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Jason Aldean, Jennifer Lopez cancel shows after Las Vegas shooting

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LOS ANGELES - Country star Jason Aldean said on Tuesday he would cancel three shows this week to honor victims of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history in which a gunman opened fire on a crowd at a Las Vegas music festival during the singer’s performance.

Director Roman Polanski

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Swiss probe rape allegation against Roman Polanski ZURICH - A former German actress and model has told Swiss authorities that film director Roman Polanski raped her at his mountain chalet in 1972 when she was 15 years old, local prosecutors said on Wednesday.

A lawyer for the 84-year-old French-Polish film director said he was aware of the allegation by Renate Langer and he dismissed it as an “absurd” attempt to generate media attention.

Police in the northeastern Swiss canton of St. Gallen confirmed on Wednesday they had received a complaint from Langer, 61, last month about an alleged rape in Polanski’s house in 1972. The New York Times first reported the allegation.

Efforts by Reuters in Germany to contact the former actress or her lawyers were not immediately successful.

Swiss prosecutors were being asked to consider whether prosecution of Polanski was possible under Swiss law given the alleged crime occurred nearly a half century ago.

Switzerland has eliminated the statute of limitations on sex

crimes against children under the age of 12.

Prosecutors in St. Gallen said Langer had filed a complaint of rape against Polanski on Sept. 26.

“The presumed act took place at the end of February 1972 in a chalet in Gstaad,” they said.

The case would be passed on to colleagues in the canton of Bern, where Polanski has a home in the up-scale ski resort of Gstaad.

In Poland, Polanski’s lawyer, Jan Olszewski, said he and his clients were aware of the “notification”

by Langer.

“In my opinion, the situation is so absurd that it is hard to even comment on it. This initiative - after 40 years - is primarily aimed at causing media noise,” he said.

Langer is the fourth woman to accuse Polanski publicly of sexually assaulting them when they were teenagers.

Swiss authorities arrested Polanski in 2009 on his arrival in Zurich to receive a lifetime achievement award at a film festival. He was released two months later on bail under “house arrest” in his Gstaad chalet. (rtr)

Aldean canceled stops in Los Angeles, San Diego and Anaheim, California, as part of his “They Don’t Know Tour.” The tour will resume in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Oct. 12 and refunds will be offered for the canceled shows.

“I feel like out of respect for the victims, their families and our fans, it is the right thing to do. It has been an emotional time for everyone involved this week, so we plan to take some time to mourn the ones we have lost and be close with our family and friends,” Aldean said in a statement.

The singer added: “Our first time back onstage will be a very tough and emotional thing for us, but we will all get through it together and honor the people we lost by doing the only thing we know how to do - play our songs for them.”

Aldean was on stage on Sunday night at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival when Stephen Paddock, a retiree armed with multiple assault rifles, strafed the crowd at the concert from a high-rise hotel window, killing 59 people. The massacre left more than 525 people injured.

Jennifer Lopez, currently in her “Jennifer Lopez: All I Have” residency at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, also canceled her scheduled shows this week. The performances will be rescheduled for later dates.

“Jennifer is heartbroken that such a senseless tragedy occurred. Her thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families,” the singer’s representatives said in a statement on Tuesday.

Organizers of the Austin City Limits Music Festival in Texas said on Tuesday they would offer refunds to people who no longer want to attend for security concerns after the Las Vegas shooting. (rtr) Judge Jennifer Lopez poses at an event for the television series “World of Dance” in West Hollywood, California, U.S., September 19, 2017.

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Two elderly women chat at a temporary evacuation center for people living near Mount Agung, a volcano on the highest alert level, in Manggis, on the resort island of Bali, Indonesia October 1, 2017.

Living in safe zone, hundreds of evacuees return home But still haunted by anxiety

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SEMARAPURA - Hundreds of the Karangasem residents who were evacuated to Klungkung have returned home. Even though their home villages have been declared safe in the case that Mt. Agung erupts, many people are still anxious.

Based on information compiled on Wednesday (Oct. 4), 243 evacuees from Juwuk Legi and Batu Gede hamlet, East Duda, Selat have returned home.

They had all been evacuated to the field in Paksebali village, Dawan where some 164 evacuees remain as their home villages have been declared to be in a disaster-

prone area (KBR).

Prosperity affairs unit chief of East Duda village, Gusti Lanang Rai, evacuees of various ages returned home after an appeal form their headman to do so. “ Their villages are in the safe zone”, he said.

These evacuees however are not entirely relieved as they are still

anxious about a possible eruption of Mt. Agung. Many children in particular are worried. “Children who normally go to school in areas that have been declared as disasterprone, they are recommended to temporarily find schools in safe zones”, said Rai. Chief Executive of Klungkung Disaster Management Agency, Putu Widiada, explained that some of the 83 evacuees who had been evacuated to Swecapura Stadium have also returned home. Their transportation was facilitated by

police and the BPBD. “Residents of Muncan have returned home because their village is in a safe zone”, he explained.

The government is collecting data about who has returned home.

So far they have only collected data about residents of Klungkung. Of the total of 2,000 people, 16,00 are form Dawan. “ We are still collecting data, we are waiting for the numbers from Banjarangkan. We estimate that there swill be a total of 3,500” he said. Rai added that anyone who chooses to remain in

the evacuation site is welcome to do so. Likewise anyone who returns home and then decides to go back to the evacuation site is also free to do so and will be accommodate. (kmb45) News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http:// radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.

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Bali governor meets consuls and consul generals

About facilitating foreign tourists in the case of an eruption

DENPASAR - Governor of Bali, Made Mangku Pastika, held a meeting with 33 consul generals and honorary consuls from various countries on Wednesday (Oct. 4) to explain the situation and possibilities regarding Mt. Agung. Although volcanic activity has declined, Mt. Agung remains on level IV or warning status.. “Our disaster management team is well prepared so even if there is an eruption we are confident that things will run well” he said.

The Governor had the area within 12 km of Mt. Agung evacuated to ensure there would be no casualties. Bali’s provincial government also had sophisticate early warning devices installed to warn of a possible eruption.

“Five countries have issued travel warnings to there citizens wishing to come to Bali. This is not a travel ban, however it just means that people visiting Bali should be careful I just now suggested that they revoke their travel warning and apparently they agree without question” said Governor Pastika.

If Bali’s has to be closed to an eruption of Mt. Agung, the governor predicted that some 5,000 passengers would be unable to depart. This would impact the visas of foreign citizens who may have to overstay their visas. Visa and accommodations, he said would therefore be taken care of by the government. If foreign citizens must leave, they can fly out of Surabaya or Lombok, he added. “ We have arranged for transport and tickets” he said. Governor Pastika hopes that the explanation that he provided will prevent tourists from delaying or cancelling their trips to Bali.

Honorary Consul of New Zealand, Indy Siddik, said that no insurance or country will provide a guarantee

in case of force majeur condition. So, he has said that New Zealanders coming to Bali are doing so at their own risk. This has not however stopped tourists from New Zealand form coming to Bali. ON Wednesday alone somw 700 visitors from New Zealand came to Bali for either business or leisure travel. Siddeik admitted that the travel warning has in fact not stooped his fellow citizens from visiting and explained that maybe it is because New Zealand also has active volcanoes so people there are used to such conditions. “Air New Zealand usually brings 750 people to Bali three times a week”, he added.

On the other hand, Honorary Consul of Denmark, I.A. Ratna Sutamaya, said that she has been busy answering questions from Danish citizens wanting to come to Bali or other parts of Indonesia. “Denmark is a small country with just 6 million people, so there are not so many citizens wanting to come to Bali or Indonesia and certain do not amount to thousands.

Currently, there are approximately 300 Danish citizens in Indonesia some in Medan and Jakarta”, she said.

There has been a 30 to 40 percent decline in the number of Danish citizens visiting Bali since the warning status of MT. Agung was announced. “Some cancelled their trips while others postponed. Danish citizens rarely come as a group – they tend to travel alone or in couples. Unfortunately, we cannot guarantee that Bali will be safe”, she said.

Denmark does not have any volcanoes so it is hard to reassure Danish people about the situation. Sutamaya added that she has trouble answering questions about whether or not Mt. Agung will erupt and how big of an eruption it might be. All she can do is assure people that the government of Bali has taken anticipatory measures to ensure people’s safety including providing a phone number for people to call to find out about MT. Agung’s status. (kmb42)

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To kill time, Desak Made Rai makes pejatian baskets

SEMARAPURA - Staying in evacuation settlement located far away from one’s home village and having all one’s daily activities changed is unsettling for everyone.

Not having anything to do but talk to other evacuees can become tiresome and make people’s feeling of homesickness stronger. Unlike the other evacuees from Darma hamlet, Muncan, Karangasem. 50 year old Desak Made Rai is weaving bamboo baskets used for pejaten offerings to kill time. This is also part of Rai’S regular activities back home. She usually makes several a day that she sells for IDR 15,000 a piece.

“Well, it’s just a way to pass the time here instead of just sitting around.

At home, I usually make about 5 pejatian baskets a day”, said Rai as she weaved the bamboo into pejaten baskets on Wednesday (Oct. 4).

The Pejatian baskets that she has made over the last two days have been entrusted to a vendor at Gelgel Market, Klungkung that she has sold for IDR 4,000 a piece She explained that she is selling them for much cheaper than usual so that she can sell them quickly and earn some money while

is away from home. “My husband had time to back to our home and get the raw materials for me”, she added.

Desak Made Rai said that pejatian baskets are readily needed by residents of Karangasem who use them when they hold rituals, especially for banten pejati used on holidays like full moon, new moon and other major ritual days in Bali. Around holidays, she can receive orders for 20 baskets a day. Now she is not taking orders because she has been evacuated from her home. “I have managed to make 5 baskets in 3 days and have entrusted them to a vendor at Gelgel market. They haven’t sold yet”, she said.

Desak Made Rai said she and 9 members of her family were evacuated to Swecapura Stadium a week ago. Previsouly she had been evacuated to Rendang where she spent three days. She added that she hopes that the condition of Mt. Agung will soon return to normal so that she and her family can retunr to their village and get back to their regular activities. “ If there is an eruption, I hope it happens quickly so that we can go home soon” she said. (win)

Barongsai entertains children evacuated to Swecapura Stadium

SEMARAPURA - Hundreds of the children who were evacuated to Swecapura Stadium, Gelgel, Klungkung in anticipation of the possible eruption of Mount Agung looked cheerful on Wednesday afternoon (Oct. 4). Jembatan Budaya (JB) School provided a barongsai show for their entertainment. Parents also seemed to be enthusiastic about watching the show that took place in the the volley ball field in Swecapura Stadium.

Many of the children seemed to really enjoy the show. Not a few of them really enjoyed the show.

Some laughed and joked while some others ran to follow the barongsai showing off their skills.

This form of entertainment was provided to reduce the boredom of the youngsters who were evacuated almost two weeks ago.

One of the evacuees children who was busy watching the Barongsai show, was 12 year old Ni Kadek Evi Widyawati, from Sebudi hamlet/village, Karangasem, who said she was very happy to see the barongsai live as she had only ever seen ot on TV before” I

am so happy to see the barongai in person”, she said..

JB School founder Muhammad Fauzi Santoso, said that they also provided a gym class, basic Mandarin and helped to cook in the public kitchen. Santoso involved all the students and teachers fomr his school in providing interesting things for the evacuees kids. He said it was a way to keep the children in a good mood after having to leave their home, playground and school. “Our children have a strong sense of brotherhood. We are here to introduce and provide entertainment for children who have lost their playgrounds”, said Santoso.

Previously, the evacuee children at this Swecapura Stadium were also taught basic Mandarin for their character building. Mandarin language is taught in a simple method, so that they can easily understand and pronounce it. In addition, children are taught to read Indonesian books. “We teach very simple Mandarin, things like saying thank you. Expression gratitude is a good way to build character from an early age” he added. (win)

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Hatten Wines Wins Winery Of The Year Hatten Wines recently received the region’s most revered wine industry accolade from Asian Wine Review. The 2017 Asian Wine Review booklet published by Hong Kong’s Asian wine authority, The Flying Winemaker, announced the results of the Review’s judging, which was held in Hong Kong and in it, Hatten Wines, Bali’s own winery is this year’s Winery of the Year. Categories included Best Sparkling Winner award for Hatten Wines; the Tunjung Sparkling

Brut with 97 points, a Gold Medal for Hatten Wines Jepun Sparkling Rosé, a Silver Medal for medium sweet and fruity white wine Hatten Wines Alexandria and also the sweet fortified wine Hatten Wines Pino de Bali, and a bronze medal for Hatten Wines Rosé and dry white wine Hatten Wines AGA White. The Asian Wine Review has been touted as an essential part of the continued growth of the Asian wine industry. www.hattenwines. com

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Chanel models parade past Paris waterfalls

PARIS - Karl Lagerfeld brought the drama of the natural world indoors for Chanel’s catwalk show on the final day of Paris Fashion Week, with a huge cliff complete with waterfall towering behind the catwalk.

Held inside the beaux-arts-style Grand Palais exhibition hall, Chanel unveiled its spring/summer 2018 ready-to-wear collection to a crowd including “Spectre” star Monica Bellucci and Chinese actress Baihe Bai. The models came equipped for the perils of such an

unconventional setting - many sporting thigh-high, clear plastic rain boots as well as plastic hats, ponchos and gloves as they strode past the waterfall which flowed beside the catwalk.

The collection also featured examples of the label’s traditional tweed suits, as well as 1960s-inflected miniskirts, transparent skirts, oversize trousers and ruffled lace dresses.

