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Patty Jenkins to direct ’Wonder Woman’ 2019 sequel

Thursday, September 14, 2017

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LOS ANGELES - Patty Jenkins will return to direct the 2019 sequel to this year’s hit superhero movie “Wonder Woman,” film trade publications said on Monday, after she became the highest-grossing female director in Hollywood history.

Jenkins, 46, will once again direct Israeli actress Gal Gadot as the superhero in “Wonder Woman 2,” scheduled for release on Dec. 13, 2019, publications including Variety and Hollywood Reporter said.

Both publications, citing unnamed sources, said Jenkins will be paid around $8 million to direct the sequel and would also receive a back end of the film’s box office gross, which would make her the highest-paid female director in Hollywood history.

Movie studio Warner Bros did not comment on the news and has not given any further details on the sequel.

“Wonder Woman,” was the first standalone movie to star a female superhero Patty Jenkins

since 2005’s box office dud “Elektra,” and the first to be directed by a woman.

It rode to the top of the box office in June on a wave of good reviews and female empowerment, and with $816.4 million at the worldwide box office, it is now the second-biggest movie of the year after the live-action version of “Beauty and the Beast.”

Jenkins overtook Phyllida Lloyd, who directed 2008’s musical “Mamma Mia!,” for the title of highest-grossing female director.

Gadot’s Wonder Woman will next be seen in November’s superhero ensemble movie “Justice League,” alongside Ben Affleck’s Batman and Henry Cavill’s Superman.

“Wonder Woman,” the fourth film in Warner Bros’ current iteration of DC Comics’ cinematic franchise, helped boost profits for Warner Bros’ parent company Time Warner Inc. (rtr)

Disney delays ‘Star Wars: Episode IX’ after J.J. Abrams takes over LOS ANGELES - Walt Disney Co delayed the release of the ninth installment of the “Star Wars” saga to Dec. 20, 2019 after announcing on Tuesday the return of filmmaker J.J. Abrams to the franchise to write and direct the movie.

Disney pushed back “Star Wars: Episode IX” from its initial May 2019 release date after Abrams replaced filmmaker Colin Trevorrow, who parted ways with Disney last week citing differing creative visions with the studio.

Abrams launched Disney’s reboot of the “Star Wars” franchise with 2015’s box office hit “The Force Awakens,” which reunited original 1977 stars Harrison Ford,

Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill and introduced a new generation of characters. The film made more than $2 billion at the global box office.

“With The Force Awakens, J.J. delivered everything we could have possibly hoped for, and I am so excited that he is coming back to close out this trilogy,” Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy said in a statement.

“Episode IX” faced creative challenges after the sudden death of Fisher, who plays the franchise’s Princess Leia, last year. Her character, now called General Leia Organa, has a central role in the upcoming December film “Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” the eighth installment in the

saga written and directed by Rian Johnson.

“Episode IX” was the second “Star Wars” project to lose a director this year. Disney said in June that filmmakers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller had left the upcoming Han Solo “Star Wars” spin-off movie due to creative differences. They were replaced by Hollywood veteran Ron Howard, the Oscar-winning director of “A Beautiful Mind.”

“Star Wars: Episode IX” is part of Disney’s expanding slate of “Star Wars” films that continue George Lucas’ Skywalker saga as well as introducing standalone spin-off films set within the galaxy far, far away. (rtr)

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Singapore names first woman president, raising eyebrows over election process

SINGAPORE - Singapore named a former speaker of parliament as the multicultural city-state’s first woman president on Wednesday while critics expressed dismay that other candidates were disqualified and the election went uncontested.

Aiming to strengthen a sense of inclusivity, Singapore had decreed the presidency, a largely ceremonial six-year post, would be reserved for candidates from the minority Malay community this time.

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Former speaker of Singapore’s parliament, Halimah Yacob, arrives with her husband Mohammed Abdullah Alhabshee to submit her presidential nomination papers at the nomination centre in Singapore September 13, 2017.

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The returning officer declared Halimah Yacob, 63, elected on Wednesday after nominations closed. Of the four other applicants, two were not Malays and two were not qualified to contest, the elections department said on Monday. Halimah had automatically qualified because she held a senior public post for over three years.

If the election had been held, all citizens would have been eligible to vote. Several critics went online to protest against the stringent eligibility rules, which include a stipulation that a candidate from the private sector should have headed a company with paid-up capital of at least S$500 million ($370 million).

The prime minister’s office said it had no comment on criticism of the election process.

“It would have restored some of the lost moral

authority by her winning against credible opponents through popular votes,” said opposition politician Yee Jenn Jong in a blog post.

“She is, after all, a veteran in elections and has won handsomely in the four general elections she stood in.” The rights group Association of Women for Action and Research (AWARE) said it hoped “more will be done to improve access to politics for all of Singapore’s women”.

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IMTA violation remains to happen in South Badung MANGUPURA - In the area of South Badung, conformity of the number of foreigners with the permit of employing foreign worker (IMTA) remains a problem. The IMTA violation is known due to rampant illegal IMTA, forgery of IMTA and job mismatch with the position employed. This was revealed by the Head of Bali Manpower and Energy and Mineral Resources, Ni Luh Made Wiratmi, on Tuesday (Sep. 11).

Therefore, Wiratmi hoped that customary village together with hamlet chief and the community to participate in supervising them. He has confidence that customary village is a party that directly gets in touch with the existing companies in the area.

Lately, there is a trend that many tourists become photographer or yoga teacher. Certainly it is necessary to be checked more deeply. So when people found, it should be reported to the manpower office.

Moreover, people are expected to report immediately

when finding foreigners working other than as manager. “Foreigners working in Bali are only allowed for level of manager. If they are found being a driver, janitor, merchant, security guard and the like are not allowed,” he said.

According to him, the matter of IMTA and KITAS for foreigners is a shared problem of the manpower, immigration office and police authority. However, the role of community is extremely expected to participate in providing information, so that the gap of violations can be minimized. All this time, he sees that many companies have complied with the IMTA, but only one or two companies are found breaking.

He added that since the implementation of ASEAN Economic Community (MEA) in 2015, the tendency of companies in Bali in hiring foreign workers (TKA) showed a decline. It is very thankful because it signifies that important position in Bali has been occupied by local labor. He explained the decline reached about 25 percent. Formerly, they amounted to some 3,000 companies and now decrease to some 2,000 companies employing foreign workers. (kmb23)

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Tourists requested to alert waters of Nusa Penida

he explained.

Until now, his authorities have not performed the mapping of the areas prone to dragging currents.

However, seeing from the condition of the waves, it potentially happens in the waters of the southern region, Cristal Bay, Manta Point and Angle’s Billabong. “At this location, hopefully such incident will never happen. We will do the mapping again,” he said.

As a form of anticipation against the emergence of similar incidents, regular patrols have continued to be implemented by mobilizing five personnel targeting the beaches having crowded activities. “Patrols have run, we also ask the management to take part in the supervision,” said Arnawa. (kmb45)

To eliminate negative image of Delod Berawah

Statue of mermaid to be replaced with statue of Lord Varuna

NEGARA - The attempt to eliminate negative impression of Delod Berawah Beach is admitted to take time. In addition to closing cafes at Delod Berawah Beach, the district government planned to arrange the tourist object. One of them is by replacing the mermaid statue with statue of Lord Varuna.

This was presented by Regent of Jembrana, I Putu Artha, in the audience with Commander of 163 / Wirasatya Military Resort, I Gede Widiyana, in the VIP room of Jembrana regent office on Tuesday (Sep. 12). Arrangement plan of Delod Berawah Beach into a tourist destination also received positive response from commander of 163 / Wirasatya military resort denoting the native to Jembrana from Rangdu hamlet, Pohsanten, Mendoyo.

In the audience that was also attended by Commander of the 1617/ Jembrana Military District, Colonel Hendra Ferdinandus, Deputy Regent of Jembrana, Made Kembang Hartawan, Regional Secretary of Jembrana, Made Sudiada, and a number of personnel of the 163 / Wirasatya Military Resort and 1617/Jembrana Military District, Regent Artha explained that Delod Berawah Beach will be arranged.

District government has built a number of facilities, but so far tourists are still reluctant to make a visit due to negative image of

Delod Berawah Beach as there are many dimly lit cafes.

In the near future, the cafes will be closed. But eliminating the negative image surely takes time.

Regent Artha hoped that positive programs having been run by the 163 / Wirasatya Military Resort all this time such as military rural community service (TMMD) could be directed to Delod Berawah in the future.

“District government is expected to make synergy with the 163 / Wirasatya military resort to develop Delod Berawah so that negative image can be gradually eliminated,” said Regent Artha.

Artha also added that in the near future the mermaid statue will be replaced with the statue of Lord Varuna and Delod Berawah area will also be arranged.

Commander of the 163 / Wirasatya Military Resort, Colonel I Gede Widiyana, positively welcomed the idea of Jembrana Regent I Putu Artha. As the native to Jembrana, he welcomed the idea. Moreover, Delod Berawah is not too far from Pohsanten village. In 2018, the 163 / Wirasatya personnel will hold TMMD in Jembrana. With coordination through Jembrana government, it can be directed to develop Delod Berawah such as building the necessary facilities as well as dissemination of HIV, drugs and so forth. (kmb26)

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The Damai Resort Bali Named “Best Spa Destination” and “Best Honeymoon Destination”

Prone to sea accidents

SEMARAPURA - The existence of a number of incidents in the waters of Nusa Penida gets the attention from police authorities. To anticipate them, people and tourists are asked to be more vigilant when doing particular activities.

Since last August to this month, there have been three cases in the waters of Nusa Penida. Two of them were visitors dragged by sea currents and caused one of them to die. Another was just an ordinary accident that caused its foot to get sprained due to being hit by waves. Unit Chief of Klungkung Water Police, I Nyoman Arnawa, explained on Tuesday (Sep. 12) that the incident should be alerted because it can happen any time.

“Now, the waves are still sloping,”

Activities

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The Damai Resort Bali recently bagged “Best Spa Destination in Indonesia” and “Best Honeymoon Destination in South East Asia” at the 7th Asian Lifestyle Tourism Award 2017 at an awards ceremony held at Marina Bay Sands Hotel, Singapore on August 21, 2017. Present to officially receive the awards were Asia’s best Lifestyle Destinations and Outstanding General Managers. Organized by Asia Leading Resort Inc. and supported by Asia Tourism Ministries, the award identifies and rewards excellence to its members that have pushed industry boundaries.

The Damai resort is a picturesque and luxurious resort located in Lovina, North Bali. Located only a few hours away from Ngurah Rai International Airport in Denpasar, The Damai promises a magnificent and

tranquil experience for guests who want to escape the hustle and bustle of life. In this pristine resort built to complement nature, you’ll be sequestered within its natural surroundings, with every opportunity to rebalance, heal and unwind in the heart of untouched North Bali.

On a green hill overlooking the sea, The Damai is a small resort with a big view. Here you can visit some of Bali’s most iconic attractions or find your own hidden gems. Lounge by the pool while enjoying views of the distant volcanoes and rediscover authentic and organic Balinese dining before indulging in a spa treatment.The Damai Resort Bali | Jl. Damai, Kayu Putih, Lovina, Singaraja Bali | Ph: +62 362 41008 | www.thedamai.com

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Menopause hormone therapy not linked to premature death

BOSTON - Women who take hormone replacement therapy (HRT) to ease menopause symptoms like hot flashes and night sweats may be no more likely to die prematurely than women who don’t take hormones, a new study suggests.

Many women have been reluctant to use hormones for menopause symptoms since 2002, when the federally funded Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) study linked the treatments containing man-made versions of the female hormones estrogen and progestin to an increased risk of breast cancer, heart attacks and strokes.

The current study, however, looked at longer-term data from the WHI study and found no increased risk of death from all causes, or from cancer or cardiovascular issues in particular, associated with hormone use.

“Women seeking treatment for distressing hot flashes, night sweats or other menopausal symptoms may find the mortality results reassuring,” said lead study author Dr. JoAnn Manson of Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston.

Women go through menopause when they stop menstruating, typically between ages 45 and 55. As the ovaries curb production of the hormones estrogen and progesterone in the years leading up to menopause and afterward, women can experience symptoms ranging from irregular periods and vaginal dryness to mood swings and insomnia.

For the study, researchers looked at data on 27,347 women ages 50 to 79 who joined two WHI trials between 1993 and 1998 and were followed through 2014.

One trial tested estrogen alone against a placebo, or dummy pill, while the other trial tested estrogen taken in combination with progestin.

Women were 63 years old on average when they joined the trials and had already gone through menopause. They took hormones or a placebo for five to seven years and were followed for a total of 18 years altogether.

During the study period, 7,489 women died.

Death rates were similar - at about 27 percent among women who took hormones and women who didn’t, researchers report in JAMA. Younger women in the study appeared to have better survival odds with HRT. Over the initial five to seven years when women were randomly assigned to take hormones or a placebo, death rates were about 30 percent lower among women aged 50 to 59 when they took HRT than when they didn’t.

For women who started hormones in their 60s or 70s, however, there wasn’t a meaningful difference in death rates according to whether they got the treatment or a placebo during the initial years of the study.

After 18 years, including both the treatment period and a decade or more of follow-up, women’s age when they joined the study no longer appeared to significantly influence death rates.

One limitation of the study is that the WHI didn’t look at different dosages of hormone pills, and the findings may be different for other dosages or different types of therapy such as gels or creams or skin patches.

Still, the current study should ease concerns raised by earlier results from the WHI trials that an increased risk of breast cancer or heart attacks might translate into higher long-term mortality rates, said Dr. Melissa McNeil, author of an accompanying editorial and a women’s health researcher at the University of Pittsburgh.

Taking a combination of estrogen and progestin is associated with an increased risk of breast cancer, but advances in screening and treatment since the WHI started now mean these tumors are unlikely to be fatal, McNeil said by email.

With additional years of follow-up, it also appears that the increased heart attack risk associated with HRT in the initial results from the WHI trials is limited to older women, McNeil added. (rtr)

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The current study found no increased risk of death from all causes, or from cancer or cardiovascular issues in particular, associated with hormone use.

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Dengue fever remains an issue

DENPASAR - Dengue fever is still a threat in Bali, so the public is being asked to make efforts to decrease the spread of this epidemic that can affect anyone. Constant measures are being taken to reduce the likelihood of transmission of dengue fever as well as cikungunya.

Division Head of Disease and Eradication Control (P2P) of Bali Health Agency, Gede Wira Sunetra, when met on the sidelines of the opening of a pest control training session on Monday (Sep. 11) revealed that in fact the number of the dengue fever cases has decreased in 2017. However, when compared to numbers nationally, the number of cases in Bali remains relatively high. “In 2017, the number of cases have been reduced to 75 per 100,000 people”, he said.

However there are still outbreaks of dengue fever. Pest

control officers therefor play an important role in preventing the spread of this disease. Sunerta said that he hopes that dengue fever can be handled in the same way that malaria was. There have been reported cases of Malaria since 2014.

He added that malaria can still be brought into to Bali from other areas where it is still an epidemic.

Previously, Denpasar saw a decline in the number of dengue cases from month to month. However last year the opposite was true, said Head of the Denpasar Health Agency, Luh Putu Sri Armini, recently.

