, the Liverpool forward crossing for the unmarked Jesus to tap home. Two-footed lunges were flying in as the match threatened to descend from niggly to dirty. Argentina almost levelled on the half hour when Sergio Aguero headed Messi’s free-kick onto the bar, the ball bouncing down just
in front of the line before Brazil scrambled it clear. Messi then burst into life, driving at heart of the Brazil defense and playing in Aguero, who took advantage of a Thiago Silva slip to make space for himself but Marquinhos was quickly across to block the Manchester City striker’s shot. Moments later, Messi beat two men on the right, won back the ball with a sliding tackle after overrunning it, but then wastefully shot high and wide. At the other end, Arthur shot powerfully, but straight at goalkeeper Franco Armani. - Pirouetting Jesus -
Argentina pushed Brazil back at the start of the second half and Aguero picked out Lautaro Martinez in the box but he didn’t catch his left-foot volley cleanly and Alisson gathered comfortably. Another promising attacking move ended with Rodrigo de Paul blazing over from 20 yards.
But Jesus produced a beautiful piece of skill, including a pirouetting drag-back, before teeing up Philippe Coutinho who should have done better than shooting over. Moments later, though, a blocked shot from Martinez looped over to Messi who lashed a shot from an angle against the post, with Alisson beaten. Alisson was alert to clutch a Messi free-kick on 66 minutes that looked destined for the top corner. By then, Scaloni had already gone for broke, bringing off midfielder Marcos Acuna and sending on speedy winger Angel Di Maria, with Messi dropping into a deeper role. Just as Argentina looked capable of finding a way back into the match, Brazil stung them on the counter-attack with Manchester City’s Jesus getting away from two defenders and teeing up the unmarked Liverpool striker Firmino for a tap in on 71 minutes. Scaloni threw on another forward in Paulo Dybala but there was no way back for Argentina. (afp)
Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni insisted the future is bright for his new-look squad despite their 2-0 defeat to Brazil on Tuesday that prevented them from reaching the Copa America final. “Without a doubt, today we showed that this group of players feel the jersey like no-one else,” he said. “We showed an image for the future of this squad and these players and the great path they are on. “To play in this stadium, in these conditions and to be superior to our opponents. “It doesn’t matter because they’re going to the final but if we’re aware of what we did today then there’s only positives.” He said the defeat was “unfair” claiming that “no other team has created as many goalscoring chances against Brazil as we did.” Star player Lionel Messi was quiet at times but showed flashes of his brilliant best, including hitting
the post with a volley on 57 minutes. “There’s no debate about this, he’s our standard-bearer,” said Scaloni. “Brazil were continuously trying to stop passes from reaching him and we kept looking for ways to get him the ball. “It was thrilling to see him play. It didn’t work out today but he’ll have his rematch and the whole squad will have their rematch.” Scaloni was unhappy with some of Ecuadoran referee Roddy Zambrano’s decisions, not least the fact that Argentina picked up six bookings to Brazil’s two. “I didn’t like the referee, I don’t usually make those comments,” he said. “I don’t think he was qualified for a match of this level.” He added: “If a midfielder player is on a yellow card this changes things. There were a lot of small details where the match started to lose its balance because of those decisions.” (afp)
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United States’ forward Alex Morgan (C) is tackled by England’s defender Millie Bright during the France 2019 Women’s World Cup semi-final football match between England and USA, on July 2, 2019, at the Lyon Satdium in Decines-Charpieu, central-eastern France.
Morgan delight after stepping up for USA in Rapinoe absence
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Argentina’s coach Lionel Scaloni gestures during the Copa America football tournament semi-final match against Brazil at the Mineirao Stadium in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, on July 2, 2019.
She was determined to give the credit to other members of her team, but Alex Morgan stepped up on the big occasion with the winning goal against England to take the United States through to the final of another women’s World Cup on Tuesday. The holders were without Megan Rapinoe for the semi-final in Lyon, the scorer of all her team’s goals in the wins over Spain and France in the previous two rounds missing out with a hamstring injury. That meant Christen Press came in and duly scored the opener, and it meant Morgan wore the captain’s armband on her 30th birthday as she headed home Lindsey Horan’s cross in the 31st minute for the deciding goal in a 2-1 victory watched by more than 53,000. It was Morgan’s sixth goal of the World Cup, putting her level with Ellen White -- who had earlier scored England’s equaliser -- at the top of the scorers’ chart. However, it was a much-needed goal for the striker, who had not found the net since scoring five in the record-breaking 13-0 humiliation of Thailand with which the USA opened their defence of the trophy. “I wouldn’t say it was important but for me obviously it felt good to get on the scoresheet and to get the game-winning goal. We had the goals early and we had to hold on,” said Morgan, who is back in Lyon having had a spell with Europe’s leading club side in 2017. Morgan celebrated her goal by miming sipping a cup of tea, which some saw as an attempt at a wind-up towards the English. “’Pino’ has so many celebrations and nobody asks her about them. I have only one and everyone wants to know,” Morgan said, referring to her fellow co-captain
Rapinoe. “Obviously we have fun with celebrations and we had to keep it interesting.” - ‘Saved our asses’ -
That goal was not the end of it, however, as the USA were grateful to the VAR for disallowing another White goal midway through the second half and to goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher for saving Steph Houghton’s 84thminute penalty, awarded after another VAR review. “She saved our asses in that moment and we knew after that moment that the momentum was shifting and that we had to put in a huge amount of defensive work to close out the game,” said Morgan of Naeher. Press also earned praise for having a “tremendous game”, and Morgan can now look forward to appearing in a third straight World Cup final. “Yeah, it’s pretty incredible. Each tournament for me has given me something different and I’ve looked at it through a different lens,” she said. Morgan was 22 when she came off the bench to score in the 2011 final against Japan in Frankfurt, which her team ended up losing on penalties. In 2015 she was in the starting line-up for the 5-2 win over the Japanese in which skipper Carli Lloyd netted a hat-trick. “Obviously I have a greater role being a captain on this team and leading this team in a different way so for me it’s just so great,” she added. “I just saw all my teammates being so emotional after the game. We have put so much into this journey together and now we have one more game to close it out.” (afp)
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Gone in 58 minutes: Tomic faces fine after defeat in second shortest match
LONDON - Bernard Tomic shrugged off the prospect of being stripped of his 45,000-pound ($57,000) prize money after losing the second shortest match at Wimbledon on Tuesday.
Sawangan Beach, Spot of Seaweed and Pre-Wedding Photos BADUNG - Do you want to enjoy the beauty of tranquil white sandy beach that is really far away from hustles and bustles? This atmosphere can be found on Sawangan Beach. This beach is located at Sawangan village. Some people also call it Geger Beach because it is very close to Geger Temple often linked to the pilgrimage of Nirartha, a sage from East Java who migrated to Bali. Geger Temple perching above the piles of rigid rocks offers lush beauty and serenity that looks so perfect under lullabies of full moonlight. From the point of this height, the boisterous and splendor of night
lamps of Nusa Dua, Jimbaran, Kuta and Denpasar seem close. In the meantime, this beach offers beautiful scenery with charming white sandy beach. Moreover, this beach is one of the hidden beaches in Bali because only a few travelers know about the existence of this beach. Though the beach is claimed to be hidden but the access is quite easy. Sawangan Beach is also used by local community to cultivate seaweed because the beach is fairly quiet. When visiting this beach, travelers will see seaweed farmers drying out their crops. For fishing hobbyists, there are also many spots of fishing here. Due
to the beauty owned, this beach is often used by wedding couples as the location of their pre-wedding photo session. What is interesting here? At low tide, visitors can explore the verges along the beach to see the beauty of the rocks and crystalclear seawater. Thus, visitors will be made comfortable to linger on this beach. An important thing to note here is that when visiting this beach traveler must prepare supplies because there are no stalls selling food and drinks here. A unique attraction offered on this beach is camel ride. It can be tried while enjoying the beauty of this beach. This camel attraction is managed by the Bali Camel Safari. So, you should make a reservation first if you want to enjoy the experience of this camel ride. The rate of camel ride for adults and children is charged per person with duration of one hour. Camel ride attraction can be carried out either in the morning or late afternoon. Thus, you do not have to come to the Middle East just to enjoy the experience of camel ride. (kmb)
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Australia’s Bernard Tomic returns against France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga during their men’s singles first round match on the second day of the 2019 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Lawn Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on July 2, 2019.
