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Marvel adds Native American, Korean superheroes LOS ANGELES - The comic book giant Marvel has added a Native American and a Korean-American teenager to its list of superheroes, pushing forth with its bid to diversify and smash racial boundaries.

“The Marvel Universe’s American Southwest now has a superhero to call its very own -- the mysterious new hero, Red Wolf,” the company said in a statement Wednesday.

“An outsider and an honest man, Red

Wolf is going to need all his wits, and both his fists, to serve and protect this new world from the corrupt organizations that want to control... the gritty and harsh American Southwest.”

Chris Rock, Kathy Griffin to honor Eddie Murphy for humor

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WASHINGTON — Chris Rock, Kathy Griffin, Arsenio Hall and other comedians will perform next month in honor of Eddie Murphy as he receives the nation’s top prize for humor at the Kennedy Center in Washington.

The Kennedy Center announced the lineup Wednesday and the stars will salute Murphy on Oct. 18 with the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.

The performers include Dave Chappelle, Trevor Noah and Whitney Cummings, as well as stars from “Saturday Night Live” where Murphy had his early breakout. Jay Pharoah, Kevin Nealon and Joe Piscopo from “SNL” are slated to join.

The tribute show will be broadcast Nov. 23 on PBS. The humor prize honors those who influence society in the tradition of Samuel Clemens, the writer and satirist known as Mark Twain. (ap)

The company last week also revealed that Amadeus Cho, a Korean-American, would become the new fictional character Hulk, replacing Bruce Banner.

Both Red Wolf and Amadeus Cho will debut in December.

A black superhero, Black Panther, is set to come to life on the big screen in 2018 with actor Chadwick Boseman in the lead role. It

will be the first time a black superhero gets his own film.

“That’s what’s awesome about it: You have all these characters of different nationalities and ethnicities, but it’s not all about their culture,” said Jeffrey Veregge, the artist for the Red Wolf character, himself a Native American.

“It’s about them being a hero.” (afp)

Penelope Cruz plays cancer victim in return to Spanish cinema

MADRID - Oscar-winning actress Penelope Cruz returns to Spanish cinema after a nearly six-year absence, playing the role of a woman fighting breast cancer in director Julio Medem’s “Ma Ma” which opens on Friday in Spain.

“This is one of the most wonderful characters that I will ever be offered to play,” the 41-year-old actress said during an interview with radio Cadena Ser on Wednesday ahead of the film’s release.

“I fell in love with the story of this woman, who is like a goddess, a sage,” Cruz said, before adding that at first the role “frightened” her.

The Spanish actress plays Magda in the movie, a gutsy unemployed teacher with a young son who faces her cancer diagnosis with optimism and courage.

“It was very important to me to take risks and at no time did I worry if I looked beautiful, was ugly or very ugly,” said Cruz who was named the “Sexiest Wo m a n Alive”

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quire magazine last year.

“It is a tribute to all women who face this disease,” she added.

Cruz rose to international prominence in 2001 with roles in Hollywood films “Vanilla Sky” and “Blow”.

She won a best supporting actress Oscar for her role as an impetuous artist in Woody Allen’s 2008 comedy “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”.

The actress last made a movie in Spain in 2009 when she starred in Spanish director Pedro Almodovar’s “Broken Embraces”.

She also made a very brief appearance in Almodovar’s 2013 “I am So Excited” alongside Antonio Bandera.

Cruz is married to fellow Oscar winner Javier Bardem. The couple have two children. (afp)

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Bandung bans Uber

BANDUNG - Uber has fallen foul of authorities in the Indonesian city of Bandung, with the local government banning the controversial taxi-hailing app, the latest in a series of setbacks for the company internationally.

Just three months after launching in Bandung, a busy city known for its IT expertise about 160 kilometres (100 miles) from the capital Jakarta, the popular ride-sharing service has been told it doesn’t possess the right permits and can’t operate.

“Uber has been officially banned,

as previously instructed by the mayor of Bandung,” head of the traffic unit at Bandung police Asep Amar told AFP Thursday.

“All companies must have the proper permits to operate.”

It’s not the first time Uber has clashed with authorities in Indonesia, where local transport organisa-

tions and traditional taxi drivers have protested against what they claim is an unregulated industry.

Last month 18 vehicles owned

by Uber drivers were impounded in Jakarta, with the city’s mayor declaring the US-based taxi app illegal.

Uber claims it plays by the rules in Bandung, as elsewhere, and has been given an overwhelming “thumbs up” by passengers and drivers so far.

“It’s why we are also disap-

pointed that the government of Bandung has declared that it is banning Uber,” the company said in a statement.

Despite the opposition it’s faced, Uber still plans to set up a foreign investment company in Indonesia, and has a representative office in Jakarta.

The smartphone-based ride service has sparked angry protests worldwide, with some taxi associations taking legal action while others have demanded the arrest of Uber operators and executives.

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Many traditional taxi drivers claim Uber poses unfair competition by flouting rules and restrictions imposed on their own vehicles. (afp) News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http://radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.

More and more tourists visit Nusa Penida

NUSA PENIDA, an island off Bali that belongs to Klungkung Regency, has starting receiving more tourists visit, mostly from Europe. “People holidaying in Bali not have Kuta Beach and Nusa Dua,

to choose from, but they have many more options including, Nusa Penida, located approximately 60 km southeast of Denpasar or 40 minutes by motorboat from Sanur Beach,” said Nusayasa, a tour operator that services Nusa Penida.

He explained that more and more tourists staying in hotels in Kuta, Nusa Dua and Sanur are taking motorboats from Sanur Beach to Nusa Penida. During their trip to Nusa Penida, they are spoiled by the beautiful panorama of the high seas surrounding

the archipelago of Nusa Penida.

On the islands of Nusa Penida, there are many beautiful sights, such as the view from Dream Beach.

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Nusa Penida, an island off Bali that belongs to Klungkung Regency, has starting receiving more tourists visit, mostly from Europe.

Nusa Penida, located approximately 60 km southeast of Denpasar or 40 minutes by motorboat from Sanur Beach.

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Nusa Penida subdistrict need massive reconstruction done to their infrastructure including roads, electricity and clean water systems.

From page 1 Ania, a tourist from Germa n y w as d eep l y a maz ed and fascinated by the beauty of the natural scenery on the island of Nusa Penida. “It’s an incredible view, on the beach surrounded by cliffs, I can see the beauty of nature with the naked eye and it makes me happy to be here,” she said.

Ania said that this is her first visit to Nusa Penida but she will certainly return to this island.

“I fell in love with this island, besides the beaches, the natural landscape is also very nice. This island is like paradise,” she said.

Conservation Area

In mid 2014, Nusa Penida was inaugurated as a Marine Conservation Area (KKP).

The KKP Nusa Penida is managed by a regional enterprise (BUMD) under the Klungkung Livestock, Fisheries and Maritime Affairs (PPK).

The Marine Conservation Area was created to serve as an example of preserving marine ecosystems in Bali. By becoming a protected area, the coral reef can live naturally and fish population would increase thereby also providing a livelihood for the local community. The Marine Conservation Area of Nusa Penida covers an area of 20,057 hectares of coastal and marine ecosystems and includes coral reefs, mangroves and seaweed.

Based on a survey conducted in the waters of Nusa Penida by the Coral Triangle Center (CTC), there are about 296 species of coral and 576 species of fish. Coral reefs in the waters of Nusa Penida stretch out over an area of 1,419 hectares, 13 species of mangroves cover 230 hectares and 8 types of seaweed cover 108 hectares In the waters of Nusa Penida, are also home to marine mega-fauna such as manta ray, whales, dolphins, turtles and sharks.

These waters are also have rare and unique sunfish that can grow as big as 2 to 3 meters. Typically the iconic fish the Marine Conservation Area of Nusa Penida came near the surface from July to September. (kmb31/ant)

Nusa Penida needs massive development of its infrastructure

LATELY Bali has been visited by many ministers of the working cabinet of President Joko Widodo. Klungkung Legislator, Gede Artison Andarawata, says that these ministers need to do more than make charismatic appearances, but also need to bring with them central government programs, that can be applied in different fields of Bali’s counties and municipalities - including Klungkung.

Previously, he said, ministers that came to Klungkung only brought discourse and promises of development, which until now have yet to be fully realized. Andarawata questioned whether this was because the government of Klungkung did not follow up with the central government or the if ministers were just spreading good cheer in Bali.

When the Minister of Tourism came to Klungkung and promised to promote Nusa Penida to Europe, it is hard to know to what extent that is true. Besides which, it is no guarantee that this contribution by the centrala government will have an impact on the acceleration of development in Nusa Penida or Klungkung in general.

According to Andarawata, it is not enough for Klungkung to just bring in the Minister of Tourism.

Regions like Nusa Penida subdistrict need massive reconstruction done to their infrastructure including roads, electricity and clean water systems. This can only be done through the disbursement of funds from the central government and through private investments.

Andarawata is therefore asking the government of Klungkung to be more proactive in communicating with the central government. This legislator from Banjarangkan, also expressed his appreciation of the efforts of the local government to bring the Minister of Tourism to Klungkung so that he could have a closer look in person and hopefully

be more ready to convince the central government to disburse funds the county of Klungkung.

Minister of Tourism, Arief Yahya affirmed that he did not come to Bali just to spread good cheer. In addition to planning a lot of things in the field of tourism, some supporting tourism infrastructures such as roads, water, electricity and harbors also received his attention with the aim of having a more equitable distribution of tourism in Bali. “Here (in Nusa Penida) basic infrastructure is needed. We will submit proposals to respective ministries and other institutions,” said the Minister of Tourism on the sidelines of his visit to the island of Nusa Lembongan.

Minister Arief Yahya said that

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he wanted to have a closer look at tourism in Klungkung, particularly the island of Nusa Lembongan.

Meanwhile, the Regent of Klungkung, Nyoman Suwirta, while accompanying Minister Arief Yahya expressed some of the problems that need assistance from the central government.

To follow up on the road issues, particularly the ring road as the main access to several tourist attractions on the island of Nusa Penida, his party will send a letter through the governor, addressed to the Ministry of Public Works and forwarded to the Ministry of Tourism. Klungkung will also propose to increase the status of roads in Nusa Penida so that the maintenance can be undertaken by the provincial and the central government.

“He has not only made promises, but will also follow up on any problems that Nusa Penida is facing,” said Suwirta. (gie)

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Mandapa announce its official debut in Ubud

UBUD - Situated where temples stand majestic against a backdrop of rice terraces, Mandapa, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve is pleased to announce its official debut in Ubud, Bali on September 5, 2015, as the third bespoke resort in the prestigious Ritz-Carlton Reserve portfolio.

Named after the entrance to a traditional Hindu temple, Mandapa is set along the majestic Ayung River as it meets the lush jungle in Ubud, the cultural and spiritual heart of Bali. Offering individually tailored spiritual, wellness, health and detox programs, complemented by the fulltime personalized attention of a dedicated Patih or butler, the intimate retreat is designed to be a sanctuary in which relaxing one’s mind, body, and soul comes naturally.

With only 35 luxurious and spacious suites, and 25 private pool villas, guests can select from an exquisite collection of accommodations that have been meticulously designed to magnify and embrace the surrounding tropical landscape. The traditional yet contemporary Balinese interiors

by Jeffrey Wilkes of renowned Asia-based DESIGNWILKES have created a true luxury experience designed to allure the world’s most discerning travelers. Every element of design at a Ritz-Carlton Reserve is naturally inspired and sustainably sourced. In Mandapa, local providers have infused the retreat with natural materials that blend effortlessly into the natural surroundings.

The highly anticipated Reserve is an exclusive journey inside an indigenous Balinese village, providing a sensory path to wellness and nature. Unobstructed access to nature is an essential component of the experience in Ubud where the power of the great outdoors weaves its magic on interior comfort and is always instantly accessible; even views of working rice paddies are immediate from private terraces. As an ideal destination for collectors of extraordinary moments, the center of Mandapa will feature a traditional rice field, and allows guests to experience the time-honored methods of planting, harvesting and tending this local culinary staple.

Mandapa village will also be home to four restaurants & lounges offering an array of authentic Indonesian cuisine, Mediterranean dining, and tailored health-conscious menus for wellness and detox programs incorporating the freshest local ingredients. Dining Beyond, an exclusive culinary journey, will allow guests the chance to dine in special and exclusive locations within the Reserve and feature a tailor-made menu for each guest experience.

The Spa at Mandapa will allow guests to continue to discover peace of mind and body through holistic,

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comprehensive wellness and lifestyle programs based on six pillars – Balinese Spa, Detox & Nutrition, Alternative Therapy, Body Therapy, and Healing. Featuring eight treatment rooms and utilizing both ESPA and local products, the spa complex will also feature a state-of-the-art fitness center, sauna, river-front yoga studio, vitality-pool, and relaxation areas.

An organic garden, farm, and an educational Kid’s Hut are tucked away from the rest of the resort, to enable the smallest visitors to take an

exclusive journey. The curious minds of young guests will be enriched with exciting, nature-based educational activities designed for mini explorers.

In partnership with The Green School in Bali, the educational experiences of Green Camp at Mandapa introduce both the natural wonders and the rich cultural traditions of the destination.

The program aims to provide a natural, holistic, student-centered learning environment that empowers and inspires the young guests to be creative and innovative green leaders.

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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Apple presses deeper with new iPhones and more “Apple did the typical good job at the event,” Gartner analyst Brian Blau told AFP. “Overall, I don’t think it is going to push the needle for Apple in a good or a bad direction. These are great devices and cool features.”

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Phil Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of worldwide marketing, talks about the pricing of the new iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus during the Apple event at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015.

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Apple CEO Tim Cook discusses the new iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus during the Apple event at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015.

Apple shares ended the official trading day down slightly less than two percent at $110.15, and danced around that price in after-market trades.

“If you are an investor, you are probably not that excited about today because you didn’t hear numbers and these features won’t impact sales this quarter,” Blau said.

Apple introduced two updated iPhones to build on the success of large-screen handsets introduced last year that have dominated the high-end smartphone market.

The iPhone 6S and 6S Plus have the same overall dimensions as the previous versions, but with new technologies under the hood.

One of the key new features is called “3D touch,” which responds to pressure exerted on the screen to allow users to look inside messages and applications.

“Apple has performed the ultimate conjuring trick: Change everything about the iPhone, but make it look almost identical to the old model,” IHS Technology said in a posted analysis.

By responding to sensing pressure, the phones enable users to dip in and out of content without losing their place.

“It will further refine our use of touch as a main user interface,” Blau said.

The 6S has the 4.7-inch (about 12-centimeter) display of its predecessor and the 6S Plus -- which updates one of the more popular handsets in the “phablet category” -- has the same 5.5-inch screen.

But the devices have more powerful processors that allow for improved graphics, harder glass and a new aluminum body. Pricing will be kept at the same levels as the earlier versions.

For those buying without carrier subsidies, Apple will sell the devices on a 24-month installment plan at $27 per month for the $650 iPhone 6S and $31 for the 6S Plus, making the price nearly $750.

Apple will take pre-orders starting Saturday and deliver the phones September 25 in the US, Britain, Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, Puerto Rico and Singapore. (afp)

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Bali demands fair revenue sharing of foreign exchange gains

DENPASAR - Tourism in Bali has contributed significant amounts of foreign exchanges from tourism sectors. The amount can reach around IDR 47 trillion annually. However, because Bali has no natural resources, it does not enjoy its fair share of the redistributed foregone exchange revenue from the central government.

SAN FRANSISCO - Apple is bolstering its money-pumping iPhone line while looking to dive deep into businesses with iPads and dominate living rooms with Apple TV hardware tuned to app-loving lifestyles.

Tricked-out new iPhone 6 models, along with overhauled Apple TV hardware and iPad Pro tablets with enlarged screens, were major announcements at the technology titan’s media event Wednesday in San Francisco.

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The new iPad Pro with a Smart Keyboard is displayed following an Apple event Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015, in San Francisco.

On that account, the Bali House of representatives is demanding that revisions be made to Law No.33/2004 on Financial Balance and revision and Law No.64/1958 on the Establishment of Provincial Regions of Bali, NTB and NTT. “Bali is not demanding full reimbursement, we are just asking that the revenue sharing of foreign exchange generated form the tourism sector be done fairly. The tourism sector of Bali contributes greatly to the increase in

foreign exchange and to employment.