Sri Armini added that currently Denpasar is ranked seventh in terms of dengue cases amongst the nine districts/municipality of Bali, meaning Denpasar has been successfully able to reduce the number of cases of dengue. “ Previsouly Denpasar was always the worst in terms of the spread of dengue, but now it is in seventh” explained Armini.

Denpasar’s success in greatly reducing the spread of dengue fever is directly related to the presents of larva monitoring officers (jumantik) in all the hamlets. The jumantik continuously provides education to the public about how to break the chain of dengue fever transmission through things like making sure that no water is left standing.

The government continues to reduce the number of illnesses caused by infectious diseases, including dengue which is expected to be reduced to 49 per 1,000 populations. Currently, dengue fever remains a global public health problem, especially in the tropics, and especially Indonesia which is an endemic area. Since dengue fever was first discovered in Jakarta and Surabaya in 1968, the morbidity rate of dengue has continued to increase. The area of transmission has also been spreading to almost all cities in Indonesia. (kmb12)

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Breastfeeding can be beneficial for both mother and child

Extended breastfeeding may help ward off endometriosis

BOSTON - Women who nurse their babies are less likely to develop endometriosis, and the longer they breastfeed, the lower their risk, a new study shows.

“For women who are interested in reducing their risk for endometriosis, breastfeeding is one potential modifiable way that women can reduce their risk,” Dr. Leslie V. Farland of Harvard Medical School in Boston, one of the study’s authors, told Reuters Health in a telephone interview. “I think the research builds off of what we already know, that breastfeeding can be beneficial for both mother and child.”

About 10 percent of women in the U.S. have endometriosis, in which tissue that lines the uterus is also found growing outside the womb, usually in the pelvic area.

Endometriosis causes chronic pain and can lead to fertility problems.

There is no cure. Treatments include pain medication, hormone therapy, surgery to remove the misplaced uterine tissue and in some cases total hysterectomy.

Some researchers have proposed that that retrograde menstruation, in which menstrual blood “backs up” through the uterus into the fallopian tubes and out into the abdomen, could eventually lead to endometriosis. Because many women stop menstruating while they are breastfeeding, being exposed to fewer periods could thus have a protective effect.

Dr. Farland and her team looked

at 72,394 women participating in the Nurses’ Health Study who had been pregnant for at least six months. None had endometriosis at the beginning of the study.

During follow-up, 3,296 were diagnosed with endometriosis.

Women who had breastfed for at least three years during their reproductive years were 40 percent less likely to develop endometriosis than those who breastfed for less than a month. On a per-pregnancy basis, each additional three months of nursing was associated with an 8 percent lower endometriosis risk.

Women who stopped menstruating for six to 12 months after their baby’s birth were 42 percent less likely to develop endometriosis than those who never missed a period after pregnancy.

But exposure to fewer menstrual periods accounted for only some of the protective effect of breastfeeding. Dr. Farland and her colleagues suggest that the hormonal changes women experience during breastfeeding, including higher oxytocin levels and lower estrogen levels, could also play a role.

“Our results aren’t generalizable to women who have endometriosis before pregnancy,” Dr. Farland said. Future studies should investigate whether breastfeeding could reduce symptoms in these women, she added, and clarify the mechanism responsible for breastfeeding’s protective effect. (rtr)

Constant measures are being taken to reduce the likelihood of transmission of dengue fever as well as cikungunya.

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Korean investor wants to build tangerine-processing factory

Regent of Bangli, I Made Gianyar

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BANGLI - The district government of Bangli has opened the door to foreign investors who want to invest in tourism and agriculture in Bangli. Kintamani Tangerine processing in particular is considered to have a lot of potential so the government is encouraging investment so that this crop can be better absorbed into the market.

Regent of Bangli, I Made Gianyar, when met on Monday (Sep. 11) revealed that there is already a foreign investor from South Korea interested in the production of Kintamani tangerines. The investor intends to build a tangerine-processing factory in Bangli. “So far, we have not signed any documents, we are still exploring the possibilities” he added.

According to Gianyar tangerine-

processing factory investors are needed in order to get the Bangli’s tangerines into a wider market thus stabilizing prices for farmers.

Presently, farmers are forced to sell there fruits for quite a cheap price in the market –especially smaller tangerines. “A tangerine –processing factory would allow the smaller fruit that cannot be sold in the market at to hotels, to be turned into juice and such. Now people rarely buy these fruits so farmers have no choice but to sell their crops at very low prices” he explained.

When asked about the location where to tangerine processing factory would be build, Gianyar said that it is still not clear and that he is encouraging potential investors to choose a suitabel locatin. The fac-

tory needs to be easily accessible, have access to clean water and not be too far from tangerine plantations in Kintamani. “Obviously this would not be in Mekani” he added.

With regards to the plan for a investor from Budapest, Hungary to build a cable car in the area of Batur Caldera, Gianyar said that a Letter of Intent (LOI) has been signed. .

The next step is to conduct a feasibility study (FS). Regent Gianyar added that he hopes that for the welfare of his people he hopes that the investors plan to build a cable car can be realized. “We are also open to investors who want to process water. Bangli has a lot of water but so far we have not been able to enjoy the wealth that this could generate” he said. (kmb40)

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Thursday, September 14, 2017

International

Nusa Penida shortage of water resources

SEOUL - North Korea remained defiant over new U.N. sanctions imposed for its latest nuclear test, vowing on Wednesday to redouble efforts to fight off what it said was the threat of a U.S. invasion.

People tend to choose modern food compared to Balinese food.

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People tend to choose modern food

DENPASAR — People tend to choose modern food compared to Balinese food. It makes Balinese food sluggish. This condition is coupled with minimal role of government to accommodate the culinary business. “The attention is also lacking because culinary field is once prohibited to create an event at particular location, so I came to the bureaucracy,’ said Putu Sudarsana, Chief of Balinese Creative Culinary Community (K3B) on Tuesday (Sep. 12).

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Whole access target of drinking water hard to achieve

SEMARAPURA — Central government through the Ministry of Public Works and Housing (PU-PR) targets all people to have access to safe drinking water by 2019. However, specifically for Nusa Penida, Klungkung district, it is very difficult to achieve. The obstacles are not only on the budget, but also on the limitations of the springs.

Director of the Klungkung Municipality Waterworks (PDAM), Nyoman Renin Suyasa, explained that until now, safe drinking water service to the islands targets 3,700 households or about 30 percent of the total 16,615 households. By 2019, the Ministry of Public Works and Housing targets to serve one hundred percent in harmony with the zero percent of slum settlement program and one hundred percent access to proper sanitation known as 100-0-100 program. However, this regional government-owned company still finds it difficult to achieve the target. Target of the installation stops at 60 percent.

“To achieve the national target is still difficult because it is constrained by water resources, the budget and geographical condition,” he said when met on the sidelines of the 25th anniversary of the PDAM on Tuesday (Sep. 12).

The current service, she continued, only relies on water from two sources, namely Nusa Penida and Guyangan with the total discharge of 37 liters per second. Distribution to people’s settlement is by means of electric pump that operates for 18 hours. To achieve the target installed by the PDAM, it is proposed the addition of electric power, so that the pump can operate for 24 hours.

“This source is managed by the province. To reach 60 percent of service, we propose the addition of electric power to operate an additional pump again so that it can operate for the whole day,” he said accompanied by the Division Head of Engineering, Ketut Karnata.

In 2018, the service is planned to target three villages that have not been touched, namely Pejukutan, Sekartaji and Tanglad. The measure is considered not only important to support the needs of society, but also the tourism sector commencing to grow. “Tourism is developing so that it needs water, and we will continue to expand our services,” said Suyasa.

Drinking water crisis in Nusa Penida often hits some villages, where one of them often is Pejukutan village. Local headman, I Nyoman Yudiadnyanawan, explained that in order to survive, the community must get water by buying. Some also take advantage of rainwater stored in their cistern. “The crisis has become a classic problem,” he said. (kmb45)

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He assessed there has been no government’s partiality on Balinese culinary sector. “All this time, it has indeed not been clear before I came to bureaucracy, but now, in general, the K3B has been able to get recommendation from Bali government through industry and trade agency,” he said.

Based on the recommendation, the culinary sector is allowed to make an event.

By making small organization through this community, he hoped to motivate other culinary merchants to create an event or exhibition. “Moreover, we are now allowed to make special events such as exhibition or culinary event,” he concluded.

The community established in 2014 seeks to preserve Balinese culinary tradition through various events. “We invite all friends getting involved in culinary franchise in order to make a moment and can use Balinese culinary tradition because all this time people tend to favor junk food and modern food,” he explained.

In addition, it is also marketed through online by each member of the community in order to maintain the existence of Balinese culinary treasures.

Sometimes Balinese food loses competitiveness when compared to other food such as Indonesian food or international food. Committee of the event, other than

asking for Balinese food such as satay, roasted suckling pig, betutu chicken, also requests modern food such as sausage, nugget, burger, et cetera. “Yesterday, there was a consumer asking for a sausage, so that I made sausage from catfish and seaweed,” he said.

Since there is request of modern food, he should also prepare the menu. “On that account, I do not only prepare Balinese food, but also the growing food today.

If we only stumble in Balinese food, the foodies tend to choose fast food. Thus, we poise it with Indonesian food in general and international food,” he concluded. (kmb42)

U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday’s sanctions, unanimously agreed on Monday by the 15-member U.N. Security Council, were just a small step towards what is ultimately needed to rein in Pyongyang over its weapons programmes.

The North’s Foreign Ministry said the resolutions were an infringement on its legitimate right to self defence and aimed at “completely suffocating its state and people through full-scale economic blockade”.

“The DPRK will redouble the efforts to increase its strength to safeguard the country’s sovereignty and right to existence and to preserve peace and security of the region by establishing the practical equilibrium with the U.S.,” it said in a statement carried by the official KCNA news agency.

DPRK stands for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, North Korea’s official name.

The statement echoed comments on Tuesday by the North’s ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, Han Tae Song, who said Pyongyang was “ready to use a form of ultimate means”.

“The forthcoming measures ... will make the U.S. suffer the greatest pain it ever experienced in its history,” Han said.

The North’s Rodong Sinmun also accused South Korea of being Washington’s “puppet” on Wednesday, criticising Seoul’s agreement with the United States to amend an existing bilateral guideline that will now allow the South to use unlimited warhead payloads on its missiles.

The U.N. Security Council agreed to boost sanctions on North Korea, banning its textile exports and capping fuel supplies, and making it illegal for foreign firms to form commercial joint ventures with North Korean entities.

The U.N. resolution was triggered

by North Korea’s sixth and largest nuclear test this month, which it said was of an advanced hydrogen bomb.

South Korea’s Nuclear Safety and Security Commission said on Tuesday traces of xenon-133 isotope found in South Korean territory were linked to the test, although it said it could not be determined whether a hydrogen bomb had been tested.

Damage to mountainous terrain

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un provides field guidance to the Kim Jong Suk Pyongyang Textile Mill, in this undated file photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang on January 28, 2016. at the North’s nuclear test site in Punggye-ri seen in satellite imagery taken after the latest test was more extensive than anything seen after the five previous tests, the Washingtonbased 38 North project said.

There was also activity at another

location in the Mount Mantap site involving large vehicles and mining equipment that suggests “onsite work could now be changing focus to further prepare those other portals for future underground nuclear testing,” said 38 North, which monitors

North Korea.

North Korea has also tested a missile capable of reaching the United States, but experts say it is likely to be at least a year before it can field an operational nuclear missile that could threaten the U.S. mainland. (rtr)

Myanmar’s Suu Kyi to skip U.N. assembly to deal with Rohingya crisis

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Myanmar’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Aung San Suu Kyi addresses the 71st United Nations General Assembly in Manhattan, New York, U.S. September 21, 2016.

YANGON - Myanmar’s national leader Aung San Suu Kyi, facing outrage over ethnic violence that has forced about 370,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee to Bangladesh, will not attend the upcoming U.N. General Assembly because of the crisis, her office said on Wednesday.

The exodus of refugees, sparked by security forces’ fierce response to a series of Rohingya militant attacks, is the biggest problem Suu Kyi has faced since becoming Myanmar’s leader last year. Critics have called for her to be stripped of her Nobel peace prize for failing to do more to halt the strife.

In her first address to the U.N. General Assembly as national leader in September last year, Suu Kyi defended her government’s efforts to resolve the crisis over treatment of the Muslim minority.

This year, her office said she would not be attending because of the security threats posed by the

insurgents and her efforts to restore peace and stability.

“She is trying to control the security situation, to have internal peace and stability, and to prevent the spread of communal conflict,” Zaw Htay, the spokesman for Suu Kyi’s office, told Reuters International pressure has been growing on Buddhist-majority Myanmar to end the violence in the western state of Rakhine that began on Aug. 25 when Rohingya militants attacked about 30 police posts and an army camp. The attacks triggered a sweeping military counter-offensive against the insurgents, who the government has described as terrorists.

But refugees say the security operation is aimed at pushing Rohingya out of Myanmar.

They, and rights groups, paint a picture of widespread attacks on Rohingya villages in the north of Rakhine State by the security forces and ethnic Rakhine Buddhists, who have

put many Muslim villages to the torch.

But authorities have denied that the security forces, or Buddhist civilians, have been setting the fires, and have blamed the insurgents instead.

Nearly 30,000 Buddhist villagers have also been displaced, they say.

Despite worries that a humanitarian crisis is unfolding, Myanmar has rejected a ceasefire declared by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army insurgents to enable the delivery of aid there, saying it did not negotiate with terrorists.

The Trump administration has called for protection of civilians, and Bangladesh says all of the refugees will have to go home and it has called for safe zones in Myanmar to enable them to do so.

But China, which competes with the United States for influence in the Southeast Asian nation, said on Tuesday it backed Myanmar’s efforts to safeguard “development and stability”. (rtr)

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Sacred Wayang Wong Dance of Tejakula Set Four Centuries Ago

Wayang Wong sacred dance that only exists at Tejakula village, Tejakula subdistrict, was presented at Maksan Temple of local village on Thursday (Apr. 6). The location is chosen because the masks of wayang wong characters are kept at local temple. They are even believed to have been four centuries old.

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Tourists walk past furniture let to dry on the street after Hurricane Irma caused flooding and a blackout, in Havana, Cuba September 11, 2017. Picture taken September 11, 2017.

Hurricane Irma batters already struggling Cuban economy

HAVANA - Cuba’s cash-strapped economy has suffered this year from a decline in aid from its chief ally Venezuela, lower exports and a brake on market reforms. And then came Hurricane Irma. The strongest storm to strike Cuba in more than 80 years ravaged infrastructure throughout the country, collapsing the power grid and damaging crops after it slammed ashore late Friday. In the keys along the northern coast, it battered beach resorts popular with foreign tourists and knocked out the airport they use.

The cost of rebuilding as well as the lost revenues from tourism and agriculture, sectors that had helped offset some of the economy’s weaknesses, are heavy blows as the Communist nation strives to pay overseas creditors and suppliers.

“The probability that the economy stays in recession are now much greater,” said former Cuban central bank economist Pavel Vidal, now a professor at Universidad Javeriana Cali in Colombia, of chances for a second straight full-year contraction in 2017. “With the impact on installations in the keys and on the country’s general infrastructure, tourism will lose dynamism.”