The controversial Australian, who has been accused of not trying previously in his career, lost 6-2, 6-1, 6-4 to France’s Jo-Wifried Tsonga in just 58 minutes. It was only four minutes longer than it took Roger Federer to defeat Alejandro Falla of Colombia in 2004. “I think I played as best as I could. It’s just I played terrible,” said the world number 96, who was a top 20 player in 2011 but has been dubbed ‘Tomic the tank engine’ by a critical Australian media. When he was asked if he was happy with the effort he was making on court, he snapped: “Next question please.” Tomic has run foul of the Wimbledon authorities in the past. Two years ago, he was fined after admitting he had faked an injury and complained of being bored in defeat to Germany’s Mischa Zverev. His racquet sponsor Head dropped him as a client. “I expected a match like this,” sais Tsonga. Tomic would not be the first player to be fined for alleged lack of effort in recent weeks. America’s Anna Tatishvili was stripped of her first round prize money at Roland Garros for “not playing at a professional standard”. She lost to Greece’s 33rd-ranked Maria Sakkari, 6-0, 6-1 in just 55 minutes, only three minutes fewer than Tomic who had played a set more. Tatishvili had returned to competition following a 31-month absence due to a serious ankle injury and multiple surgeries. She is appealing the ruling, claiming she is the victim of discrimination. (afp)
‘Future is now’: Bernal tipped for Tour greatness in Froome’s absence
BRUSSELS - Fast-emerging Colombian all-rounder Egan Bernal can take centre stage at the 2019 Tour de France in the absence of his injured Team Ineos leader Chris Froome with even the race organisers backing the 22-year-old for a tilt at the title. Bernal joined Sky, now Ineos, in 2018 and on the back of an immediate win at the Tour of California was drafted into last year’s Tour de France, where he vowed to learn everything he could from four-time winner Froome. Impressed with his astonishing progress, Ineos made Bernal team leader for May’s Giro d’Italia but a fall ruled him out, and when Froome himself suffered a dreadful
fall in June, Bernal’s stock took a sharp rise. “They’ve been talking about him since he won the Tour de L’Avenir two years ago,” Tour de France chief Christian Prudhomme told AFP this week. “Then at Paris-Nice in March, Bernal took the yellow jersey and was presented with it by (all time great) Eddy Merckx! “It was a hugely signifiant moment, and made one think about what might come in the future, and now the future is coming, it’s this July.” Prudhomme pointed out that it was 50 years since Merckx won his first Tour, and that he felt maybe Bernal could take up the baton
the great Belgian once carried so bravely. “I also noted how marvellously polite he is,” Prudhomme said of the 22-year-old. “Of course he’s brilliantly talented too, there’s no doubt about it. “There is the question of how will he do over three long weeks with the colossal pressure that you can’t imagine until you actually have the yellow jersey on your back. I’m not sure how he might feel. “But I can tell you that last year, in the final week he was still there, at just 21 years old, helping Chris Froome at altitudes over 2000m.” (afp)
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Colombian Ronald Bernal, the brother of cyclist Egan Bernal, rides his bike during a training session in Zipaquira, Cundinamarca, Colombia, on June 28, 2019.
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South Americans marvel at total solar eclipse
LA HIGUERA - A rare total solar eclipse plunged a vast swath of Latin America’s southern cone into darkness Tuesday, briefly turning day into night and enthralling huge crowds in much of Chile and Argentina. Hundreds of thousands of people flocked to Chile’s northern Coquimbo region near the Atacama desert -- festooned with some of the planet’s most powerful telescopes -- which was situated directly on the eclipse’s 100-mile-wide “path of totality.” Large crowds congregated in the town of La Higuera, some 2,400 meters above sea level and near the landmark La Silla Observatory, operated by the European Southern Observatory. “I don’t believe there’s a better place in the world to see an eclipse than La Silla,” said Australian tourist Betsy Clark. Clark and her family were among thousands who flocked to the craggy peaks around the observatory on Tuesday. They were not disappointed. The eclipse had its longest duration as it made to La Silla: 2.36 minutes. “It was an experience to last several lifetimes,” said Chilean tourist Rene Serey. Solar eclipses happen when the Sun, the Moon and Earth line up, allowing the Moon to cast its shadow on Earth. The area where the observatory is located, with its dry weather, crystal-clear air and low light pollution, is a stargazers’ paradise. To the west, in the coastal town of La Serena, thousands of people on the beach cheered and clapped at the moment when the Moon closed over the Sun and blocked it out completely. “Oh my God, it’s incredible!”
shouted some, while others chanted “more, more, more!” Many remained silent, enchanted and moved by one of nature’s spectacles. “The truth is that even if one knows what’s going on, it is shocking the minute that the shadow of darkness begins to come and that silence begins,” said astronomer Sonia Duffau, as she choked back tears. Total solar eclipses are rare, but what is even rarer about Tuesday’s event is that it occurred directly over an area of the Earth most prepared to study the heavenly bodies. “Very seldom has it happened
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Solar eclipse as seen from the La Silla European Southern Observatory (ESO) in La Higuera, Coquimbo Region, Chile, on July 02, 2019.
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The first successful breach of the building’s heavily reinforced windows came after protesters filled a street vendor’s trolley with heavy debris and then used it as a battering ram. It looked like something out of a medieval siege. Inside the building stood rows and rows of riot police with shields, pepper spray and gas masks. On the other side protesters slammed the
that the whole of an eclipse is seen over an observatory, the last time this happened was in ‘91” at the Mauna Kea observatory in Hawaii, said Matias Jones, an astronomer at La Silla. Both Chile and Argentina were situated under the narrow, 6,000mile long band of Earth that experienced the eclipse. The eclipse began at 13:01 (17:01 GMT) in the Pacific Ocean, and a 95 mile (150 kilometer)-wide band of total darkness reached Chile’s coast at 4:38 pm (20:38 GMT), before crossing into southeastern Argentina and into the wastes of the South Atlantic. (afp)
trolley against the glass for some two hours as others protected them from police pepper spray with a shield wall of umbrellas. Some of the protesters had strapped makeshift armour to their bodies, comprised of thick magazines or cork padding. One of the most persistent assailants wielded an eye-catching orange shield that was made out of one half of a plastic suitcase.
Others assembled long paint rollers to cover CCTV cameras on the ceiling. - ‘Don’t destroy’ -
But it was steel poles, taken from nearby construction sites and unscrewed from street fencing, that proved the most reliable at defeating the toughened glass. As the sun set, protesters discovered they could make much better progress against the glass by attacking its edges, creating a hole that could quickly bewidened.
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A captured minke whale is lifted by a crane into a truck bed at a port in Kushiro, Hokkaido Prefecture on July 1, 2019. Japanese whalers brought ashore their first catches on July 1 as they resumed commercial hunting after a three-decade hiatus, brushing aside criticism from activists who say the practice is cruel and outdated.
