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‘Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle’ Roars Past ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi,’ ‘Insidious 4’ LOS ANGELES - Sony’s “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle” handily won the first box office weekend of 2018 over the launch of “Insidious: The Last Key” and “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” with $36 million at 3,801 North American locations.

The fourth installment of the “Insidious” horror franchise scared up a surprisingly strong $29.3 million at 3,116 sites for Universal.

Disney-Lucasfilm’s “The Last Jedi” followed in third with a 55% decline to $23.6 million at 4,232 venues for a 24-day total of $572.5 million -the sixth-largest of all-time.

Fox’s third weekend of “The Greatest Showman” held nicely in fourth, declining only 12% to $13.6 million at 3,342 theaters for a 19day total of about $77 million. It was followed in fifth by Universal’s third session of “Pitch Perfect 3” with $10.2 million at 3,458 sites, lifting its 17-day take to a solid $86 million.

Fox’s fourth weekend of animated comedy “Ferdinand” finished sixth with $7.7 million at 3,156 venues, followed by Jessica Chastain’s “Molly’s Game” from STXfilms, which brought in $7 million after expanding to 1,608 sites from 271. Chastain received a Golden Globe nomination for best actress in a drama for her work in the film -- whether or not she wins will be determined Sunday.

The film also received a Producers Guild Award nomination on Friday for best film, a day after Aaron Sorkin’s script received a Writers Guild nom for adapted screenplay.

The “Jumanji” sequel has taken in $244.4 million in its first 19 days domestically. It’s the first weekend box office win for “Jumanji” -- which has gone past “Justice League” as the ninth-largest domestic grosser among 2017 titles.

“Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle” is also topping the $500 million mark worldwide. (rtr)

Martin McDonagh (L), winner for Best Screenplay - Motion Picture, Sam Rockwell, winner for Best Performance By An Actor In A Supporting Role In Any Motion Picture, and Frances McDormand, winner for Best Performance

By An Actress In A Motion Picture - Drama, pose backstage after also winning the award for Best Motion Picture - Drama for “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.”

‘Three Billboards’ wins big as Golden Globes power through sex scandal

LOS ANGELES - Dark drama “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” was the big winner with four Golden Globes awards on Sunday on a night marked by scathing jokes about sexual harassment and passionate odes to those breaking their silence.

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Director Jake Kasdan (L), cast members Dwayne Johnson (C)and Karen Gillan attend a news conference promoting their film “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle” in Beijing, China, January 4, 2018.

Mother-daughter comedy “Lady Bird” was named best comedy film and the indie A24 movie’s star Saoirse Ronan won for comedy actress. Gary Oldman was named best drama movie actor for his role as British wartime leader Winston Churchill in Focus Features’ “Darkest Hour” and Frances McDormand took home the award for drama actress for her role as an angry mother seeking vengeance in Fox Searchlight’s “Three Billboards.”

James Franco won the comedy actor award for his cult movie homage “The Disaster Artist,” also from A24. Mexican director Guillermo del Toro won best director for magical fantasy “The Shape of Water.”

However, the night was dominated not by who took home prizes but by jokes and speeches about the sexual misconduct scandal that has rocked Hollywood.

“Happy New Year Hollywood!

It’s 2018. Marijuana is finally allowed and sexual harassment finally isn’t,” quipped Globes host Seth Meyers in his opening remarks, bringing wild applause from the Alist audience in Beverly Hills.

Multiple allegations against actors, filmmakers and Hollywood agents since October 2017 have led to many of the accused being fired, forced to step down, or dropped from creative projects.

Referring to the male nominees gathered in Beverly Hills for the

top television and movie awards, Meyers said: “This is the first time in three months it won’t be terrifying to hear your name read out loud.”

The evening began with the normally colorful red carpet transformed into a sea of black gowns as every actress showed solidarity with victims of sexual harassment inside and outside the entertainment industry. Many have given their own harrowing accounts.

Women kept up the theme inside the Beverly Hilton ballroom.

“This year, we became the story,” Oprah Winfrey said in a rousing speech while accepting the annual lifetime achievement award. (rtr)

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PVC’s former chairman Trinh Xuan Thanh (C) is escorted by police to the court in Hanoi, Vietnam January 8, 2018.

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Vietnam starts high-profile trial over oil firm losses

HANOI - Vietnam began the trial on Monday of 22 executives charged over losses totalling hundreds of millions of dollars at the state oil firm, PetroVietnam, with the most serious offences potentially carrying the death penalty. The defendants included the communist state’s first politburo member to face trial in decades and a businessman who Germany says was kidnapped by Vietnamese agents from a Berlin park.

The trial is part of a widespread crackdown on fraud and mismanagement in the energy and banking sectors that intensified after the security establishment gained greater influence in the ruling party last year.

The PetroVietnam trial in Hanoi was taking place simultaneously with a separate trial in the commercial capital Ho Chi Minh City, where a fraud case involving Vietnam’s Construction Bank was being heard.

The 46 defendants include the bank’s ex-chairman Pham Cong Danh, who is accused of causing losses of 6.1 trillion dong

($268.62 million), according to the government’s news website. Total losses caused by fraud at the bank amounted to 15.5 trillion Vietnam dong ($682.55 million), a previous report said.

The PetroVietnam case at the Hanoi People’s Court was not open to the public and security was tight.

Photographs released by the Vietnam News Agency, the official state news provider, showed defendants handcuffed as they were led to the courtroom.

Of the 22 executives on trial, 12 are accused of “violation of state regulations on economic management causing serious con-

sequences”. Eight are accused of embezzlement, according to the government’s official news website. Two are accused of both.

The most senior former executive on trial is Dinh La Thang, who was arrested last month. He is a former politburo member who was dismissed from his post over the losses at PetroVietnam and then stripped of his role as party head of Ho Chi Minh City.

Also on trial is Trinh Xuan Thanh, who Germany says was kidnapped last year and taken home against his will to face accusations over losses of more than $150 million at a subsidiary of PetroVi-

etnam. Thanh is accused of both corruption and breaking state rules on economic management. A Reuters reporter saw the bespectacled Thanh arrive under police escort at the court on Monday.

Thanh appeared on state television in August and said he had decided to return home to turn himself in. Neither Thang nor Thanh made any comment at the court and Reuters was unable to contact the lawyers representing them. The maximum jail term for deliberate violation of state regulations is 20 years in prison, state television VTV1 reported in a news bulletin on Monday.

Government critics have voiced suspicions that the corruption crackdown is politically motivated, at least in part, and aimed against those close to former prime minister Nguyen Tan Dung, who lost out in an internal power struggle in 2016.

The trial is due to last until Jan. 21.

In a separate case linked to the corruption crackdown, a fugitive Vietnamese tycoon was arrested in Hanoi on Thursday after being sent home from Singapore, where he was accused of immigration offences.

Phan Van Anh Vu, 42, told his lawyers he was also a senior officer in Vietnam’s secret police and was trying to get to Germany and could have details of the operation in which Thanh was spirited home from Berlin last year. (rtr) 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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One of the crowded residents in Denpasar

Equitable development to overcome spatial issues DENPASAR —Equity of economic growth and development are key in addressing spatial planning issues. Once there is equity, population density can be spread out more evenly. Currently almost 70 percent of traffic circulation occurs in Denasar and Badung. Member of Commission II of the Bali House of Representatives, Gede Kusuma Putra, in Denpasar recently said: “There needs to be a breakthrough policy that would allow for an rapid increase in the distribution of wealth. This is not the first time we have discussed this matter. Industry for example could be focused in Jembrana with a showroom in Denpasar so that the people of Jembrana would not have to come to Denpasar to work”, said this PDI-P politician.

However, continued Kusuma Putra, there is no firm political will to make such a policy. Development needs to be done in an integrated manner depending on the strengths of each region. Jembrana for example can work on the fishing industry in Tabanan could create a bog rice mill, Bangli can develop its geopark,

Buleleng can develop an airpot and Denpasar can build a technopark.

“Inter-region development can also be integrated. For example, rice can be grown in regions other than Tabanan like in Buleleng or Karangasem even though they may have another focus. For Example snakefruit in Karangasem and mango in

Buleleng. Then, hotels can also be strongly encouraged to buy these products”, he explained.

According to Kusuma Putra, there is no need to constantly question how continuously a product can be supplied. Natural local agricultural products are available seasonally. Hotel guests can be served the

fruits that are available that season instead of having one type of fruit available all year long, he said.

“Our biodiversity is no less competitive than others and I think that all parties could be excited about taking advantage of this if hotels get onboard. Farmers are excited about this idea”, he explained.

A Balinese spatial planning expert, Putu Rumawan Salain, said there is a need to apply a spatial layout ‘fatwa’ consisting of three aspects; planning, utilisation and control. “Crowded areas need to be controlled and we need to use holistic and integrated planning to develop less densely populated areas”, he said.

In other words, continued Rumawan, construction facilities need to be made available in all parts of Bali. If we want ot develop tourism then the government needs to prepare adequate infrastructure, only then can the public or private sector fill in the rest. For example, the development of hospitality facilities in recreational spots in North Bali from Lovina to West Bali has begun, he explained..

“Negara is an area with a lot of potential that needs to be developed.

The distance between potential attractions is quite close. But is we want equity we need to have longer lengths of stay for tourists”, he added. (kmb32)

Number of evacuees returning home continues to increase

BANGLI —The number of people who were evacuated from Mount Agung to Bangli returning home continues to increase following the recommendations

by Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) to reduce the radius of the danger zone.

Section Head of Emergency and Logistics, I Ketut Agus Sutapa, with permission from

Commander of the Mount Agung Disaster Post in Bangli district who is also Commander of the 1626/Bangli Military District, Andy Pranoto, said on Sunday (Jan. 7) that the number of evacuees in Bangli indeed continues to decline as people return home.

On Sunday (Jan. 7), a family of four returned home from the refugee post in the Learning Activity Center (SKB) of Kayu-

ambua, Susut.

“Yesterday (Saturday—Ed) there were 7 families consisting of 28 people from Besakih Kawan and Kunyit hamlet who retuned home and today another family of four form Suukan hamlet, Pempatan also went home”, he added.

Agus Sutapa added that currently there are 198 families (753 people) who are still inhabiting evacuation posts in the region of

Bangli. There are 319 evacuees at the SKB Kayuamba evacuation post, and 434 in Kubu Many evacuees are feeling safe to go home, though Sutapa added that his agency never recommends that people from villages inside the 6 kilometer radius to go home and anyone wanting to return home has to sign a statement of volition.

Sutapa added that there are still

many people who were evacuated form areas outside of the 6 kilometer radius danger zone in Karangasem who are choosing to remain in the evacuation posts.

“Indeed many people do not feel safe to go home, so they are allowed to stay in the evacuation post. If things return to normal and they want to go home then of course they may do so”, explained Sutapa. (kmb41)

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The Mulia, Mulia Resort & Villas – Nusa Dua, Bali is proud to present an exciting culinary journey from our signature Mediterranean & Pan-Asian restaurant at Soleil, to Oriental tastes of Cantonese & Szechuan at Table8 or an International Gastronomic experience at The Cafe, plus an abundant of additional choices. This February 2018, explore the various indulgences offered at The Mulia, Mulia Resort & Villas – Nusa Dua, Bali.

Korean Street Food at The Cafe South Korea is the land of appetizing street food and The Cafe culinary team has selected some of the best just for this month. Try the Gim Bap, or the Goguma Cheese and especially the Japchae Myeon.

Valentine Confections at Mulia Deli Indulge your beloved one with Mulia Deli’s signature Valentine

Confections. Pamper her with homemade Chocolate Bonbons, Lovely Tarlet and many more hearty creations.

Chinese New Year at Table8 To celebrate the upcoming year of The Earth Dog, Table8 has prepared special dining indulgences, such as the signature fortune toss of Yu Sheng and traditional Nian Gao. Various dining options, from Chinese to international cuisines are also available at Soleil, Edogin and The Cafe.

Live Grouper at Edogin This season Edogin Japanese culinary team features freshly caught grouper fish that is well known for its sweet & mild flavor. Try the Teppanyaki Grouper with Wasabi and Butter sauce or just enjoy it in a

simple sashimi style.

Winter in Burgundy at Soleil February at Soleil features the cuisine of France’s Burgundy region, one of the most notable regions for both wine and food. So grab a bottle of Pouilly-Fuisse and enjoy the traditional bistro flavors of the Cote d’Or through such dishes as Escargot Persillade, Coq au Vin, and Boeuf a la Bourguignon among the selections.

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How alcohol damages stem cell DNA and increases cancer risk

LONDON - Drinking alcohol produces a harmful chemical in the body which can lead to permanent genetic damage in the DNA of stem cells, increasing the risk of cancer developing, according to research published on Wednesday.

Working with mice in a laboratory, British scientists used chromosome analysis and DNA sequencing to examine the genetic damage caused by acetaldehyde, a harmful chemical produced when the body processes alcohol.

Their findings offered more detail about how alcohol increases the risk of developing 7 types of cancer, including common forms such as breast and bowel cancer. It also showed how the body seeks to defend against the damage alcohol can do.

“Some cancers develop due to DNA damage in stem cells.

While some damage occurs by chance, our findings suggest that drinking alcohol can increase the risk of this damage,” said Ketan Patel, a professor at the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, who co-led the study.

The World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer classifies alcohol as a Group 1 carcinogen, citing “convincing evidence” it causes cancer in humans.

A study published in 2011 found that alcohol is responsible for around 4 percent of all cancer in Britain - equating to around 12,800 cases a year.

In Wednesday’s study, published in the journal Nature, Patel’s team gave diluted alcohol to mice and then analyzed the effect on the animals’ DNA. They found that acetaldehyde can break and damage DNA within blood stem cells, permanently altering the DNA sequences within these cells.

This is important, Patel said, because when healthy stem cells become faulty, they can give rise to cancerous cells.

The researchers also looked at how the body tries to protect itself against damage caused by alcohol. The first line of defense is a group of enzymes called aldehyde dehydrogenases or ALDHs, Patel explained. These break down the acetaldehyde into acetate, which cells can then use as a source of energy.

In the study, when mice lacking a critical ALDH enzyme were given alcohol, their DNA suffered four times as damage compared with mice with a properly functioning version of the enzyme. (rtr)

Although the pier damage has occurred since a long time, until now there has been no improvement efforts by local government.

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Pier damaged and sinking

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The Tiangong-1, or “Heavenly Palace 1”, China’s first space lab, was launched into orbit in 2011 to carry out docking and orbit experiments as part of China’s ambitious space programme, which aims to place a permanent station in orbit by 2023.

China’s Tiangong-1 space lab is not out of control - top Chinese engineer

BEIJING - China’s Tiangong-1 space station is not out of control and does not pose a safety threat, a top Chinese spaceflight engineer said on Monday, after reports that the station was falling towards earth.

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Professor Ketan Patel works in the lab at MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, Britain January 2, 2018.

Picture taken January 2, 2018.

The Tiangong-1, or “Heavenly Palace 1”, China’s first space lab, was launched into orbit in 2011 to carry out docking and orbit experiments as part of China’s ambitious space programme, which aims to place a permanent station in orbit by 2023.

Tiangong-1 was originally planned to be decommissioned in 2013 but China has repeatedly extended the length of its mission. The delay of re-entry into the earth’s atmosphere, which China said would happen in late 2017, had led some experts to suggest the space laboratory may be out of control.

Zhu Congpeng, a top engineer at the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, told the state-backed Science and Technology Daily newspaper that the space station was not crashing and did not pose a safety

or environmental threat.