Tourism also brings with is socioeconomic impacts to the management of environmental conservation, natural resources and the increasingly wise and prudent culture,” said Chairman of the Bali House, Nyoman Adi Wiryatama, during the opening speech of a one-day seminar held in the Bali Parliamentary Building on Wednesday (Sep 9), related to the revision of the two laws.

Governor of Bali, Made Mangku

Pastika, serving as keynote speaker, said that Bali requires a large amount of funds to preserve its culture and environment as well as for improving the quantity and quality of infrastructure as a form of re-investment to support tourism. “Tourism has indeed contributed significantly to the region directly in the form of regionally generated revenue (PAD). But the amount and distribution of the revenue is woefully inadequate,” he explained.

Pastika added that rationalization in

terms of revenue sharing is necessary for the regions that have contributed large foreign exchanges to the central government. Such revenue is in part sourced from income taxes under article 25 and article 29 for individual domestic taxpayers and income tax under article 21, which is not a flat 20 percent as applicable under Law No.33/2004.

“Article 6 paragraph 2 of the law must be revised, namely by providing a space that allows local governments to acquire regionally generated revenue from other sources -such as from tourists,” he added.

Pastika continued that with the legal instrument -in the form of law,

the region can draft a regional bylaw for the search of regionally generated revenue as long as it can be accepted by all stakeholders and does not result in high cost economy. As noted in Article 7 point (a) of Law No.33/2004, for example, this can be in the form of a cultural and environmental tax charged to foreign and domestic visitors.

“With a revision to Law No.33/2004, the Province of Bali would have a wider authority in its regional financial management. On that account, it needs to amend Law No. 64/1958 on the establishment of the province leading to asymmetrical autonomy for Bali,” he said. (kmb32)

Legislators concerned about condition of Kertagosa

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The new Apple TV box is shown during a product display following an Apple event Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015, in San Francisco.

Apple introduces iPad Pro

SAN FRANSISCO - The new iPad Pro has the power and capabilities to replace a laptop computer, Apple said. It had aspects reminiscent of Microsoft Surface Pro tablets, such as covers that double as keyboards.

Apple chief executive Tim Cook called the device “the biggest news in iPad since the iPad.” The new tablet with a 12.9-inch display also includes a detachable keyboard and stylus, sold separately.

According to Apple senior vice president Phil Schiller, the device features “desktop-class performance” and operates faster than 80 percent of portable PCs that shipped in the last 12 months.

The new iPad will be available in November starting at $799.

The iPad Pro stylus, called Apple Pencil, was designed for high-precision illustration and 3D design applications. Apple Pencil will be sold for $99 more and the keyboard for $169.

Avi Greengart at the research firm Current Analysis tweeted that

the new tablets “are aimed directly at enterprises. That’s a long sales cycle, but could finally stop (the tablet market’s) sales slide.”

Upgraded TV box

Upgraded Apple TV includes voice search, touchscreen remote control and an app store in a challenge to Google, Amazon and Roku.

Apple TV was overhauled as people increasingly stream films and television shows on-demand online and turn to mobile applications for entertainment.

“We believe the future of television is apps,” Cook said.

Apple released a software kit for outside developers, and showed off early versions of Apple TV applications already being crafted by show streaming services Netflix and Hulu, as well as HBO. Apple TV has the potential to take the kinds of “casual game” apps popular on mobile devices and put them on television screens, according to analysts. (afp)

SEMARAPURA - Legislators of the Klungkung House of representatives are truly concerned about the condition of the Kertagosa tourist attraction. Other than being overwhelmed by dust, the tourist attraction -that is also a historical heritage of the Klungkung Palace, seems to be generally not well maintained.

Moreover, while conducting a site inspection on Wednesday (Sep. 9), several Klungkung legislators noticed that the park around Kertagosa is dry, and the water in the pond of Taman Gili is also very shallow. “It is not a floating turtle, but a turtle run aground,” said Chairman of Commission I of the Klungkung House, Komang Suantara.

Gede Artison Andarawata also highlighted the condition of some of the buildings. When visiting the Kertagosa area, Gde Artison familiarly addressed as Sony was disappointed to see that a power cord runs haphazardly along the floor of the Kertagosa building. “This power cord must not be installed in such a chaotic way, especially because this is a tourist attraction,” he criticized.

Sony who is the son of Master painter, Nyoman Gunarsa, also deplored the park conditions around Kertagosa for its dryness. The grass growing around the park looks dead from not being watered, he said. Not to mention a lot of garbage such as cigarette butts and plastic waste have been casually discarded in flower pots around the Kertagosa building. He also pointed out that many paving blocks and statues are damaged.

As for the Kamasan puppet painting on the ceiling of the building, they are covered in dust as a result of the building project. In addition, some of the posts of the buildings still have nails protruding from them

and the paintings appear to have not been maintained. “Kertagosa has been included in the culture reserve.

Whoever nailed this post could face criminal charges for committing a destructive act on this heritage building,” he said.

In regards to the current condition of Kertagosa, Sony, Suantara and A.A. Sayang asked the regent to increase the maintenance budget for Kertagosa,

especially because Kertagosa has been designated as a historical heritage and a source of the regionally generated revenue of Klungkung. “We’ll ask the regent to increase the maintenance budget for Kertagosa - a site that is visited by tourists,” said Suantara.

Meanwhile Head of the Klungkung Culture and Tourism Agency, Wayan Sujana, quibbled that he had assigned janitors to clean up the dust in the

Kertagosa building and claimed that the garden around Kertagosa is watered twice a day. Due to hot weather, he said, the grass and park in Kertagosa look dry and so does the pond in the Taman Gili. “Probably due to hot weather, the water discharge has diminishes. We have continuously asked PDAM for help in this matter,” he said.

Sujana also claimed to have pre-

pared a budget of approximately IDR 75 million for the park maintenance this year. There is also a plan to renovate the area. The Transportation Agency has proposed a budget worth around IDR 2 billion for overall renovations to Kertagosa in 2016. “The regent has request that renovations be made to Kertagosa. However, the budget is still being revised because it is considered too much. (kmb)

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Legislators of the Klungkung House of representatives are truly concerned about the condition of the Kertagosa tourist attraction. Other than being overwhelmed by dust, the tourist attraction -that is also a historical heritage of the Klungkung Palace, seems to be generally not well maintained.

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Local guides trained about Pakerisan watershed

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GIANYAR - The watersheds of Pakerisan and Patanu are host to a number of attractions that are visited by thousands of tourists every day. However, during their visit, travelers get very different explanations, depending on their guide. The Gianyar Tourism Office therefore provided training for dozens of tour guides at the wantilan hall of Tirta Empul Temple, Manukaya village, Tampaksiring subdistrict earlier this week.

Head of the Gianyar Tourism Office, A.A. Ari Brahmanta, said that the watershed of Pakerisan and Patanu is an area that has been recognized by the UNESCO as a World Cultural Heritage.

Throughout the region, there are a

number of tourist attractions such as Pegulingan Temple, Mangening Temple, Kerobokan Temple, Tirta Empul Temple, Gunung Kawi Temple, Pengukur-Ukuran Temple, Cliff Temple Tegallinggah and Goa Gajah. “We provide this training for

dozens of tour guides working at a number of different tourist attractions,” he said.

Brahmanta said that until now, tour guides have been offering very different explanations to visitors.

The two-day training is expected to provide a common understanding for local tour guides. They were also briefed about the ethics and concept of tourism, the archaeological aspects of the Pakerisan and Patanu watershed as an area of cultural heritage as well as the code of ethics of the Indonesian tour

AMLAPURA - Since the beginning of this dry season, Kubu area has been experiencing severe drought. Well water- as the source of raw water in Kubu and for the Municipality Waterworks (PDAM) at Rubaya, Tulamben village, Kubu, has even dried out. As a result, the water supplied by the PDAM does not run smoothly. This was revealed by Director of the PDAM Karangasem, I Gede T Baktiyasa on Thursday.

He said that the PDAM wells at Rubaya have run dry. “We already connected three suction pipes with a total length of 12 meters, but we

still cannot access any water,” he said.

Baktiyasa admitted that Kubu area is experiencing a severe drought and to overcome tho problem, the PDAM has been tapping the well water from the Batudawa Kelod well that is now accessed 24 hours a day. Half the time the water is used as a substitute for the Rubaya water source. Usually, the Rubaya well supplies household customers on the roadside in Kubu as well as hotels in Tulamben. The well at Batudawa Kelod, Tulamben, is usually used to supply households and hotels on Batudawa Beach.

Apart from supplying water to customers in Kubu, the PDAM services in the town of Amlapura have also been disrupted and many customers in Subangan, like BTN Kertalangu Subagan settlement, Asak village and Timbrah village complain about lack of water. The supply problem to the region since the past few days, he said, happened because the main pipe at Karangsokong leaked and is only now being repaired “Previously, it has been repaired and connected, but another leak happened” he said.

Baktiyasa who comes from

guides. “Tour guides working in this region should understand about the meaning, significance, history and functions of various relics as well as historical objects in the surrounding areas,” he explained.

This man familiarly addressed as Gung Ari added that this year’s tour guide training is specifically targeting tour guides working along the watershed of Pakerisan and Petanu. Along both watersheds are heritage areas that are regularly visited by thousands of people every day.

Data from the Tourism Office indicate that Tirta Empul Temple receives an average of 32,681 people per month. The number of tourist visits to Goa Gajah Bedulu is ranked second with a monthly average of 19,321 people, Gunung Kawi Tampaksiring (9,381 people), Gunung Kawi Sebatu (1,781 people) and Yeh Pulu Bedulu (450 people). The total number of domestic and foreign tourist visits to Gianyar between January and May 2015 reached 361,630 people. (kmb35)

the barren village of Datah, asked PDAM customers to be patient and understanding. In this dry season, the discharge of the PDAM springs decreases. “Hopefully, the longterm solution to the clean water crisis can be resolved by the water pipeline project of Telaga Waja,” said Baktiyasa.

Head of the Karangasem Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD), Ida Ketut Arimbawa, said that if there are groups of residents that are facing a water crisis and require urgent help for accessing clean water, they are asked to submit a report or request. The

request for help can be passed through the village headman and subdistrict head. The BPBD will forward it to relevant agencies. In recent days, he said, two private companies or state-owned companies expressed their willingness to help provide drinking water.

Meanwhile, a total of eight clean water reservoirs will be supplied for Sebudi and Peringsari villages.

“Paleg Kelod, Tianyar, will be allocated for 10,000 liters of drinking , while Sebudi and Peringsari village will get eight reservoirs,” he said. (013)

Severe drought hits Kubu

LOS ANGELES — Passengers on the British Airways jet whose engine caught fire just before takeoff in Las Vegas escaped with their lives — and some with their carry-ons, as well.

While flight crews tell people to leave belongings behind in an evacuation, pilots say they seem increasingly inclined to grab whatever they brought on board. And sometimes even a selfie or two.

“We’re always shaking our head,” said Chris Manno, a veteran pilot with a major US airline who took to social media Wednesday to slam those pictured on the Vegas tarmac with bulky cabin bags. “It doesn’t matter what you say, people are going to do what they do.”

The engine on the Londonbound Boeing 777-200 caught fire Tuesday as the plane was gathering speed. Though the evacuation was swift, officials said Wednesday that 27 of the 170 passengers or crew on board required hospital treatment for cuts, bruises or other minor injuries, mostly from the evacuation slides.

“A deadly slalom” is how pilot Patrick Smith described baggage on an emergency slide in a blog post.

Bags also could tear the inflatable slides, block exits on board and cause other injuries in the chaos of an evacuation.

The chief of the Association of Flight Attendants union, which does not represent the British Airways crew, said she expects federal investigators will find that baggage slowed down the evacuation and caused some of the injuries.

Manno noted that passengers also evacuated with belongings when a Delta Air Lines jet nearly skidded off the runway at New York’s LaGuardia Airport in March

and an Asiana Airlines jet caught fire after a hard landing in San Francisco in 2013.

“We’re seeing this more and more,” said John Goglia, an aviation safety expert and former member of the National Transportation Safety Board.

Goglia believes that because air safety advances have made accidents far more survivable and injuries often less severe, more people can — and do — bring bags as they evacuate.

Passenger Karen Bravo, 60, of Las Vegas, said she happened to have her purse and some other passengers further back in coach had time to grab their carry-on luggage while waiting to evacuate. “It would be like if your whole house was on fire and you had to go out the door,” she said.

Guidance posted online by the Federal Aviation Administration advises passengers to leave bags on board during an evacuation — but does not mandate it. Airline crews may make that announcement during preflight safety demonstrations, and during an emergency, would typically tell people to leave bags behind. Passengers are required by law to follow all crew instructions, FAA spokesman Ian Gregor said.

“Flight attendants are the first line of defense in emergencies,” he said, declining to address whether the agency believed emergencyevacuations-with-bags were an increasing problem that merited any regulatory action or public education campaign.

Airlines vary in whether their preflight briefings tell passengers to abandon belongings in an evacuation, according to Stephen Schembs, the flight attendant union’s government affairs director. (ap)

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Firefighters stand by a plane that caught fire at McCarren International Airport, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015, in Las Vegas. An engine on the British Airways plane caught fire before takeoff, forcing passengers to escape on emergency slides.

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Taiwan’s military fire artillery from M110A2 self-propelled Howitzers during the annual Han Kuang exercises in Hsinchu, north eastern Taiwan, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015.

Taiwan simulates attacks by political rival China

HSINCHU, Taiwan — Taiwan’s military blasted shells into the ocean Thursday, one in a series of exercises this week to simulate attacks by political rival China after Beijing staged what appeared to be a mock strike against the presidential office in Taipei.

The exercises, larger this year than in the past, follow televised images from China on July 22 depicting a staged ground troop attack on a red tower and attached low-rises that resembled Taiwan’s presidential compound.

China is Taiwan’s only major potential military threat, though the two sides have shelved political differences since 2008. They are separated by an ocean strait that is 160 km (100 miles) across at its narrowest point.

“Our most crucial goal is to simulate safeguarding against a possible attack from mainland China, whether on Taiwan itself,

an outlying island post, our marine military space or our airspace,” deputy Defense Ministry spokesman Chen Chung-chi said.

China’s military, meanwhile, on Thursday announced three days of its own live-firing exercises in the Taiwan Strait, part of a program of more realistic training scenarios involving integrated units from the navy, air force and ground troops.

It was not clear if the exercises starting Friday were related to Taiwan’s drills and China’s Defense Ministry did not immediately respond to faxed questions seeking comment. Ministry spokesman consistently respond to such queries

by saying that exercises are part of scheduled routine training and not directed at any third parties.

From a hillside in northern Taiwan about 1 kilometer (half a mile) into the ocean strait facing China, Taiwanese army troops fired howitzer shells, leaving a haze of smoke on land. President Ma Ying-jeou wore a helmet and flak jacket to the staging area.

The Taiwanese drills, running Monday through Friday and known as the Han Kuang Exercise, involve 69 more aircraft than last year, Taiwan’s government-funded Central News Agency reported. Many of the 63 drills will emphasize landsea-air coordination.

Some drills are testing homegrown military hardware, including a drone system and Taiwan’s first indigenous stealth missile corvette warship, Chen said. (ap)

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BUSINESS Chinese Premier Li sees ‘painful and treacherous’ economic transition

BEIJING - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said Thursday that change in the world’s second-largest economy is fraught with difficulties and uncertainty, but sought to reassure an international audience that the country does not threaten the global economy.

Chinese leaders are overseeing a transition in the country’s growth model from the emphasis on exports and investment that saw it boom to a more sophisticated one in which consumer spending plays the dominant role.

“This is going to be a painful and treacherous process,” Li said in a speech to a World Economic Forum meeting in the northeastern city of Dalian.

“So ups and downs in economic performance are hardly avoidable”, he added, calling that “natural” during a time of change.

Li’s comments came as Chinese policymakers have come under increasing pressure to reassure global investors concerned over perceptions the country’s economic growth is slowing precipitously, which have helped fuel huge swings in global financial markets.

“China is not a source of risk for the world economy but a source of strength for global growth,” Li said, stressing that it accounted for about 30 percent of world economic expansion in the first half of this year.

China’s GDP growth growth stood at 7.0 percent in the first two quarters this year, but on Monday the government lowered its 2014 growth reading to 7.3 percent, from the 7.4 percent announced in January.

Li acknowledged that the economy has “come under quite a number of difficulties and downward pressure” but stressed it remained in a “proper range”, a favourite

phrase.

But he also stressed that China was being affected by economic troubles elsewhere.

“China is an economy that is closely integrated with the international market,” he said.

