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Paul McCartney scores US No. 1 after nearly four decades

NEW YORK - Paul McCartney is back on the top of the charts, on Sunday earning his first solo number-one album in the United States in 36 years.

“Egypt Station” -- a confident 16-track album in which McCartney experiments with a younger rock feel in addition to his classic Beatles sound -- marked the first time that he has ever debuted as a solo artist on top of the benchmark US Billboard chart.

The English legend -- who at 76 retains a hectic touring schedule -spared no promotional effort for the album, appearing on US late-night shows and livestreaming an inviteonly concert inside New York’s Grand Central Station.

Surprisingly, McCartney did not replicate the feat in his native Britain, where “Egypt Station” debuted at number three, with veteran US rapper Eminem’s surprise

album “Kamikaze” reigning for a second week.

“Egypt Station” sold the equivalent of 153,000 copies in the United States in the week since its release on September 7, tracking service Nielsen Music said.

Unusually for a chart-topping album in recent years, virtually all of the sales were traditional purchases rather than through streaming or individually downloaded tracks.

McCartney, who last topped the chart as a solo artist in 1982 with “Tug of War,” achieved the second largest gap between number-one albums for any artist. Johnny Cash holds the record with a break that was seven months longer than McCartney’s when the country great posthumously hit number one in 2006.

Since “Tug of War,” McCartney has also reached number one four times in the United States with Beatles anthologies. (afp)

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The visual effects team from the show “Game Of Thrones” poses in the press room at the 2018 Creative Arts Emmy Awards at Microsoft Theater on September 8, 2018 in Los Angeles, California.

‘Game of Thrones’ battles with ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ for Emmys glory

LOS ANGELES - Hollywood’s top television stars will strut their stuff on the red carpet Monday at the glittering 70th Emmys Awards -- a duel between record-breaker “Game of Thrones” and last year’s big winner “The Handmaid’s Tale.”

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Both shows have already picked up some Emmys hardware: HBO’s blood-spattered smash hit won seven statuettes in technical categories at the Creative Arts Emmys a week ago, while Hulu’s “Handmaid” scooped up three.

And both are likely to add to that haul at the Primetime Emmys, television’s answer to the Oscars, at the Microsoft Theater in downtown Los Angeles.

But will “GoT” -- which was ineligible last year -- reclaim the best drama series throne, or will “Handmaid” -- the first streaming series to take the coveted prize -- be a repeat winner?

For Tim Gray, the awards editor and senior vice president of top entertainment news outlet Variety, “Handmaid” -- a bleak portrait of a future dystopian America where women are brutally oppressed -has the edge.

“I just feel like ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ is, kind of, of the moment as it addresses a lot of concerns that people have now,” Gray told AFP. “I just think it’s their year.”

The show, based on Margaret Atwood’s 1985 novel, seems especially timely in the age of #MeToo, a movement that erupted shortly after last year’s Emmys.

Others in the best drama race

include dark horse pick “The Americans” -- the gripping FX thriller about Soviet sleeper agents in the United States that has been a favorite of critics and fans, but not the 22,000-plus Emmy voters, for years.

HBO’s futuristic western “Westworld,” Netflix favorites “The Crown” and retro sci-fi mystery “Stranger Things,” and NBC family saga “This is Us” round out the field.

On the comedy side, FX’s “Atlanta” -- a quirky look at the rap scene in the Georgia capital -- is squaring off with Amazon’s “The Marvelous Mrs Maisel” for top honors. (afp)

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Regarding the effect of IMF-WB

Income for Bali estimated to only reach 15 percent

DENPASAR - Preparations for the very large IMF-WB Annual Meeting that will take place in Bali next month have been underway for some time. Now people are looking and what the short-term and long-term effects of the IMF-WB event will be for Bali.

Chairman of the Bali Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) -Bali Chapter, A.A. Ngurah Alit Wiraputra, recently predicted that after the IMF-WB event, there will be pressure on the economy of Bali that will last until 2019.

In general, the event will bring many positive impacts for Bali, including direct business from for many local entrepreneurs. Bali’s economy will almost certainly grow between 5.9 and 6.3 percent as a direct result of the international

meeting. “We believe this event can drive economic growth- mainly from consumption, investment and exports (foreign exchange of from tourists”, he said.

Local Balinese businesses are supporting the event by providing transportation services, three-star hotels and jasmine hotels for the companions of delegates, food and beverages, printing, logistics, tourist attractions, et cetera. Kadin fully supports the involvement of local entrepreneurs and hopes that

the central government’s national committee will support the IMFWB meeting being of direct benefit to local entrepreneurs.

Wiraputra added that local SMEs will be offering their products at the booths in the BNDCC’s Jepun Park.

There is also a tour of MSMEs in Badung, Gianyar, Tabanan and elsewhere. Uniforms for staff of the event and souvenirs are also being provided by local MSMEs. Of course there is also the benefit that infrastructure development

such as the new underpass in terms of reducing traffic congestion. The GWK is also expected to attract foreign and domestic tourists.

Other projects such as the expansion of the airport aprons, Benoa Harbour, the Suwung landfill and such that have been accelerated to be realized in time for the IMF-WB event also have a positive effect on Bali’s economy.

There are however some potentially negative impacts, explained Wiraputra saying that only 15 percent of the funds for the event go to Bali. Since the event is being handled and organized b, equipment rentals, most

of the food and beverages and 60 percent of the vehicles used for the delegates are being brought in from Jakarta. So Balinese people have access to get business opportunity from the delegates through their shopping and tours enjoying the nature of Bali.

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The latest condition of Suwung Landfill. This place become one of the main attentions of the committe of the IMF-World Bank meeting which will be held in October 2018.

The accolades continue for The Ritz-Carlton Bali, with the luxury Bali beachfront resort named as Bali’s Leading Resort at the highlyesteemed World Travel Awards on September 3rd 2018.

“The Ritz-Carlton Bali is committed to creating the experience of a lifetime, through stunning accom-

The cleaning activity in Yeh Sumbul Beach

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Coastal areas has not been waste-free

NEGARA —Jembrana district located in the west of Bali Island has a length of 76 kilometers of coastline.

Almost all of the length has not been free from rubbish. It includes the tourist beaches such as Pekutatan Beach, Medewi and Yeh Sumbul to Gilimanuk. It requires a consistent effort from a number of parties such as tourism players, the public and the government to jointly keep the beach clean. Moreover, Jembrana is keen to develop the tourism sector.

Gede Sukadana, from the Bali Tourism Community Alliance (AMPB) of Jembrana, stated on Saturday (Sep. 15) that sanitation of the beach is very important for the survival of the ecosystem as well as supporting element of tourism. Moreover, currently Jembrana is focusing on developing tourism. “Being aware of this waste must come from each individual, starting from the family sphere. Do sorting and disposing of garbage in its place,” said Sukadana who is also a leadership of the Indonesia Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI) of

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Five heads of state to attend ocean conference in Bali

DENPASAR - Five heads of state will attend the world maritime forum of Our Ocean Conference (OOC) to be held in Nusa Dua, Bali, on October 29-30, 2018, the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries stated.

“This conference brings together heads of state, national and multinational companies, non-governmental organizations, and international bodies,” Head of the Restoration Sub-Directorate, the Directorate of Coastal and Small Islands Utilization at the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Sapta Ginting noted here on Friday.

Ginting revealed that those heads of state including presidents, vice presidents, and princes from Monaco, Panama, Palau, East Timor, and Seychelles will be present at the OOC. Ginting added that the forum will also be attended by some 13 maritime ministers, with the total delegation members estimated to reach 1,500.

Not only government and business circles, some Hollywood celebrities are also scheduled to participate in the conference, especially those who have been actively involved in marine and environmental conservation programs.

Last year, the meeting was held in Malta, while in 2019, the Ocean Conference will be organized in Norway.

Ginting explained that the conference will discuss several issues, including the world waters and how to deal with various problems at sea, especially plastic waste.

The plastic waste at sea has been a real threat and an interstate problem, so it requires comprehensive cooperation to overcome it. In addition to plastic waste, the conference will discuss climate change and blue economy.

Director of the Free Seas Trash Program from non-governmental organization the Ocean Conservancy Nicholas Mallos remarked that the amount of plastic waste from land entering the sea is estimated to reach some eight million metric tons per year.

In recent years, he remarked that researchers had discovered several new aspects about marine waste, including plastic waste, which is not only a sea issue but also a global problem, as it affects clean water and terrestrial ecosystems.

Mallos said scientists have discovered large amounts of microplastic in rivers and soil. The wastes, derived from compost, were used both by households and industries.

Not only does the plastic waste choke and entangle marine animals, it is also associated with coral diseases.

Exposure to microplastic waste results in decreasing reproductive growth of the zooplankton population, that is, organisms that form the foundation of the food chain in sea, Mallos explained.

“We do not know whether microplastic waste also affects humans when they eat seafood. This is still a question and a concern for all parties, including scientists. All sides comprising the government, private sectors, and community should move,” he added.(ant)

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The beach cleanup effort is for the umpteenth time carried out by tourism business players in Jembrana. Yeh Sumbul and Medewi Beach with rocky characteristics often get marine debris. For tourism businesses, this condition is very disturbing.

In this activity, a total of four quintals of organic and inorganic waste could be collected along the coast of Yeh Sumbul Beach.

This simultaneous cleanup action involved approximately 60 people from employees and tourism businesses in Pekutatan, Medewi and

Yeh Sumbul, hundreds of students and the surrounding community.

Other than on Yeh Sumbul Beach, beach cleanup action was also carried out on Yeh Kuning Beach, Jembrana subdistrict.

It involved hundreds of people from various institutions and was attended by Regent of Jembrana, I Putu Artha. After the cleanup action on the Yeh Kuning Beach, the waste obtained was sorted and weighed before finally being sent to the landfill. It consisted of 307 kg inorganic waste and the remaining 1,241 kg or 1.2 tons were organic waste. (kmb26)

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modation, world class cuisine and superlative service from our team of Ladies and Gentlemen. It is both a thrill and a deep honor that our commitment to excellence has been recognized with this prestigious award”, says General Manager Karim Tayach.

The announcement came at

the star-studded World Travel Awards Asia & Australasia Gala Ceremony 2018 in Hong Kong.

Known as the travel industry’s equivalent to the Oscars, the illustrious awards are voted for by travel and tourism professionals, as well as business and leisure travel consumers worldwide.

The Hong Kong event was one of six on the World Travel 25th anniversary “Grand Tour’ which celebrates the world’s outstanding travel brands, with over 9000 nominees across six continents.

The highly acclaimed RitzCarlton Bali Resort which incorporates the magnificent cliffs and

private white sandy beach of Nusa Dua has already been the recipient of several prestigious awards this year. At the World Luxury Awards in July it won Luxury Beach Resort Spa, Luxurious Scenic Setting, for its signature fine dining restaurant, Bejana, and best Luxury Beachside Restaurant for The Beach Grill.

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2,000 Tenun dancers jazz up Petitenget Festival 2018

MANGUPURA — There was something attractive on the last day of the Petitenget Festival. As many as 2,000 colossal Tenun dancers jazzed up the peak of the Petitenget Festival on Petitenget Beach, Kerobokan customary village, North Kuta, on Sunday (Sep. 16). Moreover, thousands of the dancers managed to break the record at the Indonesian World Record Museum (MURI).

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A new drug can wipe out strains of common bacteria that have resisted treatment by multiple other antibiotics, including Pseudomonas aeruginosa (illustrated), which can cause urinary tract or respiratory infections.

A new antibiotic uses sneaky tactics to kill drug-resistant superbugs

DRUG-resistant bacteria have a new challenger. A new molecule can kill deadly strains of common bacteria, such as Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumonia, that are resistant to most existing antibiotics. The drug works differently from currently available antibiotics, potentially making it harder for bacteria to develop resistance, researchers report September 12 in Nature.

Most antibiotics kill bacteria by weakening their cell wall or by preventing the production of certain proteins. But bacteria have, over time, evolved ways to circumvent these drugs. And as antibiotics are used frequently in both hospitals and agriculture, resistant bacterial strains are becoming more common.

Infections with multidrug-resistant microbes are particularly worri-

some, because they can turn usually easy-to-treat illnesses like strep throat or urinary tract infections into deadly ordeals.

The newly developed drug uses a different tactic. It inhibits a key enzyme in the cell membrane that helps the bacteria secrete proteins.

“We’re hitting a new target,” says study coauthor Peter Smith, an infectious disease researcher at Ge-

nentech, a biotech company based in South San Francisco, Calif. That means that strategies that bacteria use to evade existing antibiotics won’t work here, giving the molecule an edge.

When the enzyme is blocked, proteins build up in the cell membrane until the membrane bursts, ultimately killing the cell, says Floyd Romesberg, a chemist at the Scripps

Research Institute in La Jolla, Calif., who wasn’t part of the study.

Romesberg developed precursors to the antibiotic in his lab, but the new version is more effective, he says.

In tests in cultured cells and mice, the molecule killed off a variety of common gram-negative bacteria that cause infections in humans, including E. coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and was also effective against gram-positive bacteria.

Gram-negative bacteria, so called because of how they appear when stained for viewing under a microscope, are notoriously difficult to

attack with antibiotics because of the microbes’ hard-to-penetrate cell membrane. The drug also destroyed bacterial strains that are resistant to multiple kinds of antibiotics.

The molecule will need to go through additional testing and tweaking before it can be used in humans, Smith says. And it’s not a permanent solution to the growing problem of antibiotic resistance.

Eventually, if molecules of this type are widely used as antibiotics, bacteria will evolve resistance, as they always do. But for now, it’s a step ahead. (net)

SAVE your breath: A new way to make bubbles requires only sound waves. Scientists made the bubbles in levitated drops of liquid, held aloft with sound waves. Tweaking the sound waves caused the hovering drop to balloon into a bubble.

The team formed the bubbles using a variety of liquids, including water. Increasing the intensity of the sound made the liquid first buckle into a concave shape.

Then the sound waves resonated inside the droplet’s newly formed

cavity, causing a rapid expansion of the liquid film until it closed in on itself into a hollow bubble, researchers report September 11 in Nature Communications.