A tourism boom in Cuba over the past few years sparked by warming relations with the West has helped sustain the economy. Cuba is still labouring under a 57-year U.S. trade

embargo and suffering from a steep decline in subsidized oil from its crisis-stricken Socialist ally Venezuela.

Official data - which gives heavy weighting to Cuba’s universal free healthcare and education - shows hotels and restaurants account for just 4.4 percent of the roughly $90 billion-a-year economy, but they are a vital earner of hard currency. A 23 percent rise in foreign visitors to Cuba helped the economy return to growth in the first half of 2017, the government said, after it tipped into recession in 2016.

The outlook has darkened in the second half of the year. First U.S. President Donald Trump said he was tightening restrictions on Americans traveling to Cuba. Then the Cuban government said last month it would not hand out new licenses for much of the private sector until it had “per-

fected” its functioning. Then Irma arrived, grazing along the island’s coast from east to west. Packing sustained winds of more than 157 miles (253 km) per hour The keys - whose pristine beaches are home to around a quarter of Cuba’s four- and five-star hotels are now littered with felled trees and lamp posts, animal corpses and shredded furniture, according to state-run media. Irma destroyed much of the area’s single-runway airport, which receives more than 485,000 passengers a year.

The region’s biggest beach resort Varadero was left mostly intact. President Raul Castro vowed on Monday that tourism infrastructure would be fixed before the start of the winter high season at year-end.

Eric Peyre, a representative at French hotel company Accor SA

which runs the Cuba-owned Pullman hotel in Cayo Coco, said that damage would be covered by insurance and he expected 90 percent of what the hotel needs would be in place by mid-December.

“As long as you have the main kitchen and the main restaurant and rooms (ready), you can normally welcome guests,” he told Reuters.

“The tennis court and things like that, that can come after.”Still, hotels in the keys face revenue loss for the months that tour package operators sent their clients elsewhere and it could prove tricky to rebuild the area’s reputation.

HURRICANE AFTER THE DROUGHT Damage in the agricultural sector will both weigh on state finances as well as tighten food supply in the short term. Fuller reservoirs due to Irma’s torrential rains could in the long run prove advantageous after a severe drought. Some 300,000 hectares (740,000 acres) of sugarcane - an area roughly twice the size of Houston - were affected to different degrees, the state sugar monopoly

said.

Forty percent of mills were damaged in the industry that remains one of Cuba’s most important in terms of employment and export earnings.

Even though Cuba had rushed to harvest what it could before Irma hit, other crops such as platano and rice had also reportedly been affected, said Laura Melo, the Cuba representative for the United Nations’ World Food Programme.

“Some of these areas were already seriously affected by drought so this is an accumulation of shocks to Cuba’s capacity to produce food, both in terms of income and availability of food,” said Melo.

Looking ahead, Cuba will need to repair tens of thousands of houses as well as roads, bridges, public buildings and the power grid. Irma also damaged a thermoelectric plant that provides a fifth of the country’s electricity. “If this year, the budget deficit was estimated at around 12 percent,” said Cuban economist Omar Everleny. “That will undoubtedly have increased with these enormous losses.” (rtr)

The players performing the Ramayana storyline start staging the first episode of the Bala Kanda in the Ramayana epic. In this staging, the storyline presented by the players is entitled “Sander Sita.” It tells about the duke Marica disguising as a golden deer to attract the attention of Sita. When seeing the deer, Sita then asked Rama to chase it. Rama went away from Sita and tried to shoot the disguising deer. Marica cleverly cried out for help, and his voice was similar to Rama’s.

Again, Sita asked Laksmana to look for Rama as being told to be facing difficulties. When Laksmana followed Rama, Sita was abducted

by Ravana. By and large, when featuring the storyline of kanda (book—Ed) starting from the first through the seventh, it will take approximately 4.5 years to 5 years.

Chairman of the Tejakukus Foundation, Gede Komang, amid the stag-

ing told that as sacred dance it is mandatory to be performed as devotional services or ngayah at the Maksan Temple of Tejakula. As usual, the performance is done twice every year precisely on Wraspati Dungulan or the day after Galungan. Since it is sacred, the wayang wong must still perform the episodes of Ramayana epic sequentially. “It has become the tasks of the players of wayang wong to perform devotional services at the temple because the masks are stored at this Maksan temple,” said Komang Gede when met Friday afternoon.

According to him, although it is classified into sacred dance, currently this wayang wong is also staged as entertainment art. For several times, the figures of wayang wong characters are presented in the art collaborations. However, the masks staged in the entertainment are not the sacred ones as those stored at Maksan Temple, but the imitations that are

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kept by the foundation.

Based on the existing references, wayang wong is known as sacred art. This art first appeared at Tejakula village about four centuries ago.

From the location of its emergence

at Tejakula, this art then spread to several regions in Bali. Although having been widespread, its taksu (divine vibration) never disappears and is kept sacred until now. Wayang wong even becomes one of the nine dances

Jaje Waluh, the taste of paradise

If you are a fan of Balinese traditional cakes, you should try the great taste of jaje waluh ketan Bali. The taste of the cake usually called jaje waluh is very delicious. The yellow of the cake is also urged your desire to try it. It is simple but once you have tried it, you will be asking for more.

Jaje waluh has a soft texture and unique taste.

It is sweet but the sweet come from natural flavor so children and adult can enjoy the cake as much as they like. In Bali, there is a saying for those who are shy to eat jaje waluh, “peh jejeh ngajeng jaje waluh mati sabuke” which means that if you eat the cake, all of your power will be gone.

The process of making jaje waluh is very simple. The one who usually make rice could make it because the process is quite similar. The main material is waluh or pumpkin, coconut, sticky rice, salt and pandanus leaf. If you want a sweeter taste, you can add sugar.

The sticky rice must be washed and then keep overnight. Next, boil it until medium then mix it with pandanus leaf and salt. Put the pumpkin into the dough and cut it in the shape of square.

After that boil it until it is ready to be served.

Usually, the jaje waluh is served using banana leaf so it can give a batter taste and unique appearance. There is also an addition of grated coconut so it can make it more delicious. (kmb)

included in the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Besides, the wayang wong dance is also recognized as one of the intangible cultural heritage objects in 2015. (kmb)

Kuta and Legian souvenir and art markets

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If you are holidaying in Bali and want to enjoy shopping for low-cost typical Balinese souvenirs, you should visit the Kuta Art Market located in Singosari, Kuta Village, Badung. Just a 10 minute walk from Kuta Beach, here you can find all sorts of Balinese style gifts including, bed covers, sculptures, bags and much more. As with most traditional markets in Bali prices vary depending on how much you want to bargain. The market opens at 7AM and remains open until 8PM. For visitors who don’t have a chance to visit the Sukawati Art Market, Kuta’s Art Market is a fine alternative for shoppers looking to buy Bali-style gifts for their friends, family and colleagues. The market opens from 7AM until 8PM. Another great area for holiday shoppers is Jalan Legian where a seemingly endless number of small shops line the street for many blocks. Apart from typical souvenir shops, here one can also find a number of small boutiques selling wares that are exported all over the world. Once you have satisfied all your shopping needs, there are also a number of cafes where you can enjoy a refreshing cold drink all along Jalan Legian. The market opens at 7AM and remains 8PM. SONY DSC Legian also has an Art Market located all along Jalan Melasti and Jalan Sahadewa. This art market first opened in 1986 to satisfy tourist visiting Legian Beach. There are a number of facilities located here that are sure to fill your every desire, including; hotels, restaurants, mini markets, food and drink stalls (warungs) and a parking area. (kmb)

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Italian parliament votes to toughen laws against fascist propaganda

ROME - Italy’s lower house of parliament approved on Tuesday a bill aimed at curbing fascist propaganda, more than 70 years after the death of wartime dictator Benito Mussolini.

The draft law, proposed by the ruling Democratic Party (PD), follows a politically charged summer, with human rights groups warning of growing racism in Italy in the face of mass immigration across the Mediterranean from Africa.

Under existing laws, pro-fascist propaganda is only penalised if it is seen to be part of an effort to revive the old Fascist Party. The new bill raises the stakes by outlawing the stiff-armed Roman salute as well as the distribution of fascist or Nazi party imagery and gadgets.

Offenders risk up to two years in jail, with sentences raised by a further eight months if the fascist imagery is distributed over the Internet. The legislation now passes to the upper house Senate for further approval.

Opposition parties, including the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement and the centre-right Forza Italia (Go Italy) party of former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, said the bill posed a threat to freedom of speech.

But Emanuele Fiano, a PD lawmaker who drew up the legislation, dismissed such concerns.

“This bill does not attack personal freedoms but will act as a brake on neo-fascist regurgitation and a return of extreme right-wing ideology,” he said.

Mussolini ruled over Italy from 1922 until 1943.

He took Italy into World War Two on Adolf Hitler’s side and passed race laws under which thousands of

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“Unfortunately, the process that led to this outcome has not reflected our hopes,” it said in a statement posted online. Displays of dissent are rare in Singapore, one of the richest and most politically stable countries in the world. It has been ruled by the People’s Action Party (PAP) since independence in 1965 and the current prime minister, Lee Hsien Loong, is the son of the country’s founding father Lee Kuan Yew. In the 2015 general election —

held months after the death of Lee Kuan Yew — the PAP won almost 70 per cent of the popular vote and swept all but six of parliament’s 89 seats. The incoming president, who is to be sworn in on Thursday, appeared unfazed by the controversy.

“Although this is a reserved election, I’m not a reserved president,” Halimah said in a speech at the election nominations office.

“I’m a president for everyone.

“Whether or not there is an election or no election, my promise is to serve everyone and I will serve with great vigour, with a lot of hard work, with the same passion and commitment.” (rtr)

Jews were persecuted.

Italy was routed by the allied forces and Mussolini, also known as “Il Duce”, was executed in 1945.

ANTI-IMMIGRANT SENTIMENT Mussolini is still admired by a hard core of supporters on the far-right and posters using fascist imagery regularly appear on city billboards -- most recently in a stylised picture of a white woman being assaulted by a muscular black man.

“Defend her from the new invaders,” said the poster, put up by a fringe party called Forza Nuova (New Force). The group was referring to a high-profile rape case last month when four foreigners were accused of gang-raping a Polish tourist.

More than 600,000 migrants, mainly Africans, have come to Italy over the past four years, boosting antiimmigration sentiment in the country and pushing up support for rightist and far-right parties that demand rigid border controls.

Given the political climate, the ruling PD was forced on Tuesday to delay its push to approve a contested law that would grant citizenship to the children of immigrants.

Opposition parties said the law would encourage migrants to try to come to Italy and claimed victory when the PD announced it was dropping the bill from the Senate schedule this month.

“To approve this bill we need a majority, but we don’t have one right now in the Senate,” said Luigi Zanda, head of the PD in the upper house of parliament. (rtr)

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Returning Florida evacuees stunned by Irma’s wreckage as death toll climbs ISLAMORADA - Hurricane Irma evacuees began returning to the storm-ravaged Florida Keys on Tuesday to find homes ripped apart and businesses coated in seaweed amid a debris-strewn landscape where an estimated 25 percent of all dwellings were destroyed.

The death toll from Irma, previously ranked as one of the most powerful Atlantic storms on record and the second major hurricane to strike the U.S. mainland this season, climbed to more than five dozen. Of those, 43 were killed in the Caribbean and at least 18 in the Southeastern United States.

Twelve Irma-related fatalities were confirmed by Florida emergency management officials on Tuesday, while authorities in Georgia and South Carolina each reported three deaths from the storm and its immediate aftermath.

Destruction was widespread in the Keys, a resort island chain stretching southwest from the tip of the Florida Peninsula into the Gulf of Mexico and connected by a single, narrow highway and a series of bridges and causeways along a

route of nearly 100 miles (160 km).

“I don’t have a house. I don’t have a job. I have nothing,” said Mercedes Lopez, 50, whose family fled north from the Florida Keys town of Marathon last Friday and rode out the storm at an Orlando hotel, only to learn their home was destroyed, along with the gasoline station where he worked.

“We came here, leaving everything at home, and we go back to nothing,” Lopez said. His and three other families from Marathon planned to venture back on Wednesday to salvage what they can.

Initial damage assessments found 25 percent of homes in the Keys were destroyed and 65 percent with major damage, according to Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator Brock Long.

“Basically every house in the Keys was impacted,” he told reporters.

The islands were largely evacuated by the time Irma barreled ashore on Sunday as a Category 4 hurricane with sustained winds of up to 130 mph (215 km/hour). (rtr)

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Under EU attack, top palm oil producers rethink trade strategy

JAKARTA/KUALA LUMPUR - Facing a backlash in Europe over palm oil’s environmental toll, the world’s top producers are scrambling to find new markets and even striking unusual barter deals, such as exchanging Sukhoi jets for the edible oil. The European Union is the second-largest palm oil export destination after India for both Malaysia and Indonesia, which dominate production in a global market worth at least $40 billion.

But palm has come under increasing fire in Europe over its impact on forest destruction, en-

A local resident reacts as she sees the damage on her home after Hurricane Irma struck Florida, in Islamorada Key, U.S., September 12, 2017.

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couraging producers to look at new markets ranging from Africa to Myanmar. Threatened by crum-

bling demand in Europe, the industry is waging a public relations battle and pushing producers to enter more price-sensitive markets, where Indonesia should have an advantage over Malaysia due to its lower production costs.

“Our principle is we will not let go of even one tonne of trade contract or potential demand palm has globally,” Indonesia’s deputy Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Musdhalifah Machmud told Reuters. Machmud said palm oil sales were being brought up in “every trade negotiation” Indonesia conducts. Palm oil is used in thousands of household products, from snack foods to soaps, as well as to make biodiesel.

But the demand boom has spread plantations in Indonesia and Malaysia across an area of more than 17 million hectares -- an area greater than the size of Portugal and Ireland. They are mostly carved out of rainforests, which critics say has lead to an increase in the greenhouse gases that warm the planet. Environmental activists have pressured consumer companies into demanding that their palm suppliers adopt more environmentally sustainable forestry practices.

But in Europe, politicians say the industry’s standards on sustainability do not go far enough.

So far, palm oil sales to the European Union have held up.

Indonesian exports rose about 40 percent to 2.7 million tonnes in the first half of 2017 from a year

earlier. Indonesia’s overall palm exports were worth $18 billion last year, with EU sales accounting for 16 percent, the Indonesian Palm Oil Association (GAPKI) said. For Malaysia, the EU made up nearly 13 percent of exports, government data showed.

“IMPORTED DEFORESTATION”

Europe is particularly concerned about the soaring use of oils, including palm, as a biodiesel fuel.

Once regarded as a green alternative, an EU-commissioned report now says it creates more emissions than fossil fuels. France said in July it will reduce the use of palm in biofuels over concerns of “imported deforestation”, prompting concerns from Indonesia that other European countries could follow suit.

In Germany, the environment ministry said it will press to amend an EU renewables directive to take account of the study showing “palm oil and soyoil caused, in comparison to other biofuels, very much higher greenhouse gas emissions per energy unit through indirect land use change.”

The European parliament In April voted to phase out unsustainable palm oil by 2020. The resolution endorsed a single Certified Sustainable Palm Oil (CSPO) plan for Europe-bound palm and other vegetable oil exports to ensure they are produced in an environmentally sustainable way.