“Given the weak growth of the global economy, China cannot stay unaffected and the deep-seated problems that have built up over the years are also being exposed.”

Also resorting to commonly used wording, Li said that policymakers would be unmoved in the face of short-term movements in the economy, but stand ready to take action as necessary.

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People walk past an electronic stock indicator of a securities firm in Tokyo, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015. Asian stock markets were weaker Thursday after Wall Street fell following a strong U.S. job ads report that added to the case for the Fed’s first rate hike in years. Japan’s Nikkei 225 sagged 2.9 percent to 18,234.67 one day after surging 7.7 percent in its biggest gain since October 2008.

“If there are signs the economy is sliding out of the proper range we have adequate capability to deal with the situation,” he said. “The Chinese economy will not head for a hard landing.”

China has set its annual target for growth in gross domestic product (GDP) at about seven percent for this year, down from last year’s objective of around 7.5 percent.

Li stressed, however that given China’s GDP now stands at more than $10 trillion, growth of seven percent represents a total that “is even bigger than the double-digit” figures of the past, and remains one of the highest in the world. (afp)

Oil prices down ahead of US energy report

SINGAPORE - Oil prices eased in Asia Thursday as dealers focused on an upcoming US energy report for clues about production and demand in the world’s top crude consumer amid abundant global supplies.

US benchmark West Texas Intermediate for October delivery fell 65 cents to $43.50 while Brent crude for October dropped 76 cents to $46.82 in late-morning trade.

“We have seen US production levels slowing in recent weeks, and those figures will next be in focus for investors seeking answers on the oversupply issue,” Ric Spooner, chief market analyst at CMC Markets in Sydney, told AFP. The Department of Energy (DoE) will release its weekly report Thursday, a day later than usual because of Monday’s Labor Day holiday.

Analysts expect commercial crude-oil inventories rose 250,000 barrels in the week to September 4, according to a Bloomberg News survey.

At the same time, the DoE predicted in a new report Wednesday that US crude-oil production would decline through the middle of next year in response to low prices, before picking up again in late 2016 on an expected recovery in prices.

US crude output fell 140,000 barrels per day in August from July. The government lowered its 2015 production estimate to 9.2 million barrels per day, 100,000 barrels lower than its month-ago forecast.

Even so, total US output this year is expected to be the highest since 1972.

Investors are also keeping an eye on the Federal Reserve’s plans for interest rates as bank policymakers hold a meeting next week, with speculation they could announce a rise.

A hike in borrowing rates would likely push up the dollar, and with crude priced in the greenback it would make the commodity more expensive for anyone holding weaker currencies, denting demand. (afp)

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Leaking channel, water crisis make farmers frustrated

GIANYAR - A leak in the irrigation channel that runs from Mantring Dam at Petak village has caused farmers to complain. The leakage means that less water is discharged into their paddy field.

The leakage it turns out is in fact occurring at tens points along the irrigation channel. As the dry season advances farmers are becoming more angry about the water crisis.

Chief of Subak Mantring Sema, Made Kuat, pointed out a number of water flows caused by the leakage in the subak irrigation channel. He said that this came to his attention from farmers who were complaining that the water discharge was continuing to decrease.

“Initially many farmer colleagues were complaining about the small discharge of irrigation water due to leakage and that was being washed directly back to into Petanu River,” he said.

Once it was checked, leakage was in fact found at dozens of points along the irrigation channel from Mantring Dam at Petak village. “This is just one of them.

I have checked along the whole irrigation channel that passes through several subak areas from the dam.

Indeed there are many points that are leaking,” he said.

The lack of water discharge also causes farmers to break the rules in their struggle to access water, like at Subak Mantring Sema, Subak Selat Anyad, Subak Gunung Sari, Subak Belukbuk, Subak Lancud, Subak Jamu Lilang, Subak Penyembahan, Subak Melayang and Subak Bonyuh in the Gianyar subdistrict.

Kuat said that the leaking water channel has been reported to relevant agencies in the government of Gianyar County, and that officers have already come down to the site repeatedly to check things out. Unfortunately, so far there has been no improvements made to the channel.

“Many officers have come here, claiming to be from various agencies but from the beginning until now all they have done is check.

Yes, we really hope the government can help make improvement to this channel,” he said.

On entering the dry season, the water discharge becomes smaller.

Kuat explained that is also true of the Cangkem Barong water source that was taken over by the Municipality Waterworks (PDAM) a few years ago. “Since the Cangkem Barong water source has been taken over by the PDAM, the water discharge into the paddy field has gotten even smaller. Currently we really on water flowing from Ancud Gambih for all our water,” he complained.

Meanwhile, Head of the Gianyar Public Works Agency, I.B. Sudewa, when asked for his confirmation said that his ranks have been monitoring the condition of the irrigation channel. He said that the irrigation channel from Mantring Dam irrigates over 350 hectares of land, so that it becomes the authority of the government of Bali. “Previously, we accompanied officers from the provincial government as they checked the irrigation channel. We will be proposing that immediate improvements be made,” he said. (kmb35)

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The ancient sculpture in Puseh Temple located in Akah, Klungkung

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Hundred year old Puseh temple retains historical heritage

SEMARAPURA - Coinciding with Anggara Kasih Tambir, a piodalan (temple anniversary) was held at the Puseh Temple in the customary village of Akah, Klungkung, on Tuesday (Sep. 8).

This temple, located on the way to Besakih, has been receiving the attention of the Bali Antiquities Office for having a variety of ancient sculptures that are over a hundred years old.

A farmer is showing the leak in the irrigation system in Petak Village, Gianyar.

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Among them, there are lingam and yoni, a statue of the Lord Ganesha and various ancient carvings attached to temple.

According to the former headman of Akah, the Puseh temple is over one hundred years old and

has various ancient statues some of which have been kept aside for security and preservation reasons. Since it is considered as an archaeological site, an officer of the Bali Antiquities Office has been assigned to constantly

monitor and protect these ancient objects.

The piodalan ceremony is performed every Anggara Kasih Tambir and was led by Jro Mangku Diasna. During the ritual, adherents worship the Supreme God and all His manifestations. Hundreds of pilgrims present offerings and say their prayers at the temple. For th occasion of the piodalan, Deputy Regent, Made Kasta handed over a donation to hamlet chief of Sangging, I Nengah Sukena. (dwa)

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As Europe opens its doors, Japan considers clamping down harder on asylum seekers

TOKYO - As the worst refugee crisis since World War Two forces Europe to break down hurdles and accept tens of thousands of migrants, Japan, which took in just 11 asylum seekers last year, is looking to clamp down even tighter. Measures including deporting failed applicants, curbs on repeat applications and pre-screening of new asylum seekers are being considered as part of changes to the country’s immigration system, an official said.

If implemented, the changes would make Japan an even harderto-reach destination, activists say.

The country is already one of the developed world’s least welcoming countries for refugees, accepting fewer than a dozen of a record 5,000 asylum seekers in 2014.

“We’re not looking to increase or decrease the number of refugees coming to Japan, but to ensure real refugees are assessed quickly,” said Hiroaki Sato, a Ministry of Justice official overseeing the proposals. On Wednesday, around 100 foreigners on “provisional release” from immigration detention - many of them asylum seekers - marched through Tokyo’s government district in the driving rain, calling for refugee visas.

“The system is so difficult already,” said Ali Jafari, a 54-yearold Iranian who said he came to Japan as a political refugee. “To make it tighter is just cruel.”

The United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Tuesday it expected at least 850,000 people to head to Europe this year, many of them refugees from Syria’s four-year civil war. The scale of the crisis has led the European Union to move towards quotas for acceptance of asylum seekers.

But Japan’s government does not see escaping war as a legitimate reason for claiming asylum,

and has no plans to widen its criteria to include flight from conflict, said Sato. To qualify, an asylum seeker must prove they individually face persecution on grounds of religion, race or political beliefs.

The strict interpretation of refugee law, and the country’s geographical and cultural distance from the Middle East, deter Syrians from seeking asylum in Japan, refugee policy experts say. Only 63 have applied since 2011.

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Migrants sleep inside the train station of Flensburg, northern Germany, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015. On Wednesday Danish railway company DSB said all train service has been halted between Germany and Denmark after Danish police stopped hundreds of migrants arriving by train across the border.

Japan’s growth potential and dulls the potency of Abe’s flagship monetary and fiscal stimulus, an International Monetary Fund working paper said in July.

Abe has taken some steps to address the shortfall, including encouraging more women and elderly people to work. A member of his top economic advisory panel has also proposed lengthening residency periods for professionals.

But relaxing rules on white collar workers will not address shortages in the industries most affected, and more foreign workers “could be an effective strategy to reduce labour shortages,” the IMF said.

The scant prospects for any relaxation of rules on manual migrant workers have led many Japanese companies to draw on a grey market of asylum seekers and other cheap foreign workers.

Mahmut Saglam is one of those. A 29-year-old Kurd from Turkey, Saglam claimed asylum in Japan in 2010 after being jailed for protesting against the government, he said.

His asylum application was refused a year later. As he reapplies, he works as a casual demolition workers. “We do the heaviest work, and companies trust us,” he said. “But Japan doesn’t want us here.” (rtr)

Henrik Hoejbjerg said Thursday.

“Therefore, there is no other option than to let them go, and we cannot prevent them from traveling wherever they want.”

In the Danish port city of Roedby, one of the two main crossings from Germany, migrants were seen being picked up by people in private cars. It was unclear where they were going.

Authorities said at least 3,200 migrants have entered Denmark since Sunday and about 400 have sought asylum. (ap)

ANKARA, Turkey — A Dutch journalist has confirmed she has been expelled from Turkey, becoming the third foreign journalist to be deported after reporting from the country’s mainly Kurdish southeast.

Frederike Geerdink was detained last week in the town of Yuksekova with a group of “human shield” protesters attempting to stop violence between Turkey’s security forces and the Kurdish rebels.

In an email to colleagues

Thursday, Geerkink said: “I am back in the Netherlands now and I so don’t want to be here.” It was not clear when she would be allowed back in Turkey.

Two British Vice News journalists who were jailed on terror-related charges were also expelled last week. Their Turkey-based assistant, Mohammed Ismael Rasool, remains jailed.

Rights advocates have criticized Turkey’s crackdown on journalists and are calling for Rasool’s release. (ap)

Danish police won’t stop thousands Dutch journalist, deported from Turkey, returns home of Sweden-bound migrants COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Danish police will no longer try to stop migrants and refugees from transiting through the country to get to Sweden and other Nordic countries, the police chief said Thursday.

The move highlights how European Union countries are struggling to uphold rules under which people fleeing war and persecution are supposed to apply for asylum in the first EU country they enter and not travel from one country to another.

The Danish decision comes

amid a surge of migrants and refugees arriving from Germany and refusing to apply for asylum in Denmark, saying they want to go Sweden, Finland or Norway instead.

Danish authorities initially insisted they must register in Denmark but reversed course in a decision late Wednesday after standoffs with hundreds of migrants who demanded the right to cross the country.

“We can’t detain foreigners who do not want to seek asylum (in Denmark),” police chief Jens

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INDONESIA Indonesian president’s latest problem: a loose cannon in the cabinet

JAKARTA - As Indonesian President Joko Widodo was preparing on Wednesday to present a grand package of measures aimed at restoring investors’ faith in the competence of his government, one of his ministers stepped in and spoilt it all.

IMMIGRATION TABOO

Tokyo gave $167 million to the UNHCR in the first half of this year, making it the second largest government donor. But by tightening its refugee system Japan risks shirking its global duties, say activists. “As a developed country, there’s a responsibility to protect these people,” Mitsuru Miyasako, head of rights group Provisional Release Association in Japan.

Immigration is essentially a taboo subject in a Japan that prides itself on its homogeneity.

Despite a greying population causing the tightest labour market for more than two decades - with the construction and manufacturing sectors badly affected - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has stuck with curbs on foreign workers, as well as asylum seekers.

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Rizal Ramli, who told Reuters this week that perhaps he is too outspoken, suddenly announced in parliament that fuel pipeline and storage projects worth $7.4 billion had been dropped because they were no longer a priority.

Within hours, the cabinet secretary had contradicted him, reinforcing an impression that Widodo’s ministers are out of tune with each other and unable to sound united on policy.

Ramli, 60, is no faint-heart: as a student, he was jailed for leading a rally against authoritarian leader Suharto.

“Wherever I go I change the system. I’m a transformer,” he said in an interview on Sunday at his house in South Jakarta, where a large bust of Albert Einstein sits at the entrance.

“But there are so many people who don’t like me because I’m too candid. I say what is on my mind,” he said.

Widodo brought Ramli in as one of six new cabinet ministers last month, hoping to streamline a muddled policymaking process after disappointing many who saw his election last year as a chance to break from a succession of feckless governments.

But Ramli has only caused more confusion since he took the portfolios of maritime affairs and resources.

First, he drew a rare rebuke from Widodo, who told him to voice his concerns privately after he had openly criticised Vice President Jusuf Kalla.

He also denounced plans by national airline PT Garuda Indonesia Tbk to buy 30 Airbus jets with $44.5 billion in loans: the state-owned enterprises minister told him to back off.

Then, this week, he threw into doubt the president’s signature $73 billion plan to give the country an ad-

ditional 35,000 megawatts of power capacity within five years, saying that less than half of the target could be achieved by 2019.

The oil minister, who reports to Ramli, subsequently said there would be no change to the programme.

Again, on this issue, he locked horns with the vice president.

“Ramli likes making a racket,” vice presidential spokesman Husain Abdullah said. “Rather than helping the government, he makes things more complicated.”

Ramli, who holds a doctorate from Boston University and was twice a minister under a former president, is known for strident and often nationalistic views on the economy - though he insists that he is no enemy of the financial markets.

Seen as close to Luhut Pandjaitan, one of Widodo’s key advisers, he was handed one of the most powerful positions in the cabinet that bundled under him the ministries of energy, transport and tourism.

Explaining himself in parliament on Wednesday, Ramli said that his “noise” was not intended to unsettle investors, who in fact prefer openness to a pretence of harmony that disguises corruption, collusion and nepotism.

However, the Jakarta-based Concord Consulting Group said the outspoken minister had brought open warfare into the heart of Widodo’s administration that may be difficult to root out.

“Unless he is prepared to lose a great deal of face, the president is unlikely to dump a senior minister he appointed only a few weeks ago,” it said. (rtr)

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Vice President Jusuf Kalla left Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital (RSCM) at 8:30 a.m. local time on Thursday after undergoing a medical checkup.

VP leaves hospital after medical checkup

JAKARTA - Vice President Jusuf Kalla left Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital (RSCM) at 8:30 a.m. local time on Thursday after undergoing a medical checkup.

“I have been in the hospital for 20 hours and was examined by both the hospital and presidential medical team,” the vice president informed newsmen at the hospital lobby, moments before returning to his official residence on Diponegoro Street.

Kalla explained that earlier on Wednesday he had experienced a

sense of exhaustion after attending a meeting at the Salemba campus of the University of Indonesia.

“The doctor then advised me to undergo a general checkup. Yes, it is natural that the vice president is also a human being who can fall ill,” the vice president remarked.

Kalla said he was fitted with a stent in his heart by the presidential medical team, and it took 30 minutes for the doctors to complete the procedure.

“It is simple, and there is no need to go to Singapore as the doctors

here can perform the procedure,” the vice president said, adding that he planned to take rest for an entire day on Thursday.

“My entire day’s planned itinerary has been canceled. My trip today to Gorontalo is also canceled,” added the vice president.

Kalla also extended his gratitude to President Joko Widodo who came to visit him on Wednesday evening, after announcing the new economic package at the State Palace in the absence of the vice president. (ant)

Cendrawasih chosen as Asian Games 2018 logo

JAKARTA - Bird of paradise, popularly known as Cendrawasih in Indonesia, has been chosen as the Asian Games 2018 logo at a launch ceremony during the commemoration of the 32nd National Sports Day in Istora Senayan, Jakarta.

“The logo that we chose is the bird of paradise. We want to ignite the spirit that the Asian Games is not only confined to Jakarta and Palembang but also belongs to all the people of Indonesia. We are trying to give recognition to Cendrawasih as the national symbol of Indonesia in the Asian Games,” Youth and Sports Minister Imam Nahrawi stated on Wednesday night.

The logo depicts the image of a Cendrawasih flapping its wings in hues of green, red, blue, and yellow.

