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One Direction will take break but not split, say members

Tom Cruise wings into Colombian Amazon

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BOGOTA - Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise, fresh off his latest “Mission: Impossible” hit, was in Colombia filming scenes for a new film in a remote Amazon basin region, military sources said Monday.

Cruise, 53, was “working on scenes for an upcoming film about the life of one of Pablo Escobar’s pilots,” said Major Cristian Caballero of Jungle Army Batallion 50.

The movie is based on the life of US pilot Barry Seal, who worked for the legendary Colombian drug kingpin who was killed in Medellin in December 1993. (afp)

LONDON - British-Irish boyband One Direction is to take a break next year, two members said on Monday, quickly reassuring the group’s passionate fanbase that they had no plans to split up.

The comments followed a report in British newspaper The Sun citing a “1D source” that the band was to separate for at least a year, leaving the band’s enormous global teenage following devastated.

“Ok so lots of rumours going round. We are not splitting up, but we will be taking a well earned break at some point next year,” Niall Horan, a member of the four-piece boyband, wrote to his 23 million followers on Twitter.

“Don’t worry though, we still have lots we want to achieve!” the 21-yearold said.

Fellow band member Louis Tomlinson, 23, wrote: “Your support is truly indescribable! It’s just a break :) we’re not going anywhere!!”

“Promise,” Tomlinson added.

“Don’t worry.”

A spokesman for the band had declined to comment on the report in The Sun, which followed speculation the band might break up after popular former member Zayn Malik, 22, quit due to stress in March.

Fans took to social media to express their shock, with Twitter user Lexie Noel posting that “I’ve never cried harder”.

Battle-hardened fans offered advice to those going through their first

boyband split.

“It’s ok One Direction fans, I went through this with Take That & Boyzone,” wrote Twitter user @ LisforLia. “You may feel like your heart is in a blender, but you can do this.”

The band is due to release its fifth album before Christmas, and fulfil promotional commitments by the end of February, the report in The Sun said.

There is no tour scheduled for the new album.

One Direction’s last scheduled concerts are at the Sheffield Arena in northern England on October 29, 30, 31.

They are currently touring North America and are due to perform in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Tuesday.

Put together for a British television singing contest in 2010, Horan, Tomlinson, Malik, Liam Payne and Harry Styles swiftly developed a giant, fiercely loyal following of young girls worldwide.

The chart-toppers have sold more than 50 million records around the globe. Malik has signed a new recording deal as a solo artist since quitting in March.

“I am leaving because I want to be a normal 22-year-old who is able to relax and have some private time out of the spotlight,” he said at the time.

The Sunday Times newspaper’s Rich List 2015 reckoned the band members were worth £25 million ($39 million, 34 million euros) each. (afp)

Kevin Bacon to perform on stage in ‘Rear Window’ this fall NEW YORK — Kevin Bacon will star in a stage adaptation of the story that inspired Alfred Hitchcock’s 1954 classic film “Rear Window.”

Hartford Stage in Connecticut said Tuesday that the movie star will headline the haunting tale of a wheelchair-bound witness to a pos-

sible murder. It’s been adapted for the stage by Keith Reddin and will run from Oct. 22-Nov. 15.

It will be directed by Hartford Stage Artistic Director Darko Tresnjak, who nurtured the Broadway hit “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder” also at Hartford Stage.

It’s produced by Charlie Lyons, Jay Russell and Jeff Steen.

Bacon is a Golden Globe Award winner whose films include “A Few Good Men,” ‘’Apollo 13” and “Footloose.” He’s been on Broadway in “Slab Boys” and “An Almost Holy Picture.” (ap)

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In this March 25, 2015 file photo, members of One Direction, from left, Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik and Niall Horan, wave during an event to promote their film “One Direction: This Is US,” in Makuhari, near Tokyo.