In addition to environmental damage, the industry has come under fire over frequent reports of

land grabs, child labour and harsh working conditions. Some of the annual forest fires that send shrouds of smoke over parts of Southeast Asia have broken out on palm oil concessions that burn forests to clear land. Indonesian Trade minister Enggartiasto Lukita in May warned his EU counterparts that he might ask Jakarta not to buy Airbus planes in retaliation, the Jakarta Post reported.

GAPKI Chairman Joko Supriyono told a United Nations sustainability meeting in New York last week that Indonesian palm oil plantation governance met international standards. Meanwhile, Indonesia is looking at new palm oil markets in Africa offering barter trades with palm oil. Lukita told reporters on a visit to Nigeria he had proposed to swap palm oil for crude oil. Indonesia signed a preliminary deal last month with Russia’s Rostec to exchange commodities, including palm, as part of a $1.14 billion payment for 11 Sukhoi jets.

Indonesia’s Vegetable Oil Association executive director Sahat Sinaga said palm oil producers will open a marketing and research company in Russia, aiming to increase exports of 920,000 tonnes in 2016 by 4-5 percent per year up to 2023. The group is also planning to open a storage facility in Pakistan, which imports 1-2 million tonnes of palm from Indonesia a year, anticipating further growth in demand. (rtr)

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A truck carrying oil palm fruits passes through Felda Sahabat plantation in Lahad Datu in Malaysia’s state of Sabah on Borneo island, February 20, 2013.

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Tukad Cepung waterfall: a hidden gem BANGLI - Water is the most perfect traveller because it becomes the path itself when it travels.

Sometimes we need to follow a path to undertake the most beautiful journey of our life. There are innumerable paths in Bali that will lead you to untouched places, and if you push yourself a bit harder to really explore the secrets that Bali has hidden far away from the commercial tourists, you will discover these places. Tukad Cepung Waterfall is one of these places that you might want to consider putting on your travel checklist.

Located 30 kilometres north-west of Ubud, you will witness a rare view of a waterfall that should not be missed. Though there are plenty of waterfalls worth visiting in Bali, Tukad Cepung Waterfall is one of its kind. If you are coming from Denpasar, you can reach Dusun Penida Kelod in Bangli by car or motorbike in about two hours. Local buses leaving from Denpasar can also drop you at Bangli, and then you can trek your

way to Tukad Cepung Waterfall. Alternatively, you can book a one-day tour with one of travel agencies or hire a private driver who is familiar with roads in Bali.

Tukad Cepung Waterfall still remains as the best virgin waterfall of Bali. The fact that this spot is not known to a lot of people and still not under the commercial tourist spots, you are not under any obligations to pay anything to enter area. However, since the area is well-maintained by the local villagers and some of them contribute in showing and/or explaining the waterfall to the visitors, it would be kind if you gave a tip so they can continue to maintain this hidden spot.

Tukad Cepung Waterfall has mesmerized everyone who have managed to spot it. Well-guarded by the cliffs, this waterfall is difficult to locate for the first time visitor. A few hundred stairs down the cliff is worth the effort once you arrive at the destination. The circular cliffs give you the feeling of being in a cave,

while the open sky right from where the waterfall emerges, gives you the most enchanting view. The sunlight falls on the glistering waterfall creating a rainbow, which feels as though it is projected right up to you. If you have never seen water flowing from the sky, then this would be your chance. Unlike any other waterfalls in Bali, Tukad Cepung Waterfall does not flow into a river, stream or jungle, but it flows gently down the cliffs. The river can be seen from up above, meanwhile the waterfall can only be viewed once you walk down the stairs and into the cliff.

Since the water gets accumulated within the cliffs, it gets really deep during the rainy seasons. For that reason, it is not recommended to visit Tukad Cepung Waterfall during monsoons. But during other seasons, you can stand and observe the water neatly flowing down and making a narrow stream inside the cliff. This place is comparatively cooler and offers an immense sense of peace and tranquillity. (IBP/net)

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McLaren’s Fernando Alonso during practice

McLaren’s future set to be revealed in Singapore

LONDON - McLaren’s split from Honda, and new partnership with Renault, looks imminent and the rumour mill is grinding faster as Formula One embarks on an Asian swing of races starting in Singapore this weekend.

Multiple sources told Reuters that negotiations had progressed as expected and official confirmation was likely within days.

The cracks in the McLarenHonda partnership have been evident for months, with former champions McLaren chafing at engine problems that have left them ninth in the 10 team championship.

Media reports over the weekend that Toro Rosso driver Carlos Sainz is set to move to Renault in 2018, and maybe even before,

have further fuelled speculation that the deal is done.

The Spaniard’s move would be part of a general agreement that will see Honda take their engines to Red Bull-owned Toro Rosso, whose Renault supply would then become available for McLaren.

McLaren need a more competitive engine to satisfy sponsors and retain the services of Spain’s double world champion Fernando Alonso, whose contract expires at the end of the season.

YOUNG TALENT Spanish media and online reports said Sainz - a young talent long coveted by Renault - was set to move to the French manufacturer team as a sweetener for Toro Rosso terminating their engine contract.

Some suggested Sainz could be in yellow overalls as soon as Malaysia, the race after this week’s Singapore Grand Prix, if Renault dispense with the services of Britain’s Jolyon Palmer, who has yet

to score a point in 13 races.

That in turn would free up a place at Toro Rosso for Pierre Gasly, the winner of last year’s GP2 championship, who has been waiting for an opening at the Red Bull junior team.

“I know there are a few things going on at the moment,” motorsport.com quoted the Frenchman, who is racing Super Formula in Japan, as saying. “We will see in the next couple of days what will happen.

“For me, it will be amazing. It (Formula One) has been my dream and I’ve been working really hard to get there.”

The website also quoted him saying he hoped to be in Malaysia, but the driver later denied that on Twitter.

“Just said I was hoping to drive for STR soon mate, never mentioned Malaysia,” he replied in response to a comment by NBC Sports’ F1 reporter Will Buxton.

Sainz, Renault and Toro Rosso were saying nothing.

Spanish media, focused mainly on Alonso’s future, reported that Honda had informed McLaren they were willing to switch to Toro Rosso and that Alonso was negotiating for a one-year extension. (rtr)

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SOFIA - Bulgarian Kubrat Pulev is confident of causing a major upset when he meets world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua for the IBF title next month, confirming the fight will take place on Oct. 28 in Cardiff.

“Anthony Joshua is a great and dangerous rival, but his style fits perfectly with mine,” the 36-year-old Pulev, who has only one loss in 26 fights, wrote on his page in Facebook on Monday.

“In boxing, the boxers’ styles dictate the match and there’ll be not many hugs, there will be a

heavy boxing (on Oct 28).

“My preparations go very intensely because of the short time I have, and I will be perfectly ready when I get into the ring so that he has no chance against me.”

Joshua, who also holds the WBA and IBO titles, has been told he must face IBF mandatory challenger Pulev before Dec. 2 or risk being stripped of that belt.

The 27-year-old Briton, undefeated in 19 fights, had been due to face Wladimir Klitschko in a rematch of their April bout, which Joshua won with an 11th-

round knockout, but Klitschko has since announced his retirement.

Pulev, one of Bulgaria’s most popular sportsmen, turned professional at the age of 28 in September 2009, less than a year after winning the European amateur boxing title in Liverpool.

He has held the European heavyweight title twice between 2012 and 2016 and has challenged once for the unified world heavyweight title in 2014, losing to Klitschko in Hamburg on a fifth-round knockout. (rtr)

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Anthony Joshua and Kubrat Pulev pose after the press conference

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Sp rt Evergreen Messi and Iniesta turn Barca gloom into party mood

BARCELONA - When Barcelona’s Andres Iniesta was serenaded off the pitch on Tuesday following a vintage display in a 3-0 win over Juventus that was only rivalled by Lionel Messi, it was easy to forget the gloom that had gripped the Nou Camp two weeks ago.

The club had been left red-faced by the failure to sign top targets Philippe Coutinho and Angel Di Maria when the transfer window shut and the squad looked weakened following the world record departure of Neymar to Paris St Germain.

A resounding 5-1 aggregate Spanish Super Cup defeat by arch rivals Real Madrid added to the sense

of despondency.

Tuesday’s stunning opening Group D display against last season’s Champions League finalists, however, showed that Barca are still in safe hands as long as the old guard of Messi and Iniesta remain at the club and are fit and firing.

Barca captain Iniesta, 33, struggled for large parts of last season as injuries took their toll but he rolled back the years against Juve with a seamless display that recalled the days when Pep Guardiola was manager and Barca dominated in midfield.

The veteran ran the usually solid Italian champions ragged throughout the game and capped the display with a pinpoint pass to Messi for the Argentine’s second goal, Barca’s third, earning him a warm reception when he was substituted late on.

“It’s important to play a lot of minutes but the key is looking after yourself properly,” said Iniesta, who is out of contract at the end of the season.

“When the team functions well we all play better.

We struggled a bit at first as is normal in European games but we just needed a bit of patience and then we began to control the game.”

The Juve clash, a repeat of last season’s quarterfinal tie won by the Italians and the 2015 Champions League final in which Barca triumphed, was one of the most eagerly anticipated fixtures in Europe this week.

But the match began in a subdued atmosphere, while outside the Nou Camp opponents of the board campaigned for a motion of no confidence in president Josep Maria Bartomeu.

PARTY MOOD

REUTERS/Albert Gea

Barcelona’s Andres Iniesta gives the captain’s arm band to Lionel Messi as he is substituted off

Once Iniesta and Messi had finished outclassing Juventus, however, there was a party mood inside the ground, with little signs of any rebellion.

Iniesta’s display was only upstaged by Messi, who ended his hoodoo against Juve keeper Gianluigi Buffon with lethal strikes either side of halftime, scoring for the seventh time in three games.

He also had a shot cleared off the line which was turned in by Ivan Rakitic for the second goal and hammered the post in the second half. He was a constant threat and at times freely danced past the visiting defence, torturing a helpless Juve rearguard.

“I have the feeling that whenever Leo picks the ball up something is going to happen, anything can happen, and it’s always good for us,” said Barca coach Ernesto Valverde.

“Leo scored an extraordinary goal and blew the game open. He is one of the best players in the history of the game.

“I’ve had to suffer a lot against him in the past but now I’m lucky enough to be able to enjoy him,” added Valverde, who came from Athletic Bilbao and has managed several Spanish clubs. (rtr)

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Paris Saint-Germain’s Neymar in action with Celtic’s Olivier Ntcham

PSG’s Neymar, Mbappe and Cavani run riot at Celtic

GLASGOW - Paris St Germain’s attacking trio of Neymar, Kylian Mbappe and Edinson Cavani were all on the scoresheet as they tore Celtic apart to lead the French club to a 5-0 rout in their Champions League Group B opener on Tuesday. The world’s most expensive frontline produced a potent display of force to sweep Celtic aside, inflicting the heaviest home European defeat on the Scottish side. PSG, who have so often flattered to deceive among Europe’s elite, looked genuine contenders to make a run for the title as they mercilessly picked apart their opponents.

Neymar, making his first European appearance for PSG after his world-record move from Barcelona, orchestrated proceedings, ably assisted by teenager Mbappe and experienced Cavani, the other two members of PSG’s exciting forward trio. All three were on target in an explosive first half, before an own goal from Mikael Lustig and a second from Uruguayan Cavani wrapped up proceedings late in the contest.

“I’m very happy. It was a fantastic match and I’m happy for the team. It was an important win,” Neymar told reporters. Asked about Mbappe, he said: “It’s always a pleasure to play with great players, even though he’s young. For me, he’s a great player and he has the potential to improve even more.”

Cavani added: “We stayed focused throughout, not just when we were attacking but when we defended too. It was the perfect match, the match we had to play here to get the three points.”

FRIGHTENING FORWARDS

PSG, who crave the Champions League title, have assembled

the most expensive strikeforce in history with 222 million-euro ($265.60 million) Neymar and on-loan Mbappe, who will move permanently for about 180 million euros next year, joining in the close season to a heady fanfare. Along with Cavani, a relative snip having joined in 2013 for 64 million euros, they terrorised a fragile Celtic rearguard, who were powerless as the French side poured forward.

Neymar opened the scoring in the 19th minute when he cut in from the left of the penalty area and lifted the ball expertly over keeper Craig Gordon, having been slid in by the excellent Adrien Rabiot.

The Qatari-owned visitors doubled the lead after 34 minutes when a cross from the right was headed back across goal by Neymar and fired into the roof of the net by 18-year-old French striker Mbappe after Cavani had missed his kick.

The game was over as a contest before halftime when Jozo Simunovic pulled back Cavani, who picked himself up to score from the penalty spot five minutes before the break.

Neymar was guilty of a glaring miss in a second half that looked like fizzling out with no further goals until Lustig shinned a cross into his own net with seven minutes remaining and Cavani then stooped to angle a superb header past Gordon. “It’s a phenomenal squad that Paris have but I was proud of the players in the second half and the supporters were terrific tonight, they kept encouraging us,” said Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers.

PSG, who were quarter-finalists in four successive seasons before falling to a remarkable Barcelona comeback in the last 16 last year, next host Bayern Munich in a mouthwatering clash on Sept. 27, when Celtic visit Anderlecht. (rtr)

Chelsea are relishing the prospect of facing Arsenal as they look to build momentum in the Premier League after a dominant win in Europe, goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois said on Wednesday. Arsenal were thrashed 4-0 by Liverpool last month and have already lost twice in four league games this season. They beat Bournemouth at the weekend but Courtois said Chelsea were looking to further dent the

title hopes of their London rivals at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.

“It is good to face Arsenal now,” Courtois, who played as Chelsea beat Azerbaijan’s Qarabag 6-0 in the Champions League on Tuesday, told British media. “Everybody is healthy and things are going well.

We won at Leicester, won comfortably last night and will go into the Arsenal game with a good feeling,” he added.

After a shock defeat at home to Burnley on the opening day of the season, Chelsea have won three league games in a row beating Tottenham, Everton and Leicester City.

“Do we feel like we are in a good place? Yes. Sometimes it is good to face a big team early. Last year it didn’t work out against Liverpool and Arsenal, but this season we have already won at Tottenham,” Courtois said.

Before Arsenal turn their attention to champions Chelsea, they face a tricky test at home against Germany’s Cologne in the Europa League on Thursday. “Arsenal had a few bad matches, but won comfortably (against Bournemouth) last weekend. Let’s see what they do in the Europa League, but they will probably rest some guys,”

Courtois said.

“For us and for them it’s a big game because we are third in the table... we want to close the gap (to both Manchester clubs a point above them) and take points off Arsenal as well.” Arsenal have failed to beat Chelsea at Stamford Bridge since a 5-3 victory in 2011. (rtr)

Pogba faces spell on the sidelines with hamstring injury Paul Pogba faces “a few weeks” on the sidelines after injuring his hamstring in Manchester United’s 3-0 Champions League win over Basel on Tuesday, manager Jose Mourinho has said.

Pogba was taken off after 18 minutes against the Swiss team at Old Trafford and the French midfielder looks certain to miss United’s Premier League clash at home against Everton on Sunday.

“I don’t know. I just know from experience it’s a muscular injury. In my experience, muscular injury stops you from playing for a few weeks, I think,” Mourinho told the club’s website (www.manutd.com).

“It looks for me, too, (like a hamstring injury) but I haven’t spoken yet to the medical department.”