According to Nahrawi, the image of a flying Cendrawasih symbolizes

the intention and spirit of Indonesia to excel and surpass other nations in Asia. However, Nahrawi noted that the government had not yet finalized the mascot for the Asian Games 2018 in Indonesia.

“This is only a soft launch. We will hold (a grand launch) another one as well that will be inaugurated

by Mr President in the future. Most likely, it will be held in Monas,” he pointed out.

Moreover, in the next three years, Indonesia will host three international events: the 6th TAFISA Indonesia World Sport for All Games 2016 in Jakarta with 110 participating countries, MotoGP 2017 in Sentul, and the 3rd Asian Paragames 2018 in Jakarta and Palembang. Speaking in connection with the MotoGP 2017 event, Nahrawi explained that they had requested the MotoGP organizers, Dorna Sports, to

immediately send a formal letter to the Indonesian government.

Nahrawi had held a discussion with Tourism Minister Arief Yahya about the technicalities specifically related to budgeting for the event. However, they would renegotiate the 7 million euros, or Rp111,19 billion worth contract in collaboration with Dorna.

Furthermore, Indonesia is also facing eligibility issues for its Sentul circuit, which would take about a year to renovate in order to meet the grade 1 standard to become the venue for MotoGP. “We are still awaiting approval for land to renovate Sentul circuit. We will discuss it again with Dorna when they come to Indonesia. But surely, everything is related to the implementation of the MotoGP 2017 event and should be included in the 2016 planning,” he added. (ant)

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Away from Olympics, sewage blights vast swaths of Rio

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making the ambience around this object really peaceful and enchanting. On that account, it is not mistaken if the niches (caves) in southern relief suspected as the hermitage of the last Balinese ancient King before the collapse of Bali to Majapahit administration in 1343.

Relief with magical nuance and meaningful is 25 meters long and 2 meters high. Many researches conducted by experts from home and overseas to recognize the implicit meaning behind the wall relief of the rock cliffs on the hills. As consequence, it drove many commentaries and analysis to uncover the mystery behind the veil of the true meaning of the relief. Overall,

the theme of this story recounts the life in the forest atmosphere and daily life in the ancient kingdom of Bali. In addition to the Balinese classical carvings, this monument also has niches of Bedahulu Royal Hermitage before his death against the army of the Majapahit kingdom in 1343 AD. Yeh Pulu Relief poses one of the many historical classical monuments of Bali originating in ancient Bali (14th century AD) retaining full knowledge of art, which until now is still sustainable and be cared by the members of Subak, as one of the classical organizations that in particular organizes farmers and manage all aspects of rice field cultivation.

RIO DE JANEIRO — Rivulets of waste crisscross the labyrinth of alleyways that serve as 5-year-old Kaike de Oliveira Benjamin’s playground, forming dark, fetid puddles and gurgling streams of refuse and trash. It’s little better inside the tiny, one-room apartment he shares with his mother, two little brothers and infestations of roaches and rats. When it rains, the basement apartment floods ankle-deep with a mixture of rainwater and sewage, and drinking water often comes out of the tap looking and smelling contaminated.

Rio de Janeiro’s lack of basic sanitation is in the headlines because Olympic athletes will compete in polluted waters during next year’s games, but it’s hardly news in areas like the Rocinha slum, where contact with untreated waste is an everyday reality for the Benjamins and tens of thousands of other families.

The consequences are not fleeting — they reverberate for decades, dooming many children exposed to this filth to lives stunted by illness.

One public health expert calls the sewage system in Rio largely “medieval,” comparable with London or Paris in the 14th or 15th century.

And it’s not just Rio. Fewer than half of households nationwide are hooked up to sewage mains, meaning that much of the waste generated by about 100 million people runs through open-air ditches that bisect neighborhoods like Kaike’s across this continent-sized nation, befouling streams and rivers that in turn contaminate lakes and lagoons,

beaches and bays.

From Kaike’s slum — a sprawling hillside warren of concrete and brittle brick dwellings — waste flows directly from white plastic pipes sticking out of shacks and washes downstream, partially draining into the basin that ends up in the Olympic lagoon.

An independent study commissioned by The Associated Press revealed alarmingly high levels of viruses and, sometimes, bacteria from human sewage in all the city’s Olympic waterways. A risk assessment based on the AP data found athletes who ingest three teaspoons of water have a 99 percent chance of being infected by a virus, raising alarm among some elite sailors, rowers, canoers, marathon swimmers and triathletes.

For residents of Rocinha and other Rio slums, this is not just a one-time event. They come into contact with such filthy water day after day, week after week, year after year.

Public health experts say children exposed to sewage fall ill more often, are less likely to attend school regularly and fully develop intellectually, and ultimately end up getting significantly lower-paying jobs than people from similar socioeconomic backgrounds who grew up with basic sanitation.

Already, Kaike’s 18-month-old brother, Rafael, regularly suffers from stomach problems, and last year Kaike was hospitalized for two weeks with acute vomiting and explosive, bloody diarrhea that doctors attributed to a water-borne bacteria or virus. (ap)

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Serena Williams of the U.S. reacts after losing a point in her quarterfinals match against her sister and compatriot Venus Williams at the U.S. Open Championships tennis tournament in New York, September 8, 2015.

Stage set for Serena’s semi-finals push in Grand Slam bid

NEW YORK - The penultimate stage is set for the sixth step in Serena Williams’ campaign to put an exclamation mark on her storied career by winning a fourth successive U.S. Open to complete a calendar-year Grand Slam sweep. History would heavily favour Williams in the U.S. Open semi-finals on Thursday at Flushing Meadows.

She owns 21 grand slam singles titles, which is 21 more than the other three players combined, and is gunning for her seventh U.S. Open singles trophy while the others are straining to reach their first U.S. final. Unfancied Italians Flavia Pennetta and Roberta Vinci have also made just one grand slam singles semi-final between them before, while world number two Simona Halep has made the semi-final stage at just two other grand slams.

The 32-year-old Vinci, ranked 43rd, will meet Williams, who has won their four previous meetings, including the most recent last month in the quarter-finals at Toronto.

“She played me really tough, and I didn’t really expect that,” said Williams, who has won 53 of 55 matches this year and won the Australian, French and Wimbledon titles. “I’m not going to underestimate her. She played really well.

She’s not in the semi-finals of a grand slam for no reason. She knows what to do and she knows what to play.

“Definitely a little bit more old school ... it’s fun to see people that can still come to the net and still hit slice and still hit one-handers.

It’s different. It’s good for tennis.”

Vinci, who has won 25 doubles titles in her career, is 22-20 in singles matches and without a singles title this season.

She is already thrilled by her performances in New York. “I think I’m at the end of my career, so my semi-final, first (slam) semi-final, it’s incredible,” said the 32-yearold.

“I’m very proud of myself. I have nothing to lose, just play my game. “I know that I have a lot of experience, but when you play against Serena doesn’t matter. “You have to play better, then better, then

better.”

Pennetta, 33, also draws a difficult assignment against Halep. The Italian has a 3-1 career edge, but lost 6-3 7-5 in their last encounter earlier this year in Miami. The veteran said she would not overlook the power of the short, quick-footed Romanian, who she rated as more powerful than former world number one Victoria Azarenka, who fell in three sets to Halep in the quarterfinals.

“To make a winner to her you have to finish the point seven times,” Pennetta said. “She’s always there, always in - the ball always comes back.” Halep, who has won three times this year, lost in the second round at the French Open, where she was runner-up in 2014, and beaten in the first round at Wimbledon. That led her to take a hiatus before rediscovering her form on the hardcourts running up to the U.S. Open.

“I don’t have big muscles. I’m not tall. I have power inside,” Halep said. “I fight. “Every point is a big challenge. I do everything I can. I run for every ball, and that makes me stronger in this moment.” (rtr)

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Prince Ali of Jordan announces bid for FIFA president

AMMAN, Jordan — Prince Ali bin al-Hussein of Jordan is running for FIFA president, saying Wednesday he will fight “deep-seated corruption and political deal-making” and make soccer’s scandal-scarred governing body more transparent. The prince also took apparent aim at a favorite in the race, UEFA President Michel Platini, without mentioning him by name.

The 39-year-old royal made his announcement at a carefully staged event, speaking to about 300 invited guests, including young Jordanians and foreign diplomats, in a Roman amphitheater in the kingdom’s capital of Amman. School-age soccer players in uniforms flanked the prince as he declared his candidacy in Arabic, then laid out his agenda in English.

The prince said if elected, he would shift some decision-making powers from FIFA headquarters in Zurich to national football associations. He promised to invest more in soccer development, make sure each member association has a dedicated national stadium within the next four years, do more for women’s soccer and tackle the “plague of match-fixing.”

The prince ran in the previous FIFA election in May, denying long-time incumbent Sepp Blatter a majority in the first round of voting. He stepped aside before the second round. Four days later, Blatter announced his plans to quit as separate U.S. and Swiss criminal investigations into soccer

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Schweinsteiger’s first club reveal true Man Utd fee Manchester United spent 6.5 million pounds ($10 million) to take Bastian Schweinsteiger to Old Trafford in the close season, British media reported, citing a statement released by the midfielder’s first club TSV 1860 Rosenheim.

The World Cup winner joined from Bayern Munich in July for a fee widely reported to be 15 million pounds but it appears the Red Devils paid far less than that to reunite the 31-year-old with Louis van Gaal, who managed him at the Allianz Arena from 2009-11.

Rosenheim, where Schweinsteiger began his youth career in 1992, are an amateur side in the south of Germany that play in the regional fifth division of the Bayernliga Sud. The club released a statement on Wednesday detailing how much they had received from a sell-on clause included in Schweinsteiger’s contract at Bayern. “The transfer fee adds up to 9 million euros ($10 million),” Rosenheim said.

“We have been credited for two years (that Schweinsteiger spent at the club).

“We will receive the payment in two instalments, and after deducting the adviser and legal costs, we will receive 19,000 euros),” the statement added.

Schweinsteiger was 13 years old when he moved from Rosenheim to Bayern in 1998. He spent 17 years with the current Bundesliga champions, winning eight league titles, the Champions League in 2013 and a FIFA Club World Cup. (rtr)

Croatia coach Kovac sacked for poor results in Euro qualis

AP Photo/Raad Adayleh

Jordan’s Prince Ali bin al-Hussein, flanked by school-age soccer players in uniforms, speaks before about 300 guests during an event at a Roman amphitheater in Amman, Jordan, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015. corruption escalated.

Prince Ali appeared to suggest that Platini, his former ally, lacked courage and failed to fully support him in the FIFA election loss to Blatter in May. “I was the only person who dared to challenge Mr. Blatter for the presidency of FIFA,” the prince said. “And I had the courage to fight for change when others were afraid. “

“I conceded that election. Not because I was not the best candidate, but because others were using me to make room for themselves.

They didn’t have the guts to run, but I did.” “Let me be clear,” Prince Ali said of his renewed candidacy, “I want to finish what we started.”

Earlier this week, the prince said Platini, a former French soccer

great, is the wrong person for the job, given that Platini helped Blatter first get elected in 1998. The FIFA election will be held in February.

Prince Ali and other candidates face an Oct. 26 deadline to gain the five required nominations from federations to be able to compete.

The prince said Wednesday that reforming FIFA will be a difficult task. “It is only through new lead-

ership that FIFA can change,” he said. “I do not believe that FIFA can give this sport back to the people of the world, without new leadership, untainted by the practices of the past.

“We must overcome deep-seated corruption and political deal-making,” Prince Ali said. “FIFA will not be run as the personal fiefdom of an all-powerful clique.” (ap)

months and the ball is in manager Louis van Gaal’s court as to whether De Gea features in traditionally their most fiercely-contested fixture of the season.

He was the man-of-the-match when the sides met last year, making a string of superb saves as United won 3-0, the first part of a league double over Liverpool.

With the season still in its infancy, the teams have enjoyed similarly inconsistent starts, with both on seven

points from four games and looking to rebound after disappointing defeats before the international break.

Liverpool come into the match (1630 GMT) seeking to heal the wounds of a 3-0 home defeat by West Ham United and will be without Brazilian playmaker Philippe Coutinho, who was sent off in that dismal Anfield reverse. United lost 2-1 at Swansea City but have since spent 36 million pounds ($55.3 million) on young French forward Anthony Mar-

tial in a bid to add attacking impetus to a side that has looked defensively solid but lacking in attacking threat.

Manchester City will take their 100 percent record to Crystal Palace (1400) while champions Chelsea travel to Everton (1145) having lost two games and amassed only four points from their first four matches.

Chelsea’s defence, which was watertight last season, has been frequently exposed and in Saturday’s early kickoff they will come face

to face with John Stones, Everton’s centre back who Jose Mourinho tried in vain to sign.

Manchester City have looked imperious in their four straight wins, scoring 10 goals and conceding none, but they face an in-form Palace who have won three of their first four.

Arsenal, whose fans have vented their frustrations since the close of the transfer window after boss Arsene Wenger made no outfield signings, host Stoke City. (rtr)

ZAGREB — Croatia coach Niko Kovac was sacked on Wednesday for poor results in 2016 European Championship qualifiers.

Croatia has only one point from the last two games, a 0-0 draw in Azerbaijan and a 2-0 defeat in Norway. The Croatians lie third in Group H. Potential successors will be

interviewed in the next 10 days, said Davor Suker, the head of the Croatian Football Federation. He gave no names. Kovac took over from Igor Stimac in 2013, and led Croatia to the 2014 World Cup. Croatia was stripped of one point in Euro 2016 qualifying after a swastika was painted on the field before a match against Italy in June. (ap)

De Gea poised for timely return against Liverpool LONDON - With impeccable timing, David De Gea could return to the Manchester United team for Saturday’s Premier League clash against arch-rivals Liverpool having been the scourge of the Merseysiders at Old Trafford last season.

The Spaniard was left on the sidelines as a lengthy transfer wrangle with Real Madrid ran its course before being abandoned at the last minute.

De Gea is now set to remain at Old Trafford for at least the next four

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English FA’s name ‘ultimate expression of arrogance” says CEO

MANCHESTER - The Football Association’s name is the “ultimate expression of arrogance” according to the English governing body’s chief executive Martin Glenn who said it was possible it could be changed. Speaking at the Soccerex global convention on Wednesday, Glenn was asked about the alleged reputation the FA has for arrogance within the international game.

“I think we are perceived as arrogant. I don’t think we necessarily are but perceptions... it does matter,” said Glenn, who took up his position in March. “As a relative newcomer coming in, the ultimate expression of arrogance, and we don’t even see it, but we refer to ourselves, we go to international conventions and say, ‘Hi, I’m Martin Glenn and I am from the FA. “Which one? Obviously the

English, because we invented it.

Every other is the German association, the French association, we are so assumptive,” he said. Asked whether a change of name would be a solution, Glenn said: “Possibly, it is not an ultimate priority.

“But what is seen to be the case is that we get interested in the international game when it suits our purposes. We’re seen to be -- you want to host a World Cup, suddenly you got very friendly. “So, it is a global game, we have to build global alliances and be seen to be a force for good,” he added.

England lost out on their most recent bid to host the World Cup with Russia earning hosting rights to the 2018 tournament. The only time England staged the tournament was in 1966, when they won their only world crown.

Glenn said the FA was respected for its ability to promote football and for the fact the game is run in a clean fashion but that more time was required to build relationships globally.

“We just need to make sure that we spend enough time when we go to international meetings to talk to them, share ideas.” he said.

“It matters because when it comes down to a 50-50 decision on whether we get a tournament or not we would like to get the benefit of doubt.

“The fact that we have got the semis and final of Euro 2020, is a good sign of the re-engagement that happened before my time, where people see us as part of the team as opposed to selectively choosing to be part of it when it suits us.” (rtr)

PARIS — Paris Saint-Germain will donate one million euros ($1.12 million) to the United Nations’ refugee agency and a French non-profit association to help relieve the migrants crisis.

The French champion said it will give the money to the UNHCR and the

Secours Populaire Francais in order to “set up concrete solidarity projects in France and internationally.”

A group of migrants arrived in France on Wednesday after an overnight bus trip from Germany, the first among around 1,000 that French President Francois Hollande pledged

to receive from the neighboring country.

Hollande committed to accepting 24,000 migrants over two years, but the French public opinion is split on how to handle the influx of people fleeing war and poverty in the Middle East and Africa. (ap)

PSG to give 1 million euros to help tackle migrants crisis

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FILE - This is a Sunday, Nov. 16, 2014 file photo of Croatia coach Niko Kovac during the Euro 2016 qualifying soccer match between Italy and Croatia, at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy.

