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Cosby admits supplying drugs to woman in pursuit of sex

Robert Downey Jr. tops Hollywood earners list IBP/Net

LOS ANGELES - Avengers: Age of Ultron fell just short of reaching the box-office heights of its predecessor — but star Robert Downey, Jr. is making even more bank than ever before.

The 50-year-old actor, who made his fifth appearance as Iron Man in the Joss Whedon-directed film, took in a cool $80 million between June of 2014 and 2015, according to Forbes, making him the highest-earning actor in that time period (his earnings for the drama The Judge also contributed to the total). Like his character, Tony Stark, Downey, Jr. is a shrewd businessman, and has cashed in on the massive success of the Disneyowned franchise by negotiating a generous cut of the profits made on sales of movie tickets, merchandise, and home video (he famously made $50 million for the first Avengers).

His cut for the franchise is so high, in fact, that Marvel famously limited the salaries of its other stars, like Chris Evans and Chris Hemsworth, as they entered the fray.

According to Forbes, Downey, Jr.’s fellow Avenger Scarlett Johansson made $35.5 million overall, though that was in part thanks to

her leading role in the hit action film Lucy, as well as her many endorsement deals.

The second highest-earning actor on Forbes’ list is Jennifer Lawrence, who finished with 34th overall, with $52 million, placing her right behind Kim Kardashian. She can thank her role in The Hunger Games for most of that cash, and the film franchise’s final installment — due in November — ensures that she’ll be back on this list next year.

At number three for actors is Jackie Chan, which may come as a surprise to American fans, as he hasn’t done many movies stateside in a long while. But the 61-yearold is still a superstar in China, and earned a mint overseas with Dragon Blade, his film with Adrien Brody and John Cusack, Dragon Blade (the movie will be released in the U.S. on September 4). Chan also owns a Segway dealership and movie theater chain.

Following Chan is Vin Diesel, who flexed his way to a $47 million payday, mostly for Furious 7. Fun fact: If Diesel made $1 for every one of his Facebook fans, he’d make just about the same amount of dough.

Diesel’s Furious co-star, The Rock, meanwhile, made $31.5 million, which is probably really embarrassing when the two hang out and lift together.

Other high earners include Bradley Cooper ($41.5 million, thanks to the unending success of American Sniper, for which he served as both and actor and producer); Adam Sandler ($41 million); Mark Wahlberg ($32 million, thanks to Ted 2 and his producing stint on such projects as HBO’s Entourage and Ballers); Johnny Depp ($30 million, no thanks to Mortdecai); Channing Tatum and Leonardo DiCaprio ($29 million apiece); and Sofia Vergara and Kevin Hart ($28.5 million each). (net)

LOS ANGELES - Embattled US comedian Bill Cosby admitted having supplied powerful sedatives to at least one woman in order to have sex with her, court documents unsealed on Monday showed.

Cosby admitted that in 1976 he had supplied Quaaludes -- a strong depressant widely used in the 1960s and 70s, but which has been discontinued in the United States -- to a woman who later accused him of sexual assault.

The disgraced television icon, who is accused of sex abuse by some 30 women spanning four decades, made the admission in a deposition in 2005.

The 77-year-old actor was questioned by Dolores Troiani, a lawyer for Andrea Constand, a former women’s basketball director at Philadelphia’s Temple University where Cosby studied and was, until recently, a member of the board of trustees.

Constand later took a civil case against Cosby, but the case was dropped by the court due to insufficient evidence.

Cosby’s lawyers had long sought to block publication of the court transcripts, but they were released Monday on the PACER public court records website.

The comedian’s attorneys had argued that his right to privacy meant the records should be kept sealed.

US District Court Judge Eduardo Robreno rejected that argument in a memo on Monday, highlighting “the stark contrast between Bill Cosby, the

public moralist and Bill Cosby, the subject of serious allegations concerning improper (and perhaps criminal) conduct.”

Robreno added that the public has “a significant interest” in the deposition.

His “moralist” remark was a reference to Cosby’s frequent pronouncements on parenting and good behavior, piggybacking on his role as one of America’s most famous TV dads in “The Cosby Show.”

The family sitcom was a huge hit in the 1980s and 1990s, making the actor a household name in the US and around the world.

Before fronting The Cosby Show, Cosby was already famous as a standup comedian and as one of the few black actors at the time to land lead roles, including in the hit secretagent TV series “I Spy.” But from one of America’s bestloved celebrities Cosby has gone to one of its most reviled.

The entertainer was forced to resigned from the board of Temple University, his alma mater, last December, as sexual abuse allegations against him mounted.

He has also canceled several planned comedy engagements and a Cosby television special that was planned for late last year was scuttled.

In an exchange between Cosby and Troiani documented in the court transcript made public on Monday, the comic admitted having obtained seven prescriptions for Quaaludes. (afp)

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Regulation of Badung like double-edged sword

DENPASAR - Uncontrolled construction of accommodation makes the government of Badung take strategic measures. One of the breakthroughs made by Badung is issuing the Regent Regulation No.36/2014 on minimum standards of land area and room area as well as supporting facilities of hotel and condotel.

The policy imposed starting on August 1, 2014 is believed to be capable of posing the growth of hotel and condotel room in the region. Unfortunately, the policy is now unable to slow down the growth of accommodation. Like double-edged sword, the policy dated June 3, 2014, also indirectly closes t h e

opportunity for local people to contribute in the sector.

“It is true that the Regulation of Badung Regent prohibiting the establishment of hotel on the land less than 0.50 hectares in Southern Badung has good and bad side like a double-edged knife. The land of at least 0.50 hectare is mostly owned by outside investors, while local residents mostly have land less than 0.50 hectare,” said Chairman of the Indonesia Tourism Intellectual Association (ICPI) of Bali, I Putu Anom.

He did n o t

dismiss if there are some local residents who have more than 0.50 hectare of land such as in the area of Pecatu, Bukit Jimbaran. However, it must be admitted that they are much constrained in capital if they want to build accommodation. “They have very limited capital to build, including the hotel operations. As a result, local residents tend to sell some of their land in order to get capital or lease their land,” he said.

Nevertheless, this member of the BPPD Badung from Kapal village, Mengwi, does not expect if people build new accommodation because the hotel room has been oversupply.

Ultimately, it will result in unfair competition because the rooms are sold at lower price.

“It is time for us to implement the moratorium consistently. Do not always pursue the target of regionally generat-

ed revenue from hotel and restaurant tax, but try to increase the revenue from other sectors remaining to have many opportunities that can be achieved as long as the leaders carefully see the opportunity,” he said.

He acknowledged that people now want to get rich by selling land to buyers from outside Bali, including to foreigners. This move will certainly shift the local community and they no longer become a host in Bali. “Now, we all have to go back to our identity by observing and applying noble philosophical values of Hinduism,” he said.

Earlier, Chairman of the Indonesia Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI) of Badung Chapter, IGN Ray Suryawijaya, argued that the Regent Regulation No.36/2014 on minimal standard o f building

and room area for hotel and condotel is expected not only to be a paper tiger. The regulation carrying minimal area for hotel development with 0.50 hectare in Kuta, 0.75 hectare in Northern Kuta and one hectare in Southern Kuta is mentioned to be able to stop the rampant hotel development in Badung. However, the regulation will not be effective as long as the supervision by government is not optimal.

“The Regent Regulation must not only be on paper, but should be disseminated and supervised by the officers, the House and the community,” he said.

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Uncontrolled construction of accommodation makes the government of Badung take strategic measures. One of the breakthroughs made by Badung is issuing the Regent Regulation No.36/2014 on minimum standards of land area and room area as well as supporting facilities of hotel and condotel.

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Thousands of mental disorder patients in Bali

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The mosaic stone seekers on Klotok Beach are working without any disturbances.

Local government asked to make a study on Klotok Beach

SEMARAPURA - Repression against mosaic stone seekers on Klotok Beach causes pros and cons in the community. The government of Klungkung is also asked to conduct a study related to damage on Klotok Beach caused by the illegal mining. The study conducted can be the basis of the Regent of Klungkung, I Nyoman Suwirta, in making a policy. All this time, the government of Klungkung cannot provide a solution for hundreds of mosaic stone seekers whose livelihood relies on Klotok Beach.

Chairman of Hanura Klungkung, I Putu Tika, asserted that it needs a comprehensive review on the damage to nature occurred on Klotok Beach. It is done to determine the cause of abrasion currently destroying the Klotok Beach. By that way, the people having searched for mosaic stone on Klotok Beach for decades will not be made scapegoat for the damage. On the other hand, the government of Klungkung is asked to find a solution for hundreds of people seeking mosaic stones.

This former legislator of Klungkung revealed there were at least 500 people whose livelihood relies on the seeking of mosaic stones. The mistake of the government of Klungkung in

the handling or policies can cause hundreds of people to lose their livelihood. Moreover, the mosaic stone seekers are averagely sharecroppers whose economic condition is below poverty line.

His party also asked the Klungkung House on duties to find solutions if the government of Klungkung will discipline the mosaic stone seekers. Do not let the actions taken even causes a new problem for society. “Do not be like the abbreviation of DPRD (parliament) meaning to give priority on self interest, while public interest next. People’s representative must defend public interest and find solution for them with the

executive,” he added.

Separately, Chairman of Commission I of the Klungkung House, Komang Suantara, asked the government of Klungkung, in this case Regent Suwirta, to take definite measures. So far, the mosaic stone seekers are getting rampant while the regent seems to keep silent.

“There should be a deadline, how long he will find a solution so that this problem will not be undecided,” he sneered. When asked for his confirmation related to the study on environmental damage on Klotok Beach, the Acting Head of Klungkung Environment Agency, I Wayan Wasta, could not be reached. (dwa)

DENPASAR - Based on the data from the Bali Health Agency in 2014, the total number of new mental disorder patients reached 1,209 people, while the existing patient reached 3,526 people so that they totally amounted to 4,735 patients. They are the data of Buleleng, Tabanan and Denpasar. From that data, Buleleng has a majority of new patients of mental disorder namely 741 people, Tabanan (308 people), and Denpasar (160 people).

In the meantime, the data in 2015 show that Karangasem County has new patients with mental disorders reaching 74 people, while the existing patients reaches 426 people so that they bring the total to 500 people.

The Head of the Bali Health Agency, Ketut Suarjaya, said that eight of the patients with mental disorder are shackled, where five people are in Tabanan, two in Denpasar and another in Badung.

“These are our data and all of them have been given a handling, but still shackled,” he said, Monday (Jul. 7).

In Bali there are 15 psychiatrists, where one is respectively in charge of the hospital in Buleleng, Badung, Tabanan, Gianyar, Denpasar (Wangaya), Bangli and two people at the Bangli Mental Hospital handling thousands of mental patients. “In the meantime, the Negara, Karangasem and Klungkung Hospital have no psychiatrists,” he said.

In the meantime, Anak Ayu Sri Wahyuni, a psychiatrist at Sanglah Hospital, revealed that Sanglah Hospital receives an average of 12 outpatients with mental health disorder each day. She added that Lely Room is specially treating patients with mental disorders having 20 beds with a maximum capacity of 11 people. “On average, we are treating four hospitalized patients each day, while sometimes the room is empty,” she said not long ago.

Currently, Sanglah Hospital is treating five patients with mental disorders consisting of four male patients and one female patient.

Sanglah Hospital also has an isolation room for patients with mental disorders with specific circumstance and 10 psychiatrists.

Wahyuni explained that patients hospitalized at Sanglah Hospital are in psychiatric emergency category, having tendencies to make noises, running amuck and rampaging because it can injure themselves or others or patients may abandon themselves like unwilling to eat or drink. Sometimes mental patients also have complication with other physical disorders such as kidney failure or diabetes. “Patients may injure themselves such as by drinking Baygon, trying to hang or trying to cut their veins,” she explained.

Mental patients with complications of disease are treated by a psychiatrist team as well as other specialists such as specialist doctor in internal medicine.

Having been treated more than 14 days, while the patients do not show a change in the right direction while they have been given drugs in maximal dose according to standard they need further treatment.

“If their family agrees, the patients are sent to a special hospital namely the Mental Hospital in Bangli,” she said. On the contrary, if the Bangli Health Hospital has mental patients experiencing physical illness such as convulsions or unwilling to eat, then they can be sent to Sanglah Hospital. Considering Sanglah Hospital is a public hospital, there are patients with other diseases that cannot be disturbed, and then the mental patients are treated in Bangli Mental Hospital.

“Public hospitals may only care for 14 days. Its treatment time is limited,” she said. In the meantime, the mental patients with complication disease are treated until the disease is getting better.

She also explained about the differences of general hospital from mental hospital. “Here (at Sanglah Hospital), patients can be waited by family, while mental hospital patients are only waited while in emergency room. When patients are treated in a quiet room, it is unnecessary for family to wait,” she explained. (kmb42)

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Balinese Temple Ceremony

Every Temple and Shrine has a special date for it annual Ceremony, or “ Odalan “, every 210 days according to Balinese calendar, including the smaller ancestral shrine which each family possesses. Because of this practically every few days a ceremony of festival of some kind takes place in some Village in Bali. There are also times when the entire island celebrated the same Holiday, such as at Galungan, Kuningan, Nyepi day, Saraswati day, Tumpek Landep day, Pagerwesi day, Tumpek Wayang day etc.

The dedication or inauguration day of a Temple is considered its birth day and celebration always takes place on the same day if the wuku or 210 day calendar is used. When new moon is used then the celebration always happens on new moon or full moon. The day of course can differ the religious celebration of a temple lasts at least one full day with some temple celebrating for three days while the celebration of Besakih temple, the Mother Temple, is never less than 7 days and most of the time it lasts for 11 days, depending on the importance of the occasion.

The celebration is very colorful. The shrine are dressed with pieces of cloths and sometimes with brocade, sailings, decorations of carved wood and sometimes painted with gold and Chinese coins, very beautifully arranged, are hung in the four corners of the shrine. In front of shrine are placed red, white or black umbrellas depending which Gods are worshipped in the shrines.

In front of important shrine one sees, besides these umbrellas soars, tridents and other weapons, the “umbul-umbul”, long flags, all these are prerogatives or attributes of Holiness. In front of the Temple gate put up “Penjor”, long bamboo poles, decorated beautifully ornaments of young coconut leaves, rice and other products of the land. Most beautiful to see are the girls in their colorful attire, carrying offerings, arrangements of all kinds fruits and colored cakes, to the Temple. Every visitor admires the grace with which the carry their load on their heads.

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Pregnant drinking common in Ireland, England, Australasia: study

PARIS - Twenty to 80 percent of women questioned in England, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand drank alcohol while pregnant, researchers said Tuesday, flagging a “significant public health concern”.

Though most had “low levels” of intake, the data suggested that alcohol use in pregnancy was prevalent and socially pervasive, said a study in the journal BMJ Open.

“New policy and interventions are required to reduce alcohol prevalence both prior to and during pregnancy,” the authors wrote.

The World Health Organization (WHO) warns that alcohol use during pregnancy can damage the unborn child for life -- though there is no certainty about the dose at which it becomes dangerous.

The worst effects are seen with foetal alcohol syndrome -- whose symptoms can include facial abnormalities, and physical and intellectual disabilities.

Drinking while pregnant can also lead to miscarriages, and premature or still births, says the WHO website, and pregnant women are generally advised not to drink.

SCOPE had the highest overall reported prevalence, at 82 percent, of drinking during pregnancy, the team said, and GUI the lowest at 20 percent.

The number for PRAMS was 46 percent.

SCOPE also had the highest prevalence, 45 percent, of binge drinking while pregnant -- measured as six or more units of alcohol per sitting.

One unit is about a glass of wine, a shot of spirits, or half a

The 37th Bali Art Festival Thursday, July 9, 2015 Time

Place

Event

11.00 Ratna Stage

14.00 Ayodya Stage

17.00 Ksirarnawa

20.00 Ayodya Stage

20.00 Ksirarnawa Hall

Panca Mask parade by Pondok Seni Ulian Pongah, Klungkung Children gong performances by Semara Madu Troupe, Gianyar Joged Bumbung dance performances by Gita Suara Ulangun Troupe, Buleleng Art performances by Mekar Sari Troupe, Gianyar Gus Teja World Music performances

20.00 Ardha Candra

Adul gong kebyar performances by Monashatika Troupe, Buleleng and Giri Gurnita Shanti Troupe, Karangasem

Amed needs to build temporary landfill

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An illustration photo of two women having an alcohol drink. Twenty to 80 percent of women questioned in England, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand drank alcohol while pregnant, researchers said Tuesday, flagging a “significant public health concern”. pint of lager.

Smokers were 17-50 percent more likely to drink while pregnant, the numbers showed. There was no comparison with other parts of the world.

“The amount of alcohol drunk

varied across the three studies.

Between 15 percent and 70 percent of the women said that they had drunk one to two units a week during the first three months (trimester) of their pregnancy,” the researchers said.

The number of units dropped substantially in all countries from the first to the second trimester, but the team said this was little comfort.

“Since most women who consume alcohol do so at lower

levels where the offspring growth and development effects are less well understood, the widespread consumption of even low levels of alcohol during pregnancy is a significant public health concern.” (afp)

Signs of aging appear in mid-20s, study finds

MIAMI - Aging is typically studied in the elderly, but a study released Monday said different rates of aging can be detected as early as the mid-20s.

The findings in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences’ July 6 issue are based on a group of 954 people born in New Zealand in 1972 or 1973.

Researchers collected data on the subjects’ kidney, liver and lung function, dental health, the blood vessels in the eyes as well as their metabolism and immune system

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function at age 26, 32 and 38.

They also measured cholesterol, fitness levels and the length of the telomeres, which are the protective caps at the end of chromosomes that have been found to shorten with age.

Using a total of 18 biological measurements, researchers determined a “biological age” for each participant at age 38 -- with some registering under 30 and others appearing to be nearly 60.