“We have been continuously monitoring Tiangong-1 and expect to allow it to fall within the first half of this year,” Zhu told the newspaper.

“It will burn up on entering the atmosphere and the remaining wreckage will fall into a designated area of the sea, without endangering the surface,” he said.

Re-entry was delayed in September 2017 in order to ensure that the wreckage would fall into an area of the South Pacific ocean where debris from Russian and U.S. space stations had previously landed, the paper said.

The California-based Aerospace Corporation, a non-profit group that works the U.S. government, said the Tiangong-1’s re-entry was unlikely to be controlled but was highly unlikely to hit people or damage property,

according to a post on its website last updated on Jan 3.

“Although not declared officially, it is suspected that control of Tiangong-1 was lost and will not be regained before re-entry,” it said. There may be hazardous material on board that could survive re-entry, it said.

Advancing China’s space programme is a priority for President Xi Jinping, who has called for China to become a global space power with both advanced civilian space flight and capabilities that strengthen national security.

Beijing insists that its space programme is for peaceful purposes, but the U.S. Defense Department has said China’s programme could be aimed at blocking adversaries from using space-based assets during a crisis. (rtr)

Tourist boats forced to anchor at revetment of Terunyan Cemetery

BANGLI -Tourist boats have been forced to dock at the Terunyan Cemetery revetment in Kintamani because the pier at the tourist attraction of Terunyan village has become severely damaged. Despite the fact that the pier has been damaged for some time, the local government has yet to take any steps to fix the pier.

Headman of Terunyan village, Wayan Arjana, admitted on Sunday (Jan 7) that the pier in Terunyan village has been damaged for some time. He explained that the damaged

has been caused by the rising water of Lake Batur and the porous old wood that the pier is made of. “The wood is so old that it has become porous and sunk into the lake”, he explained.

Tourists visiting Terunyan Village therefor have to be picked up and dropped off using the revetment in front of the cemetery. Arjuna however said that so far there have not

been any complaints from tourists.

“So far I have not heard any complaints from guests from boat owners or and rowing groups”, he said.

When asked about efforts to repair the damaged pier, Arjana said that so far he has not received any information about the government’s repair plan.

As previously reported, The gov-

ernment of the district of Bangli has suspended their plans to make repairs to a number of piers on Lake Batur due to budgetary constraints.

Head of the Bangli Transportation Agency, I Gede, recently said that the proposed budget for repairing the piers in Kedisan, Terunyan village and Terunyan cemetery amounts to IDR 7 billion. (kmb40)

Early 2018, drug worth IDR 1.3 billion seized Supplied by inmates from outside Bali

DENPASAR - Directorate of Narcotic Investigation Unit team of Bali Police together with the Counter Transnational Organized Crime (CTOC) Taskforce managed to seize 732.1 grams of crystal meth. This evidence is worth IDR 1,317,780,000 (each gram is estimated to be worth IDR 1.8 million).

There were also four suspects related to this case who were arrester on Thursday (Jan 4.). Ni Luh Putu Mega Karisma, 25, and Riantoni Akbar, 27 were arrested on Jalan Majapahit, Kuta, and Dedik Supramono, 32, and Edwin Ardiansah, 26, were arrested on Jalan Kebo Iwa Selatan Gang Nangka, West Denpasar. Allegedaly the illicit goods hasd been sent by an inmate from Madiun Prison, East Java.

Spokesperson of Bali Police, Hengky Widjaja, accompanied

by Deputy Directorate of Drug Investigation, Sudjarwoko, said on Friday (Jan. 5) that one of the suspects who was arrested was a housewife. The disclosure of this case began with an investigation

by Directorate of Narcotic Investigation Unit and CTOC through which they obtained information that there would be a large delivery of illicit drugs form outside Bali.

On Thursday (Jan. 4) at 20:30 Local Time, police arrested the suspect Mega in front of her boarding room on Jalan Majapahit, Kuta that was then searched. Inside a stuffed toy monkey, the police found 6 packages of crystal meth weighing 605.4 grams gross. “The suspect admitted to having obtained the illicit goods from a courier who had received the goods from an

inmate of Madiun Prison”, said Sudjarwoko.

The police officers continued their investigation. Suspect Marga claimed to be handing the illicit goods over to Akbar whose boarding house is on Jalan Darmawangsa, South Kuta, Badung. A hour later , the police arrived at Akbar’s place where they arrested Akbar and confiscated evidence including a bong, four bundles of plastic clipsa, scales, ATM cards and a handphone. Based on this evidence it appeared that the crystal meth from Marga was to be divided into several packages.

“Both suspects have their respective roles. Mg (Mega) was in charge of picking up and carrying the packages of illicit goods, while Akbar was in charge of keeping watch”, said Sudjarwoko. (kmb36)

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Directorate of Narcotic Investigation Unit team of Bali Police together with the Counter Transnational Organized Crime (CTOC) Taskforce managed to seize 732.1 grams of crystal meth.

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Malaysia’s opposition alliance names 92-year old Mahathir as PM candidate

Rabies positive dog discovered again

Livestock Agency asks people to participate

GIANYAR — Rabies in Gianyar district cannot be totally resolved. This is influenced by people paying less attention to this matter. Finally, at the beginning of this year was found the rabid dog bite cases for the second time. This was disclosed by the Head of the Gianyar Agriculture Agency, Made Raka, on Sunday (Jan. 7).

Made Raka said the bite case was experienced by a resident of Sangging hamlet, Candi Baru, Gianyar, last Friday (Jan. 5). After the victim was bitten, the residents immediately reported the case to the Agriculture Agency in charge of rabies. “From the observation, after biting the victim, the dog did not want to eat and finally died,” he said.

Made Raka admitted that rabies in Gianyar could not be made into zero cases like Denpasar and Klungkung. He said the handling is influenced by the community. “For example, the dog case at Buruan (the first case in 2018—Ed) has asked for vaccination, but when the officers came, the house was closed,” he said.

According to Raka, if the dog owner has an initiative, he can bring the dog directly to the office of agriculture to ask for vaccination.

He also regretted the behavior of people who have not implemented a government appeal. “In accordance with the SOP we often talk about, firstly, if there is a bite, rush to look for Anti Rabies Vaccine (VAR). The dog must be tied. But in this case, many dogs are still left to roam around,” he explained.

Not only that, the movement of dogs from one area to another is also prohibited in accordance with the circular of the Bali provincial government. “If people are not aware of it, it’s difficult. Our officers have disseminated, and even yesterday (Saturday—Ed) they stayed up until one o’clock in the morning to take care of the dog movement at Candi Baru,” he said.

Raka said the rabies dog bite case has occurred for two times in early January 2018. His agency will still monitor the development.

“The bite victim is the dog owner. If the bite victim is someone else, we are hard to trace back,” he said.

Raka also urged people of Gianyar to be aware of the dangers of rabies and discipline about dog handling. “To be honest, Gianyar is ranked seventh. It’s quite good compared to other districts. However, we should not be complacent. If possible, we try to equally achieve zero case (like Denpasar and Klungkung—Ed),” he added.

As reported earlier, at the beginning of this year, a positive rabies dog case was found at Buruan village, Blahbatuh. Moreover, the dog owner, Ketut Catur Udaya, 54, and his wife Sang Ayu Sumargi, 53, were bitten before the dog died on Tuesday afternoon (Jan. 2).

The livestock officer under the Gianyar Agriculture Agency moved quickly to handle it, including doing selective elimination to dogs around Buruan village. (kmb)

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This handout from the Korea Coast Guard taken and released on January 7, 2018 shows the Panamanian-flagged tanker “Sanchi” on fire after a collision with a cargo ship at sea. Thirtytwo people, mostly Iranians, were missing on January 7 after an oil tanker collided with a cargo ship off the coast of east China, the transport ministry said.

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The sokasi basket of her product is sold at different prices ranging from IDR 8,000 to IDR 150,000 according to the size.

Living in refuge, sokasi makers keep producing

AMLAPURA - Most refugees of Mount Agung have lost their livelihoods, especially those from farming groups. However, refugees from other groups or professions living in refugee camps can still be productive. Ni Luh Karya, 36, for example, a cloth and sokasi or basket maker, remains to receive the orders at refugee camp at the Manggis Art Market.

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If the dog owner has an initiative, they can bring the dog directly to the office of agriculture to ask for vaccination.

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With her husband and three of her five children, Karya has been at the Manggis Art Market refugee post since the eruption was first announced on November 26. In the early days of evacuation, residents of Bangbang Biaung had indeed been dormant. There is no spirit to continue their business because they are still haunted by trauma.

After a month and realizing that refuge will not last in short time, they finally tried to get up.

“Previously, I only relied on bamboo materials. Now, I utilize this. The demand is interestingly good,” said Karya who has developed the plaiting art by using rope of newspaper waste since the past five years.

The sokasi basket of her product

is sold at different prices ranging from IDR 8,000 to IDR 150,000 according to the size. Her handicraft products are not only sold in the local market, but also sold to outside the district. She usually markets her own products directly.

The sokasi made by Karya is quite loved because it is not only interesting in terms of color design but also neat. Her product made from newspaper waste is also strong because it has been coated with a bamboo-made frame.

In addition to being sold to the market, during the evacuation Karya also receives many personal orders. Ni Made Swandewi, 32, is one of them. This mother of two children from Subagan, Karangasem, came on Sunday (Jan. 7)

to the Manggis Art Market refugee post to take orders of sokasi. “I order seven pieces and they are of small and large size. I was asked to take today because next afternoon (Sunday afternoon—Ed) she will come home from this refuge,” he said.

At the Manggis Art Market refugee post, there are only two sokasi makers using rope. Another craftsman is still the relative of Karya.

Together, they occupy a kiosk in the back of the local market. However, when living in refugee camp, they are not as productive as at home. In the evacuation, Karya admitted to make maximally two pieces of such basket every day while at home she can make three pieces of the same size. (kmb)

Rescue crews struggle to tame China oil tanker fire; crew still missing

BEIJING - Rescue crews scrambled to bring a blaze on an Iranian oil tanker off China’s east coast under control on Monday as fire raged for a second day following a collision with a grain ship, while the U.S. Navy joined the search for 32 missing crew.

Concerns were growing that the tanker, which hit a freight ship on Saturday night in the East China Sea, may explode and sink as the inferno grew, the official China Central Television (CCTV) said on Monday, citing experts on the rescue team.

The extent of the environmental harm and size of the oil spill from the ship were not known, but the disaster has the potential to be the worst since 1991 when 260,000 tonnes of oil leaked off the Angolan coast.

The U.S. Navy sent a military aircraft to assist with the search, which spanned an area of about 3,600 square nautical miles (12,350 sq kms), but said in a statement it did not locate any of the tanker’s missing crew members.

As of 8 a.m. (0000 GMT), the

search team had not found any of the missing mariners, CCTV said at midday on Monday.

The Sanchi tanker (IMO:9356608) run by Iran’s top oil shipping operator, collided with the CF Crystal (IMO:9497050) about 160 nautical miles off China’s coast near Shanghai and the mouth of the Yangtze River Delta on Saturday evening.

Chinese state media CCTV showed footage on Monday of a flotilla of boats battling flames as plumes of thick dark smoke continued to billow from the tanker.

China sent four rescue ships and three cleaning boats to the site, while South Korea dispatched a ship and a helicopter.

The Panama-registered tanker was sailing from Iran to South

Korea, carrying 136,000 tonnes of condensate, an ultra light crude.

That is equivalent to just under 1 million barrels, worth about $60 million, based on global crude oil prices.

The freight ship, which was carrying U.S. grain, suffered limited damage and the 21 crew members, all Chinese nationals, were rescued.

South Korea’s Hanwha Total Petrochemical Co Ltd, which was due to receive the cargo, said it was looking at ways to replace the lost barrels.

The company may use its own stock, ask Iran for another cargo or seek alternative condensate supplies from Qatar, a spokesman said. The accident was not affecting its operations on Monday, he added. (rtr)

KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia’s opposition coalition on Sunday named 92-year old former premier Mahathir Mohamad as its prime ministerial candidate for a general election that must be called

by August.

With the country’s most popular opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim in jail, Mahathir is seen as the biggest threat for Prime Minister Najib Razak, who is engulfed in a corruption scandal.

Mahathir, who earned a reputation during his 22-year tenure as prime minister of being a nononsense authoritarian with little time for dissenters promoting liberal values, stands to become the world’s oldest leader if the opposition wins.

A victory could also potentially pave the way for former Mahathir foe Anwar to become the prime minister.

Mahathir and Anwar’s wife Wan Azizah Wan Ismail will be the Pakatan Harapan coalition’s candidates for the premier and deputy prime ministerial posts respectively, secretary general Saifuddin Abdullah said at the alliance’s convention.

If the opposition wins, the component parties have agreed to immediately commence the legal processes to obtain a royal pardon for Anwar, Saifuddin said. “...So that Anwar could immediately play a role in the federal government and subsequently be proposed as a candidate for the eighth prime minister,” he said.

The Mahathir-Anwar coalition and their endorsement of each other is a turnaround from their bitter feud that has shaped Malaysia’s

political landscape for nearly two decades. Anwar was once a protege of Mahathir, and the rising star of Malaysian politics, but they had a falling-out in the late 1990s. Soon afterwards, Anwar was jailed on charges of sodomy and graft, after being sacked as the deputy prime minister. He denied the charges, dismissing them as politically motivated.

Anwar later led an opposition alliance to stunning electoral gains in 2013. Najib’s Barisan Nasional coalition lost the popular vote in that election, but managed to stay in power after winning a majority of the seats in parliament.

Anwar was again convicted in 2014 for sodomy, a charge he says was an attempt to end his career, and jailed a year later after failing to overturn the verdict.

The sodomy conviction disqualifies Anwar from political office and from contesting the next election. A royal pardon, however, would let him contest.

Opposition to Prime Minister Najib has brought Anwar and Mahathir back together, with their parties now working in the opposition coalition.

Najib has been embroiled in a corruption scandal involving state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB). In civil lawsuits, the U.S. Justice Department has alleged that about $4.5 billion was misappropriated from 1MDB. The fund has denied any wrongdoing and Najib, who founded 1MDB, has denied all allegations of corruption against him and was cleared of wrongdoing by Malaysia’s attorney-general. (rtr)

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Former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad smiles during an interview with Reuters in Putrajaya, Malaysia, March 30, 2017.

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BUSINESS Data machine cranks back into high gear for 2018

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Ogoh-ogoh, a Medium of Actualizing Art Creativity

industrial output has been buoyant, expanding in October at its fastest annual pace in almost a year. While the economy has lost momentum as sterling’s tumble after the Brexit vote sent inflation climbing, some exporters have gained from the weaker pound and the rebound in the euro zone economy.

“While actual manufacturing output may not be as strong as ... surveys suggest, the uniformly sharp pick-up reported by them implies growth has been decent in November,” analysts at Investec wrote in a note. “Additional support may come from utilities output as temperatures dropped to more typical seasonal levels after a particularly mild October.”

Investec sees industrial production rising 0.8 percent on the month, more than double the Reuters consensus forecast for a 0.3 percent pickup. The data is due out on Wednesday. There are no major central bank decisions due in the coming week.

Sincerely, sophisticated technology is also applied in the design and construction of the demon statue in order to create dramatic effects as desired by the creator. No matter, the money spent can reach millions or even tens of millions of rupiahs. In this context, the presence of ogoh-ogoh can be positioned as a medium to show off artistic creativity and symbol of prestige because the product is deliberately displayed to general public.