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Unlike ‘97, Asian economies expected to bend, not break

KUALA LUMPUR - The world market turmoil bears ominous similarities to the contagion that laid Asian economies to waste beginning in 1997: pressure on regional currencies, a worsening trade outlook and slowing growth.

But despite the daily beatings suffered by stock markets and currencies in Asia, painful lessons learned 18 years ago have left its economies far more able to withstand severe shocks, economists said.

There will be pain, however, particularly if global economic engine China slips into a deep and extended slowdown -- curbing its demand for emerging-market com-

modities.

But one key difference today -the lack of currency pegs -- should allow Asian economies to bend, but not break.

Before 1997 the governments of countries like Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and South Korea fixed their currencies to the US dollar.

This helped funnel speculative foreign “hot money” into their

economies, fuelling stock and property bubbles while masking economic imbalances that were building up.

But when growth slowed and sentiment turned against the former investment darlings, their currencies came under fierce pressure, forcing governments to spend billions in precious dollar reserves to support their currencies.

Eventually, pegs had to be abandoned and economies were shattered.

“Back then, the whole house of cards came down. But today, with no

pegs, the exchange rates are able to take some of the local heat, like a safety valve,” said Song Seng Wun, an economist with CIMB Private Banking.

“That’s the most important difference today.”

The late-1990s crisis also exposed a range of lapses in regulatory oversight, particularly in banking and lending. Most have been addressed.

“All of that really strengthened the ability to withstand shocks.

It’s about not repeating the same mistakes,” said Rajiv Biswas, AsiaPacific chief economist for IHS.

“But one of the big issues right now is whether Asia can withstand the shock of a significant and protracted crisis in China.”

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Balinese culture under threat

Real and sustainable steps are required

One of the impacts of globalization on the people of Bali is that there sublime culture is increasingly being marginalized. Dr. A.A. Gede Raka, lecturer at Warmadewa University recently addressed this issue by saying that as heirs to this culture, all members of society, including the government, need to be committed to maintaining the culture of Bali. Political and budgetary policies established by the government, must systematically take into account and make room for cultural preservation in the era of globalization.

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Continue to page 2 Dancers performed Sekar Jepun dance during an event that held in Badung Regency. One of the impacts of globalization on the people of Inheritance... Bali is that there sublime culture is increasingly being marginalized.

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Dr. Raka says a lot of attention needs to be given to the issue of cultural inheritance. Access to facilities and infrastructure for example have significantly strategic roles to play in maintaining cultural practices, as do public cultural events. He also spoke to the fact that the function of village meeting halls -that were formally used as centres of cultural activities, have also changed. Art studios therefor have a strategic position for the passing down of the cultural richness of present day society. “In essence, everything must be done in a sustainable manner and it is not enough to just talk about it. Action must be taken,” he said.

Dr. Wayan Budi Utama, of the Hindu University of Indonesia (Unhi) Denpasar, also addressed this issue saying that when we talk about cultural inheritance, inevitably we need to look at both formal and non-formal education, because people’s lifestyles has already started to shift away from its base in agriculture towards information technology based ways of living. The leap is quite large and has landed us in a post-modern community, which is a challenge for traditional institutions, explains Dr. Utama.

One of the characteristics of postmodern societies is the emergence of cultural hedonism, rampant capitalism and individualism. It would seem that the culture of communal living has become obsolete or is on its way to becoming so. Today, everything is calculated in terms of a business orientation. “This is one of the changes brought to traditional culture by post-modern society,” he said.

Board member of the Bali Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Ida Ayu Puji Arsini, sees public awareness regarding the need to preserve and pass down Bali’s sublime culture is quite good. As an example she cited the fact that many people are turning to traditional healing as one aspect of Bali’s traditional culture whose glory has begun to be restored.

If maintained, especially in the face of the ASEAN Economic Community, local wisdom could have a lot of benefits including as a way for people to feel proud about their culture.