Japan whale restaurants cheer hunt resumption
TOKYO - “Two sashimis, three steaks,” cries the waitress at one of Tokyo’s most famous whale restaurants during a frantic lunchtime service where Japan’s resumption of commercial whaling has cooked up new hope. Mitsuo Tani has spent 46 of his 64 years preparing and cooking whale meat and hosts a mixed clientele at his restaurant: salarymen in white shirts gulping down a quick lunch before heading back to the office, single women, retired couples. Whale steak is the most popular dish at 980 yen ($9). A thin rectangular piece of meat with as much rice, miso soup, vegetables and iced tea as the customer can eat. Also flying out of the kitchen is whale sashimi -- raw slices of whale flesh, skin or liver. Japan’s resumption of commercial whaling has prompted fury from other countries and campaigners, with activists saying that one of the three species targeted is threatened with extinction and sub-populations of the other two are depleted. But veteran whale chef Tani is keen to promote the health benefits of whale meat. “It is five times lower in calories than beef, 10 times lower in cholesterol, two times less fat than chicken. It’s packed with iron. But abroad, people do not know this,” he told AFP. Not all would agree with Tani’s health based sales-pitch, however. In 2015, when the Environmental Investigation Agency tested the mercury levels of whale meat sold in Japan, they The riot police then retreated behind steel shutters that placed the building on complete lockdown. But they were little match for the protesters who again used the polls to prise the shutters up high enough to place metal barricades underneath and allow people to flood through. At that point police abandoned the parliament to the protesters who swarmed the building, spraying the walls with graffiti, tearing down portraits of city leaders and hanging a colonial-era flag in the
found it riddled with the substance. Whipping up a “whale roast beef” at the pass, Tani explained that he had to move from the northern city of Sendai after the 2011 tsunami and the price of whale meat soared amid a significant drop in supply. In Tokyo, he has never had any problem procuring meat. While Japan was still part of the International Whaling Commission, the whales caught in Antarctic waters for “research” purposes still ended up as sashimi and steak on plates around the country. Ironically, with Japan leaving the IWC and resuming commercial whaling off its own coast, the quantity of meat may decline. Japan set an annual quota of more than 600 whales while in the IWC. The cap now stands at 227 until the end of the year -- 52 minke, 150 Bryde’s and 25 sei whales. It is not the only country carrying out hunts, with Norway and Iceland conducting them in recent years and indigenous people from Alaska to Greenland allowed exemptions to the moratorium. Hitting back at those who fear the resumption of commercial whaling further endangers whales, Japanese authorities say the quotas have been set carefully “to keep the whale population at a sustainable level.” “I’m scared that the quantity of whale meat will go down,” admitted Tani. (afp)
debating chamber. But even the storming showed careful levels of coordination with notes left by protesters telling their fellow assailants to leave books and display cabinets with expensive trinkets unharmed. “Preserve cultural objects”, “Don’t destroy”, read two notes next to a display cabinet. Another sign was stuck to a fridge containing drinks. “We are not thieves,” it read. “We won’t take without asking.” (afp)
Clean air experienced only 34 days a year in Jakarta JAKARTA - Greenpeace Indonesia stated that Jakarta capital city had “good” air quality for only 34 days in a year, while unhealthy air condition was recorded on 196 days, and moderate air quality on the remaining days. “Data from the Ministry of Environment and Forestry recorded the air quality at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium area,” the campaign person of environmental organization Greenpeace Indonesia Bondan Ariyanu stated in Jakarta on Tuesday (July 2). However, the data aligns with Greenpeace Indonesia’s analysis result in 2017 when “green day” or pollution-free air condition was recorded on 29 days, while moderate air quality was reported on the other 238 days. “During that year, the air was polluted for 92 days,” Ariyanu added. In 2018, the number of days recorded as having unhealthy air quality doubled, reaching 247 days, with very unhealthy air condition on 177 days. Hence, Greenpeace Indonesia has urged the Jakarta administration to give emphasis and attention to the problem of air pollution and give a responsive reaction to tackle it. (afp)
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Indonesia to return 49 containers of waste to Europe, US Dozens of shipping containers full of waste will be returned to France and other developed countries, Indonesia said Tuesday, as Southeast Asian nations increasingly reject serving as dumping grounds for international trash. The 49 containers were loaded with a combination of garbage, plastic waste and hazardous materials in violation of import rules, according to customs officials on Batam island. “We are coordinating the with the importer to immediately process their return,” customs office spokesman Sumarna, who goes by one name, told AFP. The waste came from the United States, Australia, France, Germany and Hong Kong, he added. Last month, Jakarta returned five containers of waste to the United States, joining a chorus of Southeast Asian
nations that are increasingly unhappy about being used as dumping grounds for trash from Western countries. China’s decision in 2018 to ban imports of foreign plastic waste threw global recycling into chaos, leaving developed nations struggling to find places to send their waste. Huge quantities of rubbish have since been redirected to Southeast Asia. In May, neighbouring Malaysia vowed to ship back hundreds of tonnes of plastic waste. The Philippines, meanwhile, returned about 69 containers of rubbish back to Canada last month, putting an end to a diplomatic row between the two countries. Around 300 million tonnes of plastic are produced every year, according to the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF), with much of it ending up in landfills or polluting the seas, in what has become a growing international crisis. (afp)
MK registers 260 cases on legislative election disputes We have done the registration by transferred the application’s data to the Book of Constitutional Cases Registration (BRPK) and stated the Letter of Constitutional Cases Registration (ARPK) to all applicants. Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Constitutional Court (MK) had registered as many as 260 cases on legislative election 2019 result disputes since Monday (1/7), as stated by the Head of Public Relations and National Affairs of MK Fajar Laksono. “We have done the registration by transfering the application’s data to the Book of Constitutional Cases Registration (BRPK) and stated the Letter of Constitutional Cases Registration (ARPK) to all applicants,” Laksono said at MK Building in Jakarta on Tuesday. After the legislative election results were out until May, MK received 340 cases but in file verification process several applications were requested by the same political parties in one province. So that there were only 260 of them processed to registration step. “MK checked the cases applications based on their provinces, therefore applications requested by the same political parties in one province would be merged,” Laksono added. Of those 260 cases, 248 cases requested by political parties, one case requested by Berkarya Party over the parliamentary threshold, one case requested by Papua’s indigenous community. While the other 10 cases were requested by candidates of Regional Representative Council (DPD) members from six provinces, namely North Sumatera, West Nusa Tenggara, Southeast Sulawesi, North Maluku, Papua, and West Papua. (ant)
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In this picture taken on June 19, 2019, Indonesian officials check one of the 49 containers loaded with a combination of garbage, plastic waste and hazardous materials in violation of import rules, in Batam island.
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Australia’s central bank cuts key interest rate 0.25% to 1%
The cut is the second in consecutive months. Previously the Reserve Bank of Australia had not shifted the rate in almost three years. “This easing of monetary policy will support employment growth and provide greater confidence that inflation will be consistent with the medium-term target,” Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe said in a statement. The outlook for the global econ-
omy remained reasonable. But uncertainty generated by the trade and technology disputes was affecting investment and meant that the risks to the global economy were tilted to the downside, Lowe said. The changes were widely expected after Lowe said in May that inflation was likely to remain below the bank’s target range of 2% to 3% a year and that a decrease in the cash rate would likely be appropriate.
The bank’s board moves interest rates at monthly meetings to keep inflation within the target range. Inflation is currently running at 1.3%. Lower rates are a boon for borrowers and can help stimulate more business activity. The bank wants Australia’s jobless rate to fall below 5.2% so wages can rise faster. With Parliament sitting on Tuesday for the first time since May elections, the government is giving priority to passing tax cuts worth 158 billion Australian dollars ($110 billion) over the next decade to boost economic activity.
National Australia Bank economist Ivan Colhoun described Lowe’s statement on the economy as positive. “It’s talking about an optimistic view of the world, but with some downside risks related to trade wars, and it’s a reasonably optimistic view of the Australian economy as well,” Colhoun told Australian Broadcasting Corp. “There is a positive spin to the rate cut. We talk about emergency rates. In fact, very low rates are the norm around the world. Australia and New Zealand are coming to that norm a lot later than other countries,”
Colhoun added. Before the June change, the cash rate last moved in August 2016, when it was reduced by 0.25% to 1.5%. The rate has not been increased since November 2010, when it rose 0.25% to 4.75%. Australia’s economy is suffering from the end of a mining boom — largely to supply China— that carried the country through the global economic crisis without a recession. Australia has not suffered a recession, which is defined as two consecutive quarters of economic contraction, since the June quarter of 1991. (ap)
Japanese manufacturers show weakening confidence in economy TOKYO - A closely watched quarterly survey by Japan’s central bank released Monday showed declining confidence in the economic outlook among major manufacturers as trade tensions between the U.S. and China add to worries over regional and global growth. The Bank of Japan’s weak “tankan” reading was the second
straight quarter of deterioration amid worries over trade tensions and a regional slowdown. The survey’s index for major manufacturers fell to 7 in June from 12 in the March survey. The index shows the percentage of companies reporting positive conditions minus the percentage reporting unfavorable ones.