Head of the Bali Culture Agency, I Dewa Putu Beratha, said that the ogohogoh parade on Pengerupukan is an expression or artistic creativity to welcome the Caka New Year. This activity is not a part of ritual or it has nothing to do with the Tawur Kasanga ritual. In other words, it is purely an artistic creativity taking advantage of Pengerupukan moment as a medium of actualization. It is a medium to show off the results of creativity to general public.

“Considering it is not a part of ritual, so the procession of parading ogoh-ogoh is not a necessity. In other words, without the presence of ogohogoh the essence of Nyepi celebration will not be reduced,” said Beratha to Bali Post on Wednesday (Mar. 15).

Beratha added that he has not found any religious literature mandating the Hindus to hold the ogoh-ogoh procession on Pengerupukan. To date, the literatures used as a guideline for the implementation of Nyepi and Tawur (including melasti) are Purana Bali Dwipa and Sundarigama palm-leaf manuscript. None of the manuscripts discuss about the ogoh-ogoh.

“So, the excitement of young generation to parade the ogoh-ogoh has no

G2 FRIDAY The broader outlook for both Germany and Britain depends to some extent on the performance of the world’s two behemoth economies, the United States and China, where economic growth has been met with gradually tightening monetary policies.

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Businessmen use their phones as they stand in the central business district (CBD) of Sydney in Australia, May 14, 2017.

U.S. consumer spending, which accounts for more than two-thirds of economic activity, has been supported by steady wage gains as the labour market tightens, potentially paving the way for more Federal Reserve interest rate hikes this year.

In November, retail sales across the country increased more than expected.

Analysts at HSBC suggested the reading for December, due out on Friday, may show a slightly less frantic pace

of shopping as Christmas approached.

Analysts polled by Reuters on average expect sales to have risen 0.5 percent month on month, slowing down from November’s 0.8 percent gain.

Thanks to strong global demand, consumers lapped up Chinese goods at a rapid rate last year, giving the economy a boost and providing policymakers with room to tighten rules to curb high-risk lending.

In November, exports and imports

both unexpectedly accelerated, but analysts expect growth to continue cooling amid a government crackdown on financial risks and polluting factories.

Data for December is expected to show growth in both exports and imports eased somewhat last month, according to the consensus view of analysts polled by Reuters - but staying in or near double-digit percentages. (rtr)

Sri Lanka to raise $500 mln via bonds, divesting state hotels amid debt

COLOMBO - Sri Lanka aims to raise $500 million this month via development bonds and is in the process of divesting two stateowned hotels, the central bank and a ministry said on Monday, as the government faces unprecedented debt repayment this year. President Maithripala Sirisenea’s administration must repay an estimated 1.97 trillion rupees ($12.85 billion) in 2018 - a record high - including $2.9 billion of foreign loans, and a total of $5.36 billion of interest.

The central bank announced plans to raise $500 million in 2-year, 3-year, 4-year, and 5-year Sri Lanka

Development Bonds (SLDB) out of planned $3 billion for this year at both fixed and floating rate arrangement, the central bank said in a posting on its website.

The cabinet last week approved plans to borrow some $5 billion in 2018, including $2 billion of sovereign bond sales and $3 billion of development bonds to refinance big debts that fall due this year. A total of about $2.5 billion worth of SLDBs mature this year.

The government has also called for a request for proposal (RFP) to find investors for 45 billion rupees ($293 million) worth of Grand Hyatt

Colombo property that includes a 458-room, 5-star hotel and 100 apartments. The government has offered 100 percent shares in Grand Hyatt Colombo property and said an investor would be selected through a competitive process, the Ministry of Public Enterprise Development said in a posting on its website.

The government has entered into a 20-year management contract with the Hyatt Group to run the hotel, which is due to be completed and to begin operations this year.

The government also said it was seeking investors for a 51 percent controlling stake in a 350-room

5-star hotel in the heart of the capital, Colombo, which Hilton International runs under a management contract. The ministry said Hilton International had indicated its desire to renew the contract after the current one ends in 2019.

The divestment of state-owned hotels comes as the repayment of expensive infrastructure foreign loans starts this year, which has left the island nation facing a debt crisis.

Central bank governor Indrajit Coomaraswamy said last week the government should go for the sovereign bond as early as possible as there was ample money in global

capital markets ahead of expected rate increases by the U.S. Federal Reserve. The government is trying to pass a Liability Management Act that would allow it to borrow more than budget limit as it tries to manage a debt repayments over the next two years. It also plans to reschedule some loans.

The $81 billion economy expected foreign currency outflows of $5.6 billion in the next 12 months including loans, securities, and deposits, compared with a current $8 billion in foreign exchange reserves, according to central bank data. (rtr)

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Parading ogoh-ogoh (papier mâché demon) across the customary village or hamlet at the night of Pengerupukan seems to have become a kind of ‘necessity’ for the majority of customary youth clubs (sekaa taruna) in Bali. All the creativities and imaginations as well as funds are dedicated to make the ogoh-ogoh as perfect as possible.

LONDON - Data in the week ahead will enable investors to gauge the strength of German and British industry, U.S. spending and Chinese trade at the end of last year - and the first hints on the strength of economic activity at the start of 2018. The German economy has been firing on all cylinders in recent months, with consumption, state spending and rising exports driving growth in both industry and services.

With interest rates low and the labour market performing well, the economy has so far weathered the political impasse resulting from Chancellor Angela Merkel’s failure to form a government since an election in September. She launches coalition talks on Sunday with the Social Democrats, her partners from the 2013-17 administration.

Industrial orders have been strong in recent months, suggesting this sector of Europe’s biggest economy should gain steam at the start of 2018, although actual output has unexpectedly slipped following a more than six-year high hit in August. Analysts at HSBC think that imbalance is likely to have rectified itself to some degree in November, and they forecast a hefty rise in output in particular.

“We expect the order level to be unchanged in November after having risen in the three consecutive months,” they wrote in a note to investors. That would undercut the Reuters consensus forecast for a 0.5 percent rise in orders.

But HSBC expects production to have rebounded by 2.2 percent month on month in November, outstripping the Reuters consensus call for 1.8 percent.

The German orders data is due out on Monday, with output figures to follow on Tuesday. By contrast, British

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scriptural reference. It purely serves as a medium of actualization for the artistic creativity,” he said. Although having no religious reference, Beratha stated that artistic creativity of young people expressed through the ogoh-ogoh tradition should be accommodated. However, the creativity needs to be directed so as not to move wildly and gets the correct portion. For example, the ogoh-ogoh figure should not be harassing a person or particular group as well as free from any pornographic and other negative natures.

“Equally important, the artistic creativity may not drown the essence of the religious ritual itself. People should not give more emphases on the making of ogoh-ogoh than preparing the series of Nyepi procession along with other accompanying rituals,” he warned. The ogoh-ogoh actualized through artistic creativity is also expressed by chief of Praja Taruna Mahottama customary youth club of Sengguan, Sempidi village, Badung, I Putu Candra Pradhita. In a series of the Nyepi celebration this year, this alumnus of ISI Denpasar along with Mika Raditya, Putu Surata, Edy Kusuma, Pande Sukarya and Anom is assisted by members of the other customary youth club to design the ogoh-ogoh with the theme of Sesuluh Ulah Aluh.

The ogoh-ogoh visualized through the figure of garuda or (eagle) mythical bird, rat and veteran reflects the current condition of the nation that is no longer occupied by the other nations but even by its own people.

Indonesia’s diversity is being tested where the strength of the garuda is being combated by troublemaking ‘rats’ that want to dismember the integrity of this nation. (kmb)

Pesan, a Tasty Balinese Traditional Menu

Pesan or pepes is a Balinese traditional menu that is quite tasty.

This menu is also often called tum or anyang or in accordance with respective region. Shape of the package is also different where in general there are three shapes, namely longwise upward rectangle, while others may wrap it like wrapped rice and sideline longwise rectangle like a pillow. However, they all have the same ingredients and preparation.

For the Hindu communities on the Island of Gods, this pesan menu is also used as a means of offering presented to the ancestors. Yet this one is made simpler or smaller, so

it can be easily put into the basket of the offerings. The pesan for offerings is very special as made from selected ingredient such as black chicken, multi-colored chicken and others in accordance with the type of offerings and the level of ceremony.

Well, the pesan menu commonly intended for consumption has larger size. Similarly, the pesan to be sold will have different shape where it is mostly longwise and sideways like pillow. The ingredient also varies. The one for sale is usually made from pork, chicken and fish. Meanwhile, farmers in rural areas usually

take advantage of the ingredients obtained from their paddy fields, such as fish, eels, frog, dragonflies and others.

Well, the pesan made from pork is the most easily encountered. This one is usually sold at restaurants and food stalls in rural and urban areas. Besides, it can also be obtained in traditional markets. If local communities organize a ceremony like wedding, pawukon-based birthday (otonan), cremation (ngaben) and others they will definitely make this type of pesan. This means the activities will involve community members in large numbers and this pesan menu will be served. Local

community is very familiar with this menu.

Ingredient of this pesan menu is selected meat such as ham, skin and blood. The seasoning consists of onion, garlic, pepper and chili plus salt according to taste. Do not forget to add bay leaves to remove fishy smell ??as well as increase the delicious aroma. People in rural areas regularly mix the ingredients with other supplement such as banana heart and banana underground steam and others.

Its preparation is very simple.

First of all, chop the meat to become smooth. While chopping, please be filled with blood so the

meat turns red. The skin is boiled and then sliced thin and into small size. Seasoning of onion, garlic, and chili are sliced ??into small part. Then, the chopped meat is mixed together with seasoning well. Add some salt according to your taste.

When having a little stock of meat, people usually mix with grated coconut to get more batter.

Next, wrap the batter with banana leaves and affix each end of the wrap with bamboo spin. Each wrap is filled with a bay leaf to balance cholesterol. Then, steam them for about 20 minutes. Ultimately, take out and it’s ready to serve. (kmb)

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Sudan bread protests spread, opposition leader detained

KHARTOUM - Protests over rising bread prices broke out in Sudan’s capital and spread across cities to the south on Sunday, witnesses said, as authorities arrested a prominent opposition leader and confiscated newspapers in a drive to curb growing unrest.

The demonstrations followed a similar protest in the southeastern city of Sennar on Saturday, after bread prices doubled in recent days following a government announcement late last month that it was eliminating subsidies in its 2018 budget.

In the southeastern city of al-Damazin, police fired tear gas on Sunday as about 400 demonstrators chanted “No, no to price rises!” and some burned tyres, a local resident told Reuters.

The removal of subsidies is part of austerity measures as the country struggles in the face of inflation running at about 25 percent and an acute shortage of hard currency that has sapped import activity.

Sudan has seen sporadic public protests in the past few years against austerity measures. In 2013, up to 185 people may have been killed, according to Amnesty International, during demonstrations against fuel price increases when thousands took to the streets.

Protests since then have been much smaller and the main opposition parties have called for peaceful demonstrations against the bread price hikes.

Protests spread to downtown Khartoum on Sunday as well as three cities to the south; the southwestern cities of Nyala and Geneina; as well as al-Damazin, residents in these areas told Reuters.

Authorities arrested Omar Al-Dageir, the president of one of the country’s largest opposition groups, the Sudanese Congress Party, party members said. Authorities also blocked the sale of six daily newspapers carrying critical coverage of the subsidy cut and price rises, editors of the papers told Reuters.

The ministry of interior could not be reached for comment.

Sudan has begun a series of economic reforms in line with International Monetary Fund recommendations to try and get the economy back on track, months after a U.S. decision to lift sanctions raised hopes that badly needed investment may return.

This month Sudan devalued its pound currency to 18 per U.S. dollar, more than double its previous peg of 6.7 pounds to the dollar. The rate on the black market hit around 29 pounds to the dollar last week. (rtr)

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A daily paid worker holds baskets of dried fish during the drying process at Muara Baru district in Jakarta, Indonesia, January 8, 2018.

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JetBlue airplanes wait at the gates outside terminal five at John F. Kennedy International Airport on January 4, 2018 in the Queens borough of New York City. A winter storm is traveling up the east coast of the United States dumping snow and creating blizzard like conditions in many areas.

Flooding at JFK airport adds to misery after flight delays

NEW YORK - Flooding from a water main break forced the temporary suspension of some flights at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport on Sunday, adding to the misery of travelers after a winter storm canceled or delayed hundreds of flights in recent days.

A Sudanese man works at a bakery in the capital Khartoum on January 5, 2018. Angry Sudanese queued outside bakeries in Khartoum as bread prices doubled overnight, with bakers blaming a government decision to stop importing wheat.

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Water poured from the ceiling onto a check-in counter and covered large areas of the floor of Terminal 4, video on CNN showed. The disruption occurred while the U.S. Northeast continued to endure bone-chilling weather with the New York temperature at 17 degrees Fahrenheit (-8 Celsius).

International flights to Terminal 4 were temporarily suspended and passengers who had already arrived there were diverted to other terminals, according to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates the airport.

The Port Authority said the water pipe break appears to be weather related. Flights later resumed but with delays, it said.

“What happened at JFK Airport is unacceptable, and trav-

elers expect and deserve better,” Port Authority Executive Director Rick Cotton said in a statement.

The authority said a water pipe that feeds the terminal’s sprinkler system broke, which caused flooding and a led to a temporary power cut in some areas as a safety measure.

The airport on Twitter advised travelers to check with their airlines before arriving.

There were about 3 inches (7.5 cm) of water inside the west end of Terminal 4, Scott Ladd, a spokesman for the Port Authority, said in an email.

The flooding hit just as the airport was crawling back to normal after a winter storm labeled a “bomb cyclone” forced the airport to close on Thursday.

When operations resumed

on Friday, the backlog led to hundreds more delays or cancellations, crowding the terminals with stranded passengers.

More than 500 flights into or out of JFK were canceled and nearly 1,400 delayed from Friday morning to Sunday afternoon, according to the flight-tracking website FlightAware.

The extreme cold and recovery from Thursday’s snow storm created a “cascading series of issues for the airlines and terminal operators,” the Port Authority said.

Equipment froze and baggage handling was delayed, which was compounded by staff shortages and heavier than normal passenger loads, the Port Authority said. The backlog left passengers stuck on planes for long stretches while waiting for other aircraft to get in and out of gates. (rtr)

Regions hold key to accelerating infrastructure development

JAKARTA - The key to accelerating development of infrastructure projects is held by regional administrations, the Public Works and Housing Ministry said, Monday.

Director General of Water Resources Imam Santoso said the success in accelerating infrastructure development depends much on the determination of

regional administrations and their ability to cooperate with the local people.

Imam Santoso cited as an example the implementation of

Immigration detains two Chinese working illegally at Bengkulu power plant

BENGKULU - Two Chinese men were detained by the Bengkulu Immigration Office on grounds of working illegally at the Teluk Sepang Steam Power Plant. “Two workers from China have been questioned in connection with valid documents,” Bengkulu Immigration Office`s spokesperson Markus Lenggo noted here on Monday.

The two Chinese nationals were arrested during an impromptu inspection conducted by the Manpower Department of Bengkulu City on Friday (Jan 5) to check the foreign workers` status at the steam power plant`s site. The status of the two Chinese men had yet to confirmed, as apparently some Chinese

citizens working at the power plant were officially listed, Lenggo noted.

Earlier, Head of the Bengkulu City Manpower Department Munarwan Syaiful noted that the two Chinese men were caught while cutting iron at the project`s site and had failed to present the necessary documents. “They were hired by PT Sinohydro that is involved in the construction of the steam power plant,” he noted.