Model-of-the-moment Kaia Gerber, the 16-year-old daughter of supermodel Cindy Crawford opened the show, continuing her run of high-profile appearances, sporting a loose-fitting, tassled jacket with a miniskirt and a tube top,

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Decrease in status

PVMBG asks to wait for progress until next week

accented with plastic boots.

Earlier in the week she appeared in both the Yves Saint Laurent and Valentino catwalk shows.

Underscoring the fashion house’s attempts to connect with customers in Asia, social media was abuzz with the presence of South Korean celebrities at the show, in the form of rapper G-Dragon and actress Park Shin-hye.

More than 80 fashion houses have showcased looks for next year during the course of this Paris Fashion Week, which closes the latest season of shows that have whizzed through New York, London and Milan. (rtr)

AMLAPURA — Until October 3, Mount Agung remains in warning status. To know the indication of the decrease, the Center for Volcanology Mitigation of Geological Disaster asked to wait for the progress of the biggest mountain in Bali until next week.

Bali Mandara Toll road now using 100 percent non-cash

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Govt starts to force non-cash transaction use

DENPASAR — The government began to intensify non-cash transactions by creating conditions that people inevitably use non-cash transactions. Since the launch of the national non-cash movement (GNNT) on August 14, 2014, this nationwide movement is running quite well. The coercion of using non-cash transactions is commenced from social assistance like family hope program (PKH) at the end of 2016 and now the use of 100 percent non-cash applies in toll roads by 2017.

“We have several projects to develop this non-cash ecosystem in Indonesia. Bank Indonesia (BI) considers it necessary to do this in addressing the president’s concerns by first targeting society at lower level. BI initiated this GNNT program by trying to conduct non-cash transactions for social assistance recipients,” said Pungki Wibowo, from Policy and Payment System Supervision Division of BI at the kick-off of the 100 percent noncash at the Bali Mandara Toll road on Sunday (Oct. 1).

Currently non-cash social assistance of the family hope program in the form of food aid has been distributed to the people throughout Indonesia by applying digital financial services agents and branchless banking agents.

“So, the distribution of bank account and cards has reached the community at nooks and crannies where it includes the saving accounts, electronic money account to receive non-cash social assistance, both in the form of food aid, family hope program, educational financing assistance for school students (KIS), and school operat-

ing assistance is also distributed through non-cash. There is also farmers’ card that can establish non-cash ecosystem of rural communities,” he explained.

The national non-cash movement also provides consumer protection. In this consumer protection, prior to the presence of interconnection, the use of non-cash transactions is subject to charge.

“However, BI really emphasizes on security, efficiency and affordability,” he said.

After establishing of more than 200,000 agents in Indonesia, the government through BI stepped up with non-cash transaction on toll payments. Toll payment with 4.5 million to 6 million transactions from vehicles per day has been switched to non-cash use. “This also gives consumer protection because people can make transaction faster. Then, people can save economic cost as the cost of congestion is very expensive. With non-cash, it can be made within 2 seconds that can overcome congestion. Thus, the economy can run well,” he said.

In addition, the condition forcing the Indonesian people to use non-cash is the application of cash management system by Ministry of Home Affairs. All the transactions of local government in December 2017 will use non-cash. There will also be a migrative village program to support the Ministry of Manpower, Ministry of Village Affairs and Creative Economy Agency to use non-cash. In the near future, BI will also sign the MoU with the Ministry of Transportation. “For land, sea and air transportation has also formed non-cash community,” he explained. (kmb42)

Head of the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) / Energy and Mineral Resources Agency (ESDM), I Gede Suartika, said that up to now the Mount Agung remains in warning status and has not erupted because the earthquakes intensity remains quite high. Moreover, the number of deep and shallow volcanic earthquake as well as local tectonic earthquake remains high. On Monday, the seismicity occurred almost reached 900 times.

Then, visually the cloud of smoke from the crater stays visible. “The height of smoke is still in the range of 200-500 meters,” he said.

Suartika added that seeing the remaining high intensity of the earthquake occurred, his agency will continue to collect data regarding the seismicity.

Until now, condition of Mount Agung remains critical. “For the decline of status, we will see until next week whether there is a decrease or not. If there is a decrease in the earthquake, we will conduct an evaluation,” he said.

“If the seismicity continues to decline, there is possibility if the status will be decreased. Obviously, we are going to see the condition until next week how the development will look like,” he added.

In the meantime, Sub-Division Head of Volcanic Mitigation for East Region, Devy Kamil Syahbana, explained that the very high frequency of earthquakes indicates there is still magma movement in the crater to penetrate the surface.

“Until now, there has been no indication on the decline of the status. Mount Agung is still in warning status,” she said.

Furthermore, she said that her agency did not only consider the seismicity but also various other factors in determining the decrease in the status. Firstly, she saw from the seismograph to identify the earthquake and tiltmeter gauge to measure sloping distance when mountain has expanded and deflated. Until now, the mountain still tends to expand.

“In addition, we are also monitoring by satellite that can see any changes in the shape of the crater. In normal condition, there are no fractures and smoke.

But now it shows both. This means the earthquakes occurred all this time have changed the look of Mount Agung’s crater. We also see the temperature of the crater changing very significantly,” said Devy Syahbana. (kmb41)

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Mount Agung, a volcano which had its alert status raised to the highest level on the resort island of Bali, September 29, 2017.

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Denpasar mayor asks logistic distribution to involve youth clubs

DENPASAR — Since the Mount Agung was set to be in warning status, the influx of Karangasem refugees from the disaster-prone areas (KRB) to Denpasar continues to increase. Currently, the number of refugees has reached approximately 13,000 people. Many of them choose to live with their families or known as independent refugees.

To meet logistics needs for the independent refugees, Denpasar Mayor, I.B. Rai Dharmawijaya Mantra, asked the Social Affairs and Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) to monitor the distribution of logistics. To ensure that such aid has been received by refugees, the mayor asked every post at each village can involve hamlet chief and the members of customary youth club (sekaa taruna) at each hamlet.

The mayor asked the lowest officials to record the number of incoming independent refugees. After that, the data are delivered to headman. “Distribution of the logistics assistance will be done through the village in accordance with the needs of the respective location,” said Rai Mantra.

On the other hand, the Head of the Denpasar Social Affairs, I Made Mertajaya, stated that the procedure of logistical aid distribution for independent refugees will be coordinated with each village and hamlet apparatus. “We have disseminated the procedures to each headman in the previous meeting (Tuesday—Ed),” he said.

In the meantime, the monitoring at the refugee camp of Kompyang Sujana Square, a number of logistic aids continued to flow. Last Tuesday, two units of pick-up truck hauling full of vegetables as the assistance of a number of parties submitted to duty officer at the main post. In addition to vegetables, there was also assistance in the form of rice.

Mertajaya said the number of refugee of Mount Agung at the main post of Kompyang Sujana Square amounts to 89 people consisting of 44 men and 45 women including 11 toddlers, 19 children, 51 adult and 8 elderly people. The student such as elementary school amounts to 3 persons, junior high school (1 person) and high school (1 person). (kmb12)

Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond hands a cough sweet to Prime Minister Theresa May after she suffered a coughing fit whilst addressing the Conservative Party conference in Manchester, October 4, 2017.

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An Indonesian flag is seen on a boat as fisherman carry it on to the beach with Mount Agung, a volcano on the highest alert level located some 15 km away, in the background in Amed, on the resort island of Bali, Indonesia October 2, 2017.

Abandoned by tourists, Bali town counts cost of Indonesia volcano

AMED - A Balinese town once bustling with holidaymakers has almost emptied of tourists after warnings that nearby Mount Agung could erupt at any time - a snapshot of the growing cost the rumbling volcano poses to Indonesia’s economy. Business has slumped at many hotels, dive resorts and restaurants in towns around the volcano since authorities issue the highest alert level for Mount Agung last month.

Denpasar Mayor, I.B. Rai Dharmawijaya Mantra

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An owner of a dive centre in Amed, around 15 km (9 miles) from the volcano and just outside the official “danger zone”, said many of her guests had cancelled.

“If (the situation) lasts for nine months or more...then we have no choice but to close down because we will have no money left to operate and pay the staff,” said Helene Rabate, a Spaniard who runs the centre.

Cafes and restaurants were largely empty and few visitors were seen at the usually crowded dive centres of this seaside town.

The last time Agung erupted was in 1963, when more than 1,000 people were killed. Since then, tourism has transformed towns like Amed from sleepy fishing and agricultural villages.

Restaurant owner Wayan Widarti has seen a dramatic drop in customers.

“It could be worse than when

the Bali bombing happened because there’s uncertainty on when (the eruption) is going to happen and how long we wait,” she said, referring to the 2002 nightclub bombing that killed 202 people and prompted a slump in visitors to the holiday island.

Bali, famous for its surf, beaches and temples, attracted nearly 5 million visitors last year - more than half the total number of foreign tourists to Indonesia.

Tourism, a cornerstone of Bali’s economy, is Indonesia’s fourthbiggest earner of foreign currency after natural resources like coal and palm oil.

Indonesian policy makers have been seeking to boost an economy whose growth rate has been stuck at around 5 percent for the last few years, so any protracted damage to tourism will be particularly unwelcome.

Indonesian officials have said

Bali remains safe for tourism, but there have been cancellations even in areas further away from the volcano amid concerns that ash clouds could disrupt air connections.

Some tourists are still in the area at a safe distance from the volcano.

“We plan to...just follow security instructions...and take a fast boat to escape if there is an eruption,” said Arlin Shiu, a woman from Hong Kong who was travelling with a friend.

Disaster management authorities have imposed an exclusion zone of up to 12 km, prompting more than 140,000 residents to flee to neighbouring villages.

“For people who live in safe zones, there is no reason to evacuate,” Bali governor I Made Mangku Pastika said, adding that makeshift evacuation centres were straining under the weight of thousands of extra evacuees. (rtr)

Prankster, coughing fits mar Theresa May’s speech to activists

MANCHESTER - British Prime Minister Theresa May’s bid to reassert her dwindling authority was marred on Wednesday by a calamitous keynote speech interrupted by repeated coughing fits, a prankster and even letters of her slogan falling off the stage.

May had wanted to use the Conservative Party’s annual conference to bring her divided party together and pitch herself as the only person able to deliver Brexit and keep opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn out of power.

She started by apologising for her botched bet on a snap June election which stripped her party of its majority in parliament, then pitched a revitalised “British Dream” for which she proposed fixing broken markets and uniting the country.

But her flow was interrupted by British comedian Simon Brodkin, who handed her a P45 letter, a document given to employees when they leave their job. The document had been “signed” by the comedian using the name of her ambitious Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson.

Then May began a coughing fit and was repeatedly forced to take drinks of water, even coughing into her glass, and was proffered a lozenge from her finance minister, Philip Hammond.

While she was speaking, several letters fell off the slogans behind her on the stage. Some Twitter users seized on images of the missing letters to poke fun at the Conserva-

tives: one said their glue was even failing to hold the party together.

The 61-year-old May won standing ovations for pressing on with the hour-long address, in which she took a more personal tone - saying she did not mind being called the “Ice Maiden” and describing her “great sadness” at not having children.

Her speech sought to offer party activists a renewal of Conservative values while making new promises to a younger generation and those “just about managing”.

“This is a Conservatism I believe in, a Conservatism of fairness and justice and opportunity for all, a Conservatism that keeps the British dream alive for a new generation,” she told the cheering crowd.

“That’s what I’m in this for,” she said, in a phrase she repeated at least eight times. “That’s what we must all be in this for.”

May, who was warmly embraced by her husband on stage after she had finished speaking, later poked fun at her coughing fit by tweeting an image of cough lozenges and medicine laid beside a paper copy of the address and her prime ministerial briefcase.

Brexit minister David Davis told

Reuters it had been “a very good speech, it hit all the issues people care about”. Other cabinet ministers also applauded May. Many in the audience said her coughing fit and the sudden appearance by the comedian had helped to win them over.

“Actually, if all that stuff hadn’t happened, it would have just been another kind of wooden presentation,” said Pippa Smith, a 26-yearold party member from London.

“It was a good speech, but I think actually it did her a favour.”

Opponents were less kind.

Nigel Farage, the former leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party, said May was so useless that if she remained as leader then Labour’s Corbyn would soon be in power. Labour lawmaker Seema Malhotra said: “It just couldn’t get worse than this. What a disaster. It’s a shambles, not a government.”

But there are few obvious successors yet visible besides Johnson, who is unpopular with some Conservative lawmakers. Some activists fear that a divisive leadership contest would pave the way for an election that Corbyn’s Labour could win. (rtr)

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Bangladesh destroys boats ferrying Rohingya from Myanmar

SHAH PORIR DWIP - Bangladeshi authorities have destroyed about 20 boats that ferried Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in Myanmar, accusing smugglers of using the huge exodus to bring methamphetamine into the country.

Refugees told Reuters that border guards also beat and arrested passengers and crew as they landed at Shah Porir Dwip, on the southern tip of Bangladesh on Tuesday night, before the vessels were smashed to pieces by locals.

The local commander of Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB), Lieutenant Colonel Ariful Islam, denied there were beatings, and said the action was a crackdown on human trafficking and the smuggling of methamphetamine, a drug known locally as “ya ba”.

“The boats are trying to carry passengers they are not supposed to,” he told Reuters.

He accused the organisers of the boat journeys of exploiting destitute Rohingyas by charging them for the short trip to Bangladesh.

Some passengers told Reuters they had paid 10,000 Bangladeshi taka ($123) each for the trip, although others said they travelled free.