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Prince Ali of Jordan announces bid for FIFA president

AMMAN, Jordan — Prince Ali bin al-Hussein of Jordan is running for FIFA president, saying Wednesday he will fight “deep-seated corruption and political deal-making” and make soccer’s scandal-scarred governing body more transparent. The prince also took apparent aim at a favorite in the race, UEFA President Michel Platini, without mentioning him by name.

The 39-year-old royal made his announcement at a carefully staged event, speaking to about 300 invited guests, including young Jordanians and foreign diplomats, in a Roman amphitheater in the kingdom’s capital of Amman. School-age soccer players in uniforms flanked the prince as he declared his candidacy in Arabic, then laid out his agenda in English.

The prince said if elected, he would shift some decision-making powers from FIFA headquarters in Zurich to national football associations. He promised to invest more in soccer development, make sure each member association has a dedicated national stadium within the next four years, do more for women’s soccer and tackle the “plague of match-fixing.”

The prince ran in the previous FIFA election in May, denying long-time incumbent Sepp Blatter a majority in the first round of voting. He stepped aside before the second round. Four days later, Blatter announced his plans to quit as separate U.S. and Swiss criminal investigations into soccer

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Friday, September 11, 2015

Schweinsteiger’s first club reveal true Man Utd fee Manchester United spent 6.5 million pounds ($10 million) to take Bastian Schweinsteiger to Old Trafford in the close season, British media reported, citing a statement released by the midfielder’s first club TSV 1860 Rosenheim.

The World Cup winner joined from Bayern Munich in July for a fee widely reported to be 15 million pounds but it appears the Red Devils paid far less than that to reunite the 31-year-old with Louis van Gaal, who managed him at the Allianz Arena from 2009-11.

Rosenheim, where Schweinsteiger began his youth career in 1992, are an amateur side in the south of Germany that play in the regional fifth division of the Bayernliga Sud. The club released a statement on Wednesday detailing how much they had received from a sell-on clause included in Schweinsteiger’s contract at Bayern. “The transfer fee adds up to 9 million euros ($10 million),” Rosenheim said.

“We have been credited for two years (that Schweinsteiger spent at the club).

“We will receive the payment in two instalments, and after deducting the adviser and legal costs, we will receive 19,000 euros),” the statement added.

Schweinsteiger was 13 years old when he moved from Rosenheim to Bayern in 1998. He spent 17 years with the current Bundesliga champions, winning eight league titles, the Champions League in 2013 and a FIFA Club World Cup. (rtr)

Croatia coach Kovac sacked for poor results in Euro qualis

AP Photo/Raad Adayleh

Jordan’s Prince Ali bin al-Hussein, flanked by school-age soccer players in uniforms, speaks before about 300 guests during an event at a Roman amphitheater in Amman, Jordan, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015. corruption escalated.

Prince Ali appeared to suggest that Platini, his former ally, lacked courage and failed to fully support him in the FIFA election loss to Blatter in May. “I was the only person who dared to challenge Mr. Blatter for the presidency of FIFA,” the prince said. “And I had the courage to fight for change when others were afraid. “

“I conceded that election. Not because I was not the best candidate, but because others were using me to make room for themselves.

They didn’t have the guts to run, but I did.” “Let me be clear,” Prince Ali said of his renewed candidacy, “I want to finish what we started.”

Earlier this week, the prince said Platini, a former French soccer

great, is the wrong person for the job, given that Platini helped Blatter first get elected in 1998. The FIFA election will be held in February.

Prince Ali and other candidates face an Oct. 26 deadline to gain the five required nominations from federations to be able to compete.

The prince said Wednesday that reforming FIFA will be a difficult task. “It is only through new lead-

ership that FIFA can change,” he said. “I do not believe that FIFA can give this sport back to the people of the world, without new leadership, untainted by the practices of the past.

“We must overcome deep-seated corruption and political deal-making,” Prince Ali said. “FIFA will not be run as the personal fiefdom of an all-powerful clique.” (ap)

months and the ball is in manager Louis van Gaal’s court as to whether De Gea features in traditionally their most fiercely-contested fixture of the season.

He was the man-of-the-match when the sides met last year, making a string of superb saves as United won 3-0, the first part of a league double over Liverpool.

With the season still in its infancy, the teams have enjoyed similarly inconsistent starts, with both on seven

points from four games and looking to rebound after disappointing defeats before the international break.

Liverpool come into the match (1630 GMT) seeking to heal the wounds of a 3-0 home defeat by West Ham United and will be without Brazilian playmaker Philippe Coutinho, who was sent off in that dismal Anfield reverse. United lost 2-1 at Swansea City but have since spent 36 million pounds ($55.3 million) on young French forward Anthony Mar-

tial in a bid to add attacking impetus to a side that has looked defensively solid but lacking in attacking threat.

Manchester City will take their 100 percent record to Crystal Palace (1400) while champions Chelsea travel to Everton (1145) having lost two games and amassed only four points from their first four matches.

Chelsea’s defence, which was watertight last season, has been frequently exposed and in Saturday’s early kickoff they will come face

to face with John Stones, Everton’s centre back who Jose Mourinho tried in vain to sign.

Manchester City have looked imperious in their four straight wins, scoring 10 goals and conceding none, but they face an in-form Palace who have won three of their first four.

Arsenal, whose fans have vented their frustrations since the close of the transfer window after boss Arsene Wenger made no outfield signings, host Stoke City. (rtr)

ZAGREB — Croatia coach Niko Kovac was sacked on Wednesday for poor results in 2016 European Championship qualifiers.

Croatia has only one point from the last two games, a 0-0 draw in Azerbaijan and a 2-0 defeat in Norway. The Croatians lie third in Group H. Potential successors will be

interviewed in the next 10 days, said Davor Suker, the head of the Croatian Football Federation. He gave no names. Kovac took over from Igor Stimac in 2013, and led Croatia to the 2014 World Cup. Croatia was stripped of one point in Euro 2016 qualifying after a swastika was painted on the field before a match against Italy in June. (ap)

De Gea poised for timely return against Liverpool LONDON - With impeccable timing, David De Gea could return to the Manchester United team for Saturday’s Premier League clash against arch-rivals Liverpool having been the scourge of the Merseysiders at Old Trafford last season.

The Spaniard was left on the sidelines as a lengthy transfer wrangle with Real Madrid ran its course before being abandoned at the last minute.

De Gea is now set to remain at Old Trafford for at least the next four

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Germany’s Bastian Schweinsteiger celebrates at the end of the match Action Images via

English FA’s name ‘ultimate expression of arrogance” says CEO

MANCHESTER - The Football Association’s name is the “ultimate expression of arrogance” according to the English governing body’s chief executive Martin Glenn who said it was possible it could be changed. Speaking at the Soccerex global convention on Wednesday, Glenn was asked about the alleged reputation the FA has for arrogance within the international game.

“I think we are perceived as arrogant. I don’t think we necessarily are but perceptions... it does matter,” said Glenn, who took up his position in March. “As a relative newcomer coming in, the ultimate expression of arrogance, and we don’t even see it, but we refer to ourselves, we go to international conventions and say, ‘Hi, I’m Martin Glenn and I am from the FA. “Which one? Obviously the

English, because we invented it.

Every other is the German association, the French association, we are so assumptive,” he said. Asked whether a change of name would be a solution, Glenn said: “Possibly, it is not an ultimate priority.

“But what is seen to be the case is that we get interested in the international game when it suits our purposes. We’re seen to be -- you want to host a World Cup, suddenly you got very friendly. “So, it is a global game, we have to build global alliances and be seen to be a force for good,” he added.

England lost out on their most recent bid to host the World Cup with Russia earning hosting rights to the 2018 tournament. The only time England staged the tournament was in 1966, when they won their only world crown.

Glenn said the FA was respected for its ability to promote football and for the fact the game is run in a clean fashion but that more time was required to build relationships globally.

“We just need to make sure that we spend enough time when we go to international meetings to talk to them, share ideas.” he said.

“It matters because when it comes down to a 50-50 decision on whether we get a tournament or not we would like to get the benefit of doubt.

“The fact that we have got the semis and final of Euro 2020, is a good sign of the re-engagement that happened before my time, where people see us as part of the team as opposed to selectively choosing to be part of it when it suits us.” (rtr)

PARIS — Paris Saint-Germain will donate one million euros ($1.12 million) to the United Nations’ refugee agency and a French non-profit association to help relieve the migrants crisis.

The French champion said it will give the money to the UNHCR and the

Secours Populaire Francais in order to “set up concrete solidarity projects in France and internationally.”

A group of migrants arrived in France on Wednesday after an overnight bus trip from Germany, the first among around 1,000 that French President Francois Hollande pledged

to receive from the neighboring country.

Hollande committed to accepting 24,000 migrants over two years, but the French public opinion is split on how to handle the influx of people fleeing war and poverty in the Middle East and Africa. (ap)

PSG to give 1 million euros to help tackle migrants crisis

AP Photo/Antonio Calanni, File

FILE - This is a Sunday, Nov. 16, 2014 file photo of Croatia coach Niko Kovac during the Euro 2016 qualifying soccer match between Italy and Croatia, at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy.

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Away from Olympics, sewage blights vast swaths of Rio

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making the ambience around this object really peaceful and enchanting. On that account, it is not mistaken if the niches (caves) in southern relief suspected as the hermitage of the last Balinese ancient King before the collapse of Bali to Majapahit administration in 1343.

Relief with magical nuance and meaningful is 25 meters long and 2 meters high. Many researches conducted by experts from home and overseas to recognize the implicit meaning behind the wall relief of the rock cliffs on the hills. As consequence, it drove many commentaries and analysis to uncover the mystery behind the veil of the true meaning of the relief. Overall,

the theme of this story recounts the life in the forest atmosphere and daily life in the ancient kingdom of Bali. In addition to the Balinese classical carvings, this monument also has niches of Bedahulu Royal Hermitage before his death against the army of the Majapahit kingdom in 1343 AD. Yeh Pulu Relief poses one of the many historical classical monuments of Bali originating in ancient Bali (14th century AD) retaining full knowledge of art, which until now is still sustainable and be cared by the members of Subak, as one of the classical organizations that in particular organizes farmers and manage all aspects of rice field cultivation.

RIO DE JANEIRO — Rivulets of waste crisscross the labyrinth of alleyways that serve as 5-year-old Kaike de Oliveira Benjamin’s playground, forming dark, fetid puddles and gurgling streams of refuse and trash. It’s little better inside the tiny, one-room apartment he shares with his mother, two little brothers and infestations of roaches and rats. When it rains, the basement apartment floods ankle-deep with a mixture of rainwater and sewage, and drinking water often comes out of the tap looking and smelling contaminated.

Rio de Janeiro’s lack of basic sanitation is in the headlines because Olympic athletes will compete in polluted waters during next year’s games, but it’s hardly news in areas like the Rocinha slum, where contact with untreated waste is an everyday reality for the Benjamins and tens of thousands of other families.

The consequences are not fleeting — they reverberate for decades, dooming many children exposed to this filth to lives stunted by illness.

One public health expert calls the sewage system in Rio largely “medieval,” comparable with London or Paris in the 14th or 15th century.

And it’s not just Rio. Fewer than half of households nationwide are hooked up to sewage mains, meaning that much of the waste generated by about 100 million people runs through open-air ditches that bisect neighborhoods like Kaike’s across this continent-sized nation, befouling streams and rivers that in turn contaminate lakes and lagoons,

beaches and bays.

From Kaike’s slum — a sprawling hillside warren of concrete and brittle brick dwellings — waste flows directly from white plastic pipes sticking out of shacks and washes downstream, partially draining into the basin that ends up in the Olympic lagoon.

An independent study commissioned by The Associated Press revealed alarmingly high levels of viruses and, sometimes, bacteria from human sewage in all the city’s Olympic waterways. A risk assessment based on the AP data found athletes who ingest three teaspoons of water have a 99 percent chance of being infected by a virus, raising alarm among some elite sailors, rowers, canoers, marathon swimmers and triathletes.

For residents of Rocinha and other Rio slums, this is not just a one-time event. They come into contact with such filthy water day after day, week after week, year after year.

Public health experts say children exposed to sewage fall ill more often, are less likely to attend school regularly and fully develop intellectually, and ultimately end up getting significantly lower-paying jobs than people from similar socioeconomic backgrounds who grew up with basic sanitation.

Already, Kaike’s 18-month-old brother, Rafael, regularly suffers from stomach problems, and last year Kaike was hospitalized for two weeks with acute vomiting and explosive, bloody diarrhea that doctors attributed to a water-borne bacteria or virus. (ap)

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Serena Williams of the U.S. reacts after losing a point in her quarterfinals match against her sister and compatriot Venus Williams at the U.S. Open Championships tennis tournament in New York, September 8, 2015.

Stage set for Serena’s semi-finals push in Grand Slam bid

NEW YORK - The penultimate stage is set for the sixth step in Serena Williams’ campaign to put an exclamation mark on her storied career by winning a fourth successive U.S. Open to complete a calendar-year Grand Slam sweep. History would heavily favour Williams in the U.S. Open semi-finals on Thursday at Flushing Meadows.

She owns 21 grand slam singles titles, which is 21 more than the other three players combined, and is gunning for her seventh U.S. Open singles trophy while the others are straining to reach their first U.S. final. Unfancied Italians Flavia Pennetta and Roberta Vinci have also made just one grand slam singles semi-final between them before, while world number two Simona Halep has made the semi-final stage at just two other grand slams.

The 32-year-old Vinci, ranked 43rd, will meet Williams, who has won their four previous meetings, including the most recent last month in the quarter-finals at Toronto.

“She played me really tough, and I didn’t really expect that,” said Williams, who has won 53 of 55 matches this year and won the Australian, French and Wimbledon titles. “I’m not going to underestimate her. She played really well.

She’s not in the semi-finals of a grand slam for no reason. She knows what to do and she knows what to play.

“Definitely a little bit more old school ... it’s fun to see people that can still come to the net and still hit slice and still hit one-handers.

It’s different. It’s good for tennis.”

Vinci, who has won 25 doubles titles in her career, is 22-20 in singles matches and without a singles title this season.

She is already thrilled by her performances in New York. “I think I’m at the end of my career, so my semi-final, first (slam) semi-final, it’s incredible,” said the 32-yearold.

“I’m very proud of myself. I have nothing to lose, just play my game. “I know that I have a lot of experience, but when you play against Serena doesn’t matter. “You have to play better, then better, then

better.”

Pennetta, 33, also draws a difficult assignment against Halep. The Italian has a 3-1 career edge, but lost 6-3 7-5 in their last encounter earlier this year in Miami. The veteran said she would not overlook the power of the short, quick-footed Romanian, who she rated as more powerful than former world number one Victoria Azarenka, who fell in three sets to Halep in the quarterfinals.

“To make a winner to her you have to finish the point seven times,” Pennetta said. “She’s always there, always in - the ball always comes back.” Halep, who has won three times this year, lost in the second round at the French Open, where she was runner-up in 2014, and beaten in the first round at Wimbledon. That led her to take a hiatus before rediscovering her form on the hardcourts running up to the U.S. Open.

“I don’t have big muscles. I’m not tall. I have power inside,” Halep said. “I fight. “Every point is a big challenge. I do everything I can. I run for every ball, and that makes me stronger in this moment.” (rtr)

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As Europe opens its doors, Japan considers clamping down harder on asylum seekers

TOKYO - As the worst refugee crisis since World War Two forces Europe to break down hurdles and accept tens of thousands of migrants, Japan, which took in just 11 asylum seekers last year, is looking to clamp down even tighter. Measures including deporting failed applicants, curbs on repeat applications and pre-screening of new asylum seekers are being considered as part of changes to the country’s immigration system, an official said.

If implemented, the changes would make Japan an even harderto-reach destination, activists say.

The country is already one of the developed world’s least welcoming countries for refugees, accepting fewer than a dozen of a record 5,000 asylum seekers in 2014.

“We’re not looking to increase or decrease the number of refugees coming to Japan, but to ensure real refugees are assessed quickly,” said Hiroaki Sato, a Ministry of Justice official overseeing the proposals. On Wednesday, around 100 foreigners on “provisional release” from immigration detention - many of them asylum seekers - marched through Tokyo’s government district in the driving rain, calling for refugee visas.

“The system is so difficult already,” said Ali Jafari, a 54-yearold Iranian who said he came to Japan as a political refugee. “To make it tighter is just cruel.”