Despite their reputation as a child’s plaything, bubbles are serious business. They’re important in manufacturing processes used for food, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and ultralight materials. So a new technique for bubble creation might find uses in industry.

The scientists suspended the liquid drops using a well-estab-

lished technique called acoustic levitation. In the method, pressure from intense sound waves is used to hold up small objects and even move them around.

The floating bubbles last a surprisingly long time — tens of minutes. As kids know, a soap bubble on a wand sticks around only a short while before the soapy solution drains to the bubble’s bottom and it pops. But the levitation slows down the liquid’s drainage, putting off the bubble’s burst. (net)

Scientists can levitate liquid drops and turn them into bubbles by bombarding them with sound waves.

The dancers involved in the performance of the Tenun Dance are the housewives coalesced into the Empowerment of Family Welfare (PKK) and customary village youth club from 50 hamlets across the Kerobokan customary village.

This Tenun Dance was composed by the late Nyoman Ridet, a dance maestro from Campuhan hamlet, Kerobokan, in 1957. This dance depicts the daily activities of women making simple woven fabrics. The dance movement is like someone who is weaving. Although there were dancers falling into trance after the performance, it became a spectacular performance.

Deputy Regent of Badung, Ketut Suiasa, who was present at the occasion, said it is a monumental and spectacular activity as having dis-

played thousands of dancers from all the customary villages in Kerobokan.

This deserves to get an award from the MURI. Certainly, this becomes a happiness of its own that can show off something historic.

Suiasa even said the original and first dancer presenting the Tenun dance, Jero Ketut, 71, also participated in dancing. This certainly proved that Balinese people, especially the Badung people, always maintain their cultural value. “And this is something to be done continuously and becomes the evidence of it. To that end, the Badung district government must protect all community activities related to the arts and culture. By that way, the arts and culture can progress further in the future,” he said. (kmb)

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As many as 2,000 colossal Tenun dancers jazzed up the peak of the Petitenget Festival on Petitenget Beach, Kerobokan customary village, North Kuta, on Sunday (Sep. 16).

Nusa Penida tourism rapidly grows

District govt urged to immediately realize management body

Sound waves can make bubbles in levitated drops of liquid

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Nusa Penida tourism rapidly grows.

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SEMARAPURA — The plan of Klungkung government to establish the Nusa Penida tourism management body has long been at issue, but has not been realized. Actually, this has become the focus of the legislative circles. A member of Commission I of the Klungkung House of Representatives, I Made Jana, hoped it is not just a discourse.

“If it is established to standardize tourism services in Nusa Penida, we are very supportive. Moreover, we urge to resolve it soon,” he said on Sunday (Sep. 16).

This Democrat Party politician stated that the establishment needs the involvement of various parties, ranging from tourism players, administrative and customary village government. In addition, it must also be studied carefully, so as not to be excessive. In other words, it should not take over the role of government. According to him, through this management body, the attention to tourism will get more focused and well directed.

“Now, tourism in Nusa Penida is

growing so it needs the attention.

Don’t step over without direction and it must be clear. What kind of tourism do we want? Now, it remains unmanaged, like ignoring permission,” he said.

At present, traffic has started to become one of the issues on the Blue Paradise Island as a result of tourism. He had the opportunity to monitor directly in the field and would like to initiate the formation of tourist transport association. It is intended to provide the legality of the community at work. “The meeting will be facilitated by local subdistrict head. Unfortunately, only few people getting involved in tourist transport are willing to attend it. Actually, we want them to work legally,” he said.

Further, he conveyed the existence of the forum will also make it easier for district government through related agencies and police authority to conduct coaching. “Until now, we see there are still those in need of education regarding the understanding on tourism to appearance. This is

important because they are the first to come into contact with tourists,” said the legislator from Nusa Penida.

Besides, he highlighted the tourism ‘style’ applied in the archipelago. Collaboration with culture is not yet visible. So far, local tourism still relies more on natural beauty. “Society as the object and subject of tourism should not fall asleep. Don’t let the culture get eroded. This is what needs to be fortified. Cultural tourism should be applied because of its potential. It will be beneficial for us if tourism players can be consistent,” he added.

To note, the discourse on the formation of management funds has been made by the Regent of Klungkung, I Nyoman Suwirta, at the end of 2017. It is not only for the Nusa Penida archipelago, but also for the city tour. He explained the breakthrough is meant to maximize tourism management becoming one of the foundations of the regionally generated revenue (PAD). (kmb45)

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To anticipate Mount Agung’s eruption

Headman of Ban to build temporary shelter

AMLAPURA - Until now, the activities of Mount Agung remain quite high. This highest mountain in Bali is still declared in level III (Watch). So, the potential for eruption stays quite large. Seeing this condition, the headman of Ban, Kubu, is going to build a temporary shelter as anticipation if Mount Agung returns to erupt and makes residents have to evacuate again.

Headman of Ban, I Wayan Potag, said the temporary shelter development is carried out considering the status of Mount Agung remains in level III. Thus, the potential for eruption is still high. Therefore, he wanted to build shelters for his citizens that will later be back to evacuation if the Mount Agung returns to have a large eruption.

“After the shelter is built, the residents wishing to evacuate, especially those living in the area close to radius of 4 km, can occupy the temporary shelter. It is built outside the danger area beyond the radius of 4 km. So, location of the building will be completely safe,” he said.

Potang said that for the shelter construction he had previously coordinated with donors that will assist building the infrastructure. From the results of coordination carried out, the donors asked his authority to build a shelter in the truly safe area. They do not want if the development to be carried out in unsafe location.

“We are also asked to ascertain the land to be used for building the shelters. We are going to build the shelter on the land owned by residents. So, we will first coordinate with the residents for the construction. Thus, we still check and make sure the location of the construction of Mount Agung’s shelter.

“It will definitely be submitted to the donors,” he said.

Other than carrying out the shelter construction related to anticipation against the eruption of Mount Agung, explained Potang, his authority has also built shelters for residents whose houses are severely damaged and can no longer be occupied due to the recent earthquake in Lombok. “Construction of the simple temporary shelters due to the Lombok earthquake has been done in the affected areas,” explained Potag. (kmb41)

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Fallen trees are seen in the low-lying coastal village of Lei Yue Mun in the aftermath of Typhoon Mangkhut in Hong Kong on September 17, 2018.

Massive clean-up in Hong Kong after typhoon chaos

HONG KONG - Hong Kong began a massive clean-up Monday after Typhoon Mangkhut raked the city, shredding trees and bringing damaging floods, in a trail of destruction that left dozens dead in the Philippines and millions evacuated in southern China.

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The temporary shelter development is carried out considering the status of Mount Agung remains in level III.

To prevent abrasion

PMKL hopes cultivation of Australian pine tree

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Planting of the pine trees was carried out in addition to reforestation as well as a means of preventing abrasion.

NEGARA - A number of coastal communities, mostly consisting of fishermen in Pengambengan, are worried about coastal abrasion. From year to year, the abrasions obliterate land and threaten residents’ settlement. If prevention is not carried out from now on, possibly the residents’ settlements will disappear as experienced by residents at Ketapang Lampu hamlet, Pengambengan village.

Those coalesced into the members of the Ketapang Lampu Community Association (PMKL) hoped the coastal area is planted with Australian pine trees. Some time ago, the residents took the initiative to plant the sea pine trees. Planting of the pine trees was carried out in

addition to reforestation as well as a means of preventing abrasion. “Besides, it is also aesthetically pleasing to look at. We spearhead the planting independently with the hope it will be followed by the government’s help,” said Chief of the PMKL, M. Sauki, on Sunday (Sep. 9).

Actually, the association has often delivered this problem to village government that in addition to re-arrangement it is also intended for the coastal reforestation.

Unfortunately, there has been no follow-up so far. They also hoped that fisherman’s movement can inspire other coastal communities or related components to make similar planting on the coast not only at

Pengambengan, but also on the coast that is prone to abrasions. “At the moment, it has not yet felt, but in the future it is for our children and grandchildren,” he added.

Pengambengan Beach coastal area, especially at Ketapang Lampu village, is one of the coastal points in Jembrana that is prone to abrasion. Within the past three years, the waves of seawater have even destroyed people’s houses and public facilities on Pengambengan Beach. Actually, the sea current has been dammed by culvert and boulders, but failed. Indeed, the district government of Jembrana has also planted sea pine, but only in the Melaya region. (kmb26)

The death toll in the Philippines, where the main island of Luzon was mauled with fierce winds and rain, rose to 65 overnight as rescuers pulled more bodies from a huge landslide in the mountain town of Itogon.

The landslide buried an emergency shelter which was being used by miners and their families in the

town. No-one has yet been pulled alive from the rubble and relatives of those buried are taking part in the rescue efforts, the town’s mayor Victorio Palangdan told AFP. National police spokesman Senior Superintendent Benigno Durana said 43 other people are missing, and more than 155,000 people remain in evacuation centres two days after the

typhoon struck.

Farms across northern Luzon, which produces much of the nation’s rice and corn, were sitting under muddy floodwater, their crops ruined just a month before harvest.

After tearing through Luzon and pummelling Hong Kong and Macau, the storm made landfall in mainland China late Sunday, killing four in

Guangdong province, including three hit by falling trees.

Authorities there said they had evacuated more than three million people and ordered tens of thousands of fishing boats back to port before the arrival of what Chinese media had dubbed the “King of Storms”.

In the high-rise city of Hong Kong, the government described the damage as “severe and extensive” with more than 300 people injured in Mangkhut, which triggered the maximum “T10” typhoon alert.

The monumental task of cleaning up the city began as residents, some in suits and ties, struggled to get back to work on roads that remained blocked by felled trees, mud and debris. Schools were closed, bus services halted, and travel disruption saw commuters piling onto platforms trying to board infrequent trains after trees fell on overhead lines.

Landslides and severe flooding affected some areas, with over 1,500 residents seeking refuge in temporary shelters overnight. (afp)

Over 28% of Japanese population officially old: government TOKYO - More than 28 percent of Japan’s population is now officially classified as elderly according to government data, the highest rate in the world as the first wave of postwar baby boomers enter old age. Those aged 65 or older now make up a record 35.6 million, or 28.1 percent of the total population,

the government said Sunday.

The proportion is the highest by far in the world, ahead of 23.3 percent in Italy, 21.9 percent in Portugal and 21.7 percent in Germany, according to UN data for those countries.

The government also said those aged 70 or older accounted for 20.7

More than 28 percent of Japan’s population is now officially classified as elderly according to government data, the highest rate in the world as the first wave of postwar baby boomers enter old age.

percent of the population, surpassing 20 percent for the first time.

The figures show the nation’s postwar baby boomers are now entering old age, it said.

The demographic shift is due to a combination of a low birthrate and long life expectancy.

Japan’s rapidly greying population poses a major headache for policymakers who are faced with trying to ensure an ever-dwindling pool of workers can pay for the growing number of pensioners. (afp)

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Britain’s economy would suffer “substantial costs” should it leave the European Union in March with no divorce agreement, the International Monetary Fund warned Monday.

Wayang Wong of Tejakula Wins UNESCO Award

The Wayang Wong or human puppet of Tejakula, that takes its storyline form the Ramayana epic and is perfromed in Old Javanese, is becoming incresingly well-known internationally.

During the opening of the fourth annual Buleleng Festival, the Director General of Culture for the Ministry of Education and Culture -through the government of Buleleng, awarded the the wayang wong troupe with a certificate of appreciation for the establishment Tejakula’s wayang wong as world intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO. The younger geneation is now expected to help preserve this art form in the face of the challenges of globilization.

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Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May (C) is greeted by schoolchildren waving British and South African flags, during a visit to the ID Mkhize Secondary School in Gugulethu township, about 15 km from the centre of Cape Town, on August 28, 2018, as part of a three-nation visit to Africa in Cape Town where she is expected to discuss post-Brexit trade ties with the continent’s most developed economy.

Saudi sovereign fund secures $11bn loan

Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund said Monday it had secured its first ever international loan, boosting the kingdom’s diversification

drive after its flotation of state oil giant Aramco stalled.

The Public Investment Fund said in a statement that it had ob-

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Some Reasons to Visit Green Cliff in Jembrana

No-deal Brexit ‘would entail substantial costs’: IMF

Brussels and London have failed to resolve “fundamental” aspects of Brexit and this could leave London defaulting to World Trade Organisation (WTO) tariffs, the IMF said in its annual outlook on the UK economy.

“Fundamental questions -- such as the future economic relationship between the two and the closely-related question of the status of the land border with Ireland -- remain unanswered,” the institution noted in a statement.

“Resolving these questions is critical to avoid a ‘no-deal’ Brexit on WTO terms that would entail substantial costs for the UK economy -- and to a lesser extent the EU economies -- particularly if it were to occur in a disorderly fashion,” the IMF added.

The gloomy assessment contrasts with that of British Prime Minister Theresa May, who indicated last week that a no-deal Brexit would not be a disaster for Britain.

May remains confident of striking an acceptable deal with Brussels meanwhile.

The IMF forecast Monday that the British economy would grow by 1.5 percent in 2019, unchanged from its previous estimate.

However, the prediction is based on Britain sealing an EU divorce deal and transition period by the end of the year. (afp)

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tained an $11 billion (9.4 billion euro) loan as “the first step in its strategic, medium-term debt funding programme”.

“We are pleased to have completed this international syndicated loan”, the fund’s managing director Yasir al-Rumayyan said.

The PIF had previously sought to raise billions of dollars through an initial public offering of shares in Aramco to fund projects that seek to reduce the kingdom’s dependence on oil.

Diversification is a key focus of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s Vision 2030 plan, which aims to transform the Saudi economy through a slew of projects from hi-tech start-ups to a new mega city.

But the Aramco IPO -- once touted by Saudi officials as aiming

to raise $100 billion -- has hit the buffers, with executives at the oil giant citing unfavourable market conditions.

That prompted the PIF to turn to other sources to fund its programmes.

The fund said that under the Future Investment Initiative launched in October 2017, it aims to beef up its assets to $400 billion by 2020.