When scientists looked closely at the ones who had aged more

quickly, they found signs of deterioration were apparent at age 26, the age when the first set of biological measurements were taken.

Most of those in the group were aging at the expected rate of one biological year per chronological year, or even less.

Others were aging as fast as three biological years per chronological year.

Those whose bodies were aging faster also “scored worse on tests typically given to people over 60,

including tests of balance and coordination and solving unfamiliar problems,” said the study.

And when a group of university students at Duke was asked to look at pictures of people in the group, they consistently rated as older those whose bodies were aging more quickly than the rest.

Study authors said their findings pave the way for future tests that may be easier and cheaper to implement, so that people can find out how fast they are aging in their 20s, when they might

be able to do something about it and possibly prevent age-related diseases.

Previous research has shown that genes account for only about 20 percent of aging, leaving the rest up to health behaviors and the environment.

“That gives us some hope that medicine might be able to slow aging and give people more healthy active years,” said senior author Terrie Moffitt, professor of psychology and neuroscience at Duke University. (afp)

AMLAPURA - Amed tourism area at Purwakerti village, Abang subdistrict, has become one of the main tourist destinations of Karangasem County. However, the famous name of Amed has not been supported by adequate public facilities, particularly regarding the efforts to protect the environment.

Amed has not yet owned a temporary landfill. As a result, waste is still often dumped into the sea.

Headman of Purwakerti, I Wayan Sentuni Artana, when contacted on Wednesday admitted that Amed has not yet owned a temporary landfill.

He regretted that local government only ‘sells’ Amed as a tourist destination. Every year it has contributed regionally generated revenue (PAD) through hotel and restaurant tax. However, the contribution in improving the look of Amed is still very minimal. The making of temporary landfill has been proposed for many times to local government, including in the subdistrict development plan meeting. However, until these days there has been no realization. So, the waste is still dumped into the sea.

However, due to persuasive approach made to residents in recent years, the amount of waste dumped in the sea is already on the wane.

This time some people have started to realize and choose to create their own dust bin at every single lane.

Then, it is transported to landfill at their expense. As a tourist destination, Sentuni wants the Purwakerti village, especially Amed, to have a temporary landfill. Other than accommodating waste from residents and tourism activities, his party also wants to manage the waste independently. Thus, Purwakerti village can independently be responsible for waste production and preserving the local environment. He said that the land has been ready and the

landfill just needs to be built around Amed area.

The Head of the Karangasem Sanitation and Landscaping Agency, I Made Suama, when contacted on Tuesday (Jul. 7) said that his party actually has built an integrated landfill at Culik village whose service is planned to reach Amed. Since it was built in 2014, this landfill is managed by local community group.

It was built at the location because the group is ready to manage and prepares land along with operational costs. “The service is also planned to reach Amed,” he said.

If it can have served hoteliers at Amed, there will be surely contribution to the income of the group.

Unfortunately, at the moment the group can only provide services around Culik village. So far, local government can only provide assistance in the form of building,

waste processing machine and three units of tricycle. Thus, it is unable to serve to Amed because it has not owned garbage truck. This group already requested the assistance of dump truck to local government for service expansion. “Until these days, we have not been able to meet the request (procurement of dump truck) due to budget constraint,” he said.

With this budget constraint, his party hoped this issue can also be answered by Bali provincial government. He asserted that provincial government often provides such assistance to other counties or municipality in Bali. Only Karangasem very rarely gets it whereas it is very much required. He claimed not to know what happens to the proposal of the Karangasem Sanitation and Landscaping Agency to the government of Bali. (kmb31)

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Amed tourism area at Purwakerti village, Abang subdistrict, has become one of the main tourist destinations of Karangasem County. However, the famous name of Amed has not been supported by adequate public facilities, particularly regarding the efforts to protect the environment.

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Environment quality threatened

DENPASAR - Government judged to have carelessly approved investment, chiefly the investment in tourism sector.

As the impact, the government has also become inconsistent in maintaining the quality of environment. This was stated by Executive Director of WALHI Bali, Suriadi Darmoko.

Actually the government, said Suriadi, has performed several studies related to pollution of coastal or river areas through the Environment Agency. The sources of beach pollution in particular have been clear, namely the beaches becoming favorite tourist destinations and the surrounding areas having many tourist accommodations. It also includes the beaches becoming the center of crossing activities or harbors.

“The harbor is clearly having an environmental impact analysis (EIA), so what about its enforcement? Later on, the hotel in the vicinity of the beaches becoming a favorite tourist destination must have a clear commitment. So, there should be consistency to oversee the environmental document. All this time, the process is not accompanied with supervision effort, and it has almost never been heard about the law enforcement on the environmental document,” he said.

A similar case, added Suriadi, also occurred during the construction of the Bali Mandara Toll Road.

In the EIA document, in truth there was never any backfill in the construction of the highway above the water surface. But the sea backfilling remained to be done. There were no legal sanctions, but the previous EIA document was even revised so that the project could continue to run.

“What really happened is the process of omission at the stage of feasibility study or preparation of the environmental impact analysis lacks of seriousness in the feasibility study. Feasible or not feasible is considered feasible. The environmental impact analysis is only used as formalities to get subsequent permit,” he complained.

When the government does not enforce the moratorium of hotel construction, said Suriadi, it does not only have implication for the environmental damages in South Bali, but also in other areas of Bali. In South Bali, for instance, massive hotel construction also causes massive land conversion.

Not to mention the need for water and electricity tends to increase.

Unsurprisingly, Bali is now threatened by water crisis.

“The addition of hotel also increases the need for land or sand for building. Quarry in Bali will not be as massive as today if only used to build people’s houses, not hotels. Source of the quarry is usually in the eastern part of Bali, so that it will also cause damages to the environment, not only in South Bali,” he explained.

Suriadi asked the government not to carelessly approve any incoming investment. Then, it will be made a reason to revise the existing rules. So, please also look at the conditions in the field, whether people are openly receiving the investment or not. On average, the investment projects coming into Bali are conducted secretly.

For instance, it already happened to the Benoa Bay reclamation plan, or the previous one is the permit for natural tourism exploitation in the Ngurah Rai Grand Forest Park (Tahura). (kmb32)

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Police arrest perpetrator of illegal logging

TABANAN - The ranks of the Tabanan Police Criminal Investigation Unit arrested an offender alleged to have committed theft of timber (illegal logging) in a protected forest area of Nyuh Gading hamlet, Mundeh village, West Selemadeg subdistrict.

The perpetrator successfully secured is Slamet Hadi, 32, a villager of West Sroyo, Bangunsari village, Songgon, East Java. Now, the perpetrator is detained in Tabanan Police Headquarters and a number of evidences such as two units of chainsaw and 38 rods of processed teakwood of various sizes.

Chief of the Tabanan Police Criminal Investigation Unit, Nyoman Sukanada, with permission from the Chief of Tabanan Police, Komang Suartana, said that the perpetrator was arrested when his personnel from of West Selemadeg Police made a joint patrol with the officers of Bali Forestry Service at local protected forest area.

When passing at the scene, they saw two stumps of teak trees, but the timber is gone. Being suspicious of illegal logging activities, police then made an investigation. Eventually it leads to the perpetrator.

“Finally we managed to secure the perpetrator. He also admitted to have cut down the trees in the forest, while the timber is kept in the warehouse,” he said, Tuesday (Jul. 7).

To account for his action, he said that the perpetrator will be charged under Article 82 paragraph (1) a, b and c of Law No.18/2013 on the Prevention and Eradication of Forest Destruction. “The threat of punishment is minimally one year and maximally five years,” he concluded. (kmb28)

The police officers installed road barriers on Gilimanuk road to perevent traffic jam

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Water barriers installed on the road heading for harbor

NEGARA - In order to unravel the accumulation of vehicles during homecoming period, a number of efforts have been started. As seen on Tuesday (Jul. 7), hundreds of lane dividers in the form of water barriers were installed along two kilometers at Gilimanuk. National road towards Gilimanuk Harbor is planned to be sterilized from private cars diverted to other roads in the aisles of settlements.

Chief of Jembrana Police Traffic Affairs, I Gede Sumadra Kerthiawan, seen to monitor the installation said that Jembrana Police put up at least 450 water barriers from the junction of maneuver parking to Cekik.

It is about two kilometers and during the homecoming and backflow period the road section is divided. Private cars will be diverted to aisles when entering the Entrance Gates or about 1.5 km from maneuver parking. In

addition to traffic affair officers, the installation of water barrier also involved municipal police and janitors to fill in water.

The effort to separate the lane, according to him, is meant to regulate traffic heading for the crossing harbor. Earlier, along the road section to the harbor has also been installed with separators but in the form of drums and they are easily moved or damaged. “But this one weighs up to 50 kg so that it is difficult to be removed. We

intentionally install this for barrier,” he explained. On the contrary, the incoming traffic to Bali will also be arranged in such a way so as not to accumulate in conjunction with vehicles that are about to come out of Bali.

In the meantime, motorcycles will be directed to Gilimanuk through the road. Harbor authorities have also began to set up tents for homecomers using motorcycle to shade reaching outside the harbor area. (kmb26)

Thursday, July 9, 2015

International

Thai farmers ask spirits for rain to end crippling drought

BAN LUEAM — Under the scorching sun, dozens of Thai villagers, dressed in flowery shirts and traditional costumes, parade a white cat caged in a bamboo-woven basket door-to-door and let neighbors splash water on the unlucky feline, while chanting an ancient tune: “Rain, rain, come pouring down. We barely had any this year. Without rain, our rice will die.” It’s a desperate plea to the god of rain, in the belief it will hear the cat’s cry and answer the farmers’ prayers.

Arash, a French man consumes marijuana for 21 years

AMLAPURA - The defendant marijuana user Arash Honar Kar Saveh, 52, from France, in front of a panel of judges on the trial frankly confessed his deed. Arash admitted to have consumed marijuana for 21 years in his home country.

It was announced by Attorney of the Amlapura Prosecutors’ Office, Made Santiawan, Tuesday (Jul. 7) in Amlapura after filing the defendant Arash to trial in the Amlapura District Court. He said that when questioned as a defendant, accompanied by an interpreter and legal counsel Made Ruspita, this French man frankly confessed his deed.

This year he has entered the twentyfirst year as marijuana user. When consuming marijuana in his home country, he claimed to have never been arrested and blamed. It happens because he is just a drug user and does not market nor harm others. In addition, he is not arrested in his home country by police. “He cannot dodge. He just hopes to be rehabilitated and invokes not to be punished,” he said.

Arash was arrested by police several months ago in a rented house at Bias Lantang, Purwakerti village, Karangasem. He was arrested when caught smoking a cigarette of marijuana. Earlier, police got public information if there

was tourist consuming marijuana at his rented house at Bias Lantang. In advance, he had a binge drinking with eight fellows of local residents. When getting drunk, he came into his room, and then went out of the room with a cigarette looking unlike regular cigarette. It happened because it exuded thick billowing smoke.

When searched by police, he had refused to be searched. Then, he fell onto the floor like fainting.

After being quiet and when to be searched by police, he refused to be searched as police did not put on official uniform. Police conducted the search was witnessed by local residents. From under his mattress, police found dried leaves wrapped in a clear plastic clip suspected to be marijuana. The evidence was then examined in forensic laboratory and it was positive for marijuana.

Results of his urine test indicated that he was also positive to be drug user.

Arash admitted to have obtained eight grams gross of marijuana (six grams net) from someone in Gili Air, NTB. The trial against Arash with the agenda of reading the demand yesterday was postponed because the prosecutors were not ready with their demands. (013)

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In this July 2, 2015 photo, a rice paddy cracks in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand.

Thailand’s rainy season officially began in the last week of May, but it rained only once in the Ban Lueam district in northeastern Nakhon Ratchasima province.

Thailand’s rainy season officially began in the last week of May, but it rained only once in the Ban Lueam district in northeastern Nakhon Ratchasima province. It is one of more than 250 districts — or nearly 20 percent of the country — that have been declared emergency disaster zones as the prolonged drought becomes the worst in decades, its impact felt most acutely by farmers growing Thailand’s most important agricultural export: rice.

At the beginning of July, the amount of usable water in major dams across the country — except in the west — dropped to below 10 percent, according to the Irrigation Department. The water level at Bhumibol Dam has dropped to its lowest point in 51 years.

In the capital, Bangkok, the Metropolitan Waterworks Authority has been slowing down tap water production since May. The head of the authority, Gov. Thanasak Watanathana, told The Associated Press that without rains, the current water supply for daily consumption in Bangkok and its nearby provinces will last only 30 days.

However, he said forecasters are expecting rains next month. For rice farmers, it may already be too late.

The drought and the critical water shortage in dams have prompted the Agriculture Ministry to ask farmers to hold off on planting their crops. The Office of Agricultural Economics estimated that the delay could

cost farmers in Thailand’s central plains alone 60 billion baht ($1.8 billion) in potential losses.

“Every year in the past, in June and July, in every part of the country — the north, the central or the northeast — farmers would have started planting their rice,” said Sompong Inthong, the permanent secretary at the Agriculture Ministry. “The real damage will be with those who have already planted but there’s not enough water. We have to look at how we can help them.”

The Royal Rainmaking and Agricultural Aviation Department have sent a fleet of propeller aircrafts on more than 3,000 flights since March to increase precipitation by cloud seeding, an artificial rainmaking technique spearheaded by King Bhumibol Adulyadej. Despite the high rate of success, it did little to fill the dams.

Together with Vietnam, Thailand is one of the world’s top rice exporters. But because of the drought, the Office of Agricultural Economics estimates this year’s main crop will decrease by 11 percent, or about 24 million tons from the average of 27 million tons per year.

The Thai Rice Exporters Association says at least 3 million tons of off-season rice has disappeared from the stock since the beginning of the year due to the drought.

The main concern, however, is the main farming cycle, which begins in May and is harvested as early as October. (ap)

German attempts to break down barriers for deaf in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea — In a country with zero kindergartens specifically for the deaf, Robert Grund wants to help establish the first — just a small suite of rooms for perhaps a couple dozen kids, in North Korea’s capital, Pyongyang, a city of roughly 2.5 million.

It’s a small step, but Grund, the Pyongyang representative of the World Federation of the Deaf and the city’s only full-time deaf foreign resident, sees it as part of a larger push to end isolation for the deaf here by helping them be heard, involved and empowered in projects about them. He appears to be making progress.

Over the past few years, North Korean officials have grown more receptive to helping the disabled.

Events have become more frequent and get a higher profile in the state-

run media, while more cultural exchanges are being allowed abroad.

Recent media stories played up a new all-deaf soccer team. The North last month held high-profile events to mark Disabled Persons Day. The kindergarten project is also coming together.

Grund says officials have approved a location for the facility, several rooms in a now under-used nursery building, and appear keen on opening it in time for the 70th anniversary of the founding of the country’s ruling party on Oct. 10.

The kindergarten itself will be wholly paid for and funded by TOGETHER-Hamhung, a German non-profit Disabled Persons Organization.

“Nobody knows how many kids will come,” Grund said in a recent interview with The Associated

Press. “If necessary, we can assign more rooms for children.”

The plan is to accept children from infancy on up until they are old enough to attend regular deaf schools. Grund hopes access will be based solely on need, but he is not sure whether the government will instead decide who gets to go.

“From our point of view, every deaf child has access,” he said.

“Since this country strongly advertises the right of children to be in nurseries and kindergartens, it is probably not so much a matter of choosing, but a matter of information and spreading the word so that the families get to know the new option and dare to bring their deaf child, overcoming the traditional hiding in the family.” (ap)

AP Photo/Wong Maye-E

In this Saturday, June 20, 2015, photo, Robert Grund, Pyongyang representative of the World Federation of the Deaf and the cityâ’s only full-time deaf foreign resident, communicates through the use of sign language during an interview in Pyongyang, North Korea.

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Thursday, July 9, 2015

BUSINESS Tsipras ’confident’ of meeting debt deal deadline

AP

A woman rubs her face as she stands at a computer terminal in a stock brokerage house in Nantong in eastern China’s Jiangsu province Wednesday, July 8, 2015. China’s Shanghai Composite Index fell 5.9 percent on Wednesday.

China unveils new measures to prop up stocks

BEIJING — In a flurry of new moves to halt a stock market slide, China’s government on Wednesday told state companies and corporate executives to buy shares, raised the amount of equities insurance companies can hold and promised more credit to finance trading.

Hundreds of companies have announced a halt to trading in their shares after emergency measures announced last weekend failed to stop a slide that has dragged down the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index by more than 30 percent since early June.

Despite the new measures, the Shanghai index lost another 5.9 percent on Wednesday and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index closed down 5.8 percent after earlier diving as much as 8.5 percent.

The decline threatens to fuel political tensions and set back Communist Party plans to use financial markets to make China’s statedominated economy more productive. The party wants to encourage stock ownership but small investors whose holdings have plunged in value say they will no longer buy shares.

“The central government made considerable reputational investment in the rally over the last year, particularly via ample cheerleading from state media,” said IHS Global

Insight economist Brian Jackson in a report. “As a result, support is likely to remain extraordinary, although that will find difficulty reversing the rapid shift in attitudes by retail investors.”

On Wednesday, the Cabinet agency that oversees China’s biggest state-owned companies said it had told them not to sell shares and to buy more “in order to safeguard market stability.”

In a separate order, the securities regulator told directors, executives and senior managers of publicly traded companies who have sold shares in those companies within the past six months to buy them back and said they are barred from selling. It said they are required to buy more if the price falls by more than 30 percent in the next 10 days.

The insurance regulator said the proportion of their assets Chinese insurers are allowed to invest in stocks will be increased to 40 percent from 30 percent. The agency said the amount of a single blue-

chip company’s shares that an insurance company can buy will be increased to 10 percent from 5 percent.

The central bank said it will provide “ample liquidity to support stock market stability” through a state-owned company that lends to brokerages to finance share purchases, a practice known as margin lending. The People’s Bank of China gave no indication how much money it might inject into the system.