The United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Tuesday it expected at least 850,000 people to head to Europe this year, many of them refugees from Syria’s four-year civil war. The scale of the crisis has led the European Union to move towards quotas for acceptance of asylum seekers.

But Japan’s government does not see escaping war as a legitimate reason for claiming asylum,

and has no plans to widen its criteria to include flight from conflict, said Sato. To qualify, an asylum seeker must prove they individually face persecution on grounds of religion, race or political beliefs.

The strict interpretation of refugee law, and the country’s geographical and cultural distance from the Middle East, deter Syrians from seeking asylum in Japan, refugee policy experts say. Only 63 have applied since 2011.

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Migrants sleep inside the train station of Flensburg, northern Germany, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015. On Wednesday Danish railway company DSB said all train service has been halted between Germany and Denmark after Danish police stopped hundreds of migrants arriving by train across the border.

Japan’s growth potential and dulls the potency of Abe’s flagship monetary and fiscal stimulus, an International Monetary Fund working paper said in July.

Abe has taken some steps to address the shortfall, including encouraging more women and elderly people to work. A member of his top economic advisory panel has also proposed lengthening residency periods for professionals.

But relaxing rules on white collar workers will not address shortages in the industries most affected, and more foreign workers “could be an effective strategy to reduce labour shortages,” the IMF said.

The scant prospects for any relaxation of rules on manual migrant workers have led many Japanese companies to draw on a grey market of asylum seekers and other cheap foreign workers.

Mahmut Saglam is one of those. A 29-year-old Kurd from Turkey, Saglam claimed asylum in Japan in 2010 after being jailed for protesting against the government, he said.

His asylum application was refused a year later. As he reapplies, he works as a casual demolition workers. “We do the heaviest work, and companies trust us,” he said. “But Japan doesn’t want us here.” (rtr)

Henrik Hoejbjerg said Thursday.

“Therefore, there is no other option than to let them go, and we cannot prevent them from traveling wherever they want.”

In the Danish port city of Roedby, one of the two main crossings from Germany, migrants were seen being picked up by people in private cars. It was unclear where they were going.

Authorities said at least 3,200 migrants have entered Denmark since Sunday and about 400 have sought asylum. (ap)

ANKARA, Turkey — A Dutch journalist has confirmed she has been expelled from Turkey, becoming the third foreign journalist to be deported after reporting from the country’s mainly Kurdish southeast.

Frederike Geerdink was detained last week in the town of Yuksekova with a group of “human shield” protesters attempting to stop violence between Turkey’s security forces and the Kurdish rebels.

In an email to colleagues

Thursday, Geerkink said: “I am back in the Netherlands now and I so don’t want to be here.” It was not clear when she would be allowed back in Turkey.

Two British Vice News journalists who were jailed on terror-related charges were also expelled last week. Their Turkey-based assistant, Mohammed Ismael Rasool, remains jailed.

Rights advocates have criticized Turkey’s crackdown on journalists and are calling for Rasool’s release. (ap)

Danish police won’t stop thousands Dutch journalist, deported from Turkey, returns home of Sweden-bound migrants COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Danish police will no longer try to stop migrants and refugees from transiting through the country to get to Sweden and other Nordic countries, the police chief said Thursday.

The move highlights how European Union countries are struggling to uphold rules under which people fleeing war and persecution are supposed to apply for asylum in the first EU country they enter and not travel from one country to another.

The Danish decision comes

amid a surge of migrants and refugees arriving from Germany and refusing to apply for asylum in Denmark, saying they want to go Sweden, Finland or Norway instead.

Danish authorities initially insisted they must register in Denmark but reversed course in a decision late Wednesday after standoffs with hundreds of migrants who demanded the right to cross the country.

“We can’t detain foreigners who do not want to seek asylum (in Denmark),” police chief Jens

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INDONESIA Indonesian president’s latest problem: a loose cannon in the cabinet

JAKARTA - As Indonesian President Joko Widodo was preparing on Wednesday to present a grand package of measures aimed at restoring investors’ faith in the competence of his government, one of his ministers stepped in and spoilt it all.

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Tokyo gave $167 million to the UNHCR in the first half of this year, making it the second largest government donor. But by tightening its refugee system Japan risks shirking its global duties, say activists. “As a developed country, there’s a responsibility to protect these people,” Mitsuru Miyasako, head of rights group Provisional Release Association in Japan.

Immigration is essentially a taboo subject in a Japan that prides itself on its homogeneity.

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Rizal Ramli, who told Reuters this week that perhaps he is too outspoken, suddenly announced in parliament that fuel pipeline and storage projects worth $7.4 billion had been dropped because they were no longer a priority.

Within hours, the cabinet secretary had contradicted him, reinforcing an impression that Widodo’s ministers are out of tune with each other and unable to sound united on policy.

Ramli, 60, is no faint-heart: as a student, he was jailed for leading a rally against authoritarian leader Suharto.

“Wherever I go I change the system. I’m a transformer,” he said in an interview on Sunday at his house in South Jakarta, where a large bust of Albert Einstein sits at the entrance.

“But there are so many people who don’t like me because I’m too candid. I say what is on my mind,” he said.

Widodo brought Ramli in as one of six new cabinet ministers last month, hoping to streamline a muddled policymaking process after disappointing many who saw his election last year as a chance to break from a succession of feckless governments.

But Ramli has only caused more confusion since he took the portfolios of maritime affairs and resources.

First, he drew a rare rebuke from Widodo, who told him to voice his concerns privately after he had openly criticised Vice President Jusuf Kalla.

He also denounced plans by national airline PT Garuda Indonesia Tbk to buy 30 Airbus jets with $44.5 billion in loans: the state-owned enterprises minister told him to back off.

Then, this week, he threw into doubt the president’s signature $73 billion plan to give the country an ad-

ditional 35,000 megawatts of power capacity within five years, saying that less than half of the target could be achieved by 2019.

The oil minister, who reports to Ramli, subsequently said there would be no change to the programme.

Again, on this issue, he locked horns with the vice president.

“Ramli likes making a racket,” vice presidential spokesman Husain Abdullah said. “Rather than helping the government, he makes things more complicated.”

Ramli, who holds a doctorate from Boston University and was twice a minister under a former president, is known for strident and often nationalistic views on the economy - though he insists that he is no enemy of the financial markets.

Seen as close to Luhut Pandjaitan, one of Widodo’s key advisers, he was handed one of the most powerful positions in the cabinet that bundled under him the ministries of energy, transport and tourism.

Explaining himself in parliament on Wednesday, Ramli said that his “noise” was not intended to unsettle investors, who in fact prefer openness to a pretence of harmony that disguises corruption, collusion and nepotism.

However, the Jakarta-based Concord Consulting Group said the outspoken minister had brought open warfare into the heart of Widodo’s administration that may be difficult to root out.

“Unless he is prepared to lose a great deal of face, the president is unlikely to dump a senior minister he appointed only a few weeks ago,” it said. (rtr)

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Vice President Jusuf Kalla left Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital (RSCM) at 8:30 a.m. local time on Thursday after undergoing a medical checkup.

VP leaves hospital after medical checkup

JAKARTA - Vice President Jusuf Kalla left Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital (RSCM) at 8:30 a.m. local time on Thursday after undergoing a medical checkup.

“I have been in the hospital for 20 hours and was examined by both the hospital and presidential medical team,” the vice president informed newsmen at the hospital lobby, moments before returning to his official residence on Diponegoro Street.

Kalla explained that earlier on Wednesday he had experienced a

sense of exhaustion after attending a meeting at the Salemba campus of the University of Indonesia.

“The doctor then advised me to undergo a general checkup. Yes, it is natural that the vice president is also a human being who can fall ill,” the vice president remarked.

Kalla said he was fitted with a stent in his heart by the presidential medical team, and it took 30 minutes for the doctors to complete the procedure.

“It is simple, and there is no need to go to Singapore as the doctors

here can perform the procedure,” the vice president said, adding that he planned to take rest for an entire day on Thursday.

“My entire day’s planned itinerary has been canceled. My trip today to Gorontalo is also canceled,” added the vice president.

Kalla also extended his gratitude to President Joko Widodo who came to visit him on Wednesday evening, after announcing the new economic package at the State Palace in the absence of the vice president. (ant)

Cendrawasih chosen as Asian Games 2018 logo

JAKARTA - Bird of paradise, popularly known as Cendrawasih in Indonesia, has been chosen as the Asian Games 2018 logo at a launch ceremony during the commemoration of the 32nd National Sports Day in Istora Senayan, Jakarta.

“The logo that we chose is the bird of paradise. We want to ignite the spirit that the Asian Games is not only confined to Jakarta and Palembang but also belongs to all the people of Indonesia. We are trying to give recognition to Cendrawasih as the national symbol of Indonesia in the Asian Games,” Youth and Sports Minister Imam Nahrawi stated on Wednesday night.

The logo depicts the image of a Cendrawasih flapping its wings in hues of green, red, blue, and yellow.

According to Nahrawi, the image of a flying Cendrawasih symbolizes

the intention and spirit of Indonesia to excel and surpass other nations in Asia. However, Nahrawi noted that the government had not yet finalized the mascot for the Asian Games 2018 in Indonesia.

“This is only a soft launch. We will hold (a grand launch) another one as well that will be inaugurated

by Mr President in the future. Most likely, it will be held in Monas,” he pointed out.

Moreover, in the next three years, Indonesia will host three international events: the 6th TAFISA Indonesia World Sport for All Games 2016 in Jakarta with 110 participating countries, MotoGP 2017 in Sentul, and the 3rd Asian Paragames 2018 in Jakarta and Palembang. Speaking in connection with the MotoGP 2017 event, Nahrawi explained that they had requested the MotoGP organizers, Dorna Sports, to

immediately send a formal letter to the Indonesian government.

Nahrawi had held a discussion with Tourism Minister Arief Yahya about the technicalities specifically related to budgeting for the event. However, they would renegotiate the 7 million euros, or Rp111,19 billion worth contract in collaboration with Dorna.

Furthermore, Indonesia is also facing eligibility issues for its Sentul circuit, which would take about a year to renovate in order to meet the grade 1 standard to become the venue for MotoGP. “We are still awaiting approval for land to renovate Sentul circuit. We will discuss it again with Dorna when they come to Indonesia. But surely, everything is related to the implementation of the MotoGP 2017 event and should be included in the 2016 planning,” he added. (ant)

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BUSINESS Chinese Premier Li sees ‘painful and treacherous’ economic transition

BEIJING - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said Thursday that change in the world’s second-largest economy is fraught with difficulties and uncertainty, but sought to reassure an international audience that the country does not threaten the global economy.

Chinese leaders are overseeing a transition in the country’s growth model from the emphasis on exports and investment that saw it boom to a more sophisticated one in which consumer spending plays the dominant role.

“This is going to be a painful and treacherous process,” Li said in a speech to a World Economic Forum meeting in the northeastern city of Dalian.

“So ups and downs in economic performance are hardly avoidable”, he added, calling that “natural” during a time of change.

Li’s comments came as Chinese policymakers have come under increasing pressure to reassure global investors concerned over perceptions the country’s economic growth is slowing precipitously, which have helped fuel huge swings in global financial markets.

“China is not a source of risk for the world economy but a source of strength for global growth,” Li said, stressing that it accounted for about 30 percent of world economic expansion in the first half of this year.

China’s GDP growth growth stood at 7.0 percent in the first two quarters this year, but on Monday the government lowered its 2014 growth reading to 7.3 percent, from the 7.4 percent announced in January.

Li acknowledged that the economy has “come under quite a number of difficulties and downward pressure” but stressed it remained in a “proper range”, a favourite

phrase.

But he also stressed that China was being affected by economic troubles elsewhere.

“China is an economy that is closely integrated with the international market,” he said.

“Given the weak growth of the global economy, China cannot stay unaffected and the deep-seated problems that have built up over the years are also being exposed.”

Also resorting to commonly used wording, Li said that policymakers would be unmoved in the face of short-term movements in the economy, but stand ready to take action as necessary.

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People walk past an electronic stock indicator of a securities firm in Tokyo, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015. Asian stock markets were weaker Thursday after Wall Street fell following a strong U.S. job ads report that added to the case for the Fed’s first rate hike in years. Japan’s Nikkei 225 sagged 2.9 percent to 18,234.67 one day after surging 7.7 percent in its biggest gain since October 2008.

“If there are signs the economy is sliding out of the proper range we have adequate capability to deal with the situation,” he said. “The Chinese economy will not head for a hard landing.”

China has set its annual target for growth in gross domestic product (GDP) at about seven percent for this year, down from last year’s objective of around 7.5 percent.

Li stressed, however that given China’s GDP now stands at more than $10 trillion, growth of seven percent represents a total that “is even bigger than the double-digit” figures of the past, and remains one of the highest in the world. (afp)

Oil prices down ahead of US energy report

SINGAPORE - Oil prices eased in Asia Thursday as dealers focused on an upcoming US energy report for clues about production and demand in the world’s top crude consumer amid abundant global supplies.

US benchmark West Texas Intermediate for October delivery fell 65 cents to $43.50 while Brent crude for October dropped 76 cents to $46.82 in late-morning trade.

“We have seen US production levels slowing in recent weeks, and those figures will next be in focus for investors seeking answers on the oversupply issue,” Ric Spooner, chief market analyst at CMC Markets in Sydney, told AFP. The Department of Energy (DoE) will release its weekly report Thursday, a day later than usual because of Monday’s Labor Day holiday.

Analysts expect commercial crude-oil inventories rose 250,000 barrels in the week to September 4, according to a Bloomberg News survey.

At the same time, the DoE predicted in a new report Wednesday that US crude-oil production would decline through the middle of next year in response to low prices, before picking up again in late 2016 on an expected recovery in prices.

US crude output fell 140,000 barrels per day in August from July. The government lowered its 2015 production estimate to 9.2 million barrels per day, 100,000 barrels lower than its month-ago forecast.

Even so, total US output this year is expected to be the highest since 1972.

Investors are also keeping an eye on the Federal Reserve’s plans for interest rates as bank policymakers hold a meeting next week, with speculation they could announce a rise.

A hike in borrowing rates would likely push up the dollar, and with crude priced in the greenback it would make the commodity more expensive for anyone holding weaker currencies, denting demand. (afp)

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Leaking channel, water crisis make farmers frustrated

GIANYAR - A leak in the irrigation channel that runs from Mantring Dam at Petak village has caused farmers to complain. The leakage means that less water is discharged into their paddy field.

The leakage it turns out is in fact occurring at tens points along the irrigation channel. As the dry season advances farmers are becoming more angry about the water crisis.

Chief of Subak Mantring Sema, Made Kuat, pointed out a number of water flows caused by the leakage in the subak irrigation channel. He said that this came to his attention from farmers who were complaining that the water discharge was continuing to decrease.

“Initially many farmer colleagues were complaining about the small discharge of irrigation water due to leakage and that was being washed directly back to into Petanu River,” he said.

Once it was checked, leakage was in fact found at dozens of points along the irrigation channel from Mantring Dam at Petak village. “This is just one of them.

I have checked along the whole irrigation channel that passes through several subak areas from the dam.

Indeed there are many points that are leaking,” he said.

The lack of water discharge also causes farmers to break the rules in their struggle to access water, like at Subak Mantring Sema, Subak Selat Anyad, Subak Gunung Sari, Subak Belukbuk, Subak Lancud, Subak Jamu Lilang, Subak Penyembahan, Subak Melayang and Subak Bonyuh in the Gianyar subdistrict.

Kuat said that the leaking water channel has been reported to relevant agencies in the government of Gianyar County, and that officers have already come down to the site repeatedly to check things out. Unfortunately, so far there has been no improvements made to the channel.

“Many officers have come here, claiming to be from various agencies but from the beginning until now all they have done is check.

Yes, we really hope the government can help make improvement to this channel,” he said.

On entering the dry season, the water discharge becomes smaller.

Kuat explained that is also true of the Cangkem Barong water source that was taken over by the Municipality Waterworks (PDAM) a few years ago. “Since the Cangkem Barong water source has been taken over by the PDAM, the water discharge into the paddy field has gotten even smaller. Currently we really on water flowing from Ancud Gambih for all our water,” he complained.