Mourinho replaced Pogba with midfielder Marouane Fellaini, who headed in the opener on Tuesday before setting up Marcus Rashford’s strike.

The Belgian is a contender to fill in for the Frenchman against Everton. “Squads are for this, squads are for injuries, squads are for suspensions,” Mourinho said.

“We don’t cry with injuries. So if no Paul for Sunday, we have Herrera, we have Carrick, we have Fellaini and we have Matic,” he added.

League leaders United have made a strong start to the season with three wins from their first three games before a 2-2 draw against Stoke City. Everton have one win from four games. (rtr)

REUTERS/Darren Staples

Manchester United’s Paul Pogba receives medical attention after sustaining an injury

Action Images via Reuters/Tony O’Brien

General view of the scoreboard at the end of the match

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Sp rt Evergreen Messi and Iniesta turn Barca gloom into party mood

BARCELONA - When Barcelona’s Andres Iniesta was serenaded off the pitch on Tuesday following a vintage display in a 3-0 win over Juventus that was only rivalled by Lionel Messi, it was easy to forget the gloom that had gripped the Nou Camp two weeks ago.

The club had been left red-faced by the failure to sign top targets Philippe Coutinho and Angel Di Maria when the transfer window shut and the squad looked weakened following the world record departure of Neymar to Paris St Germain.

A resounding 5-1 aggregate Spanish Super Cup defeat by arch rivals Real Madrid added to the sense

of despondency.

Tuesday’s stunning opening Group D display against last season’s Champions League finalists, however, showed that Barca are still in safe hands as long as the old guard of Messi and Iniesta remain at the club and are fit and firing.

Barca captain Iniesta, 33, struggled for large parts of last season as injuries took their toll but he rolled back the years against Juve with a seamless display that recalled the days when Pep Guardiola was manager and Barca dominated in midfield.

The veteran ran the usually solid Italian champions ragged throughout the game and capped the display with a pinpoint pass to Messi for the Argentine’s second goal, Barca’s third, earning him a warm reception when he was substituted late on.

“It’s important to play a lot of minutes but the key is looking after yourself properly,” said Iniesta, who is out of contract at the end of the season.

“When the team functions well we all play better.

We struggled a bit at first as is normal in European games but we just needed a bit of patience and then we began to control the game.”

The Juve clash, a repeat of last season’s quarterfinal tie won by the Italians and the 2015 Champions League final in which Barca triumphed, was one of the most eagerly anticipated fixtures in Europe this week.

But the match began in a subdued atmosphere, while outside the Nou Camp opponents of the board campaigned for a motion of no confidence in president Josep Maria Bartomeu.

PARTY MOOD

REUTERS/Albert Gea

Barcelona’s Andres Iniesta gives the captain’s arm band to Lionel Messi as he is substituted off

Once Iniesta and Messi had finished outclassing Juventus, however, there was a party mood inside the ground, with little signs of any rebellion.

Iniesta’s display was only upstaged by Messi, who ended his hoodoo against Juve keeper Gianluigi Buffon with lethal strikes either side of halftime, scoring for the seventh time in three games.

He also had a shot cleared off the line which was turned in by Ivan Rakitic for the second goal and hammered the post in the second half. He was a constant threat and at times freely danced past the visiting defence, torturing a helpless Juve rearguard.

“I have the feeling that whenever Leo picks the ball up something is going to happen, anything can happen, and it’s always good for us,” said Barca coach Ernesto Valverde.

“Leo scored an extraordinary goal and blew the game open. He is one of the best players in the history of the game.

“I’ve had to suffer a lot against him in the past but now I’m lucky enough to be able to enjoy him,” added Valverde, who came from Athletic Bilbao and has managed several Spanish clubs. (rtr)

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Chelsea raring to go against Arsenal, says Courtois

Action Images via Reuters/Lee Smith

Paris Saint-Germain’s Neymar in action with Celtic’s Olivier Ntcham

PSG’s Neymar, Mbappe and Cavani run riot at Celtic

GLASGOW - Paris St Germain’s attacking trio of Neymar, Kylian Mbappe and Edinson Cavani were all on the scoresheet as they tore Celtic apart to lead the French club to a 5-0 rout in their Champions League Group B opener on Tuesday. The world’s most expensive frontline produced a potent display of force to sweep Celtic aside, inflicting the heaviest home European defeat on the Scottish side. PSG, who have so often flattered to deceive among Europe’s elite, looked genuine contenders to make a run for the title as they mercilessly picked apart their opponents.

Neymar, making his first European appearance for PSG after his world-record move from Barcelona, orchestrated proceedings, ably assisted by teenager Mbappe and experienced Cavani, the other two members of PSG’s exciting forward trio. All three were on target in an explosive first half, before an own goal from Mikael Lustig and a second from Uruguayan Cavani wrapped up proceedings late in the contest.

“I’m very happy. It was a fantastic match and I’m happy for the team. It was an important win,” Neymar told reporters. Asked about Mbappe, he said: “It’s always a pleasure to play with great players, even though he’s young. For me, he’s a great player and he has the potential to improve even more.”

Cavani added: “We stayed focused throughout, not just when we were attacking but when we defended too. It was the perfect match, the match we had to play here to get the three points.”

FRIGHTENING FORWARDS

PSG, who crave the Champions League title, have assembled

the most expensive strikeforce in history with 222 million-euro ($265.60 million) Neymar and on-loan Mbappe, who will move permanently for about 180 million euros next year, joining in the close season to a heady fanfare. Along with Cavani, a relative snip having joined in 2013 for 64 million euros, they terrorised a fragile Celtic rearguard, who were powerless as the French side poured forward.

Neymar opened the scoring in the 19th minute when he cut in from the left of the penalty area and lifted the ball expertly over keeper Craig Gordon, having been slid in by the excellent Adrien Rabiot.

The Qatari-owned visitors doubled the lead after 34 minutes when a cross from the right was headed back across goal by Neymar and fired into the roof of the net by 18-year-old French striker Mbappe after Cavani had missed his kick.

The game was over as a contest before halftime when Jozo Simunovic pulled back Cavani, who picked himself up to score from the penalty spot five minutes before the break.

Neymar was guilty of a glaring miss in a second half that looked like fizzling out with no further goals until Lustig shinned a cross into his own net with seven minutes remaining and Cavani then stooped to angle a superb header past Gordon. “It’s a phenomenal squad that Paris have but I was proud of the players in the second half and the supporters were terrific tonight, they kept encouraging us,” said Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers.

PSG, who were quarter-finalists in four successive seasons before falling to a remarkable Barcelona comeback in the last 16 last year, next host Bayern Munich in a mouthwatering clash on Sept. 27, when Celtic visit Anderlecht. (rtr)

Chelsea are relishing the prospect of facing Arsenal as they look to build momentum in the Premier League after a dominant win in Europe, goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois said on Wednesday. Arsenal were thrashed 4-0 by Liverpool last month and have already lost twice in four league games this season. They beat Bournemouth at the weekend but Courtois said Chelsea were looking to further dent the

title hopes of their London rivals at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.

“It is good to face Arsenal now,” Courtois, who played as Chelsea beat Azerbaijan’s Qarabag 6-0 in the Champions League on Tuesday, told British media. “Everybody is healthy and things are going well.

We won at Leicester, won comfortably last night and will go into the Arsenal game with a good feeling,” he added.

After a shock defeat at home to Burnley on the opening day of the season, Chelsea have won three league games in a row beating Tottenham, Everton and Leicester City.

“Do we feel like we are in a good place? Yes. Sometimes it is good to face a big team early. Last year it didn’t work out against Liverpool and Arsenal, but this season we have already won at Tottenham,” Courtois said.

Before Arsenal turn their attention to champions Chelsea, they face a tricky test at home against Germany’s Cologne in the Europa League on Thursday. “Arsenal had a few bad matches, but won comfortably (against Bournemouth) last weekend. Let’s see what they do in the Europa League, but they will probably rest some guys,”

Courtois said.

“For us and for them it’s a big game because we are third in the table... we want to close the gap (to both Manchester clubs a point above them) and take points off Arsenal as well.” Arsenal have failed to beat Chelsea at Stamford Bridge since a 5-3 victory in 2011. (rtr)

Pogba faces spell on the sidelines with hamstring injury Paul Pogba faces “a few weeks” on the sidelines after injuring his hamstring in Manchester United’s 3-0 Champions League win over Basel on Tuesday, manager Jose Mourinho has said.

Pogba was taken off after 18 minutes against the Swiss team at Old Trafford and the French midfielder looks certain to miss United’s Premier League clash at home against Everton on Sunday.

“I don’t know. I just know from experience it’s a muscular injury. In my experience, muscular injury stops you from playing for a few weeks, I think,” Mourinho told the club’s website (www.manutd.com).

“It looks for me, too, (like a hamstring injury) but I haven’t spoken yet to the medical department.”

Mourinho replaced Pogba with midfielder Marouane Fellaini, who headed in the opener on Tuesday before setting up Marcus Rashford’s strike.

The Belgian is a contender to fill in for the Frenchman against Everton. “Squads are for this, squads are for injuries, squads are for suspensions,” Mourinho said.

“We don’t cry with injuries. So if no Paul for Sunday, we have Herrera, we have Carrick, we have Fellaini and we have Matic,” he added.

League leaders United have made a strong start to the season with three wins from their first three games before a 2-2 draw against Stoke City. Everton have one win from four games. (rtr)

REUTERS/Darren Staples

Manchester United’s Paul Pogba receives medical attention after sustaining an injury

Action Images via Reuters/Tony O’Brien

General view of the scoreboard at the end of the match

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Tukad Cepung waterfall: a hidden gem BANGLI - Water is the most perfect traveller because it becomes the path itself when it travels.

Sometimes we need to follow a path to undertake the most beautiful journey of our life. There are innumerable paths in Bali that will lead you to untouched places, and if you push yourself a bit harder to really explore the secrets that Bali has hidden far away from the commercial tourists, you will discover these places. Tukad Cepung Waterfall is one of these places that you might want to consider putting on your travel checklist.

Located 30 kilometres north-west of Ubud, you will witness a rare view of a waterfall that should not be missed. Though there are plenty of waterfalls worth visiting in Bali, Tukad Cepung Waterfall is one of its kind. If you are coming from Denpasar, you can reach Dusun Penida Kelod in Bangli by car or motorbike in about two hours. Local buses leaving from Denpasar can also drop you at Bangli, and then you can trek your

way to Tukad Cepung Waterfall. Alternatively, you can book a one-day tour with one of travel agencies or hire a private driver who is familiar with roads in Bali.

Tukad Cepung Waterfall still remains as the best virgin waterfall of Bali. The fact that this spot is not known to a lot of people and still not under the commercial tourist spots, you are not under any obligations to pay anything to enter area. However, since the area is well-maintained by the local villagers and some of them contribute in showing and/or explaining the waterfall to the visitors, it would be kind if you gave a tip so they can continue to maintain this hidden spot.

Tukad Cepung Waterfall has mesmerized everyone who have managed to spot it. Well-guarded by the cliffs, this waterfall is difficult to locate for the first time visitor. A few hundred stairs down the cliff is worth the effort once you arrive at the destination. The circular cliffs give you the feeling of being in a cave,

while the open sky right from where the waterfall emerges, gives you the most enchanting view. The sunlight falls on the glistering waterfall creating a rainbow, which feels as though it is projected right up to you. If you have never seen water flowing from the sky, then this would be your chance. Unlike any other waterfalls in Bali, Tukad Cepung Waterfall does not flow into a river, stream or jungle, but it flows gently down the cliffs. The river can be seen from up above, meanwhile the waterfall can only be viewed once you walk down the stairs and into the cliff.

Since the water gets accumulated within the cliffs, it gets really deep during the rainy seasons. For that reason, it is not recommended to visit Tukad Cepung Waterfall during monsoons. But during other seasons, you can stand and observe the water neatly flowing down and making a narrow stream inside the cliff. This place is comparatively cooler and offers an immense sense of peace and tranquillity. (IBP/net)

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McLaren’s Fernando Alonso during practice

McLaren’s future set to be revealed in Singapore

LONDON - McLaren’s split from Honda, and new partnership with Renault, looks imminent and the rumour mill is grinding faster as Formula One embarks on an Asian swing of races starting in Singapore this weekend.

Multiple sources told Reuters that negotiations had progressed as expected and official confirmation was likely within days.

The cracks in the McLarenHonda partnership have been evident for months, with former champions McLaren chafing at engine problems that have left them ninth in the 10 team championship.

Media reports over the weekend that Toro Rosso driver Carlos Sainz is set to move to Renault in 2018, and maybe even before,

have further fuelled speculation that the deal is done.

The Spaniard’s move would be part of a general agreement that will see Honda take their engines to Red Bull-owned Toro Rosso, whose Renault supply would then become available for McLaren.

McLaren need a more competitive engine to satisfy sponsors and retain the services of Spain’s double world champion Fernando Alonso, whose contract expires at the end of the season.

YOUNG TALENT Spanish media and online reports said Sainz - a young talent long coveted by Renault - was set to move to the French manufacturer team as a sweetener for Toro Rosso terminating their engine contract.

Some suggested Sainz could be in yellow overalls as soon as Malaysia, the race after this week’s Singapore Grand Prix, if Renault dispense with the services of Britain’s Jolyon Palmer, who has yet

to score a point in 13 races.

That in turn would free up a place at Toro Rosso for Pierre Gasly, the winner of last year’s GP2 championship, who has been waiting for an opening at the Red Bull junior team.

“I know there are a few things going on at the moment,” motorsport.com quoted the Frenchman, who is racing Super Formula in Japan, as saying. “We will see in the next couple of days what will happen.

“For me, it will be amazing. It (Formula One) has been my dream and I’ve been working really hard to get there.”

The website also quoted him saying he hoped to be in Malaysia, but the driver later denied that on Twitter.

“Just said I was hoping to drive for STR soon mate, never mentioned Malaysia,” he replied in response to a comment by NBC Sports’ F1 reporter Will Buxton.

Sainz, Renault and Toro Rosso were saying nothing.

Spanish media, focused mainly on Alonso’s future, reported that Honda had informed McLaren they were willing to switch to Toro Rosso and that Alonso was negotiating for a one-year extension. (rtr)

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SOFIA - Bulgarian Kubrat Pulev is confident of causing a major upset when he meets world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua for the IBF title next month, confirming the fight will take place on Oct. 28 in Cardiff.

“Anthony Joshua is a great and dangerous rival, but his style fits perfectly with mine,” the 36-year-old Pulev, who has only one loss in 26 fights, wrote on his page in Facebook on Monday.

“In boxing, the boxers’ styles dictate the match and there’ll be not many hugs, there will be a

heavy boxing (on Oct 28).

“My preparations go very intensely because of the short time I have, and I will be perfectly ready when I get into the ring so that he has no chance against me.”

Joshua, who also holds the WBA and IBO titles, has been told he must face IBF mandatory challenger Pulev before Dec. 2 or risk being stripped of that belt.

The 27-year-old Briton, undefeated in 19 fights, had been due to face Wladimir Klitschko in a rematch of their April bout, which Joshua won with an 11th-

round knockout, but Klitschko has since announced his retirement.

Pulev, one of Bulgaria’s most popular sportsmen, turned professional at the age of 28 in September 2009, less than a year after winning the European amateur boxing title in Liverpool.