Syaiful suspects there are other Chinese workers at the site who do not have valid documents; hence, further measures will be undertaken along with the Bengkulu Province Manpower Department and Immigration Office.(rtr)

the Raknamo dam project in East Nusa Tenggara completed in 13 months earlier than schedule.

The dam would be officially commissioned by President Joko Widodo on Tuesday.

Earlier, Public Works and Housing Minister Basuki Hadimuljono said construction of

the Raknamo dam could finished earlier as there was almost no problem in land clearing.

Difficulty in land clearing has been the main drag in the implementation of infrastructure project such as dam, toll road , and power plants in the country.

Land owners tends to raise the

price of their land when they know their lands are needed for projects.

“Construction of the Raknamo dam began in January, 2015 to be completed in January, 2019 , but it could be finished in December, 2017,” Basuki Hadimuljono said here on Sunday.(ant)

Undocumented woman migrant worker detained after dead infant on plane

JAKARTA - An Indonesian woman, detained after the discovery of a newborn infant in an aircraft toilet at Jakarta`s international airport, was not identified as a documented migrant worker, an official stated on Monday.

Director of Indonesian Citizens Protection of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Lalu Muhammad Iqbal remarked here on Monday that the woman believed to be the mother of the ill-fated baby was not on the list of legal Indonesian migrant workers.

“Her name was not found in the database of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Agency of the Placement and Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers,” Iqbal noted, confirming that the woman was a non-procedural worker. The lo-

cal police suspected that the 37-year-old woman secretly gave birth during a flight from Abu Dhabi to Jakarta on Saturday.

The woman was reportedly ill during the Etihad flight and forced the pilot to divert the flight to Bangkok. The flight departed for Jakarta around an hour later without the sick woman, who flew home on a later flight. The dead newborn was not found until the flight arrived at Jakarta`s International Airport Soekarno-Hatta on Saturday.

The airport`s ground cleaners found the baby wrapped in a plastic bag in a drawer in one of the aircraft`s toilets. The cause of death had yet to be determined. Following police investigation, the woman, with the initial H, was detained on Sunday.(ant)

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Pasar Agung Temple AMLAPURA - There is so much beauty and unique aspects at the top of Mount Agung. Other than the beauty of nature, there are also sacred buildings standing in the middle of the road to the summit of the highest mountain in Bali.

These sacred buildings are known as the Pasar Agung Giri Tolangkir Temple located at Sebudi village, Selat subdistrict, Karangasem.

This temple is located in the center of Mount Agung and is usually used as the starting point for travelers wishing to climb Mount Agung. Pilgrims from all counties of Bali come to worship at this temple located on the western ridge of Mount Agung. The mountain top or crater lies at an altitude of 3,400 meters above sea level. Here stands the Puser Tasik Temple, where mulang pakelem animal sacrifices are brought.

At the lower courtyard of the Pasar Agung Temple stands the Melanting Temple. Along with the pujawali or anniversary of the Pasar Agung Temple, pilgrims also say prayers at the Melanting Temple. The pujawali falls on the full moon of October. The Pasar Agung Temple is estimated to have been established around the 1960s.

This temple has a number of shrines ranging from multitiered meru shrine, chamber shrine, bale papelik pavilion, platform, bale gong pavilion and pawedan pavilion. The temple is supported by residents of 16 villages in Selat subdistrict, with four primary supporting villages: Sogra, Sebudi, Bukit Galah and Pemaksan Sebun. (net)

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Grand slam breakthrough beckons for Next Gen leader Zverev

MELBOURNE - With Masters Series trophies, ‘Big Four’ scalps and an appearance at the ATP Tour Finals before his 21st birthday, grand slam success is seen as a matter of when, not if, for German wunderkind Alex Zverev.

It is also one of the last gaps on an already comprehensive tennis resume that features six titles, including five in a breakout 2017.

In the age of Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal, the tyro touted the ‘Next Big Thing’ can generally expect a beat-down from the game’s modern greats.

But Zverev has been giving his own back, felling Federer twice in their five matches to earn high praise from the Swiss master.

“What I like about Zverev is he’s got the full package,” Federer said glowingly at the ATP Finals, where he was pushed hard in three sets by the 20-year-old.

The future, it’s often said, has been slow to arrive in men’s tennis, but Zverev has leap-frogged a string of young talents to be first in line for ‘Generation Next’.

As 22-year-old Australian Nick Kyrgios battles hip problems and tantrums, Zverev has stormed into the top 10 on a wave of impressive self-belief and will be ranked fourth at Melbourne Park.

Confidence can be a fickle friend for bright, young sparks, but Zverev tends not to dwell on defeats, no matter how galling.

“Every good tennis player has to have a short memory,” Zverev said in a recent magazine interview.

“Good or bad.”

Alex Zverev He might, of course, remember little else but tennis, as the son of playing parents and the younger brother of Mischa, the world number 33 who is 10 years older.

His father Alexander represented Russia in Davis Cup while he credits his mother for constructing his formidable backhand.

As a child, he followed his brother and parents on tour, soaking up the lessons of impromptu hits with some of the game’s leading

players. Much more than a talent reaching blindly for the stars, Zverev’s development has been a five-year project of Soviet planning with milestones reached in German efficiency.

His top-10 breakthrough came in Rome, where he defeated Novak Djokovic in the final to become the youngest Masters 1000 winner since Djokovic, himself, won in Miami when 19.

He became the youngest quali-

fier at the ATP Finals since former U.S. Open champion Juan Martin Del Potro in 2008.

By beating Federer in the Montreal final, he became the first player outside the ‘Big Four’ to win multiple Masters 1000 titles in the same season since David Nalbandian in 2007.

With a thunderous serve, impressive mobility for a 6-ft 6-in player (1.98m) and time to burn, little wonder Nadal spoke of Zverev as

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a future world number one as early as 2016.

Just after his 18th birthday, Zverev had made his main draw debut at a grand slam at Wimbledon in 2015, winning his first round match in a five-set marathon against Russian veteran Teymuraz Gabashvili, then world number 53.

He gave Nadal a huge fright in the third round of last year’s Australian Open, pushing the Spanish great to five sets. (rtr)

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Mikaela Shiffrin of the U.S. celebrates during the podium ceremony.

KRANJSKA GORA - Overall World Cup leader Mikaela Shiffrin won her fourth race in a row on Sunday, storming to victory in the slalom at Kranjska Gora by a huge 1.64 seconds.

It was her seventh win in the last eight races in all disciplines, her form peaking with the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang just one month away, and the 40th World Cup win of her career.

Shiffrin is widely expected to retain the Olympic slalom title she won at the 2014 Games in Sochi, Russia, as well as having a shot at gold medals in the giant slalom and

Super G. “I was really aggressive, especially the first run,” she told Swiss television, adding that she did not take an interest in passing the 40win milestone.

“It doesn’t mean so much,” she said. “I’m not focusing on that, I’m really happy with my skiing right now and that’s what I’m focusing on.”

The 22-year-old produced an astonishing first run as she charged down the course in 51.44 seconds, with Frida Hansdotter of Sweden the second-best on 52.91.

Even though Shiffrin eased off

slightly on the second run, when her time was bettered by two other skiers, nobody else could get near her total time of one minute 43.50.

Hansdotter was second and Switzerland’s Wendy Holdener third.

Shiffrin, who won her maiden overall World Cup title last season, tops the overall standings with 1,281 points, an overwhelming lead of 721 points over second-placed Holdener. This season she has won four slalom races, two giant slaloms, one parallel slalom, the Oslo city event and a downhill. (rtr)

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No one justified selection in Arsenal defeat - Mertesacker

Misfiring Real Madrid at a loss to explain their slump

BARCELONA - Real Madrid are consistently misfiring and they don’t know what to do about it. The reigning Spanish and European champions, 16 points behind La Liga leaders Barcelona after a 2-2 draw at Celta Vigo on Sunday, are on the brink of crisis. Fourth in the table and thrashed 3-0 by arch-rivals Barca before Christmas, Real have virtually no chance of retaining the league title and more trouble lies ahead.

Madrid’s bid to win the Champions League for a third season running depends on overcoming big-spending Paris St Germain in the last 16, a tall order for a side playing as poorly as Zinedine Zidane’s men.

Barcelona, meanwhile, have strengthened by signing Philippe Coutinho from Liverpool while Atletico have added Chelsea striker Diego Costa and Sevilla’s Vitolo to their ranks. Defender Marcelo believes Madrid are doing everything they can to turn their season around.

“We started the (Celta Vigo) match running and fighting, but that’s football. We can’t do any more than that,” he told reporters. “We’re doing what we can, trying to play good football, score goals, but it is not working out. We have to face this, go out there and run. There’s no other way.”

Zidane acknowledged that his team are in trouble but cannot put his finger on why. “I have to detect the problem because I am responsible,” the French coach said. “And I’ll try and we will try.”

Unusually for a club with such attacking riches, goals have been a major problem this season and no player has scored more than four in La Liga. Cristiano Ronaldo has 15 netted goals in all competitions but has been a shadow of his former self. Madrid’s team is set up around providing the Portuguese forward with chances but in La Liga he has scored a modest four times in 13 appearances.

Gareth Bale has the same tally in seven games and the Welshman netted both Madrid goals against Celta Vigo on a sour night for the champions from which they were lucky to emerge with a point.

Based on performances there is an argument for Madrid’s tactical approach to be structured around Bale, but Zidane cannot rely on the injury-prone winger to stay fit.

Real’s squad was weakened in the summer by the departures of striker Alvaro Morata to Chelsea and midfielder James Rodriguez to Bayern Munich while the players brought in have not convinced.

Theo Hernandez and Dani Ceballos are two of the most promising young players in La Liga but Zidane appears unwilling to rely on them, preferring to stick with the tried and trusted. Unfortunately for the coach, the experienced double-winning team of last season looks like it has run out of gas.(rtr)

REUTERS/Miguel Vidal

Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo looks dejected after conceding the second goal

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FC Barcelona’s new signing Philippe Coutinho during the presentation

REUTERS/Albert Gea

Versatile Coutinho will be great asset for Barca, says coach

BARCELONA - Philippe Coutinho’s versatility makes him a great acquisition for Barcelona, coach Ernesto Valverde said on Sunday as the Brazilian made his first public appearance at the Nou Camp following his 142-million-pound ($192.57-million) move from Liverpool. “I think he will give us many things -- he has a good goal-scoring record, he gives assists, he’ll be able to help us a lot in attack and can play in the middle or on the wing,” Valverde said.

The coach has yet to decide where the new signing will fit into his fluid side, who are unbeaten in the Liga and Champions League.

“He’s versatile and we can make the most of that. We’re going to see how he trains first and then we’ll decide,” Valverde said.

“I’ve seen him play in a lot of positions for Liverpool and for his country, although I don’t imagine we’ll be putting him in goal.”

Barca beat Levante 3-0 at home on Sunday with goals from Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Paulinho, to stay nine points clear at the top of the La Liga standings and after the game Coutinho put on a club tracksuit to pose for photographs at the Nou Camp.

Coutinho, who will sign his five-year contract with Barca and be officially presented to the media on Monday, is the third

most expensive transfer ever after Neymar Jr. and Kylian Mbappe, both at Paris St Germain, and ahead of new Barca team mate Ousmane Dembele, who cost the Catalans 105 million euros ($126.35 million).

Barcelona midfielder Ivan Rakitic told reporters he was looking forward to seeing Coutinho play at the club. “My opinion about his price doesn’t matter, it went up a bit, the market dictates how much you have to pay, but we are the biggest club in the world, we want another player, and he is one of the best around,” he said.

“The important thing is that every player feels welcome so we can fight for our objectives together. We will welcome him as one more member of the family.

We all know all about him and we’re going to really enjoy his

football.”

Coutinho was also welcomed to Barca by former Liverpool team mate Suarez, with whom he spent two years at Anfield, coming agonisingly close to winning the Premier League title in 2014.

“I’m very happy as a team mate and a friend of his, I think he’s going to contribute a lot to the team,” Suarez said. “Everyone knows how much quality he has, he has spent many years at the elite level. We will help make him feel at home and ensure he adapts well.”

Coutinho’s Barca debut could be delayed due to a thigh injury which kept him out of Liverpool’s last two games against Burnley and Everton, while he cannot play again in the Champions League this season after already appearing in the competition.(rt)

LONDON - Arsenal defender Per Mertesacker accused his team mates of playing like they did not want to defend the FA Cup after the holders lost 4-2 at second-tier Nottingham Forest on Sunday.

M a n a g e r A r s e n e We n g e r made wholesale changes to the side that drew with Chelsea during the week but even with many first-choice names absent it was alarming to see Arsenal outplayed by a callow Championship side.

“You couldn’t see that we really wanted to defend it,” the German said. “This round is always the toughest. You face a Championship side away and you need to be ready but for the majority of the game, we were

not.”

Two goals from American Eric Lichaj before the break and penalties by Ben Brereton and Kieran Dowell after it condemned Arsenal to their earliest exit since the 1995-96 season.

Mertesacker had equalised Lichaj’s early header but Arsenal were overwhelmed by a side 14th in the Championship.

“The manager made a lot of changes, gave a lot of trust to players who haven’t played a lot recently and I don’t think anybody justified their selection today,” he said.

“That sums it up I think. In the second half there was a little bit more spirit from ourselves, but in the duels you could see that they out-battled us.”(rtr)

Action Images via Reuters/Carl Recine

Referee Jon Moss speaks with his assistant referee after Nottingham Forest’s Kieran Dowell scores their fourth goal from the penalty spot

Cagliari apologise to Matuidi over alleged racist abuse

Juventus midfielder Blaise Matuidi said he was the subject of racial abuse during their 1-0 win at Cagliari on Saturday and the Sardinian club later apologised to the Frenchman. The alleged incident happened days after fellow Serie A side Verona were sanctioned after their supporters directed similar abuse towards the same player.

“Today I experienced racism during the match. Weak people try to intimidate with hate. I am not a hater and can only be sorry for those who set bad examples,” Matuidi wrote on his official Facebook account. “Football is a way to spread equality, passion and inspiration and this is what I am here for. Peace.”

Italian media said that Matuidi complained to match officials during the game but no action was taken.

“You are a great player. An example to the youth,” Cagliari said in a reply to Matuidi on Twitter. “We want to apologise to you if you were insulted at the Sardegna Arena because of the colour of your skin. Racism has nothing to do with the Sardinian people. Only ignorance can explain certain behaviour. Respect.”

Serie A’s disciplinary tribunal usually announces sanctions on the first working day after a full round of matches has been completed, meaning the incident is likely to be dealt with on Monday. Last week, Verona were fined 20,000 euros ($24,056) and given a suspended partial stadium ban after supporters racially abused Matuidi following his opening goal during Juventus’s 3-1 away win on Dec. 30.

Serie A’s disciplinary tribunal said that Verona’s Curva Sud (South Curve) would be closed for one

match if there was a repeat incident within a year. Matuidi, who has 62 caps for France, joined Juventus before the start of the current season and has scored twice, both in the league, for the Italian champions.

Cagliari were also involved in an incident last season when Ghanaian midfielder Sulley Muntari walked off in protest during a match for Pescara away to the Sardinian side.