She added however, that pride in itself is not enough if it is not accompanied by respect and well-being. Having a physical space for culture to be passed down, using technology to transmit knowledge and having respect and pride in Balinese culture, are three inter-related components that are required to maintain Bali’s ancestral culture, in the face of the onslaught of influences from other cultures that have already been affected by ‘modern society’. (ara)

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KUTA - Staffs and management of Sun Boutique Hotel held a blood donation on Tuesday in the fifth floor of the hotel that located on Jl. Sunset Road #23, Kuta. Around 20 staffs of Sun Boutique Hotel and other people outside the hotel took part in this social event.

According to GM of Sun Boutique Hotel, J. Prastya Lubis, the hotel want to give back to people of Bali by doing corporate social responsibility (CSR), one of them is doing blood donation. “We contact Indonesia’s Red Cross Bali Chapter and asked to participate

on donating blood,” he said.

He said this event was the first and will be held routinely.

He also stated that Sun Boutique Hotel will take part actively on social events that held in Bali.

“We also plan to asked our guest to participate in this event. We

Schedule of events

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A dancer performed during event in Karangasem. Most dance studios outside the town of Amlapura, Karangasem, are inactive or sluggish. It happens, said the Division Head of the Arts and Culture, the Karangasem Tourism and Culture Agency, Made Suradnyani because of limited events or staging.

Most dance studios in Karangasem are inactive

AMLAPURA - Most dance studios near the town of Amlapura, Karangasem, have become sluggish or even inactive.

According to the Division Head of the Arts and Culture, for the Karangasem Tourism and Culture Agency, Made Suradnyani, this has happened to the lack of venues to stage performances.

Suradnyani who is from Basangalas, Abang subdistrict, said that of Karangasem’s 25 dance studios only 15 remain active. She explained that dances are rarely performed in the villages, unless there is a specific event such as a farewell party, school graduation or temple anniversary (where the Rejang Dewa dance is performed). “Village dance studios

will only rehearse if there is a performance,” she said.

According to Suradyani, in order for dance studios to remain active, they need to be staged performances every three to five months. There is also the matter of available stages for such performances.

In Karangasem, she said, there is a new stage on the top floor of the SME Center, but

so far it is rarely used. Other performing arts in Karangasem such as the Arja operetta, Prembon (gong drama) are on the verge of disappearing altogether which meant that Karangasaem was unable to send an Arja operetta group to last years BAF (Bali Arts Festival).

Previously Arja troupes from Besang and Abadi were always sent to perform at the BAF.

Similarly Karangasem did not participate in last month traditional festival.

Head of the Karangasem Culture and Tourism Agency, Wayan Purna, said that they plan to rebuild the local performing arts scene by encouraging artists to become enthusiastic about the Arja operetta and other types of traditional performances. (013)

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make pamflet and put it in receptionist so guest can register if they interested on our social event,” he further explained.

Sun Boutique Hotel features 88 well equipped rooms and suites, which are built with a modernclassic design, located strategically at the center of lively Kuta area. The hotel is only 4 km from Ngurah Rai International Airport, 2 km from the famous Kuta Beach and t 10 minutes walking distance to Carrefour , 15 minutes to Bali Mall Galeria and only 5 minutes away driving from the wellknown nightlife of Legian Street Hard Rock Bali. Surrounding the hotel is also souvenirs shop offering Bali’s authentic craft, apparel and gifts.

Overlooking the swimmingpool, the Coconut restaurant is an ideal dining venue that lets you sample traditional Indonesian, Balinese and Western cuisine. A large International breakfast buffet is also served every morning. (kmb42)

Balinese Temple Ceremony

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

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

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

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

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Experts: Deleted online information never actually goes away

NEW YORK — The Ashley Madison hack is a big reminder to all Web users: If you submit private data online, chances are it will never fully be deleted.

The hackers, who stole the data about a month ago and then posted it online this week, claimed in a statement that part of the reason for the theft was Ashley Madison’s fraudulent promise to fully delete users’ information if they paid the company a $19 fee.