The central bank statement was read on state TV’s national midday news.

Chinese authorities have tried to reassure investors the price decline is normal following a boom that saw the Shanghai index soar by more than 150 percent since late 2014. On Monday, the flagship ruling party newspaper, People’s Daily, said the economy can maintain steady growth and provide “solid fundamentals” for “healthy development of capital markets.” (ap)

STRASBOURG - Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said Wednesday he was confident of meeting an end-of-the-week deadline set by eurozone leaders to reach a bailout deal or risk leaving the euro.

“I am confident that in the next two or three days we will be able to meet the obligations in the best interests of Greece and also the eurozone,” Tsipras said in a speech to the European Parliament in Strasbourg.

Greeted by a mixture of boos and cheers from European MPs, the Greek premier added: “Our proposals for financing our obligations and restructuring our debt will not burden European taxpayers.”

Eurozone leaders agreed at an emergency summit late Tuesday to give Greece until Thursday to submit a new reform plan after

Greek voters rejected creditors’ demands in a referendum, with a full EU summit on Sunday the final deadline to reach a deal.

EU President Donald Tusk warned the European Parliament ahead of the speech by Tsipras that failure to reach a deal “may lead to the bankruptcy of Greece” and cause geopolitical problems for Europe.

Tsipras called on all sides to work together to prevent a “divided Europe”.

“This is a European problem which requires a European solution... let us not allow it to become a divided Europe,” he said.

He said Greece, which has imposed tough reforms in exchange for two EU-IMF bailouts since 2010, had been used as an “austerity laboratory” by the rest of Europe. (afp)

Bali News

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Ceramic crafts sold internationally

TABANAN - The ceramic crafts made by Tabanan Region’s craftsman from Bali are sold in international markets, Section Chief of the Foreign Trade Department of Industries and Trade of Tabanan Bali Agung Pramono stated.

“The export demand for craft products is quite high due to their good quality and uniqueness,” he noted.

The uniqueness of the craft prod-

ucts is typical Balinese motifs, ornaments, and carvings that increase their appeal in the international markets such as the United States, France, England, Germany, Austra-

Batu Panes Temple TABANAN - Tabanan Regency retains some unique temple heritages. One of them is the Batu Panes Temple located at Mengesta customary village, Penebel. The temple situated amidst the rice field has some uniqueness compared to other temples. The most bizarre is the entrance to the temple located in the southwest. Reputedly, it is a symbol of prosperity and believed to have a capability of treating various diseases.

Another unique nature is the temple has no compound walls, including the split gates as the main entrance. Even, temple is actually surrounded by a small lake that never dries up all the year round. The lake is overgrown by thousands of beautiful lotuses appearing naturally.

It is unknown for sure about

the origin of the temple. Based on folklore, the temple has something to do with the Batukaru Temple and the Kingdom of Tabanan. It is functioned as the source of prosperity by farmers. On that account, the venerators of the Batu Panes Temple are all farmers.

The Chief of Belulang customary village, Ketut Suardisa, said that based on the information from his predecessors the Batu Panes Temple was established when the Tabanan Kingdom was hit by drought. Then, the king and royal officials meditated at the location now known as Batu Panes Temple. Their meditation was fruitless. Later, the king went to Batulumbung Temple for another meditation and much water then flowed now known as Yeh Ho River. “According to him, the

lia, Sweden, Japan, and Malaysia.

The export of up to 17,340 pieces valued at Rp754.6 million was recorded in the period between January and May this year.

Regarding the total sales and exports, Pramono noted that five ceramic craft’s producers have been growing rapidly such as CV Tantri S Keramik that exported 16,340

pieces earning Rp326.8 million, CV Keramik Pejaten exporting 500 pieces and earning Rp150 million, CV Cemara Keramik exporting 500 pieces and earning Rp200 million, CV Dwisula earning Rp136.68 million, and CV Mika Keramik Potri earning an export revenue of Rp76 million.

“The ordered craft products

will be used in the residential and hospitality sectors and also as dinner sets and ornaments,” Pramono remarked. He is optimistic that the producers would innovate and create unique products with different creations. He also emphasized on the need to increase the quantity by using modern technology and tools for production. (ant)

story is found in the Padma Cangah chronicle,” said Suardisa.

The Batu Panes Temple is believed as sanctum used to venerate Lord Shiva with his manifestation as Brahma. Therefore, it results in the heat. No wonder, a hot spring is found near the temple and sanctified by local people up to these days. The temple is also made a place to ask for the source of life and cure various diseases. Originally, the temple was a lingam of Lord Shiva inscribed with ancient scripts. Then, it was made a shrine in 1970. At that time, the lingam of Shiva was once read. However, no one could translate them.

The temple is equipped with a number of shrines including the Penyacah Temple, Pengungangan Puseh Batuaya Temple with ancient yoni, Batur Sari Temple in the east, Dalem Kahyangan in the south and Taman Beji with hot spring in the southwest. Especially in the innermost courtyard lie a number

of shrines such as representative shrine of Batukaru Temple, Kerinan, main shrine (Ratu Wayan), Sedahan Temple, representative of Pucak Petali and Ratu Nyoman in the form of Padmasana.

Pujawali or anniversary of the Batu Panes Temple falls on Buda (Wednesday) Kliwon Wuku Gumbreg. Uniquely, when it falls on dark moon or full moon, the procession should be filled with pedudusan alit and melasti (purificatory rite for ritual paraphernalia and effigy) to whitewater of Babahan. This ritual usually falls every 10 times of anniversary.

As the temple belonging to subak members (farmers), they routinely present the offering and once a year they present annual oblation or chips. In 2007, a discrepancy occurred where the supporting devotees agreed to hold a customary meeting for changing the position of the entrance into the

temple from the southwest to the center. When organizing a meeting in the wantilan hall of the temple, all the customary villagers were in trance and prohibited to move the entrance of the temple.

Based on the research on the Ganesh effigy in the Puseh Belulang Temple, the Batu Panes was estimated to originate from 1400 BC. It is based on the materials of the effigy and temple buildings of Puseh Belulang that do not apply multi-tiered meru shrine as commonly found in Bali. “It is only an estimate because there has not been a concrete study,” he said. Other than sanctum, location of the Batu Panes Temple has also become a water attraction. Visitors usually enjoy the hot spring believed to have the efficacy to cure some illnesses. Similarly, location around the temple is also quite beautiful along with the overlay of rice terraces. (kmb)

Putin hosts BRICS summit amid standoff with West

UFA, Russia - Russian President Vladimir Putin is to meet world leaders on Wednesday including China’s Xi Jingping and India’s Narendra Modi ahead of the start of a summit of the BRICS emerging economies.

Putin is to hold bilateral talks with leaders of the other BRICS countries -- China, Brazil, South Africa and India -- in the city of Ufa in the Ural mountains for a summit that Moscow hopes will show it is not cut off, despite its standoff with the West over Ukraine.

South African President Jacob Zuma arrived on Tuesday in Ufa while Chinese President Xi Jinping was set to arrive Wednesday, as was Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, breaking off a visit to Central Asia. The BRICS summit itself is on Thursday.

Taking place at the same time in the provincial city about 1,100 kilometres (750 miles) from Moscow is a meet-

ing of the regional security grouping, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), at which Putin will meet Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.

Iran has observer status in the SCO, which is made up of Russia, China and the exSoviet Central Asian states of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

The high-profile gatherings come as Moscow is locked in an bitter standoff with the West over the Ukraine crisis that has seen Putin given the cold shoulder by the EU and the United States.

Among the main items on the agenda will be the establishment of a BRICS bank to finance infrastructure projects in member states and developing countries.

“This will probably be one of the world’s leading institutions, which will focus on infrastructure projects,” Russia’s economy minister Alexei Ulyukayev said. (afp)

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Six powers and Iran to continue nuclear talks past deadline

VIENNA - Iran and six major powers will keep negotiating past Tuesday’s deadline for a long-term nuclear agreement as they tackle the most contentious issues, including the continuation of a U.N. arms embargo on Iran, the big powers said. “We are continuing to negotiate for the next couple of days,” EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said outside the hotel where the talks between Iran, Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States are taking place.

The spokeswoman for the U.S. delegation, Marie Harf, said the terms of an interim deal between Iran and the six would be extended through Friday to give negotiators a few more days to finish their work.

“We’re frankly more concerned about the quality of the deal than we are about the clock, though we also know that difficult decisions won’t get any easier with time,” Harf said. “That is why we are continuing to negotiate.” The United States and its allies fear Iran is using its civilian nuclear programme as a cover to develop a nuclear weapons capability. Iran says its programme is peaceful.

An agreement would be the most important milestone in decades towards easing hostility between the United States and Iran, enemies since Iranian revolutionaries captured 52 hostages in the U.S. embassy in Tehran in 1979.

A deal would be an important achievement for U.S. President Barack Obama and Iran’s pragmatist president Hassan Rouhani, but both leaders face scepticism from powerful hardliners at home.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said there was “every reason” to believe a deal would be done within “a few days”, and that there was an “understanding” that most of the current sanctions against Iran would be lifted.

“There is only one big problem in terms of sanctions - it is the problem of a weapons embargo,” he told journalists according to Russian news agency Interfax.

He said it was important to reach agreement on this as soon as possible, saying that “ending the bans on supplies to Iran of the weapons required to fight terrorism is a very, very relevant objective”.

It is the fourth time the parties have extended the terms of the interim deal, which was struck in November 2013 and provided Iran with limited sanctions relief in exchange for a halt to the production of uranium enriched to a

purity level of 20 percent.

EXTENSION EXTENDED

The comprehensive deal under discussion is aimed at curbing Tehran’s most sensitive nuclear work for a decade or more, in exchange for relief from economic sanctions that have slashed Iran’s oil exports and crippled its economy. The negotiators had initially given themselves an extra week when they missed a June 30 deadline for a final agreement, but a push in recent days was not enough to hammer out the deal.

The latest extension to Friday leaves open the possibility that an agreement will not arrive in time for a Thursday deadline set by the U.S. Congress in order to provide an expedited, 30-day review.

If a deal is sent to Congress between July 10 and Sept. 7, Congress will have 60 days to review it, taking into account lawmakers’ August vacation. Obama administration officials fear that could provide more time for any deal to unravel. “We are interpreting in a flexible way our deadline, which means that we are taking the time, the days we still need, to finalise the agreement,” Mogherini said,

adding that there remained several difficult issues to resolve.

Among these, officials said, are Iranian demands for a U.N. arms embargo and ballistic missiles sanctions to be lifted, the timing of U.S. and EU sanctions relief, and disagreements over future Iranian nuclear research and development. A senior U.S. official said U.N. restrictions would remain both on Iran’s trade in arms as well as its access to missile technology but left open the possibility that these might be less onerous than they are at present.

U.N. restrictions on the development of Iran’s missile programme date to 2006. They call for Iran to abandon its ballistic missile programme and aim to prevent it from developing “nuclear weapon delivery systems,” which diplomats say covers any missile capable of delivering an atomic warhead.

“There will be an ongoing restriction on arms just like there will be ongoing restrictions regarding missiles,” the senior U.S. official told reporters. Asked if these would be as tight as those now in effect, the official declined comment. (ap)

AP Photo/Vahid Salemi

Iranians walk through a bazaar in Tajrish northern Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, July 7, 2015.

International

Malaysia raids office of fund in probe linked to premier

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Malaysian authorities raided the office of state investment fund 1MDB as part of investigations into allegations that hundreds of millions of dollars were funneled from the fund to the personal accounts of Prime Minister Najib Razak.

1MDB in a statement says it is extending full cooperation and has provided documents and materials to investigating officers visiting its office Wednesday.

The fund, which denied it gave

International

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INDONESIA Air force plans to replace Hercules aircraft

money to Najib, says legal action should be taken if any wrongdoing was found.

The country’s attorney-general confirmed on the weekend he had received documents from investigators that linked Najib and 1MDB. The existence of the documents, which allegedly show $700 million was wired from entities linked to 1MDB into Najib’s accounts, was first reported by The Wall Street Journal on Friday. (ap)

JAKARTA - Indonesian Air Force Chief of Staff Marshal Agus Supriatna revealed that he has conducted a study to replace Hercules aircraft with new transport aircraft.

“We have conducted a study to replace Hercules aircraft with the new ones either from France, the United States, or Russia, but the replacement depends on the government,” Supriatna stated at the Cilangkap Air Force Headquarters in East Jakarta on Tuesday.

According to Supriatna, the result of the study has been submitted to the Ministry of Defense to arrive at a decision on whether to replace the Hercules aircraft with the new transport aircraft.

“Our 2015-2019 strategic plan is to replace the F5 jet fighters and to procure heavy transport aircraft, heavy transport helicopters, and large transport helicopters,” he affirmed.

When contacted separately, Defense Ministry’s Head of Public Communication Brigadier General Jundan Eko Bintoro justified the plan to replace the Hercules aircraft with either Airbus A400M from France or Boeing C-17 from the United States, as the two types of transport aircraft have large capacity.

“The Airbus A400M and Boeing C-17 are larger and newer, and the procurement is expected to be made during the period between 2016 and 2018,” Jundan added. (ant)

Regulation...

From page 1 According to this man from Dalung, Northern Kuta, the number of hotel in Badung has exceeded the capacity.

In fact, the growth of tourist visit and hotel rooms is not comparable. Number of room surpasses tourist arrival. No doubt, hotel occupancy rate is quiet and continues to decline. Employers also aggressively make price war in order to still attract guests and survive. This condition has been running since the past few years. Proliferation of hotels in Badung is currently inseparable from the weak government control.

“The technique of supervision becomes very important. It is no longer the time for Badung to pursue the quantity, but the quality of guests. It will be useless to attract more guests if they have cheap quality. Then, the impact is not significant,” he explained.

Apart from supervision, according to Suryawijaya, the no less important is the selection of licensing. Every hotelier proposing new permit must be selected strictly. By doing so, the competition in the Badung tourism will come back to fair competition. As a result, the revenue of Badung County can also be improved. In the meantime, Spokesman of the government of Badung, A.A. Gede Raka Yuda, denied if the Regent Regulation No.36/2014 restricts the involvement of local communities in tourism industry, especially the hotel sector. Precisely the Regent Regulation poses the government’s effort to restructure Bali tourism, especially the Badung tourism, so as to be sustainable.

“Issuance of the Regent Regulation is meant to realize the quality tourism and sustainable tourism. We do not want the accommodation is built with minimal facilities. It is almost the same as the very simple house and it seems infeasible,” he said.

He said that the issuance of the Regent Regulation is to make quality tourist accommodation. It has been very obviously set forth in the regulation regarding the land area and room area to build a hotel or condotel.

“It has a very clear objective to make a quality tourist accommodation so that

there will be no small hotels and small rooms. So, it does not necessarily mean to restrict local people from having tourist accommodation. We have no intention to restrict local people,” he affirmed.

The regulation issued by Regent of Badung A.A. Gde Agung No.36/2014 sets forth the minimal standard of land area and room area as well as supporting facilities of hotel and condotel.

It sets that every hotel and condotel development in Badung County must comply with the minimal standards on land area and room area as well as supporting facilities of hotel and condotel.

The land area set forth in each district varies, where at least 0.50 hectare is set in Kuta, 0.75 hectare in Northern Kuta and one hectare in Southern Kuta.

In the meantime, the room area of hotel and condotel including bathroom must be at least 32 square meters. It also set the other supporting facilities with a minimum standard equipped with front office, hotel lobby, kitchen, dining room for guests of hotel or condotel, security booth, CCTV and fire extinguishers.

On the other hand, the Badung Tourism Office noted that the growth of hotel room in the past five years reached 5,000 to 6,000 rooms per year.

During the period of 2009-2014, the star hotel category does not show an increase where it still amounts to 98 units offering at total of 16,360 rooms.

It is different from the condition of non-star hotels from year to year that always increase. In 2009, there were 505 hotels with 11,463 rooms, in 2014 increased to 855 hotels with 34,815 rooms. Cottage category in 2009 has reached 395 units with 1,986 rooms and in 2014 it increased 604 to 999 units with an average increase per year reaching 120 cottages with 3,937 rooms. In the meantime, tourist accommodation of condotel category in 2009 only reached seven units with 775 rooms and increased in 2014 to 38 units with 5,141 rooms and rental home category in 2009 amounted to 31 units with 513 rooms and in 2014 increased to 37 units with 953 rooms. (kmb27)

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President Joko Widodo inaugurated General Gatot Nurmantyo (left) as the new chief of the National Defense Forces (TNI) on Thursday.

President inaugurated TNI, BIN Chiefs

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo inaugurated General Gatot Nurmantyo as the new chief of the National Defense Forces (TNI) and Lieutenant General (retired) Sutiyoso as the new chief of the State Intelligence Agency (BIN) on Thursday.

The president inaugurate the new TNI and BIN chiefs at the State Palace at 12:45 p.m. local time, on Thursday. Nurmantyo will replace General Moeldoko whose term will end on August 1, 2015. Meanwhile, Lieutenant Sutiyoso will replace Lieutenant General (retired) Marciano Norman.

In its 36th plenary session here on Friday (July 3), the House of Representatives (DPR) approved the candidacy of General Nurmantyo

for the post of TNI commander and Lieutenant General (retired) Sutiyoso as the BIN chief.

Chairman of Commission I of the DPR Mahfudz Siddiq reported during the meeting that on Wednesday, Commission I had agreed to accept Nurmantyo’s candidacy for the post of TNI chief after he underwent the fit and proper test conducted by the commission.

General Nurmantyo, who was born in Tegal, Central Java, on March 13,

1960, was earlier the Army chief of staff. He took over the post of Army chief of staff on July 26, 2014, replacing General Budiman.

Nurmantyo served as governor of the Military Academy during the 2009-2010 period, as the commander of the Brawijaya Military Regional Command in the 2010-2011 period, as the commander of the Army Education Command between 2011 and 2013, and the commander of the Army Strategic Command. (ant)

A man arrest over selling protected eagles on Facebook

JAKARTA - Indonesian police posing as wildlife buyers have arrested a suspected trafficker for selling protected eagles on Facebook, an official said Wednesday.