He has held the European heavyweight title twice between 2012 and 2016 and has challenged once for the unified world heavyweight title in 2014, losing to Klitschko in Hamburg on a fifth-round knockout. (rtr)

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Anthony Joshua and Kubrat Pulev pose after the press conference

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Italian parliament votes to toughen laws against fascist propaganda

ROME - Italy’s lower house of parliament approved on Tuesday a bill aimed at curbing fascist propaganda, more than 70 years after the death of wartime dictator Benito Mussolini.

The draft law, proposed by the ruling Democratic Party (PD), follows a politically charged summer, with human rights groups warning of growing racism in Italy in the face of mass immigration across the Mediterranean from Africa.

Under existing laws, pro-fascist propaganda is only penalised if it is seen to be part of an effort to revive the old Fascist Party. The new bill raises the stakes by outlawing the stiff-armed Roman salute as well as the distribution of fascist or Nazi party imagery and gadgets.

Offenders risk up to two years in jail, with sentences raised by a further eight months if the fascist imagery is distributed over the Internet. The legislation now passes to the upper house Senate for further approval.

Opposition parties, including the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement and the centre-right Forza Italia (Go Italy) party of former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, said the bill posed a threat to freedom of speech.

But Emanuele Fiano, a PD lawmaker who drew up the legislation, dismissed such concerns.

“This bill does not attack personal freedoms but will act as a brake on neo-fascist regurgitation and a return of extreme right-wing ideology,” he said.

Mussolini ruled over Italy from 1922 until 1943.

He took Italy into World War Two on Adolf Hitler’s side and passed race laws under which thousands of

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“Unfortunately, the process that led to this outcome has not reflected our hopes,” it said in a statement posted online. Displays of dissent are rare in Singapore, one of the richest and most politically stable countries in the world. It has been ruled by the People’s Action Party (PAP) since independence in 1965 and the current prime minister, Lee Hsien Loong, is the son of the country’s founding father Lee Kuan Yew. In the 2015 general election —

held months after the death of Lee Kuan Yew — the PAP won almost 70 per cent of the popular vote and swept all but six of parliament’s 89 seats. The incoming president, who is to be sworn in on Thursday, appeared unfazed by the controversy.

“Although this is a reserved election, I’m not a reserved president,” Halimah said in a speech at the election nominations office.

“I’m a president for everyone.

“Whether or not there is an election or no election, my promise is to serve everyone and I will serve with great vigour, with a lot of hard work, with the same passion and commitment.” (rtr)

Jews were persecuted.

Italy was routed by the allied forces and Mussolini, also known as “Il Duce”, was executed in 1945.

ANTI-IMMIGRANT SENTIMENT Mussolini is still admired by a hard core of supporters on the far-right and posters using fascist imagery regularly appear on city billboards -- most recently in a stylised picture of a white woman being assaulted by a muscular black man.

“Defend her from the new invaders,” said the poster, put up by a fringe party called Forza Nuova (New Force). The group was referring to a high-profile rape case last month when four foreigners were accused of gang-raping a Polish tourist.

More than 600,000 migrants, mainly Africans, have come to Italy over the past four years, boosting antiimmigration sentiment in the country and pushing up support for rightist and far-right parties that demand rigid border controls.

Given the political climate, the ruling PD was forced on Tuesday to delay its push to approve a contested law that would grant citizenship to the children of immigrants.

Opposition parties said the law would encourage migrants to try to come to Italy and claimed victory when the PD announced it was dropping the bill from the Senate schedule this month.

“To approve this bill we need a majority, but we don’t have one right now in the Senate,” said Luigi Zanda, head of the PD in the upper house of parliament. (rtr)

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Returning Florida evacuees stunned by Irma’s wreckage as death toll climbs ISLAMORADA - Hurricane Irma evacuees began returning to the storm-ravaged Florida Keys on Tuesday to find homes ripped apart and businesses coated in seaweed amid a debris-strewn landscape where an estimated 25 percent of all dwellings were destroyed.

The death toll from Irma, previously ranked as one of the most powerful Atlantic storms on record and the second major hurricane to strike the U.S. mainland this season, climbed to more than five dozen. Of those, 43 were killed in the Caribbean and at least 18 in the Southeastern United States.

Twelve Irma-related fatalities were confirmed by Florida emergency management officials on Tuesday, while authorities in Georgia and South Carolina each reported three deaths from the storm and its immediate aftermath.

Destruction was widespread in the Keys, a resort island chain stretching southwest from the tip of the Florida Peninsula into the Gulf of Mexico and connected by a single, narrow highway and a series of bridges and causeways along a

route of nearly 100 miles (160 km).

“I don’t have a house. I don’t have a job. I have nothing,” said Mercedes Lopez, 50, whose family fled north from the Florida Keys town of Marathon last Friday and rode out the storm at an Orlando hotel, only to learn their home was destroyed, along with the gasoline station where he worked.

“We came here, leaving everything at home, and we go back to nothing,” Lopez said. His and three other families from Marathon planned to venture back on Wednesday to salvage what they can.

Initial damage assessments found 25 percent of homes in the Keys were destroyed and 65 percent with major damage, according to Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator Brock Long.

“Basically every house in the Keys was impacted,” he told reporters.

The islands were largely evacuated by the time Irma barreled ashore on Sunday as a Category 4 hurricane with sustained winds of up to 130 mph (215 km/hour). (rtr)

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Under EU attack, top palm oil producers rethink trade strategy

JAKARTA/KUALA LUMPUR - Facing a backlash in Europe over palm oil’s environmental toll, the world’s top producers are scrambling to find new markets and even striking unusual barter deals, such as exchanging Sukhoi jets for the edible oil. The European Union is the second-largest palm oil export destination after India for both Malaysia and Indonesia, which dominate production in a global market worth at least $40 billion.

But palm has come under increasing fire in Europe over its impact on forest destruction, en-

A local resident reacts as she sees the damage on her home after Hurricane Irma struck Florida, in Islamorada Key, U.S., September 12, 2017.

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couraging producers to look at new markets ranging from Africa to Myanmar. Threatened by crum-

bling demand in Europe, the industry is waging a public relations battle and pushing producers to enter more price-sensitive markets, where Indonesia should have an advantage over Malaysia due to its lower production costs.

“Our principle is we will not let go of even one tonne of trade contract or potential demand palm has globally,” Indonesia’s deputy Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Musdhalifah Machmud told Reuters. Machmud said palm oil sales were being brought up in “every trade negotiation” Indonesia conducts. Palm oil is used in thousands of household products, from snack foods to soaps, as well as to make biodiesel.

But the demand boom has spread plantations in Indonesia and Malaysia across an area of more than 17 million hectares -- an area greater than the size of Portugal and Ireland. They are mostly carved out of rainforests, which critics say has lead to an increase in the greenhouse gases that warm the planet. Environmental activists have pressured consumer companies into demanding that their palm suppliers adopt more environmentally sustainable forestry practices.

But in Europe, politicians say the industry’s standards on sustainability do not go far enough.

So far, palm oil sales to the European Union have held up.

Indonesian exports rose about 40 percent to 2.7 million tonnes in the first half of 2017 from a year

earlier. Indonesia’s overall palm exports were worth $18 billion last year, with EU sales accounting for 16 percent, the Indonesian Palm Oil Association (GAPKI) said. For Malaysia, the EU made up nearly 13 percent of exports, government data showed.

“IMPORTED DEFORESTATION”

Europe is particularly concerned about the soaring use of oils, including palm, as a biodiesel fuel.

Once regarded as a green alternative, an EU-commissioned report now says it creates more emissions than fossil fuels. France said in July it will reduce the use of palm in biofuels over concerns of “imported deforestation”, prompting concerns from Indonesia that other European countries could follow suit.

In Germany, the environment ministry said it will press to amend an EU renewables directive to take account of the study showing “palm oil and soyoil caused, in comparison to other biofuels, very much higher greenhouse gas emissions per energy unit through indirect land use change.”

The European parliament In April voted to phase out unsustainable palm oil by 2020. The resolution endorsed a single Certified Sustainable Palm Oil (CSPO) plan for Europe-bound palm and other vegetable oil exports to ensure they are produced in an environmentally sustainable way.

In addition to environmental damage, the industry has come under fire over frequent reports of

land grabs, child labour and harsh working conditions. Some of the annual forest fires that send shrouds of smoke over parts of Southeast Asia have broken out on palm oil concessions that burn forests to clear land. Indonesian Trade minister Enggartiasto Lukita in May warned his EU counterparts that he might ask Jakarta not to buy Airbus planes in retaliation, the Jakarta Post reported.

GAPKI Chairman Joko Supriyono told a United Nations sustainability meeting in New York last week that Indonesian palm oil plantation governance met international standards. Meanwhile, Indonesia is looking at new palm oil markets in Africa offering barter trades with palm oil. Lukita told reporters on a visit to Nigeria he had proposed to swap palm oil for crude oil. Indonesia signed a preliminary deal last month with Russia’s Rostec to exchange commodities, including palm, as part of a $1.14 billion payment for 11 Sukhoi jets.

Indonesia’s Vegetable Oil Association executive director Sahat Sinaga said palm oil producers will open a marketing and research company in Russia, aiming to increase exports of 920,000 tonnes in 2016 by 4-5 percent per year up to 2023. The group is also planning to open a storage facility in Pakistan, which imports 1-2 million tonnes of palm from Indonesia a year, anticipating further growth in demand. (rtr)

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A truck carrying oil palm fruits passes through Felda Sahabat plantation in Lahad Datu in Malaysia’s state of Sabah on Borneo island, February 20, 2013.

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Sacred Wayang Wong Dance of Tejakula Set Four Centuries Ago

Wayang Wong sacred dance that only exists at Tejakula village, Tejakula subdistrict, was presented at Maksan Temple of local village on Thursday (Apr. 6). The location is chosen because the masks of wayang wong characters are kept at local temple. They are even believed to have been four centuries old.

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Tourists walk past furniture let to dry on the street after Hurricane Irma caused flooding and a blackout, in Havana, Cuba September 11, 2017. Picture taken September 11, 2017.

Hurricane Irma batters already struggling Cuban economy

HAVANA - Cuba’s cash-strapped economy has suffered this year from a decline in aid from its chief ally Venezuela, lower exports and a brake on market reforms. And then came Hurricane Irma. The strongest storm to strike Cuba in more than 80 years ravaged infrastructure throughout the country, collapsing the power grid and damaging crops after it slammed ashore late Friday. In the keys along the northern coast, it battered beach resorts popular with foreign tourists and knocked out the airport they use.

The cost of rebuilding as well as the lost revenues from tourism and agriculture, sectors that had helped offset some of the economy’s weaknesses, are heavy blows as the Communist nation strives to pay overseas creditors and suppliers.

“The probability that the economy stays in recession are now much greater,” said former Cuban central bank economist Pavel Vidal, now a professor at Universidad Javeriana Cali in Colombia, of chances for a second straight full-year contraction in 2017. “With the impact on installations in the keys and on the country’s general infrastructure, tourism will lose dynamism.”

A tourism boom in Cuba over the past few years sparked by warming relations with the West has helped sustain the economy. Cuba is still labouring under a 57-year U.S. trade

embargo and suffering from a steep decline in subsidized oil from its crisis-stricken Socialist ally Venezuela.

Official data - which gives heavy weighting to Cuba’s universal free healthcare and education - shows hotels and restaurants account for just 4.4 percent of the roughly $90 billion-a-year economy, but they are a vital earner of hard currency. A 23 percent rise in foreign visitors to Cuba helped the economy return to growth in the first half of 2017, the government said, after it tipped into recession in 2016.

The outlook has darkened in the second half of the year. First U.S. President Donald Trump said he was tightening restrictions on Americans traveling to Cuba. Then the Cuban government said last month it would not hand out new licenses for much of the private sector until it had “per-

fected” its functioning. Then Irma arrived, grazing along the island’s coast from east to west. Packing sustained winds of more than 157 miles (253 km) per hour The keys - whose pristine beaches are home to around a quarter of Cuba’s four- and five-star hotels are now littered with felled trees and lamp posts, animal corpses and shredded furniture, according to state-run media. Irma destroyed much of the area’s single-runway airport, which receives more than 485,000 passengers a year.

The region’s biggest beach resort Varadero was left mostly intact. President Raul Castro vowed on Monday that tourism infrastructure would be fixed before the start of the winter high season at year-end.

Eric Peyre, a representative at French hotel company Accor SA

which runs the Cuba-owned Pullman hotel in Cayo Coco, said that damage would be covered by insurance and he expected 90 percent of what the hotel needs would be in place by mid-December.

“As long as you have the main kitchen and the main restaurant and rooms (ready), you can normally welcome guests,” he told Reuters.

“The tennis court and things like that, that can come after.”Still, hotels in the keys face revenue loss for the months that tour package operators sent their clients elsewhere and it could prove tricky to rebuild the area’s reputation.

HURRICANE AFTER THE DROUGHT Damage in the agricultural sector will both weigh on state finances as well as tighten food supply in the short term. Fuller reservoirs due to Irma’s torrential rains could in the long run prove advantageous after a severe drought. Some 300,000 hectares (740,000 acres) of sugarcane - an area roughly twice the size of Houston - were affected to different degrees, the state sugar monopoly

said.

Forty percent of mills were damaged in the industry that remains one of Cuba’s most important in terms of employment and export earnings.

Even though Cuba had rushed to harvest what it could before Irma hit, other crops such as platano and rice had also reportedly been affected, said Laura Melo, the Cuba representative for the United Nations’ World Food Programme.

“Some of these areas were already seriously affected by drought so this is an accumulation of shocks to Cuba’s capacity to produce food, both in terms of income and availability of food,” said Melo.

Looking ahead, Cuba will need to repair tens of thousands of houses as well as roads, bridges, public buildings and the power grid. Irma also damaged a thermoelectric plant that provides a fifth of the country’s electricity. “If this year, the budget deficit was estimated at around 12 percent,” said Cuban economist Omar Everleny. “That will undoubtedly have increased with these enormous losses.” (rtr)

The players performing the Ramayana storyline start staging the first episode of the Bala Kanda in the Ramayana epic. In this staging, the storyline presented by the players is entitled “Sander Sita.” It tells about the duke Marica disguising as a golden deer to attract the attention of Sita. When seeing the deer, Sita then asked Rama to chase it. Rama went away from Sita and tried to shoot the disguising deer. Marica cleverly cried out for help, and his voice was similar to Rama’s.

Again, Sita asked Laksmana to look for Rama as being told to be facing difficulties. When Laksmana followed Rama, Sita was abducted

by Ravana. By and large, when featuring the storyline of kanda (book—Ed) starting from the first through the seventh, it will take approximately 4.5 years to 5 years.

Chairman of the Tejakukus Foundation, Gede Komang, amid the stag-

ing told that as sacred dance it is mandatory to be performed as devotional services or ngayah at the Maksan Temple of Tejakula. As usual, the performance is done twice every year precisely on Wraspati Dungulan or the day after Galungan. Since it is sacred, the wayang wong must still perform the episodes of Ramayana epic sequentially. “It has become the tasks of the players of wayang wong to perform devotional services at the temple because the masks are stored at this Maksan temple,” said Komang Gede when met Friday afternoon.