More than half a million Rohingya Muslims have arrived in Bangladesh from predominantly Buddhist Myanmar since its armed forces responded to attacks by militants on Aug. 25 with a counteroffensive described by United Nations officials as “ethnic cleansing”.

While four passengers told Reuters they saw no drugs on board, Lieutenant Colonel Islam said

border guards had found a large quantity of the drugs in the water on Tuesday night.

“Maybe the carrier had dropped it before disembarking,” he said.

SMASHED WITH SLEDGEHAMMERS At a teeming processing centre in nearby Teknaf, Ibrahim Holil, from the village of Maungdaw Moknibara in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, described on Wednesday how he said he was hit with a stick by a border guard as he helped his relatives disembark from their boat.

“There is nothing in this boat.

Only our belongings,” he said.

Farous Ahmad, 65, said his two sons - Sura Ahammed and Dildar Ahammed - were arrested soon after they landed. He said they had worked as crew on the trip because they had no money to pay the fare.

“They also beat me everywhere.

I do not know where my sons are,” he told Reuters. “I don’t know why the BGB arrested my sons. People told me the BGB would shelter us in Bangladesh but yet they arrested them and also we had to spend the whole night sitting.”

Asked about the allegations of beatings, Lieutenant Colonel Islam said: “It is never possible. Please check your source and motive.”

Reuters reporters saw the remnants of the smashed boats. Nearby was a pile of sledgehammers and machetes.

A local fisherman, Robi Alam, said the BGB had given local people money to destroy the boats. (rtr)

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Children collect wood from remnants of some 20 boats that ferried Rohingya refugees fleeing violence in Myanmar, which were destroyed by Bangladeshi authorities the night before, at Shah Porir Dwip near Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh October 4, 2017.

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BUSINESS Cambodia hikes minimum wage for textiles workers by 11 pct from 2018

PHNOM PENH - Cambodia agreed on Thursday to raise the minimum monthly wage of workers in its crucial textiles and footwear industry by 11 percent to $170 from next year.

The sector generates $7 billion annually for the economy, and garment workers are in the spotlight ahead of a general election in 2018.

Prime Minister Hun Sen Hun Sen, who has ruled the country for more than three decades, has met with garment workers almost every day in recent weeks, taking selfies with them and having lunch.

Garment workers have clashed with police in recent years and some unions representing disgruntled employees have joined opposition supporters protesting Hun Sen’s government.

Wages for garment workers have increased over 150 percent over the past five years from $61 per month in 2012 to the current $153. The country has had to tackle the challenge of competitiveness, with some arguing that the wage increases have made Cambodia less appealing for some firms.

The garment industry employs an estimated 700,000 workers in Cambodia, helping to sustain

rural livelihoods in one of the world’s poorest countries. Government representatives, factories and unions backed the latest increase.

Hun Sen “always pays attention to the welfare and livelihood of the workers,” a statement from the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training on Thursday said. The ministry said that new wage will come into effect on Jan. 1, 2018.

It also said that the government will continue to delay taxing profits in the textiles sector and eliminate export management fees.

Pav Sina, president of the Collective Union Movement of Workers, said unions were happy with the hike.

“The prime minister always adds it every year, this is appropriate to what we tried to achieve,” Pav Sina said, while adding that higher wages would not make Cambodia less competitive.

But Kaing Monika, deputy secretary general for the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia, said the new minimum wage was “beyond the affordability of some of our members and the competitive level of the country”.(rtr)

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Jambangan Waterfall Awaits Your Coming

Tourist objects relying on natural beauty remaining pristine increasingly emerge in Buleleng.

One of them is Jambangan waterfall at Kelampuak, Tamblang village, Kubutambahan. This adds to the number of waterfall attractions in North Bali, other than the existing ones such as the waterfall at Gitgit village, Sukasada, waterfall at Sambangan and Lemukih village, Sawan subdistrict.

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A man unloads Volkswagen cars from a car transporter outside a car showroom at Portslade near Brighton in southern England, Britain, April 24, 2013.

UK car sales set for first annual decline since 2011 after September slump

LONDON - British new car registrations on Thursday appeared on course for their first annual fall since 2011 after a 9.3 percent tumble in September, a month which normally accounts for around 15 percent of demand.

Sales were hurt by business and political uncertainty as Britain prepares to leave the EU and confusion over government plans on diesel and petrol cars, which could include new levies or restrictions, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) said.

Sales totaled 426,170 vehicles with demand falling across the board, SMMT data showed, leaving year-to-date registrations down 3.9 percent. “This decline will cause considerable concern,” SMMT Chief Executive Mike Hawes said.

“Business and political uncertainty is reducing buyer confidence, with consumers and businesses more likely to delay big ticket

purchases.”

Demand has fallen year on year since April due to a combination of factors including an increased vehicle excise duty, weaker consumer confidence and record sales in 2015 and 2016. But September is normally a strong month for car sales, partly due to the fact licence plates indicating the age of a vehicle change on March 1 and Sept. 1.

Demand for diesel cars slumped 21.7 percent and petrol fell 1.2 percent. Sales to fleet business buyers declined 10.1 percent and to consumers fell by 8.8 percent.

Howard Archer, chief economist at consultancy EY ITEM Club, said the decline in fleet demand,

which accounts for around half of all car demand, was of particular concern.

“This indicates that businesses have become more reluctant to replace or add to their fleets amid weakened economic activity and a highly uncertain outlook,” he said.

Only demand for alternative fuel vehicles, namely electric and hybrid plug-in vehicles, rose, increasing by 41 percent albeit from a very low base.

The depth of the slump in September comes despite almost all major car companies offering thousands of pounds off new models with scrappage schemes, trade-in programmes and discounts.(rtr)

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Tanah Lot’s Culinary Wealth

The Tanah Lot Tourist Attraction known not only for its beautiful and exotic panoramic view of the ocean temple but increasingly for its delicious culinary tourism. The variety of dishes on offer could become a tourist attraction in their own right. In fact many tourists go to Tanah Lot especially to enjoy the many culinary delights there while enjoying the sun setting against the backdrop of the unique temple at sea.

According to data from the management of the Tanah Lot Tourists Attractions there are 84 different dishes to taste in 12 restautants and several small warungs (food stalls) including: Dewi Sinta Hotel and Restaurant, The Ocean Restaurant, Warung Subak Pekendungan, Warung Mandala, and Cafe Santai that are spread our throughout the area making it easy to find good food anywhere.

Dishes that fall into the category of cheap and tasty and much sought after are: klepon (rice ball with coconut and palm sugar), tipat cantok (rice cake with spicy peanut sauce), jagung bakar (bbq corn on the cob) and kelapa muda (young coconut water). For visitors with a fatter wallet or who are traveling in larger groups restaurants are usually their preferred choice. “Both domestic and international tourists often eat in our restaurant”, said I Gst Gede Aryadi, owner of Dewi Sinta Hotel and Restaurant.

As one of the first restausrants in Tanah Lot, Dewi Sinta Hotel & Restaurant is a pioneering restaurant in Tanah Lot, serving both local

dishes as well as more international dishes like burgers, Balinese Pizza, vegetarian dishes and sandwiches. They have also serve a selection of Indonesian dishes, Indonesian, appetizers, soups, salads and a variety of beverages. “Specialty foods can now become a tourist attraction that can draw visitors to Tanah Lot” he explained.

Dewi Sinta can seat up to 400 people with the option of private seating in the café at the front of the restaurant, or on the hotel for larger groups.

“Our hotel guests, who are mostly students from Java will often just have breakfast here, go for a swim and then continue on their journey” added Aryadi. The Ocean Restaurant on the other hand offers comfortable dining with an ocean view and accompanying atmosphere to set the tone for people dining here. This restaurant is a great place to enjoy the beautiful view of the sunset.

Warung Subak Pekendungan offers a very typical Tanah Lot menu with dishes that will have you yearning to learn the recipe. “We have a large menu with a lot of variety, so when you are visiting Tnah Lot, there is no need to bring your own snacks, here we have it all”, said Irwanto a tourist from Surabaya.

When Ni Putu Eka Wiryastuti recently visited with the Ministry of Tourism, the Ministry mentioned their plans to hold the Indonesia Food Festival in Tanah Lot. This event would also help to promote the culinary wonders found in Bali’s “bread/rice basket’ area (Tabanan), where Tanah Lot is located. (kmb)

To get to the location of Jambangan waterfall, visitors simply walk along the path. This journey requires little caution because it has steep and slippery terrain.

Otherwise, visitors can slip. After trying to conquer the steep path, visitors will get paid after arriving at the location. Nature at this waterfall stays natural and is not much known to visitors. This superiority is an attraction for tourists making a visit. In addition to seeing the water flow from a height, visitors also choose to swim in the pool of waterfall.

Chief of Kelampuak customary village, Made Suka Astawa, recently encountered said that Jambangan waterfall is a tourist attraction starting to be developed independently.

The location very close to the main road of Singaraja-Kintamani (Bangli) makes this tourist attraction easy to be reached by visitors. The arrangement made by local people is the opening of the path to the location. Next year (2018), the village government plans the development of Jambangan waterfall object into a priority agenda.

Related to the name of the waterfall, Astawa claimed the residents name it Jambangan be-

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cause the puddles under the waterfall are so wide with the base getting conical. The waterfalls are similar to large frying pan (Indonesian: jambangan), so that people call them by Jambangan waterfall.

In the meantime, Secretary of Tamblang village, Made Wasuyutha, said that potential of this tourist object is managed seriously so as to bring in positive benefits for the village itself. This tourist attraction is believed to be able to stimulate domestic and foreign tourists to visit because of its pristine nature. In order to have more values, the original atmosphere will be well preserved.

To achieve this, local village government starting in 2018 will propose to the tourism office in order to be designated into a tourist destination. This determination will make it easier for the management to submit a proposal for the area arrangement. In addition, the allocation of village funds will be allocated for the area arrangement, especially road access that still need to be repaired, so that visitors are comfortable when getting down the road to location of the object. (kmb)

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Protesters with Spanish flags shout slogans in favour of Spanish Constitution and the implementation of its 155 article, during a demonstration defending a united Spain on October 4, 2017 in Barcelona.

Catalonia moves to declare independence from Spain on Monday

BARCELONA - Catalonia will move on Monday to declare independence from Spain after holding a banned referendum, pushing the European Union nation towards a rupture that threatens the foundations of its young democracy.

Catalan President Carles Puigdemont said he favoured mediation to find a way out of the crisis but that Spain’s central government had rejected this. Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s government responded by calling on Catalonia to “return to the path of law” first before any negotiations.

Mireia Boya, a Catalan lawmaker from the pro-independence Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP) party, said a declaration of independence would follow a parliamentary session on Monday to evaluate the results of the Oct. 1 vote to break away.

“We know that there may be disbarments, arrests ...

But we are prepared, and in no case will it be stopped,” she said on Twitter.

Puigdemont told the BBC he would ask the region’s parliament to declare independence following the referendum, which Spain’s government and constitutional court say was illegal and in which only a minority of Catalans voted.

In a televised address on Wednesday night, Puigdemont said: “This moment calls for mediation. We have received various offers in the last hours and we will receive more.”

Without specifically mentioning plans for an independence declaration, he added: “I am sure that in the next few days we will show the best of our country when the institutions of Catalonia will have to apply the results of the referendum. “Today we are closer than yesterday to our historic wish.”

Rajoy’s government replied that Puigdemont had wasted an opportunity to put Catalonia back on a legal course.

“If Mr. Puigdemont wants to talk or negotiate, or wants to send mediators, he knows perfectly well what he must do first: Return to the path of the law,” it said in a statement.

Participants in the referendum opted overwhelmingly for independence, but turnout was only about 43 percent as Catalans who favour remaining part of Spain mainly boycotted the ballot.

Spain was only restored to democracy following the death in 1975 of military dictator Francisco Franco, under whom the Catalan language and traditions were suppressed.

FINANCIAL MARKETS HIT

The constitutional crisis in Spain, the euro zone’s fourthbiggest economy, has shaken the common currency and hit Spanish stocks and bonds. Madrid’s borrowing costs have risen sharply and reached their highest since March on Wednesday.

The cost of insuring against potential losses on Spanish bank debt and Spanish, Italian and Portuguese sovereign debt has also jumped, suggesting an impact on the wider euro zone.

Bank stocks were hit especially hard as the Ibex stock index fell below 10,000 points on Wednesday for the first time since March 2015. In a sign of the nervous public mood, Catalonia’s biggest bank, Caixabank, and Spain’s economy minister had earlier sought to assure bank customers that their deposits were safe.

Puigdemont criticised Spain’s King Felipe VI who on Tuesday lambasted the “irresponsible behaviour” of the Catalan leaders.

He said the king had disappointed many people in Catalonia by failing to call for dialogue and he accused King Felipe of endorsing the policies of Rajoy, which he said had been “catastrophic” for Catalonia.

The EU executive called again on Wednesday for the Spanish government and Catalan authorities to open a dialogue. “It’s time to talk,” the European Commission’s deputy head, Frans Timmermans, told the European Parliament.

Various attempts to find a mediated solution to the crisis emerged on Wednesday.

Pablo Iglesias, leader of the left-wing Podemos party, proposed the Spanish and Catalan government try to agree on a mediator while the FC Barcelona football club said it had joined other groups in Catalonia seeking a negotiated solution.

Spanish media reports said the Catalan regional government had been in touch with senior church figures to sound out the possibility of them playing a mediating role. (rtr)

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Las Vegas gunman’s girlfriend says no advance knowledge of massacre

LAS VEGAS - The girlfriend of the Las Vegas gunman who killed 58 people and himself in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history was questioned by the FBI on Wednesday and said she had no idea he was “planning violence against anyone.”