The website — whose slogan is “Life is short. Have an affair” — is marketed to people looking for extramarital relationships. It purports to have about 39 million members.

The hackers said the company failed to delete the information, even though it collected the fees.

Toronto-based Avid Life Media Inc., Ashley Madison’s parent company, hasn’t commented on the hackers’ accusation. A company spokesman didn’t respond to multiple emails seeking comment.

It’s virtually impossible to exist in modern society without putting at least some personal information online. Many people can’t get through a day without using the Internet to shop, pay a bill, or check their credit card balance.

People have become accustomed to trusting their most precious personal information to companies. But they also need to know that all of that information is being shared more than they would expect, privacy experts say.

Before you hit “submit,” stop and think before giving up your personal information to any kind of website, said Michael Kaiser, executive director of the National Cyber Security Alliance, an industry-funded group that educates consumers about cybersecurity.

“Personal information is like money, and you don’t just give away your money,” Kaiser says.

“In the environment we’re in right now, you have to value

it and think about protecting it everywhere you go on the Internet.”

That means taking a look at a website’s business to get an idea of how much they value information security and even asking them about their data retention practices. Banks, which deal in financial information, and large retailers, who have a vested interest in getting people to shop online, are probably safer bets than a dating site.

“Ashley Madison actually charges you to remove your information when you remove your account,” he says. “That’s a big clue about how they feel about your personal information.”

People also need to sometimes take a pass on convenience in the name of online security.

Many consumers like it when e-commerce sites have their credit card and other information on file, or when Web browsers automatically fill in forms with their name, address and other details, says Peter Tyrrell, chief operating officer of the data security firm Digital Guardian.

Meanwhile, worries about data theft and loss have prompted companies to back up important information in multiple places.

But both practices increase the likelihood that information could be leaked or shared. And it means that even when a person thinks that their information has been permanently deleted, chances are there are still copies floating around somewhere.

“Ashley Madison is a company with a service that’s completely predicated on privacy,” Tyrrell says, adding that that characteristic sets it apart from many traditional e-commerce sites such as retailers.

“Here the capital, so to speak, isn’t a credit card or consumer goods. The capital is personal information that if released could

SAN FRANSISCO - Microsoft said Monday its Cortana virtual assistant software was available to users of Android mobile devices.

Cortana is Microsoft’s answer to Apple’s Siri and Google Now, which respond to voice commands on mobile devices.

The launch is part of an effort by Microsoft to expand its mobile presence despite a weak showing for its Windows Phone devices.

“The Cortana app can do most of the things Cortana does on your PC or on a Windows phone,” Microsoft’s Susan Hendrich said in a

AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File

A June 10, 2015 photo from files showing Ashley Madison’s Korean web site on a computer screen in Seoul, South Korea. The Ashley Madison hack is a big reminder to all Web users: If you submit private data online, chances are it will never fully be deleted. be ruinous personally, and financially too.”

Breaches, whether they be at a major retailer such as Target Corp., a health insurance company such as Anthem Inc., or Ashley Madison, have become so common that people should give some serious thought before putting personal information online, says Caleb Barlow, a vice president at IBM’s security division.

And while Social Security numbers weren’t involved Ashley Madison hack, people should be especially wary of using them

as a backup password to access online information, given the potentially disastrous consequences that could result if they’re intercepted, he says.

“Why are we using Social Security Numbers for both identification and access?” he questions. “Any data that can never be changed can be used for identity, but should never be used for access.”

And no matter how legitimate a company or website may be, people need to be aware that they’re rolling the dice every

time they hand over personal information.

Scott Vernick, partner and head of the data security and privacy practice at the law firm Fox Rothschild LLP, says consumers have the right to expect a certain level of online security, depending on the industry standards of the company they’re dealing with.

“But those expectations have to be muted by the knowledge that they’re always taking a risk, whether they’re ordering from Amazon Prime or from Ashley Madison,” Vernick says. (ap)

Microsoft’s Cortana assistant launched on Android blog post.