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Udayana University Anaesthesiology Professor Garners Top International Accolades
In this May 6, 2019, file photo, a woman looks at display boards at the Australian Stock Exchange in Sydney, Australia. Australia’s central bank has cut its benchmark interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point to a new record low of 1% in a bid to boost the economy.
CANBERRA - Australia’s central bank cut its benchmark interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point on Tuesday to a record low of 1% in a bid to boost the economy.
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Although hopes for progress in resolving the festering dispute between Washington and Beijing revived with an agreement between President Donald Trump and China’s Xi Jinping to resume trade negotiations, the outcome is far from certain. The easing of tensions after Trump and Xi met at the Group of 20 summit in
Osaka, Japan, was welcome relief for world markets, but worries remain. Japan, the world’s third-largest economy, has struggled to sustain growth as its population ages and declines. But while the tankan reading for large manufacturers was worse than expected, conditions for non-
manufacturers improved slightly, while the “all industry” index slipped to 10 from 12. “Given that the change rather than the level tends to be the best guide to GDP growth, that suggests the economy may have passed its low point,” Marcel Thieliant of Capital Economics said in a commentary. (ap)
Professor Stephen Gatt a Uni Udayana is currently on lecture tour at Sanglah Hospital. His specialty is Obstetric Anaesthesiology and Obstetric Intensive Care. He has been to Bali about 14 times previously and to Indonesia over 40 times. He originally hails from the Republic of Malta, currently in the European Union, and he has lived for 44 years with his family in Sydney, Australia. He is a regular visitor to Bali. Recently, Dr Gatt has been granted two of the highest accolades by his peers in the UK and Australia/New Zealand. The Royal College of Anaesthetists of the United Kingdom has conferred an Honorary Fellowship of the RCA, FRCA Honoris Causa, for extensive contributions to the field of anaesthesia internationally. Prof. Gatt had previously held FRCA, by election, of the RCA and holds fellowships by examination in anaesthesia (FANZCA), intensive care medicine (FCICM) and health service management (FACHSM) as well as associate fellowship in medical administration (AFRACMA) and company directorship (AFAICD) in Australia and New Zealand, amongst others. The award was made for extensive contributions to anaesthesia and especially to obstetric anaesthesia. As President of the Obstetric Anaesthesia Society of Asia and Oceania for over 25 years and, as of last year, Emeritus Life President of OASAO, Prof. Gatt is the most recognisable obstetric anaesthetist across Asia and Australasia. He has given more than 500 lectures in more than 100 cities in more than 34 countries. His bibliography is prodigious – 5 books, more than 280 scientific papers and more than 45 journal reviews. This amounts to an average of one publication every 5.5 weeks over the last 35 years. Some two months ago, the Society of Obstetric Medicine of Australia and New Zealand also bestowed on Professor Stephen Gatt its highest honour – Honorary Life Membership – at its 2018 National Scientific Congress in Cairns in tropical Far North Queensland. This is a rare honour, indeed, having been granted only five times in the society’s 30 years history and never to an intensive care and anaesthesia specialist. Professor Gatt planned, established, staffed and directed, for more than a decade, the first obstetric intensive care unit in Australia and, most probably, the world, given that Australia was the first country to have formal Fellowship in Intensive Care, well ahead of the US and UK, with Dr. Gatt being in the first tranche of 12 qualified specialists. The Honorary Life Membership
was also granted for his vast authorship contributions to Obstetric Medicine which include more than 280 publications. His books have been variously translated into Japanese, Bahasa Indonesia / Malaysia and Vietnamese. The Citation, by Associate Professor Sandra Lowe, noted that “Dr. Gatt was instrumental in establishing and seeding, handsomely, the SOMANZ Research Foundation which has sustained a generation of obstetric medicine researchers especially now that the purse strings continue to tighten around research”. Dr. Gatt is seen as a great innovator in his fields of endeavour with a string of inventions and device co-inventions, which subsequently made it to market, attributable to him. These inventions which Dr. Gatt produced in partnership with others include the quadruple lumen catheter (1982) for simultaneous administration of powerful medication close to the heart (awarded the Matthew Spence Medal for Intensive Care) and the silicone nasal prongs for high flow oxygen a year later. The disposable dual dose epidural infusion pump (1993) for pain relief in labour and the Closer Eye Epidural (1994) in the next year and a clear fenestrated, gusseted sterile drape for epidural and spinal anaesthesia followed more recently. Often ahead of the pack by twenty years, these innovations were taken up by a slew of manufacturing companies (American Edwards, Go-Medical, Portex, Boots, Baxter) and put to market. For Dr. Gatt it was “never an exercise in patents, royalties and business; all was shareware for the common good and the advancement of medicine”. The total parenteral feeding formulae (1986) for maintaining intravenous feeding in women unable to take any food through the mouth remained the standard solutions produced by Baxter for more than two decades. Dr. Gatt contributed mightily to the standardised protocols for the management of venous thromboembolism in use across Australia, the End-of-Life Decision Making Guidelines which spread from South East Health in Sydney to become NSW Health’s Policy and was a pioneer of the Massive Transfusion Protocols for Haemorrhage in Australia which were eventually adopted, in many variants and iterations, by many other countries. “There have been so many instances of profound satisfaction in anaesthesia and medicine, as well as in family life and in working with community, that came, heaven-sent, to that little 8-year old boy in Sliema (Salaam in Arabic), Malta, in the ‘60s who ‘just wanted to be a good doctor’ within a family of Maltese doctors”.