Its current holdings are estimated at $230 billion, mostly in the form of major stakes in companies including SABIC petrochemicals, Saudi Arabia’s largest listed firm.

The PIF is in talks to sell its 70percent stake in SABIC to Aramco for an estimated $70 billion as another way of raising cash.

The fund is aggressively pushing a host of big-ticket investments -- from Uber to the planned $500 billion NEOM mega city on the

Red Sea coast.

It has also invested in British tycoon Richard Branson’s space tourism company Virgin Galactic and pledged tens of billions of dollars to funds run by SoftBank and Blackstone.

Since 2016, PIF has committed to investments worth $95 billion including stakes in high-risk tech firms such as electric car company Tesla, according to the International Monetary Fund.

After oil prices crashed in mid2014, Saudi Arabia -- the world’s top crude exporter -- accumulated budget deficits of more than $260 billion and borrowed over $100 billion to help finance the shortfall.

But the central bank still has around $500 billion in state reserves, bolstered by a recent partial recovery of oil prices. (afp)

Representing the Village of Tejakula, community leader and wayang wong perfromer Gede Komang was recived the certificate from the Regent of Buleleng, Putu Agus Suradnyana.

Komang said that communities in the region are very much dedicated to protecting the sacred value of the wayang wong masks. The clan Temple of Tejakula Village houses some 75 masks, but only some of these masks can be displayed in “The original mask may not be taken out of the temple grounds and should only be used in performances at the clan temple of Tejakula village. The temple’s supporting devotee are dedicated to maintaining the sanctity of the wayang wong mask” he said.

Actually, continued Gede Komang, there are quite a lot of travelers who are attracted to visit Tejakula village and see the wayang wong show.

However, since the wayang wong mask the temple cannot be taken

outside the temple grounds, tejakula’s community leader finally decided to create replicas of the mask so that the wayang wong could be perfromed elsewhere. “The duplicates are allowed to be taken out of the village.

In the 1970s, the wayang wong mask duplicates were used in performances at home and overseas making the wayang wong more widely known in Asian and European countries”, he added.

Gede Komang said that wayang wong becomae known in many countries thanks to the efforst of famous leaders like Nyoman Tusan and Made Bandem, Jero Bendesa and Santika. Gede Komang himself participated in devotional work by dancing at Tejakula village. He was then appointed as advisor to the Teja Murti wayang wong troupe –the only one in his village.

So far there have been no difficulties in dancing the wayang

wong. “Indeed, our friends have no difficulty dancing the wayang wong.

However, they do have some trouble chanting the kekawin or kidung songs of the Ramayana storyline because these Balinese songs use the Old Javanese language that they do not understand. The wayang wong of Tejakula was originally devellpoed in the seventeenth century and had to be perfromed on Umanis Galungan”, explained Gede Komang.

According to Gede Komang, the wayang wong players receive divine revelations through generations allwoign the dance to be preserved into the next generation. It is said that if any residents does not comply with the faith or are not willing to perform it, they would often experience pain or difficulty in life. “People who are not descendants of wayang wong dancers are also given the opportunity to learn to dance the wayang wong” added he said. (kmb)

Long holiday and desire to look for new atmosphere can possibly be pampered with the visit to new tourist attractions in Jembrana. Well, Green Cliff is one of the options.

The location is okay…

The forest border area in the hills of Jembrana is now becoming a preferred place of visit during holidays. In addition to the JR Hill at Pancaseming hamlet, Batuagung, Jembrana subdistrict, Yehembang Kangin in Mendoyo sub-district also just opened similar attraction.

Precisely, it is located at Bangli hamlet named Green Cliff inaugurated last weekend by Deputy Regent of Jembrana, I Made Kembang Hartawan, began to be huddled by visitors.

As seen on last weekend holiday or Sunday (Jun. 25), a number of residents mostly from around Jembrana spent holidays at the location.

Forest scenery of the green hills and the gardens invite curiosity of visitors.

Agus Maha, one of the visitors, admitted to accidentally come to this location because of curiosity after being at issue in social media.

Other than being able to see the grove of trees from a height, visitors can also see the flow of river at Pangkung Jelati. This wooden building is made independently by a group of people belonging to the members of Banu Sejahtera tourism awareness group. The group is keen to explore natural beauty of the region by building a selfie spot named the Green Cliff.

Group leader, I Gede Sukanta, revealed the idea of ??building this location was inspired by the current

trend where many people love to take selfie. This plan was also born due to encouragement from the government of Jembrana through the cultural tourism, where tourism development is one of the priority targets to be developed.

Meetings of local hamlet and villages agreed to build this place independently. The building stands on the edge of a cliff with a length of 60 meters and 10 meters high.

Above it is also built a building similar to gazebo as well as three long chairs enabling visitors to take pictures. Green Cliff is intentionally built rather high and elongated so that people can more freely watch the scenery of Yehembang Hills.

In addition, to beautify the atmosphere at night, the Green Cliff spot is already equipped with lights.

Deputy Regent of Jembrana, I Made Kembang Hartawan, who also had time to inspect the measure taken

by Banu Sejahtera tourism awareness group (Pokdarwis) hoped it can be followed by other groups.

He will always provide guidance and mentoring for the tourism awareness group, monitor the extent to which they can manage and develop the local potential.

Meanwhile, district government will consistently conduct a larger tourism arrangement. “Location of Jembrana as one of the gates of Bali Island is very potential to become a transit area or to be crossed by domestic and foreign tourists.

Therefore, this advantage should be utilized because many things can be offered to general public as well as foreign tourists,” explained Kembang. (kmb)

Red & White Burger at Jempiring Restaurant

In celebration of Indonesia’s 73rd Independence Day, Aston Denpasar Hotel & Convention Center presents culinary promotion, theme Paket Merdeka at Jempiring Restaurant from 1 – 31 August 2018.

Led by Executive Chef Komang Aryana, the hotel offers a unique

culinary reminiscent to the spirit of nation’s heroes in fought for the independence. The delectable menu items namely Red & White Burger – A unique dish consist of beef or chicken patty, lettuce, tomato, onion, pickle, sunny side up, and wrapped with the red and white bun, and served with French

fries.

The offer is valid during August 2018 The Pastry Chef Komang Suarsih also presents a Red & White Chocolate Molten as the dessert served with a scoop of strawberry ice cream.

Furthermore, the Bartender Widu Martiana created a healthy

drink called Red & White Pusaka, a soursop mixed with watermelon cube juice. Beside to be the best quencher, the benefits by regularly consume soursop and watermelon, it will boost the immune system, natural antioxidants, and prevent cancer cells in the body.

“The dining experience will

serve in ala carte style available for lunch and dinner and in-room dining, with two options, Red & White Burger with Molten or Red & White Burger with Pusaka, priced at IDR 73,000 nett per person.” Said Ady Suardi – Restaurant & Banquet Manager at Aston Denpasar Hotel & Convention Center. (kmb)

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Dominica’s beloved wildlife still shaky a year after Maria

ROSEAU - Sad’ parrots and ‘stressed-out’ frogs might be unlikely contenders for concern in the aftermath of a catastrophic natural disaster.

But the fate of two of Dominica’s most prized species are still a source of worry a year after Hurricane Maria tore apart the tiny Caribbean island.

Dominica’s famously lush forests are slowly coming back to life after the worst destruction in the country’s history, prompting a return of the intriguing creatures that call them home.

The sisserou parrot and the mountain chicken frog -– both national emblems and both endangered -– have grown notably more scarce, however.

“The impact on their habitat affects everything, from their feeding habits to their stress levels and the way they relate to each other,” forestry officer Bradley Guye told AFP. The endemic sisserou -– at the center of the national flag –- was badly hit by the 160 mile (257 kilometer) per hour winds.

Up to half of the estimated 400 birds left in the wild may have been lost, according to Guye.

Exact numbers are elusive because much of the woodland is inaccessible.

The parrots mate for life, are said to be extremely faithful to each other and even grieve for a lost partner.

- Traumatic blow The sisserou birds are still reeling from Maria’s onslaught: “Just like humans, some animals want to feel loved and comforted when they’ve suffered trauma, which can lead to exaggerated mating,” Guye said.

“And some just want to hide away and not see anybody.”

Exacerbating the parrots’ plight was the loss of Dominica’s abundant fresh fruit trees, an important food source.

Apples, pears and grapes were flown in especially for them to eat.

Fruit was left at strategic locations in the wild and brought to a breeding center in the capital, Roseau, along with several injured parrots The center has been working to increase the numbers of both the birds and the frogs.

The critically endangered mountain chicken frog was once the national dish, gaining its name from its chicken-like taste. But a deadly fungal disease has taken the frog to the brink of extinction in recent years.

Dubbed the “crapaud” -- French for “toad” -- the frogs are unusually large, breed in underground burrows rather than water, and have a distinctive mating call that is somewhere between a “whoop” and a bark.

“We have been to their usual sites and heard their calls so we know there is still some activity,” Mr Guye said. “But their habitat was badly damaged and some relocated.”

“The skin disease combined with the storm means their status is very shaky.”(afp)

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Indonesia draws Singapore`s attention to maids sold online on Carousell

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Robots will handle 52 percent of current work tasks by 2025, almost twice as many as now, a World Economic Forum (WEF) study said Monday.

Machines will do more tasks than humans by 2025: WEF

PARIS - Robots will handle 52 percent of current work tasks by 2025, almost twice as many as now, a World Economic Forum (WEF) study said Monday.

The sharp increase could also see a net gain in “new roles” for humans, who will have to revamp skills to keep pace with the “seismic shift” in how we work with machines and computer programmes, the forum estimated.

“By 2025 more than half of all current workplace tasks will be performed by machines as opposed to 29 percent today,” a statement by the Swiss non-profit organisation said.

Simultaneously, rapid changes in machines and algorithms, or computer processes that are designed to solve problems, “could create 133 million new roles in place of 75 million that will be displaced between now and 2022,” the group forecast.

Based near Geneva, the WEF is known for the annual powwow of wealthy individuals, politicians and business leaders that it organises in Davos, Switzerland.

Its report, The Future of Jobs 2018, foresees robots swiftly replacing humans in the accounting, client management, industrial, postal and secretarial sectors.

Jobs that require “human skills” such as sales, marketing and customer service should see demand increase meanwhile, along with e-commerce and social media.

A major challenge will be to retrain workers, who will themselves be pressed to update

skills especially in the areas of “creativity, critical thinking and persuasion”, the study found.

It surveyed personnel directors and senior executives from a broad range of companies around the world that account for 70 percent of global output.

Between now and 2022, they believe the aviation, travel and tourism sectors in particular will have to retrain workers, and identified an overall trend towards lifelong learning and adaptation.

Governments were advised meanwhile to prepare safety nets for workers and communities threatened by what the WEF concluded would be “a significant shift” in the quality and permanency of the new jobs. (afp)

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infrastructure or industry can also be promoted through the event.

According to Ramantha, Bali is lucky to have been selected to host the IMF-WB event as Egypt and Senegal had also applied to host the annual meeting.

Managing Director of Christine Lagarde will promote Indonesia’s economy and potential at this year’s WB-IMF meeting.

According to IMF research in 2018, Indonesia’s national eco-

nomic condition is ranked eighth in the world in terms of economic strength with a total gross domestic product (GDP) reaching USD 3,028 billion and continuing to grow more than 5 percent.

This will certainly be presented during the meeting.

“Therefore many foreign investors are expected to become interested in investing in Indonesia, including Bali”, he said. (kmb42)

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The Dominica forest is seen in August 2015, two years before Hurricane Maria tore the tiny Caribbean island apart.

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Lecturer in the Business and Economic Faculty of Udayana University, Prof. I Wayan Ramantha, stated that the IMF-WB event does not only serve as an important promotional opportunity for Bali’s tourism sector, but for other sectors of the economy as well. For example, investments in

JAKARTA - The Indonesian government has drawn the attention of its Singaporean counterpart over cases of Indonesian migrant workers allegedly being put up for sale on Carousell, an online retail platform from Singapore.

“We have communicated with Singapore`s Ministry of Manpower, and they have been investigating (this case),” Deputy Foreign Minister A. M. Fachir informed journalists at the Presidential Palace Complex in Jakarta on Monday.

The Indonesian Embassy in Singapore had also sent a diplomatic note to the Singaporean Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressing concern that similar incidents have occurred several times in Singapore and requested a thorough investigation into such cases.

In online listings placed by user @maid.recruitment on the online retail platform from Singapore, Carousell, the profiles of several domestic workers, allegedly from Indonesia, were being advertised, the Straits Times reported on Saturday (Sept. 15).

Some profiles even indicated that the workers had been “sold.”

Fachir stated that not only Indonesians but the faces of workers from other nationalities were also posted. However, Indonesia is the first country to lodge a protest.

According to its Facebook post on Friday, Singapore`s Ministry of Manpower said it was investigating these cases and had arranged for these listings to be taken down.

A Carousell spokesman said such listings were not allowed on the marketplace in line with its community guidelines. Though it allows agencies to advertise services, personnel listings are not allowed, it added.(ant)

Government responds quickly to malaria cases in Lombok

JAKARTA - The government has taken prompt steps to respond to malaria cases in quake-hit Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara Province, according to Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Culture Deputy for Health Improvement Coordination Sigit Priohutomo.

“The central and regional governments have responded to the possibility of malaria transmission in Lombok since the devastating earthquake first hit the island,” Priohutomo remarked at a press conference after a coordination meeting here on Monday.

He said Lombok was, without a doubt, one of the malaria-endemic areas, and the logistics assistance sent to Lombok comprised mosquito nets and larvicides as an anticipatory measure against the transmission of malaria.

As soon as two cases of malaria were detected in Bukit Tinggi Village in the Penimbung Community Health Center in West Lombok District, the local Health Office immediately conducted a survey.

“As a result, in addition to 18 patients who visited the health center for treatment, 110 others tested positive for malaria,” he explained.

This has encouraged the West Lombok district government to determine the status of extraordinary events, specifically for Gunung Sari Sub-district.

“It was determined as an extraordinary event as there was an increase in the incidence and cases of malaria-positive infants,” Priohutomo noted.