“With the app, you can manage your hectic lifestyle by setting and getting reminders, searching the web on-the-go, tracking important information such as flight details as well as starting and completing tasks across all of your devices.”

A beta version of Cortana is being made available as of Monday to US users of Android devices, and “we are planning to roll it out to other markets,” Hendrich said.

Microsoft said in May it was working on the Android version as well as another for Apple de-

vices.

According to research firm Gartner, Windows had just 2.5 percent of the global smartphone market in the second quarter compared with 82 percent for Google’s Android and 14.6 percent for Apple’s iOS. (afp)

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Tourists visiting Bias Putih Beach have to pay three times

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AMLAPURA - Visitors to Bias Putih Beach, in the customary village of Persai, Karagasem have complained about having to pay an admission fee three times. Perasi customary village authorities have not yet found the right solution to address the complaints of visitors. Currently, all they can do is suggest to visitor that they park in the space provided by the customary village.

This August the coastal tourist attraction was visited by many foreign and local tourists who were each charged an admission fee of IDR 3,000. A parking fee of IDR 3,000 was then collected (IDR 10,000 for cars) and a second parking fee of IDR 2,000 for motorcycles and anywhere between IDR 5,000 and IDR 10,000 for cars, (depending on what the particular land owner was charging) was paid by people wanting to park near the waterfront.

The parking team leader for Bias Putih Beach, Nyoman Sudiana, admitted that since the new road and parking lot were built, the customary village has no further discussions regarding the three different charges to visit the beach.

He did however add that they advise all visitors to use the new parking lot at the top of the hill that leads down to the beach and walk the 500 meters down to the shore. “But if visitors insist on parking in the lower parking lot, we cannot forbid them. In that location they will be charged for another parking ticket by the owner of the beachfront land for use of his space,” he said.

Sudiana said that many people

have suggested that it would be best to unify the collection process even if it means charging a proportionally higher fee. Up until now there have not been any further discussions on the matter, because the customary villagers are currently busy with a ngenteg linggih ritual at the local Dalem Temple.

Chief of Perasi customary village, Wayan Pasek Gelgel, has said that the new road was only built because residents had cloud the previous road which ran through private land and nobody was benefitting form having it open.

The new road to the beach is approximately 2 km long and is slightly more east of the ledge of the hill and is not paved, so it has become damaged and dusty.

“Hopefully, after the temple ritual we will be able to discuss the matter in a meeting,” said Nyoman Sudiana.

For now, every day, four parking attendants are on rotating shifts at the parking lot.

So far there has been no government intervention in the development of this tourist attraction, whether in the form of public facilities or road repairs. The lack of government attention has led

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Visitors to Bias Putih Beach, in the customary village of Persai, Karagasem have complained about having to pay an admission fee three times. this attraction to have an illegal appearance. Along the coastline that belongs to Perasi and Bugbug villages, there are in fact a number of ‘illegal building’ (restaurants and souvenir stalls) violating regulations that state

that nothing can be built 100 meters from the coastline.

As a result, local fishermen have to park their jukung (traditional boats) on the western side of the beach. The eastern side of the beach is crowded with il-

Low revetment, Selabih Beach still prone to abrasion TABANAN - Tabanan has coastline spreading along about 34 kilometers and they are all threatened by abrasion. Approximately 13 kilometers have been in quite severe abrasion, where one of which is located on Selabih Beach in West Selemadeg bordering with Jembrana County. This beach has a length of about three kilometers and has been protected with revetment.

Though having been protected with revetment, when high tide comes, the waves can overflow the revetment at some points. Ferocity of the waves has cracked the compound walls of the Dalem Temple of Selabih customary village. Secretary of Selabih customary village, Dewa Nyoman Suarta, 56, said that if the beach is not protected with revetment, probably the land of Selabih Beach has vanished as eroded

by seawater from long time ago.