Marilou Danley, who returned late on Tuesday from a family visit to the Philippines and is regarded by investigators as a “person of interest,” said through a lawyer that the carnage Stephen Paddock unleashed while she was abroad caught her completely unaware.

“He never said anything to me or took any action that I was aware of that I understood in any way to be a warning that something horrible like this was going to happen,” Danley, 62, said in a written statement read to reporters by her attorney in Los Angeles, where the FBI was questioning her.

A Federal Bureau of Investigation official in Las Vegas, meanwhile, said no one has been taken into custody.

But Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo told reporters he found it hard to believe that the arsenal of weapons, ammunition and explosives recovered by police in their investigation could have been assembled by Paddock completely on his own.

“You have to make an assumption that he had some help at some point,” Lombardo said at a news briefing. Lombardo said the attack was the obvious outcome of me-

ticulous planning.

“What we know is that Stephen Paddock is a man who spent decades acquiring weapons and ammo and living a secret life, much of which will never be fully understood,” the sheriff said.

Nearly 500 people were also injured when Paddock, 64, strafed an outdoor concert with gunfire on Sunday night from his 32nd-floor suite of the Mandalay Bay hotel on the Las Vegas Strip.

He took his own life before police stormed his room, bringing the total death toll to 59.

Police recovered nearly 50 firearms from three locations they searched, nearly half of them from the hotel suite. Twelve of the rifles there were fitted with so-called bump stocks, officials said, allowing the guns to be fired almost as though they were automatic weapons.

In response to a question, Lombardo said investigators were examining the possibility Paddock’s purchase of more than 30 guns in October 2016 may have been precipitated by some triggering event in his life. He did not elaborate.

If Paddock did have any accomplice, there remained no evidence as yet “to indicate terrorism” in the shooting spree, said Aaron Rouse, FBI special agent in charge of the Las Vegas field office.

Earlier in the day, U.S. President Donald Trump visited Las Vegas, marking the first time since taking office that he has had to confront a major mass shooting. (rtr)

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Indonesia’s president says military should stay out of politics CILEGON - Indonesia’s armed forces should stay out of politics and ensure their loyalty is only to the state and the government, President Joko Widodo said on Thursday at a parade to mark the 72nd anniversary of the founding of the country’s military.

His remarks came amid growing controversy over the actions and what analysts perceive as the political ambitions of Armed Forces Commander General Gatot Nurmantyo, who promotes the notion that Indonesia is besieged by “proxy wars” involving foreign states and even a renewed communist threat.

“The Indonesian military is a

national property that is above all classes, groups (and) which is not fragmented by narrow political interests and does not enter into the practical political arena,” said Widodo, who sat beside Nurmantyo at the parade in the port city of Cilegon.

“Politics and loyalty to the nation and the state means loyalty to fight for the interests of the people, loyalty to maintain the territorial integrity and unitary state of the Republic of Indonesia, and loyalty to the legitimate government,” added Widodo, who, as president, is also commander in chief of the armed forces.

The start of the event, which included troops rappelling from helicopters and exercises involving amphibious vehicles, was delayed because the president’s entourage got stuck in traffic and on a post on his official Facebook page Widodo

said he decided to walk the last two kilometres (1.2 miles).

The Indonesian armed forces (TNI) enjoyed a powerful central role in politics and society for three decades under the authoritarian rule of Suharto, the former general who took power after leading a 1965 purge that killed at least 500,000 alleged communists.

Since the country transitioned to democracy in 1998, the TNI has formally withdrawn from political life but retains a strong position in society, and former generals remain prominent in politics.

Some political analysts have said Nurmantyo had clear political ambitions and accused him of helping foment a “red scare” aimed at the reformist Widodo, who has previously falsely been accused of being the descendant of communists.

Last month, Nurmantyo instructed military officers to screen

a Suharto-era propaganda film depicting the murder of six generals and the crushing of an alleged communist coup to “prevent what happened in 1965 from recurring”.

The armed forces chief, who is due to retire in March, courted further controversy last month when he falsely claimed 5,000 weapons had been illegally imported “on behalf” of Widodo.

In a briefing with reporters this week, Nurmantyo denied that Widodo had reprimanded him over the weapons issue or that he had meddled in politics, saying the TNI remained “neutral in practical politics”.

“The TNI commander must be involved in politics, however his politics is state politics, and not practical politics,” he said. “As a commander I have to carry out my duties according to the constitution.” (rtr)

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Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo (C) inspects the forces during celebrations for the 72nd anniversary of the Indonesia military, in Cilegon, Indonesia Banten province, October 5, 2017.

Pontianak named city offering best public services

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Attorney Matt Lombard, reads a statement from his client, Marilou Danley, girlfriend of the Las Vegas gunman in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, outside the United States Federal Building, after she was questioned by the FBI , in Los Angeles, California, U.S., October 4, 2017.

PONTIANAK - Pontianak in West Kalimantan Province has been named as the city offering the best public services, according to Mayor of Pontianak Sutarmidji.

“It is because the Pontianak city government has long been applying information disclosure, which is part of public services,” the mayor remarked here on Thursday.

He pointed out that if the standard operating services are accessible, it is a sign that information disclosure has been made.

According to Sutarmidji, data on the regional income, expenditure budgets, and development plans are already available on the website of the Pontianak Regional Development Planning Board.

“Later, we will integrate all, and our next years target is that everything will be incorporated in the Government And Smart city Landmark (Gencil) application,” he revealed.

The Gencil application will record various complaints of the people of Pontianak City, so that they can be followed up quickly.

On the occasion, he also urged the West Kalimantan Information Commission to not assess an ideal area.

He said the ideal design is not possible, as there will be obstacles.

He added that sometimes everything needs to be fast-paced, so that there is a good impression about the application, but everything has to follow a gradual process.

“I once spoke to one of the secretaries of an agency in Singapore, and he said a trial should be conducted while implementing something, especially for small units used, to ensure that the failure is not too big, and testing during the implementation phase is not carried out just once,” he noted. (ant)

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Leicester dealt transfer blow as FIFA rejects Silva appeal Leicester City’s attempts to sign Adrien Silva from Sporting Lisbon were dealt a blow on Wednesday, with FIFA saying it had rejected an FA petition to grant the midfielder an international transfer certificate.

Leicester bought the 28-year-old just before the transfer window closed on Aug. 31, but FIFA, who handle international transfers, received the paperwork moments after the deadline for registration ended.

FIFA refused to sanction Silva’s transfer, prompting the English FA to write to the world governing body in early September, but that appeal has now been rejected.

“The petition made by The Football Association for permission to request the International Transfer Certificate for the player Adrien Silva and subsequently register the

England’s Raheem Sterling during training

player for its affiliated club, Leicester City FC, is rejected,” FIFA said in a statement.

Leicester will now only be able to sign the player when the transfer window reopens in January, unless they take their case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

A club spokesman said Leicester “were reserving its position” as to whether it would decide to appeal to CAS. “We cannot hide our disappointment or that of the player at the short-term consequences of the decision,” the spokesman added.

“The club and its staff will continue to work with Adrien to hopefully minimise the impact that missing a substantial period of the season may have on the player, while continuing to prepare the squad for the games ahead.’ (rtr)

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Heynckes set to succeed Ancelotti at crisis-hit Bayern-reports

BERLIN - Treble-winning coach Jupp Heynckes is set to take over at Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich for a fourth time, succeeding sacked Carlo Ancelotti, German media reported on Thursday.

The 72-year-old Heynckes led

Bayern to the domestic league and Cup double and the Champions League title in 2013 but then had to make way for Spaniard Pep Guardiola.

According to the Bild newspaper Heynckes, who also led Real Madrid to the Champions League title and coached Benfica, Athletic

Bilbao and a string of Bundesliga clubs, will take over until the end of the season. The club could not be immediately reached for a comment.

Italian Ancelotti took over last season but was fired last week after the German champions slipped to second place in the league after

Sterling has scored six goals in nine appearances for Manchester City this season but his international form has been mediocre in recent years, with the 22-year-old scoring the most recent of his two international goals in September 2015.

The former Liverpool player was withdrawn at half time in England’s win over Malta last month and played seven minutes in the subsequent fixture against Slovakia. But Sterling, who has 34 caps for England, has been backed by Southgate to raise his game.

“I think Raheem is a tough lad,” Southgate told reporters. “That’s one of the attributes I really like

about him. He bounces back from disappointments and he goes again.

“He is ready, I can see he is ready for the game and looking forward to it. He is in a good place with his club, he is working with a good coach there and we have huge belief in him as well.

“We want the crowd to be excited with what they’re watching, and he’s a player who can do that: he can beat people; his goalscoring record is improving, and he works hard for the team, chasing back and tackling. He’s not just a winger.”

Sterling could replace Tottenham Hotspur forward Dele Alli in the England starting side after the 21-yearold received a one-match suspension for a rude gesture during last month’s 2-1 win over Slovakia at Wembley.

England, who lead Group F on 20 points, will seal a spot in the 2018 World Cup in Russia if they beat thirdplaced Slovenia at Wembley. Southgate’s side travel to Lithuania for their final qualifier on Sunday. (rtr)

A joint bid for the 2026 World Cup from the United States, Canada and Mexico unveiled a list of 32 potential host cities on Wednesday as the United Bid Committee moved onto the next stage of the process.

The United States has the most potential host venues with 25 followed by Canada with four and Mexico three.

The United Bid Committee said it had received applications from 41 cities and narrowed the list following a comprehensive review of the communities and facilities.

“As we move to the next stage of the bid process, we’re even more confident we have everything needed to deliver the largest, most compelling FIFA World Cup in history and help accelerate the growth of soccer across North America and around the world,” said United Bid Chairman Sunil Gulati in a statement.

“We have a vision for growing the game and engaging fans as never before. “Our biggest challenge will be finding ways to honor the enthusiasm of all the people across Canada, Mexico and the United States through the development of our united hosting concept.”

The 2026 World Cup will be expanded to a 48-team format requiring an increase in first class venues and training facilities.

If the United Bid is selected by FIFA as the host at least 12 cities will be selected as venues for games.

Morocco is the only bid running against the joint proposal from the U.S., Canada and Mexico.

FIFA, world soccer’s governing body, is scheduled to vote on the 2026 host at their 2018 Congress in Moscow.

United States (25) Atlanta, Georgia Miami, Florida Baltimore, Maryland Minneapolis, Minnesota Boston, Massachusetts Nashville, Tennessee Charlotte, North Carolina New York/New Jersey Cincinnati, Ohio Orlando, Florida Chicago, Illinois Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Dallas, Texas Phoenix, Arizona Denver, Colorado Salt Lake City, Utah Detroit, Michigan San Francisco Bay Area Houston, Texas Seattle, Washington Kansas City, Missouri Tampa, Florida Las Vegas, Nevada Washington, DC Los Angeles, California Canada (4) Edmonton, Alberta Montréal, Quebec Toronto, Ontario Vancouver, British Columbia Mexico (3) Guadalajara, Jalisco Mexico City, Mexico Monterrey, Nuevo Leon. (rtr)

Players of Mexico speaks before the match against Costa Rica.

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twice squandering a two-goal lead in consecutive games. They had also been beaten 3-0 at Paris St Germain in the Champions League.

Heynckes, who has not worked

since 2013, had also coached Bayern from 1987-91 and briefly took over at the end of the 2008/9 season before becoming head coach between 2011-13. (rtr)

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Southgate backs Sterling to improve England form

Winger Raheem Sterling has the determination to replicate his domestic form for the England national side, manager Gareth Southgate has said ahead of Thursday’s penultimate World Cup qualifier against Slovenia.

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Leicester dealt transfer blow as FIFA rejects Silva appeal Leicester City’s attempts to sign Adrien Silva from Sporting Lisbon were dealt a blow on Wednesday, with FIFA saying it had rejected an FA petition to grant the midfielder an international transfer certificate.

Leicester bought the 28-year-old just before the transfer window closed on Aug. 31, but FIFA, who handle international transfers, received the paperwork moments after the deadline for registration ended.

FIFA refused to sanction Silva’s transfer, prompting the English FA to write to the world governing body in early September, but that appeal has now been rejected.

“The petition made by The Football Association for permission to request the International Transfer Certificate for the player Adrien Silva and subsequently register the

England’s Raheem Sterling during training

player for its affiliated club, Leicester City FC, is rejected,” FIFA said in a statement.

Leicester will now only be able to sign the player when the transfer window reopens in January, unless they take their case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

A club spokesman said Leicester “were reserving its position” as to whether it would decide to appeal to CAS. “We cannot hide our disappointment or that of the player at the short-term consequences of the decision,” the spokesman added.

“The club and its staff will continue to work with Adrien to hopefully minimise the impact that missing a substantial period of the season may have on the player, while continuing to prepare the squad for the games ahead.’ (rtr)

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Heynckes set to succeed Ancelotti at crisis-hit Bayern-reports

BERLIN - Treble-winning coach Jupp Heynckes is set to take over at Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich for a fourth time, succeeding sacked Carlo Ancelotti, German media reported on Thursday.

The 72-year-old Heynckes led

Bayern to the domestic league and Cup double and the Champions League title in 2013 but then had to make way for Spaniard Pep Guardiola.

According to the Bild newspaper Heynckes, who also led Real Madrid to the Champions League title and coached Benfica, Athletic

Bilbao and a string of Bundesliga clubs, will take over until the end of the season. The club could not be immediately reached for a comment.