However, he pointed to the high possibility of increased incidents of malaria in Gunung Sari Sub-district, as it was discovered through a survey. It is highly possible that this area is affected by malaria, as it is one of the endemic areas.

Apart from malaria, people in Lombok region recently affected by the disaster need to watch out for other diseases, including acute diarrhea, pneumonia, measles, influenza, and Singaporean flu.(ant)

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Three Indonesian fishermen rescued by the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) in Sulu are seen in Barangay Buansa, Sulu province on the southern island of Mindanao on September 16, 2018. Three Indonesian fishermen held by members of a notorious Islamist kidnap-for-ransom group have walked free 18 months after they were abducted off the southern Philippines, the military said on September 16.

Militants free 3 Indonesian hostages in southern Philippines

MANILA — Muslim militants have freed three Indonesian men they kidnapped at sea early last year off Malaysia then brought them to their jungle hideouts in the southern Philippines, officials said Sunday.

The Indonesians were freed Friday with the help of the Moro National Liberation Front, a rebel group that signed a peace deal with the Philippine government, in Indanan town in Sulu province, police said.

The released hostages, Hamdam Salim, Subandi Sattuh and Sudarlan Samansung, were to be handed to the Indonesian ambassador in southern Zamboanga city later Sunday, the military said.

While cruising on board a speedboat, the three were taken at gunpoint by suspected Abu Sayyaf militants off Malaysia’s Sabah state on Borneo island in January last year. The hostages were brought aboard motorboats to the gunmen’s jungle hideout in Sulu, a poor, predominantly Muslim province in the southern Philippines where the Abu Sayyaf has had a presence since the late 1980s, security officials said.

An Abu Sayyaf commander, Marjan Sahidjuan, who uses nom de guerre Apo Mike, led the abductors who freed the captives in exchange for a ransom, a security official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to talk to media.

Regional military spokesman Lt. Col. Gerry Besana said the military is unaware of any ransom payment and added that relentless offensives pressured the kidnappers to let go of their hostages.

Efforts by the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia to beef up security along their massive sea border have considerably eased piracy and kidnappings in the past months primarily by the Abu Sayyaf, which is blacklisted by the United States and the Philippines as a terrorist organization.

The Philippine police, however, said that the two Indonesian skippers of a Malaysian fishing boat were abducted on Tuesday off Semporna Islands in Sabah, Malaysia, and also taken by suspected militants armed with M-16 rifles toward the southern Philippines.

The Philippine military said it was trying to confirm the reported kidnapping.(ap)

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golden stretch of sand meets the vast blue ocean, and you can see from afar the surfers having fun in the breaks. Those into photography will love to linger on for the dramatic sunsets from above. It is swimmable here, but bear in mind it’s a predominantly a surfer’s playground. There are no lifeguards on duty. Several thatch-roofed and stilt terrace warungs (traditional food stalls selling simple meals, snacks and refreshments) and cafes dot the eastern side of coastline, where surfers usually ‘refuel’ in between their thrills. Best time to come with a surfboard if you’re a pro is around the dry season (between May and September) when south-westerly winds create from 2.5ft up to 10feet swells which can roll on for a good 500 metres. (IBP/net)

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TOKYO - Naomi Osaka has put her US Open tears down to shredded nerves and her natural awkwardness, rather than the tantrum thrown by Serena Williams that overshadowed a historic Japanese win.

The 20-year-old melted hearts when she burst into sobs as boos rang out following her emphatic 6-2, 6-4 thrashing of Williams in a controversial New York final a little over a week ago.

But Osaka has refused to blame her childhood idol, who called chair umpire Carlos Ramos a “thief” in an astonishing rant triggered by a code violation for coaching that culminated in a docked game.

“I feel like there was just a lot of emotions,” Osaka said in Tokyo on Monday.

“I couldn’t really pinpoint it at the time, I just felt very overwhelmed.”

The row that erupted between Williams and Ramos polarised opinion and sparked a debate about sexism in tennis after the American fumed that the umpire would not have treated a male player in the same fashion.

Osaka has stayed above the fray since becoming Japan’s first Grand Slam singles champion but her tears at the trophy presentation provoked an outpouring of sympathy.

“I’m grateful that people care or sympathise but I don’t really think there was anything to be sad about,” said Osaka, who has risen from 19th to seventh in the new world rankings.

“I don’t feel like I would’ve liked to savour the moment more -- I think I do things my own way and everyone is different in their own way so I don’t really have any regrets.” (afp)

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Hamilton raced to a stunning pole position which he converted into a dominant victory -- his fourth in five races -- to leave Ferrari, who seem to have the faster car, again scratching their heads with just six grands prix to go.

Team principal Wolff said there was no mystery to Mercedes’ form, it was all down to sheer hard work back at the factory and the track.

“Singapore has been our bogey track for several years, so it is a special feeling to come here and win this race on pace,” Wolf told reporters after Hamilton’s poleto-flag win and team-mate Valtteri Bottas’s fourth place gave them a 25-point lead over Ferrari in the constructors’ championship.

“The entire team has worked so

hard to understand the car and take steps forward, especially since our defeat in Spa, and this result is an indication that our work is paying off.”

“It was a weekend of many parts: a stardust lap from Lewis in qualifying, a chess game of tyre management this evening, and some nervous moments with traffic and backmarkers during the race,” Wolff added.

Hamilton also paid tribute to “the guys back at the factory” when he spoke to reporters.

“We’re hitting the nail on the head with the balance of the car and really just eking out each little bit and each weekend we’ve got incredible communications,” said Englishman who is gunning for his

fifth Formula One drivers’ world championship.

“I give quite long debriefs nowadays and we work to the point that we leave no stone unturned -there’s not a single stone unturned each weekend that we arrive and so it’s a real collective.

“It’s just the strongest the team has ever been.”

Wolff warned they had to keep up the intensity to win both drivers’ and constructors’ championships this season, starting with the Russian Grand Prix in two weeks.

“From our side, we can be pleased with a very solid weekend,” he added. “We have leads in both championships, but they change nothing in the mindset of this team. (afp)

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US Open women’s singles champion Naomi Osaka of Japan smiles during a press conference at the Pan Pacific Open tennis tournament in Tokyo on September 17, 2018.

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Fallen giants Inter Milan still chasing Mourinho magic

Hazard can be Premier League top-scorer, says Chelsea’s Sarri

Eden Hazard can score 40 goals this season and win the Premier League Golden Boot, according to Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri after the Belgium forward scored a hat-trick to maintain the club’s perfect start to the season.

Sarri believes Hazard can become the best player in Europe and outstrip even arch poachers Harry Kane and Mohamed Salah following his three goals in a 4-1 victory against Cardiff on Saturday.

“We have spoken and I told him he can score 40 goals,” said the former Napoli manager. “He has to improve some things, but he can do it.”

Hazard himself has hailed Olivier Giroud as the world’s best target man after the World Cup-winning striker laid on two goals for him.

Giroud is yet to find the net for Chelsea this season but already has three assists in five Premier League games while Hazard has found the net five times.

And the 27-year-old paid tribute to the Frenchman for creating his first two goals at Stamford Bridge on Saturday. “Olivier’s a target man, maybe the best in the world, I think so,” said Hazard.

“When he gets the ball he can hold the ball and we can go in deep with him, so for us it’s a pleasure to play with him.”

Despite Chelsea’s fluency in attack, Sarri is aware the Stamford Bridge team must improve their defending.

The Italian boss wants to turn Chelsea into the best team in England but says Liverpool and defending champions Manchester City will be the league’s pacesetters.

“Eight players joined us this summer,” he said. “So I think it’s normal that in this period we have some defensive problems. We can cope with the problems with the quality in the offensive phase, but not in the defensive phase.

“So I have to organise better the defensive phase and the players have to understand that. I think my opinion in this moment, two teams, Liverpool and Manchester City, are better than us.

“We have to improve step by step. My target is to become the best team in England in one year, 18 months. That’s the target.”(afp)

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Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah, center, vies the ball past Tottenham’s Christian Eriksen, right during the English Premier League soccer match between Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool at Wembley Stadium in London, Saturday Sept. 15, 2018.

Champions League return offers Salah stage to dispel second-season struggles

Mohamed Salah outshone Neymar and Kylian Mbappe on the Champions League stage last season, but as Paris Saint-Germain’s star duo head to Anfield on Tuesday seeking to make amends, the Egyptian is struggling to match the heights of his debut campaign at Liverpool.

Salah’s failure to hit top form dates back to his last Champions League appearance four months ago.

Back in May, Salah was on the crest of a wave as his 44-goal campaign had carried Liverpool to the Champions League final and ensured qualification for this season’s competition.

However, he lasted just 30 minutes in Kiev after injuring his shoulder when wrestled to the ground by Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos and the Spanish giants went on to lift the trophy in a 3-1 win.

That started a difficult few months for Salah as he was also robbed of being 100-percent fit for Egypt’s first World Cup in 28 years.

Without their talisman, the Pharaohs were beaten by Uruguay in their opening game and his goals against Russia and Saudi Arabia couldn’t prevent Egypt returning home without a single point.

Salah has also gone to war with the Egyptian federation over the use of his image and the decision to host their base camp in Chechnya.

Egypt’s star player was put in the awkward position of having to pose for photos with Chechen president Ramzan Kadyrov, who has been accused of human rights abuses.

That hangover has been felt on the field with Salah scoring just twice in Liverpool’s opening five games of the campaign and missing chances he ruthlessly put away last season.

- No one-man team So far Salah’s slackness hasn’t cost Jurgen Klopp’s men. A summer of shrewd investment to build on the already substantial progress made under the German is already bearing fruit with five straight wins.

“Of course, it’s important that we don’t have only one goalscorer,” Klopp said after an impressive 2-1 win over Tottenham on Saturday, that should have been a far more comprehensive victory if the visitors had taken their chances.

“It’s still early. Five games, fantastic we’ve won all of them, we have improved.” The 39 million euros ($45 million) Liverpool paid for Salah from

Roma was brilliant business not just based on Salah’s production, but the hyper inflation that took place in the market just weeks later when PSG smashed the world transfer record by splurging 222 million euros on Neymar.

A further 180 million was then splashed on beating Europe’s big guns to the signature of Mbappe, who confirmed his status as the rising star of world football in winning the World Cup for France.

Both Neymar and Mbappe will see themselves as heirs to the throne of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo as the world’s best player.

But it is Salah who is on the shortlist for FIFA’s Best Player award alongside Ronaldo and Croatian midfielder Luka Modric of Real Madrid, after PSG failed to get beyond the last 16 of the Champions League last season.

The limited spotlight offered by Ligue 1 means Europe’s premier club competition is where Neymar and Mbappe need to shine to be in the running for individual awards.(afp)

Eight years have elapsed since Jose Mourinho’s reign as Inter Milan coach ended on a historic high of Champions League glory, and the fallen Italian giants are still struggling to recapture that magic from Madrid.

The Portuguese oversaw the most successful season in the club’s history -- a 2-0 win over Bayern Munich at the Santiago Bernabeu completed the first treble of Serie A, domestic Cup and Champions League in Italian history.

Since those days it has been lean times for the 18-time Italian and three-time European champions, with the only title of any sort a 2011 Italian Cup crown.

Luciano Spalletti’s side return to the Champions League for the first time since the 20102011 season on Tuesday when they host Tottenham at the San Siro.

Expectations are high, but their

return comes against a backdrop of continuing crisis as the Nerazzurri lie a lowly 15th with just one win and four points from four games.

Inter, who finished fourth last season, had looked a serious rival to seven-time reigning champions Juventus with summer signings such as Radja Nainggolan, Matteo Politano, Sime Vrsjalko and Keita Balde.

“The responsibility is mine if a lot of players are showing less than their full potential,” said Spalletti after Inter loanee Federico Dimarco scored the winner for Parma on Saturday. “I must think about improving the team and doing my job well because I have a strong squad here.”

The task of stopping Juventus on the domestic scene was already daunting, but it now looks impossible.

“It’s crisis .. Inter are lost and unable to react,” wrote Gazzetta Dello Sport. “Morale in pieces,” added Corriere Dello Sport.

The headlines have been the same since Mourinho packed his bags for Real Madrid in 2010, with 11 coaches succeeding the current Manchester United manager in the Inter Milan hotseat.

First up was Rafael Benitez who arrived in Italy after a six-year reign at Liverpool. The Spaniard’s stay was to be brief -- six months in total.

Despite winning the Italian Super Cup and the Club World Cup, he clashed with then owner Massimo Moratti over demands for new players. Inter fell to the first loss of their Champions League defence at Tottenham in November 2010.

Ex-AC Milan star Leonardo’s appointment after Benitez was a bolt from the blue, arriving from Inter’s bitter city rivals with whom they share a stadium.

Despite some success he lasted just six months, as the holders crashed out of the Champions League.

Inter Milan’s head coach Luciano Spalletti checks his watch during the Italian Serie A football match Inter Milan vs Parma on September 15, 2018 at the San Siro stadium in Milan.

- Financial turmoil Coaches followed one after the other -- Gian Piero Gasperini, Claudio Ranieri and Andrea Stramaccioni, the latter leading Inter to ninth in 2013 as they failed to qualify for Europe for the first time in 15 seasons.

Walter Mazzarri lasted four months before former Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini returned to the club he led to three straight Serie A titles between 2006 and 2008.

Mancini lifted them to fourth, just outside the Champions league places in 2016, but left to be replaced by Frank De Boer who lasted just 85 days.

Ex-Roma and Zenit St Petersburg coach Spalletti took over in June 2017, but his days now look numbered too.

The past eight years have been overshadowed by financial turmoil, both in Italy and the club.

Moratti -- club president from 1995 to 2013 -- oversaw one of the most successful eras of the club, bringing in stars such as Brazilian Ronaldo, Christian Vieri, Youri Djorkaeff, and Diego Simeone.

He also convinced high profile

coaches Marcello Lippi and Mourinho to manage the club. Moratti sold his shares to Indonesian businessman Erik Thohir in October 2013, leading to hopes of a brighter future, but the club have won nothing since.