He continued that when huge waves come, the gusts can reach more than five meters. Or it can flow over the current revetment.

As being so strong, the seawater waves can even reach the southern side of the Dalem Temple of Selabih customary village that is only located about four meters from the revetment.

“When tidal waves come, seawater always reaches the southern side of the temple. In addition to damaging the temple compound walls, the land here has also begun to vanish,” he said.

To anticipate this, Suarta explained that the customary village has requested additional assistance to make the existing revetment higher. “It has been approved by the Bali provincial government with

a budget of IDR 120 million,” he said. Later on the additional revetment will be focused at the points remaining prone to abrasion such as near the Dalem Temple and village cemetery along 150 meters.

Based on the data obtained from the Public Works Agency, the 34 kilometers of beach owned by Tabanan are threatened by abrasion.

Of the length, 13 kilometers have been in critical condition. Tabanan has received assistance from the province to make revetment and breakwater although it does not cover the whole. Of the 13 kilometers of the eroded beach, only some five and a half kilometers have been protected with revetment.

The Head of Tabanan Public Works Agency said that the beaches in Tabanan experience quite severe abrasion where the abrasion rate has

reached about 50 cm each year. It happens because the coastal buffer such as coral reef begins to deteriorate as well as the existence of global warming. His party denied if the abrasion in Tabanan is caused by beach sand dredging. “In Tabanan, we prohibit the dredging of beach sand,” he said.

Tabanan has 12 coastal regions stretching from Nyanyi Beach in Kediri subdistrict to Selabih Beach in West Selemadeg subdistrict. The beach having received assistance in the form of revetment or breakwater are the Kelating Beach, Tegal Mengkeb Beach, Selabih Beach, Pangkung Tibah Beach - Lengudu (including the coastal area of Kedungu), Srijong Beach and Yeh Gangga Beach is under construction and scheduled to have been completed in October 2015. (kmb24)

legal buildings and sunbathing facilities for foreign tourists. (kmb31)

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Price of chicken rise up to IDR 50,000 per kg

SINGARAJA - The price of chicken meat at Anyar Market Singaraja continues to increase since the past four days. As a result, dozens of traders choose to take day off and do not sell considering the price at trader level to consumers soars. Such condition practically makes prospective buyers confused to look for chicken meat, either for sale or self-consumption at home.

Quiet buyers are alleged to have been caused by high selling price of chicken meat in Buleleng. Consequently traders are forced to shut down their selling activity and worry if their chicken meat cannot be sold at the market.

The price of chicken meat gradually increases from IDR 20,000 to IDR 50,000 per kg. “Quiet consumers of chicken meat have taken place since the past four days, sir. I have no choice but do not sell because the price of chicken meat is expensive and buyers are increasingly deserted,” said Siwakhana, a chicken meat trader.

Another trader, Siti, admitted to still sell despite buyers tend to be deserted. Decrease in turnover has been experienced since the price of chicken rose. The price hike is alleged to happen due to lack of supply in the market.

Traders are unable to ensure when the price will be back to normal as ever before. “The turnover of our chicken meat sale is falling, sir. Nevertheless, I remain to sell. Otherwise, I will have no income,” she said. (kmb34)

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Four art troupes perform old style jegog dance

The Jegog performance in Jembrana

NEGARA - Four jegog art troupes from four subdistricts in Jembrana performed an Old Style Jegog dance on Sunday night (Aug. 23) at the Wantilan hall of Jagatnatha Temple. Unlike regular performances where the dancers face each other (known as mebarung), this performance was accompanied by beautiful maids and kecak dancers as well as a dag (leader) specifically equipped with long kris dagger identical to jegog dancers of the 1960s.