Muntari said the referee had booked him for dissent when he complained about racist abuse from some fans. He was given a second yellow card for leaving the pitch without permission, triggering an automatic one-match ban which was later overturned by the Italian football federation (FIGC). Serie A’s disciplinary tribunal took no action against Cagliari, saying that only around 10 supporters were involved in abusing Muntari.(rtr)

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Tuesday, January 9, 2018

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No one justified selection in Arsenal defeat - Mertesacker

Misfiring Real Madrid at a loss to explain their slump

BARCELONA - Real Madrid are consistently misfiring and they don’t know what to do about it. The reigning Spanish and European champions, 16 points behind La Liga leaders Barcelona after a 2-2 draw at Celta Vigo on Sunday, are on the brink of crisis. Fourth in the table and thrashed 3-0 by arch-rivals Barca before Christmas, Real have virtually no chance of retaining the league title and more trouble lies ahead.

Madrid’s bid to win the Champions League for a third season running depends on overcoming big-spending Paris St Germain in the last 16, a tall order for a side playing as poorly as Zinedine Zidane’s men.

Barcelona, meanwhile, have strengthened by signing Philippe Coutinho from Liverpool while Atletico have added Chelsea striker Diego Costa and Sevilla’s Vitolo to their ranks. Defender Marcelo believes Madrid are doing everything they can to turn their season around.

“We started the (Celta Vigo) match running and fighting, but that’s football. We can’t do any more than that,” he told reporters. “We’re doing what we can, trying to play good football, score goals, but it is not working out. We have to face this, go out there and run. There’s no other way.”

Zidane acknowledged that his team are in trouble but cannot put his finger on why. “I have to detect the problem because I am responsible,” the French coach said. “And I’ll try and we will try.”

Unusually for a club with such attacking riches, goals have been a major problem this season and no player has scored more than four in La Liga. Cristiano Ronaldo has 15 netted goals in all competitions but has been a shadow of his former self. Madrid’s team is set up around providing the Portuguese forward with chances but in La Liga he has scored a modest four times in 13 appearances.

Gareth Bale has the same tally in seven games and the Welshman netted both Madrid goals against Celta Vigo on a sour night for the champions from which they were lucky to emerge with a point.

Based on performances there is an argument for Madrid’s tactical approach to be structured around Bale, but Zidane cannot rely on the injury-prone winger to stay fit.

Real’s squad was weakened in the summer by the departures of striker Alvaro Morata to Chelsea and midfielder James Rodriguez to Bayern Munich while the players brought in have not convinced.

Theo Hernandez and Dani Ceballos are two of the most promising young players in La Liga but Zidane appears unwilling to rely on them, preferring to stick with the tried and trusted. Unfortunately for the coach, the experienced double-winning team of last season looks like it has run out of gas.(rtr)

REUTERS/Miguel Vidal

Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo looks dejected after conceding the second goal

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FC Barcelona’s new signing Philippe Coutinho during the presentation

REUTERS/Albert Gea

Versatile Coutinho will be great asset for Barca, says coach

BARCELONA - Philippe Coutinho’s versatility makes him a great acquisition for Barcelona, coach Ernesto Valverde said on Sunday as the Brazilian made his first public appearance at the Nou Camp following his 142-million-pound ($192.57-million) move from Liverpool. “I think he will give us many things -- he has a good goal-scoring record, he gives assists, he’ll be able to help us a lot in attack and can play in the middle or on the wing,” Valverde said.

The coach has yet to decide where the new signing will fit into his fluid side, who are unbeaten in the Liga and Champions League.

“He’s versatile and we can make the most of that. We’re going to see how he trains first and then we’ll decide,” Valverde said.

“I’ve seen him play in a lot of positions for Liverpool and for his country, although I don’t imagine we’ll be putting him in goal.”

Barca beat Levante 3-0 at home on Sunday with goals from Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Paulinho, to stay nine points clear at the top of the La Liga standings and after the game Coutinho put on a club tracksuit to pose for photographs at the Nou Camp.

Coutinho, who will sign his five-year contract with Barca and be officially presented to the media on Monday, is the third

most expensive transfer ever after Neymar Jr. and Kylian Mbappe, both at Paris St Germain, and ahead of new Barca team mate Ousmane Dembele, who cost the Catalans 105 million euros ($126.35 million).

Barcelona midfielder Ivan Rakitic told reporters he was looking forward to seeing Coutinho play at the club. “My opinion about his price doesn’t matter, it went up a bit, the market dictates how much you have to pay, but we are the biggest club in the world, we want another player, and he is one of the best around,” he said.

“The important thing is that every player feels welcome so we can fight for our objectives together. We will welcome him as one more member of the family.

We all know all about him and we’re going to really enjoy his

football.”

Coutinho was also welcomed to Barca by former Liverpool team mate Suarez, with whom he spent two years at Anfield, coming agonisingly close to winning the Premier League title in 2014.

“I’m very happy as a team mate and a friend of his, I think he’s going to contribute a lot to the team,” Suarez said. “Everyone knows how much quality he has, he has spent many years at the elite level. We will help make him feel at home and ensure he adapts well.”

Coutinho’s Barca debut could be delayed due to a thigh injury which kept him out of Liverpool’s last two games against Burnley and Everton, while he cannot play again in the Champions League this season after already appearing in the competition.(rt)

LONDON - Arsenal defender Per Mertesacker accused his team mates of playing like they did not want to defend the FA Cup after the holders lost 4-2 at second-tier Nottingham Forest on Sunday.

M a n a g e r A r s e n e We n g e r made wholesale changes to the side that drew with Chelsea during the week but even with many first-choice names absent it was alarming to see Arsenal outplayed by a callow Championship side.

“You couldn’t see that we really wanted to defend it,” the German said. “This round is always the toughest. You face a Championship side away and you need to be ready but for the majority of the game, we were

not.”

Two goals from American Eric Lichaj before the break and penalties by Ben Brereton and Kieran Dowell after it condemned Arsenal to their earliest exit since the 1995-96 season.

Mertesacker had equalised Lichaj’s early header but Arsenal were overwhelmed by a side 14th in the Championship.

“The manager made a lot of changes, gave a lot of trust to players who haven’t played a lot recently and I don’t think anybody justified their selection today,” he said.

“That sums it up I think. In the second half there was a little bit more spirit from ourselves, but in the duels you could see that they out-battled us.”(rtr)

Action Images via Reuters/Carl Recine

Referee Jon Moss speaks with his assistant referee after Nottingham Forest’s Kieran Dowell scores their fourth goal from the penalty spot

Cagliari apologise to Matuidi over alleged racist abuse

Juventus midfielder Blaise Matuidi said he was the subject of racial abuse during their 1-0 win at Cagliari on Saturday and the Sardinian club later apologised to the Frenchman. The alleged incident happened days after fellow Serie A side Verona were sanctioned after their supporters directed similar abuse towards the same player.

“Today I experienced racism during the match. Weak people try to intimidate with hate. I am not a hater and can only be sorry for those who set bad examples,” Matuidi wrote on his official Facebook account. “Football is a way to spread equality, passion and inspiration and this is what I am here for. Peace.”

Italian media said that Matuidi complained to match officials during the game but no action was taken.

“You are a great player. An example to the youth,” Cagliari said in a reply to Matuidi on Twitter. “We want to apologise to you if you were insulted at the Sardegna Arena because of the colour of your skin. Racism has nothing to do with the Sardinian people. Only ignorance can explain certain behaviour. Respect.”

Serie A’s disciplinary tribunal usually announces sanctions on the first working day after a full round of matches has been completed, meaning the incident is likely to be dealt with on Monday. Last week, Verona were fined 20,000 euros ($24,056) and given a suspended partial stadium ban after supporters racially abused Matuidi following his opening goal during Juventus’s 3-1 away win on Dec. 30.

Serie A’s disciplinary tribunal said that Verona’s Curva Sud (South Curve) would be closed for one

match if there was a repeat incident within a year. Matuidi, who has 62 caps for France, joined Juventus before the start of the current season and has scored twice, both in the league, for the Italian champions.

Cagliari were also involved in an incident last season when Ghanaian midfielder Sulley Muntari walked off in protest during a match for Pescara away to the Sardinian side.

Muntari said the referee had booked him for dissent when he complained about racist abuse from some fans. He was given a second yellow card for leaving the pitch without permission, triggering an automatic one-match ban which was later overturned by the Italian football federation (FIGC). Serie A’s disciplinary tribunal took no action against Cagliari, saying that only around 10 supporters were involved in abusing Muntari.(rtr)

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Tuesday, January 9, 2018

International

Pasar Agung Temple AMLAPURA - There is so much beauty and unique aspects at the top of Mount Agung. Other than the beauty of nature, there are also sacred buildings standing in the middle of the road to the summit of the highest mountain in Bali.

These sacred buildings are known as the Pasar Agung Giri Tolangkir Temple located at Sebudi village, Selat subdistrict, Karangasem.

This temple is located in the center of Mount Agung and is usually used as the starting point for travelers wishing to climb Mount Agung. Pilgrims from all counties of Bali come to worship at this temple located on the western ridge of Mount Agung. The mountain top or crater lies at an altitude of 3,400 meters above sea level. Here stands the Puser Tasik Temple, where mulang pakelem animal sacrifices are brought.

At the lower courtyard of the Pasar Agung Temple stands the Melanting Temple. Along with the pujawali or anniversary of the Pasar Agung Temple, pilgrims also say prayers at the Melanting Temple. The pujawali falls on the full moon of October. The Pasar Agung Temple is estimated to have been established around the 1960s.

This temple has a number of shrines ranging from multitiered meru shrine, chamber shrine, bale papelik pavilion, platform, bale gong pavilion and pawedan pavilion. The temple is supported by residents of 16 villages in Selat subdistrict, with four primary supporting villages: Sogra, Sebudi, Bukit Galah and Pemaksan Sebun. (net)

Tuesday, January 9, 2018

International

Grand slam breakthrough beckons for Next Gen leader Zverev

MELBOURNE - With Masters Series trophies, ‘Big Four’ scalps and an appearance at the ATP Tour Finals before his 21st birthday, grand slam success is seen as a matter of when, not if, for German wunderkind Alex Zverev.

It is also one of the last gaps on an already comprehensive tennis resume that features six titles, including five in a breakout 2017.

In the age of Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal, the tyro touted the ‘Next Big Thing’ can generally expect a beat-down from the game’s modern greats.

But Zverev has been giving his own back, felling Federer twice in their five matches to earn high praise from the Swiss master.

“What I like about Zverev is he’s got the full package,” Federer said glowingly at the ATP Finals, where he was pushed hard in three sets by the 20-year-old.

The future, it’s often said, has been slow to arrive in men’s tennis, but Zverev has leap-frogged a string of young talents to be first in line for ‘Generation Next’.

As 22-year-old Australian Nick Kyrgios battles hip problems and tantrums, Zverev has stormed into the top 10 on a wave of impressive self-belief and will be ranked fourth at Melbourne Park.

Confidence can be a fickle friend for bright, young sparks, but Zverev tends not to dwell on defeats, no matter how galling.

“Every good tennis player has to have a short memory,” Zverev said in a recent magazine interview.

“Good or bad.”

Alex Zverev He might, of course, remember little else but tennis, as the son of playing parents and the younger brother of Mischa, the world number 33 who is 10 years older.

His father Alexander represented Russia in Davis Cup while he credits his mother for constructing his formidable backhand.

As a child, he followed his brother and parents on tour, soaking up the lessons of impromptu hits with some of the game’s leading

players. Much more than a talent reaching blindly for the stars, Zverev’s development has been a five-year project of Soviet planning with milestones reached in German efficiency.

His top-10 breakthrough came in Rome, where he defeated Novak Djokovic in the final to become the youngest Masters 1000 winner since Djokovic, himself, won in Miami when 19.

He became the youngest quali-

fier at the ATP Finals since former U.S. Open champion Juan Martin Del Potro in 2008.

By beating Federer in the Montreal final, he became the first player outside the ‘Big Four’ to win multiple Masters 1000 titles in the same season since David Nalbandian in 2007.

With a thunderous serve, impressive mobility for a 6-ft 6-in player (1.98m) and time to burn, little wonder Nadal spoke of Zverev as

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a future world number one as early as 2016.

Just after his 18th birthday, Zverev had made his main draw debut at a grand slam at Wimbledon in 2015, winning his first round match in a five-set marathon against Russian veteran Teymuraz Gabashvili, then world number 53.

He gave Nadal a huge fright in the third round of last year’s Australian Open, pushing the Spanish great to five sets. (rtr)

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Mikaela Shiffrin of the U.S. celebrates during the podium ceremony.

KRANJSKA GORA - Overall World Cup leader Mikaela Shiffrin won her fourth race in a row on Sunday, storming to victory in the slalom at Kranjska Gora by a huge 1.64 seconds.

It was her seventh win in the last eight races in all disciplines, her form peaking with the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang just one month away, and the 40th World Cup win of her career.

Shiffrin is widely expected to retain the Olympic slalom title she won at the 2014 Games in Sochi, Russia, as well as having a shot at gold medals in the giant slalom and

Super G. “I was really aggressive, especially the first run,” she told Swiss television, adding that she did not take an interest in passing the 40win milestone.

“It doesn’t mean so much,” she said. “I’m not focusing on that, I’m really happy with my skiing right now and that’s what I’m focusing on.”

The 22-year-old produced an astonishing first run as she charged down the course in 51.44 seconds, with Frida Hansdotter of Sweden the second-best on 52.91.

Even though Shiffrin eased off

slightly on the second run, when her time was bettered by two other skiers, nobody else could get near her total time of one minute 43.50.

Hansdotter was second and Switzerland’s Wendy Holdener third.

Shiffrin, who won her maiden overall World Cup title last season, tops the overall standings with 1,281 points, an overwhelming lead of 721 points over second-placed Holdener. This season she has won four slalom races, two giant slaloms, one parallel slalom, the Oslo city event and a downhill. (rtr)

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Tuesday, January 9, 2018

Sudan bread protests spread, opposition leader detained

KHARTOUM - Protests over rising bread prices broke out in Sudan’s capital and spread across cities to the south on Sunday, witnesses said, as authorities arrested a prominent opposition leader and confiscated newspapers in a drive to curb growing unrest.

The demonstrations followed a similar protest in the southeastern city of Sennar on Saturday, after bread prices doubled in recent days following a government announcement late last month that it was eliminating subsidies in its 2018 budget.

In the southeastern city of al-Damazin, police fired tear gas on Sunday as about 400 demonstrators chanted “No, no to price rises!” and some burned tyres, a local resident told Reuters.

The removal of subsidies is part of austerity measures as the country struggles in the face of inflation running at about 25 percent and an acute shortage of hard currency that has sapped import activity.

Sudan has seen sporadic public protests in the past few years against austerity measures. In 2013, up to 185 people may have been killed, according to Amnesty International, during demonstrations against fuel price increases when thousands took to the streets.

Protests since then have been much smaller and the main opposition parties have called for peaceful demonstrations against the bread price hikes.

Protests spread to downtown Khartoum on Sunday as well as three cities to the south; the southwestern cities of Nyala and Geneina; as well as al-Damazin, residents in these areas told Reuters.

Authorities arrested Omar Al-Dageir, the president of one of the country’s largest opposition groups, the Sudanese Congress Party, party members said. Authorities also blocked the sale of six daily newspapers carrying critical coverage of the subsidy cut and price rises, editors of the papers told Reuters.

The ministry of interior could not be reached for comment.

Sudan has begun a series of economic reforms in line with International Monetary Fund recommendations to try and get the economy back on track, months after a U.S. decision to lift sanctions raised hopes that badly needed investment may return.