The club’s unstable financial situation saw Thohir relinquish control to Suning Holdings Group in 2016 who became the first Chinese owners in Serie A history.

Chinese owner Zhang Jindong promised “to take this club back to the heights and build a great team and fill it with superstars”.

Captain Mauro Icardi’s future however looks in doubt with reports Mourinho wants the Argentine to join United in the January transfer window.

The Italian press have been calling for Mourinho himself to return, with Inter idol Simeone expressing his interest should he leave Atletico Madrid.

“It will happen one day even if right now I am happy in Madrid and I think I am doing well,” Simeone said. Tuesday’s game against Tottenham could be decisive for Spalletti’s future.(afp)

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Fallen giants Inter Milan still chasing Mourinho magic

Hazard can be Premier League top-scorer, says Chelsea’s Sarri

Eden Hazard can score 40 goals this season and win the Premier League Golden Boot, according to Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri after the Belgium forward scored a hat-trick to maintain the club’s perfect start to the season.

Sarri believes Hazard can become the best player in Europe and outstrip even arch poachers Harry Kane and Mohamed Salah following his three goals in a 4-1 victory against Cardiff on Saturday.

“We have spoken and I told him he can score 40 goals,” said the former Napoli manager. “He has to improve some things, but he can do it.”

Hazard himself has hailed Olivier Giroud as the world’s best target man after the World Cup-winning striker laid on two goals for him.

Giroud is yet to find the net for Chelsea this season but already has three assists in five Premier League games while Hazard has found the net five times.

And the 27-year-old paid tribute to the Frenchman for creating his first two goals at Stamford Bridge on Saturday. “Olivier’s a target man, maybe the best in the world, I think so,” said Hazard.

“When he gets the ball he can hold the ball and we can go in deep with him, so for us it’s a pleasure to play with him.”

Despite Chelsea’s fluency in attack, Sarri is aware the Stamford Bridge team must improve their defending.

The Italian boss wants to turn Chelsea into the best team in England but says Liverpool and defending champions Manchester City will be the league’s pacesetters.

“Eight players joined us this summer,” he said. “So I think it’s normal that in this period we have some defensive problems. We can cope with the problems with the quality in the offensive phase, but not in the defensive phase.

“So I have to organise better the defensive phase and the players have to understand that. I think my opinion in this moment, two teams, Liverpool and Manchester City, are better than us.

“We have to improve step by step. My target is to become the best team in England in one year, 18 months. That’s the target.”(afp)

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AP Photo/Tim Ireland

Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah, center, vies the ball past Tottenham’s Christian Eriksen, right during the English Premier League soccer match between Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool at Wembley Stadium in London, Saturday Sept. 15, 2018.

Champions League return offers Salah stage to dispel second-season struggles

Mohamed Salah outshone Neymar and Kylian Mbappe on the Champions League stage last season, but as Paris Saint-Germain’s star duo head to Anfield on Tuesday seeking to make amends, the Egyptian is struggling to match the heights of his debut campaign at Liverpool.

Salah’s failure to hit top form dates back to his last Champions League appearance four months ago.

Back in May, Salah was on the crest of a wave as his 44-goal campaign had carried Liverpool to the Champions League final and ensured qualification for this season’s competition.

However, he lasted just 30 minutes in Kiev after injuring his shoulder when wrestled to the ground by Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos and the Spanish giants went on to lift the trophy in a 3-1 win.

That started a difficult few months for Salah as he was also robbed of being 100-percent fit for Egypt’s first World Cup in 28 years.

Without their talisman, the Pharaohs were beaten by Uruguay in their opening game and his goals against Russia and Saudi Arabia couldn’t prevent Egypt returning home without a single point.

Salah has also gone to war with the Egyptian federation over the use of his image and the decision to host their base camp in Chechnya.

Egypt’s star player was put in the awkward position of having to pose for photos with Chechen president Ramzan Kadyrov, who has been accused of human rights abuses.

That hangover has been felt on the field with Salah scoring just twice in Liverpool’s opening five games of the campaign and missing chances he ruthlessly put away last season.

- No one-man team So far Salah’s slackness hasn’t cost Jurgen Klopp’s men. A summer of shrewd investment to build on the already substantial progress made under the German is already bearing fruit with five straight wins.

“Of course, it’s important that we don’t have only one goalscorer,” Klopp said after an impressive 2-1 win over Tottenham on Saturday, that should have been a far more comprehensive victory if the visitors had taken their chances.

“It’s still early. Five games, fantastic we’ve won all of them, we have improved.” The 39 million euros ($45 million) Liverpool paid for Salah from

Roma was brilliant business not just based on Salah’s production, but the hyper inflation that took place in the market just weeks later when PSG smashed the world transfer record by splurging 222 million euros on Neymar.

A further 180 million was then splashed on beating Europe’s big guns to the signature of Mbappe, who confirmed his status as the rising star of world football in winning the World Cup for France.

Both Neymar and Mbappe will see themselves as heirs to the throne of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo as the world’s best player.

But it is Salah who is on the shortlist for FIFA’s Best Player award alongside Ronaldo and Croatian midfielder Luka Modric of Real Madrid, after PSG failed to get beyond the last 16 of the Champions League last season.

The limited spotlight offered by Ligue 1 means Europe’s premier club competition is where Neymar and Mbappe need to shine to be in the running for individual awards.(afp)

Eight years have elapsed since Jose Mourinho’s reign as Inter Milan coach ended on a historic high of Champions League glory, and the fallen Italian giants are still struggling to recapture that magic from Madrid.

The Portuguese oversaw the most successful season in the club’s history -- a 2-0 win over Bayern Munich at the Santiago Bernabeu completed the first treble of Serie A, domestic Cup and Champions League in Italian history.

Since those days it has been lean times for the 18-time Italian and three-time European champions, with the only title of any sort a 2011 Italian Cup crown.

Luciano Spalletti’s side return to the Champions League for the first time since the 20102011 season on Tuesday when they host Tottenham at the San Siro.

Expectations are high, but their

return comes against a backdrop of continuing crisis as the Nerazzurri lie a lowly 15th with just one win and four points from four games.

Inter, who finished fourth last season, had looked a serious rival to seven-time reigning champions Juventus with summer signings such as Radja Nainggolan, Matteo Politano, Sime Vrsjalko and Keita Balde.

“The responsibility is mine if a lot of players are showing less than their full potential,” said Spalletti after Inter loanee Federico Dimarco scored the winner for Parma on Saturday. “I must think about improving the team and doing my job well because I have a strong squad here.”

The task of stopping Juventus on the domestic scene was already daunting, but it now looks impossible.

“It’s crisis .. Inter are lost and unable to react,” wrote Gazzetta Dello Sport. “Morale in pieces,” added Corriere Dello Sport.

The headlines have been the same since Mourinho packed his bags for Real Madrid in 2010, with 11 coaches succeeding the current Manchester United manager in the Inter Milan hotseat.

First up was Rafael Benitez who arrived in Italy after a six-year reign at Liverpool. The Spaniard’s stay was to be brief -- six months in total.

Despite winning the Italian Super Cup and the Club World Cup, he clashed with then owner Massimo Moratti over demands for new players. Inter fell to the first loss of their Champions League defence at Tottenham in November 2010.

Ex-AC Milan star Leonardo’s appointment after Benitez was a bolt from the blue, arriving from Inter’s bitter city rivals with whom they share a stadium.

Despite some success he lasted just six months, as the holders crashed out of the Champions League.

Inter Milan’s head coach Luciano Spalletti checks his watch during the Italian Serie A football match Inter Milan vs Parma on September 15, 2018 at the San Siro stadium in Milan.

- Financial turmoil Coaches followed one after the other -- Gian Piero Gasperini, Claudio Ranieri and Andrea Stramaccioni, the latter leading Inter to ninth in 2013 as they failed to qualify for Europe for the first time in 15 seasons.

Walter Mazzarri lasted four months before former Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini returned to the club he led to three straight Serie A titles between 2006 and 2008.

Mancini lifted them to fourth, just outside the Champions league places in 2016, but left to be replaced by Frank De Boer who lasted just 85 days.

Ex-Roma and Zenit St Petersburg coach Spalletti took over in June 2017, but his days now look numbered too.

The past eight years have been overshadowed by financial turmoil, both in Italy and the club.

Moratti -- club president from 1995 to 2013 -- oversaw one of the most successful eras of the club, bringing in stars such as Brazilian Ronaldo, Christian Vieri, Youri Djorkaeff, and Diego Simeone.

He also convinced high profile

coaches Marcello Lippi and Mourinho to manage the club. Moratti sold his shares to Indonesian businessman Erik Thohir in October 2013, leading to hopes of a brighter future, but the club have won nothing since.

The club’s unstable financial situation saw Thohir relinquish control to Suning Holdings Group in 2016 who became the first Chinese owners in Serie A history.

Chinese owner Zhang Jindong promised “to take this club back to the heights and build a great team and fill it with superstars”.

Captain Mauro Icardi’s future however looks in doubt with reports Mourinho wants the Argentine to join United in the January transfer window.

The Italian press have been calling for Mourinho himself to return, with Inter idol Simeone expressing his interest should he leave Atletico Madrid.

“It will happen one day even if right now I am happy in Madrid and I think I am doing well,” Simeone said. Tuesday’s game against Tottenham could be decisive for Spalletti’s future.(afp)

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Japan’s Osaka blames US Open tears on ‘notorious’ nerves

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TOKYO - Naomi Osaka has put her US Open tears down to shredded nerves and her natural awkwardness, rather than the tantrum thrown by Serena Williams that overshadowed a historic Japanese win.

The 20-year-old melted hearts when she burst into sobs as boos rang out following her emphatic 6-2, 6-4 thrashing of Williams in a controversial New York final a little over a week ago.

But Osaka has refused to blame her childhood idol, who called chair umpire Carlos Ramos a “thief” in an astonishing rant triggered by a code violation for coaching that culminated in a docked game.

“I feel like there was just a lot of emotions,” Osaka said in Tokyo on Monday.

“I couldn’t really pinpoint it at the time, I just felt very overwhelmed.”

The row that erupted between Williams and Ramos polarised opinion and sparked a debate about sexism in tennis after the American fumed that the umpire would not have treated a male player in the same fashion.

Osaka has stayed above the fray since becoming Japan’s first Grand Slam singles champion but her tears at the trophy presentation provoked an outpouring of sympathy.

“I’m grateful that people care or sympathise but I don’t really think there was anything to be sad about,” said Osaka, who has risen from 19th to seventh in the new world rankings.

“I don’t feel like I would’ve liked to savour the moment more -- I think I do things my own way and everyone is different in their own way so I don’t really have any regrets.” (afp)

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Hamilton raced to a stunning pole position which he converted into a dominant victory -- his fourth in five races -- to leave Ferrari, who seem to have the faster car, again scratching their heads with just six grands prix to go.

Team principal Wolff said there was no mystery to Mercedes’ form, it was all down to sheer hard work back at the factory and the track.

“Singapore has been our bogey track for several years, so it is a special feeling to come here and win this race on pace,” Wolf told reporters after Hamilton’s poleto-flag win and team-mate Valtteri Bottas’s fourth place gave them a 25-point lead over Ferrari in the constructors’ championship.

“The entire team has worked so

hard to understand the car and take steps forward, especially since our defeat in Spa, and this result is an indication that our work is paying off.”

“It was a weekend of many parts: a stardust lap from Lewis in qualifying, a chess game of tyre management this evening, and some nervous moments with traffic and backmarkers during the race,” Wolff added.

Hamilton also paid tribute to “the guys back at the factory” when he spoke to reporters.

“We’re hitting the nail on the head with the balance of the car and really just eking out each little bit and each weekend we’ve got incredible communications,” said Englishman who is gunning for his

fifth Formula One drivers’ world championship.

“I give quite long debriefs nowadays and we work to the point that we leave no stone unturned -there’s not a single stone unturned each weekend that we arrive and so it’s a real collective.

“It’s just the strongest the team has ever been.”

Wolff warned they had to keep up the intensity to win both drivers’ and constructors’ championships this season, starting with the Russian Grand Prix in two weeks.

“From our side, we can be pleased with a very solid weekend,” he added. “We have leads in both championships, but they change nothing in the mindset of this team. (afp)

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US Open women’s singles champion Naomi Osaka of Japan smiles during a press conference at the Pan Pacific Open tennis tournament in Tokyo on September 17, 2018.

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Dominica’s beloved wildlife still shaky a year after Maria

ROSEAU - Sad’ parrots and ‘stressed-out’ frogs might be unlikely contenders for concern in the aftermath of a catastrophic natural disaster.

But the fate of two of Dominica’s most prized species are still a source of worry a year after Hurricane Maria tore apart the tiny Caribbean island.

Dominica’s famously lush forests are slowly coming back to life after the worst destruction in the country’s history, prompting a return of the intriguing creatures that call them home.

The sisserou parrot and the mountain chicken frog -– both national emblems and both endangered -– have grown notably more scarce, however.

“The impact on their habitat affects everything, from their feeding habits to their stress levels and the way they relate to each other,” forestry officer Bradley Guye told AFP. The endemic sisserou -– at the center of the national flag –- was badly hit by the 160 mile (257 kilometer) per hour winds.

Up to half of the estimated 400 birds left in the wild may have been lost, according to Guye.

Exact numbers are elusive because much of the woodland is inaccessible.

The parrots mate for life, are said to be extremely faithful to each other and even grieve for a lost partner.

- Traumatic blow The sisserou birds are still reeling from Maria’s onslaught: “Just like humans, some animals want to feel loved and comforted when they’ve suffered trauma, which can lead to exaggerated mating,” Guye said.

“And some just want to hide away and not see anybody.”

Exacerbating the parrots’ plight was the loss of Dominica’s abundant fresh fruit trees, an important food source.

Apples, pears and grapes were flown in especially for them to eat.

Fruit was left at strategic locations in the wild and brought to a breeding center in the capital, Roseau, along with several injured parrots The center has been working to increase the numbers of both the birds and the frogs.

The critically endangered mountain chicken frog was once the national dish, gaining its name from its chicken-like taste. But a deadly fungal disease has taken the frog to the brink of extinction in recent years.