The four art troupes included; an envoy from Melaya subdistrict represented by Cakra Buana jegog art troupe of Tukadaya village, Duta Semara from Peh hamlet, Kaliakah village (Negara subdistrict), Prawita from Sangkaragung village (Jembrana subdistrict) and Amerta Suara from Mendoyo subdistrict. Audiences used to watching Jegog Mebarung

where enthralled by the old style jegog.

Regent of Jembrana, Putu Artha and his wife Ari Sugianti Artha as well as Deputy Regent I Made Kembang Hartawan and other members of the audience laughed uproariously when the dag dancer, Ida Bagus Jember alias Gus Glondong (representing Jembrana subdistrict) showed off his costume

complete with a gun on his waist. The dag dancer from Duta Semara of Peh hamlet, Kaliakah village, was no less attractive. Armed with a long kris dagger that swung back and forth, dressed in traditional attire, and escorted by beautiful maids and his kecak acappella, he received great cheers from the thousands of spectators who enjoyed the show.

This performance was provided as entertainment to people for the welcoming of the Town of Negara’s 120th anniversary and the 70th anniversary of tIndoneisan Independence. This years celebrations allowed local artists to perform in the subdistricts and counties. (kmb26)

One Chinese traveler killed, another gets injuries

MANGUPURA - Visitors to Tegal Wangi Beach at Buana Gubug hamlet, Jimbaran, Badung, were surprised by the incident of two Chinese travelers being swept away by sea waves, Lidan, 20, and a photographer Lulin, Monday (Aug. 24). At that time, they were absorbed in taking photographs and not aware if large waves dragged their bodies.

According to a source at the Denpasar Police, it happened at approximately three o’clock in the afternoon.

Based on information of security guard of Tegal Wangi, I Nyoman Tama, 45, to the officer, at the time he just arrived on the beach to carry out his regular duties to keep the beach area. Suddenly, he heard cries for help. “The witness (Tama—Ed) got information from one of the visitors if there are people drowning,” the source said.

Furthermore, Tama look out to sea and saw the casualties in the middle of the beach in a tottering state. In the meantime, Lidan was already at sea and estimated to have died. Tama immediately swam towards the victims and attempted to bring the victims ashore.

Another witness, Nengah Yasa, said that at the time of incident he was sitting and suddenly heard a cry for help.

He also saw the victim bobbing in the sea. Yasa helped Tama trying to rescue the victims. “Yasa could only pull and rescue one of the victims. Since he has been fatigue, he swam back ashore. Assisted by visitors and other lifeguards, finally the two victims could be evacuated,” said the source asking for anonymity.

Around four o’clock in the afternoon, the body of Lidan was taken to Sanglah Hospital by using the ambulance of the Jimbaran Lifeguard. In the meantime, Lulin who suffered abrasions was rushed to Kasih Ibu Hospital. When asked for his confirmation, Wayan Redip justified the incident. “Yes, one of the victims died. Complete data can be obtained at the office (Denpasar Police—Ed). Later on I will inform again,” he said. (kmb36)

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Singapore to hold election Sept. 11 in test of ruling party

SINGAPORE — Singapore will hold a general election on Sept.

11, the government announced Tuesday, in what is expected to be a tight contest for the ruling party, which has dominated politics in the city-state for 50 years but is now facing growing disaffection among citizens.

The People’s Action Party, whose founder and Singapore’s first prime minister, Lee Kuan Yew, died in March at age 91, currently holds 80 out of 87 seats in Parliament.

Although that number implies massive popularity for the PAP, the party has been aided by an electoral system in which some constituencies are represented by a group of four to six lawmakers, boosting the winning party’s numbers.

The party usually fields groups led by senior, popular members of Parliament. The system has helped the PAP maintain a commanding majority, even though it received just 60 percent of all votes in the 2011 general election, in its worst electoral performance. It has lost two by-elections since then.

The decline in popularity results from growing resentment over political restrictions, an influx of foreigners and a high cost of living. For the younger generation, Singapore’s economic success “does not have that much resonance compared with their parents or grandparents,” said Eugene Tan, an associate professor of law at Singapore Management University.