This month Sudan devalued its pound currency to 18 per U.S. dollar, more than double its previous peg of 6.7 pounds to the dollar. The rate on the black market hit around 29 pounds to the dollar last week. (rtr)

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A daily paid worker holds baskets of dried fish during the drying process at Muara Baru district in Jakarta, Indonesia, January 8, 2018.

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JetBlue airplanes wait at the gates outside terminal five at John F. Kennedy International Airport on January 4, 2018 in the Queens borough of New York City. A winter storm is traveling up the east coast of the United States dumping snow and creating blizzard like conditions in many areas.

Flooding at JFK airport adds to misery after flight delays

NEW YORK - Flooding from a water main break forced the temporary suspension of some flights at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport on Sunday, adding to the misery of travelers after a winter storm canceled or delayed hundreds of flights in recent days.

A Sudanese man works at a bakery in the capital Khartoum on January 5, 2018. Angry Sudanese queued outside bakeries in Khartoum as bread prices doubled overnight, with bakers blaming a government decision to stop importing wheat.

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Water poured from the ceiling onto a check-in counter and covered large areas of the floor of Terminal 4, video on CNN showed. The disruption occurred while the U.S. Northeast continued to endure bone-chilling weather with the New York temperature at 17 degrees Fahrenheit (-8 Celsius).

International flights to Terminal 4 were temporarily suspended and passengers who had already arrived there were diverted to other terminals, according to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates the airport.

The Port Authority said the water pipe break appears to be weather related. Flights later resumed but with delays, it said.

“What happened at JFK Airport is unacceptable, and trav-

elers expect and deserve better,” Port Authority Executive Director Rick Cotton said in a statement.

The authority said a water pipe that feeds the terminal’s sprinkler system broke, which caused flooding and a led to a temporary power cut in some areas as a safety measure.

The airport on Twitter advised travelers to check with their airlines before arriving.

There were about 3 inches (7.5 cm) of water inside the west end of Terminal 4, Scott Ladd, a spokesman for the Port Authority, said in an email.

The flooding hit just as the airport was crawling back to normal after a winter storm labeled a “bomb cyclone” forced the airport to close on Thursday.

When operations resumed

on Friday, the backlog led to hundreds more delays or cancellations, crowding the terminals with stranded passengers.

More than 500 flights into or out of JFK were canceled and nearly 1,400 delayed from Friday morning to Sunday afternoon, according to the flight-tracking website FlightAware.

The extreme cold and recovery from Thursday’s snow storm created a “cascading series of issues for the airlines and terminal operators,” the Port Authority said.

Equipment froze and baggage handling was delayed, which was compounded by staff shortages and heavier than normal passenger loads, the Port Authority said. The backlog left passengers stuck on planes for long stretches while waiting for other aircraft to get in and out of gates. (rtr)

Regions hold key to accelerating infrastructure development

JAKARTA - The key to accelerating development of infrastructure projects is held by regional administrations, the Public Works and Housing Ministry said, Monday.

Director General of Water Resources Imam Santoso said the success in accelerating infrastructure development depends much on the determination of

regional administrations and their ability to cooperate with the local people.

Imam Santoso cited as an example the implementation of

Immigration detains two Chinese working illegally at Bengkulu power plant

BENGKULU - Two Chinese men were detained by the Bengkulu Immigration Office on grounds of working illegally at the Teluk Sepang Steam Power Plant. “Two workers from China have been questioned in connection with valid documents,” Bengkulu Immigration Office`s spokesperson Markus Lenggo noted here on Monday.

The two Chinese nationals were arrested during an impromptu inspection conducted by the Manpower Department of Bengkulu City on Friday (Jan 5) to check the foreign workers` status at the steam power plant`s site. The status of the two Chinese men had yet to confirmed, as apparently some Chinese

citizens working at the power plant were officially listed, Lenggo noted.

Earlier, Head of the Bengkulu City Manpower Department Munarwan Syaiful noted that the two Chinese men were caught while cutting iron at the project`s site and had failed to present the necessary documents. “They were hired by PT Sinohydro that is involved in the construction of the steam power plant,” he noted.

Syaiful suspects there are other Chinese workers at the site who do not have valid documents; hence, further measures will be undertaken along with the Bengkulu Province Manpower Department and Immigration Office.(rtr)

the Raknamo dam project in East Nusa Tenggara completed in 13 months earlier than schedule.

The dam would be officially commissioned by President Joko Widodo on Tuesday.

Earlier, Public Works and Housing Minister Basuki Hadimuljono said construction of

the Raknamo dam could finished earlier as there was almost no problem in land clearing.

Difficulty in land clearing has been the main drag in the implementation of infrastructure project such as dam, toll road , and power plants in the country.

Land owners tends to raise the

price of their land when they know their lands are needed for projects.

“Construction of the Raknamo dam began in January, 2015 to be completed in January, 2019 , but it could be finished in December, 2017,” Basuki Hadimuljono said here on Sunday.(ant)

Undocumented woman migrant worker detained after dead infant on plane

JAKARTA - An Indonesian woman, detained after the discovery of a newborn infant in an aircraft toilet at Jakarta`s international airport, was not identified as a documented migrant worker, an official stated on Monday.

Director of Indonesian Citizens Protection of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Lalu Muhammad Iqbal remarked here on Monday that the woman believed to be the mother of the ill-fated baby was not on the list of legal Indonesian migrant workers.

“Her name was not found in the database of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Agency of the Placement and Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers,” Iqbal noted, confirming that the woman was a non-procedural worker. The lo-

cal police suspected that the 37-year-old woman secretly gave birth during a flight from Abu Dhabi to Jakarta on Saturday.

The woman was reportedly ill during the Etihad flight and forced the pilot to divert the flight to Bangkok. The flight departed for Jakarta around an hour later without the sick woman, who flew home on a later flight. The dead newborn was not found until the flight arrived at Jakarta`s International Airport Soekarno-Hatta on Saturday.

The airport`s ground cleaners found the baby wrapped in a plastic bag in a drawer in one of the aircraft`s toilets. The cause of death had yet to be determined. Following police investigation, the woman, with the initial H, was detained on Sunday.(ant)

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BUSINESS Data machine cranks back into high gear for 2018

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industrial output has been buoyant, expanding in October at its fastest annual pace in almost a year. While the economy has lost momentum as sterling’s tumble after the Brexit vote sent inflation climbing, some exporters have gained from the weaker pound and the rebound in the euro zone economy.

“While actual manufacturing output may not be as strong as ... surveys suggest, the uniformly sharp pick-up reported by them implies growth has been decent in November,” analysts at Investec wrote in a note. “Additional support may come from utilities output as temperatures dropped to more typical seasonal levels after a particularly mild October.”

Investec sees industrial production rising 0.8 percent on the month, more than double the Reuters consensus forecast for a 0.3 percent pickup. The data is due out on Wednesday. There are no major central bank decisions due in the coming week.

Sincerely, sophisticated technology is also applied in the design and construction of the demon statue in order to create dramatic effects as desired by the creator. No matter, the money spent can reach millions or even tens of millions of rupiahs. In this context, the presence of ogoh-ogoh can be positioned as a medium to show off artistic creativity and symbol of prestige because the product is deliberately displayed to general public.

Head of the Bali Culture Agency, I Dewa Putu Beratha, said that the ogohogoh parade on Pengerupukan is an expression or artistic creativity to welcome the Caka New Year. This activity is not a part of ritual or it has nothing to do with the Tawur Kasanga ritual. In other words, it is purely an artistic creativity taking advantage of Pengerupukan moment as a medium of actualization. It is a medium to show off the results of creativity to general public.

“Considering it is not a part of ritual, so the procession of parading ogoh-ogoh is not a necessity. In other words, without the presence of ogohogoh the essence of Nyepi celebration will not be reduced,” said Beratha to Bali Post on Wednesday (Mar. 15).

Beratha added that he has not found any religious literature mandating the Hindus to hold the ogoh-ogoh procession on Pengerupukan. To date, the literatures used as a guideline for the implementation of Nyepi and Tawur (including melasti) are Purana Bali Dwipa and Sundarigama palm-leaf manuscript. None of the manuscripts discuss about the ogoh-ogoh.

“So, the excitement of young generation to parade the ogoh-ogoh has no

G2 FRIDAY The broader outlook for both Germany and Britain depends to some extent on the performance of the world’s two behemoth economies, the United States and China, where economic growth has been met with gradually tightening monetary policies.

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Businessmen use their phones as they stand in the central business district (CBD) of Sydney in Australia, May 14, 2017.

U.S. consumer spending, which accounts for more than two-thirds of economic activity, has been supported by steady wage gains as the labour market tightens, potentially paving the way for more Federal Reserve interest rate hikes this year.

In November, retail sales across the country increased more than expected.

Analysts at HSBC suggested the reading for December, due out on Friday, may show a slightly less frantic pace

of shopping as Christmas approached.

Analysts polled by Reuters on average expect sales to have risen 0.5 percent month on month, slowing down from November’s 0.8 percent gain.

Thanks to strong global demand, consumers lapped up Chinese goods at a rapid rate last year, giving the economy a boost and providing policymakers with room to tighten rules to curb high-risk lending.

In November, exports and imports

both unexpectedly accelerated, but analysts expect growth to continue cooling amid a government crackdown on financial risks and polluting factories.

Data for December is expected to show growth in both exports and imports eased somewhat last month, according to the consensus view of analysts polled by Reuters - but staying in or near double-digit percentages. (rtr)

Sri Lanka to raise $500 mln via bonds, divesting state hotels amid debt

COLOMBO - Sri Lanka aims to raise $500 million this month via development bonds and is in the process of divesting two stateowned hotels, the central bank and a ministry said on Monday, as the government faces unprecedented debt repayment this year. President Maithripala Sirisenea’s administration must repay an estimated 1.97 trillion rupees ($12.85 billion) in 2018 - a record high - including $2.9 billion of foreign loans, and a total of $5.36 billion of interest.

The central bank announced plans to raise $500 million in 2-year, 3-year, 4-year, and 5-year Sri Lanka

Development Bonds (SLDB) out of planned $3 billion for this year at both fixed and floating rate arrangement, the central bank said in a posting on its website.

The cabinet last week approved plans to borrow some $5 billion in 2018, including $2 billion of sovereign bond sales and $3 billion of development bonds to refinance big debts that fall due this year. A total of about $2.5 billion worth of SLDBs mature this year.

The government has also called for a request for proposal (RFP) to find investors for 45 billion rupees ($293 million) worth of Grand Hyatt

Colombo property that includes a 458-room, 5-star hotel and 100 apartments. The government has offered 100 percent shares in Grand Hyatt Colombo property and said an investor would be selected through a competitive process, the Ministry of Public Enterprise Development said in a posting on its website.

The government has entered into a 20-year management contract with the Hyatt Group to run the hotel, which is due to be completed and to begin operations this year.

The government also said it was seeking investors for a 51 percent controlling stake in a 350-room

5-star hotel in the heart of the capital, Colombo, which Hilton International runs under a management contract. The ministry said Hilton International had indicated its desire to renew the contract after the current one ends in 2019.

The divestment of state-owned hotels comes as the repayment of expensive infrastructure foreign loans starts this year, which has left the island nation facing a debt crisis.

Central bank governor Indrajit Coomaraswamy said last week the government should go for the sovereign bond as early as possible as there was ample money in global

capital markets ahead of expected rate increases by the U.S. Federal Reserve. The government is trying to pass a Liability Management Act that would allow it to borrow more than budget limit as it tries to manage a debt repayments over the next two years. It also plans to reschedule some loans.

The $81 billion economy expected foreign currency outflows of $5.6 billion in the next 12 months including loans, securities, and deposits, compared with a current $8 billion in foreign exchange reserves, according to central bank data. (rtr)

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Parading ogoh-ogoh (papier mâché demon) across the customary village or hamlet at the night of Pengerupukan seems to have become a kind of ‘necessity’ for the majority of customary youth clubs (sekaa taruna) in Bali. All the creativities and imaginations as well as funds are dedicated to make the ogoh-ogoh as perfect as possible.

LONDON - Data in the week ahead will enable investors to gauge the strength of German and British industry, U.S. spending and Chinese trade at the end of last year - and the first hints on the strength of economic activity at the start of 2018. The German economy has been firing on all cylinders in recent months, with consumption, state spending and rising exports driving growth in both industry and services.

With interest rates low and the labour market performing well, the economy has so far weathered the political impasse resulting from Chancellor Angela Merkel’s failure to form a government since an election in September. She launches coalition talks on Sunday with the Social Democrats, her partners from the 2013-17 administration.

Industrial orders have been strong in recent months, suggesting this sector of Europe’s biggest economy should gain steam at the start of 2018, although actual output has unexpectedly slipped following a more than six-year high hit in August. Analysts at HSBC think that imbalance is likely to have rectified itself to some degree in November, and they forecast a hefty rise in output in particular.

“We expect the order level to be unchanged in November after having risen in the three consecutive months,” they wrote in a note to investors. That would undercut the Reuters consensus forecast for a 0.5 percent rise in orders.

But HSBC expects production to have rebounded by 2.2 percent month on month in November, outstripping the Reuters consensus call for 1.8 percent.

The German orders data is due out on Monday, with output figures to follow on Tuesday. By contrast, British

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scriptural reference. It purely serves as a medium of actualization for the artistic creativity,” he said. Although having no religious reference, Beratha stated that artistic creativity of young people expressed through the ogoh-ogoh tradition should be accommodated. However, the creativity needs to be directed so as not to move wildly and gets the correct portion. For example, the ogoh-ogoh figure should not be harassing a person or particular group as well as free from any pornographic and other negative natures.

“Equally important, the artistic creativity may not drown the essence of the religious ritual itself. People should not give more emphases on the making of ogoh-ogoh than preparing the series of Nyepi procession along with other accompanying rituals,” he warned. The ogoh-ogoh actualized through artistic creativity is also expressed by chief of Praja Taruna Mahottama customary youth club of Sengguan, Sempidi village, Badung, I Putu Candra Pradhita. In a series of the Nyepi celebration this year, this alumnus of ISI Denpasar along with Mika Raditya, Putu Surata, Edy Kusuma, Pande Sukarya and Anom is assisted by members of the other customary youth club to design the ogoh-ogoh with the theme of Sesuluh Ulah Aluh.

The ogoh-ogoh visualized through the figure of garuda or (eagle) mythical bird, rat and veteran reflects the current condition of the nation that is no longer occupied by the other nations but even by its own people.

Indonesia’s diversity is being tested where the strength of the garuda is being combated by troublemaking ‘rats’ that want to dismember the integrity of this nation. (kmb)

Pesan, a Tasty Balinese Traditional Menu

Pesan or pepes is a Balinese traditional menu that is quite tasty.

This menu is also often called tum or anyang or in accordance with respective region. Shape of the package is also different where in general there are three shapes, namely longwise upward rectangle, while others may wrap it like wrapped rice and sideline longwise rectangle like a pillow. However, they all have the same ingredients and preparation.

For the Hindu communities on the Island of Gods, this pesan menu is also used as a means of offering presented to the ancestors. Yet this one is made simpler or smaller, so

it can be easily put into the basket of the offerings. The pesan for offerings is very special as made from selected ingredient such as black chicken, multi-colored chicken and others in accordance with the type of offerings and the level of ceremony.

Well, the pesan menu commonly intended for consumption has larger size. Similarly, the pesan to be sold will have different shape where it is mostly longwise and sideways like pillow. The ingredient also varies. The one for sale is usually made from pork, chicken and fish. Meanwhile, farmers in rural areas usually

take advantage of the ingredients obtained from their paddy fields, such as fish, eels, frog, dragonflies and others.