Dubbed the “crapaud” -- French for “toad” -- the frogs are unusually large, breed in underground burrows rather than water, and have a distinctive mating call that is somewhere between a “whoop” and a bark.

“We have been to their usual sites and heard their calls so we know there is still some activity,” Mr Guye said. “But their habitat was badly damaged and some relocated.”

“The skin disease combined with the storm means their status is very shaky.”(afp)

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Robots will handle 52 percent of current work tasks by 2025, almost twice as many as now, a World Economic Forum (WEF) study said Monday.

Machines will do more tasks than humans by 2025: WEF

PARIS - Robots will handle 52 percent of current work tasks by 2025, almost twice as many as now, a World Economic Forum (WEF) study said Monday.

The sharp increase could also see a net gain in “new roles” for humans, who will have to revamp skills to keep pace with the “seismic shift” in how we work with machines and computer programmes, the forum estimated.

“By 2025 more than half of all current workplace tasks will be performed by machines as opposed to 29 percent today,” a statement by the Swiss non-profit organisation said.

Simultaneously, rapid changes in machines and algorithms, or computer processes that are designed to solve problems, “could create 133 million new roles in place of 75 million that will be displaced between now and 2022,” the group forecast.

Based near Geneva, the WEF is known for the annual powwow of wealthy individuals, politicians and business leaders that it organises in Davos, Switzerland.

Its report, The Future of Jobs 2018, foresees robots swiftly replacing humans in the accounting, client management, industrial, postal and secretarial sectors.

Jobs that require “human skills” such as sales, marketing and customer service should see demand increase meanwhile, along with e-commerce and social media.

A major challenge will be to retrain workers, who will themselves be pressed to update

skills especially in the areas of “creativity, critical thinking and persuasion”, the study found.

It surveyed personnel directors and senior executives from a broad range of companies around the world that account for 70 percent of global output.

Between now and 2022, they believe the aviation, travel and tourism sectors in particular will have to retrain workers, and identified an overall trend towards lifelong learning and adaptation.

Governments were advised meanwhile to prepare safety nets for workers and communities threatened by what the WEF concluded would be “a significant shift” in the quality and permanency of the new jobs. (afp)

Income...

infrastructure or industry can also be promoted through the event.

According to Ramantha, Bali is lucky to have been selected to host the IMF-WB event as Egypt and Senegal had also applied to host the annual meeting.

Managing Director of Christine Lagarde will promote Indonesia’s economy and potential at this year’s WB-IMF meeting.

According to IMF research in 2018, Indonesia’s national eco-

nomic condition is ranked eighth in the world in terms of economic strength with a total gross domestic product (GDP) reaching USD 3,028 billion and continuing to grow more than 5 percent.

This will certainly be presented during the meeting.

“Therefore many foreign investors are expected to become interested in investing in Indonesia, including Bali”, he said. (kmb42)

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The Dominica forest is seen in August 2015, two years before Hurricane Maria tore the tiny Caribbean island apart.

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Lecturer in the Business and Economic Faculty of Udayana University, Prof. I Wayan Ramantha, stated that the IMF-WB event does not only serve as an important promotional opportunity for Bali’s tourism sector, but for other sectors of the economy as well. For example, investments in

JAKARTA - The Indonesian government has drawn the attention of its Singaporean counterpart over cases of Indonesian migrant workers allegedly being put up for sale on Carousell, an online retail platform from Singapore.

“We have communicated with Singapore`s Ministry of Manpower, and they have been investigating (this case),” Deputy Foreign Minister A. M. Fachir informed journalists at the Presidential Palace Complex in Jakarta on Monday.

The Indonesian Embassy in Singapore had also sent a diplomatic note to the Singaporean Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressing concern that similar incidents have occurred several times in Singapore and requested a thorough investigation into such cases.

In online listings placed by user @maid.recruitment on the online retail platform from Singapore, Carousell, the profiles of several domestic workers, allegedly from Indonesia, were being advertised, the Straits Times reported on Saturday (Sept. 15).

Some profiles even indicated that the workers had been “sold.”

Fachir stated that not only Indonesians but the faces of workers from other nationalities were also posted. However, Indonesia is the first country to lodge a protest.

According to its Facebook post on Friday, Singapore`s Ministry of Manpower said it was investigating these cases and had arranged for these listings to be taken down.

A Carousell spokesman said such listings were not allowed on the marketplace in line with its community guidelines. Though it allows agencies to advertise services, personnel listings are not allowed, it added.(ant)

Government responds quickly to malaria cases in Lombok

JAKARTA - The government has taken prompt steps to respond to malaria cases in quake-hit Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara Province, according to Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Culture Deputy for Health Improvement Coordination Sigit Priohutomo.

“The central and regional governments have responded to the possibility of malaria transmission in Lombok since the devastating earthquake first hit the island,” Priohutomo remarked at a press conference after a coordination meeting here on Monday.

He said Lombok was, without a doubt, one of the malaria-endemic areas, and the logistics assistance sent to Lombok comprised mosquito nets and larvicides as an anticipatory measure against the transmission of malaria.

As soon as two cases of malaria were detected in Bukit Tinggi Village in the Penimbung Community Health Center in West Lombok District, the local Health Office immediately conducted a survey.

“As a result, in addition to 18 patients who visited the health center for treatment, 110 others tested positive for malaria,” he explained.

This has encouraged the West Lombok district government to determine the status of extraordinary events, specifically for Gunung Sari Sub-district.

“It was determined as an extraordinary event as there was an increase in the incidence and cases of malaria-positive infants,” Priohutomo noted.

However, he pointed to the high possibility of increased incidents of malaria in Gunung Sari Sub-district, as it was discovered through a survey. It is highly possible that this area is affected by malaria, as it is one of the endemic areas.

Apart from malaria, people in Lombok region recently affected by the disaster need to watch out for other diseases, including acute diarrhea, pneumonia, measles, influenza, and Singaporean flu.(ant)

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Three Indonesian fishermen rescued by the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) in Sulu are seen in Barangay Buansa, Sulu province on the southern island of Mindanao on September 16, 2018. Three Indonesian fishermen held by members of a notorious Islamist kidnap-for-ransom group have walked free 18 months after they were abducted off the southern Philippines, the military said on September 16.

Militants free 3 Indonesian hostages in southern Philippines

MANILA — Muslim militants have freed three Indonesian men they kidnapped at sea early last year off Malaysia then brought them to their jungle hideouts in the southern Philippines, officials said Sunday.

The Indonesians were freed Friday with the help of the Moro National Liberation Front, a rebel group that signed a peace deal with the Philippine government, in Indanan town in Sulu province, police said.

The released hostages, Hamdam Salim, Subandi Sattuh and Sudarlan Samansung, were to be handed to the Indonesian ambassador in southern Zamboanga city later Sunday, the military said.

While cruising on board a speedboat, the three were taken at gunpoint by suspected Abu Sayyaf militants off Malaysia’s Sabah state on Borneo island in January last year. The hostages were brought aboard motorboats to the gunmen’s jungle hideout in Sulu, a poor, predominantly Muslim province in the southern Philippines where the Abu Sayyaf has had a presence since the late 1980s, security officials said.

An Abu Sayyaf commander, Marjan Sahidjuan, who uses nom de guerre Apo Mike, led the abductors who freed the captives in exchange for a ransom, a security official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to talk to media.

Regional military spokesman Lt. Col. Gerry Besana said the military is unaware of any ransom payment and added that relentless offensives pressured the kidnappers to let go of their hostages.

Efforts by the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia to beef up security along their massive sea border have considerably eased piracy and kidnappings in the past months primarily by the Abu Sayyaf, which is blacklisted by the United States and the Philippines as a terrorist organization.

The Philippine police, however, said that the two Indonesian skippers of a Malaysian fishing boat were abducted on Tuesday off Semporna Islands in Sabah, Malaysia, and also taken by suspected militants armed with M-16 rifles toward the southern Philippines.

The Philippine military said it was trying to confirm the reported kidnapping.(ap)

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Britain’s economy would suffer “substantial costs” should it leave the European Union in March with no divorce agreement, the International Monetary Fund warned Monday.

Wayang Wong of Tejakula Wins UNESCO Award

The Wayang Wong or human puppet of Tejakula, that takes its storyline form the Ramayana epic and is perfromed in Old Javanese, is becoming incresingly well-known internationally.

During the opening of the fourth annual Buleleng Festival, the Director General of Culture for the Ministry of Education and Culture -through the government of Buleleng, awarded the the wayang wong troupe with a certificate of appreciation for the establishment Tejakula’s wayang wong as world intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO. The younger geneation is now expected to help preserve this art form in the face of the challenges of globilization.

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Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May (C) is greeted by schoolchildren waving British and South African flags, during a visit to the ID Mkhize Secondary School in Gugulethu township, about 15 km from the centre of Cape Town, on August 28, 2018, as part of a three-nation visit to Africa in Cape Town where she is expected to discuss post-Brexit trade ties with the continent’s most developed economy.

Saudi sovereign fund secures $11bn loan

Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund said Monday it had secured its first ever international loan, boosting the kingdom’s diversification

drive after its flotation of state oil giant Aramco stalled.

The Public Investment Fund said in a statement that it had ob-

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No-deal Brexit ‘would entail substantial costs’: IMF

Brussels and London have failed to resolve “fundamental” aspects of Brexit and this could leave London defaulting to World Trade Organisation (WTO) tariffs, the IMF said in its annual outlook on the UK economy.

“Fundamental questions -- such as the future economic relationship between the two and the closely-related question of the status of the land border with Ireland -- remain unanswered,” the institution noted in a statement.

“Resolving these questions is critical to avoid a ‘no-deal’ Brexit on WTO terms that would entail substantial costs for the UK economy -- and to a lesser extent the EU economies -- particularly if it were to occur in a disorderly fashion,” the IMF added.

The gloomy assessment contrasts with that of British Prime Minister Theresa May, who indicated last week that a no-deal Brexit would not be a disaster for Britain.

May remains confident of striking an acceptable deal with Brussels meanwhile.

The IMF forecast Monday that the British economy would grow by 1.5 percent in 2019, unchanged from its previous estimate.

However, the prediction is based on Britain sealing an EU divorce deal and transition period by the end of the year. (afp)

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tained an $11 billion (9.4 billion euro) loan as “the first step in its strategic, medium-term debt funding programme”.

“We are pleased to have completed this international syndicated loan”, the fund’s managing director Yasir al-Rumayyan said.

The PIF had previously sought to raise billions of dollars through an initial public offering of shares in Aramco to fund projects that seek to reduce the kingdom’s dependence on oil.

Diversification is a key focus of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s Vision 2030 plan, which aims to transform the Saudi economy through a slew of projects from hi-tech start-ups to a new mega city.

But the Aramco IPO -- once touted by Saudi officials as aiming

to raise $100 billion -- has hit the buffers, with executives at the oil giant citing unfavourable market conditions.

That prompted the PIF to turn to other sources to fund its programmes.

The fund said that under the Future Investment Initiative launched in October 2017, it aims to beef up its assets to $400 billion by 2020.

Its current holdings are estimated at $230 billion, mostly in the form of major stakes in companies including SABIC petrochemicals, Saudi Arabia’s largest listed firm.

The PIF is in talks to sell its 70percent stake in SABIC to Aramco for an estimated $70 billion as another way of raising cash.

The fund is aggressively pushing a host of big-ticket investments -- from Uber to the planned $500 billion NEOM mega city on the

Red Sea coast.

It has also invested in British tycoon Richard Branson’s space tourism company Virgin Galactic and pledged tens of billions of dollars to funds run by SoftBank and Blackstone.

Since 2016, PIF has committed to investments worth $95 billion including stakes in high-risk tech firms such as electric car company Tesla, according to the International Monetary Fund.

After oil prices crashed in mid2014, Saudi Arabia -- the world’s top crude exporter -- accumulated budget deficits of more than $260 billion and borrowed over $100 billion to help finance the shortfall.

But the central bank still has around $500 billion in state reserves, bolstered by a recent partial recovery of oil prices. (afp)

Representing the Village of Tejakula, community leader and wayang wong perfromer Gede Komang was recived the certificate from the Regent of Buleleng, Putu Agus Suradnyana.

Komang said that communities in the region are very much dedicated to protecting the sacred value of the wayang wong masks. The clan Temple of Tejakula Village houses some 75 masks, but only some of these masks can be displayed in “The original mask may not be taken out of the temple grounds and should only be used in performances at the clan temple of Tejakula village. The temple’s supporting devotee are dedicated to maintaining the sanctity of the wayang wong mask” he said.

Actually, continued Gede Komang, there are quite a lot of travelers who are attracted to visit Tejakula village and see the wayang wong show.

However, since the wayang wong mask the temple cannot be taken

outside the temple grounds, tejakula’s community leader finally decided to create replicas of the mask so that the wayang wong could be perfromed elsewhere. “The duplicates are allowed to be taken out of the village.

In the 1970s, the wayang wong mask duplicates were used in performances at home and overseas making the wayang wong more widely known in Asian and European countries”, he added.

Gede Komang said that wayang wong becomae known in many countries thanks to the efforst of famous leaders like Nyoman Tusan and Made Bandem, Jero Bendesa and Santika. Gede Komang himself participated in devotional work by dancing at Tejakula village. He was then appointed as advisor to the Teja Murti wayang wong troupe –the only one in his village.

So far there have been no difficulties in dancing the wayang

wong. “Indeed, our friends have no difficulty dancing the wayang wong.

However, they do have some trouble chanting the kekawin or kidung songs of the Ramayana storyline because these Balinese songs use the Old Javanese language that they do not understand. The wayang wong of Tejakula was originally devellpoed in the seventeenth century and had to be perfromed on Umanis Galungan”, explained Gede Komang.

According to Gede Komang, the wayang wong players receive divine revelations through generations allwoign the dance to be preserved into the next generation. It is said that if any residents does not comply with the faith or are not willing to perform it, they would often experience pain or difficulty in life. “People who are not descendants of wayang wong dancers are also given the opportunity to learn to dance the wayang wong” added he said. (kmb)

Long holiday and desire to look for new atmosphere can possibly be pampered with the visit to new tourist attractions in Jembrana. Well, Green Cliff is one of the options.