Acting on a tip-off, authorities in Indonesia’s second-largest city of Surabaya swooped on the man’s home on Monday, where they discovered 14 eagles in cages and cardboard boxes, provincial police force spokesman Argo Yuwono told AFP. Among the various species were white-bellied sea eagles and spotted kestrels, as well as five baby eaglets, Yuwono said.

“Before arresting him, we went undercover and acted as buyers to confirm he was selling the birds on Facebook,” he said.

“Eagles are protected animals in Indonesia. Selling these birds is illegal and a serious crime.”

It’s the first known case in Indonesia of wildlife being sold through the popular social networking site, the spokesman said.

Police claim the man had been running his online operation for six months, selling eaglets for 750,000 rupiah ($56) and fully-grown birds for up to five million rupiah each.

Yuwono said four of the eaglets had since died from illness, but the other birds had been sent to Indonesia’s natural resources conservation office, which deals with wildlifetrafficking cases.

If found guilty of possessing and selling the protected animals, the trafficker could face five years prison and 100 million rupiah in fines.

Indonesian police in May arrested a suspected wildlife smuggler after discovering nearly two dozen live birds, mostly yellow-crested cockatoos, jammed alive inside plastic water bottles in his luggage. (afp)

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Bukit Jambul AMLAPURA - The name of Bukit Jambul was given when the Dutch

colonial coming to Indonesia. At that moment the tourist saw a high hill in

Destination the south way that related the Regency of Klungkung and Besakih. In the top of mountain, there is holy place named Puncak Sari Temple. Uniquely, the temple surrounded by many big trees. From the top of mountain, the visitor can see the beautiful panorama

International of ricefield. The combination view of high hill and big trees make its named Bukit Jambul (crest hill).

Bukit Jambul is located in Pesaban Traditional Village, Nongan, Rendang Subdistrict. It is 8 km from Klungkung Regency and 51 km from Denpasar,

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while from Besakih Temple it is just 15 km. In this tourism area, there are many restaurant and others facilities such large parking area. Bukit Jambul is very popular as a good place to feel and explore the harmony combination of hills, rice field, valley and sea.

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Azarenka takes exception to questioning about noise

LONDON — Victoria Azarenka didn’t like the line of questioning at all. The two-time Australian Open champion lost to Serena Williams 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 Tuesday on Centre Court in a high-quality match at Wimbledon, and was then asked about the crowd laughing at the two during play for making loud noises while hitting the ball.

“I’m so tired of these questions all the time,” said Azarenka, a former top-ranked player from Belarus. “It’s so, in a way, annoying because guys grunt. I was practicing next to (Rafael) Nadal and he grunts louder than me.

“Look at the good stuff. Stop bringing this ridiculous stuff,” Azarenka went on. “Let’s put aside the noise and how she looks, and look at the game. The game proved itself today.”

Many players, men and women, make loud noises during shots or just after. While some find the practice disturbing, many players say it just comes naturally.

On Tuesday, Azarenka started to produce louder noises as Williams started her comeback in the second set. But as Azarenka’s volume grew, so did the sounds emanating from the other side.

It was then that the laughter from

the crowd came while play was still going on, prompting chair umpire Marija Cicak to ask the spectators to quiet down.

Williams said she didn’t think the crowd was purposefully being disrespectful, but as questions about the noise level persisted, the 20-time Grand Slam champion put a quick stop to the interrogation.

“I’m done with controversy,” Williams said, raising her hand in the air. “I can’t. I’m tired. I have to do ice bath. If you have any other questions, I’m cool, but I’m done with that.”

Azarenka, getting more animated as she spoke in an earlier news conference, joked that maybe the people in the crowd had too much to drink.

“Every time the announcer says, ‘Make sure you hydrate yourself,’ I think he means with water, not with alcohol,” Azarenka said, before then turning the incident into a positive.

“So if they were laughing, that means in a way we put on a good show. For me, it doesn’t matter. I’m there to play my best and try my hardest, and that’s what I’m going to do. That’s what Serena does.

That’s what every other woman out there is doing.” (ap)

REUTERS/Michael Kooren

Yamaha MotoGP rider Valentino Rossi of Italy (R) leads Honda MotoGP rider Marc Marquez of Spain (L) during the MotoGP race at the TT Assen Grand Prix at Assen, the Netherlands June 27, 2015.

Honda says Valentino Rossi was ’cunning’ at Assen

Honda MotoGP team principal Livio Suppo believes Valentino Rossi’s actions in his lastlap battle with Marc Marquez at Assen were premeditated and that cutting the chicane was a “cunning” move. Marquez attempted to pass Rossi for the Dutch TT lead on the final lap but the two made contact.

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Victoria Azarenka of Belarus makes a return to Serena Williams of the United States during their singles match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London, Tuesday July 7, 2015.

Rossi then went across the gravel at the final corner and rejoined still far enough ahead to take the victory. While Rossi was adamant after the race that Marquez’s dive had pushed him off the track, Marquez and his Honda team were convinced Rossi deliberately cut the corner to preserve an advantage he would have otherwise lost - a charge Suppo stands by.

“Marc said: ‘I had prepared that attack for the entire weekend’.

Valentino said: ‘I expected that attack’,” said Suppo in an interview with Italian magazine Motosprint.

“I struggle to think Valentino did not prepare for it.

“Let’s just say he had carefully considered that possibility. The way he straightened up the bike and opened the gas simultaneously

is indicative. “He did everything too quickly to think that it wasn’t prepared. He was very cunning.

“Valentino is shrewd, he has often done things that others wouldn’t even think. “Marc went hell for leather, and did a textbook final lap that however wasn’t enough.

“Valentino was a champion of guile by straightening the bike as soon as he saw Marc getting close. “He wasn’t hit strongly, it was just a contact, so Valentino didn’t get the sort of blow that pushes you off track.

“He went off track himself.”

Suppo said the Assen incident reminded him of Rossi’s controversial battle with Casey Stoner at Laguna Seca in 2008, when both Suppo and Stoner were at Ducati.

“Valentino has always been good at making things go his way,” said

Suppo. “At Laguna Seca in 2008 Casey Stoner was one second per lap quicker, but instead [Rossi] won the race. “Let’s just say he’s good at pulling a rabbit out of a hat.”

He also urged the media and Rossi’s fans not to start a backlash against Marquez. “He is very aggressive, he always tries to win, and having him around you on the last lap is always a problem... but he isn’t dangerous,” said Suppo.

“People must think hard before saying certain things, because we have already gone through that with [Marco] Simoncelli.

“A stir against Marco began in Spain, like one is perhaps starting in Italy against Marc and for Valentino. “Calmness is needed.

Some things must be reflected upon. (net)

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Brazil still trying to regroup a year after 7-1 loss

SAO PAULO — Brazil is still trying to regroup a year after its worst loss ever. On Wednesday’s anniversary of its humiliating 7-1 home World Cup loss to Germany, there is no sign the Selecao are back on the right track.

Brazilian football continued to struggle after the disastrous defeat in the semifinals of its home tournament, both on and off the field. Brazil was eliminated by Paraguay in the quarterfinals of the Copa America last month, failing in its first official tournament since the World Cup, and a vice president of the local federation was among those detained in Switzerland in connection to the FIFA corruption scandal that erupted in May. Last week, the Brazilian confederation finally decided to seek help.

The confederation announced it wants to talk to as many people as possible to discuss ways to improve local football. It created a council that will include coaches, foreign coaches, past world champions and members of several different areas of the game, including media, health and technology professionals.

Former Brazil coaches gathered at the confederation’s headquarters in Rio de Janeiro for the first meeting on Monday, and several others are expected to take place in the next few weeks. The goal is to find a way to reestablish “the identity of our football,” the confederation said.

“This integration is very important at this difficult moment in Brazilian football,” said former coach Paulo Roberto Falcao. “We need to help in any way we can.”

Among the former coaches who attended the first meeting were Carlos Alberto Parreira, Mario Zagallo, Carlos Alberto Silva and Sebastiao Lazzaroni.

“They are honored to be able to help,” said Gilmar Rinaldi, the

confederation official overseeing the national team. “We made sure they understood the importance of their opinions. They came here not only to point to the problems in Brazilian football, but also to help find solutions to solve these problems, which is what we are trying to do right now.”

The next step will be to bring “10 to 15 former champions” to talk about Brazilian football and the national team, Rinaldi said.

“We want to win, we want to create a winning environment in Brazilian football,” said coach Dunga, who was Brazil’s captain when it won the 1994 World Cup. “It’s important to bring new ideas so we can discuss them together.” Parreira, Brazil’s coach in 1994, said the country needs to focus on improving Brazilian domestic clubs.

“We keep trying to fix Brazilian football by fixing the national team, but it should be the other way around,” he said. “We will fix the national team by improving the infrastructure at the base, at the club, which has always been the most important thing in football.”

Falcao, who played in the in 1982 and 1986 World Cups, said Brazil needs to focus on the development of players, giving talented youngsters opportunities to keep growing throughout their careers.

“Brazil should be focusing on finding above-average players, not necessarily spectacular players,” he said. “Germany won the World Cup without a spectacular player, but it did it with five or so players who were above average.”

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Milan stadium plans clear major hurdle MILAN - AC Milan have cleared a major hurdle in their plans to build a new stadium after their bid to acquire the city’s former trade fair grounds was approved by the foundation which owns the land.

Milan, who currently share the ageing municipal San Siro stadium with rivals Inter Milan, are planning to build a 48,000-capacity arena in time for the 2018-19 campaign.

“It is the first historic step,” said club director Barbara Berlusconi in

a statement published on Milan’s website on Tuesday night.

“The decision of the Fondazione Fiera Milano (Milan Fairs Foundation) is the start of the path which, in our intention, will lead to a new stadium.” “It is a first step because we will have to submit the entire project to the institutions for approval.”

Berlusconi predicted that the stadium would bring in between 50 million euros ($55 million) and 80 million euros a year in extra

revenue.

“It will completely change the mentality of those who go to the stadium, offering services and entertainment not only for the 90 minutes of the game,” she said.

“It is essential for the commercial development of the club.”

Juventus and Udinese are the only Serie A clubs who own their own stadiums while others use municipal arenas, a situation they complain deprives them of extra revenue. (rtr)

SINGAPORE - Could women’s football in Asia surpass the corruption-marred, under-achieving men’s game in the popularity stakes?

It might be a long way off but another successful women’s World Cup for the continent’s teams is likely to have only helped close the gap in a region where the men’s game’s biggest mark on the world stage is the match-fixing endemic.

It was a familiar sorry story last year at the men’s World Cup for Australia, Iran, Japan and South Korea as all four failed to record a victory and exited at the first hurdle promising, as ever, to do better next time.

But in Canada, at the recently concluded women’s tournament, the region shone brightly with debutants Thailand the only of the five not to make it through to the knockout stages.

China and Australia made it to the quarter-finals, South Korea won

their first match and reached the knockout stages for the first time, while Japan put up a brave defence of the title before losing 5-2 to the United States in Sunday’s final.

Eleven million television viewers in Japan tuned in to watch the final, FIFA said, higher ratings than any of the matches at last year’s men’s World Cup that did not feature the Japanese team.

Praise for the Nadeshiko came from all corners, including Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, while the men humbly looked on. “They always provide a dream,” Japan men’s striker Shinji Okazaki told Kyodo News this week of the women’s efforts.

“The fact that they got to the final shows how strong they are. We (the men) must learn from them.”

teams were also praised by Asian Football Confederation (AFC) president Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa, more used to firefighting corruption amongst his members than lauding performances.

The Bahraini was quick to praise his organisation’s work in promoting the women’s game, highlighting the body’s annual women’s day and the $200,000 subsidies Asia’s five finalists in Canada received from the AFC. “I am confident that Asian women’s teams will continue to excel on the world stage, with new contenders also starting to challenge established teams for the top positions,” he said in a statement.

“This shows that our women’s football development programmes are starting to bear fruit.”

While green shoots are emerging for the women’s game in Asia, backed by Australian Moya Dodd, the first woman elected to the AFC’s executive committee, there is plenty of room for growth to muscle in further on the men’s popularity share.

Only half of the continent’s near 50 countries signed up for the television rights of the Women’s World Cup, with the game receiving little traction in countries where women’s sport is not widely encouraged.

Just 20 member associations out of Asia’s 46 put forward a women’s team for the 2014 Asian Cup qualifiers, while the women’s football tournament was dropped by Singapore organisers at the Southeast Asian Games last month. Dodd, though, believed there was a huge support and commitment to grow women’s football in the AFC. “It’s a credit to our Member Associations and their commitment to make football accessible for girls and women,” she said earlier this year at the first ever AFC Women’s Football Day. (rtr)

Asia’s world class women threatening to overtake the men

AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File

FILE - In this July 8, 2014, file photo, Brazil’s Fernandinho reacts after Germany’s Toni Kroos scored his side’s third goal during the World Cup semifinal soccer match loss to Germany at the Mineirao Stadium in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

Brazil has a generation with few top stars and is heavily dependent on Barcelona’s Neymar, who could not play in last year’s semifinal against Germany because of an injury. He also missed the decisive stages of the Copa America this year, because of a suspension.

The Copa America gave Brazil its first chance to get over the humiliating World Cup elimination, but it lost to Paraguay on penalties for the second straight time. Now Brazil’s next chance at redemption will come

in South American qualifying for the 2018 World Cup, which starts in October. Neymar won’t play the first two games because of the Copa America suspension. The problems on the field coincide with turmoil involving confederation officials. Former president Jose Maria Marin was among the FIFA officials arrested in Switzerland after a corruption investigation by U.S. authorities. There have been widespread calls for the current president to resign, and a congressional probe into the administration of local football is

scheduled to start soon.

The anniversary of the 7-1 loss comes a day after Brazil defender Daniel Alves said Spaniard Pep Guardiola wanted to coach Brazil at the World Cup last year, but local officials allegedly refused to hire him because they were afraid that fans wouldn’t like having a foreign coach in charge of the national team.

“The changes won’t happen overnight,” Parreira said. “It’s an attempt to break a paradigm in Brazilian football, it will happen progressively.” (ap)

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Gerrard says he is not in Los Angeles for a holiday New Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder Steven Gerrard says he did not want to play out his days as a “squad” member at Liverpool and had little hesitation signing for the Major League Soccer team.

Gerrard, 35, has joined the Galaxy after spending his entire professional career, 17 seasons, with Liverpool and vowed that he was in Los Angeles for the long haul.

“I had options to stay in the Premier League, options around Europe, but I didn’t want to compete against Liverpool,” Gerrard told a news conference in Los Angeles on Tuesday as he was introduced to the American media.

“I love Liverpool Football Club and I always will do... but I didn’t want to become a squad player or a sub at the club I love. “If there’s

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anyone out there that thinks I’m coming here for a holiday and a last pay cheque, they’ll be proved wrong very soon.

“I’m looking forward to staying here as long as possible. I love Liverpool, the city, and I will miss it at times.

“I’m a Scouser and I’m proud to be a Scouser but I want to give my children a chance to live in a new

place.”

Gerrard, who will follow in the footsteps of former England team mate David Beckham at the Galaxy, said he had been courted aggressively

by Los Angeles and had sounded out Beckham before signing.

“David is a hero of mine. He’s someone I’ve leaned on and asked for advice before I came here.”

Gerrard has also been welcomed

by Galaxy captain Robbie Keane, who has been in fine form recently, scoring a hat-trick last Saturday. The defending MLS Cup champions Galaxy have also been performing strongly, with three wins in their past four matches.

Gerrard said Keane, a former Liverpool team mate, had “lent me some factor-50 (sunscreen) as well so I didn’t burn on day one”. (rtr)

AP Photo/Elaine Thompson

Injured Japan midfielder Kozue Ando, left, is carried by goalkeeper Erina Yamane as they walk with Mana Iwabuchi, right, beforef the FIFA Women’s World Cup soccer championship against the United States in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Sunday, July 5, 2015.

AP Photo/LM Otero

U.S. forward Clint Dempsey (8) stops the ball in front of Honduras’ Henry Figueroa (5) during the first half of a CONCACAF Gold Cup soccer match in Frisco, Texas, Tuesday, July 7, 2015.

Dempsey scores twice, US beats Honduras 2-1 to open Gold Cup

FRISCO — Two headed goals

by Clint Dempsey gave the United States a 2-1 victory over Honduras on Tuesday and a successful start to its title defense in the CONCACAF Gold Cup. Dempsey’s goals in the 25th and 64th minutes were created from crosses from Michael Bradley, wearing the captain’s armband in his 100th international appearance.

Dempsey’s big night came in the same area where the East Texas native trained as a youth, and he boosted the Americans to 13-0 in Gold Cup openers.

Carlos Discua scored his first international goal in the 69th minute for Honduras, a semifinalist in the past three Gold Cups.

“It wasn’t our best performance, but we’re happy to get three points from our first game,” Dempsey said.

It was the first competitive match for the U.S. since losing to Belgium in overtime in the second round of last year’s World Cup. The Americans meet Haiti on Friday and Panama on Monday. Haiti tied Panama 1-1 in the doubleheader

opener.

The first goal developed when DeAndre Yedlin played a corner kick short to Bradley, who crossed to the far post. Henry Figueroa’s clearance attempt was picked up at the side of the 6-yard box by Jozy Altidore, who took a touch and shot.

Goalkeeper Donis Escobar kicked the ball out with his right foot and it popped up to Dempsey, who nodded it in from 6 yards.

Bradley’s free kick from the flank led to the second goal. Escobar stayed on his line and an unmarked Dempsey jumped 4 yards out and headed inside the far post.

After a sluggish start, the U.S. controlled the pace in the second half until Discua took a clever pass from Wilmer Crisanto and touched the ball past a standing Ventura Alvarado before beating goalkeeper Brad Guzan.