Well, the pesan made from pork is the most easily encountered. This one is usually sold at restaurants and food stalls in rural and urban areas. Besides, it can also be obtained in traditional markets. If local communities organize a ceremony like wedding, pawukon-based birthday (otonan), cremation (ngaben) and others they will definitely make this type of pesan. This means the activities will involve community members in large numbers and this pesan menu will be served. Local

community is very familiar with this menu.

Ingredient of this pesan menu is selected meat such as ham, skin and blood. The seasoning consists of onion, garlic, pepper and chili plus salt according to taste. Do not forget to add bay leaves to remove fishy smell ??as well as increase the delicious aroma. People in rural areas regularly mix the ingredients with other supplement such as banana heart and banana underground steam and others.

Its preparation is very simple.

First of all, chop the meat to become smooth. While chopping, please be filled with blood so the

meat turns red. The skin is boiled and then sliced thin and into small size. Seasoning of onion, garlic, and chili are sliced ??into small part. Then, the chopped meat is mixed together with seasoning well. Add some salt according to your taste.

When having a little stock of meat, people usually mix with grated coconut to get more batter.

Next, wrap the batter with banana leaves and affix each end of the wrap with bamboo spin. Each wrap is filled with a bay leaf to balance cholesterol. Then, steam them for about 20 minutes. Ultimately, take out and it’s ready to serve. (kmb)

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Rabies positive dog discovered again

Livestock Agency asks people to participate

GIANYAR — Rabies in Gianyar district cannot be totally resolved. This is influenced by people paying less attention to this matter. Finally, at the beginning of this year was found the rabid dog bite cases for the second time. This was disclosed by the Head of the Gianyar Agriculture Agency, Made Raka, on Sunday (Jan. 7).

Made Raka said the bite case was experienced by a resident of Sangging hamlet, Candi Baru, Gianyar, last Friday (Jan. 5). After the victim was bitten, the residents immediately reported the case to the Agriculture Agency in charge of rabies. “From the observation, after biting the victim, the dog did not want to eat and finally died,” he said.

Made Raka admitted that rabies in Gianyar could not be made into zero cases like Denpasar and Klungkung. He said the handling is influenced by the community. “For example, the dog case at Buruan (the first case in 2018—Ed) has asked for vaccination, but when the officers came, the house was closed,” he said.

According to Raka, if the dog owner has an initiative, he can bring the dog directly to the office of agriculture to ask for vaccination.

He also regretted the behavior of people who have not implemented a government appeal. “In accordance with the SOP we often talk about, firstly, if there is a bite, rush to look for Anti Rabies Vaccine (VAR). The dog must be tied. But in this case, many dogs are still left to roam around,” he explained.

Not only that, the movement of dogs from one area to another is also prohibited in accordance with the circular of the Bali provincial government. “If people are not aware of it, it’s difficult. Our officers have disseminated, and even yesterday (Saturday—Ed) they stayed up until one o’clock in the morning to take care of the dog movement at Candi Baru,” he said.

Raka said the rabies dog bite case has occurred for two times in early January 2018. His agency will still monitor the development.

“The bite victim is the dog owner. If the bite victim is someone else, we are hard to trace back,” he said.

Raka also urged people of Gianyar to be aware of the dangers of rabies and discipline about dog handling. “To be honest, Gianyar is ranked seventh. It’s quite good compared to other districts. However, we should not be complacent. If possible, we try to equally achieve zero case (like Denpasar and Klungkung—Ed),” he added.

As reported earlier, at the beginning of this year, a positive rabies dog case was found at Buruan village, Blahbatuh. Moreover, the dog owner, Ketut Catur Udaya, 54, and his wife Sang Ayu Sumargi, 53, were bitten before the dog died on Tuesday afternoon (Jan. 2).

The livestock officer under the Gianyar Agriculture Agency moved quickly to handle it, including doing selective elimination to dogs around Buruan village. (kmb)

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This handout from the Korea Coast Guard taken and released on January 7, 2018 shows the Panamanian-flagged tanker “Sanchi” on fire after a collision with a cargo ship at sea. Thirtytwo people, mostly Iranians, were missing on January 7 after an oil tanker collided with a cargo ship off the coast of east China, the transport ministry said.

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The sokasi basket of her product is sold at different prices ranging from IDR 8,000 to IDR 150,000 according to the size.

Living in refuge, sokasi makers keep producing

AMLAPURA - Most refugees of Mount Agung have lost their livelihoods, especially those from farming groups. However, refugees from other groups or professions living in refugee camps can still be productive. Ni Luh Karya, 36, for example, a cloth and sokasi or basket maker, remains to receive the orders at refugee camp at the Manggis Art Market.

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With her husband and three of her five children, Karya has been at the Manggis Art Market refugee post since the eruption was first announced on November 26. In the early days of evacuation, residents of Bangbang Biaung had indeed been dormant. There is no spirit to continue their business because they are still haunted by trauma.

After a month and realizing that refuge will not last in short time, they finally tried to get up.

“Previously, I only relied on bamboo materials. Now, I utilize this. The demand is interestingly good,” said Karya who has developed the plaiting art by using rope of newspaper waste since the past five years.

The sokasi basket of her product

is sold at different prices ranging from IDR 8,000 to IDR 150,000 according to the size. Her handicraft products are not only sold in the local market, but also sold to outside the district. She usually markets her own products directly.

The sokasi made by Karya is quite loved because it is not only interesting in terms of color design but also neat. Her product made from newspaper waste is also strong because it has been coated with a bamboo-made frame.

In addition to being sold to the market, during the evacuation Karya also receives many personal orders. Ni Made Swandewi, 32, is one of them. This mother of two children from Subagan, Karangasem, came on Sunday (Jan. 7)

to the Manggis Art Market refugee post to take orders of sokasi. “I order seven pieces and they are of small and large size. I was asked to take today because next afternoon (Sunday afternoon—Ed) she will come home from this refuge,” he said.

At the Manggis Art Market refugee post, there are only two sokasi makers using rope. Another craftsman is still the relative of Karya.

Together, they occupy a kiosk in the back of the local market. However, when living in refugee camp, they are not as productive as at home. In the evacuation, Karya admitted to make maximally two pieces of such basket every day while at home she can make three pieces of the same size. (kmb)

Rescue crews struggle to tame China oil tanker fire; crew still missing

BEIJING - Rescue crews scrambled to bring a blaze on an Iranian oil tanker off China’s east coast under control on Monday as fire raged for a second day following a collision with a grain ship, while the U.S. Navy joined the search for 32 missing crew.

Concerns were growing that the tanker, which hit a freight ship on Saturday night in the East China Sea, may explode and sink as the inferno grew, the official China Central Television (CCTV) said on Monday, citing experts on the rescue team.

The extent of the environmental harm and size of the oil spill from the ship were not known, but the disaster has the potential to be the worst since 1991 when 260,000 tonnes of oil leaked off the Angolan coast.

The U.S. Navy sent a military aircraft to assist with the search, which spanned an area of about 3,600 square nautical miles (12,350 sq kms), but said in a statement it did not locate any of the tanker’s missing crew members.

As of 8 a.m. (0000 GMT), the

search team had not found any of the missing mariners, CCTV said at midday on Monday.

The Sanchi tanker (IMO:9356608) run by Iran’s top oil shipping operator, collided with the CF Crystal (IMO:9497050) about 160 nautical miles off China’s coast near Shanghai and the mouth of the Yangtze River Delta on Saturday evening.

Chinese state media CCTV showed footage on Monday of a flotilla of boats battling flames as plumes of thick dark smoke continued to billow from the tanker.

China sent four rescue ships and three cleaning boats to the site, while South Korea dispatched a ship and a helicopter.

The Panama-registered tanker was sailing from Iran to South

Korea, carrying 136,000 tonnes of condensate, an ultra light crude.

That is equivalent to just under 1 million barrels, worth about $60 million, based on global crude oil prices.

The freight ship, which was carrying U.S. grain, suffered limited damage and the 21 crew members, all Chinese nationals, were rescued.

South Korea’s Hanwha Total Petrochemical Co Ltd, which was due to receive the cargo, said it was looking at ways to replace the lost barrels.

The company may use its own stock, ask Iran for another cargo or seek alternative condensate supplies from Qatar, a spokesman said. The accident was not affecting its operations on Monday, he added. (rtr)

KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia’s opposition coalition on Sunday named 92-year old former premier Mahathir Mohamad as its prime ministerial candidate for a general election that must be called

by August.

With the country’s most popular opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim in jail, Mahathir is seen as the biggest threat for Prime Minister Najib Razak, who is engulfed in a corruption scandal.

Mahathir, who earned a reputation during his 22-year tenure as prime minister of being a nononsense authoritarian with little time for dissenters promoting liberal values, stands to become the world’s oldest leader if the opposition wins.

A victory could also potentially pave the way for former Mahathir foe Anwar to become the prime minister.

Mahathir and Anwar’s wife Wan Azizah Wan Ismail will be the Pakatan Harapan coalition’s candidates for the premier and deputy prime ministerial posts respectively, secretary general Saifuddin Abdullah said at the alliance’s convention.

If the opposition wins, the component parties have agreed to immediately commence the legal processes to obtain a royal pardon for Anwar, Saifuddin said. “...So that Anwar could immediately play a role in the federal government and subsequently be proposed as a candidate for the eighth prime minister,” he said.

The Mahathir-Anwar coalition and their endorsement of each other is a turnaround from their bitter feud that has shaped Malaysia’s

political landscape for nearly two decades. Anwar was once a protege of Mahathir, and the rising star of Malaysian politics, but they had a falling-out in the late 1990s. Soon afterwards, Anwar was jailed on charges of sodomy and graft, after being sacked as the deputy prime minister. He denied the charges, dismissing them as politically motivated.

Anwar later led an opposition alliance to stunning electoral gains in 2013. Najib’s Barisan Nasional coalition lost the popular vote in that election, but managed to stay in power after winning a majority of the seats in parliament.

Anwar was again convicted in 2014 for sodomy, a charge he says was an attempt to end his career, and jailed a year later after failing to overturn the verdict.

The sodomy conviction disqualifies Anwar from political office and from contesting the next election. A royal pardon, however, would let him contest.

Opposition to Prime Minister Najib has brought Anwar and Mahathir back together, with their parties now working in the opposition coalition.

Najib has been embroiled in a corruption scandal involving state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB). In civil lawsuits, the U.S. Justice Department has alleged that about $4.5 billion was misappropriated from 1MDB. The fund has denied any wrongdoing and Najib, who founded 1MDB, has denied all allegations of corruption against him and was cleared of wrongdoing by Malaysia’s attorney-general. (rtr)

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Former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad smiles during an interview with Reuters in Putrajaya, Malaysia, March 30, 2017.

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How alcohol damages stem cell DNA and increases cancer risk

LONDON - Drinking alcohol produces a harmful chemical in the body which can lead to permanent genetic damage in the DNA of stem cells, increasing the risk of cancer developing, according to research published on Wednesday.

Working with mice in a laboratory, British scientists used chromosome analysis and DNA sequencing to examine the genetic damage caused by acetaldehyde, a harmful chemical produced when the body processes alcohol.

Their findings offered more detail about how alcohol increases the risk of developing 7 types of cancer, including common forms such as breast and bowel cancer. It also showed how the body seeks to defend against the damage alcohol can do.

“Some cancers develop due to DNA damage in stem cells.

While some damage occurs by chance, our findings suggest that drinking alcohol can increase the risk of this damage,” said Ketan Patel, a professor at the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, who co-led the study.

The World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer classifies alcohol as a Group 1 carcinogen, citing “convincing evidence” it causes cancer in humans.

A study published in 2011 found that alcohol is responsible for around 4 percent of all cancer in Britain - equating to around 12,800 cases a year.

In Wednesday’s study, published in the journal Nature, Patel’s team gave diluted alcohol to mice and then analyzed the effect on the animals’ DNA. They found that acetaldehyde can break and damage DNA within blood stem cells, permanently altering the DNA sequences within these cells.

This is important, Patel said, because when healthy stem cells become faulty, they can give rise to cancerous cells.

The researchers also looked at how the body tries to protect itself against damage caused by alcohol. The first line of defense is a group of enzymes called aldehyde dehydrogenases or ALDHs, Patel explained. These break down the acetaldehyde into acetate, which cells can then use as a source of energy.

In the study, when mice lacking a critical ALDH enzyme were given alcohol, their DNA suffered four times as damage compared with mice with a properly functioning version of the enzyme. (rtr)

Although the pier damage has occurred since a long time, until now there has been no improvement efforts by local government.

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Pier damaged and sinking

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The Tiangong-1, or “Heavenly Palace 1”, China’s first space lab, was launched into orbit in 2011 to carry out docking and orbit experiments as part of China’s ambitious space programme, which aims to place a permanent station in orbit by 2023.

China’s Tiangong-1 space lab is not out of control - top Chinese engineer

BEIJING - China’s Tiangong-1 space station is not out of control and does not pose a safety threat, a top Chinese spaceflight engineer said on Monday, after reports that the station was falling towards earth.

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Professor Ketan Patel works in the lab at MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, Britain January 2, 2018.

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The Tiangong-1, or “Heavenly Palace 1”, China’s first space lab, was launched into orbit in 2011 to carry out docking and orbit experiments as part of China’s ambitious space programme, which aims to place a permanent station in orbit by 2023.

Tiangong-1 was originally planned to be decommissioned in 2013 but China has repeatedly extended the length of its mission. The delay of re-entry into the earth’s atmosphere, which China said would happen in late 2017, had led some experts to suggest the space laboratory may be out of control.

Zhu Congpeng, a top engineer at the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, told the state-backed Science and Technology Daily newspaper that the space station was not crashing and did not pose a safety

or environmental threat.

“We have been continuously monitoring Tiangong-1 and expect to allow it to fall within the first half of this year,” Zhu told the newspaper.

“It will burn up on entering the atmosphere and the remaining wreckage will fall into a designated area of the sea, without endangering the surface,” he said.

Re-entry was delayed in September 2017 in order to ensure that the wreckage would fall into an area of the South Pacific ocean where debris from Russian and U.S. space stations had previously landed, the paper said.

The California-based Aerospace Corporation, a non-profit group that works the U.S. government, said the Tiangong-1’s re-entry was unlikely to be controlled but was highly unlikely to hit people or damage property,

according to a post on its website last updated on Jan 3.

“Although not declared officially, it is suspected that control of Tiangong-1 was lost and will not be regained before re-entry,” it said. There may be hazardous material on board that could survive re-entry, it said.

Advancing China’s space programme is a priority for President Xi Jinping, who has called for China to become a global space power with both advanced civilian space flight and capabilities that strengthen national security.

Beijing insists that its space programme is for peaceful purposes, but the U.S. Defense Department has said China’s programme could be aimed at blocking adversaries from using space-based assets during a crisis. (rtr)

Tourist boats forced to anchor at revetment of Terunyan Cemetery

BANGLI -Tourist boats have been forced to dock at the Terunyan Cemetery revetment in Kintamani because the pier at the tourist attraction of Terunyan village has become severely damaged. Despite the fact that the pier has been damaged for some time, the local government has yet to take any steps to fix the pier.

Headman of Terunyan village, Wayan Arjana, admitted on Sunday (Jan 7) that the pier in Terunyan village has been damaged for some time. He explained that the damaged

has been caused by the rising water of Lake Batur and the porous old wood that the pier is made of. “The wood is so old that it has become porous and sunk into the lake”, he explained.