The location is okay…

The forest border area in the hills of Jembrana is now becoming a preferred place of visit during holidays. In addition to the JR Hill at Pancaseming hamlet, Batuagung, Jembrana subdistrict, Yehembang Kangin in Mendoyo sub-district also just opened similar attraction.

Precisely, it is located at Bangli hamlet named Green Cliff inaugurated last weekend by Deputy Regent of Jembrana, I Made Kembang Hartawan, began to be huddled by visitors.

As seen on last weekend holiday or Sunday (Jun. 25), a number of residents mostly from around Jembrana spent holidays at the location.

Forest scenery of the green hills and the gardens invite curiosity of visitors.

Agus Maha, one of the visitors, admitted to accidentally come to this location because of curiosity after being at issue in social media.

Other than being able to see the grove of trees from a height, visitors can also see the flow of river at Pangkung Jelati. This wooden building is made independently by a group of people belonging to the members of Banu Sejahtera tourism awareness group. The group is keen to explore natural beauty of the region by building a selfie spot named the Green Cliff.

Group leader, I Gede Sukanta, revealed the idea of ??building this location was inspired by the current

trend where many people love to take selfie. This plan was also born due to encouragement from the government of Jembrana through the cultural tourism, where tourism development is one of the priority targets to be developed.

Meetings of local hamlet and villages agreed to build this place independently. The building stands on the edge of a cliff with a length of 60 meters and 10 meters high.

Above it is also built a building similar to gazebo as well as three long chairs enabling visitors to take pictures. Green Cliff is intentionally built rather high and elongated so that people can more freely watch the scenery of Yehembang Hills.

In addition, to beautify the atmosphere at night, the Green Cliff spot is already equipped with lights.

Deputy Regent of Jembrana, I Made Kembang Hartawan, who also had time to inspect the measure taken

by Banu Sejahtera tourism awareness group (Pokdarwis) hoped it can be followed by other groups.

He will always provide guidance and mentoring for the tourism awareness group, monitor the extent to which they can manage and develop the local potential.

Meanwhile, district government will consistently conduct a larger tourism arrangement. “Location of Jembrana as one of the gates of Bali Island is very potential to become a transit area or to be crossed by domestic and foreign tourists.

Therefore, this advantage should be utilized because many things can be offered to general public as well as foreign tourists,” explained Kembang. (kmb)

Red & White Burger at Jempiring Restaurant

In celebration of Indonesia’s 73rd Independence Day, Aston Denpasar Hotel & Convention Center presents culinary promotion, theme Paket Merdeka at Jempiring Restaurant from 1 – 31 August 2018.

Led by Executive Chef Komang Aryana, the hotel offers a unique

culinary reminiscent to the spirit of nation’s heroes in fought for the independence. The delectable menu items namely Red & White Burger – A unique dish consist of beef or chicken patty, lettuce, tomato, onion, pickle, sunny side up, and wrapped with the red and white bun, and served with French

fries.

The offer is valid during August 2018 The Pastry Chef Komang Suarsih also presents a Red & White Chocolate Molten as the dessert served with a scoop of strawberry ice cream.

Furthermore, the Bartender Widu Martiana created a healthy

drink called Red & White Pusaka, a soursop mixed with watermelon cube juice. Beside to be the best quencher, the benefits by regularly consume soursop and watermelon, it will boost the immune system, natural antioxidants, and prevent cancer cells in the body.

“The dining experience will

serve in ala carte style available for lunch and dinner and in-room dining, with two options, Red & White Burger with Molten or Red & White Burger with Pusaka, priced at IDR 73,000 nett per person.” Said Ady Suardi – Restaurant & Banquet Manager at Aston Denpasar Hotel & Convention Center. (kmb)

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To anticipate Mount Agung’s eruption

Headman of Ban to build temporary shelter

AMLAPURA - Until now, the activities of Mount Agung remain quite high. This highest mountain in Bali is still declared in level III (Watch). So, the potential for eruption stays quite large. Seeing this condition, the headman of Ban, Kubu, is going to build a temporary shelter as anticipation if Mount Agung returns to erupt and makes residents have to evacuate again.

Headman of Ban, I Wayan Potag, said the temporary shelter development is carried out considering the status of Mount Agung remains in level III. Thus, the potential for eruption is still high. Therefore, he wanted to build shelters for his citizens that will later be back to evacuation if the Mount Agung returns to have a large eruption.

“After the shelter is built, the residents wishing to evacuate, especially those living in the area close to radius of 4 km, can occupy the temporary shelter. It is built outside the danger area beyond the radius of 4 km. So, location of the building will be completely safe,” he said.

Potang said that for the shelter construction he had previously coordinated with donors that will assist building the infrastructure. From the results of coordination carried out, the donors asked his authority to build a shelter in the truly safe area. They do not want if the development to be carried out in unsafe location.

“We are also asked to ascertain the land to be used for building the shelters. We are going to build the shelter on the land owned by residents. So, we will first coordinate with the residents for the construction. Thus, we still check and make sure the location of the construction of Mount Agung’s shelter.

“It will definitely be submitted to the donors,” he said.

Other than carrying out the shelter construction related to anticipation against the eruption of Mount Agung, explained Potang, his authority has also built shelters for residents whose houses are severely damaged and can no longer be occupied due to the recent earthquake in Lombok. “Construction of the simple temporary shelters due to the Lombok earthquake has been done in the affected areas,” explained Potag. (kmb41)

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Fallen trees are seen in the low-lying coastal village of Lei Yue Mun in the aftermath of Typhoon Mangkhut in Hong Kong on September 17, 2018.

Massive clean-up in Hong Kong after typhoon chaos

HONG KONG - Hong Kong began a massive clean-up Monday after Typhoon Mangkhut raked the city, shredding trees and bringing damaging floods, in a trail of destruction that left dozens dead in the Philippines and millions evacuated in southern China.

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The temporary shelter development is carried out considering the status of Mount Agung remains in level III.

To prevent abrasion

PMKL hopes cultivation of Australian pine tree

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Planting of the pine trees was carried out in addition to reforestation as well as a means of preventing abrasion.

NEGARA - A number of coastal communities, mostly consisting of fishermen in Pengambengan, are worried about coastal abrasion. From year to year, the abrasions obliterate land and threaten residents’ settlement. If prevention is not carried out from now on, possibly the residents’ settlements will disappear as experienced by residents at Ketapang Lampu hamlet, Pengambengan village.

Those coalesced into the members of the Ketapang Lampu Community Association (PMKL) hoped the coastal area is planted with Australian pine trees. Some time ago, the residents took the initiative to plant the sea pine trees. Planting of the pine trees was carried out in

addition to reforestation as well as a means of preventing abrasion. “Besides, it is also aesthetically pleasing to look at. We spearhead the planting independently with the hope it will be followed by the government’s help,” said Chief of the PMKL, M. Sauki, on Sunday (Sep. 9).

Actually, the association has often delivered this problem to village government that in addition to re-arrangement it is also intended for the coastal reforestation.

Unfortunately, there has been no follow-up so far. They also hoped that fisherman’s movement can inspire other coastal communities or related components to make similar planting on the coast not only at

Pengambengan, but also on the coast that is prone to abrasions. “At the moment, it has not yet felt, but in the future it is for our children and grandchildren,” he added.

Pengambengan Beach coastal area, especially at Ketapang Lampu village, is one of the coastal points in Jembrana that is prone to abrasion. Within the past three years, the waves of seawater have even destroyed people’s houses and public facilities on Pengambengan Beach. Actually, the sea current has been dammed by culvert and boulders, but failed. Indeed, the district government of Jembrana has also planted sea pine, but only in the Melaya region. (kmb26)

The death toll in the Philippines, where the main island of Luzon was mauled with fierce winds and rain, rose to 65 overnight as rescuers pulled more bodies from a huge landslide in the mountain town of Itogon.

The landslide buried an emergency shelter which was being used by miners and their families in the

town. No-one has yet been pulled alive from the rubble and relatives of those buried are taking part in the rescue efforts, the town’s mayor Victorio Palangdan told AFP. National police spokesman Senior Superintendent Benigno Durana said 43 other people are missing, and more than 155,000 people remain in evacuation centres two days after the

typhoon struck.

Farms across northern Luzon, which produces much of the nation’s rice and corn, were sitting under muddy floodwater, their crops ruined just a month before harvest.

After tearing through Luzon and pummelling Hong Kong and Macau, the storm made landfall in mainland China late Sunday, killing four in

Guangdong province, including three hit by falling trees.

Authorities there said they had evacuated more than three million people and ordered tens of thousands of fishing boats back to port before the arrival of what Chinese media had dubbed the “King of Storms”.

In the high-rise city of Hong Kong, the government described the damage as “severe and extensive” with more than 300 people injured in Mangkhut, which triggered the maximum “T10” typhoon alert.

The monumental task of cleaning up the city began as residents, some in suits and ties, struggled to get back to work on roads that remained blocked by felled trees, mud and debris. Schools were closed, bus services halted, and travel disruption saw commuters piling onto platforms trying to board infrequent trains after trees fell on overhead lines.

Landslides and severe flooding affected some areas, with over 1,500 residents seeking refuge in temporary shelters overnight. (afp)

Over 28% of Japanese population officially old: government TOKYO - More than 28 percent of Japan’s population is now officially classified as elderly according to government data, the highest rate in the world as the first wave of postwar baby boomers enter old age. Those aged 65 or older now make up a record 35.6 million, or 28.1 percent of the total population,

the government said Sunday.

The proportion is the highest by far in the world, ahead of 23.3 percent in Italy, 21.9 percent in Portugal and 21.7 percent in Germany, according to UN data for those countries.

The government also said those aged 70 or older accounted for 20.7

More than 28 percent of Japan’s population is now officially classified as elderly according to government data, the highest rate in the world as the first wave of postwar baby boomers enter old age.

percent of the population, surpassing 20 percent for the first time.

The figures show the nation’s postwar baby boomers are now entering old age, it said.

The demographic shift is due to a combination of a low birthrate and long life expectancy.

Japan’s rapidly greying population poses a major headache for policymakers who are faced with trying to ensure an ever-dwindling pool of workers can pay for the growing number of pensioners. (afp)

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2,000 Tenun dancers jazz up Petitenget Festival 2018

MANGUPURA — There was something attractive on the last day of the Petitenget Festival. As many as 2,000 colossal Tenun dancers jazzed up the peak of the Petitenget Festival on Petitenget Beach, Kerobokan customary village, North Kuta, on Sunday (Sep. 16). Moreover, thousands of the dancers managed to break the record at the Indonesian World Record Museum (MURI).

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A new drug can wipe out strains of common bacteria that have resisted treatment by multiple other antibiotics, including Pseudomonas aeruginosa (illustrated), which can cause urinary tract or respiratory infections.

A new antibiotic uses sneaky tactics to kill drug-resistant superbugs

DRUG-resistant bacteria have a new challenger. A new molecule can kill deadly strains of common bacteria, such as Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumonia, that are resistant to most existing antibiotics. The drug works differently from currently available antibiotics, potentially making it harder for bacteria to develop resistance, researchers report September 12 in Nature.

Most antibiotics kill bacteria by weakening their cell wall or by preventing the production of certain proteins. But bacteria have, over time, evolved ways to circumvent these drugs. And as antibiotics are used frequently in both hospitals and agriculture, resistant bacterial strains are becoming more common.

Infections with multidrug-resistant microbes are particularly worri-

some, because they can turn usually easy-to-treat illnesses like strep throat or urinary tract infections into deadly ordeals.

The newly developed drug uses a different tactic. It inhibits a key enzyme in the cell membrane that helps the bacteria secrete proteins.

“We’re hitting a new target,” says study coauthor Peter Smith, an infectious disease researcher at Ge-

nentech, a biotech company based in South San Francisco, Calif. That means that strategies that bacteria use to evade existing antibiotics won’t work here, giving the molecule an edge.

When the enzyme is blocked, proteins build up in the cell membrane until the membrane bursts, ultimately killing the cell, says Floyd Romesberg, a chemist at the Scripps

Research Institute in La Jolla, Calif., who wasn’t part of the study.

Romesberg developed precursors to the antibiotic in his lab, but the new version is more effective, he says.

In tests in cultured cells and mice, the molecule killed off a variety of common gram-negative bacteria that cause infections in humans, including E. coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and was also effective against gram-positive bacteria.

Gram-negative bacteria, so called because of how they appear when stained for viewing under a microscope, are notoriously difficult to

attack with antibiotics because of the microbes’ hard-to-penetrate cell membrane. The drug also destroyed bacterial strains that are resistant to multiple kinds of antibiotics.

The molecule will need to go through additional testing and tweaking before it can be used in humans, Smith says. And it’s not a permanent solution to the growing problem of antibiotic resistance.

Eventually, if molecules of this type are widely used as antibiotics, bacteria will evolve resistance, as they always do. But for now, it’s a step ahead. (net)

SAVE your breath: A new way to make bubbles requires only sound waves. Scientists made the bubbles in levitated drops of liquid, held aloft with sound waves. Tweaking the sound waves caused the hovering drop to balloon into a bubble.

The team formed the bubbles using a variety of liquids, including water. Increasing the intensity of the sound made the liquid first buckle into a concave shape.

Then the sound waves resonated inside the droplet’s newly formed

cavity, causing a rapid expansion of the liquid film until it closed in on itself into a hollow bubble, researchers report September 11 in Nature Communications.

Despite their reputation as a child’s plaything, bubbles are serious business. They’re important in manufacturing processes used for food, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and ultralight materials. So a new technique for bubble creation might find uses in industry.

The scientists suspended the liquid drops using a well-estab-

lished technique called acoustic levitation. In the method, pressure from intense sound waves is used to hold up small objects and even move them around.

The floating bubbles last a surprisingly long time — tens of minutes. As kids know, a soap bubble on a wand sticks around only a short while before the soapy solution drains to the bubble’s bottom and it pops. But the levitation slows down the liquid’s drainage, putting off the bubble’s burst. (net)

Scientists can levitate liquid drops and turn them into bubbles by bombarding them with sound waves.