Honduras had a couple of good equalizing opportunities in the final 20 minutes, including when Guzan knocked a ball toward Eddie Hernandez, who had an open net but couldn’t control the ball before it went out. (ap)

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SAO PAULO — Brazil is still trying to regroup a year after its worst loss ever. On Wednesday’s anniversary of its humiliating 7-1 home World Cup loss to Germany, there is no sign the Selecao are back on the right track.

Brazilian football continued to struggle after the disastrous defeat in the semifinals of its home tournament, both on and off the field. Brazil was eliminated by Paraguay in the quarterfinals of the Copa America last month, failing in its first official tournament since the World Cup, and a vice president of the local federation was among those detained in Switzerland in connection to the FIFA corruption scandal that erupted in May. Last week, the Brazilian confederation finally decided to seek help.

The confederation announced it wants to talk to as many people as possible to discuss ways to improve local football. It created a council that will include coaches, foreign coaches, past world champions and members of several different areas of the game, including media, health and technology professionals.

Former Brazil coaches gathered at the confederation’s headquarters in Rio de Janeiro for the first meeting on Monday, and several others are expected to take place in the next few weeks. The goal is to find a way to reestablish “the identity of our football,” the confederation said.

“This integration is very important at this difficult moment in Brazilian football,” said former coach Paulo Roberto Falcao. “We need to help in any way we can.”

Among the former coaches who attended the first meeting were Carlos Alberto Parreira, Mario Zagallo, Carlos Alberto Silva and Sebastiao Lazzaroni.

“They are honored to be able to help,” said Gilmar Rinaldi, the

confederation official overseeing the national team. “We made sure they understood the importance of their opinions. They came here not only to point to the problems in Brazilian football, but also to help find solutions to solve these problems, which is what we are trying to do right now.”

The next step will be to bring “10 to 15 former champions” to talk about Brazilian football and the national team, Rinaldi said.

“We want to win, we want to create a winning environment in Brazilian football,” said coach Dunga, who was Brazil’s captain when it won the 1994 World Cup. “It’s important to bring new ideas so we can discuss them together.” Parreira, Brazil’s coach in 1994, said the country needs to focus on improving Brazilian domestic clubs.

“We keep trying to fix Brazilian football by fixing the national team, but it should be the other way around,” he said. “We will fix the national team by improving the infrastructure at the base, at the club, which has always been the most important thing in football.”

Falcao, who played in the in 1982 and 1986 World Cups, said Brazil needs to focus on the development of players, giving talented youngsters opportunities to keep growing throughout their careers.

“Brazil should be focusing on finding above-average players, not necessarily spectacular players,” he said. “Germany won the World Cup without a spectacular player, but it did it with five or so players who were above average.”

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Milan stadium plans clear major hurdle MILAN - AC Milan have cleared a major hurdle in their plans to build a new stadium after their bid to acquire the city’s former trade fair grounds was approved by the foundation which owns the land.

Milan, who currently share the ageing municipal San Siro stadium with rivals Inter Milan, are planning to build a 48,000-capacity arena in time for the 2018-19 campaign.

“It is the first historic step,” said club director Barbara Berlusconi in

a statement published on Milan’s website on Tuesday night.

“The decision of the Fondazione Fiera Milano (Milan Fairs Foundation) is the start of the path which, in our intention, will lead to a new stadium.” “It is a first step because we will have to submit the entire project to the institutions for approval.”

Berlusconi predicted that the stadium would bring in between 50 million euros ($55 million) and 80 million euros a year in extra

revenue.

“It will completely change the mentality of those who go to the stadium, offering services and entertainment not only for the 90 minutes of the game,” she said.

“It is essential for the commercial development of the club.”

Juventus and Udinese are the only Serie A clubs who own their own stadiums while others use municipal arenas, a situation they complain deprives them of extra revenue. (rtr)

SINGAPORE - Could women’s football in Asia surpass the corruption-marred, under-achieving men’s game in the popularity stakes?

It might be a long way off but another successful women’s World Cup for the continent’s teams is likely to have only helped close the gap in a region where the men’s game’s biggest mark on the world stage is the match-fixing endemic.

It was a familiar sorry story last year at the men’s World Cup for Australia, Iran, Japan and South Korea as all four failed to record a victory and exited at the first hurdle promising, as ever, to do better next time.

But in Canada, at the recently concluded women’s tournament, the region shone brightly with debutants Thailand the only of the five not to make it through to the knockout stages.

China and Australia made it to the quarter-finals, South Korea won

their first match and reached the knockout stages for the first time, while Japan put up a brave defence of the title before losing 5-2 to the United States in Sunday’s final.

Eleven million television viewers in Japan tuned in to watch the final, FIFA said, higher ratings than any of the matches at last year’s men’s World Cup that did not feature the Japanese team.

Praise for the Nadeshiko came from all corners, including Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, while the men humbly looked on. “They always provide a dream,” Japan men’s striker Shinji Okazaki told Kyodo News this week of the women’s efforts.

“The fact that they got to the final shows how strong they are. We (the men) must learn from them.”

teams were also praised by Asian Football Confederation (AFC) president Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa, more used to firefighting corruption amongst his members than lauding performances.

The Bahraini was quick to praise his organisation’s work in promoting the women’s game, highlighting the body’s annual women’s day and the $200,000 subsidies Asia’s five finalists in Canada received from the AFC. “I am confident that Asian women’s teams will continue to excel on the world stage, with new contenders also starting to challenge established teams for the top positions,” he said in a statement.

“This shows that our women’s football development programmes are starting to bear fruit.”

While green shoots are emerging for the women’s game in Asia, backed by Australian Moya Dodd, the first woman elected to the AFC’s executive committee, there is plenty of room for growth to muscle in further on the men’s popularity share.

Only half of the continent’s near 50 countries signed up for the television rights of the Women’s World Cup, with the game receiving little traction in countries where women’s sport is not widely encouraged.

Just 20 member associations out of Asia’s 46 put forward a women’s team for the 2014 Asian Cup qualifiers, while the women’s football tournament was dropped by Singapore organisers at the Southeast Asian Games last month. Dodd, though, believed there was a huge support and commitment to grow women’s football in the AFC. “It’s a credit to our Member Associations and their commitment to make football accessible for girls and women,” she said earlier this year at the first ever AFC Women’s Football Day. (rtr)

Asia’s world class women threatening to overtake the men

AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File

FILE - In this July 8, 2014, file photo, Brazil’s Fernandinho reacts after Germany’s Toni Kroos scored his side’s third goal during the World Cup semifinal soccer match loss to Germany at the Mineirao Stadium in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

Brazil has a generation with few top stars and is heavily dependent on Barcelona’s Neymar, who could not play in last year’s semifinal against Germany because of an injury. He also missed the decisive stages of the Copa America this year, because of a suspension.

The Copa America gave Brazil its first chance to get over the humiliating World Cup elimination, but it lost to Paraguay on penalties for the second straight time. Now Brazil’s next chance at redemption will come

in South American qualifying for the 2018 World Cup, which starts in October. Neymar won’t play the first two games because of the Copa America suspension. The problems on the field coincide with turmoil involving confederation officials. Former president Jose Maria Marin was among the FIFA officials arrested in Switzerland after a corruption investigation by U.S. authorities. There have been widespread calls for the current president to resign, and a congressional probe into the administration of local football is

scheduled to start soon.

The anniversary of the 7-1 loss comes a day after Brazil defender Daniel Alves said Spaniard Pep Guardiola wanted to coach Brazil at the World Cup last year, but local officials allegedly refused to hire him because they were afraid that fans wouldn’t like having a foreign coach in charge of the national team.

“The changes won’t happen overnight,” Parreira said. “It’s an attempt to break a paradigm in Brazilian football, it will happen progressively.” (ap)

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The achievements of the Asian

Gerrard says he is not in Los Angeles for a holiday New Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder Steven Gerrard says he did not want to play out his days as a “squad” member at Liverpool and had little hesitation signing for the Major League Soccer team.

Gerrard, 35, has joined the Galaxy after spending his entire professional career, 17 seasons, with Liverpool and vowed that he was in Los Angeles for the long haul.

“I had options to stay in the Premier League, options around Europe, but I didn’t want to compete against Liverpool,” Gerrard told a news conference in Los Angeles on Tuesday as he was introduced to the American media.

“I love Liverpool Football Club and I always will do... but I didn’t want to become a squad player or a sub at the club I love. “If there’s

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anyone out there that thinks I’m coming here for a holiday and a last pay cheque, they’ll be proved wrong very soon.

“I’m looking forward to staying here as long as possible. I love Liverpool, the city, and I will miss it at times.

“I’m a Scouser and I’m proud to be a Scouser but I want to give my children a chance to live in a new

place.”

Gerrard, who will follow in the footsteps of former England team mate David Beckham at the Galaxy, said he had been courted aggressively

by Los Angeles and had sounded out Beckham before signing.

“David is a hero of mine. He’s someone I’ve leaned on and asked for advice before I came here.”

Gerrard has also been welcomed

by Galaxy captain Robbie Keane, who has been in fine form recently, scoring a hat-trick last Saturday. The defending MLS Cup champions Galaxy have also been performing strongly, with three wins in their past four matches.

Gerrard said Keane, a former Liverpool team mate, had “lent me some factor-50 (sunscreen) as well so I didn’t burn on day one”. (rtr)

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Injured Japan midfielder Kozue Ando, left, is carried by goalkeeper Erina Yamane as they walk with Mana Iwabuchi, right, beforef the FIFA Women’s World Cup soccer championship against the United States in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Sunday, July 5, 2015.

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U.S. forward Clint Dempsey (8) stops the ball in front of Honduras’ Henry Figueroa (5) during the first half of a CONCACAF Gold Cup soccer match in Frisco, Texas, Tuesday, July 7, 2015.

Dempsey scores twice, US beats Honduras 2-1 to open Gold Cup

FRISCO — Two headed goals

by Clint Dempsey gave the United States a 2-1 victory over Honduras on Tuesday and a successful start to its title defense in the CONCACAF Gold Cup. Dempsey’s goals in the 25th and 64th minutes were created from crosses from Michael Bradley, wearing the captain’s armband in his 100th international appearance.

Dempsey’s big night came in the same area where the East Texas native trained as a youth, and he boosted the Americans to 13-0 in Gold Cup openers.

Carlos Discua scored his first international goal in the 69th minute for Honduras, a semifinalist in the past three Gold Cups.

“It wasn’t our best performance, but we’re happy to get three points from our first game,” Dempsey said.

It was the first competitive match for the U.S. since losing to Belgium in overtime in the second round of last year’s World Cup. The Americans meet Haiti on Friday and Panama on Monday. Haiti tied Panama 1-1 in the doubleheader

opener.

The first goal developed when DeAndre Yedlin played a corner kick short to Bradley, who crossed to the far post. Henry Figueroa’s clearance attempt was picked up at the side of the 6-yard box by Jozy Altidore, who took a touch and shot.

Goalkeeper Donis Escobar kicked the ball out with his right foot and it popped up to Dempsey, who nodded it in from 6 yards.

Bradley’s free kick from the flank led to the second goal. Escobar stayed on his line and an unmarked Dempsey jumped 4 yards out and headed inside the far post.

After a sluggish start, the U.S. controlled the pace in the second half until Discua took a clever pass from Wilmer Crisanto and touched the ball past a standing Ventura Alvarado before beating goalkeeper Brad Guzan.

Honduras had a couple of good equalizing opportunities in the final 20 minutes, including when Guzan knocked a ball toward Eddie Hernandez, who had an open net but couldn’t control the ball before it went out. (ap)

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Bukit Jambul AMLAPURA - The name of Bukit Jambul was given when the Dutch

colonial coming to Indonesia. At that moment the tourist saw a high hill in

Destination the south way that related the Regency of Klungkung and Besakih. In the top of mountain, there is holy place named Puncak Sari Temple. Uniquely, the temple surrounded by many big trees. From the top of mountain, the visitor can see the beautiful panorama

International of ricefield. The combination view of high hill and big trees make its named Bukit Jambul (crest hill).

Bukit Jambul is located in Pesaban Traditional Village, Nongan, Rendang Subdistrict. It is 8 km from Klungkung Regency and 51 km from Denpasar,

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while from Besakih Temple it is just 15 km. In this tourism area, there are many restaurant and others facilities such large parking area. Bukit Jambul is very popular as a good place to feel and explore the harmony combination of hills, rice field, valley and sea.

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Azarenka takes exception to questioning about noise

LONDON — Victoria Azarenka didn’t like the line of questioning at all. The two-time Australian Open champion lost to Serena Williams 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 Tuesday on Centre Court in a high-quality match at Wimbledon, and was then asked about the crowd laughing at the two during play for making loud noises while hitting the ball.

“I’m so tired of these questions all the time,” said Azarenka, a former top-ranked player from Belarus. “It’s so, in a way, annoying because guys grunt. I was practicing next to (Rafael) Nadal and he grunts louder than me.

“Look at the good stuff. Stop bringing this ridiculous stuff,” Azarenka went on. “Let’s put aside the noise and how she looks, and look at the game. The game proved itself today.”

Many players, men and women, make loud noises during shots or just after. While some find the practice disturbing, many players say it just comes naturally.

On Tuesday, Azarenka started to produce louder noises as Williams started her comeback in the second set. But as Azarenka’s volume grew, so did the sounds emanating from the other side.

It was then that the laughter from

the crowd came while play was still going on, prompting chair umpire Marija Cicak to ask the spectators to quiet down.

Williams said she didn’t think the crowd was purposefully being disrespectful, but as questions about the noise level persisted, the 20-time Grand Slam champion put a quick stop to the interrogation.

“I’m done with controversy,” Williams said, raising her hand in the air. “I can’t. I’m tired. I have to do ice bath. If you have any other questions, I’m cool, but I’m done with that.”

Azarenka, getting more animated as she spoke in an earlier news conference, joked that maybe the people in the crowd had too much to drink.

“Every time the announcer says, ‘Make sure you hydrate yourself,’ I think he means with water, not with alcohol,” Azarenka said, before then turning the incident into a positive.

“So if they were laughing, that means in a way we put on a good show. For me, it doesn’t matter. I’m there to play my best and try my hardest, and that’s what I’m going to do. That’s what Serena does.

That’s what every other woman out there is doing.” (ap)

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Yamaha MotoGP rider Valentino Rossi of Italy (R) leads Honda MotoGP rider Marc Marquez of Spain (L) during the MotoGP race at the TT Assen Grand Prix at Assen, the Netherlands June 27, 2015.

Honda says Valentino Rossi was ’cunning’ at Assen

Honda MotoGP team principal Livio Suppo believes Valentino Rossi’s actions in his lastlap battle with Marc Marquez at Assen were premeditated and that cutting the chicane was a “cunning” move. Marquez attempted to pass Rossi for the Dutch TT lead on the final lap but the two made contact.

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Victoria Azarenka of Belarus makes a return to Serena Williams of the United States during their singles match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London, Tuesday July 7, 2015.

Rossi then went across the gravel at the final corner and rejoined still far enough ahead to take the victory. While Rossi was adamant after the race that Marquez’s dive had pushed him off the track, Marquez and his Honda team were convinced Rossi deliberately cut the corner to preserve an advantage he would have otherwise lost - a charge Suppo stands by.

“Marc said: ‘I had prepared that attack for the entire weekend’.

Valentino said: ‘I expected that attack’,” said Suppo in an interview with Italian magazine Motosprint.

“I struggle to think Valentino did not prepare for it.

“Let’s just say he had carefully considered that possibility. The way he straightened up the bike and opened the gas simultaneously

is indicative. “He did everything too quickly to think that it wasn’t prepared. He was very cunning.

“Valentino is shrewd, he has often done things that others wouldn’t even think. “Marc went hell for leather, and did a textbook final lap that however wasn’t enough.

“Valentino was a champion of guile by straightening the bike as soon as he saw Marc getting close. “He wasn’t hit strongly, it was just a contact, so Valentino didn’t get the sort of blow that pushes you off track.

“He went off track himself.”

Suppo said the Assen incident reminded him of Rossi’s controversial battle with Casey Stoner at Laguna Seca in 2008, when both Suppo and Stoner were at Ducati.

“Valentino has always been good at making things go his way,” said

Suppo. “At Laguna Seca in 2008 Casey Stoner was one second per lap quicker, but instead [Rossi] won the race. “Let’s just say he’s good at pulling a rabbit out of a hat.”

He also urged the media and Rossi’s fans not to start a backlash against Marquez. “He is very aggressive, he always tries to win, and having him around you on the last lap is always a problem... but he isn’t dangerous,” said Suppo.

“People must think hard before saying certain things, because we have already gone through that with [Marco] Simoncelli.

“A stir against Marco began in Spain, like one is perhaps starting in Italy against Marc and for Valentino. “Calmness is needed.

Some things must be reflected upon. (net)

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Six powers and Iran to continue nuclear talks past deadline

VIENNA - Iran and six major powers will keep negotiating past Tuesday’s deadline for a long-term nuclear agreement as they tackle the most contentious issues, including the continuation of a U.N. arms embargo on Iran, the big powers said. “We are continuing to negotiate for the next couple of days,” EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said outside the hotel where the talks between Iran, Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States are taking place.

The spokeswoman for the U.S. delegation, Marie Harf, said the terms of an interim deal between Iran and the six would be extended through Friday to give negotiators a few more days to finish their work.

“We’re frankly more concerned about the quality of the deal than we are about the clock, though we also know that difficult decisions won’t get any easier with time,” Harf said. “That is why we are continuing to negotiate.” The United States and its allies fear Iran is using its civilian nuclear programme as a cover to develop a nuclear weapons capability. Iran says its programme is peaceful.

An agreement would be the most important milestone in decades towards easing hostility between the United States and Iran, enemies since Iranian revolutionaries captured 52 hostages in the U.S. embassy in Tehran in 1979.