Italian Ancelotti took over last season but was fired last week after the German champions slipped to second place in the league after

Sterling has scored six goals in nine appearances for Manchester City this season but his international form has been mediocre in recent years, with the 22-year-old scoring the most recent of his two international goals in September 2015.

The former Liverpool player was withdrawn at half time in England’s win over Malta last month and played seven minutes in the subsequent fixture against Slovakia. But Sterling, who has 34 caps for England, has been backed by Southgate to raise his game.

“I think Raheem is a tough lad,” Southgate told reporters. “That’s one of the attributes I really like

about him. He bounces back from disappointments and he goes again.

“He is ready, I can see he is ready for the game and looking forward to it. He is in a good place with his club, he is working with a good coach there and we have huge belief in him as well.

“We want the crowd to be excited with what they’re watching, and he’s a player who can do that: he can beat people; his goalscoring record is improving, and he works hard for the team, chasing back and tackling. He’s not just a winger.”

Sterling could replace Tottenham Hotspur forward Dele Alli in the England starting side after the 21-yearold received a one-match suspension for a rude gesture during last month’s 2-1 win over Slovakia at Wembley.

England, who lead Group F on 20 points, will seal a spot in the 2018 World Cup in Russia if they beat thirdplaced Slovenia at Wembley. Southgate’s side travel to Lithuania for their final qualifier on Sunday. (rtr)

A joint bid for the 2026 World Cup from the United States, Canada and Mexico unveiled a list of 32 potential host cities on Wednesday as the United Bid Committee moved onto the next stage of the process.

The United States has the most potential host venues with 25 followed by Canada with four and Mexico three.

The United Bid Committee said it had received applications from 41 cities and narrowed the list following a comprehensive review of the communities and facilities.

“As we move to the next stage of the bid process, we’re even more confident we have everything needed to deliver the largest, most compelling FIFA World Cup in history and help accelerate the growth of soccer across North America and around the world,” said United Bid Chairman Sunil Gulati in a statement.

“We have a vision for growing the game and engaging fans as never before. “Our biggest challenge will be finding ways to honor the enthusiasm of all the people across Canada, Mexico and the United States through the development of our united hosting concept.”

The 2026 World Cup will be expanded to a 48-team format requiring an increase in first class venues and training facilities.

If the United Bid is selected by FIFA as the host at least 12 cities will be selected as venues for games.

Morocco is the only bid running against the joint proposal from the U.S., Canada and Mexico.

FIFA, world soccer’s governing body, is scheduled to vote on the 2026 host at their 2018 Congress in Moscow.

United States (25) Atlanta, Georgia Miami, Florida Baltimore, Maryland Minneapolis, Minnesota Boston, Massachusetts Nashville, Tennessee Charlotte, North Carolina New York/New Jersey Cincinnati, Ohio Orlando, Florida Chicago, Illinois Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Dallas, Texas Phoenix, Arizona Denver, Colorado Salt Lake City, Utah Detroit, Michigan San Francisco Bay Area Houston, Texas Seattle, Washington Kansas City, Missouri Tampa, Florida Las Vegas, Nevada Washington, DC Los Angeles, California Canada (4) Edmonton, Alberta Montréal, Quebec Toronto, Ontario Vancouver, British Columbia Mexico (3) Guadalajara, Jalisco Mexico City, Mexico Monterrey, Nuevo Leon. (rtr)

Players of Mexico speaks before the match against Costa Rica.

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twice squandering a two-goal lead in consecutive games. They had also been beaten 3-0 at Paris St Germain in the Champions League.

Heynckes, who has not worked

since 2013, had also coached Bayern from 1987-91 and briefly took over at the end of the 2008/9 season before becoming head coach between 2011-13. (rtr)

U.S., Canada, Mexico trim World Cup bid host cities to 32

Southgate backs Sterling to improve England form

Winger Raheem Sterling has the determination to replicate his domestic form for the England national side, manager Gareth Southgate has said ahead of Thursday’s penultimate World Cup qualifier against Slovenia.

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Bamboo Forest BANGLI - This bamboo forest spreads across an area of about 45 hectares and is used as a water catchment area. Here you will see thousands of towering bamboo trees forming a canopy. When blown by the wind, thousands of the bamboos will rub against each other causing a distinctive sound.

In addition, the air here also feels very refreshing.

Everyone who visits the bamboo forest is forbidden to cut down indiscriminately and the cutting

is only allowed selectively on specified days. The majority of Balinese people practicing Hinduism considered the bamboo has not been replaced as a means of religious ceremonies. Therefore, every citizen is obliged to obey the rules to preserve the bamboo grove.

Location of the bamboo forest is at Kubu village, Bangli County or approximately 5 km from the town of Bangli. From the Denpasar it is about 50 km and can be reached within an hour drive. (kmb)

LONDON - ESPN will replace NBC as Formula One’s U.S. broadcaster next season as part of a multi-year and multimedia deal, the sport announced on Wednesday.

Mosaic pottery of Yangapi village penetrates foreign market

BANGLI - Various handicraft products produced by local craftsmen of Bangli have been able to penetrate foreign market. One of them is the mosaic pottery made by Nengah Kita, a craftsman from Kalanganyar hamlet, Yangapi, Tembuku.

Wayan Locong, the brother of Nengah Kita, having got involved in the same business all this time, said that his handicraft products include jars, candle holder, fruit plate and other wall decorations. In addition to being sold in local markets,

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To make mosaic pottery, he purchases raw materials from outside Bangli such as pottery from Lombok, while glass is brought in from Gianyar. The process of making mosaic pottery begins from sanding the pottery until getting smooth. Further, it is painted and drawn according to the desired design. After that, the pottery is fitted with pieces of clear glass having already been colored.

Helped by 13 workers, in a day

he can produce dozens of pieces.

Just like any other craft businesses, there are always obstacles faced by craftsmen. He added that in producing mosaic pottery, the constraint is the weather. If it rains continuously, the supply of pottery from Lombok is often too late. The price of mosaic pottery varies depending on the size. For a set of three stuffing jars is sold for IDR 100,000 to IDR 500,000. In the meantime, a candlestick is sold starting from IDR 20,000. (kmb)

A Formula One statement said all 21 races will be aired from March next year on ESPN and ABC, the network that first broadcast the sport in the United States in 1962.

Formula One’s commercial managing director Sean Bratches said the “linear and digital partnership” represented a significant step forward in achieving Formula One’s aim of broadening the sport’s appeal.

“The U.S. market is very important for us and we want to build on the success of the popular Formula One United States Grand Prix,” Bratches added.

Austin, Texas, currently hosts the only grand prix in the United States but there are plans to add another after next season.

Formula One’s owners are U.S.-based Liberty Media, who took over in January and see North America as a key growth area for the sport. It is also a key region for team sponsors and manufacturers.

Bratches was previously a senior sales and marketing executive with ESPN, spending nearly 30 years at the sports channel majority owned by Walt Disney subsidiary ABC. NBC said in a separate statement

confirming their departure that they had chosen “not to enter into a new agreement in which the rights holder itself competes with us and our distribution partners.”

Formula One last appeared on ESPN in 1997. NBC has had the exclusive U.S. broadcast rights since 2013.

No financial details were given and the Formula One statement did not mention over the top (OTT) streaming which would offer fans a direct-to-consumer offering similar to Netflix or Amazon.

Media reports have indicated that Liberty wants to retain control of those rights. (rtr)

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Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton takes a selfie with local elementary students.

Romanian Iordache out of worlds with torn Achilles

MONTREAL - Romanian Larisa Iordache was forced to pull out of the gymnastics world championships after incurring a torn left Achilles tendon during warm-up for qualifying on Wednesday.

Iordache had been one of the favourites for the women’s all-around final in Montreal in the absence

of several American competitors, including Olympic champion Simone Biles.

“I never thought that I am so loved,” Iordache said on Twitter after an outpouring of social media support from fellow competitors, including Biles.

Iordache, 21, left the arena in

a wheelchair. The International Gymnastics Federation, citing the Romanian Federation, later confirmed the injury was a torn Achilles. It is the second successive year that injury has kept Iordache out of a major competition. After claiming a bronze medal in the team event at the 2012 London Olympics, she

missed last year’s Rio Olympics due to a broken finger.

In Iordache’s absence on Wednesday, Japan’s Mai Murakami led qualifiers for Friday’s all-around final, ahead of American Ragan Smith and Canadian Elsabeth Black.

The men’s competition in Montreal had already lost major draw-

card Japan’s Kohei Uchimura.

Uchimura, who has won the last six world and two Olympic allaround titles, pulled out of qualification on Monday with an ankle injury. The championships continue on Thursday with the men’s all-around final. Cuban Manrique Larduet was the top qualifier. (rtr)

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Protesters with Spanish flags shout slogans in favour of Spanish Constitution and the implementation of its 155 article, during a demonstration defending a united Spain on October 4, 2017 in Barcelona.

Catalonia moves to declare independence from Spain on Monday

BARCELONA - Catalonia will move on Monday to declare independence from Spain after holding a banned referendum, pushing the European Union nation towards a rupture that threatens the foundations of its young democracy.

Catalan President Carles Puigdemont said he favoured mediation to find a way out of the crisis but that Spain’s central government had rejected this. Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s government responded by calling on Catalonia to “return to the path of law” first before any negotiations.

Mireia Boya, a Catalan lawmaker from the pro-independence Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP) party, said a declaration of independence would follow a parliamentary session on Monday to evaluate the results of the Oct. 1 vote to break away.

“We know that there may be disbarments, arrests ...

But we are prepared, and in no case will it be stopped,” she said on Twitter.

Puigdemont told the BBC he would ask the region’s parliament to declare independence following the referendum, which Spain’s government and constitutional court say was illegal and in which only a minority of Catalans voted.

In a televised address on Wednesday night, Puigdemont said: “This moment calls for mediation. We have received various offers in the last hours and we will receive more.”

Without specifically mentioning plans for an independence declaration, he added: “I am sure that in the next few days we will show the best of our country when the institutions of Catalonia will have to apply the results of the referendum. “Today we are closer than yesterday to our historic wish.”

Rajoy’s government replied that Puigdemont had wasted an opportunity to put Catalonia back on a legal course.

“If Mr. Puigdemont wants to talk or negotiate, or wants to send mediators, he knows perfectly well what he must do first: Return to the path of the law,” it said in a statement.

Participants in the referendum opted overwhelmingly for independence, but turnout was only about 43 percent as Catalans who favour remaining part of Spain mainly boycotted the ballot.

Spain was only restored to democracy following the death in 1975 of military dictator Francisco Franco, under whom the Catalan language and traditions were suppressed.

FINANCIAL MARKETS HIT

The constitutional crisis in Spain, the euro zone’s fourthbiggest economy, has shaken the common currency and hit Spanish stocks and bonds. Madrid’s borrowing costs have risen sharply and reached their highest since March on Wednesday.

The cost of insuring against potential losses on Spanish bank debt and Spanish, Italian and Portuguese sovereign debt has also jumped, suggesting an impact on the wider euro zone.

Bank stocks were hit especially hard as the Ibex stock index fell below 10,000 points on Wednesday for the first time since March 2015. In a sign of the nervous public mood, Catalonia’s biggest bank, Caixabank, and Spain’s economy minister had earlier sought to assure bank customers that their deposits were safe.

Puigdemont criticised Spain’s King Felipe VI who on Tuesday lambasted the “irresponsible behaviour” of the Catalan leaders.

He said the king had disappointed many people in Catalonia by failing to call for dialogue and he accused King Felipe of endorsing the policies of Rajoy, which he said had been “catastrophic” for Catalonia.

The EU executive called again on Wednesday for the Spanish government and Catalan authorities to open a dialogue. “It’s time to talk,” the European Commission’s deputy head, Frans Timmermans, told the European Parliament.

Various attempts to find a mediated solution to the crisis emerged on Wednesday.

Pablo Iglesias, leader of the left-wing Podemos party, proposed the Spanish and Catalan government try to agree on a mediator while the FC Barcelona football club said it had joined other groups in Catalonia seeking a negotiated solution.

Spanish media reports said the Catalan regional government had been in touch with senior church figures to sound out the possibility of them playing a mediating role. (rtr)

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Las Vegas gunman’s girlfriend says no advance knowledge of massacre

LAS VEGAS - The girlfriend of the Las Vegas gunman who killed 58 people and himself in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history was questioned by the FBI on Wednesday and said she had no idea he was “planning violence against anyone.”

Marilou Danley, who returned late on Tuesday from a family visit to the Philippines and is regarded by investigators as a “person of interest,” said through a lawyer that the carnage Stephen Paddock unleashed while she was abroad caught her completely unaware.

“He never said anything to me or took any action that I was aware of that I understood in any way to be a warning that something horrible like this was going to happen,” Danley, 62, said in a written statement read to reporters by her attorney in Los Angeles, where the FBI was questioning her.

A Federal Bureau of Investigation official in Las Vegas, meanwhile, said no one has been taken into custody.

But Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo told reporters he found it hard to believe that the arsenal of weapons, ammunition and explosives recovered by police in their investigation could have been assembled by Paddock completely on his own.

“You have to make an assumption that he had some help at some point,” Lombardo said at a news briefing. Lombardo said the attack was the obvious outcome of me-

ticulous planning.

“What we know is that Stephen Paddock is a man who spent decades acquiring weapons and ammo and living a secret life, much of which will never be fully understood,” the sheriff said.

Nearly 500 people were also injured when Paddock, 64, strafed an outdoor concert with gunfire on Sunday night from his 32nd-floor suite of the Mandalay Bay hotel on the Las Vegas Strip.