According to him, although it is classified into sacred dance, currently this wayang wong is also staged as entertainment art. For several times, the figures of wayang wong characters are presented in the art collaborations. However, the masks staged in the entertainment are not the sacred ones as those stored at Maksan Temple, but the imitations that are

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kept by the foundation.

Based on the existing references, wayang wong is known as sacred art. This art first appeared at Tejakula village about four centuries ago.

From the location of its emergence

at Tejakula, this art then spread to several regions in Bali. Although having been widespread, its taksu (divine vibration) never disappears and is kept sacred until now. Wayang wong even becomes one of the nine dances

Jaje Waluh, the taste of paradise

If you are a fan of Balinese traditional cakes, you should try the great taste of jaje waluh ketan Bali. The taste of the cake usually called jaje waluh is very delicious. The yellow of the cake is also urged your desire to try it. It is simple but once you have tried it, you will be asking for more.

Jaje waluh has a soft texture and unique taste.

It is sweet but the sweet come from natural flavor so children and adult can enjoy the cake as much as they like. In Bali, there is a saying for those who are shy to eat jaje waluh, “peh jejeh ngajeng jaje waluh mati sabuke” which means that if you eat the cake, all of your power will be gone.

The process of making jaje waluh is very simple. The one who usually make rice could make it because the process is quite similar. The main material is waluh or pumpkin, coconut, sticky rice, salt and pandanus leaf. If you want a sweeter taste, you can add sugar.

The sticky rice must be washed and then keep overnight. Next, boil it until medium then mix it with pandanus leaf and salt. Put the pumpkin into the dough and cut it in the shape of square.

After that boil it until it is ready to be served.

Usually, the jaje waluh is served using banana leaf so it can give a batter taste and unique appearance. There is also an addition of grated coconut so it can make it more delicious. (kmb)

included in the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Besides, the wayang wong dance is also recognized as one of the intangible cultural heritage objects in 2015. (kmb)

Kuta and Legian souvenir and art markets

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If you are holidaying in Bali and want to enjoy shopping for low-cost typical Balinese souvenirs, you should visit the Kuta Art Market located in Singosari, Kuta Village, Badung. Just a 10 minute walk from Kuta Beach, here you can find all sorts of Balinese style gifts including, bed covers, sculptures, bags and much more. As with most traditional markets in Bali prices vary depending on how much you want to bargain. The market opens at 7AM and remains open until 8PM. For visitors who don’t have a chance to visit the Sukawati Art Market, Kuta’s Art Market is a fine alternative for shoppers looking to buy Bali-style gifts for their friends, family and colleagues. The market opens from 7AM until 8PM. Another great area for holiday shoppers is Jalan Legian where a seemingly endless number of small shops line the street for many blocks. Apart from typical souvenir shops, here one can also find a number of small boutiques selling wares that are exported all over the world. Once you have satisfied all your shopping needs, there are also a number of cafes where you can enjoy a refreshing cold drink all along Jalan Legian. The market opens at 7AM and remains 8PM. SONY DSC Legian also has an Art Market located all along Jalan Melasti and Jalan Sahadewa. This art market first opened in 1986 to satisfy tourist visiting Legian Beach. There are a number of facilities located here that are sure to fill your every desire, including; hotels, restaurants, mini markets, food and drink stalls (warungs) and a parking area. (kmb)

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Nusa Penida shortage of water resources

SEOUL - North Korea remained defiant over new U.N. sanctions imposed for its latest nuclear test, vowing on Wednesday to redouble efforts to fight off what it said was the threat of a U.S. invasion.

People tend to choose modern food compared to Balinese food.

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People tend to choose modern food

DENPASAR — People tend to choose modern food compared to Balinese food. It makes Balinese food sluggish. This condition is coupled with minimal role of government to accommodate the culinary business. “The attention is also lacking because culinary field is once prohibited to create an event at particular location, so I came to the bureaucracy,’ said Putu Sudarsana, Chief of Balinese Creative Culinary Community (K3B) on Tuesday (Sep. 12).

Nyoman Renin Suyasa

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Whole access target of drinking water hard to achieve

SEMARAPURA — Central government through the Ministry of Public Works and Housing (PU-PR) targets all people to have access to safe drinking water by 2019. However, specifically for Nusa Penida, Klungkung district, it is very difficult to achieve. The obstacles are not only on the budget, but also on the limitations of the springs.

Director of the Klungkung Municipality Waterworks (PDAM), Nyoman Renin Suyasa, explained that until now, safe drinking water service to the islands targets 3,700 households or about 30 percent of the total 16,615 households. By 2019, the Ministry of Public Works and Housing targets to serve one hundred percent in harmony with the zero percent of slum settlement program and one hundred percent access to proper sanitation known as 100-0-100 program. However, this regional government-owned company still finds it difficult to achieve the target. Target of the installation stops at 60 percent.

“To achieve the national target is still difficult because it is constrained by water resources, the budget and geographical condition,” he said when met on the sidelines of the 25th anniversary of the PDAM on Tuesday (Sep. 12).

The current service, she continued, only relies on water from two sources, namely Nusa Penida and Guyangan with the total discharge of 37 liters per second. Distribution to people’s settlement is by means of electric pump that operates for 18 hours. To achieve the target installed by the PDAM, it is proposed the addition of electric power, so that the pump can operate for 24 hours.

“This source is managed by the province. To reach 60 percent of service, we propose the addition of electric power to operate an additional pump again so that it can operate for the whole day,” he said accompanied by the Division Head of Engineering, Ketut Karnata.

In 2018, the service is planned to target three villages that have not been touched, namely Pejukutan, Sekartaji and Tanglad. The measure is considered not only important to support the needs of society, but also the tourism sector commencing to grow. “Tourism is developing so that it needs water, and we will continue to expand our services,” said Suyasa.

Drinking water crisis in Nusa Penida often hits some villages, where one of them often is Pejukutan village. Local headman, I Nyoman Yudiadnyanawan, explained that in order to survive, the community must get water by buying. Some also take advantage of rainwater stored in their cistern. “The crisis has become a classic problem,” he said. (kmb45)

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He assessed there has been no government’s partiality on Balinese culinary sector. “All this time, it has indeed not been clear before I came to bureaucracy, but now, in general, the K3B has been able to get recommendation from Bali government through industry and trade agency,” he said.

Based on the recommendation, the culinary sector is allowed to make an event.

By making small organization through this community, he hoped to motivate other culinary merchants to create an event or exhibition. “Moreover, we are now allowed to make special events such as exhibition or culinary event,” he concluded.

The community established in 2014 seeks to preserve Balinese culinary tradition through various events. “We invite all friends getting involved in culinary franchise in order to make a moment and can use Balinese culinary tradition because all this time people tend to favor junk food and modern food,” he explained.

In addition, it is also marketed through online by each member of the community in order to maintain the existence of Balinese culinary treasures.

Sometimes Balinese food loses competitiveness when compared to other food such as Indonesian food or international food. Committee of the event, other than

asking for Balinese food such as satay, roasted suckling pig, betutu chicken, also requests modern food such as sausage, nugget, burger, et cetera. “Yesterday, there was a consumer asking for a sausage, so that I made sausage from catfish and seaweed,” he said.

Since there is request of modern food, he should also prepare the menu. “On that account, I do not only prepare Balinese food, but also the growing food today.

If we only stumble in Balinese food, the foodies tend to choose fast food. Thus, we poise it with Indonesian food in general and international food,” he concluded. (kmb42)

U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday’s sanctions, unanimously agreed on Monday by the 15-member U.N. Security Council, were just a small step towards what is ultimately needed to rein in Pyongyang over its weapons programmes.

The North’s Foreign Ministry said the resolutions were an infringement on its legitimate right to self defence and aimed at “completely suffocating its state and people through full-scale economic blockade”.

“The DPRK will redouble the efforts to increase its strength to safeguard the country’s sovereignty and right to existence and to preserve peace and security of the region by establishing the practical equilibrium with the U.S.,” it said in a statement carried by the official KCNA news agency.

DPRK stands for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, North Korea’s official name.

The statement echoed comments on Tuesday by the North’s ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, Han Tae Song, who said Pyongyang was “ready to use a form of ultimate means”.

“The forthcoming measures ... will make the U.S. suffer the greatest pain it ever experienced in its history,” Han said.

The North’s Rodong Sinmun also accused South Korea of being Washington’s “puppet” on Wednesday, criticising Seoul’s agreement with the United States to amend an existing bilateral guideline that will now allow the South to use unlimited warhead payloads on its missiles.

The U.N. Security Council agreed to boost sanctions on North Korea, banning its textile exports and capping fuel supplies, and making it illegal for foreign firms to form commercial joint ventures with North Korean entities.

The U.N. resolution was triggered

by North Korea’s sixth and largest nuclear test this month, which it said was of an advanced hydrogen bomb.

South Korea’s Nuclear Safety and Security Commission said on Tuesday traces of xenon-133 isotope found in South Korean territory were linked to the test, although it said it could not be determined whether a hydrogen bomb had been tested.

Damage to mountainous terrain

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un provides field guidance to the Kim Jong Suk Pyongyang Textile Mill, in this undated file photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang on January 28, 2016. at the North’s nuclear test site in Punggye-ri seen in satellite imagery taken after the latest test was more extensive than anything seen after the five previous tests, the Washingtonbased 38 North project said.

There was also activity at another

location in the Mount Mantap site involving large vehicles and mining equipment that suggests “onsite work could now be changing focus to further prepare those other portals for future underground nuclear testing,” said 38 North, which monitors

North Korea.

North Korea has also tested a missile capable of reaching the United States, but experts say it is likely to be at least a year before it can field an operational nuclear missile that could threaten the U.S. mainland. (rtr)

Myanmar’s Suu Kyi to skip U.N. assembly to deal with Rohingya crisis

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Myanmar’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Aung San Suu Kyi addresses the 71st United Nations General Assembly in Manhattan, New York, U.S. September 21, 2016.

YANGON - Myanmar’s national leader Aung San Suu Kyi, facing outrage over ethnic violence that has forced about 370,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee to Bangladesh, will not attend the upcoming U.N. General Assembly because of the crisis, her office said on Wednesday.

The exodus of refugees, sparked by security forces’ fierce response to a series of Rohingya militant attacks, is the biggest problem Suu Kyi has faced since becoming Myanmar’s leader last year. Critics have called for her to be stripped of her Nobel peace prize for failing to do more to halt the strife.

In her first address to the U.N. General Assembly as national leader in September last year, Suu Kyi defended her government’s efforts to resolve the crisis over treatment of the Muslim minority.

This year, her office said she would not be attending because of the security threats posed by the

insurgents and her efforts to restore peace and stability.

“She is trying to control the security situation, to have internal peace and stability, and to prevent the spread of communal conflict,” Zaw Htay, the spokesman for Suu Kyi’s office, told Reuters International pressure has been growing on Buddhist-majority Myanmar to end the violence in the western state of Rakhine that began on Aug. 25 when Rohingya militants attacked about 30 police posts and an army camp. The attacks triggered a sweeping military counter-offensive against the insurgents, who the government has described as terrorists.

But refugees say the security operation is aimed at pushing Rohingya out of Myanmar.

They, and rights groups, paint a picture of widespread attacks on Rohingya villages in the north of Rakhine State by the security forces and ethnic Rakhine Buddhists, who have

put many Muslim villages to the torch.

But authorities have denied that the security forces, or Buddhist civilians, have been setting the fires, and have blamed the insurgents instead.

Nearly 30,000 Buddhist villagers have also been displaced, they say.

Despite worries that a humanitarian crisis is unfolding, Myanmar has rejected a ceasefire declared by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army insurgents to enable the delivery of aid there, saying it did not negotiate with terrorists.

The Trump administration has called for protection of civilians, and Bangladesh says all of the refugees will have to go home and it has called for safe zones in Myanmar to enable them to do so.

But China, which competes with the United States for influence in the Southeast Asian nation, said on Tuesday it backed Myanmar’s efforts to safeguard “development and stability”. (rtr)

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Menopause hormone therapy not linked to premature death

BOSTON - Women who take hormone replacement therapy (HRT) to ease menopause symptoms like hot flashes and night sweats may be no more likely to die prematurely than women who don’t take hormones, a new study suggests.

Many women have been reluctant to use hormones for menopause symptoms since 2002, when the federally funded Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) study linked the treatments containing man-made versions of the female hormones estrogen and progestin to an increased risk of breast cancer, heart attacks and strokes.

The current study, however, looked at longer-term data from the WHI study and found no increased risk of death from all causes, or from cancer or cardiovascular issues in particular, associated with hormone use.

“Women seeking treatment for distressing hot flashes, night sweats or other menopausal symptoms may find the mortality results reassuring,” said lead study author Dr. JoAnn Manson of Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston.

Women go through menopause when they stop menstruating, typically between ages 45 and 55. As the ovaries curb production of the hormones estrogen and progesterone in the years leading up to menopause and afterward, women can experience symptoms ranging from irregular periods and vaginal dryness to mood swings and insomnia.

For the study, researchers looked at data on 27,347 women ages 50 to 79 who joined two WHI trials between 1993 and 1998 and were followed through 2014.

One trial tested estrogen alone against a placebo, or dummy pill, while the other trial tested estrogen taken in combination with progestin.

Women were 63 years old on average when they joined the trials and had already gone through menopause. They took hormones or a placebo for five to seven years and were followed for a total of 18 years altogether.

During the study period, 7,489 women died.

Death rates were similar - at about 27 percent among women who took hormones and women who didn’t, researchers report in JAMA. Younger women in the study appeared to have better survival odds with HRT. Over the initial five to seven years when women were randomly assigned to take hormones or a placebo, death rates were about 30 percent lower among women aged 50 to 59 when they took HRT than when they didn’t.

For women who started hormones in their 60s or 70s, however, there wasn’t a meaningful difference in death rates according to whether they got the treatment or a placebo during the initial years of the study.

After 18 years, including both the treatment period and a decade or more of follow-up, women’s age when they joined the study no longer appeared to significantly influence death rates.

One limitation of the study is that the WHI didn’t look at different dosages of hormone pills, and the findings may be different for other dosages or different types of therapy such as gels or creams or skin patches.

Still, the current study should ease concerns raised by earlier results from the WHI trials that an increased risk of breast cancer or heart attacks might translate into higher long-term mortality rates, said Dr. Melissa McNeil, author of an accompanying editorial and a women’s health researcher at the University of Pittsburgh.

Taking a combination of estrogen and progestin is associated with an increased risk of breast cancer, but advances in screening and treatment since the WHI started now mean these tumors are unlikely to be fatal, McNeil said by email.

With additional years of follow-up, it also appears that the increased heart attack risk associated with HRT in the initial results from the WHI trials is limited to older women, McNeil added. (rtr)

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The current study found no increased risk of death from all causes, or from cancer or cardiovascular issues in particular, associated with hormone use.

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Dengue fever remains an issue

DENPASAR - Dengue fever is still a threat in Bali, so the public is being asked to make efforts to decrease the spread of this epidemic that can affect anyone. Constant measures are being taken to reduce the likelihood of transmission of dengue fever as well as cikungunya.

Division Head of Disease and Eradication Control (P2P) of Bali Health Agency, Gede Wira Sunetra, when met on the sidelines of the opening of a pest control training session on Monday (Sep. 11) revealed that in fact the number of the dengue fever cases has decreased in 2017. However, when compared to numbers nationally, the number of cases in Bali remains relatively high. “In 2017, the number of cases have been reduced to 75 per 100,000 people”, he said.