A deal would be an important achievement for U.S. President Barack Obama and Iran’s pragmatist president Hassan Rouhani, but both leaders face scepticism from powerful hardliners at home.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said there was “every reason” to believe a deal would be done within “a few days”, and that there was an “understanding” that most of the current sanctions against Iran would be lifted.

“There is only one big problem in terms of sanctions - it is the problem of a weapons embargo,” he told journalists according to Russian news agency Interfax.

He said it was important to reach agreement on this as soon as possible, saying that “ending the bans on supplies to Iran of the weapons required to fight terrorism is a very, very relevant objective”.

It is the fourth time the parties have extended the terms of the interim deal, which was struck in November 2013 and provided Iran with limited sanctions relief in exchange for a halt to the production of uranium enriched to a

purity level of 20 percent.

EXTENSION EXTENDED

The comprehensive deal under discussion is aimed at curbing Tehran’s most sensitive nuclear work for a decade or more, in exchange for relief from economic sanctions that have slashed Iran’s oil exports and crippled its economy. The negotiators had initially given themselves an extra week when they missed a June 30 deadline for a final agreement, but a push in recent days was not enough to hammer out the deal.

The latest extension to Friday leaves open the possibility that an agreement will not arrive in time for a Thursday deadline set by the U.S. Congress in order to provide an expedited, 30-day review.

If a deal is sent to Congress between July 10 and Sept. 7, Congress will have 60 days to review it, taking into account lawmakers’ August vacation. Obama administration officials fear that could provide more time for any deal to unravel. “We are interpreting in a flexible way our deadline, which means that we are taking the time, the days we still need, to finalise the agreement,” Mogherini said,

adding that there remained several difficult issues to resolve.

Among these, officials said, are Iranian demands for a U.N. arms embargo and ballistic missiles sanctions to be lifted, the timing of U.S. and EU sanctions relief, and disagreements over future Iranian nuclear research and development. A senior U.S. official said U.N. restrictions would remain both on Iran’s trade in arms as well as its access to missile technology but left open the possibility that these might be less onerous than they are at present.

U.N. restrictions on the development of Iran’s missile programme date to 2006. They call for Iran to abandon its ballistic missile programme and aim to prevent it from developing “nuclear weapon delivery systems,” which diplomats say covers any missile capable of delivering an atomic warhead.

“There will be an ongoing restriction on arms just like there will be ongoing restrictions regarding missiles,” the senior U.S. official told reporters. Asked if these would be as tight as those now in effect, the official declined comment. (ap)

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Iranians walk through a bazaar in Tajrish northern Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, July 7, 2015.

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Malaysia raids office of fund in probe linked to premier

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Malaysian authorities raided the office of state investment fund 1MDB as part of investigations into allegations that hundreds of millions of dollars were funneled from the fund to the personal accounts of Prime Minister Najib Razak.

1MDB in a statement says it is extending full cooperation and has provided documents and materials to investigating officers visiting its office Wednesday.

The fund, which denied it gave

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INDONESIA Air force plans to replace Hercules aircraft

money to Najib, says legal action should be taken if any wrongdoing was found.

The country’s attorney-general confirmed on the weekend he had received documents from investigators that linked Najib and 1MDB. The existence of the documents, which allegedly show $700 million was wired from entities linked to 1MDB into Najib’s accounts, was first reported by The Wall Street Journal on Friday. (ap)

JAKARTA - Indonesian Air Force Chief of Staff Marshal Agus Supriatna revealed that he has conducted a study to replace Hercules aircraft with new transport aircraft.

“We have conducted a study to replace Hercules aircraft with the new ones either from France, the United States, or Russia, but the replacement depends on the government,” Supriatna stated at the Cilangkap Air Force Headquarters in East Jakarta on Tuesday.

According to Supriatna, the result of the study has been submitted to the Ministry of Defense to arrive at a decision on whether to replace the Hercules aircraft with the new transport aircraft.

“Our 2015-2019 strategic plan is to replace the F5 jet fighters and to procure heavy transport aircraft, heavy transport helicopters, and large transport helicopters,” he affirmed.

When contacted separately, Defense Ministry’s Head of Public Communication Brigadier General Jundan Eko Bintoro justified the plan to replace the Hercules aircraft with either Airbus A400M from France or Boeing C-17 from the United States, as the two types of transport aircraft have large capacity.

“The Airbus A400M and Boeing C-17 are larger and newer, and the procurement is expected to be made during the period between 2016 and 2018,” Jundan added. (ant)

Regulation...

From page 1 According to this man from Dalung, Northern Kuta, the number of hotel in Badung has exceeded the capacity.

In fact, the growth of tourist visit and hotel rooms is not comparable. Number of room surpasses tourist arrival. No doubt, hotel occupancy rate is quiet and continues to decline. Employers also aggressively make price war in order to still attract guests and survive. This condition has been running since the past few years. Proliferation of hotels in Badung is currently inseparable from the weak government control.

“The technique of supervision becomes very important. It is no longer the time for Badung to pursue the quantity, but the quality of guests. It will be useless to attract more guests if they have cheap quality. Then, the impact is not significant,” he explained.

Apart from supervision, according to Suryawijaya, the no less important is the selection of licensing. Every hotelier proposing new permit must be selected strictly. By doing so, the competition in the Badung tourism will come back to fair competition. As a result, the revenue of Badung County can also be improved. In the meantime, Spokesman of the government of Badung, A.A. Gede Raka Yuda, denied if the Regent Regulation No.36/2014 restricts the involvement of local communities in tourism industry, especially the hotel sector. Precisely the Regent Regulation poses the government’s effort to restructure Bali tourism, especially the Badung tourism, so as to be sustainable.

“Issuance of the Regent Regulation is meant to realize the quality tourism and sustainable tourism. We do not want the accommodation is built with minimal facilities. It is almost the same as the very simple house and it seems infeasible,” he said.

He said that the issuance of the Regent Regulation is to make quality tourist accommodation. It has been very obviously set forth in the regulation regarding the land area and room area to build a hotel or condotel.

“It has a very clear objective to make a quality tourist accommodation so that

there will be no small hotels and small rooms. So, it does not necessarily mean to restrict local people from having tourist accommodation. We have no intention to restrict local people,” he affirmed.

The regulation issued by Regent of Badung A.A. Gde Agung No.36/2014 sets forth the minimal standard of land area and room area as well as supporting facilities of hotel and condotel.

It sets that every hotel and condotel development in Badung County must comply with the minimal standards on land area and room area as well as supporting facilities of hotel and condotel.

The land area set forth in each district varies, where at least 0.50 hectare is set in Kuta, 0.75 hectare in Northern Kuta and one hectare in Southern Kuta.

In the meantime, the room area of hotel and condotel including bathroom must be at least 32 square meters. It also set the other supporting facilities with a minimum standard equipped with front office, hotel lobby, kitchen, dining room for guests of hotel or condotel, security booth, CCTV and fire extinguishers.

On the other hand, the Badung Tourism Office noted that the growth of hotel room in the past five years reached 5,000 to 6,000 rooms per year.

During the period of 2009-2014, the star hotel category does not show an increase where it still amounts to 98 units offering at total of 16,360 rooms.

It is different from the condition of non-star hotels from year to year that always increase. In 2009, there were 505 hotels with 11,463 rooms, in 2014 increased to 855 hotels with 34,815 rooms. Cottage category in 2009 has reached 395 units with 1,986 rooms and in 2014 it increased 604 to 999 units with an average increase per year reaching 120 cottages with 3,937 rooms. In the meantime, tourist accommodation of condotel category in 2009 only reached seven units with 775 rooms and increased in 2014 to 38 units with 5,141 rooms and rental home category in 2009 amounted to 31 units with 513 rooms and in 2014 increased to 37 units with 953 rooms. (kmb27)

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President Joko Widodo inaugurated General Gatot Nurmantyo (left) as the new chief of the National Defense Forces (TNI) on Thursday.

President inaugurated TNI, BIN Chiefs

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo inaugurated General Gatot Nurmantyo as the new chief of the National Defense Forces (TNI) and Lieutenant General (retired) Sutiyoso as the new chief of the State Intelligence Agency (BIN) on Thursday.

The president inaugurate the new TNI and BIN chiefs at the State Palace at 12:45 p.m. local time, on Thursday. Nurmantyo will replace General Moeldoko whose term will end on August 1, 2015. Meanwhile, Lieutenant Sutiyoso will replace Lieutenant General (retired) Marciano Norman.

In its 36th plenary session here on Friday (July 3), the House of Representatives (DPR) approved the candidacy of General Nurmantyo

for the post of TNI commander and Lieutenant General (retired) Sutiyoso as the BIN chief.

Chairman of Commission I of the DPR Mahfudz Siddiq reported during the meeting that on Wednesday, Commission I had agreed to accept Nurmantyo’s candidacy for the post of TNI chief after he underwent the fit and proper test conducted by the commission.

General Nurmantyo, who was born in Tegal, Central Java, on March 13,

1960, was earlier the Army chief of staff. He took over the post of Army chief of staff on July 26, 2014, replacing General Budiman.

Nurmantyo served as governor of the Military Academy during the 2009-2010 period, as the commander of the Brawijaya Military Regional Command in the 2010-2011 period, as the commander of the Army Education Command between 2011 and 2013, and the commander of the Army Strategic Command. (ant)

A man arrest over selling protected eagles on Facebook

JAKARTA - Indonesian police posing as wildlife buyers have arrested a suspected trafficker for selling protected eagles on Facebook, an official said Wednesday.

Acting on a tip-off, authorities in Indonesia’s second-largest city of Surabaya swooped on the man’s home on Monday, where they discovered 14 eagles in cages and cardboard boxes, provincial police force spokesman Argo Yuwono told AFP. Among the various species were white-bellied sea eagles and spotted kestrels, as well as five baby eaglets, Yuwono said.

“Before arresting him, we went undercover and acted as buyers to confirm he was selling the birds on Facebook,” he said.

“Eagles are protected animals in Indonesia. Selling these birds is illegal and a serious crime.”

It’s the first known case in Indonesia of wildlife being sold through the popular social networking site, the spokesman said.

Police claim the man had been running his online operation for six months, selling eaglets for 750,000 rupiah ($56) and fully-grown birds for up to five million rupiah each.

Yuwono said four of the eaglets had since died from illness, but the other birds had been sent to Indonesia’s natural resources conservation office, which deals with wildlifetrafficking cases.

If found guilty of possessing and selling the protected animals, the trafficker could face five years prison and 100 million rupiah in fines.

Indonesian police in May arrested a suspected wildlife smuggler after discovering nearly two dozen live birds, mostly yellow-crested cockatoos, jammed alive inside plastic water bottles in his luggage. (afp)

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BUSINESS Tsipras ’confident’ of meeting debt deal deadline

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A woman rubs her face as she stands at a computer terminal in a stock brokerage house in Nantong in eastern China’s Jiangsu province Wednesday, July 8, 2015. China’s Shanghai Composite Index fell 5.9 percent on Wednesday.

China unveils new measures to prop up stocks

BEIJING — In a flurry of new moves to halt a stock market slide, China’s government on Wednesday told state companies and corporate executives to buy shares, raised the amount of equities insurance companies can hold and promised more credit to finance trading.

Hundreds of companies have announced a halt to trading in their shares after emergency measures announced last weekend failed to stop a slide that has dragged down the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index by more than 30 percent since early June.

Despite the new measures, the Shanghai index lost another 5.9 percent on Wednesday and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index closed down 5.8 percent after earlier diving as much as 8.5 percent.

The decline threatens to fuel political tensions and set back Communist Party plans to use financial markets to make China’s statedominated economy more productive. The party wants to encourage stock ownership but small investors whose holdings have plunged in value say they will no longer buy shares.

“The central government made considerable reputational investment in the rally over the last year, particularly via ample cheerleading from state media,” said IHS Global

Insight economist Brian Jackson in a report. “As a result, support is likely to remain extraordinary, although that will find difficulty reversing the rapid shift in attitudes by retail investors.”

On Wednesday, the Cabinet agency that oversees China’s biggest state-owned companies said it had told them not to sell shares and to buy more “in order to safeguard market stability.”

In a separate order, the securities regulator told directors, executives and senior managers of publicly traded companies who have sold shares in those companies within the past six months to buy them back and said they are barred from selling. It said they are required to buy more if the price falls by more than 30 percent in the next 10 days.

The insurance regulator said the proportion of their assets Chinese insurers are allowed to invest in stocks will be increased to 40 percent from 30 percent. The agency said the amount of a single blue-

chip company’s shares that an insurance company can buy will be increased to 10 percent from 5 percent.

The central bank said it will provide “ample liquidity to support stock market stability” through a state-owned company that lends to brokerages to finance share purchases, a practice known as margin lending. The People’s Bank of China gave no indication how much money it might inject into the system.

The central bank statement was read on state TV’s national midday news.

Chinese authorities have tried to reassure investors the price decline is normal following a boom that saw the Shanghai index soar by more than 150 percent since late 2014. On Monday, the flagship ruling party newspaper, People’s Daily, said the economy can maintain steady growth and provide “solid fundamentals” for “healthy development of capital markets.” (ap)

STRASBOURG - Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said Wednesday he was confident of meeting an end-of-the-week deadline set by eurozone leaders to reach a bailout deal or risk leaving the euro.

“I am confident that in the next two or three days we will be able to meet the obligations in the best interests of Greece and also the eurozone,” Tsipras said in a speech to the European Parliament in Strasbourg.

Greeted by a mixture of boos and cheers from European MPs, the Greek premier added: “Our proposals for financing our obligations and restructuring our debt will not burden European taxpayers.”

Eurozone leaders agreed at an emergency summit late Tuesday to give Greece until Thursday to submit a new reform plan after

Greek voters rejected creditors’ demands in a referendum, with a full EU summit on Sunday the final deadline to reach a deal.

EU President Donald Tusk warned the European Parliament ahead of the speech by Tsipras that failure to reach a deal “may lead to the bankruptcy of Greece” and cause geopolitical problems for Europe.

Tsipras called on all sides to work together to prevent a “divided Europe”.

“This is a European problem which requires a European solution... let us not allow it to become a divided Europe,” he said.

He said Greece, which has imposed tough reforms in exchange for two EU-IMF bailouts since 2010, had been used as an “austerity laboratory” by the rest of Europe. (afp)

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Ceramic crafts sold internationally

TABANAN - The ceramic crafts made by Tabanan Region’s craftsman from Bali are sold in international markets, Section Chief of the Foreign Trade Department of Industries and Trade of Tabanan Bali Agung Pramono stated.

“The export demand for craft products is quite high due to their good quality and uniqueness,” he noted.

The uniqueness of the craft prod-

ucts is typical Balinese motifs, ornaments, and carvings that increase their appeal in the international markets such as the United States, France, England, Germany, Austra-

Batu Panes Temple TABANAN - Tabanan Regency retains some unique temple heritages. One of them is the Batu Panes Temple located at Mengesta customary village, Penebel. The temple situated amidst the rice field has some uniqueness compared to other temples. The most bizarre is the entrance to the temple located in the southwest. Reputedly, it is a symbol of prosperity and believed to have a capability of treating various diseases.

Another unique nature is the temple has no compound walls, including the split gates as the main entrance. Even, temple is actually surrounded by a small lake that never dries up all the year round. The lake is overgrown by thousands of beautiful lotuses appearing naturally.

It is unknown for sure about

the origin of the temple. Based on folklore, the temple has something to do with the Batukaru Temple and the Kingdom of Tabanan. It is functioned as the source of prosperity by farmers. On that account, the venerators of the Batu Panes Temple are all farmers.

The Chief of Belulang customary village, Ketut Suardisa, said that based on the information from his predecessors the Batu Panes Temple was established when the Tabanan Kingdom was hit by drought. Then, the king and royal officials meditated at the location now known as Batu Panes Temple. Their meditation was fruitless. Later, the king went to Batulumbung Temple for another meditation and much water then flowed now known as Yeh Ho River. “According to him, the

lia, Sweden, Japan, and Malaysia.

The export of up to 17,340 pieces valued at Rp754.6 million was recorded in the period between January and May this year.

Regarding the total sales and exports, Pramono noted that five ceramic craft’s producers have been growing rapidly such as CV Tantri S Keramik that exported 16,340

pieces earning Rp326.8 million, CV Keramik Pejaten exporting 500 pieces and earning Rp150 million, CV Cemara Keramik exporting 500 pieces and earning Rp200 million, CV Dwisula earning Rp136.68 million, and CV Mika Keramik Potri earning an export revenue of Rp76 million.

“The ordered craft products

will be used in the residential and hospitality sectors and also as dinner sets and ornaments,” Pramono remarked. He is optimistic that the producers would innovate and create unique products with different creations. He also emphasized on the need to increase the quantity by using modern technology and tools for production. (ant)

story is found in the Padma Cangah chronicle,” said Suardisa.

The Batu Panes Temple is believed as sanctum used to venerate Lord Shiva with his manifestation as Brahma. Therefore, it results in the heat. No wonder, a hot spring is found near the temple and sanctified by local people up to these days. The temple is also made a place to ask for the source of life and cure various diseases. Originally, the temple was a lingam of Lord Shiva inscribed with ancient scripts. Then, it was made a shrine in 1970. At that time, the lingam of Shiva was once read. However, no one could translate them.

The temple is equipped with a number of shrines including the Penyacah Temple, Pengungangan Puseh Batuaya Temple with ancient yoni, Batur Sari Temple in the east, Dalem Kahyangan in the south and Taman Beji with hot spring in the southwest. Especially in the innermost courtyard lie a number

of shrines such as representative shrine of Batukaru Temple, Kerinan, main shrine (Ratu Wayan), Sedahan Temple, representative of Pucak Petali and Ratu Nyoman in the form of Padmasana.

Pujawali or anniversary of the Batu Panes Temple falls on Buda (Wednesday) Kliwon Wuku Gumbreg. Uniquely, when it falls on dark moon or full moon, the procession should be filled with pedudusan alit and melasti (purificatory rite for ritual paraphernalia and effigy) to whitewater of Babahan. This ritual usually falls every 10 times of anniversary.