One of the high points in my career, for me, says Dr. Gatt, came from designing the first anaesthetic for AMPS (anaesthetic management under placental support) for the world’s first successful, more than 1-hour long, procedure for an EXIT procedure where the baby is operated on out of the uterus while still receiving its anaesthetic via its placenta and umbilical cord. The technique is now used worldwide; at the time, it was an exercise of marvel. “I have always been intrigued by the ‘impossible’; for example, our 42-hour long multi-surgical-specialty operation in which I was a little cog within the big machine”. Dr. Gatt, an MD graduate of the, then Royal, University of Malta, and now an alumnus of other universities – New South Wales, Harvard, Udayana - has maintained strong ties with the Malta, the UK, USA, Indonesia and many other Asian countries especially in his capacity as President Obstetric Anaesthesia Society of Asia and Oceania. He has given over 400 public lectures in over 100 cities. He holds a special affection for his country of birth – Malta - and the Maltese overseas. For over 30 years he has been the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Board of Management of St. Dominic’s Home for the Elderly in Sydney, Australia. On the world stage, for 10 years, he was the President of the Federation of Maltese Abroad (FOMA) and has recently been renewed by the Prime Minister of Malta, The Hon PM Joseph Muscat, as an Australian Delegate Member of the Council of Maltese Living Abroad (CMLA), chaired by the Former Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Hon Dr George Vella and, more recently, the current Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Promotion, The Hon Carmelo Abela, with tenure until 2020. Dr. Gatt claims that all work amongst the
Maltese was always his favourite pro bono activity and a “slice of payback for the wonderful educational and cultural opportunities which my beloved Malta gave me”. Prof. Gatt was in Malta only last week and is currently in Manila, Philippines. Prof. Gatt is a Senior Staff Specialist and, formerly, Director of Anaesthesia, Royal Hospital for Women, Senior Staff Specialist and, formerly, Head of Division of Anaesthesia & Intensive Care of Prince of Wales, Sydney Children’s & Sydney/ Sydney Eye Hospitals and, formerly, Area Chair in Anaesthesia, South East Health; Emeritus Life President and, formerly, President, Obstetric Anaesthesia Society of Asia and Oceania (OASAO); Senior Visiting Consultant Anaesthetist, Prince of Wales Private Hospital, Healthscope, Randwick, NSW, Australia and former Presiding Member in the Faculty of Anaesthesia, Emergency Medicine and Critical Care at the University of New South Wales in a career spanning over 40 years. Prof. Gatt has been honoured with the Malta National Order of Merit (Member – MOM) in the Qadi Gieh ir-Republika Awards Scheme and the Order of Australia (Medal - OAM). He has been ‘knighted’ twice over 20 years ago and has progressed within the orders over the years - in the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta (SMOM) – Knight, IInd Class, of Magistral Grace in Obedience and the Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (OHS) - Knight Grand Cross Commander with Star of Jerusalem. He is intimately involved in the altruistic, charitable and humanitarian activities of both these orders, eg. relief in the tsunami of Banda Aceh. Dr. Gatt has two TV programmes – ‘Konsulta’ and ‘Opinjoni Medika mal-Profs Gatt’ which have run for
14 years. Dr. Gatt is unashamedly the ultimate globe trotter who has delivered over 425 lectures in 100 cities in 34 countries – most recently in China, Tibet, Philippines and USA. Running workshops and hands-on work in developing countries across AsiaPacific, Africa and Latin America “produce experiences of sublime insight and satisfaction”. He sits on the Editorial Board of several journals and, mentored hundreds of his ‘proteges’ and examined and adjudicated on many schools of medicine, universities and tribunals. “Not knowing anything of Australia when I left Malta 43 years ago, I was, fortuitously, ‘dumped’ into this gigantic paradise which has not ceased to improve daily as the years rolled by… and no thanks to me, too”. Thinking of it, Bali has achieved much the same. “I have been given unbelievable opportunities which, sadly, may no longer be available to the generations which will follow, in a golden age of a naïve world wide open to improvement and innovation… a place to dream, experiment and achieve.” Dr. Gatt was one of the two people who instituted IndoAnesthesia in Jakarta which has run – and been attended annually by him – for 18 years. He has visited over 20 cities across the length and breadth of our archipelago. Prof. Gatt salutes the Balinese, Javanese and all the peoples of Indonesia and is particularly impressed with the great strides made over the last two decades by our own Sahglah Hospital, Denpasar and Udayana University in the teaching and practice of pain relief in labour, care of mothers and babies and labour and delivery… this has been a labour of love which has produced rich results and obvious improvements in safety and wellbeing. (ad)
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Tuesday, July 4, 2019
International
Tuesday, July 4, 2019
International
1,000 rolls of newspaper waste cost IDR 150,000
Thailand’s orphaned baby dugong becomes conservation star
DENPASAR - Recycling newspaper has become a new job opportunity for community. Newspaper waste can be used to make a variety of economical products that have selling value, including making rolled paper. From this waste newspaper roll, Ketut Suparta and his wife Ni Wayan Niasa, 58, can make tray, tissue boxes, kwangen bowl, keben or oval boxes, household furniture and ceremony paraphernalia. However, the job of rolling this newspaper waste is difficult for him because the condition of Ketut Suparta’s hand is no longer strong. Consequently, he uses the service of others to roll the newspaper waste. “My hands are not strong enough to roll. So, we pay other’s service to do this job. For every 1,000 rolls, we pay them at IDR 150,000,” he said when met at the Bali Arts Festival, recently. If rolling alone, it will take him a long time. To fulfill a large number of orders, it is not possible for him to do the rolling work. He pays IDR 150,000 for every 1,000 rolled newspapers yielded by rollers. “If making an order for one or two items, we can roll it by ourselves,” he said. After the rolling process, the rolled waste newspaper is assembled into household furniture and ceremony paraphernalia. The next step is pasted the craft with glue. It takes twice gluing process to make
the assembly stronger. After drying, the crafts are painted and lacquered to prevent water from infiltrating the paper that can make the furniture wet and leaky. “We have a finishing worker (painter) and a lacquerer,” he said. As a result, he sell his craft products in the shop located in front of Pande hamlet hall, Kediri. In the shop, in addition to displaying newspaper waste craft products, Suparta also works to produce his furniture crafts. Some customers purchase directly to his shop, while some others order the products to be resold. Besides, he frequently participates in exhibitions organized by the government such as the annual Bali Arts Festival (BAF). “I have already participated in the BAF for three times because since the beginning of making this waste newspaper crafts I was immediately invited to participate in the exhibition,” he said. While producing, he also empowers students after school to learn to make crafts from newspaper waste. Hopefully, the school students involved can have an entrepreneurship skill. (kmb42)
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This photo taken on May 14, 2019 shows a Singaporean student studying with a tutor in her home in Singapore.
Performance anxiety: Singapore schoolkids struggle with stress
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From this waste newspaper roll, Ni Wayan Niasa, 58, can make tray, tissue boxes, kwangen bowl, keben or oval boxes, household furniture and ceremony paraphernalia.
Enforcement of Nusa Penida levies
High potential, optimistic to reach target of IDR 18 billion
SEMARAPURA - Imposition of the levy for visiting tourists to Nusa Penida has been implemented since July 1.
However, on the first day of the implementation of the Regional Regulation on Levies, field officers are quite overwhelmed due
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Imposition of the levy for visiting tourists to Nusa Penida has been implemented since July 1.
to limitations of collectors in the field. Seeing the high tourism potential of Nusa Penida, Regent of Klungkung, Nyoman Suwirta, is optimistic if the target of levy reaching IDR 18 billion for a year can be achieved. Regent Suwirta explained there are 11 points of port to Nusa Penida Islands. However, only four points are used for levy collection. They are posts at Banjar Nyuh 1, Banjar Nyuh 2, Jungut Batu village hall and Tanjung Sanghyang Lembongan. On the first day (Jul. 1), the queue continued to appear at each collection post. The officers were overwhelmed due to the explosion of tourists. “Now, there are only 12 officers for these four posts. Of course there are shortcomings, and we will continue to evaluate them,” said Regent Suwirta. According to him, ideally all port points are equipped with levy collecting officers. So, there should