He took his own life before police stormed his room, bringing the total death toll to 59.

Police recovered nearly 50 firearms from three locations they searched, nearly half of them from the hotel suite. Twelve of the rifles there were fitted with so-called bump stocks, officials said, allowing the guns to be fired almost as though they were automatic weapons.

In response to a question, Lombardo said investigators were examining the possibility Paddock’s purchase of more than 30 guns in October 2016 may have been precipitated by some triggering event in his life. He did not elaborate.

If Paddock did have any accomplice, there remained no evidence as yet “to indicate terrorism” in the shooting spree, said Aaron Rouse, FBI special agent in charge of the Las Vegas field office.

Earlier in the day, U.S. President Donald Trump visited Las Vegas, marking the first time since taking office that he has had to confront a major mass shooting. (rtr)

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Indonesia’s president says military should stay out of politics CILEGON - Indonesia’s armed forces should stay out of politics and ensure their loyalty is only to the state and the government, President Joko Widodo said on Thursday at a parade to mark the 72nd anniversary of the founding of the country’s military.

His remarks came amid growing controversy over the actions and what analysts perceive as the political ambitions of Armed Forces Commander General Gatot Nurmantyo, who promotes the notion that Indonesia is besieged by “proxy wars” involving foreign states and even a renewed communist threat.

“The Indonesian military is a

national property that is above all classes, groups (and) which is not fragmented by narrow political interests and does not enter into the practical political arena,” said Widodo, who sat beside Nurmantyo at the parade in the port city of Cilegon.

“Politics and loyalty to the nation and the state means loyalty to fight for the interests of the people, loyalty to maintain the territorial integrity and unitary state of the Republic of Indonesia, and loyalty to the legitimate government,” added Widodo, who, as president, is also commander in chief of the armed forces.

The start of the event, which included troops rappelling from helicopters and exercises involving amphibious vehicles, was delayed because the president’s entourage got stuck in traffic and on a post on his official Facebook page Widodo

said he decided to walk the last two kilometres (1.2 miles).

The Indonesian armed forces (TNI) enjoyed a powerful central role in politics and society for three decades under the authoritarian rule of Suharto, the former general who took power after leading a 1965 purge that killed at least 500,000 alleged communists.

Since the country transitioned to democracy in 1998, the TNI has formally withdrawn from political life but retains a strong position in society, and former generals remain prominent in politics.

Some political analysts have said Nurmantyo had clear political ambitions and accused him of helping foment a “red scare” aimed at the reformist Widodo, who has previously falsely been accused of being the descendant of communists.

Last month, Nurmantyo instructed military officers to screen

a Suharto-era propaganda film depicting the murder of six generals and the crushing of an alleged communist coup to “prevent what happened in 1965 from recurring”.

The armed forces chief, who is due to retire in March, courted further controversy last month when he falsely claimed 5,000 weapons had been illegally imported “on behalf” of Widodo.

In a briefing with reporters this week, Nurmantyo denied that Widodo had reprimanded him over the weapons issue or that he had meddled in politics, saying the TNI remained “neutral in practical politics”.

“The TNI commander must be involved in politics, however his politics is state politics, and not practical politics,” he said. “As a commander I have to carry out my duties according to the constitution.” (rtr)

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Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo (C) inspects the forces during celebrations for the 72nd anniversary of the Indonesia military, in Cilegon, Indonesia Banten province, October 5, 2017.

Pontianak named city offering best public services

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Attorney Matt Lombard, reads a statement from his client, Marilou Danley, girlfriend of the Las Vegas gunman in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, outside the United States Federal Building, after she was questioned by the FBI , in Los Angeles, California, U.S., October 4, 2017.

PONTIANAK - Pontianak in West Kalimantan Province has been named as the city offering the best public services, according to Mayor of Pontianak Sutarmidji.

“It is because the Pontianak city government has long been applying information disclosure, which is part of public services,” the mayor remarked here on Thursday.

He pointed out that if the standard operating services are accessible, it is a sign that information disclosure has been made.

According to Sutarmidji, data on the regional income, expenditure budgets, and development plans are already available on the website of the Pontianak Regional Development Planning Board.

“Later, we will integrate all, and our next years target is that everything will be incorporated in the Government And Smart city Landmark (Gencil) application,” he revealed.

The Gencil application will record various complaints of the people of Pontianak City, so that they can be followed up quickly.

On the occasion, he also urged the West Kalimantan Information Commission to not assess an ideal area.

He said the ideal design is not possible, as there will be obstacles.

He added that sometimes everything needs to be fast-paced, so that there is a good impression about the application, but everything has to follow a gradual process.

“I once spoke to one of the secretaries of an agency in Singapore, and he said a trial should be conducted while implementing something, especially for small units used, to ensure that the failure is not too big, and testing during the implementation phase is not carried out just once,” he noted. (ant)

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BUSINESS Cambodia hikes minimum wage for textiles workers by 11 pct from 2018

PHNOM PENH - Cambodia agreed on Thursday to raise the minimum monthly wage of workers in its crucial textiles and footwear industry by 11 percent to $170 from next year.

The sector generates $7 billion annually for the economy, and garment workers are in the spotlight ahead of a general election in 2018.

Prime Minister Hun Sen Hun Sen, who has ruled the country for more than three decades, has met with garment workers almost every day in recent weeks, taking selfies with them and having lunch.

Garment workers have clashed with police in recent years and some unions representing disgruntled employees have joined opposition supporters protesting Hun Sen’s government.

Wages for garment workers have increased over 150 percent over the past five years from $61 per month in 2012 to the current $153. The country has had to tackle the challenge of competitiveness, with some arguing that the wage increases have made Cambodia less appealing for some firms.

The garment industry employs an estimated 700,000 workers in Cambodia, helping to sustain

rural livelihoods in one of the world’s poorest countries. Government representatives, factories and unions backed the latest increase.

Hun Sen “always pays attention to the welfare and livelihood of the workers,” a statement from the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training on Thursday said. The ministry said that new wage will come into effect on Jan. 1, 2018.

It also said that the government will continue to delay taxing profits in the textiles sector and eliminate export management fees.

Pav Sina, president of the Collective Union Movement of Workers, said unions were happy with the hike.

“The prime minister always adds it every year, this is appropriate to what we tried to achieve,” Pav Sina said, while adding that higher wages would not make Cambodia less competitive.

But Kaing Monika, deputy secretary general for the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia, said the new minimum wage was “beyond the affordability of some of our members and the competitive level of the country”.(rtr)

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Jambangan Waterfall Awaits Your Coming

Tourist objects relying on natural beauty remaining pristine increasingly emerge in Buleleng.

One of them is Jambangan waterfall at Kelampuak, Tamblang village, Kubutambahan. This adds to the number of waterfall attractions in North Bali, other than the existing ones such as the waterfall at Gitgit village, Sukasada, waterfall at Sambangan and Lemukih village, Sawan subdistrict.

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A man unloads Volkswagen cars from a car transporter outside a car showroom at Portslade near Brighton in southern England, Britain, April 24, 2013.

UK car sales set for first annual decline since 2011 after September slump

LONDON - British new car registrations on Thursday appeared on course for their first annual fall since 2011 after a 9.3 percent tumble in September, a month which normally accounts for around 15 percent of demand.

Sales were hurt by business and political uncertainty as Britain prepares to leave the EU and confusion over government plans on diesel and petrol cars, which could include new levies or restrictions, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) said.

Sales totaled 426,170 vehicles with demand falling across the board, SMMT data showed, leaving year-to-date registrations down 3.9 percent. “This decline will cause considerable concern,” SMMT Chief Executive Mike Hawes said.

“Business and political uncertainty is reducing buyer confidence, with consumers and businesses more likely to delay big ticket

purchases.”

Demand has fallen year on year since April due to a combination of factors including an increased vehicle excise duty, weaker consumer confidence and record sales in 2015 and 2016. But September is normally a strong month for car sales, partly due to the fact licence plates indicating the age of a vehicle change on March 1 and Sept. 1.

Demand for diesel cars slumped 21.7 percent and petrol fell 1.2 percent. Sales to fleet business buyers declined 10.1 percent and to consumers fell by 8.8 percent.

Howard Archer, chief economist at consultancy EY ITEM Club, said the decline in fleet demand,

which accounts for around half of all car demand, was of particular concern.

“This indicates that businesses have become more reluctant to replace or add to their fleets amid weakened economic activity and a highly uncertain outlook,” he said.

Only demand for alternative fuel vehicles, namely electric and hybrid plug-in vehicles, rose, increasing by 41 percent albeit from a very low base.

The depth of the slump in September comes despite almost all major car companies offering thousands of pounds off new models with scrappage schemes, trade-in programmes and discounts.(rtr)

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Tanah Lot’s Culinary Wealth

The Tanah Lot Tourist Attraction known not only for its beautiful and exotic panoramic view of the ocean temple but increasingly for its delicious culinary tourism. The variety of dishes on offer could become a tourist attraction in their own right. In fact many tourists go to Tanah Lot especially to enjoy the many culinary delights there while enjoying the sun setting against the backdrop of the unique temple at sea.

According to data from the management of the Tanah Lot Tourists Attractions there are 84 different dishes to taste in 12 restautants and several small warungs (food stalls) including: Dewi Sinta Hotel and Restaurant, The Ocean Restaurant, Warung Subak Pekendungan, Warung Mandala, and Cafe Santai that are spread our throughout the area making it easy to find good food anywhere.

Dishes that fall into the category of cheap and tasty and much sought after are: klepon (rice ball with coconut and palm sugar), tipat cantok (rice cake with spicy peanut sauce), jagung bakar (bbq corn on the cob) and kelapa muda (young coconut water). For visitors with a fatter wallet or who are traveling in larger groups restaurants are usually their preferred choice. “Both domestic and international tourists often eat in our restaurant”, said I Gst Gede Aryadi, owner of Dewi Sinta Hotel and Restaurant.

As one of the first restausrants in Tanah Lot, Dewi Sinta Hotel & Restaurant is a pioneering restaurant in Tanah Lot, serving both local

dishes as well as more international dishes like burgers, Balinese Pizza, vegetarian dishes and sandwiches. They have also serve a selection of Indonesian dishes, Indonesian, appetizers, soups, salads and a variety of beverages. “Specialty foods can now become a tourist attraction that can draw visitors to Tanah Lot” he explained.

Dewi Sinta can seat up to 400 people with the option of private seating in the café at the front of the restaurant, or on the hotel for larger groups.

“Our hotel guests, who are mostly students from Java will often just have breakfast here, go for a swim and then continue on their journey” added Aryadi. The Ocean Restaurant on the other hand offers comfortable dining with an ocean view and accompanying atmosphere to set the tone for people dining here. This restaurant is a great place to enjoy the beautiful view of the sunset.

Warung Subak Pekendungan offers a very typical Tanah Lot menu with dishes that will have you yearning to learn the recipe. “We have a large menu with a lot of variety, so when you are visiting Tnah Lot, there is no need to bring your own snacks, here we have it all”, said Irwanto a tourist from Surabaya.

When Ni Putu Eka Wiryastuti recently visited with the Ministry of Tourism, the Ministry mentioned their plans to hold the Indonesia Food Festival in Tanah Lot. This event would also help to promote the culinary wonders found in Bali’s “bread/rice basket’ area (Tabanan), where Tanah Lot is located. (kmb)

To get to the location of Jambangan waterfall, visitors simply walk along the path. This journey requires little caution because it has steep and slippery terrain.

Otherwise, visitors can slip. After trying to conquer the steep path, visitors will get paid after arriving at the location. Nature at this waterfall stays natural and is not much known to visitors. This superiority is an attraction for tourists making a visit. In addition to seeing the water flow from a height, visitors also choose to swim in the pool of waterfall.

Chief of Kelampuak customary village, Made Suka Astawa, recently encountered said that Jambangan waterfall is a tourist attraction starting to be developed independently.

The location very close to the main road of Singaraja-Kintamani (Bangli) makes this tourist attraction easy to be reached by visitors. The arrangement made by local people is the opening of the path to the location. Next year (2018), the village government plans the development of Jambangan waterfall object into a priority agenda.

Related to the name of the waterfall, Astawa claimed the residents name it Jambangan be-

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cause the puddles under the waterfall are so wide with the base getting conical. The waterfalls are similar to large frying pan (Indonesian: jambangan), so that people call them by Jambangan waterfall.

In the meantime, Secretary of Tamblang village, Made Wasuyutha, said that potential of this tourist object is managed seriously so as to bring in positive benefits for the village itself. This tourist attraction is believed to be able to stimulate domestic and foreign tourists to visit because of its pristine nature. In order to have more values, the original atmosphere will be well preserved.

To achieve this, local village government starting in 2018 will propose to the tourism office in order to be designated into a tourist destination. This determination will make it easier for the management to submit a proposal for the area arrangement. In addition, the allocation of village funds will be allocated for the area arrangement, especially road access that still need to be repaired, so that visitors are comfortable when getting down the road to location of the object. (kmb)

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Denpasar mayor asks logistic distribution to involve youth clubs

DENPASAR — Since the Mount Agung was set to be in warning status, the influx of Karangasem refugees from the disaster-prone areas (KRB) to Denpasar continues to increase. Currently, the number of refugees has reached approximately 13,000 people. Many of them choose to live with their families or known as independent refugees.

To meet logistics needs for the independent refugees, Denpasar Mayor, I.B. Rai Dharmawijaya Mantra, asked the Social Affairs and Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) to monitor the distribution of logistics. To ensure that such aid has been received by refugees, the mayor asked every post at each village can involve hamlet chief and the members of customary youth club (sekaa taruna) at each hamlet.