As the temple belonging to subak members (farmers), they routinely present the offering and once a year they present annual oblation or chips. In 2007, a discrepancy occurred where the supporting devotees agreed to hold a customary meeting for changing the position of the entrance into the

temple from the southwest to the center. When organizing a meeting in the wantilan hall of the temple, all the customary villagers were in trance and prohibited to move the entrance of the temple.

Based on the research on the Ganesh effigy in the Puseh Belulang Temple, the Batu Panes was estimated to originate from 1400 BC. It is based on the materials of the effigy and temple buildings of Puseh Belulang that do not apply multi-tiered meru shrine as commonly found in Bali. “It is only an estimate because there has not been a concrete study,” he said. Other than sanctum, location of the Batu Panes Temple has also become a water attraction. Visitors usually enjoy the hot spring believed to have the efficacy to cure some illnesses. Similarly, location around the temple is also quite beautiful along with the overlay of rice terraces. (kmb)

Putin hosts BRICS summit amid standoff with West

UFA, Russia - Russian President Vladimir Putin is to meet world leaders on Wednesday including China’s Xi Jingping and India’s Narendra Modi ahead of the start of a summit of the BRICS emerging economies.

Putin is to hold bilateral talks with leaders of the other BRICS countries -- China, Brazil, South Africa and India -- in the city of Ufa in the Ural mountains for a summit that Moscow hopes will show it is not cut off, despite its standoff with the West over Ukraine.

South African President Jacob Zuma arrived on Tuesday in Ufa while Chinese President Xi Jinping was set to arrive Wednesday, as was Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, breaking off a visit to Central Asia. The BRICS summit itself is on Thursday.

Taking place at the same time in the provincial city about 1,100 kilometres (750 miles) from Moscow is a meet-

ing of the regional security grouping, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), at which Putin will meet Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.

Iran has observer status in the SCO, which is made up of Russia, China and the exSoviet Central Asian states of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

The high-profile gatherings come as Moscow is locked in an bitter standoff with the West over the Ukraine crisis that has seen Putin given the cold shoulder by the EU and the United States.

Among the main items on the agenda will be the establishment of a BRICS bank to finance infrastructure projects in member states and developing countries.

“This will probably be one of the world’s leading institutions, which will focus on infrastructure projects,” Russia’s economy minister Alexei Ulyukayev said. (afp)

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Police arrest perpetrator of illegal logging

TABANAN - The ranks of the Tabanan Police Criminal Investigation Unit arrested an offender alleged to have committed theft of timber (illegal logging) in a protected forest area of Nyuh Gading hamlet, Mundeh village, West Selemadeg subdistrict.

The perpetrator successfully secured is Slamet Hadi, 32, a villager of West Sroyo, Bangunsari village, Songgon, East Java. Now, the perpetrator is detained in Tabanan Police Headquarters and a number of evidences such as two units of chainsaw and 38 rods of processed teakwood of various sizes.

Chief of the Tabanan Police Criminal Investigation Unit, Nyoman Sukanada, with permission from the Chief of Tabanan Police, Komang Suartana, said that the perpetrator was arrested when his personnel from of West Selemadeg Police made a joint patrol with the officers of Bali Forestry Service at local protected forest area.

When passing at the scene, they saw two stumps of teak trees, but the timber is gone. Being suspicious of illegal logging activities, police then made an investigation. Eventually it leads to the perpetrator.

“Finally we managed to secure the perpetrator. He also admitted to have cut down the trees in the forest, while the timber is kept in the warehouse,” he said, Tuesday (Jul. 7).

To account for his action, he said that the perpetrator will be charged under Article 82 paragraph (1) a, b and c of Law No.18/2013 on the Prevention and Eradication of Forest Destruction. “The threat of punishment is minimally one year and maximally five years,” he concluded. (kmb28)

The police officers installed road barriers on Gilimanuk road to perevent traffic jam

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Water barriers installed on the road heading for harbor

NEGARA - In order to unravel the accumulation of vehicles during homecoming period, a number of efforts have been started. As seen on Tuesday (Jul. 7), hundreds of lane dividers in the form of water barriers were installed along two kilometers at Gilimanuk. National road towards Gilimanuk Harbor is planned to be sterilized from private cars diverted to other roads in the aisles of settlements.

Chief of Jembrana Police Traffic Affairs, I Gede Sumadra Kerthiawan, seen to monitor the installation said that Jembrana Police put up at least 450 water barriers from the junction of maneuver parking to Cekik.

It is about two kilometers and during the homecoming and backflow period the road section is divided. Private cars will be diverted to aisles when entering the Entrance Gates or about 1.5 km from maneuver parking. In

addition to traffic affair officers, the installation of water barrier also involved municipal police and janitors to fill in water.

The effort to separate the lane, according to him, is meant to regulate traffic heading for the crossing harbor. Earlier, along the road section to the harbor has also been installed with separators but in the form of drums and they are easily moved or damaged. “But this one weighs up to 50 kg so that it is difficult to be removed. We

intentionally install this for barrier,” he explained. On the contrary, the incoming traffic to Bali will also be arranged in such a way so as not to accumulate in conjunction with vehicles that are about to come out of Bali.

In the meantime, motorcycles will be directed to Gilimanuk through the road. Harbor authorities have also began to set up tents for homecomers using motorcycle to shade reaching outside the harbor area. (kmb26)

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Thai farmers ask spirits for rain to end crippling drought

BAN LUEAM — Under the scorching sun, dozens of Thai villagers, dressed in flowery shirts and traditional costumes, parade a white cat caged in a bamboo-woven basket door-to-door and let neighbors splash water on the unlucky feline, while chanting an ancient tune: “Rain, rain, come pouring down. We barely had any this year. Without rain, our rice will die.” It’s a desperate plea to the god of rain, in the belief it will hear the cat’s cry and answer the farmers’ prayers.

Arash, a French man consumes marijuana for 21 years

AMLAPURA - The defendant marijuana user Arash Honar Kar Saveh, 52, from France, in front of a panel of judges on the trial frankly confessed his deed. Arash admitted to have consumed marijuana for 21 years in his home country.

It was announced by Attorney of the Amlapura Prosecutors’ Office, Made Santiawan, Tuesday (Jul. 7) in Amlapura after filing the defendant Arash to trial in the Amlapura District Court. He said that when questioned as a defendant, accompanied by an interpreter and legal counsel Made Ruspita, this French man frankly confessed his deed.

This year he has entered the twentyfirst year as marijuana user. When consuming marijuana in his home country, he claimed to have never been arrested and blamed. It happens because he is just a drug user and does not market nor harm others. In addition, he is not arrested in his home country by police. “He cannot dodge. He just hopes to be rehabilitated and invokes not to be punished,” he said.

Arash was arrested by police several months ago in a rented house at Bias Lantang, Purwakerti village, Karangasem. He was arrested when caught smoking a cigarette of marijuana. Earlier, police got public information if there

was tourist consuming marijuana at his rented house at Bias Lantang. In advance, he had a binge drinking with eight fellows of local residents. When getting drunk, he came into his room, and then went out of the room with a cigarette looking unlike regular cigarette. It happened because it exuded thick billowing smoke.

When searched by police, he had refused to be searched. Then, he fell onto the floor like fainting.

After being quiet and when to be searched by police, he refused to be searched as police did not put on official uniform. Police conducted the search was witnessed by local residents. From under his mattress, police found dried leaves wrapped in a clear plastic clip suspected to be marijuana. The evidence was then examined in forensic laboratory and it was positive for marijuana.

Results of his urine test indicated that he was also positive to be drug user.

Arash admitted to have obtained eight grams gross of marijuana (six grams net) from someone in Gili Air, NTB. The trial against Arash with the agenda of reading the demand yesterday was postponed because the prosecutors were not ready with their demands. (013)

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In this July 2, 2015 photo, a rice paddy cracks in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand.

Thailand’s rainy season officially began in the last week of May, but it rained only once in the Ban Lueam district in northeastern Nakhon Ratchasima province.

Thailand’s rainy season officially began in the last week of May, but it rained only once in the Ban Lueam district in northeastern Nakhon Ratchasima province. It is one of more than 250 districts — or nearly 20 percent of the country — that have been declared emergency disaster zones as the prolonged drought becomes the worst in decades, its impact felt most acutely by farmers growing Thailand’s most important agricultural export: rice.

At the beginning of July, the amount of usable water in major dams across the country — except in the west — dropped to below 10 percent, according to the Irrigation Department. The water level at Bhumibol Dam has dropped to its lowest point in 51 years.

In the capital, Bangkok, the Metropolitan Waterworks Authority has been slowing down tap water production since May. The head of the authority, Gov. Thanasak Watanathana, told The Associated Press that without rains, the current water supply for daily consumption in Bangkok and its nearby provinces will last only 30 days.

However, he said forecasters are expecting rains next month. For rice farmers, it may already be too late.

The drought and the critical water shortage in dams have prompted the Agriculture Ministry to ask farmers to hold off on planting their crops. The Office of Agricultural Economics estimated that the delay could

cost farmers in Thailand’s central plains alone 60 billion baht ($1.8 billion) in potential losses.

“Every year in the past, in June and July, in every part of the country — the north, the central or the northeast — farmers would have started planting their rice,” said Sompong Inthong, the permanent secretary at the Agriculture Ministry. “The real damage will be with those who have already planted but there’s not enough water. We have to look at how we can help them.”

The Royal Rainmaking and Agricultural Aviation Department have sent a fleet of propeller aircrafts on more than 3,000 flights since March to increase precipitation by cloud seeding, an artificial rainmaking technique spearheaded by King Bhumibol Adulyadej. Despite the high rate of success, it did little to fill the dams.

Together with Vietnam, Thailand is one of the world’s top rice exporters. But because of the drought, the Office of Agricultural Economics estimates this year’s main crop will decrease by 11 percent, or about 24 million tons from the average of 27 million tons per year.

The Thai Rice Exporters Association says at least 3 million tons of off-season rice has disappeared from the stock since the beginning of the year due to the drought.

The main concern, however, is the main farming cycle, which begins in May and is harvested as early as October. (ap)

German attempts to break down barriers for deaf in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea — In a country with zero kindergartens specifically for the deaf, Robert Grund wants to help establish the first — just a small suite of rooms for perhaps a couple dozen kids, in North Korea’s capital, Pyongyang, a city of roughly 2.5 million.

It’s a small step, but Grund, the Pyongyang representative of the World Federation of the Deaf and the city’s only full-time deaf foreign resident, sees it as part of a larger push to end isolation for the deaf here by helping them be heard, involved and empowered in projects about them. He appears to be making progress.

Over the past few years, North Korean officials have grown more receptive to helping the disabled.

Events have become more frequent and get a higher profile in the state-

run media, while more cultural exchanges are being allowed abroad.

Recent media stories played up a new all-deaf soccer team. The North last month held high-profile events to mark Disabled Persons Day. The kindergarten project is also coming together.

Grund says officials have approved a location for the facility, several rooms in a now under-used nursery building, and appear keen on opening it in time for the 70th anniversary of the founding of the country’s ruling party on Oct. 10.

The kindergarten itself will be wholly paid for and funded by TOGETHER-Hamhung, a German non-profit Disabled Persons Organization.

“Nobody knows how many kids will come,” Grund said in a recent interview with The Associated

Press. “If necessary, we can assign more rooms for children.”

The plan is to accept children from infancy on up until they are old enough to attend regular deaf schools. Grund hopes access will be based solely on need, but he is not sure whether the government will instead decide who gets to go.

“From our point of view, every deaf child has access,” he said.

“Since this country strongly advertises the right of children to be in nurseries and kindergartens, it is probably not so much a matter of choosing, but a matter of information and spreading the word so that the families get to know the new option and dare to bring their deaf child, overcoming the traditional hiding in the family.” (ap)

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In this Saturday, June 20, 2015, photo, Robert Grund, Pyongyang representative of the World Federation of the Deaf and the cityâ’s only full-time deaf foreign resident, communicates through the use of sign language during an interview in Pyongyang, North Korea.

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Pregnant drinking common in Ireland, England, Australasia: study

PARIS - Twenty to 80 percent of women questioned in England, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand drank alcohol while pregnant, researchers said Tuesday, flagging a “significant public health concern”.

Though most had “low levels” of intake, the data suggested that alcohol use in pregnancy was prevalent and socially pervasive, said a study in the journal BMJ Open.

“New policy and interventions are required to reduce alcohol prevalence both prior to and during pregnancy,” the authors wrote.

The World Health Organization (WHO) warns that alcohol use during pregnancy can damage the unborn child for life -- though there is no certainty about the dose at which it becomes dangerous.

The worst effects are seen with foetal alcohol syndrome -- whose symptoms can include facial abnormalities, and physical and intellectual disabilities.

Drinking while pregnant can also lead to miscarriages, and premature or still births, says the WHO website, and pregnant women are generally advised not to drink.

SCOPE had the highest overall reported prevalence, at 82 percent, of drinking during pregnancy, the team said, and GUI the lowest at 20 percent.

The number for PRAMS was 46 percent.

SCOPE also had the highest prevalence, 45 percent, of binge drinking while pregnant -- measured as six or more units of alcohol per sitting.

One unit is about a glass of wine, a shot of spirits, or half a

The 37th Bali Art Festival Thursday, July 9, 2015 Time

Place

Event

11.00 Ratna Stage

14.00 Ayodya Stage

17.00 Ksirarnawa

20.00 Ayodya Stage

20.00 Ksirarnawa Hall

Panca Mask parade by Pondok Seni Ulian Pongah, Klungkung Children gong performances by Semara Madu Troupe, Gianyar Joged Bumbung dance performances by Gita Suara Ulangun Troupe, Buleleng Art performances by Mekar Sari Troupe, Gianyar Gus Teja World Music performances

20.00 Ardha Candra

Adul gong kebyar performances by Monashatika Troupe, Buleleng and Giri Gurnita Shanti Troupe, Karangasem

Amed needs to build temporary landfill

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An illustration photo of two women having an alcohol drink. Twenty to 80 percent of women questioned in England, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand drank alcohol while pregnant, researchers said Tuesday, flagging a “significant public health concern”. pint of lager.

Smokers were 17-50 percent more likely to drink while pregnant, the numbers showed. There was no comparison with other parts of the world.

“The amount of alcohol drunk

varied across the three studies.

Between 15 percent and 70 percent of the women said that they had drunk one to two units a week during the first three months (trimester) of their pregnancy,” the researchers said.

The number of units dropped substantially in all countries from the first to the second trimester, but the team said this was little comfort.

“Since most women who consume alcohol do so at lower

levels where the offspring growth and development effects are less well understood, the widespread consumption of even low levels of alcohol during pregnancy is a significant public health concern.” (afp)

Signs of aging appear in mid-20s, study finds

MIAMI - Aging is typically studied in the elderly, but a study released Monday said different rates of aging can be detected as early as the mid-20s.

The findings in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences’ July 6 issue are based on a group of 954 people born in New Zealand in 1972 or 1973.

Researchers collected data on the subjects’ kidney, liver and lung function, dental health, the blood vessels in the eyes as well as their metabolism and immune system

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function at age 26, 32 and 38.

They also measured cholesterol, fitness levels and the length of the telomeres, which are the protective caps at the end of chromosomes that have been found to shorten with age.

Using a total of 18 biological measurements, researchers determined a “biological age” for each participant at age 38 -- with some registering under 30 and others appearing to be nearly 60.

When scientists looked closely at the ones who had aged more

quickly, they found signs of deterioration were apparent at age 26, the age when the first set of biological measurements were taken.

Most of those in the group were aging at the expected rate of one biological year per chronological year, or even less.

Others were aging as fast as three biological years per chronological year.

Those whose bodies were aging faster also “scored worse on tests typically given to people over 60,

including tests of balance and coordination and solving unfamiliar problems,” said the study.

And when a group of university students at Duke was asked to look at pictures of people in the group, they consistently rated as older those whose bodies were aging more quickly than the rest.

Study authors said their findings pave the way for future tests that may be easier and cheaper to implement, so that people can find out how fast they are aging in their 20s, when they might

be able to do something about it and possibly prevent age-related diseases.

Previous research has shown that genes account for only about 20 percent of aging, leaving the rest up to health behaviors and the environment.

“That gives us some hope that medicine might be able to slow aging and give people more healthy active years,” said senior author Terrie Moffitt, professor of psychology and neuroscience at Duke University. (afp)

AMLAPURA - Amed tourism area at Purwakerti village, Abang subdistrict, has become one of the main tourist destinations of Karangasem County. However, the famous name of Amed has not been supported by adequate public facilities, particularly regarding the efforts to protect the environment.

Amed has not yet owned a temporary landfill. As a result, waste is still often dumped into the sea.

Headman of Purwakerti, I Wayan Sentuni Artana, when contacted on Wednesday admitted that Amed has not yet owned a temporary landfill.

He regretted that local government only ‘sells’ Amed as a tourist destination. Every year it has contributed regionally generated revenue (PAD) through hotel and restaurant tax. However, the contribution in improving the look of Amed is still very minimal. The making of temporary landfill has been proposed for many times to local government, including in the subdistrict development plan meeting. However, until these days there has been no realization. So, the waste is still dumped into the sea.

However, due to persuasive approach made to residents in recent years, the amount of waste dumped in the sea is already on the wane.

This time some people have started to realize and choose to create their own dust bin at every single lane.

Then, it is transported to landfill at their expense. As a tourist destination, Sentuni wants the Purwakerti village, especially Amed, to have a temporary landfill. Other than accommodating waste from residents and tourism activities, his party also wants to manage the waste independently. Thus, Purwakerti village can independently be responsible for waste production and preserving the local environment. He said that the land has been ready and the

landfill just needs to be built around Amed area.