Meanwhile, Head of the Gianyar Public Works Agency, I.B. Sudewa, when asked for his confirmation said that his ranks have been monitoring the condition of the irrigation channel. He said that the irrigation channel from Mantring Dam irrigates over 350 hectares of land, so that it becomes the authority of the government of Bali. “Previously, we accompanied officers from the provincial government as they checked the irrigation channel. We will be proposing that immediate improvements be made,” he said. (kmb35)

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The ancient sculpture in Puseh Temple located in Akah, Klungkung

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Hundred year old Puseh temple retains historical heritage

SEMARAPURA - Coinciding with Anggara Kasih Tambir, a piodalan (temple anniversary) was held at the Puseh Temple in the customary village of Akah, Klungkung, on Tuesday (Sep. 8).

This temple, located on the way to Besakih, has been receiving the attention of the Bali Antiquities Office for having a variety of ancient sculptures that are over a hundred years old.

A farmer is showing the leak in the irrigation system in Petak Village, Gianyar.

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Among them, there are lingam and yoni, a statue of the Lord Ganesha and various ancient carvings attached to temple.

According to the former headman of Akah, the Puseh temple is over one hundred years old and

has various ancient statues some of which have been kept aside for security and preservation reasons. Since it is considered as an archaeological site, an officer of the Bali Antiquities Office has been assigned to constantly

monitor and protect these ancient objects.

The piodalan ceremony is performed every Anggara Kasih Tambir and was led by Jro Mangku Diasna. During the ritual, adherents worship the Supreme God and all His manifestations. Hundreds of pilgrims present offerings and say their prayers at the temple. For th occasion of the piodalan, Deputy Regent, Made Kasta handed over a donation to hamlet chief of Sangging, I Nengah Sukena. (dwa)

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Local guides trained about Pakerisan watershed

A guide is giving explaination to the tourists.

GIANYAR - The watersheds of Pakerisan and Patanu are host to a number of attractions that are visited by thousands of tourists every day. However, during their visit, travelers get very different explanations, depending on their guide. The Gianyar Tourism Office therefore provided training for dozens of tour guides at the wantilan hall of Tirta Empul Temple, Manukaya village, Tampaksiring subdistrict earlier this week.

Head of the Gianyar Tourism Office, A.A. Ari Brahmanta, said that the watershed of Pakerisan and Patanu is an area that has been recognized by the UNESCO as a World Cultural Heritage.

Throughout the region, there are a

number of tourist attractions such as Pegulingan Temple, Mangening Temple, Kerobokan Temple, Tirta Empul Temple, Gunung Kawi Temple, Pengukur-Ukuran Temple, Cliff Temple Tegallinggah and Goa Gajah. “We provide this training for

dozens of tour guides working at a number of different tourist attractions,” he said.

Brahmanta said that until now, tour guides have been offering very different explanations to visitors.

The two-day training is expected to provide a common understanding for local tour guides. They were also briefed about the ethics and concept of tourism, the archaeological aspects of the Pakerisan and Patanu watershed as an area of cultural heritage as well as the code of ethics of the Indonesian tour

AMLAPURA - Since the beginning of this dry season, Kubu area has been experiencing severe drought. Well water- as the source of raw water in Kubu and for the Municipality Waterworks (PDAM) at Rubaya, Tulamben village, Kubu, has even dried out. As a result, the water supplied by the PDAM does not run smoothly. This was revealed by Director of the PDAM Karangasem, I Gede T Baktiyasa on Thursday.

He said that the PDAM wells at Rubaya have run dry. “We already connected three suction pipes with a total length of 12 meters, but we

still cannot access any water,” he said.

Baktiyasa admitted that Kubu area is experiencing a severe drought and to overcome tho problem, the PDAM has been tapping the well water from the Batudawa Kelod well that is now accessed 24 hours a day. Half the time the water is used as a substitute for the Rubaya water source. Usually, the Rubaya well supplies household customers on the roadside in Kubu as well as hotels in Tulamben. The well at Batudawa Kelod, Tulamben, is usually used to supply households and hotels on Batudawa Beach.

Apart from supplying water to customers in Kubu, the PDAM services in the town of Amlapura have also been disrupted and many customers in Subangan, like BTN Kertalangu Subagan settlement, Asak village and Timbrah village complain about lack of water. The supply problem to the region since the past few days, he said, happened because the main pipe at Karangsokong leaked and is only now being repaired “Previously, it has been repaired and connected, but another leak happened” he said.

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guides. “Tour guides working in this region should understand about the meaning, significance, history and functions of various relics as well as historical objects in the surrounding areas,” he explained.

This man familiarly addressed as Gung Ari added that this year’s tour guide training is specifically targeting tour guides working along the watershed of Pakerisan and Petanu. Along both watersheds are heritage areas that are regularly visited by thousands of people every day.

Data from the Tourism Office indicate that Tirta Empul Temple receives an average of 32,681 people per month. The number of tourist visits to Goa Gajah Bedulu is ranked second with a monthly average of 19,321 people, Gunung Kawi Tampaksiring (9,381 people), Gunung Kawi Sebatu (1,781 people) and Yeh Pulu Bedulu (450 people). The total number of domestic and foreign tourist visits to Gianyar between January and May 2015 reached 361,630 people. (kmb35)

the barren village of Datah, asked PDAM customers to be patient and understanding. In this dry season, the discharge of the PDAM springs decreases. “Hopefully, the longterm solution to the clean water crisis can be resolved by the water pipeline project of Telaga Waja,” said Baktiyasa.

Head of the Karangasem Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD), Ida Ketut Arimbawa, said that if there are groups of residents that are facing a water crisis and require urgent help for accessing clean water, they are asked to submit a report or request. The

request for help can be passed through the village headman and subdistrict head. The BPBD will forward it to relevant agencies. In recent days, he said, two private companies or state-owned companies expressed their willingness to help provide drinking water.

Meanwhile, a total of eight clean water reservoirs will be supplied for Sebudi and Peringsari villages.

“Paleg Kelod, Tianyar, will be allocated for 10,000 liters of drinking , while Sebudi and Peringsari village will get eight reservoirs,” he said. (013)

Severe drought hits Kubu

LOS ANGELES — Passengers on the British Airways jet whose engine caught fire just before takeoff in Las Vegas escaped with their lives — and some with their carry-ons, as well.

While flight crews tell people to leave belongings behind in an evacuation, pilots say they seem increasingly inclined to grab whatever they brought on board. And sometimes even a selfie or two.

“We’re always shaking our head,” said Chris Manno, a veteran pilot with a major US airline who took to social media Wednesday to slam those pictured on the Vegas tarmac with bulky cabin bags. “It doesn’t matter what you say, people are going to do what they do.”

The engine on the Londonbound Boeing 777-200 caught fire Tuesday as the plane was gathering speed. Though the evacuation was swift, officials said Wednesday that 27 of the 170 passengers or crew on board required hospital treatment for cuts, bruises or other minor injuries, mostly from the evacuation slides.

“A deadly slalom” is how pilot Patrick Smith described baggage on an emergency slide in a blog post.

Bags also could tear the inflatable slides, block exits on board and cause other injuries in the chaos of an evacuation.

The chief of the Association of Flight Attendants union, which does not represent the British Airways crew, said she expects federal investigators will find that baggage slowed down the evacuation and caused some of the injuries.

Manno noted that passengers also evacuated with belongings when a Delta Air Lines jet nearly skidded off the runway at New York’s LaGuardia Airport in March

and an Asiana Airlines jet caught fire after a hard landing in San Francisco in 2013.

“We’re seeing this more and more,” said John Goglia, an aviation safety expert and former member of the National Transportation Safety Board.

Goglia believes that because air safety advances have made accidents far more survivable and injuries often less severe, more people can — and do — bring bags as they evacuate.

Passenger Karen Bravo, 60, of Las Vegas, said she happened to have her purse and some other passengers further back in coach had time to grab their carry-on luggage while waiting to evacuate. “It would be like if your whole house was on fire and you had to go out the door,” she said.

Guidance posted online by the Federal Aviation Administration advises passengers to leave bags on board during an evacuation — but does not mandate it. Airline crews may make that announcement during preflight safety demonstrations, and during an emergency, would typically tell people to leave bags behind. Passengers are required by law to follow all crew instructions, FAA spokesman Ian Gregor said.

“Flight attendants are the first line of defense in emergencies,” he said, declining to address whether the agency believed emergencyevacuations-with-bags were an increasing problem that merited any regulatory action or public education campaign.

Airlines vary in whether their preflight briefings tell passengers to abandon belongings in an evacuation, according to Stephen Schembs, the flight attendant union’s government affairs director. (ap)

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Firefighters stand by a plane that caught fire at McCarren International Airport, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015, in Las Vegas. An engine on the British Airways plane caught fire before takeoff, forcing passengers to escape on emergency slides.

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Taiwan’s military fire artillery from M110A2 self-propelled Howitzers during the annual Han Kuang exercises in Hsinchu, north eastern Taiwan, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015.

Taiwan simulates attacks by political rival China

HSINCHU, Taiwan — Taiwan’s military blasted shells into the ocean Thursday, one in a series of exercises this week to simulate attacks by political rival China after Beijing staged what appeared to be a mock strike against the presidential office in Taipei.

The exercises, larger this year than in the past, follow televised images from China on July 22 depicting a staged ground troop attack on a red tower and attached low-rises that resembled Taiwan’s presidential compound.

China is Taiwan’s only major potential military threat, though the two sides have shelved political differences since 2008. They are separated by an ocean strait that is 160 km (100 miles) across at its narrowest point.

“Our most crucial goal is to simulate safeguarding against a possible attack from mainland China, whether on Taiwan itself,

an outlying island post, our marine military space or our airspace,” deputy Defense Ministry spokesman Chen Chung-chi said.

China’s military, meanwhile, on Thursday announced three days of its own live-firing exercises in the Taiwan Strait, part of a program of more realistic training scenarios involving integrated units from the navy, air force and ground troops.

It was not clear if the exercises starting Friday were related to Taiwan’s drills and China’s Defense Ministry did not immediately respond to faxed questions seeking comment. Ministry spokesman consistently respond to such queries

by saying that exercises are part of scheduled routine training and not directed at any third parties.

From a hillside in northern Taiwan about 1 kilometer (half a mile) into the ocean strait facing China, Taiwanese army troops fired howitzer shells, leaving a haze of smoke on land. President Ma Ying-jeou wore a helmet and flak jacket to the staging area.

The Taiwanese drills, running Monday through Friday and known as the Han Kuang Exercise, involve 69 more aircraft than last year, Taiwan’s government-funded Central News Agency reported. Many of the 63 drills will emphasize landsea-air coordination.

Some drills are testing homegrown military hardware, including a drone system and Taiwan’s first indigenous stealth missile corvette warship, Chen said. (ap)

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Apple presses deeper with new iPhones and more “Apple did the typical good job at the event,” Gartner analyst Brian Blau told AFP. “Overall, I don’t think it is going to push the needle for Apple in a good or a bad direction. These are great devices and cool features.”

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Phil Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of worldwide marketing, talks about the pricing of the new iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus during the Apple event at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015.

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Apple CEO Tim Cook discusses the new iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus during the Apple event at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015.

Apple shares ended the official trading day down slightly less than two percent at $110.15, and danced around that price in after-market trades.

“If you are an investor, you are probably not that excited about today because you didn’t hear numbers and these features won’t impact sales this quarter,” Blau said.

Apple introduced two updated iPhones to build on the success of large-screen handsets introduced last year that have dominated the high-end smartphone market.

The iPhone 6S and 6S Plus have the same overall dimensions as the previous versions, but with new technologies under the hood.

One of the key new features is called “3D touch,” which responds to pressure exerted on the screen to allow users to look inside messages and applications.

“Apple has performed the ultimate conjuring trick: Change everything about the iPhone, but make it look almost identical to the old model,” IHS Technology said in a posted analysis.

By responding to sensing pressure, the phones enable users to dip in and out of content without losing their place.

“It will further refine our use of touch as a main user interface,” Blau said.

The 6S has the 4.7-inch (about 12-centimeter) display of its predecessor and the 6S Plus -- which updates one of the more popular handsets in the “phablet category” -- has the same 5.5-inch screen.

But the devices have more powerful processors that allow for improved graphics, harder glass and a new aluminum body. Pricing will be kept at the same levels as the earlier versions.

For those buying without carrier subsidies, Apple will sell the devices on a 24-month installment plan at $27 per month for the $650 iPhone 6S and $31 for the 6S Plus, making the price nearly $750.

Apple will take pre-orders starting Saturday and deliver the phones September 25 in the US, Britain, Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, Puerto Rico and Singapore. (afp)

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Bali demands fair revenue sharing of foreign exchange gains

DENPASAR - Tourism in Bali has contributed significant amounts of foreign exchanges from tourism sectors. The amount can reach around IDR 47 trillion annually. However, because Bali has no natural resources, it does not enjoy its fair share of the redistributed foregone exchange revenue from the central government.

SAN FRANSISCO - Apple is bolstering its money-pumping iPhone line while looking to dive deep into businesses with iPads and dominate living rooms with Apple TV hardware tuned to app-loving lifestyles.

Tricked-out new iPhone 6 models, along with overhauled Apple TV hardware and iPad Pro tablets with enlarged screens, were major announcements at the technology titan’s media event Wednesday in San Francisco.

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The new iPad Pro with a Smart Keyboard is displayed following an Apple event Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015, in San Francisco.

On that account, the Bali House of representatives is demanding that revisions be made to Law No.33/2004 on Financial Balance and revision and Law No.64/1958 on the Establishment of Provincial Regions of Bali, NTB and NTT. “Bali is not demanding full reimbursement, we are just asking that the revenue sharing of foreign exchange generated form the tourism sector be done fairly. The tourism sector of Bali contributes greatly to the increase in

foreign exchange and to employment.

Tourism also brings with is socioeconomic impacts to the management of environmental conservation, natural resources and the increasingly wise and prudent culture,” said Chairman of the Bali House, Nyoman Adi Wiryatama, during the opening speech of a one-day seminar held in the Bali Parliamentary Building on Wednesday (Sep 9), related to the revision of the two laws.

Governor of Bali, Made Mangku

Pastika, serving as keynote speaker, said that Bali requires a large amount of funds to preserve its culture and environment as well as for improving the quantity and quality of infrastructure as a form of re-investment to support tourism. “Tourism has indeed contributed significantly to the region directly in the form of regionally generated revenue (PAD). But the amount and distribution of the revenue is woefully inadequate,” he explained.

Pastika added that rationalization in

terms of revenue sharing is necessary for the regions that have contributed large foreign exchanges to the central government. Such revenue is in part sourced from income taxes under article 25 and article 29 for individual domestic taxpayers and income tax under article 21, which is not a flat 20 percent as applicable under Law No.33/2004.

“Article 6 paragraph 2 of the law must be revised, namely by providing a space that allows local governments to acquire regionally generated revenue from other sources -such as from tourists,” he added.

Pastika continued that with the legal instrument -in the form of law,

the region can draft a regional bylaw for the search of regionally generated revenue as long as it can be accepted by all stakeholders and does not result in high cost economy. As noted in Article 7 point (a) of Law No.33/2004, for example, this can be in the form of a cultural and environmental tax charged to foreign and domestic visitors.

“With a revision to Law No.33/2004, the Province of Bali would have a wider authority in its regional financial management. On that account, it needs to amend Law No. 64/1958 on the establishment of the province leading to asymmetrical autonomy for Bali,” he said. (kmb32)

Legislators concerned about condition of Kertagosa

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The new Apple TV box is shown during a product display following an Apple event Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015, in San Francisco.

Apple introduces iPad Pro

SAN FRANSISCO - The new iPad Pro has the power and capabilities to replace a laptop computer, Apple said. It had aspects reminiscent of Microsoft Surface Pro tablets, such as covers that double as keyboards.

Apple chief executive Tim Cook called the device “the biggest news in iPad since the iPad.” The new tablet with a 12.9-inch display also includes a detachable keyboard and stylus, sold separately.

According to Apple senior vice president Phil Schiller, the device features “desktop-class performance” and operates faster than 80 percent of portable PCs that shipped in the last 12 months.

The new iPad will be available in November starting at $799.

The iPad Pro stylus, called Apple Pencil, was designed for high-precision illustration and 3D design applications. Apple Pencil will be sold for $99 more and the keyboard for $169.

Avi Greengart at the research firm Current Analysis tweeted that

the new tablets “are aimed directly at enterprises. That’s a long sales cycle, but could finally stop (the tablet market’s) sales slide.”

Upgraded TV box

Upgraded Apple TV includes voice search, touchscreen remote control and an app store in a challenge to Google, Amazon and Roku.

Apple TV was overhauled as people increasingly stream films and television shows on-demand online and turn to mobile applications for entertainment.