be 33 officers in charge, where three officers will be on duty at each post. Regarding the length of the queue at the collecting post as using manual system, this will also be evaluated to be improved. Moreover, reflecting from this problem, a number of speed boats, finally opened themselves to help the collection system directly from their boat. So, no long queue happened at the collection points. “When meeting face-to-face with speed boat entrepreneurs beforehand, the cooperation of direct collection system had been denied. However, after the first day of implementing the Regional Regulation, they finally opened themselves. Moreover, a speed boat entrepreneur is willing to cooperate,” he said. On the first day of the levy collection, until 17:30, the officers could collect a total of IDR 52.7 million from the four collection
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points. Regent Suwirta hoped that all parties, regional agencies, Transportation Agency, Municipal Police, village apparatuses and speedboat entrepreneur will help facilitate the implementation of the levy collection in the field. Thus, the potential revenue from tourism levies can be exploited to the fullest. This is to improve the levy collection system in the field, so it continues to give a positive impression for Nusa Penida tourism. As reported earlier, starting from Monday (Jul. 1), all tourists visiting Nusa Penida are charged levies. Imposition of the levy refers to Regional Regulation No. 5/2018 concerning Amendment to Regional Regulation No. 3/2013 concerning Levies on Recreation and Sports Places. The amount of levies charged to tourists is IDR 25,000 per adult and IDR 15,000 per child. (kmb31)
SINGAPORE - Schoolchildren are paying a heavy price for Singapore’s success in global education rankings, with rising numbers seeking psychiatric help as they struggle to cope with the relentless pressure for academic excellence. Children are reporting symptoms of anxiety and stress related to school as early as primary school, experts warn, and there have been extreme cases where pupils have been driven to suicide. Youths often face long days at school, hours of homework, and are then pushed by parents to have private tuition, which is having an impact on mental wellbeing -- a recent report found that overall the city’s pupils reported higher levels of anxiety than average. Now, in a bid to reduce stress in its schools, Singapore is embarking on reforms that will scrap some academic tests and change the rigid streaming process. “We have to balance the joy of learning and the rigour of education,” Education Minister Ong Ye Kung said as he announced some of the changes in parliament earlier this year. The move comes at a time when more authorities in Asia are being forced to assess if pupils are being overwhelmed by pressure to perform -- Hong Kong’s Child Fatality Review listed problems with schoolwork among one of the key reasons for teen suicide. Japan reported it’s highest youth suicide rate in 30 years in 2016/17, with officials admitting there is an
annual spike on September 1 -- the start of the new school year. Singapore has placed education at the heart of its development since independence in the 1960s and now tops the PISA international rankings -- a system dubbed the world cup of education -- for maths, reading, and science. But a study by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), which conducts the PISA assessment, found that despite academic success Singapore’s students reported higher levels of anxiety about schoolwork than other nations. - Too much, too young Primary school children are required to take a leaving exam, regarded by parents and teachers as crucial because success often means access to prestigious schools and top sets. “Children are being forced to mature too fast without the relevant foundation and reasoning power to reassure oneself,” said the psychologist Daniel Koh from Insights Mind Centre. “Society does not want to allow the luxury of taking it slow,” he added. The youngest person he had treated for school-related stress was a
first year primary school student who was struggling with the transition from kindergarten, Koh explained. Under such heavy pressure, private, after-school tuition has become the norm. Singaporean students rank third globally on time spent on homework, at 9.4 hours a week, according to an OECD survey. As major exams approach, suicide prevention group the Samaritans of Singapore typically sees a rise in students contacting them, according to senior assistant director Wong Lai Chun. In 2016, an 11-year-old boy jumped to his death on the day he was supposed to reveal his mid-year exam results to his parents. He had failed two subjects. “Over the past few years, based on my clinical experience, I have seen more teenagers who are from top schools and report experiencing school-related stress,” explained Lim Choon Guan of Singapore’s Institute of Mental Health. But he said this may be due to a greater willingness to report problems and that school counsellors are more aware of such issues and refer them. Lim added that while schoolrelated anxiety occurs year round, stress “can intensify nearer the exam periods”. (afp)
TRANG - Cuddles at feeding time are one of many techniques vets in Thailand are using to raise an orphaned baby dugong named Mariam, and which have helped spread interest in ocean conservation in the process. Found stranded on a beach in May at six months old, the ocean mammal has been receiving daily care from park officials, local conservation groups, and veterinarians at Phuket Marine Biological Centre. Her star took off after photos showing her being cradled by the vets went viral on social media, and the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources (DMCR) has posted frequent updates on her condition. Vet Pathompong Kongjit told AFP that Mariam -- who now lives in the waters around Ko Libong island of Trang province -- has become a symbol of the dire need for a clean-up in Thailand’s plasticchoked seas. “Mariam has ignited the interest among Thai people to care about marine animals, Thai seas and nature in general,” he said. But so far, her biggest challenge is feeding herself, as she has trouble digging out the seagrass buried in the ocean floor. “Mariam can only eat the protruding seagrass,” he told AFP, adding that she’s “getting better” at it.
Female dugongs also usually breastfeed their babies while they are swimming -- something the vets cannot do. “So we hold her while feeding her milk, and after that we have to get her to swim around to exercise her digestion system,” Pathompong said. Her caretakers also use an orange canoe -- nicknamed “Mother Orange” -- for her to follow around in the water for exercise. Despite Mariam’s seeming dependence on her human friends, Pathompong said she’s “learned to adjust to the environment” and no longer gets stranded on the beach. But “it doesn’t matter how many marine animals we can save... if their sea homes are in bad conditions,” said the vet, adding that Mariam will likely be under their care for at least another year. The avalanche of public interest in Mariam’s progress has prompted the DMCR to set up a livestream for the growing baby, expected to be broadcast at the end of this week. Another baby dugong was also found stranded in Krabi earlier this week. The Phuket Marine Biological Centre said in a statement that dugongs get stranded on beaches because of fishing and other human activities. Southern Thailand’s waters are home to about 250 dugongs. (afp)
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This picture taken on May 24, 2019 shows Mariam the dugong as she is cared for by park officials and veterinarians from the Phuket Marine Biological Centre on Libong island, Trang province in southern Thailand.
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Banning e-cigarettes, not tobacco products, is ‘ludicrous,’ some public health experts say
SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco’s ban on electronic cigarettes is an “insane public policy,” some public health experts say, arguing that the city should ban all tobacco products instead. The criticism came after San Francisco on Tuesday became the first major city in the United States to ban e-cigarettes. The ban, which will go into effect 30 days after the mayor signs the ordinance, was approved by city supervisors who cited the “growing health epidemic of youth vaping” in their decision. E-cigarette use has undeniably soared among youth, alarming public health officials: 20.8 percent of high school students reported in 2018 that they had used the vaping devices within the past 30 days, compared to 1.5 percent in 2011, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The CDC says e-cigarettes are not safe for children and teens, but adds that they have “potential to benefit adult smokers who are not pregnant if used as a complete substitute for regular cigarettes and other smoked tobacco products.” Still, the long-term effects of vaping devices are unknown, particularly on youth who smoke them. They contain the addictive substance nicotine but far fewer of the toxins that combustible cigarettes have. While e-cigarettes are generally understood to be less harmful than cigarettes or cigars, many parents, school administrators and pediatricians have expressed concern that the
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Joshua Ni, 24, and Fritz Ramirez, 23, vape from electronic cigarettes in San Francisco on June 17, 2019.