The dancers involved in the performance of the Tenun Dance are the housewives coalesced into the Empowerment of Family Welfare (PKK) and customary village youth club from 50 hamlets across the Kerobokan customary village.

This Tenun Dance was composed by the late Nyoman Ridet, a dance maestro from Campuhan hamlet, Kerobokan, in 1957. This dance depicts the daily activities of women making simple woven fabrics. The dance movement is like someone who is weaving. Although there were dancers falling into trance after the performance, it became a spectacular performance.

Deputy Regent of Badung, Ketut Suiasa, who was present at the occasion, said it is a monumental and spectacular activity as having dis-

played thousands of dancers from all the customary villages in Kerobokan.

This deserves to get an award from the MURI. Certainly, this becomes a happiness of its own that can show off something historic.

Suiasa even said the original and first dancer presenting the Tenun dance, Jero Ketut, 71, also participated in dancing. This certainly proved that Balinese people, especially the Badung people, always maintain their cultural value. “And this is something to be done continuously and becomes the evidence of it. To that end, the Badung district government must protect all community activities related to the arts and culture. By that way, the arts and culture can progress further in the future,” he said. (kmb)

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As many as 2,000 colossal Tenun dancers jazzed up the peak of the Petitenget Festival on Petitenget Beach, Kerobokan customary village, North Kuta, on Sunday (Sep. 16).

Nusa Penida tourism rapidly grows

District govt urged to immediately realize management body

Sound waves can make bubbles in levitated drops of liquid

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Nusa Penida tourism rapidly grows.

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SEMARAPURA — The plan of Klungkung government to establish the Nusa Penida tourism management body has long been at issue, but has not been realized. Actually, this has become the focus of the legislative circles. A member of Commission I of the Klungkung House of Representatives, I Made Jana, hoped it is not just a discourse.

“If it is established to standardize tourism services in Nusa Penida, we are very supportive. Moreover, we urge to resolve it soon,” he said on Sunday (Sep. 16).

This Democrat Party politician stated that the establishment needs the involvement of various parties, ranging from tourism players, administrative and customary village government. In addition, it must also be studied carefully, so as not to be excessive. In other words, it should not take over the role of government. According to him, through this management body, the attention to tourism will get more focused and well directed.

“Now, tourism in Nusa Penida is

growing so it needs the attention.

Don’t step over without direction and it must be clear. What kind of tourism do we want? Now, it remains unmanaged, like ignoring permission,” he said.

At present, traffic has started to become one of the issues on the Blue Paradise Island as a result of tourism. He had the opportunity to monitor directly in the field and would like to initiate the formation of tourist transport association. It is intended to provide the legality of the community at work. “The meeting will be facilitated by local subdistrict head. Unfortunately, only few people getting involved in tourist transport are willing to attend it. Actually, we want them to work legally,” he said.

Further, he conveyed the existence of the forum will also make it easier for district government through related agencies and police authority to conduct coaching. “Until now, we see there are still those in need of education regarding the understanding on tourism to appearance. This is

important because they are the first to come into contact with tourists,” said the legislator from Nusa Penida.

Besides, he highlighted the tourism ‘style’ applied in the archipelago. Collaboration with culture is not yet visible. So far, local tourism still relies more on natural beauty. “Society as the object and subject of tourism should not fall asleep. Don’t let the culture get eroded. This is what needs to be fortified. Cultural tourism should be applied because of its potential. It will be beneficial for us if tourism players can be consistent,” he added.

To note, the discourse on the formation of management funds has been made by the Regent of Klungkung, I Nyoman Suwirta, at the end of 2017. It is not only for the Nusa Penida archipelago, but also for the city tour. He explained the breakthrough is meant to maximize tourism management becoming one of the foundations of the regionally generated revenue (PAD). (kmb45)

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The latest condition of Suwung Landfill. This place become one of the main attentions of the committe of the IMF-World Bank meeting which will be held in October 2018.

The accolades continue for The Ritz-Carlton Bali, with the luxury Bali beachfront resort named as Bali’s Leading Resort at the highlyesteemed World Travel Awards on September 3rd 2018.

“The Ritz-Carlton Bali is committed to creating the experience of a lifetime, through stunning accom-

The cleaning activity in Yeh Sumbul Beach

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Coastal areas has not been waste-free

NEGARA —Jembrana district located in the west of Bali Island has a length of 76 kilometers of coastline.

Almost all of the length has not been free from rubbish. It includes the tourist beaches such as Pekutatan Beach, Medewi and Yeh Sumbul to Gilimanuk. It requires a consistent effort from a number of parties such as tourism players, the public and the government to jointly keep the beach clean. Moreover, Jembrana is keen to develop the tourism sector.

Gede Sukadana, from the Bali Tourism Community Alliance (AMPB) of Jembrana, stated on Saturday (Sep. 15) that sanitation of the beach is very important for the survival of the ecosystem as well as supporting element of tourism. Moreover, currently Jembrana is focusing on developing tourism. “Being aware of this waste must come from each individual, starting from the family sphere. Do sorting and disposing of garbage in its place,” said Sukadana who is also a leadership of the Indonesia Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI) of

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Five heads of state to attend ocean conference in Bali

DENPASAR - Five heads of state will attend the world maritime forum of Our Ocean Conference (OOC) to be held in Nusa Dua, Bali, on October 29-30, 2018, the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries stated.

“This conference brings together heads of state, national and multinational companies, non-governmental organizations, and international bodies,” Head of the Restoration Sub-Directorate, the Directorate of Coastal and Small Islands Utilization at the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Sapta Ginting noted here on Friday.

Ginting revealed that those heads of state including presidents, vice presidents, and princes from Monaco, Panama, Palau, East Timor, and Seychelles will be present at the OOC. Ginting added that the forum will also be attended by some 13 maritime ministers, with the total delegation members estimated to reach 1,500.

Not only government and business circles, some Hollywood celebrities are also scheduled to participate in the conference, especially those who have been actively involved in marine and environmental conservation programs.

Last year, the meeting was held in Malta, while in 2019, the Ocean Conference will be organized in Norway.

Ginting explained that the conference will discuss several issues, including the world waters and how to deal with various problems at sea, especially plastic waste.

The plastic waste at sea has been a real threat and an interstate problem, so it requires comprehensive cooperation to overcome it. In addition to plastic waste, the conference will discuss climate change and blue economy.

Director of the Free Seas Trash Program from non-governmental organization the Ocean Conservancy Nicholas Mallos remarked that the amount of plastic waste from land entering the sea is estimated to reach some eight million metric tons per year.

In recent years, he remarked that researchers had discovered several new aspects about marine waste, including plastic waste, which is not only a sea issue but also a global problem, as it affects clean water and terrestrial ecosystems.

Mallos said scientists have discovered large amounts of microplastic in rivers and soil. The wastes, derived from compost, were used both by households and industries.

Not only does the plastic waste choke and entangle marine animals, it is also associated with coral diseases.

Exposure to microplastic waste results in decreasing reproductive growth of the zooplankton population, that is, organisms that form the foundation of the food chain in sea, Mallos explained.

“We do not know whether microplastic waste also affects humans when they eat seafood. This is still a question and a concern for all parties, including scientists. All sides comprising the government, private sectors, and community should move,” he added.(ant)

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The beach cleanup effort is for the umpteenth time carried out by tourism business players in Jembrana. Yeh Sumbul and Medewi Beach with rocky characteristics often get marine debris. For tourism businesses, this condition is very disturbing.

In this activity, a total of four quintals of organic and inorganic waste could be collected along the coast of Yeh Sumbul Beach.

This simultaneous cleanup action involved approximately 60 people from employees and tourism businesses in Pekutatan, Medewi and

Yeh Sumbul, hundreds of students and the surrounding community.

Other than on Yeh Sumbul Beach, beach cleanup action was also carried out on Yeh Kuning Beach, Jembrana subdistrict.

It involved hundreds of people from various institutions and was attended by Regent of Jembrana, I Putu Artha. After the cleanup action on the Yeh Kuning Beach, the waste obtained was sorted and weighed before finally being sent to the landfill. It consisted of 307 kg inorganic waste and the remaining 1,241 kg or 1.2 tons were organic waste. (kmb26)

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The announcement came at

the star-studded World Travel Awards Asia & Australasia Gala Ceremony 2018 in Hong Kong.

Known as the travel industry’s equivalent to the Oscars, the illustrious awards are voted for by travel and tourism professionals, as well as business and leisure travel consumers worldwide.

The Hong Kong event was one of six on the World Travel 25th anniversary “Grand Tour’ which celebrates the world’s outstanding travel brands, with over 9000 nominees across six continents.

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Paul McCartney scores US No. 1 after nearly four decades

NEW YORK - Paul McCartney is back on the top of the charts, on Sunday earning his first solo number-one album in the United States in 36 years.

“Egypt Station” -- a confident 16-track album in which McCartney experiments with a younger rock feel in addition to his classic Beatles sound -- marked the first time that he has ever debuted as a solo artist on top of the benchmark US Billboard chart.

The English legend -- who at 76 retains a hectic touring schedule -spared no promotional effort for the album, appearing on US late-night shows and livestreaming an inviteonly concert inside New York’s Grand Central Station.

Surprisingly, McCartney did not replicate the feat in his native Britain, where “Egypt Station” debuted at number three, with veteran US rapper Eminem’s surprise

album “Kamikaze” reigning for a second week.

“Egypt Station” sold the equivalent of 153,000 copies in the United States in the week since its release on September 7, tracking service Nielsen Music said.

Unusually for a chart-topping album in recent years, virtually all of the sales were traditional purchases rather than through streaming or individually downloaded tracks.

McCartney, who last topped the chart as a solo artist in 1982 with “Tug of War,” achieved the second largest gap between number-one albums for any artist. Johnny Cash holds the record with a break that was seven months longer than McCartney’s when the country great posthumously hit number one in 2006.

Since “Tug of War,” McCartney has also reached number one four times in the United States with Beatles anthologies. (afp)

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The visual effects team from the show “Game Of Thrones” poses in the press room at the 2018 Creative Arts Emmy Awards at Microsoft Theater on September 8, 2018 in Los Angeles, California.

‘Game of Thrones’ battles with ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ for Emmys glory

LOS ANGELES - Hollywood’s top television stars will strut their stuff on the red carpet Monday at the glittering 70th Emmys Awards -- a duel between record-breaker “Game of Thrones” and last year’s big winner “The Handmaid’s Tale.”

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Both shows have already picked up some Emmys hardware: HBO’s blood-spattered smash hit won seven statuettes in technical categories at the Creative Arts Emmys a week ago, while Hulu’s “Handmaid” scooped up three.

And both are likely to add to that haul at the Primetime Emmys, television’s answer to the Oscars, at the Microsoft Theater in downtown Los Angeles.

But will “GoT” -- which was ineligible last year -- reclaim the best drama series throne, or will “Handmaid” -- the first streaming series to take the coveted prize -- be a repeat winner?

For Tim Gray, the awards editor and senior vice president of top entertainment news outlet Variety, “Handmaid” -- a bleak portrait of a future dystopian America where women are brutally oppressed -has the edge.

“I just feel like ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ is, kind of, of the moment as it addresses a lot of concerns that people have now,” Gray told AFP. “I just think it’s their year.”

The show, based on Margaret Atwood’s 1985 novel, seems especially timely in the age of #MeToo, a movement that erupted shortly after last year’s Emmys.

Others in the best drama race

include dark horse pick “The Americans” -- the gripping FX thriller about Soviet sleeper agents in the United States that has been a favorite of critics and fans, but not the 22,000-plus Emmy voters, for years.

HBO’s futuristic western “Westworld,” Netflix favorites “The Crown” and retro sci-fi mystery “Stranger Things,” and NBC family saga “This is Us” round out the field.

On the comedy side, FX’s “Atlanta” -- a quirky look at the rap scene in the Georgia capital -- is squaring off with Amazon’s “The Marvelous Mrs Maisel” for top honors. (afp)

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Income for Bali estimated to only reach 15 percent

DENPASAR - Preparations for the very large IMF-WB Annual Meeting that will take place in Bali next month have been underway for some time. Now people are looking and what the short-term and long-term effects of the IMF-WB event will be for Bali.

Chairman of the Bali Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) -Bali Chapter, A.A. Ngurah Alit Wiraputra, recently predicted that after the IMF-WB event, there will be pressure on the economy of Bali that will last until 2019.

In general, the event will bring many positive impacts for Bali, including direct business from for many local entrepreneurs. Bali’s economy will almost certainly grow between 5.9 and 6.3 percent as a direct result of the international

meeting. “We believe this event can drive economic growth- mainly from consumption, investment and exports (foreign exchange of from tourists”, he said.

Local Balinese businesses are supporting the event by providing transportation services, three-star hotels and jasmine hotels for the companions of delegates, food and beverages, printing, logistics, tourist attractions, et cetera. Kadin fully supports the involvement of local entrepreneurs and hopes that

the central government’s national committee will support the IMFWB meeting being of direct benefit to local entrepreneurs.

Wiraputra added that local SMEs will be offering their products at the booths in the BNDCC’s Jepun Park.

There is also a tour of MSMEs in Badung, Gianyar, Tabanan and elsewhere. Uniforms for staff of the event and souvenirs are also being provided by local MSMEs. Of course there is also the benefit that infrastructure development

such as the new underpass in terms of reducing traffic congestion. The GWK is also expected to attract foreign and domestic tourists.

Other projects such as the expansion of the airport aprons, Benoa Harbour, the Suwung landfill and such that have been accelerated to be realized in time for the IMF-WB event also have a positive effect on Bali’s economy.

There are however some potentially negative impacts, explained Wiraputra saying that only 15 percent of the funds for the event go to Bali. Since the event is being handled and organized b, equipment rentals, most

of the food and beverages and 60 percent of the vehicles used for the delegates are being brought in from Jakarta. So Balinese people have access to get business opportunity from the delegates through their shopping and tours enjoying the nature of Bali.

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