“We believe the future of television is apps,” Cook said.

Apple released a software kit for outside developers, and showed off early versions of Apple TV applications already being crafted by show streaming services Netflix and Hulu, as well as HBO. Apple TV has the potential to take the kinds of “casual game” apps popular on mobile devices and put them on television screens, according to analysts. (afp)

SEMARAPURA - Legislators of the Klungkung House of representatives are truly concerned about the condition of the Kertagosa tourist attraction. Other than being overwhelmed by dust, the tourist attraction -that is also a historical heritage of the Klungkung Palace, seems to be generally not well maintained.

Moreover, while conducting a site inspection on Wednesday (Sep. 9), several Klungkung legislators noticed that the park around Kertagosa is dry, and the water in the pond of Taman Gili is also very shallow. “It is not a floating turtle, but a turtle run aground,” said Chairman of Commission I of the Klungkung House, Komang Suantara.

Gede Artison Andarawata also highlighted the condition of some of the buildings. When visiting the Kertagosa area, Gde Artison familiarly addressed as Sony was disappointed to see that a power cord runs haphazardly along the floor of the Kertagosa building. “This power cord must not be installed in such a chaotic way, especially because this is a tourist attraction,” he criticized.

Sony who is the son of Master painter, Nyoman Gunarsa, also deplored the park conditions around Kertagosa for its dryness. The grass growing around the park looks dead from not being watered, he said. Not to mention a lot of garbage such as cigarette butts and plastic waste have been casually discarded in flower pots around the Kertagosa building. He also pointed out that many paving blocks and statues are damaged.

As for the Kamasan puppet painting on the ceiling of the building, they are covered in dust as a result of the building project. In addition, some of the posts of the buildings still have nails protruding from them

and the paintings appear to have not been maintained. “Kertagosa has been included in the culture reserve.

Whoever nailed this post could face criminal charges for committing a destructive act on this heritage building,” he said.

In regards to the current condition of Kertagosa, Sony, Suantara and A.A. Sayang asked the regent to increase the maintenance budget for Kertagosa,

especially because Kertagosa has been designated as a historical heritage and a source of the regionally generated revenue of Klungkung. “We’ll ask the regent to increase the maintenance budget for Kertagosa - a site that is visited by tourists,” said Suantara.

Meanwhile Head of the Klungkung Culture and Tourism Agency, Wayan Sujana, quibbled that he had assigned janitors to clean up the dust in the

Kertagosa building and claimed that the garden around Kertagosa is watered twice a day. Due to hot weather, he said, the grass and park in Kertagosa look dry and so does the pond in the Taman Gili. “Probably due to hot weather, the water discharge has diminishes. We have continuously asked PDAM for help in this matter,” he said.

Sujana also claimed to have pre-

pared a budget of approximately IDR 75 million for the park maintenance this year. There is also a plan to renovate the area. The Transportation Agency has proposed a budget worth around IDR 2 billion for overall renovations to Kertagosa in 2016. “The regent has request that renovations be made to Kertagosa. However, the budget is still being revised because it is considered too much. (kmb)

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Legislators of the Klungkung House of representatives are truly concerned about the condition of the Kertagosa tourist attraction. Other than being overwhelmed by dust, the tourist attraction -that is also a historical heritage of the Klungkung Palace, seems to be generally not well maintained.

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Nusa Penida subdistrict need massive reconstruction done to their infrastructure including roads, electricity and clean water systems.

From page 1 Ania, a tourist from Germa n y w as d eep l y a maz ed and fascinated by the beauty of the natural scenery on the island of Nusa Penida. “It’s an incredible view, on the beach surrounded by cliffs, I can see the beauty of nature with the naked eye and it makes me happy to be here,” she said.

Ania said that this is her first visit to Nusa Penida but she will certainly return to this island.

“I fell in love with this island, besides the beaches, the natural landscape is also very nice. This island is like paradise,” she said.

Conservation Area

In mid 2014, Nusa Penida was inaugurated as a Marine Conservation Area (KKP).

The KKP Nusa Penida is managed by a regional enterprise (BUMD) under the Klungkung Livestock, Fisheries and Maritime Affairs (PPK).

The Marine Conservation Area was created to serve as an example of preserving marine ecosystems in Bali. By becoming a protected area, the coral reef can live naturally and fish population would increase thereby also providing a livelihood for the local community. The Marine Conservation Area of Nusa Penida covers an area of 20,057 hectares of coastal and marine ecosystems and includes coral reefs, mangroves and seaweed.

Based on a survey conducted in the waters of Nusa Penida by the Coral Triangle Center (CTC), there are about 296 species of coral and 576 species of fish. Coral reefs in the waters of Nusa Penida stretch out over an area of 1,419 hectares, 13 species of mangroves cover 230 hectares and 8 types of seaweed cover 108 hectares In the waters of Nusa Penida, are also home to marine mega-fauna such as manta ray, whales, dolphins, turtles and sharks.

These waters are also have rare and unique sunfish that can grow as big as 2 to 3 meters. Typically the iconic fish the Marine Conservation Area of Nusa Penida came near the surface from July to September. (kmb31/ant)

Nusa Penida needs massive development of its infrastructure

LATELY Bali has been visited by many ministers of the working cabinet of President Joko Widodo. Klungkung Legislator, Gede Artison Andarawata, says that these ministers need to do more than make charismatic appearances, but also need to bring with them central government programs, that can be applied in different fields of Bali’s counties and municipalities - including Klungkung.

Previously, he said, ministers that came to Klungkung only brought discourse and promises of development, which until now have yet to be fully realized. Andarawata questioned whether this was because the government of Klungkung did not follow up with the central government or the if ministers were just spreading good cheer in Bali.

When the Minister of Tourism came to Klungkung and promised to promote Nusa Penida to Europe, it is hard to know to what extent that is true. Besides which, it is no guarantee that this contribution by the centrala government will have an impact on the acceleration of development in Nusa Penida or Klungkung in general.

According to Andarawata, it is not enough for Klungkung to just bring in the Minister of Tourism.

Regions like Nusa Penida subdistrict need massive reconstruction done to their infrastructure including roads, electricity and clean water systems. This can only be done through the disbursement of funds from the central government and through private investments.

Andarawata is therefore asking the government of Klungkung to be more proactive in communicating with the central government. This legislator from Banjarangkan, also expressed his appreciation of the efforts of the local government to bring the Minister of Tourism to Klungkung so that he could have a closer look in person and hopefully

be more ready to convince the central government to disburse funds the county of Klungkung.

Minister of Tourism, Arief Yahya affirmed that he did not come to Bali just to spread good cheer. In addition to planning a lot of things in the field of tourism, some supporting tourism infrastructures such as roads, water, electricity and harbors also received his attention with the aim of having a more equitable distribution of tourism in Bali. “Here (in Nusa Penida) basic infrastructure is needed. We will submit proposals to respective ministries and other institutions,” said the Minister of Tourism on the sidelines of his visit to the island of Nusa Lembongan.

Minister Arief Yahya said that

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he wanted to have a closer look at tourism in Klungkung, particularly the island of Nusa Lembongan.

Meanwhile, the Regent of Klungkung, Nyoman Suwirta, while accompanying Minister Arief Yahya expressed some of the problems that need assistance from the central government.

To follow up on the road issues, particularly the ring road as the main access to several tourist attractions on the island of Nusa Penida, his party will send a letter through the governor, addressed to the Ministry of Public Works and forwarded to the Ministry of Tourism. Klungkung will also propose to increase the status of roads in Nusa Penida so that the maintenance can be undertaken by the provincial and the central government.

“He has not only made promises, but will also follow up on any problems that Nusa Penida is facing,” said Suwirta. (gie)

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Mandapa announce its official debut in Ubud

UBUD - Situated where temples stand majestic against a backdrop of rice terraces, Mandapa, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve is pleased to announce its official debut in Ubud, Bali on September 5, 2015, as the third bespoke resort in the prestigious Ritz-Carlton Reserve portfolio.

Named after the entrance to a traditional Hindu temple, Mandapa is set along the majestic Ayung River as it meets the lush jungle in Ubud, the cultural and spiritual heart of Bali. Offering individually tailored spiritual, wellness, health and detox programs, complemented by the fulltime personalized attention of a dedicated Patih or butler, the intimate retreat is designed to be a sanctuary in which relaxing one’s mind, body, and soul comes naturally.

With only 35 luxurious and spacious suites, and 25 private pool villas, guests can select from an exquisite collection of accommodations that have been meticulously designed to magnify and embrace the surrounding tropical landscape. The traditional yet contemporary Balinese interiors

by Jeffrey Wilkes of renowned Asia-based DESIGNWILKES have created a true luxury experience designed to allure the world’s most discerning travelers. Every element of design at a Ritz-Carlton Reserve is naturally inspired and sustainably sourced. In Mandapa, local providers have infused the retreat with natural materials that blend effortlessly into the natural surroundings.

The highly anticipated Reserve is an exclusive journey inside an indigenous Balinese village, providing a sensory path to wellness and nature. Unobstructed access to nature is an essential component of the experience in Ubud where the power of the great outdoors weaves its magic on interior comfort and is always instantly accessible; even views of working rice paddies are immediate from private terraces. As an ideal destination for collectors of extraordinary moments, the center of Mandapa will feature a traditional rice field, and allows guests to experience the time-honored methods of planting, harvesting and tending this local culinary staple.

Mandapa village will also be home to four restaurants & lounges offering an array of authentic Indonesian cuisine, Mediterranean dining, and tailored health-conscious menus for wellness and detox programs incorporating the freshest local ingredients. Dining Beyond, an exclusive culinary journey, will allow guests the chance to dine in special and exclusive locations within the Reserve and feature a tailor-made menu for each guest experience.

The Spa at Mandapa will allow guests to continue to discover peace of mind and body through holistic,

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comprehensive wellness and lifestyle programs based on six pillars – Balinese Spa, Detox & Nutrition, Alternative Therapy, Body Therapy, and Healing. Featuring eight treatment rooms and utilizing both ESPA and local products, the spa complex will also feature a state-of-the-art fitness center, sauna, river-front yoga studio, vitality-pool, and relaxation areas.

An organic garden, farm, and an educational Kid’s Hut are tucked away from the rest of the resort, to enable the smallest visitors to take an

exclusive journey. The curious minds of young guests will be enriched with exciting, nature-based educational activities designed for mini explorers.

In partnership with The Green School in Bali, the educational experiences of Green Camp at Mandapa introduce both the natural wonders and the rich cultural traditions of the destination.

The program aims to provide a natural, holistic, student-centered learning environment that empowers and inspires the young guests to be creative and innovative green leaders.

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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Marvel adds Native American, Korean superheroes LOS ANGELES - The comic book giant Marvel has added a Native American and a Korean-American teenager to its list of superheroes, pushing forth with its bid to diversify and smash racial boundaries.

“The Marvel Universe’s American Southwest now has a superhero to call its very own -- the mysterious new hero, Red Wolf,” the company said in a statement Wednesday.

“An outsider and an honest man, Red

Wolf is going to need all his wits, and both his fists, to serve and protect this new world from the corrupt organizations that want to control... the gritty and harsh American Southwest.”

Chris Rock, Kathy Griffin to honor Eddie Murphy for humor

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WASHINGTON — Chris Rock, Kathy Griffin, Arsenio Hall and other comedians will perform next month in honor of Eddie Murphy as he receives the nation’s top prize for humor at the Kennedy Center in Washington.

The Kennedy Center announced the lineup Wednesday and the stars will salute Murphy on Oct. 18 with the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.

The performers include Dave Chappelle, Trevor Noah and Whitney Cummings, as well as stars from “Saturday Night Live” where Murphy had his early breakout. Jay Pharoah, Kevin Nealon and Joe Piscopo from “SNL” are slated to join.

The tribute show will be broadcast Nov. 23 on PBS. The humor prize honors those who influence society in the tradition of Samuel Clemens, the writer and satirist known as Mark Twain. (ap)

The company last week also revealed that Amadeus Cho, a Korean-American, would become the new fictional character Hulk, replacing Bruce Banner.

Both Red Wolf and Amadeus Cho will debut in December.

A black superhero, Black Panther, is set to come to life on the big screen in 2018 with actor Chadwick Boseman in the lead role. It

will be the first time a black superhero gets his own film.

“That’s what’s awesome about it: You have all these characters of different nationalities and ethnicities, but it’s not all about their culture,” said Jeffrey Veregge, the artist for the Red Wolf character, himself a Native American.

“It’s about them being a hero.” (afp)

Penelope Cruz plays cancer victim in return to Spanish cinema

MADRID - Oscar-winning actress Penelope Cruz returns to Spanish cinema after a nearly six-year absence, playing the role of a woman fighting breast cancer in director Julio Medem’s “Ma Ma” which opens on Friday in Spain.

“This is one of the most wonderful characters that I will ever be offered to play,” the 41-year-old actress said during an interview with radio Cadena Ser on Wednesday ahead of the film’s release.

“I fell in love with the story of this woman, who is like a goddess, a sage,” Cruz said, before adding that at first the role “frightened” her.

The Spanish actress plays Magda in the movie, a gutsy unemployed teacher with a young son who faces her cancer diagnosis with optimism and courage.

“It was very important to me to take risks and at no time did I worry if I looked beautiful, was ugly or very ugly,” said Cruz who was named the “Sexiest Wo m a n Alive”

by Es-

quire magazine last year.

“It is a tribute to all women who face this disease,” she added.

Cruz rose to international prominence in 2001 with roles in Hollywood films “Vanilla Sky” and “Blow”.

She won a best supporting actress Oscar for her role as an impetuous artist in Woody Allen’s 2008 comedy “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”.

The actress last made a movie in Spain in 2009 when she starred in Spanish director Pedro Almodovar’s “Broken Embraces”.

She also made a very brief appearance in Almodovar’s 2013 “I am So Excited” alongside Antonio Bandera.

Cruz is married to fellow Oscar winner Javier Bardem. The couple have two children. (afp)

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Bandung bans Uber

BANDUNG - Uber has fallen foul of authorities in the Indonesian city of Bandung, with the local government banning the controversial taxi-hailing app, the latest in a series of setbacks for the company internationally.

Just three months after launching in Bandung, a busy city known for its IT expertise about 160 kilometres (100 miles) from the capital Jakarta, the popular ride-sharing service has been told it doesn’t possess the right permits and can’t operate.

“Uber has been officially banned,

as previously instructed by the mayor of Bandung,” head of the traffic unit at Bandung police Asep Amar told AFP Thursday.

“All companies must have the proper permits to operate.”

It’s not the first time Uber has clashed with authorities in Indonesia, where local transport organisa-

tions and traditional taxi drivers have protested against what they claim is an unregulated industry.

Last month 18 vehicles owned

by Uber drivers were impounded in Jakarta, with the city’s mayor declaring the US-based taxi app illegal.

Uber claims it plays by the rules in Bandung, as elsewhere, and has been given an overwhelming “thumbs up” by passengers and drivers so far.

“It’s why we are also disap-

pointed that the government of Bandung has declared that it is banning Uber,” the company said in a statement.

Despite the opposition it’s faced, Uber still plans to set up a foreign investment company in Indonesia, and has a representative office in Jakarta.

The smartphone-based ride service has sparked angry protests worldwide, with some taxi associations taking legal action while others have demanded the arrest of Uber operators and executives.

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Many traditional taxi drivers claim Uber poses unfair competition by flouting rules and restrictions imposed on their own vehicles. (afp) News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http://radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.

More and more tourists visit Nusa Penida

NUSA PENIDA, an island off Bali that belongs to Klungkung Regency, has starting receiving more tourists visit, mostly from Europe. “People holidaying in Bali not have Kuta Beach and Nusa Dua,

to choose from, but they have many more options including, Nusa Penida, located approximately 60 km southeast of Denpasar or 40 minutes by motorboat from Sanur Beach,” said Nusayasa, a tour operator that services Nusa Penida.

He explained that more and more tourists staying in hotels in Kuta, Nusa Dua and Sanur are taking motorboats from Sanur Beach to Nusa Penida. During their trip to Nusa Penida, they are spoiled by the beautiful panorama of the high seas surrounding

the archipelago of Nusa Penida.

On the islands of Nusa Penida, there are many beautiful sights, such as the view from Dream Beach.

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Nusa Penida, an island off Bali that belongs to Klungkung Regency, has starting receiving more tourists visit, mostly from Europe.

Nusa Penida, located approximately 60 km southeast of Denpasar or 40 minutes by motorboat from Sanur Beach.

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