The mayor asked the lowest officials to record the number of incoming independent refugees. After that, the data are delivered to headman. “Distribution of the logistics assistance will be done through the village in accordance with the needs of the respective location,” said Rai Mantra.

On the other hand, the Head of the Denpasar Social Affairs, I Made Mertajaya, stated that the procedure of logistical aid distribution for independent refugees will be coordinated with each village and hamlet apparatus. “We have disseminated the procedures to each headman in the previous meeting (Tuesday—Ed),” he said.

In the meantime, the monitoring at the refugee camp of Kompyang Sujana Square, a number of logistic aids continued to flow. Last Tuesday, two units of pick-up truck hauling full of vegetables as the assistance of a number of parties submitted to duty officer at the main post. In addition to vegetables, there was also assistance in the form of rice.

Mertajaya said the number of refugee of Mount Agung at the main post of Kompyang Sujana Square amounts to 89 people consisting of 44 men and 45 women including 11 toddlers, 19 children, 51 adult and 8 elderly people. The student such as elementary school amounts to 3 persons, junior high school (1 person) and high school (1 person). (kmb12)

Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond hands a cough sweet to Prime Minister Theresa May after she suffered a coughing fit whilst addressing the Conservative Party conference in Manchester, October 4, 2017.

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An Indonesian flag is seen on a boat as fisherman carry it on to the beach with Mount Agung, a volcano on the highest alert level located some 15 km away, in the background in Amed, on the resort island of Bali, Indonesia October 2, 2017.

Abandoned by tourists, Bali town counts cost of Indonesia volcano

AMED - A Balinese town once bustling with holidaymakers has almost emptied of tourists after warnings that nearby Mount Agung could erupt at any time - a snapshot of the growing cost the rumbling volcano poses to Indonesia’s economy. Business has slumped at many hotels, dive resorts and restaurants in towns around the volcano since authorities issue the highest alert level for Mount Agung last month.

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An owner of a dive centre in Amed, around 15 km (9 miles) from the volcano and just outside the official “danger zone”, said many of her guests had cancelled.

“If (the situation) lasts for nine months or more...then we have no choice but to close down because we will have no money left to operate and pay the staff,” said Helene Rabate, a Spaniard who runs the centre.

Cafes and restaurants were largely empty and few visitors were seen at the usually crowded dive centres of this seaside town.

The last time Agung erupted was in 1963, when more than 1,000 people were killed. Since then, tourism has transformed towns like Amed from sleepy fishing and agricultural villages.

Restaurant owner Wayan Widarti has seen a dramatic drop in customers.

“It could be worse than when

the Bali bombing happened because there’s uncertainty on when (the eruption) is going to happen and how long we wait,” she said, referring to the 2002 nightclub bombing that killed 202 people and prompted a slump in visitors to the holiday island.

Bali, famous for its surf, beaches and temples, attracted nearly 5 million visitors last year - more than half the total number of foreign tourists to Indonesia.

Tourism, a cornerstone of Bali’s economy, is Indonesia’s fourthbiggest earner of foreign currency after natural resources like coal and palm oil.

Indonesian policy makers have been seeking to boost an economy whose growth rate has been stuck at around 5 percent for the last few years, so any protracted damage to tourism will be particularly unwelcome.

Indonesian officials have said

Bali remains safe for tourism, but there have been cancellations even in areas further away from the volcano amid concerns that ash clouds could disrupt air connections.

Some tourists are still in the area at a safe distance from the volcano.

“We plan to...just follow security instructions...and take a fast boat to escape if there is an eruption,” said Arlin Shiu, a woman from Hong Kong who was travelling with a friend.

Disaster management authorities have imposed an exclusion zone of up to 12 km, prompting more than 140,000 residents to flee to neighbouring villages.

“For people who live in safe zones, there is no reason to evacuate,” Bali governor I Made Mangku Pastika said, adding that makeshift evacuation centres were straining under the weight of thousands of extra evacuees. (rtr)

Prankster, coughing fits mar Theresa May’s speech to activists

MANCHESTER - British Prime Minister Theresa May’s bid to reassert her dwindling authority was marred on Wednesday by a calamitous keynote speech interrupted by repeated coughing fits, a prankster and even letters of her slogan falling off the stage.

May had wanted to use the Conservative Party’s annual conference to bring her divided party together and pitch herself as the only person able to deliver Brexit and keep opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn out of power.

She started by apologising for her botched bet on a snap June election which stripped her party of its majority in parliament, then pitched a revitalised “British Dream” for which she proposed fixing broken markets and uniting the country.

But her flow was interrupted by British comedian Simon Brodkin, who handed her a P45 letter, a document given to employees when they leave their job. The document had been “signed” by the comedian using the name of her ambitious Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson.

Then May began a coughing fit and was repeatedly forced to take drinks of water, even coughing into her glass, and was proffered a lozenge from her finance minister, Philip Hammond.

While she was speaking, several letters fell off the slogans behind her on the stage. Some Twitter users seized on images of the missing letters to poke fun at the Conserva-

tives: one said their glue was even failing to hold the party together.

The 61-year-old May won standing ovations for pressing on with the hour-long address, in which she took a more personal tone - saying she did not mind being called the “Ice Maiden” and describing her “great sadness” at not having children.

Her speech sought to offer party activists a renewal of Conservative values while making new promises to a younger generation and those “just about managing”.

“This is a Conservatism I believe in, a Conservatism of fairness and justice and opportunity for all, a Conservatism that keeps the British dream alive for a new generation,” she told the cheering crowd.

“That’s what I’m in this for,” she said, in a phrase she repeated at least eight times. “That’s what we must all be in this for.”

May, who was warmly embraced by her husband on stage after she had finished speaking, later poked fun at her coughing fit by tweeting an image of cough lozenges and medicine laid beside a paper copy of the address and her prime ministerial briefcase.

Brexit minister David Davis told

Reuters it had been “a very good speech, it hit all the issues people care about”. Other cabinet ministers also applauded May. Many in the audience said her coughing fit and the sudden appearance by the comedian had helped to win them over.

“Actually, if all that stuff hadn’t happened, it would have just been another kind of wooden presentation,” said Pippa Smith, a 26-yearold party member from London.

“It was a good speech, but I think actually it did her a favour.”

Opponents were less kind.

Nigel Farage, the former leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party, said May was so useless that if she remained as leader then Labour’s Corbyn would soon be in power. Labour lawmaker Seema Malhotra said: “It just couldn’t get worse than this. What a disaster. It’s a shambles, not a government.”

But there are few obvious successors yet visible besides Johnson, who is unpopular with some Conservative lawmakers. Some activists fear that a divisive leadership contest would pave the way for an election that Corbyn’s Labour could win. (rtr)

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Bangladesh destroys boats ferrying Rohingya from Myanmar

SHAH PORIR DWIP - Bangladeshi authorities have destroyed about 20 boats that ferried Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in Myanmar, accusing smugglers of using the huge exodus to bring methamphetamine into the country.

Refugees told Reuters that border guards also beat and arrested passengers and crew as they landed at Shah Porir Dwip, on the southern tip of Bangladesh on Tuesday night, before the vessels were smashed to pieces by locals.

The local commander of Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB), Lieutenant Colonel Ariful Islam, denied there were beatings, and said the action was a crackdown on human trafficking and the smuggling of methamphetamine, a drug known locally as “ya ba”.

“The boats are trying to carry passengers they are not supposed to,” he told Reuters.

He accused the organisers of the boat journeys of exploiting destitute Rohingyas by charging them for the short trip to Bangladesh.

Some passengers told Reuters they had paid 10,000 Bangladeshi taka ($123) each for the trip, although others said they travelled free.

More than half a million Rohingya Muslims have arrived in Bangladesh from predominantly Buddhist Myanmar since its armed forces responded to attacks by militants on Aug. 25 with a counteroffensive described by United Nations officials as “ethnic cleansing”.

While four passengers told Reuters they saw no drugs on board, Lieutenant Colonel Islam said

border guards had found a large quantity of the drugs in the water on Tuesday night.

“Maybe the carrier had dropped it before disembarking,” he said.

SMASHED WITH SLEDGEHAMMERS At a teeming processing centre in nearby Teknaf, Ibrahim Holil, from the village of Maungdaw Moknibara in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, described on Wednesday how he said he was hit with a stick by a border guard as he helped his relatives disembark from their boat.

“There is nothing in this boat.

Only our belongings,” he said.

Farous Ahmad, 65, said his two sons - Sura Ahammed and Dildar Ahammed - were arrested soon after they landed. He said they had worked as crew on the trip because they had no money to pay the fare.

“They also beat me everywhere.

I do not know where my sons are,” he told Reuters. “I don’t know why the BGB arrested my sons. People told me the BGB would shelter us in Bangladesh but yet they arrested them and also we had to spend the whole night sitting.”

Asked about the allegations of beatings, Lieutenant Colonel Islam said: “It is never possible. Please check your source and motive.”

Reuters reporters saw the remnants of the smashed boats. Nearby was a pile of sledgehammers and machetes.

A local fisherman, Robi Alam, said the BGB had given local people money to destroy the boats. (rtr)

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Children collect wood from remnants of some 20 boats that ferried Rohingya refugees fleeing violence in Myanmar, which were destroyed by Bangladeshi authorities the night before, at Shah Porir Dwip near Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh October 4, 2017.

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Chanel models parade past Paris waterfalls

PARIS - Karl Lagerfeld brought the drama of the natural world indoors for Chanel’s catwalk show on the final day of Paris Fashion Week, with a huge cliff complete with waterfall towering behind the catwalk.

Held inside the beaux-arts-style Grand Palais exhibition hall, Chanel unveiled its spring/summer 2018 ready-to-wear collection to a crowd including “Spectre” star Monica Bellucci and Chinese actress Baihe Bai. The models came equipped for the perils of such an

unconventional setting - many sporting thigh-high, clear plastic rain boots as well as plastic hats, ponchos and gloves as they strode past the waterfall which flowed beside the catwalk.

The collection also featured examples of the label’s traditional tweed suits, as well as 1960s-inflected miniskirts, transparent skirts, oversize trousers and ruffled lace dresses.

Model-of-the-moment Kaia Gerber, the 16-year-old daughter of supermodel Cindy Crawford opened the show, continuing her run of high-profile appearances, sporting a loose-fitting, tassled jacket with a miniskirt and a tube top,

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Decrease in status

PVMBG asks to wait for progress until next week

accented with plastic boots.

Earlier in the week she appeared in both the Yves Saint Laurent and Valentino catwalk shows.

Underscoring the fashion house’s attempts to connect with customers in Asia, social media was abuzz with the presence of South Korean celebrities at the show, in the form of rapper G-Dragon and actress Park Shin-hye.

More than 80 fashion houses have showcased looks for next year during the course of this Paris Fashion Week, which closes the latest season of shows that have whizzed through New York, London and Milan. (rtr)

AMLAPURA — Until October 3, Mount Agung remains in warning status. To know the indication of the decrease, the Center for Volcanology Mitigation of Geological Disaster asked to wait for the progress of the biggest mountain in Bali until next week.

Bali Mandara Toll road now using 100 percent non-cash

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Govt starts to force non-cash transaction use

DENPASAR — The government began to intensify non-cash transactions by creating conditions that people inevitably use non-cash transactions. Since the launch of the national non-cash movement (GNNT) on August 14, 2014, this nationwide movement is running quite well. The coercion of using non-cash transactions is commenced from social assistance like family hope program (PKH) at the end of 2016 and now the use of 100 percent non-cash applies in toll roads by 2017.

“We have several projects to develop this non-cash ecosystem in Indonesia. Bank Indonesia (BI) considers it necessary to do this in addressing the president’s concerns by first targeting society at lower level. BI initiated this GNNT program by trying to conduct non-cash transactions for social assistance recipients,” said Pungki Wibowo, from Policy and Payment System Supervision Division of BI at the kick-off of the 100 percent noncash at the Bali Mandara Toll road on Sunday (Oct. 1).

Currently non-cash social assistance of the family hope program in the form of food aid has been distributed to the people throughout Indonesia by applying digital financial services agents and branchless banking agents.

“So, the distribution of bank account and cards has reached the community at nooks and crannies where it includes the saving accounts, electronic money account to receive non-cash social assistance, both in the form of food aid, family hope program, educational financing assistance for school students (KIS), and school operat-

ing assistance is also distributed through non-cash. There is also farmers’ card that can establish non-cash ecosystem of rural communities,” he explained.

The national non-cash movement also provides consumer protection. In this consumer protection, prior to the presence of interconnection, the use of non-cash transactions is subject to charge.

“However, BI really emphasizes on security, efficiency and affordability,” he said.

After establishing of more than 200,000 agents in Indonesia, the government through BI stepped up with non-cash transaction on toll payments. Toll payment with 4.5 million to 6 million transactions from vehicles per day has been switched to non-cash use. “This also gives consumer protection because people can make transaction faster. Then, people can save economic cost as the cost of congestion is very expensive. With non-cash, it can be made within 2 seconds that can overcome congestion. Thus, the economy can run well,” he said.

In addition, the condition forcing the Indonesian people to use non-cash is the application of cash management system by Ministry of Home Affairs. All the transactions of local government in December 2017 will use non-cash. There will also be a migrative village program to support the Ministry of Manpower, Ministry of Village Affairs and Creative Economy Agency to use non-cash. In the near future, BI will also sign the MoU with the Ministry of Transportation. “For land, sea and air transportation has also formed non-cash community,” he explained. (kmb42)

Head of the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) / Energy and Mineral Resources Agency (ESDM), I Gede Suartika, said that up to now the Mount Agung remains in warning status and has not erupted because the earthquakes intensity remains quite high. Moreover, the number of deep and shallow volcanic earthquake as well as local tectonic earthquake remains high. On Monday, the seismicity occurred almost reached 900 times.