way e-cigarettes deliver nicotine is negatively affecting the development of teens’ brains, particularly because they can deliver a higher dose more quickly than traditional cigarettes can. But some public health experts feel banning them altogether like San Francisco alienates an entire population of adult cigarette smokers who are trying to quit and need an alternative. “We’re taking the risk of addiction among kids,” said Kenneth Warner, a professor emeritus at the University of Michigan of Public Health, “and comparing that with the immediate danger of smoking-related illness and death in smokers who have not been able to quit otherwise and who might be able to quit with vaping.” Warner cited a New England Journal of Medicine study from January 2019 that found among smokers in a smoking cessation clinic trying to quit traditional cigarettes, nearly double the number of people — 18 percent versus 9.9 percent — who used vaping over nicotine-replacement products such as gum or patches were able to quit. Other studies have concluded there isn’t enough evidence yet to say whether e-cigarettes are an effective long-term aid to quit smoking. “If the board of supervisors were interested in public health, they would prohibit the sale of cigarettes in San Francisco. That’s a far higher priority than banning vaping from a public
health point of view,” he said. “There really is an irony that now you can buy your marijuana and your cigarettes, but you won’t be able to get vaping products, which are certainly far less dangerous than cigarette smoking. It’s ludicrous.” He added that in addition to banning tobacco, San Francisco should make efforts to educate teens about the possible health effects of e-cigarettes. Dr. Michael Siegel, a professor at Boston University School of Public Health whose research focuses on tobacco reduction, called the ban an “insane public policy.” “It makes it easier to get cigarettes than e-cigarettes,” Siegel said. “I fear it really sends a bad message to other cities and to youth. It basically says we think vaping is worse than smoking.” “The worst part of this, beyond the fact that it makes no sense from a public health perspective, is I think it’s actually going to do public health harm,” he continued. “By taking e-cigarettes off the shelves, you’re basically going to force a lot of exsmokers to go back to smoking.” San Francisco’s e-cigarette ban comes on top of a 2014 ordinance that banned the sale of e-cigarettes where traditional tobacco products are already prohibited, which includes within 500 feet of any schools. Siegel suggested further limiting access to e-cigarettes by only selling them in stores that are age-restricted where customers are always carded — like liquor stores do. Dr. Neal Benowitz, a professor of
medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, and a leading expert on nicotine, agreed. “The risks of e-cigarettes kids are using now are unknown and of concern. But to me, the logical thing would be to focus more on restricting youth access to these devices,” he said. “If they wanted to get them out of gas stations and grocery stores, that’s fine, but I think e-cigarettes should have remained available in places like tobacco shops and online access, where there’s verification of age.” The San Francisco board of supervisors’ measure said e-cigarettes posed “significant public health consequence” to minors. The board did not respond to multiple calls or emails for comment from NBC News regarding whether it would consider banning tobacco products. In the past, vape manufacturers, such as JUUL, which is based in San Francisco, have come under fire for not only allowing underage access to its devices, but also for marketing in ways that may appeal to youth, with glossy social media posts and candy-like flavors for its nicotine pods. JUUL says it has since shut down its Facebook and Instagram accounts and strengthened its online age-verification system. But some say that is not enough to stem the epidemic. Many states have moved to stamp out teen vaping, with at least a dozen raising the tobacco and vaping device purchase age to 21, including California. (net)
Panel recommends HPV vaccine for men up to age 26 ATLANTA - A vaccine against cervical and other cancers should be recommended for both men and women up to age 26, a U.S. government advisory panel decided Wednesday. The vaccine protects against HPV, a virus that is commonly spread through sex and can cause certain cancers and genital warts. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ vote in Atlanta raises the recommended vaccination age for men from 21 to 26, making it the same as the existing recommendation for women. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention almost always accepts the panel’s recommendations
and uses them as guidance for U.S. doctors. The HPV vaccine is usually given to 11- and 12-year olds, to protect them before their first exposure to sexually transmitted viruses. Women as old as 26 had been recommended to get a “catch-up” vaccination if they missed the shots in pre-adolescence. For men, the catch-up recommendation had applied only up to age 21, because research indicates males tend to be exposed to sexually-transmitted viruses earlier. The panel decided Wednesday to equalize the age recommendations to make it easier for doctors. The CDC estimates that roughly
half of Americans ages 18 to 59 had some form of genital HPV. Vaccinations against it first became available in 2006 and each dose now costs $216. The vaccine is approved for people up to age 45, but the same panel declined a proposal to recommend it for people older than 26. Instead, it settled on a weak endorsement for adults between 26 and age 45, meaning patients and doctors can make the decision together. It’s not clear how many cancers would be prevented in that age group or whether the cost is worth the public health benefit, experts at the meeting said. (net)
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Balerung Sari Nertya Wadirta art studio reconstructs classical Janger of Peliatan
CLASSIC Janger of Peliatan village, Ubud, Gianyar, has existed since around the 1940s. However, nowadays the performance of the classical dance is difficult to find. Moreover, its existence is rarely known, especially by the millennial youth. For this reason, Balerung Sari Nertya Wadirta Studio of Peliatan village reconstructed the classical dance.
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Ngurah Rai Airport
To increase tourists visits
Ngurah Rai Airport adds international flight slots
MANGUPURA — In order to support the increase in the number of foreign tourist visits to Bali, the Airport Authority for Region IV will make additional flight slots at Ngurah Rai Airport. The addition of such flight slots is planned to be implemented starting next October 2019. According to the Head of the Airport Authority for Region IV, Elfi Amir, when asked for his confirmation on Monday (Jul. 1), his authority will increase from 30 flights per hour to 32 flights per hour. “We have increased from 30 flights to 32 flights but only intended for international flights,” he said. Related to the increase of the flight slot, he explained to have discussed in the international slot conference in Cape Town, South Africa, some time ago. Indeed, at Ngurah Rai Airport, many parties have requested for additional slots. He said that it can only be implemented in October. Four airlines are stated to be in waiting lists. “So far, we cannot confirm the request first because it will only be effectively applied in October 2019,” he
concluded. The airport of Bali is indeed made different compared to other airports in Indonesia because Bali as a world destination is certainly expected to attract more tourists. For domestic, he said there are no plans for additional routes and additional lines. He revealed the increase of flight slots is carried out because in terms of flight traffic services and the division of sectors had been completed in July both for the West and the East side. In addition, from the Angkasa Pura I authority, the rapid exit taxiway (RET) is targeted to be completed this October. “The addition of RET infrastructure and sectorization is now made separately in Bali, while previously they were merged into one from the east side and west side,” he added. At this time, he said there are 30 flight slots per hour. In details, there are 29 scheduled and 1 unscheduled flight slots. “In the meantime, there are indeed no additions to supporting devices. Currently, it is only limited to the addition of infrastructure,” he concluded. (kmb23)
By involving a total of 24 young dancers (12 boys and 12 girls), the troupe successfully gained full appreciation from the audience exploring the classical Janger of Peliatan originating from the era of 1940s in the Bali Arts Festival (BAF) 2019 in the Ksiraarnawa Building, Bali Art Center, on Sunday night (Jun. 30). Due to their vivacity, some of the Janger Peliatan connoisseurs seemed to have not got a seat to listen to and see the Janger Peliatan’s signature songs and gamelan music that were very harmonious and neat. Ultimately, they were willing to stand up long. This proves that Janger Peliatan remains to be loved by the community. In reality, to produce a harmonious composition, Janger Peliatan must go through the reconstruction process before being displayed in the Janger Parade in the BAF 2019. In reality, before reconstructing the dance, it was first made a checklist. “At first, we researched to reconstruct the classical Janger in Peliatan
of around 1940s to 1950s,” said AA Gde Oka Dalem as the art troupe coordinator amidst their performance. He admitted that to restore the authenticity of the janger song of Peliatan, his party and the team traced the sources from the Peliatan village Hall. Three months before the show, the search for the authenticity of the janger song was continued. After it was completed, the training time together with the reconstruction process helped the dancers to learn about the classical janger art whose existence needs to be preserved. As a result, the classical janger of Peliatan displayed by the Balerung Sari Nertya Wadirta Studio was also successful in gaining full appreciation from the audience desiring to explore the classical Peliatan Janger of the 1940s. Typical janger of Peliatan flowing with a storyline entitled Arjuna Tapa implies a message that patience is the key to achieving success. The song composition is far from the modern words, the pattern of motion remains prominent with the tradition of Peliatan style. They are all young people, while to instill the guidelines, uniformity and inspiration of the classical janger indeed takes a long process,” explained Gung Oka. After reconstructing the classical janger of Peliatan, Gung Oka and his Peliatan colleagues expected the community to love the classical janger of Peliatan, and other classical janger in Bali. (win)
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Balerung Sari Nertya Wadirta Studio of Peliatan village reconstructed the classical dance.