The Head of the Karangasem Sanitation and Landscaping Agency, I Made Suama, when contacted on Tuesday (Jul. 7) said that his party actually has built an integrated landfill at Culik village whose service is planned to reach Amed. Since it was built in 2014, this landfill is managed by local community group.

It was built at the location because the group is ready to manage and prepares land along with operational costs. “The service is also planned to reach Amed,” he said.

If it can have served hoteliers at Amed, there will be surely contribution to the income of the group.

Unfortunately, at the moment the group can only provide services around Culik village. So far, local government can only provide assistance in the form of building,

waste processing machine and three units of tricycle. Thus, it is unable to serve to Amed because it has not owned garbage truck. This group already requested the assistance of dump truck to local government for service expansion. “Until these days, we have not been able to meet the request (procurement of dump truck) due to budget constraint,” he said.

With this budget constraint, his party hoped this issue can also be answered by Bali provincial government. He asserted that provincial government often provides such assistance to other counties or municipality in Bali. Only Karangasem very rarely gets it whereas it is very much required. He claimed not to know what happens to the proposal of the Karangasem Sanitation and Landscaping Agency to the government of Bali. (kmb31)

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Amed tourism area at Purwakerti village, Abang subdistrict, has become one of the main tourist destinations of Karangasem County. However, the famous name of Amed has not been supported by adequate public facilities, particularly regarding the efforts to protect the environment.

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Environment quality threatened

DENPASAR - Government judged to have carelessly approved investment, chiefly the investment in tourism sector.

As the impact, the government has also become inconsistent in maintaining the quality of environment. This was stated by Executive Director of WALHI Bali, Suriadi Darmoko.

Actually the government, said Suriadi, has performed several studies related to pollution of coastal or river areas through the Environment Agency. The sources of beach pollution in particular have been clear, namely the beaches becoming favorite tourist destinations and the surrounding areas having many tourist accommodations. It also includes the beaches becoming the center of crossing activities or harbors.

“The harbor is clearly having an environmental impact analysis (EIA), so what about its enforcement? Later on, the hotel in the vicinity of the beaches becoming a favorite tourist destination must have a clear commitment. So, there should be consistency to oversee the environmental document. All this time, the process is not accompanied with supervision effort, and it has almost never been heard about the law enforcement on the environmental document,” he said.

A similar case, added Suriadi, also occurred during the construction of the Bali Mandara Toll Road.

In the EIA document, in truth there was never any backfill in the construction of the highway above the water surface. But the sea backfilling remained to be done. There were no legal sanctions, but the previous EIA document was even revised so that the project could continue to run.

“What really happened is the process of omission at the stage of feasibility study or preparation of the environmental impact analysis lacks of seriousness in the feasibility study. Feasible or not feasible is considered feasible. The environmental impact analysis is only used as formalities to get subsequent permit,” he complained.

When the government does not enforce the moratorium of hotel construction, said Suriadi, it does not only have implication for the environmental damages in South Bali, but also in other areas of Bali. In South Bali, for instance, massive hotel construction also causes massive land conversion.

Not to mention the need for water and electricity tends to increase.

Unsurprisingly, Bali is now threatened by water crisis.

“The addition of hotel also increases the need for land or sand for building. Quarry in Bali will not be as massive as today if only used to build people’s houses, not hotels. Source of the quarry is usually in the eastern part of Bali, so that it will also cause damages to the environment, not only in South Bali,” he explained.

Suriadi asked the government not to carelessly approve any incoming investment. Then, it will be made a reason to revise the existing rules. So, please also look at the conditions in the field, whether people are openly receiving the investment or not. On average, the investment projects coming into Bali are conducted secretly.

For instance, it already happened to the Benoa Bay reclamation plan, or the previous one is the permit for natural tourism exploitation in the Ngurah Rai Grand Forest Park (Tahura). (kmb32)

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The mosaic stone seekers on Klotok Beach are working without any disturbances.

Local government asked to make a study on Klotok Beach

SEMARAPURA - Repression against mosaic stone seekers on Klotok Beach causes pros and cons in the community. The government of Klungkung is also asked to conduct a study related to damage on Klotok Beach caused by the illegal mining. The study conducted can be the basis of the Regent of Klungkung, I Nyoman Suwirta, in making a policy. All this time, the government of Klungkung cannot provide a solution for hundreds of mosaic stone seekers whose livelihood relies on Klotok Beach.

Chairman of Hanura Klungkung, I Putu Tika, asserted that it needs a comprehensive review on the damage to nature occurred on Klotok Beach. It is done to determine the cause of abrasion currently destroying the Klotok Beach. By that way, the people having searched for mosaic stone on Klotok Beach for decades will not be made scapegoat for the damage. On the other hand, the government of Klungkung is asked to find a solution for hundreds of people seeking mosaic stones.

This former legislator of Klungkung revealed there were at least 500 people whose livelihood relies on the seeking of mosaic stones. The mistake of the government of Klungkung in

the handling or policies can cause hundreds of people to lose their livelihood. Moreover, the mosaic stone seekers are averagely sharecroppers whose economic condition is below poverty line.

His party also asked the Klungkung House on duties to find solutions if the government of Klungkung will discipline the mosaic stone seekers. Do not let the actions taken even causes a new problem for society. “Do not be like the abbreviation of DPRD (parliament) meaning to give priority on self interest, while public interest next. People’s representative must defend public interest and find solution for them with the

executive,” he added.

Separately, Chairman of Commission I of the Klungkung House, Komang Suantara, asked the government of Klungkung, in this case Regent Suwirta, to take definite measures. So far, the mosaic stone seekers are getting rampant while the regent seems to keep silent.

“There should be a deadline, how long he will find a solution so that this problem will not be undecided,” he sneered. When asked for his confirmation related to the study on environmental damage on Klotok Beach, the Acting Head of Klungkung Environment Agency, I Wayan Wasta, could not be reached. (dwa)

DENPASAR - Based on the data from the Bali Health Agency in 2014, the total number of new mental disorder patients reached 1,209 people, while the existing patient reached 3,526 people so that they totally amounted to 4,735 patients. They are the data of Buleleng, Tabanan and Denpasar. From that data, Buleleng has a majority of new patients of mental disorder namely 741 people, Tabanan (308 people), and Denpasar (160 people).

In the meantime, the data in 2015 show that Karangasem County has new patients with mental disorders reaching 74 people, while the existing patients reaches 426 people so that they bring the total to 500 people.

The Head of the Bali Health Agency, Ketut Suarjaya, said that eight of the patients with mental disorder are shackled, where five people are in Tabanan, two in Denpasar and another in Badung.

“These are our data and all of them have been given a handling, but still shackled,” he said, Monday (Jul. 7).

In Bali there are 15 psychiatrists, where one is respectively in charge of the hospital in Buleleng, Badung, Tabanan, Gianyar, Denpasar (Wangaya), Bangli and two people at the Bangli Mental Hospital handling thousands of mental patients. “In the meantime, the Negara, Karangasem and Klungkung Hospital have no psychiatrists,” he said.

In the meantime, Anak Ayu Sri Wahyuni, a psychiatrist at Sanglah Hospital, revealed that Sanglah Hospital receives an average of 12 outpatients with mental health disorder each day. She added that Lely Room is specially treating patients with mental disorders having 20 beds with a maximum capacity of 11 people. “On average, we are treating four hospitalized patients each day, while sometimes the room is empty,” she said not long ago.

Currently, Sanglah Hospital is treating five patients with mental disorders consisting of four male patients and one female patient.

Sanglah Hospital also has an isolation room for patients with mental disorders with specific circumstance and 10 psychiatrists.

Wahyuni explained that patients hospitalized at Sanglah Hospital are in psychiatric emergency category, having tendencies to make noises, running amuck and rampaging because it can injure themselves or others or patients may abandon themselves like unwilling to eat or drink. Sometimes mental patients also have complication with other physical disorders such as kidney failure or diabetes. “Patients may injure themselves such as by drinking Baygon, trying to hang or trying to cut their veins,” she explained.

Mental patients with complications of disease are treated by a psychiatrist team as well as other specialists such as specialist doctor in internal medicine.

Having been treated more than 14 days, while the patients do not show a change in the right direction while they have been given drugs in maximal dose according to standard they need further treatment.

“If their family agrees, the patients are sent to a special hospital namely the Mental Hospital in Bangli,” she said. On the contrary, if the Bangli Health Hospital has mental patients experiencing physical illness such as convulsions or unwilling to eat, then they can be sent to Sanglah Hospital. Considering Sanglah Hospital is a public hospital, there are patients with other diseases that cannot be disturbed, and then the mental patients are treated in Bangli Mental Hospital.

“Public hospitals may only care for 14 days. Its treatment time is limited,” she said. In the meantime, the mental patients with complication disease are treated until the disease is getting better.

She also explained about the differences of general hospital from mental hospital. “Here (at Sanglah Hospital), patients can be waited by family, while mental hospital patients are only waited while in emergency room. When patients are treated in a quiet room, it is unnecessary for family to wait,” she explained. (kmb42)

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Balinese Temple Ceremony

Every Temple and Shrine has a special date for it annual Ceremony, or “ Odalan “, every 210 days according to Balinese calendar, including the smaller ancestral shrine which each family possesses. Because of this practically every few days a ceremony of festival of some kind takes place in some Village in Bali. There are also times when the entire island celebrated the same Holiday, such as at Galungan, Kuningan, Nyepi day, Saraswati day, Tumpek Landep day, Pagerwesi day, Tumpek Wayang day etc.

The dedication or inauguration day of a Temple is considered its birth day and celebration always takes place on the same day if the wuku or 210 day calendar is used. When new moon is used then the celebration always happens on new moon or full moon. The day of course can differ the religious celebration of a temple lasts at least one full day with some temple celebrating for three days while the celebration of Besakih temple, the Mother Temple, is never less than 7 days and most of the time it lasts for 11 days, depending on the importance of the occasion.

The celebration is very colorful. The shrine are dressed with pieces of cloths and sometimes with brocade, sailings, decorations of carved wood and sometimes painted with gold and Chinese coins, very beautifully arranged, are hung in the four corners of the shrine. In front of shrine are placed red, white or black umbrellas depending which Gods are worshipped in the shrines.

In front of important shrine one sees, besides these umbrellas soars, tridents and other weapons, the “umbul-umbul”, long flags, all these are prerogatives or attributes of Holiness. In front of the Temple gate put up “Penjor”, long bamboo poles, decorated beautifully ornaments of young coconut leaves, rice and other products of the land. Most beautiful to see are the girls in their colorful attire, carrying offerings, arrangements of all kinds fruits and colored cakes, to the Temple. Every visitor admires the grace with which the carry their load on their heads.

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Robert Downey Jr. tops Hollywood earners list IBP/Net

LOS ANGELES - Avengers: Age of Ultron fell just short of reaching the box-office heights of its predecessor — but star Robert Downey, Jr. is making even more bank than ever before.

The 50-year-old actor, who made his fifth appearance as Iron Man in the Joss Whedon-directed film, took in a cool $80 million between June of 2014 and 2015, according to Forbes, making him the highest-earning actor in that time period (his earnings for the drama The Judge also contributed to the total). Like his character, Tony Stark, Downey, Jr. is a shrewd businessman, and has cashed in on the massive success of the Disneyowned franchise by negotiating a generous cut of the profits made on sales of movie tickets, merchandise, and home video (he famously made $50 million for the first Avengers).

His cut for the franchise is so high, in fact, that Marvel famously limited the salaries of its other stars, like Chris Evans and Chris Hemsworth, as they entered the fray.

According to Forbes, Downey, Jr.’s fellow Avenger Scarlett Johansson made $35.5 million overall, though that was in part thanks to

her leading role in the hit action film Lucy, as well as her many endorsement deals.

The second highest-earning actor on Forbes’ list is Jennifer Lawrence, who finished with 34th overall, with $52 million, placing her right behind Kim Kardashian. She can thank her role in The Hunger Games for most of that cash, and the film franchise’s final installment — due in November — ensures that she’ll be back on this list next year.

At number three for actors is Jackie Chan, which may come as a surprise to American fans, as he hasn’t done many movies stateside in a long while. But the 61-yearold is still a superstar in China, and earned a mint overseas with Dragon Blade, his film with Adrien Brody and John Cusack, Dragon Blade (the movie will be released in the U.S. on September 4). Chan also owns a Segway dealership and movie theater chain.

Following Chan is Vin Diesel, who flexed his way to a $47 million payday, mostly for Furious 7. Fun fact: If Diesel made $1 for every one of his Facebook fans, he’d make just about the same amount of dough.

Diesel’s Furious co-star, The Rock, meanwhile, made $31.5 million, which is probably really embarrassing when the two hang out and lift together.

Other high earners include Bradley Cooper ($41.5 million, thanks to the unending success of American Sniper, for which he served as both and actor and producer); Adam Sandler ($41 million); Mark Wahlberg ($32 million, thanks to Ted 2 and his producing stint on such projects as HBO’s Entourage and Ballers); Johnny Depp ($30 million, no thanks to Mortdecai); Channing Tatum and Leonardo DiCaprio ($29 million apiece); and Sofia Vergara and Kevin Hart ($28.5 million each). (net)

LOS ANGELES - Embattled US comedian Bill Cosby admitted having supplied powerful sedatives to at least one woman in order to have sex with her, court documents unsealed on Monday showed.

Cosby admitted that in 1976 he had supplied Quaaludes -- a strong depressant widely used in the 1960s and 70s, but which has been discontinued in the United States -- to a woman who later accused him of sexual assault.

The disgraced television icon, who is accused of sex abuse by some 30 women spanning four decades, made the admission in a deposition in 2005.

The 77-year-old actor was questioned by Dolores Troiani, a lawyer for Andrea Constand, a former women’s basketball director at Philadelphia’s Temple University where Cosby studied and was, until recently, a member of the board of trustees.

Constand later took a civil case against Cosby, but the case was dropped by the court due to insufficient evidence.

Cosby’s lawyers had long sought to block publication of the court transcripts, but they were released Monday on the PACER public court records website.

The comedian’s attorneys had argued that his right to privacy meant the records should be kept sealed.

US District Court Judge Eduardo Robreno rejected that argument in a memo on Monday, highlighting “the stark contrast between Bill Cosby, the

public moralist and Bill Cosby, the subject of serious allegations concerning improper (and perhaps criminal) conduct.”

Robreno added that the public has “a significant interest” in the deposition.

His “moralist” remark was a reference to Cosby’s frequent pronouncements on parenting and good behavior, piggybacking on his role as one of America’s most famous TV dads in “The Cosby Show.”

The family sitcom was a huge hit in the 1980s and 1990s, making the actor a household name in the US and around the world.

Before fronting The Cosby Show, Cosby was already famous as a standup comedian and as one of the few black actors at the time to land lead roles, including in the hit secretagent TV series “I Spy.” But from one of America’s bestloved celebrities Cosby has gone to one of its most reviled.

The entertainer was forced to resigned from the board of Temple University, his alma mater, last December, as sexual abuse allegations against him mounted.

He has also canceled several planned comedy engagements and a Cosby television special that was planned for late last year was scuttled.

In an exchange between Cosby and Troiani documented in the court transcript made public on Monday, the comic admitted having obtained seven prescriptions for Quaaludes. (afp)

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Regulation of Badung like double-edged sword

DENPASAR - Uncontrolled construction of accommodation makes the government of Badung take strategic measures. One of the breakthroughs made by Badung is issuing the Regent Regulation No.36/2014 on minimum standards of land area and room area as well as supporting facilities of hotel and condotel.

The policy imposed starting on August 1, 2014 is believed to be capable of posing the growth of hotel and condotel room in the region. Unfortunately, the policy is now unable to slow down the growth of accommodation. Like double-edged sword, the policy dated June 3, 2014, also indirectly closes t h e

opportunity for local people to contribute in the sector.

“It is true that the Regulation of Badung Regent prohibiting the establishment of hotel on the land less than 0.50 hectares in Southern Badung has good and bad side like a double-edged knife. The land of at least 0.50 hectare is mostly owned by outside investors, while local residents mostly have land less than 0.50 hectare,” said Chairman of the Indonesia Tourism Intellectual Association (ICPI) of Bali, I Putu Anom.

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dismiss if there are some local residents who have more than 0.50 hectare of land such as in the area of Pecatu, Bukit Jimbaran. However, it must be admitted that they are much constrained in capital if they want to build accommodation. “They have very limited capital to build, including the hotel operations. As a result, local residents tend to sell some of their land in order to get capital or lease their land,” he said.

Nevertheless, this member of the BPPD Badung from Kapal village, Mengwi, does not expect if people build new accommodation because the hotel room has been oversupply.

Ultimately, it will result in unfair competition because the rooms are sold at lower price.

“It is time for us to implement the moratorium consistently. Do not always pursue the target of regionally generat-

ed revenue from hotel and restaurant tax, but try to increase the revenue from other sectors remaining to have many opportunities that can be achieved as long as the leaders carefully see the opportunity,” he said.

He acknowledged that people now want to get rich by selling land to buyers from outside Bali, including to foreigners. This move will certainly shift the local community and they no longer become a host in Bali. “Now, we all have to go back to our identity by observing and applying noble philosophical values of Hinduism,” he said.

Earlier, Chairman of the Indonesia Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI) of Badung Chapter, IGN Ray Suryawijaya, argued that the Regent Regulation No.36/2014 on minimal standard o f building

and room area for hotel and condotel is expected not only to be a paper tiger. The regulation carrying minimal area for hotel development with 0.50 hectare in Kuta, 0.75 hectare in Northern Kuta and one hectare in Southern Kuta is mentioned to be able to stop the rampant hotel development in Badung. However, the regulation will not be effective as long as the supervision by government is not optimal.

“The Regent Regulation must not only be on paper, but should be disseminated and supervised by the officers, the House and the community,” he said.

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Uncontrolled construction of accommodation makes the government of Badung take strategic measures. One of the breakthroughs made by Badung is issuing the Regent Regulation No.36/2014 on minimum standards of land area and room area as well as supporting facilities of hotel and condotel.