Then, visually the cloud of smoke from the crater stays visible. “The height of smoke is still in the range of 200-500 meters,” he said.

Suartika added that seeing the remaining high intensity of the earthquake occurred, his agency will continue to collect data regarding the seismicity.

Until now, condition of Mount Agung remains critical. “For the decline of status, we will see until next week whether there is a decrease or not. If there is a decrease in the earthquake, we will conduct an evaluation,” he said.

“If the seismicity continues to decline, there is possibility if the status will be decreased. Obviously, we are going to see the condition until next week how the development will look like,” he added.

In the meantime, Sub-Division Head of Volcanic Mitigation for East Region, Devy Kamil Syahbana, explained that the very high frequency of earthquakes indicates there is still magma movement in the crater to penetrate the surface.

“Until now, there has been no indication on the decline of the status. Mount Agung is still in warning status,” she said.

Furthermore, she said that her agency did not only consider the seismicity but also various other factors in determining the decrease in the status. Firstly, she saw from the seismograph to identify the earthquake and tiltmeter gauge to measure sloping distance when mountain has expanded and deflated. Until now, the mountain still tends to expand.

“In addition, we are also monitoring by satellite that can see any changes in the shape of the crater. In normal condition, there are no fractures and smoke.

But now it shows both. This means the earthquakes occurred all this time have changed the look of Mount Agung’s crater. We also see the temperature of the crater changing very significantly,” said Devy Syahbana. (kmb41)

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Mount Agung, a volcano which had its alert status raised to the highest level on the resort island of Bali, September 29, 2017.

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Bali governor meets consuls and consul generals

About facilitating foreign tourists in the case of an eruption

DENPASAR - Governor of Bali, Made Mangku Pastika, held a meeting with 33 consul generals and honorary consuls from various countries on Wednesday (Oct. 4) to explain the situation and possibilities regarding Mt. Agung. Although volcanic activity has declined, Mt. Agung remains on level IV or warning status.. “Our disaster management team is well prepared so even if there is an eruption we are confident that things will run well” he said.

The Governor had the area within 12 km of Mt. Agung evacuated to ensure there would be no casualties. Bali’s provincial government also had sophisticate early warning devices installed to warn of a possible eruption.

“Five countries have issued travel warnings to there citizens wishing to come to Bali. This is not a travel ban, however it just means that people visiting Bali should be careful I just now suggested that they revoke their travel warning and apparently they agree without question” said Governor Pastika.

If Bali’s has to be closed to an eruption of Mt. Agung, the governor predicted that some 5,000 passengers would be unable to depart. This would impact the visas of foreign citizens who may have to overstay their visas. Visa and accommodations, he said would therefore be taken care of by the government. If foreign citizens must leave, they can fly out of Surabaya or Lombok, he added. “ We have arranged for transport and tickets” he said. Governor Pastika hopes that the explanation that he provided will prevent tourists from delaying or cancelling their trips to Bali.

Honorary Consul of New Zealand, Indy Siddik, said that no insurance or country will provide a guarantee

in case of force majeur condition. So, he has said that New Zealanders coming to Bali are doing so at their own risk. This has not however stopped tourists from New Zealand form coming to Bali. ON Wednesday alone somw 700 visitors from New Zealand came to Bali for either business or leisure travel. Siddeik admitted that the travel warning has in fact not stooped his fellow citizens from visiting and explained that maybe it is because New Zealand also has active volcanoes so people there are used to such conditions. “Air New Zealand usually brings 750 people to Bali three times a week”, he added.

On the other hand, Honorary Consul of Denmark, I.A. Ratna Sutamaya, said that she has been busy answering questions from Danish citizens wanting to come to Bali or other parts of Indonesia. “Denmark is a small country with just 6 million people, so there are not so many citizens wanting to come to Bali or Indonesia and certain do not amount to thousands.

Currently, there are approximately 300 Danish citizens in Indonesia some in Medan and Jakarta”, she said.

There has been a 30 to 40 percent decline in the number of Danish citizens visiting Bali since the warning status of MT. Agung was announced. “Some cancelled their trips while others postponed. Danish citizens rarely come as a group – they tend to travel alone or in couples. Unfortunately, we cannot guarantee that Bali will be safe”, she said.

Denmark does not have any volcanoes so it is hard to reassure Danish people about the situation. Sutamaya added that she has trouble answering questions about whether or not Mt. Agung will erupt and how big of an eruption it might be. All she can do is assure people that the government of Bali has taken anticipatory measures to ensure people’s safety including providing a phone number for people to call to find out about MT. Agung’s status. (kmb42)

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To kill time, Desak Made Rai makes pejatian baskets

SEMARAPURA - Staying in evacuation settlement located far away from one’s home village and having all one’s daily activities changed is unsettling for everyone.

Not having anything to do but talk to other evacuees can become tiresome and make people’s feeling of homesickness stronger. Unlike the other evacuees from Darma hamlet, Muncan, Karangasem. 50 year old Desak Made Rai is weaving bamboo baskets used for pejaten offerings to kill time. This is also part of Rai’S regular activities back home. She usually makes several a day that she sells for IDR 15,000 a piece.

“Well, it’s just a way to pass the time here instead of just sitting around.

At home, I usually make about 5 pejatian baskets a day”, said Rai as she weaved the bamboo into pejaten baskets on Wednesday (Oct. 4).

The Pejatian baskets that she has made over the last two days have been entrusted to a vendor at Gelgel Market, Klungkung that she has sold for IDR 4,000 a piece She explained that she is selling them for much cheaper than usual so that she can sell them quickly and earn some money while

is away from home. “My husband had time to back to our home and get the raw materials for me”, she added.

Desak Made Rai said that pejatian baskets are readily needed by residents of Karangasem who use them when they hold rituals, especially for banten pejati used on holidays like full moon, new moon and other major ritual days in Bali. Around holidays, she can receive orders for 20 baskets a day. Now she is not taking orders because she has been evacuated from her home. “I have managed to make 5 baskets in 3 days and have entrusted them to a vendor at Gelgel market. They haven’t sold yet”, she said.

Desak Made Rai said she and 9 members of her family were evacuated to Swecapura Stadium a week ago. Previsouly she had been evacuated to Rendang where she spent three days. She added that she hopes that the condition of Mt. Agung will soon return to normal so that she and her family can retunr to their village and get back to their regular activities. “ If there is an eruption, I hope it happens quickly so that we can go home soon” she said. (win)

Barongsai entertains children evacuated to Swecapura Stadium

SEMARAPURA - Hundreds of the children who were evacuated to Swecapura Stadium, Gelgel, Klungkung in anticipation of the possible eruption of Mount Agung looked cheerful on Wednesday afternoon (Oct. 4). Jembatan Budaya (JB) School provided a barongsai show for their entertainment. Parents also seemed to be enthusiastic about watching the show that took place in the the volley ball field in Swecapura Stadium.

Many of the children seemed to really enjoy the show. Not a few of them really enjoyed the show.

Some laughed and joked while some others ran to follow the barongsai showing off their skills.

This form of entertainment was provided to reduce the boredom of the youngsters who were evacuated almost two weeks ago.

One of the evacuees children who was busy watching the Barongsai show, was 12 year old Ni Kadek Evi Widyawati, from Sebudi hamlet/village, Karangasem, who said she was very happy to see the barongsai live as she had only ever seen ot on TV before” I

am so happy to see the barongai in person”, she said..

JB School founder Muhammad Fauzi Santoso, said that they also provided a gym class, basic Mandarin and helped to cook in the public kitchen. Santoso involved all the students and teachers fomr his school in providing interesting things for the evacuees kids. He said it was a way to keep the children in a good mood after having to leave their home, playground and school. “Our children have a strong sense of brotherhood. We are here to introduce and provide entertainment for children who have lost their playgrounds”, said Santoso.

Previously, the evacuee children at this Swecapura Stadium were also taught basic Mandarin for their character building. Mandarin language is taught in a simple method, so that they can easily understand and pronounce it. In addition, children are taught to read Indonesian books. “We teach very simple Mandarin, things like saying thank you. Expression gratitude is a good way to build character from an early age” he added. (win)

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LOS ANGELES - Country star Jason Aldean said on Tuesday he would cancel three shows this week to honor victims of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history in which a gunman opened fire on a crowd at a Las Vegas music festival during the singer’s performance.

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Swiss probe rape allegation against Roman Polanski ZURICH - A former German actress and model has told Swiss authorities that film director Roman Polanski raped her at his mountain chalet in 1972 when she was 15 years old, local prosecutors said on Wednesday.

A lawyer for the 84-year-old French-Polish film director said he was aware of the allegation by Renate Langer and he dismissed it as an “absurd” attempt to generate media attention.

Police in the northeastern Swiss canton of St. Gallen confirmed on Wednesday they had received a complaint from Langer, 61, last month about an alleged rape in Polanski’s house in 1972. The New York Times first reported the allegation.

Efforts by Reuters in Germany to contact the former actress or her lawyers were not immediately successful.

Swiss prosecutors were being asked to consider whether prosecution of Polanski was possible under Swiss law given the alleged crime occurred nearly a half century ago.

Switzerland has eliminated the statute of limitations on sex

crimes against children under the age of 12.

Prosecutors in St. Gallen said Langer had filed a complaint of rape against Polanski on Sept. 26.

“The presumed act took place at the end of February 1972 in a chalet in Gstaad,” they said.

The case would be passed on to colleagues in the canton of Bern, where Polanski has a home in the up-scale ski resort of Gstaad.

In Poland, Polanski’s lawyer, Jan Olszewski, said he and his clients were aware of the “notification”

by Langer.

“In my opinion, the situation is so absurd that it is hard to even comment on it. This initiative - after 40 years - is primarily aimed at causing media noise,” he said.

Langer is the fourth woman to accuse Polanski publicly of sexually assaulting them when they were teenagers.

Swiss authorities arrested Polanski in 2009 on his arrival in Zurich to receive a lifetime achievement award at a film festival. He was released two months later on bail under “house arrest” in his Gstaad chalet. (rtr)

Aldean canceled stops in Los Angeles, San Diego and Anaheim, California, as part of his “They Don’t Know Tour.” The tour will resume in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Oct. 12 and refunds will be offered for the canceled shows.

“I feel like out of respect for the victims, their families and our fans, it is the right thing to do. It has been an emotional time for everyone involved this week, so we plan to take some time to mourn the ones we have lost and be close with our family and friends,” Aldean said in a statement.

The singer added: “Our first time back onstage will be a very tough and emotional thing for us, but we will all get through it together and honor the people we lost by doing the only thing we know how to do - play our songs for them.”

Aldean was on stage on Sunday night at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival when Stephen Paddock, a retiree armed with multiple assault rifles, strafed the crowd at the concert from a high-rise hotel window, killing 59 people. The massacre left more than 525 people injured.

Jennifer Lopez, currently in her “Jennifer Lopez: All I Have” residency at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, also canceled her scheduled shows this week. The performances will be rescheduled for later dates.

“Jennifer is heartbroken that such a senseless tragedy occurred. Her thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families,” the singer’s representatives said in a statement on Tuesday.

Organizers of the Austin City Limits Music Festival in Texas said on Tuesday they would offer refunds to people who no longer want to attend for security concerns after the Las Vegas shooting. (rtr) Judge Jennifer Lopez poses at an event for the television series “World of Dance” in West Hollywood, California, U.S., September 19, 2017.

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Two elderly women chat at a temporary evacuation center for people living near Mount Agung, a volcano on the highest alert level, in Manggis, on the resort island of Bali, Indonesia October 1, 2017.

Living in safe zone, hundreds of evacuees return home But still haunted by anxiety

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SEMARAPURA - Hundreds of the Karangasem residents who were evacuated to Klungkung have returned home. Even though their home villages have been declared safe in the case that Mt. Agung erupts, many people are still anxious.

Based on information compiled on Wednesday (Oct. 4), 243 evacuees from Juwuk Legi and Batu Gede hamlet, East Duda, Selat have returned home.

They had all been evacuated to the field in Paksebali village, Dawan where some 164 evacuees remain as their home villages have been declared to be in a disaster-

prone area (KBR).

Prosperity affairs unit chief of East Duda village, Gusti Lanang Rai, evacuees of various ages returned home after an appeal form their headman to do so. “ Their villages are in the safe zone”, he said.

These evacuees however are not entirely relieved as they are still

anxious about a possible eruption of Mt. Agung. Many children in particular are worried. “Children who normally go to school in areas that have been declared as disasterprone, they are recommended to temporarily find schools in safe zones”, said Rai. Chief Executive of Klungkung Disaster Management Agency, Putu Widiada, explained that some of the 83 evacuees who had been evacuated to Swecapura Stadium have also returned home. Their transportation was facilitated by

police and the BPBD. “Residents of Muncan have returned home because their village is in a safe zone”, he explained.

The government is collecting data about who has returned home.

So far they have only collected data about residents of Klungkung. Of the total of 2,000 people, 16,00 are form Dawan. “ We are still collecting data, we are waiting for the numbers from Banjarangkan. We estimate that there swill be a total of 3,500” he said. Rai added that anyone who chooses to remain in

the evacuation site is welcome to do so. Likewise anyone who returns home and then decides to go back to the evacuation site is also free to do so and will be accommodate. (kmb45) News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http:// radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.