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Shrida, Taste Of Ubud
By World-Renowned Maestro, Srihadi Soedarsono Ubud’s newest gastronomic sensation, Shrida, Taste Of Ubud is opening its doors this 29 July 2019 with the promise of an enticing new experience based on a unique cooking philosophy that focuses on wellness, freshness, taste and art. The name Shrida is a beautiful blend of both the founders names; SRIHADI, internationally acclaimed Indonesian painter and his beloved wife, FARIDA. A mecca for the artistic community and the gourmand who delights in the timeless beauty of the island’s exotic flavours, Shrida, Taste Of Ubud is a place where gastronomy, art and
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Officials announce significant reduction in plastic bag use in Denpasar
An official from the Denpasar Mayor Office said yesterday that the amount of plastic waste in the Balinese capital has seen a significant decrease, with sellers in traditional markets and street shops reportedly having reduced more than half of their plastics use compared to last year. Based on a survey conducted between May and June 2018, traditional markets and street shops sellers in Denpasar used more than one million sheets of plastic bags monthly, as reported by state news
agency Antara. That eventually led to Denpasar Mayor Rai Dharmawijaya Mantra to issue a regulation aimed at reducing plastic bag use in the city on October 2018, which officials says has con-
tributed to a significant decrease in plastic bag use in the capital. “We’d hoped it would be effective in reducing plastics waste and the use of plastic bags in Denpasar,” Ida Bagus Putra Wirabawa, a secretary at Denpasar’s Environmental and Cleanliness Agency, told Antara. According to Wirabawa, most recent survey showed that traditional markets have reduced their plastic
bag use by 54.26%, whereas other shops along the streets of Denpasar have reportedly reduced theirs by 86.27%. He added that this showcased the effectiveness of the 2018 Mayoral Regulation. Many shops in Denpasar no longer provide plastic bags for customers to carry goods, instead relying on customers to bring their own shopping bags or providing the more sustainable alternatives,
for a price. Earlier in April, Bintang Supermarket on the island switched from using plastic bags to banana leaves to wrap their vegetables. Meanwhile, the rest of Bali might see those plastic reductions replicated across the island in the coming months, with the 2018 Governor Regulation, which bans single-use plastic bags, straws and styrofoam, having gone into effect on June 23. (ant)
Prosecutors demand Australian woman be sentenced to 1 year
DENPASAR - Prosecutors in Bali yesterday demanded that Kim Anne Alloggia, an Australian woman who was arrested for alleged possession of liquid marijuana, be sentenced to one year in prison. Speaking at the Denpasar Court, prosecutor I Gusti Lanang Suyadnyana said that Alloggia was
found guilty of violating Article 127 of the 2009 Law on Narcotics,, as reported by state news agency Antara. It’s a relatively light sentence recommendation, considering that, under Indonesia’s notoriously harsh drug laws, possession of narcotics can be punished by up to 15 years
in prison. According to the report, Alloggia had several extenuating circumstances that helped her case, including her good behavior during trial, her admission of guilt and the fact that she had never been convicted of a crime prior to this. In addition, Alloggia is reportedly
a drug addict and is suffering from a severe mental disorder. The 51-year-old was arrested in Bali in March after her American friend sent her a vial of liquid marijuana in the mail. Authorities intercepted her package, and found a vial containing yellow-colored liquid that authorities suspected
contained narcotics. Police said that Alloggia denied having ordered the vial herself, though admitted that it was sent by a person she knew. The liquid in question was then examined and confirmed to contain THC, the active compound in marijuana. (ant)
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Stormzy makes Glastonbury history, but sign interpreter steals show LONDON - British grime star Stormzy made history before throbbing crowds at the Glastonbury music festival this weekend -- but it was Tara Asher, his sign language interpreter, who may have stolen the show. Footage of Asher swaying, rocking and mouthing along Stormzy’s performance Friday of the uniquely London style of rap lit up social media and gave new recognition to the art of bringing music to the hard of hearing and the deaf. “I live in London so I understand what the slang means,” said Asher, who was one of two interpreters working the crowds when Stormzy became the first black UK solo artist to headline the annual event in its 49-year history. “The struggle with specifically grime music is the speed and also the double meanings and metaphors because, at first listen, you won’t understand the underlying threads throughout the song,” the 30-yearold told AFP at the gig.
“So it’s kind of unpicking and unpacking the song and ensuring that you deliver that message that the artist is trying to get across.” - ‘Feel the vibrations’ Still only 25, Stormzy is a cult figure in the British grime scene, which blends Jamaican dancehall and hip hop for a pulsating, hardedged sound that first electrified London nearly two decades ago. Stormzy’s biggest hits now appear in TV ads and blast out of cars cruising past London clubs at night. He is also celebrated for spearheading the fight for racial justice, creating his own scholarship for black students admitted to Cambridge and seeking fair representation of minorities at other universities. But freelance poet Danna Williams, who is in her 30s, never had a chance to experience Stormzy’s magic spell because she cannot hear -- until Tara made it happen on a hot, steamy night. (afp)
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WASHINGTON - “Kimono” is now a no no, Kim Kardashian West said Monday. The pop culture icon announced that she will change the name of her new “Kimono” line of underwear, after being accused of cultural appropriation. Kardashian, who is married to rapper Kanye West, sparked a social media storm last week when she unveiled the new line, with some in Japan accusing her of disrespecting the traditional outfit. Following the backlash, which included the trending Twitter hashtag #KimOhNo, Kardashian revealed on Twitter and to her 142 million followers on Instagram that she would change the name. “When I announced the name of my shapewear line, I did so with the best intentions in mind,” Kardashian said. “My brands and products are built with inclusivity and diversity at their core and after careful thought and consideration, I will be launching my Solutionwear brand under a new name,” she said. Once a standard of the Japanese wardrobe, the kimono is now often reserved for special occasions, such as weddings and coming-of-age ceremonies, and is mostly worn by women. The mayor of Japan’s ancient capital Kyoto was among those who asked the reality television star to consider renaming her shapewear line.
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Police fire tear gas at protesters near the government headquarters in Hong Kong early on July 2, 2019. Hong Kong police fired tear gas early on July 2 to regain control of the city’s parliament after thousands of protesters occupied and ransacked the assembly in an unprecedented display of defiance on the anniversary of the territory’s handover to China. ANGELA WEISS / AFP
In this file photo taken on May 6, 2019 Kim Kardashian and Kanye West arrive for the 2019 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Artin New York. “Kimono is a traditional ethnic dress fostered in our rich nature and history,” Kyoto Mayor Daisaku Kadokawa wrote in a letter to Kardashian. “(I) ask you to reconsider your decision of using the name Kimono in your trademark,” Kadokawa said. Explaining her decision to change the name, Kardashian said “being an entrepreneur and my own boss has been one of the most rewarding challenges I’ve been blessed with in my life.
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“What’s made it possible for me after all of these years has been the direct line of communication with my fans and the public,” she said. “I am always listening, learning and growing -- I so appreciate the passion and varied perspectives that people bring to me.” However, Kardashian’s U-turn did not appear to mollify Japanese officials, with Trade and Industry Minister Hiroshige Seko announcing that Tokyo would sent senior Patent Office staff to the US on July 9 to discuss the situation. (afp)
Hand signals and shields: how Hong Kong’s parliament was stormed
With makeshift shields zip-tied to their wrists, a trolley converted into a battering ram and rehearsed hand signals, Hong Kong’s protesters showed remarkable levels of do-it-yourself savvy as they besieged the city’s parliament. Throughout the last three weeks of unprecedented anti-government demonstrations, the largely young students at the frontlines of the protests have displayed a flair for innovation in their battle with the authorities. But Monday’s storming and vandalising of the legislature was their most brazen operation to date -- an hours-long siege and eventual breach of a heavily fortified building using whatever tools came to hand. The protests have been leaderless -- unlike previous mass demonstrations where key figures have been jailed in recent years
for leading or encouraging civil disobedience. Many of the current generation of largely young protesters proudly repeat the phrase “be like water”, a philosophy of adaptability and unpredictability espoused by martial arts master and local legend Bruce Lee. - Hand signals In an inventive move that proved key in supporting those on the front lines, protesters created a string of hand signals to communicate equipment requests. A guide to the signals was shared
among social media -- a triangle an appeal for more helmets. Other gestures alert the crowds for cling film, umbrellas, scissors, even asthma medication. The equipment is then ferried to the front by long, snaking lines of protesters. On Wednesday police announced that a 35-year-old man surnamed Lau had been arrested during the early hours of Monday morning after they found supplies in his van. “Officers seized a batch of scissors, cutters, hexagon keys, helmets, masks, gloves and industrial grade baking soda from a parked
van,” the police said.
- ‘We have to support each other’ The South China Morning Post reported that the decision to storm the parliament was taken after some 200 hardcore protesters put various options to a vote earlier on Monday, as the city was marking the anniversary of its handover to China. Tosi Kwan, a 29-year-old teacher, was among those helping to ferry equipment to the front before the parliament was breached. “I’m not too sure about the ultimate goal tonight,” he told AFP. “Maybe those on the front lines have discussed this, I don’t know. But as resistors, we have to support each other, and those on the
front lines.” While Kwan was not taking part in the break-in, he said he understood those who were because years of peaceful protests had failed to achieve political reform. “Such resistance is necessary. It’s been clear: two million people marching was useless,” he said, referencing a record-breaking rally on 16 June. Continued to page 6
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