However there are still outbreaks of dengue fever. Pest

control officers therefor play an important role in preventing the spread of this disease. Sunerta said that he hopes that dengue fever can be handled in the same way that malaria was. There have been reported cases of Malaria since 2014.

He added that malaria can still be brought into to Bali from other areas where it is still an epidemic.

Previously, Denpasar saw a decline in the number of dengue cases from month to month. However last year the opposite was true, said Head of the Denpasar Health Agency, Luh Putu Sri Armini, recently.

Sri Armini added that currently Denpasar is ranked seventh in terms of dengue cases amongst the nine districts/municipality of Bali, meaning Denpasar has been successfully able to reduce the number of cases of dengue. “ Previsouly Denpasar was always the worst in terms of the spread of dengue, but now it is in seventh” explained Armini.

Denpasar’s success in greatly reducing the spread of dengue fever is directly related to the presents of larva monitoring officers (jumantik) in all the hamlets. The jumantik continuously provides education to the public about how to break the chain of dengue fever transmission through things like making sure that no water is left standing.

The government continues to reduce the number of illnesses caused by infectious diseases, including dengue which is expected to be reduced to 49 per 1,000 populations. Currently, dengue fever remains a global public health problem, especially in the tropics, and especially Indonesia which is an endemic area. Since dengue fever was first discovered in Jakarta and Surabaya in 1968, the morbidity rate of dengue has continued to increase. The area of transmission has also been spreading to almost all cities in Indonesia. (kmb12)

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Breastfeeding can be beneficial for both mother and child

Extended breastfeeding may help ward off endometriosis

BOSTON - Women who nurse their babies are less likely to develop endometriosis, and the longer they breastfeed, the lower their risk, a new study shows.

“For women who are interested in reducing their risk for endometriosis, breastfeeding is one potential modifiable way that women can reduce their risk,” Dr. Leslie V. Farland of Harvard Medical School in Boston, one of the study’s authors, told Reuters Health in a telephone interview. “I think the research builds off of what we already know, that breastfeeding can be beneficial for both mother and child.”

About 10 percent of women in the U.S. have endometriosis, in which tissue that lines the uterus is also found growing outside the womb, usually in the pelvic area.

Endometriosis causes chronic pain and can lead to fertility problems.

There is no cure. Treatments include pain medication, hormone therapy, surgery to remove the misplaced uterine tissue and in some cases total hysterectomy.

Some researchers have proposed that that retrograde menstruation, in which menstrual blood “backs up” through the uterus into the fallopian tubes and out into the abdomen, could eventually lead to endometriosis. Because many women stop menstruating while they are breastfeeding, being exposed to fewer periods could thus have a protective effect.

Dr. Farland and her team looked

at 72,394 women participating in the Nurses’ Health Study who had been pregnant for at least six months. None had endometriosis at the beginning of the study.

During follow-up, 3,296 were diagnosed with endometriosis.

Women who had breastfed for at least three years during their reproductive years were 40 percent less likely to develop endometriosis than those who breastfed for less than a month. On a per-pregnancy basis, each additional three months of nursing was associated with an 8 percent lower endometriosis risk.

Women who stopped menstruating for six to 12 months after their baby’s birth were 42 percent less likely to develop endometriosis than those who never missed a period after pregnancy.

But exposure to fewer menstrual periods accounted for only some of the protective effect of breastfeeding. Dr. Farland and her colleagues suggest that the hormonal changes women experience during breastfeeding, including higher oxytocin levels and lower estrogen levels, could also play a role.

“Our results aren’t generalizable to women who have endometriosis before pregnancy,” Dr. Farland said. Future studies should investigate whether breastfeeding could reduce symptoms in these women, she added, and clarify the mechanism responsible for breastfeeding’s protective effect. (rtr)

Constant measures are being taken to reduce the likelihood of transmission of dengue fever as well as cikungunya.

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Korean investor wants to build tangerine-processing factory

Regent of Bangli, I Made Gianyar

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BANGLI - The district government of Bangli has opened the door to foreign investors who want to invest in tourism and agriculture in Bangli. Kintamani Tangerine processing in particular is considered to have a lot of potential so the government is encouraging investment so that this crop can be better absorbed into the market.

Regent of Bangli, I Made Gianyar, when met on Monday (Sep. 11) revealed that there is already a foreign investor from South Korea interested in the production of Kintamani tangerines. The investor intends to build a tangerine-processing factory in Bangli. “So far, we have not signed any documents, we are still exploring the possibilities” he added.

According to Gianyar tangerine-

processing factory investors are needed in order to get the Bangli’s tangerines into a wider market thus stabilizing prices for farmers.

Presently, farmers are forced to sell there fruits for quite a cheap price in the market –especially smaller tangerines. “A tangerine –processing factory would allow the smaller fruit that cannot be sold in the market at to hotels, to be turned into juice and such. Now people rarely buy these fruits so farmers have no choice but to sell their crops at very low prices” he explained.

When asked about the location where to tangerine processing factory would be build, Gianyar said that it is still not clear and that he is encouraging potential investors to choose a suitabel locatin. The fac-

tory needs to be easily accessible, have access to clean water and not be too far from tangerine plantations in Kintamani. “Obviously this would not be in Mekani” he added.

With regards to the plan for a investor from Budapest, Hungary to build a cable car in the area of Batur Caldera, Gianyar said that a Letter of Intent (LOI) has been signed. .

The next step is to conduct a feasibility study (FS). Regent Gianyar added that he hopes that for the welfare of his people he hopes that the investors plan to build a cable car can be realized. “We are also open to investors who want to process water. Bangli has a lot of water but so far we have not been able to enjoy the wealth that this could generate” he said. (kmb40)

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IMTA violation remains to happen in South Badung MANGUPURA - In the area of South Badung, conformity of the number of foreigners with the permit of employing foreign worker (IMTA) remains a problem. The IMTA violation is known due to rampant illegal IMTA, forgery of IMTA and job mismatch with the position employed. This was revealed by the Head of Bali Manpower and Energy and Mineral Resources, Ni Luh Made Wiratmi, on Tuesday (Sep. 11).

Therefore, Wiratmi hoped that customary village together with hamlet chief and the community to participate in supervising them. He has confidence that customary village is a party that directly gets in touch with the existing companies in the area.

Lately, there is a trend that many tourists become photographer or yoga teacher. Certainly it is necessary to be checked more deeply. So when people found, it should be reported to the manpower office.

Moreover, people are expected to report immediately

when finding foreigners working other than as manager. “Foreigners working in Bali are only allowed for level of manager. If they are found being a driver, janitor, merchant, security guard and the like are not allowed,” he said.

According to him, the matter of IMTA and KITAS for foreigners is a shared problem of the manpower, immigration office and police authority. However, the role of community is extremely expected to participate in providing information, so that the gap of violations can be minimized. All this time, he sees that many companies have complied with the IMTA, but only one or two companies are found breaking.

He added that since the implementation of ASEAN Economic Community (MEA) in 2015, the tendency of companies in Bali in hiring foreign workers (TKA) showed a decline. It is very thankful because it signifies that important position in Bali has been occupied by local labor. He explained the decline reached about 25 percent. Formerly, they amounted to some 3,000 companies and now decrease to some 2,000 companies employing foreign workers. (kmb23)

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Tourists requested to alert waters of Nusa Penida

he explained.

Until now, his authorities have not performed the mapping of the areas prone to dragging currents.

However, seeing from the condition of the waves, it potentially happens in the waters of the southern region, Cristal Bay, Manta Point and Angle’s Billabong. “At this location, hopefully such incident will never happen. We will do the mapping again,” he said.

As a form of anticipation against the emergence of similar incidents, regular patrols have continued to be implemented by mobilizing five personnel targeting the beaches having crowded activities. “Patrols have run, we also ask the management to take part in the supervision,” said Arnawa. (kmb45)

To eliminate negative image of Delod Berawah

Statue of mermaid to be replaced with statue of Lord Varuna

NEGARA - The attempt to eliminate negative impression of Delod Berawah Beach is admitted to take time. In addition to closing cafes at Delod Berawah Beach, the district government planned to arrange the tourist object. One of them is by replacing the mermaid statue with statue of Lord Varuna.

This was presented by Regent of Jembrana, I Putu Artha, in the audience with Commander of 163 / Wirasatya Military Resort, I Gede Widiyana, in the VIP room of Jembrana regent office on Tuesday (Sep. 12). Arrangement plan of Delod Berawah Beach into a tourist destination also received positive response from commander of 163 / Wirasatya military resort denoting the native to Jembrana from Rangdu hamlet, Pohsanten, Mendoyo.

In the audience that was also attended by Commander of the 1617/ Jembrana Military District, Colonel Hendra Ferdinandus, Deputy Regent of Jembrana, Made Kembang Hartawan, Regional Secretary of Jembrana, Made Sudiada, and a number of personnel of the 163 / Wirasatya Military Resort and 1617/Jembrana Military District, Regent Artha explained that Delod Berawah Beach will be arranged.

District government has built a number of facilities, but so far tourists are still reluctant to make a visit due to negative image of

Delod Berawah Beach as there are many dimly lit cafes.

In the near future, the cafes will be closed. But eliminating the negative image surely takes time.

Regent Artha hoped that positive programs having been run by the 163 / Wirasatya Military Resort all this time such as military rural community service (TMMD) could be directed to Delod Berawah in the future.

“District government is expected to make synergy with the 163 / Wirasatya military resort to develop Delod Berawah so that negative image can be gradually eliminated,” said Regent Artha.

Artha also added that in the near future the mermaid statue will be replaced with the statue of Lord Varuna and Delod Berawah area will also be arranged.

Commander of the 163 / Wirasatya Military Resort, Colonel I Gede Widiyana, positively welcomed the idea of Jembrana Regent I Putu Artha. As the native to Jembrana, he welcomed the idea. Moreover, Delod Berawah is not too far from Pohsanten village. In 2018, the 163 / Wirasatya personnel will hold TMMD in Jembrana. With coordination through Jembrana government, it can be directed to develop Delod Berawah such as building the necessary facilities as well as dissemination of HIV, drugs and so forth. (kmb26)

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The Damai Resort Bali Named “Best Spa Destination” and “Best Honeymoon Destination”

Prone to sea accidents

SEMARAPURA - The existence of a number of incidents in the waters of Nusa Penida gets the attention from police authorities. To anticipate them, people and tourists are asked to be more vigilant when doing particular activities.

Since last August to this month, there have been three cases in the waters of Nusa Penida. Two of them were visitors dragged by sea currents and caused one of them to die. Another was just an ordinary accident that caused its foot to get sprained due to being hit by waves. Unit Chief of Klungkung Water Police, I Nyoman Arnawa, explained on Tuesday (Sep. 12) that the incident should be alerted because it can happen any time.

“Now, the waves are still sloping,”

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LOS ANGELES - Patty Jenkins will return to direct the 2019 sequel to this year’s hit superhero movie “Wonder Woman,” film trade publications said on Monday, after she became the highest-grossing female director in Hollywood history.

Jenkins, 46, will once again direct Israeli actress Gal Gadot as the superhero in “Wonder Woman 2,” scheduled for release on Dec. 13, 2019, publications including Variety and Hollywood Reporter said.

Both publications, citing unnamed sources, said Jenkins will be paid around $8 million to direct the sequel and would also receive a back end of the film’s box office gross, which would make her the highest-paid female director in Hollywood history.

Movie studio Warner Bros did not comment on the news and has not given any further details on the sequel.

“Wonder Woman,” was the first standalone movie to star a female superhero Patty Jenkins

since 2005’s box office dud “Elektra,” and the first to be directed by a woman.

It rode to the top of the box office in June on a wave of good reviews and female empowerment, and with $816.4 million at the worldwide box office, it is now the second-biggest movie of the year after the live-action version of “Beauty and the Beast.”

Jenkins overtook Phyllida Lloyd, who directed 2008’s musical “Mamma Mia!,” for the title of highest-grossing female director.

Gadot’s Wonder Woman will next be seen in November’s superhero ensemble movie “Justice League,” alongside Ben Affleck’s Batman and Henry Cavill’s Superman.

“Wonder Woman,” the fourth film in Warner Bros’ current iteration of DC Comics’ cinematic franchise, helped boost profits for Warner Bros’ parent company Time Warner Inc. (rtr)

Disney delays ‘Star Wars: Episode IX’ after J.J. Abrams takes over LOS ANGELES - Walt Disney Co delayed the release of the ninth installment of the “Star Wars” saga to Dec. 20, 2019 after announcing on Tuesday the return of filmmaker J.J. Abrams to the franchise to write and direct the movie.

Disney pushed back “Star Wars: Episode IX” from its initial May 2019 release date after Abrams replaced filmmaker Colin Trevorrow, who parted ways with Disney last week citing differing creative visions with the studio.

Abrams launched Disney’s reboot of the “Star Wars” franchise with 2015’s box office hit “The Force Awakens,” which reunited original 1977 stars Harrison Ford,

Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill and introduced a new generation of characters. The film made more than $2 billion at the global box office.

“With The Force Awakens, J.J. delivered everything we could have possibly hoped for, and I am so excited that he is coming back to close out this trilogy,” Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy said in a statement.

“Episode IX” faced creative challenges after the sudden death of Fisher, who plays the franchise’s Princess Leia, last year. Her character, now called General Leia Organa, has a central role in the upcoming December film “Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” the eighth installment in the

saga written and directed by Rian Johnson.

“Episode IX” was the second “Star Wars” project to lose a director this year. Disney said in June that filmmakers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller had left the upcoming Han Solo “Star Wars” spin-off movie due to creative differences. They were replaced by Hollywood veteran Ron Howard, the Oscar-winning director of “A Beautiful Mind.”

“Star Wars: Episode IX” is part of Disney’s expanding slate of “Star Wars” films that continue George Lucas’ Skywalker saga as well as introducing standalone spin-off films set within the galaxy far, far away. (rtr)

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Singapore names first woman president, raising eyebrows over election process

SINGAPORE - Singapore named a former speaker of parliament as the multicultural city-state’s first woman president on Wednesday while critics expressed dismay that other candidates were disqualified and the election went uncontested.

Aiming to strengthen a sense of inclusivity, Singapore had decreed the presidency, a largely ceremonial six-year post, would be reserved for candidates from the minority Malay community this time.

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The returning officer declared Halimah Yacob, 63, elected on Wednesday after nominations closed. Of the four other applicants, two were not Malays and two were not qualified to contest, the elections department said on Monday. Halimah had automatically qualified because she held a senior public post for over three years.

If the election had been held, all citizens would have been eligible to vote. Several critics went online to protest against the stringent eligibility rules, which include a stipulation that a candidate from the private sector should have headed a company with paid-up capital of at least S$500 million ($370 million).

The prime minister’s office said it had no comment on criticism of the election process.

“It would have restored some of the lost moral

authority by her winning against credible opponents through popular votes,” said opposition politician Yee Jenn Jong in a blog post.

“She is, after all, a veteran in elections and has won handsomely in the four general elections she stood in.” The rights group Association of Women for Action and Research (AWARE) said it hoped “more will be done to improve access to politics for all of Singapore’s women”.

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