Tourists visiting Terunyan Village therefor have to be picked up and dropped off using the revetment in front of the cemetery. Arjuna however said that so far there have not

been any complaints from tourists.

“So far I have not heard any complaints from guests from boat owners or and rowing groups”, he said.

When asked about efforts to repair the damaged pier, Arjana said that so far he has not received any information about the government’s repair plan.

As previously reported, The gov-

ernment of the district of Bangli has suspended their plans to make repairs to a number of piers on Lake Batur due to budgetary constraints.

Head of the Bangli Transportation Agency, I Gede, recently said that the proposed budget for repairing the piers in Kedisan, Terunyan village and Terunyan cemetery amounts to IDR 7 billion. (kmb40)

Early 2018, drug worth IDR 1.3 billion seized Supplied by inmates from outside Bali

DENPASAR - Directorate of Narcotic Investigation Unit team of Bali Police together with the Counter Transnational Organized Crime (CTOC) Taskforce managed to seize 732.1 grams of crystal meth. This evidence is worth IDR 1,317,780,000 (each gram is estimated to be worth IDR 1.8 million).

There were also four suspects related to this case who were arrester on Thursday (Jan 4.). Ni Luh Putu Mega Karisma, 25, and Riantoni Akbar, 27 were arrested on Jalan Majapahit, Kuta, and Dedik Supramono, 32, and Edwin Ardiansah, 26, were arrested on Jalan Kebo Iwa Selatan Gang Nangka, West Denpasar. Allegedaly the illicit goods hasd been sent by an inmate from Madiun Prison, East Java.

Spokesperson of Bali Police, Hengky Widjaja, accompanied

by Deputy Directorate of Drug Investigation, Sudjarwoko, said on Friday (Jan. 5) that one of the suspects who was arrested was a housewife. The disclosure of this case began with an investigation

by Directorate of Narcotic Investigation Unit and CTOC through which they obtained information that there would be a large delivery of illicit drugs form outside Bali.

On Thursday (Jan. 4) at 20:30 Local Time, police arrested the suspect Mega in front of her boarding room on Jalan Majapahit, Kuta that was then searched. Inside a stuffed toy monkey, the police found 6 packages of crystal meth weighing 605.4 grams gross. “The suspect admitted to having obtained the illicit goods from a courier who had received the goods from an

inmate of Madiun Prison”, said Sudjarwoko.

The police officers continued their investigation. Suspect Marga claimed to be handing the illicit goods over to Akbar whose boarding house is on Jalan Darmawangsa, South Kuta, Badung. A hour later , the police arrived at Akbar’s place where they arrested Akbar and confiscated evidence including a bong, four bundles of plastic clipsa, scales, ATM cards and a handphone. Based on this evidence it appeared that the crystal meth from Marga was to be divided into several packages.

“Both suspects have their respective roles. Mg (Mega) was in charge of picking up and carrying the packages of illicit goods, while Akbar was in charge of keeping watch”, said Sudjarwoko. (kmb36)

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One of the crowded residents in Denpasar

Equitable development to overcome spatial issues DENPASAR —Equity of economic growth and development are key in addressing spatial planning issues. Once there is equity, population density can be spread out more evenly. Currently almost 70 percent of traffic circulation occurs in Denasar and Badung. Member of Commission II of the Bali House of Representatives, Gede Kusuma Putra, in Denpasar recently said: “There needs to be a breakthrough policy that would allow for an rapid increase in the distribution of wealth. This is not the first time we have discussed this matter. Industry for example could be focused in Jembrana with a showroom in Denpasar so that the people of Jembrana would not have to come to Denpasar to work”, said this PDI-P politician.

However, continued Kusuma Putra, there is no firm political will to make such a policy. Development needs to be done in an integrated manner depending on the strengths of each region. Jembrana for example can work on the fishing industry in Tabanan could create a bog rice mill, Bangli can develop its geopark,

Buleleng can develop an airpot and Denpasar can build a technopark.

“Inter-region development can also be integrated. For example, rice can be grown in regions other than Tabanan like in Buleleng or Karangasem even though they may have another focus. For Example snakefruit in Karangasem and mango in

Buleleng. Then, hotels can also be strongly encouraged to buy these products”, he explained.

According to Kusuma Putra, there is no need to constantly question how continuously a product can be supplied. Natural local agricultural products are available seasonally. Hotel guests can be served the

fruits that are available that season instead of having one type of fruit available all year long, he said.

“Our biodiversity is no less competitive than others and I think that all parties could be excited about taking advantage of this if hotels get onboard. Farmers are excited about this idea”, he explained.

A Balinese spatial planning expert, Putu Rumawan Salain, said there is a need to apply a spatial layout ‘fatwa’ consisting of three aspects; planning, utilisation and control. “Crowded areas need to be controlled and we need to use holistic and integrated planning to develop less densely populated areas”, he said.

In other words, continued Rumawan, construction facilities need to be made available in all parts of Bali. If we want ot develop tourism then the government needs to prepare adequate infrastructure, only then can the public or private sector fill in the rest. For example, the development of hospitality facilities in recreational spots in North Bali from Lovina to West Bali has begun, he explained..

“Negara is an area with a lot of potential that needs to be developed.

The distance between potential attractions is quite close. But is we want equity we need to have longer lengths of stay for tourists”, he added. (kmb32)

Number of evacuees returning home continues to increase

BANGLI —The number of people who were evacuated from Mount Agung to Bangli returning home continues to increase following the recommendations

by Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) to reduce the radius of the danger zone.

Section Head of Emergency and Logistics, I Ketut Agus Sutapa, with permission from

Commander of the Mount Agung Disaster Post in Bangli district who is also Commander of the 1626/Bangli Military District, Andy Pranoto, said on Sunday (Jan. 7) that the number of evacuees in Bangli indeed continues to decline as people return home.

On Sunday (Jan. 7), a family of four returned home from the refugee post in the Learning Activity Center (SKB) of Kayu-

ambua, Susut.

“Yesterday (Saturday—Ed) there were 7 families consisting of 28 people from Besakih Kawan and Kunyit hamlet who retuned home and today another family of four form Suukan hamlet, Pempatan also went home”, he added.

Agus Sutapa added that currently there are 198 families (753 people) who are still inhabiting evacuation posts in the region of

Bangli. There are 319 evacuees at the SKB Kayuamba evacuation post, and 434 in Kubu Many evacuees are feeling safe to go home, though Sutapa added that his agency never recommends that people from villages inside the 6 kilometer radius to go home and anyone wanting to return home has to sign a statement of volition.

Sutapa added that there are still

many people who were evacuated form areas outside of the 6 kilometer radius danger zone in Karangasem who are choosing to remain in the evacuation posts.

“Indeed many people do not feel safe to go home, so they are allowed to stay in the evacuation post. If things return to normal and they want to go home then of course they may do so”, explained Sutapa. (kmb41)

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The Mulia, Mulia Resort & Villas – Nusa Dua, Bali is proud to present an exciting culinary journey from our signature Mediterranean & Pan-Asian restaurant at Soleil, to Oriental tastes of Cantonese & Szechuan at Table8 or an International Gastronomic experience at The Cafe, plus an abundant of additional choices. This February 2018, explore the various indulgences offered at The Mulia, Mulia Resort & Villas – Nusa Dua, Bali.

Korean Street Food at The Cafe South Korea is the land of appetizing street food and The Cafe culinary team has selected some of the best just for this month. Try the Gim Bap, or the Goguma Cheese and especially the Japchae Myeon.

Valentine Confections at Mulia Deli Indulge your beloved one with Mulia Deli’s signature Valentine

Confections. Pamper her with homemade Chocolate Bonbons, Lovely Tarlet and many more hearty creations.

Chinese New Year at Table8 To celebrate the upcoming year of The Earth Dog, Table8 has prepared special dining indulgences, such as the signature fortune toss of Yu Sheng and traditional Nian Gao. Various dining options, from Chinese to international cuisines are also available at Soleil, Edogin and The Cafe.

Live Grouper at Edogin This season Edogin Japanese culinary team features freshly caught grouper fish that is well known for its sweet & mild flavor. Try the Teppanyaki Grouper with Wasabi and Butter sauce or just enjoy it in a

simple sashimi style.

Winter in Burgundy at Soleil February at Soleil features the cuisine of France’s Burgundy region, one of the most notable regions for both wine and food. So grab a bottle of Pouilly-Fuisse and enjoy the traditional bistro flavors of the Cote d’Or through such dishes as Escargot Persillade, Coq au Vin, and Boeuf a la Bourguignon among the selections.

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‘Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle’ Roars Past ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi,’ ‘Insidious 4’ LOS ANGELES - Sony’s “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle” handily won the first box office weekend of 2018 over the launch of “Insidious: The Last Key” and “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” with $36 million at 3,801 North American locations.

The fourth installment of the “Insidious” horror franchise scared up a surprisingly strong $29.3 million at 3,116 sites for Universal.

Disney-Lucasfilm’s “The Last Jedi” followed in third with a 55% decline to $23.6 million at 4,232 venues for a 24-day total of $572.5 million -the sixth-largest of all-time.

Fox’s third weekend of “The Greatest Showman” held nicely in fourth, declining only 12% to $13.6 million at 3,342 theaters for a 19day total of about $77 million. It was followed in fifth by Universal’s third session of “Pitch Perfect 3” with $10.2 million at 3,458 sites, lifting its 17-day take to a solid $86 million.

Fox’s fourth weekend of animated comedy “Ferdinand” finished sixth with $7.7 million at 3,156 venues, followed by Jessica Chastain’s “Molly’s Game” from STXfilms, which brought in $7 million after expanding to 1,608 sites from 271. Chastain received a Golden Globe nomination for best actress in a drama for her work in the film -- whether or not she wins will be determined Sunday.

The film also received a Producers Guild Award nomination on Friday for best film, a day after Aaron Sorkin’s script received a Writers Guild nom for adapted screenplay.

The “Jumanji” sequel has taken in $244.4 million in its first 19 days domestically. It’s the first weekend box office win for “Jumanji” -- which has gone past “Justice League” as the ninth-largest domestic grosser among 2017 titles.

“Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle” is also topping the $500 million mark worldwide. (rtr)

Martin McDonagh (L), winner for Best Screenplay - Motion Picture, Sam Rockwell, winner for Best Performance By An Actor In A Supporting Role In Any Motion Picture, and Frances McDormand, winner for Best Performance

By An Actress In A Motion Picture - Drama, pose backstage after also winning the award for Best Motion Picture - Drama for “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.”

‘Three Billboards’ wins big as Golden Globes power through sex scandal

LOS ANGELES - Dark drama “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” was the big winner with four Golden Globes awards on Sunday on a night marked by scathing jokes about sexual harassment and passionate odes to those breaking their silence.

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Director Jake Kasdan (L), cast members Dwayne Johnson (C)and Karen Gillan attend a news conference promoting their film “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle” in Beijing, China, January 4, 2018.

Mother-daughter comedy “Lady Bird” was named best comedy film and the indie A24 movie’s star Saoirse Ronan won for comedy actress. Gary Oldman was named best drama movie actor for his role as British wartime leader Winston Churchill in Focus Features’ “Darkest Hour” and Frances McDormand took home the award for drama actress for her role as an angry mother seeking vengeance in Fox Searchlight’s “Three Billboards.”

James Franco won the comedy actor award for his cult movie homage “The Disaster Artist,” also from A24. Mexican director Guillermo del Toro won best director for magical fantasy “The Shape of Water.”

However, the night was dominated not by who took home prizes but by jokes and speeches about the sexual misconduct scandal that has rocked Hollywood.

“Happy New Year Hollywood!

It’s 2018. Marijuana is finally allowed and sexual harassment finally isn’t,” quipped Globes host Seth Meyers in his opening remarks, bringing wild applause from the Alist audience in Beverly Hills.

Multiple allegations against actors, filmmakers and Hollywood agents since October 2017 have led to many of the accused being fired, forced to step down, or dropped from creative projects.

Referring to the male nominees gathered in Beverly Hills for the

top television and movie awards, Meyers said: “This is the first time in three months it won’t be terrifying to hear your name read out loud.”

The evening began with the normally colorful red carpet transformed into a sea of black gowns as every actress showed solidarity with victims of sexual harassment inside and outside the entertainment industry. Many have given their own harrowing accounts.

Women kept up the theme inside the Beverly Hilton ballroom.

“This year, we became the story,” Oprah Winfrey said in a rousing speech while accepting the annual lifetime achievement award. (rtr)

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PVC’s former chairman Trinh Xuan Thanh (C) is escorted by police to the court in Hanoi, Vietnam January 8, 2018.

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Vietnam starts high-profile trial over oil firm losses

HANOI - Vietnam began the trial on Monday of 22 executives charged over losses totalling hundreds of millions of dollars at the state oil firm, PetroVietnam, with the most serious offences potentially carrying the death penalty. The defendants included the communist state’s first politburo member to face trial in decades and a businessman who Germany says was kidnapped by Vietnamese agents from a Berlin park.

The trial is part of a widespread crackdown on fraud and mismanagement in the energy and banking sectors that intensified after the security establishment gained greater influence in the ruling party last year.

The PetroVietnam trial in Hanoi was taking place simultaneously with a separate trial in the commercial capital Ho Chi Minh City, where a fraud case involving Vietnam’s Construction Bank was being heard.

The 46 defendants include the bank’s ex-chairman Pham Cong Danh, who is accused of causing losses of 6.1 trillion dong

($268.62 million), according to the government’s news website. Total losses caused by fraud at the bank amounted to 15.5 trillion Vietnam dong ($682.55 million), a previous report said.

The PetroVietnam case at the Hanoi People’s Court was not open to the public and security was tight.

Photographs released by the Vietnam News Agency, the official state news provider, showed defendants handcuffed as they were led to the courtroom.

Of the 22 executives on trial, 12 are accused of “violation of state regulations on economic management causing serious con-

sequences”. Eight are accused of embezzlement, according to the government’s official news website. Two are accused of both.

The most senior former executive on trial is Dinh La Thang, who was arrested last month. He is a former politburo member who was dismissed from his post over the losses at PetroVietnam and then stripped of his role as party head of Ho Chi Minh City.

Also on trial is Trinh Xuan Thanh, who Germany says was kidnapped last year and taken home against his will to face accusations over losses of more than $150 million at a subsidiary of PetroVi-

etnam. Thanh is accused of both corruption and breaking state rules on economic management. A Reuters reporter saw the bespectacled Thanh arrive under police escort at the court on Monday.

Thanh appeared on state television in August and said he had decided to return home to turn himself in. Neither Thang nor Thanh made any comment at the court and Reuters was unable to contact the lawyers representing them. The maximum jail term for deliberate violation of state regulations is 20 years in prison, state television VTV1 reported in a news bulletin on Monday.

Government critics have voiced suspicions that the corruption crackdown is politically motivated, at least in part, and aimed against those close to former prime minister Nguyen Tan Dung, who lost out in an internal power struggle in 2016.

The trial is due to last until Jan. 21.

In a separate case linked to the corruption crackdown, a fugitive Vietnamese tycoon was arrested in Hanoi on Thursday after being sent home from Singapore, where he was accused of immigration offences.

Phan Van Anh Vu, 42, told his lawyers he was also a senior officer in Vietnam’s secret police and was trying to get to Germany and could have details of the operation in which Thanh was spirited home from Berlin last year. (rtr) 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.