“They are less enamored of a one-party dominant system and are inclined to more political diversity

and contestation. The results will signal whether we are incrementally moving away from a one-party dominant system,” he said.

The virtual one-party dominance was led by Lee, who is widely credited with setting the country on the path of economic success and was lauded at the nation’s 50th birthday celebrations on Aug. 9 for his achievements.

Lee’s son, current Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, recounted at the rally the country’s progress in the last 50 years and urged Singaporeans to think about the next 50.

“If you are proud of what we have achieved together, if you support what we want to do ahead, the future that we are building, then please support me, please support my team,” he said.

“We have to do it together, so that we can keep Singapore special for many years to come. Another 50 years. And Singapore has to stay special because if we are just a dull little spot on the map, a smudge, we are going to count for nothing.

We have to be a shining red dot,” he added.

On election day, 16 areas in Singapore will be contested in groups, while 13 others will be contested individually, amounting to a total of 89 seats. Parliament was dissolved by the president earlier Tuesday and nomination Day is Sept. 1.

There are around 2.46 million eligible voters, up from 2.35 million in 2011, with an increased number of voters born post-independence. (ap)

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The skyline of Singapore’s financial district and Marina Bay August 9, 2015. Singapore’s President Tony Tan has dissolved the parliament on the advice of the prime minister, the government said on August 25, 2015, a sign that an announcement on the date of the general election is imminent. Picture taken August 9.

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In this Friday, Aug. 21, 2015 photo, a woman walks past a propaganda movie shown on a large screen in Pyongyang, North Korea.

In N. Korean capital, residents used to life in war’s shadow

PYONGYANG, North Kore — For 30 minutes in North Korea, as talks were underway to try to avert the worst crisis between the two Koreas in years, all eyes were glued to the television — but not to the news, which had just ended. After five long years, the “Boy General” animation series was airing a much-anticipated new episode.

Being in a “quasi-state of war” essentially sums up what it’s like to be in North Korea on any day.

North Koreans are accustomed to being told they are on the brink of war with their southern neighbors and U.S. troops, and as talks with South Korea in the truce village of Panmunjom dragged on this weekend one had to look hard in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang to find signs of a brewing crisis.

If anything, the question on people’s minds seemed to be why it was taking Seoul so long to do what they assumed it inevitably would — back down.

The negotiations followed North Korea’s deadline for the South to dismantle loudspeakers broadcasting propaganda across the border for the first time in 11 years. The South had resumed the broadcasts after two soldiers were maimed by land mines Seoul claimed were placed by the North.

In Tuesday’s agreement, Seoul said it would halt the broadcasts and Pyongyang expressed regret, but not responsibility, for the mines.

Soon after the North issued its ultimatum, minivans equipped with

loudspeakers plied the streets of Pyongyang to broadcast news the country was on a quasi-state-of-war footing and truckloads of soldiers singing patriotic songs rode along major boulevards.

But as the deadline passed, people awaiting their trains and busses outside Pyongyang’s main station seemed oblivious to a single civil defense van decked out in thin camouflage netting parked nearby.

Few paid attention to the big screen in the plaza outside the station as the deadline passed.

Throughout the crisis, there were no visible signs of increased security in or around the capital.

Food stalls selling ice cream and other treats were open as usual and families were happily popping cork bullets from air guns at Pyongyang’s many street-side shooting galleries.

In subway stations, which double as bomb shelters and are where many people get their news from copies of papers posted on billboards, commuters generally got of their trains and headed to the exits without stopping to read the headlines. That’s a big contrast with the genuine concern and interest

shown by crowds who swarmed the boards when news of the execution of Kim Jong Un’s powerful uncle was reported in late 2013.

The seemingly jaded atmosphere in Pyongyang was a sharp contrast with state media reports of increased coal production as miners scrambled to boost military readiness; of more than a million young people signing up to join, or rejoin, the military; of farmers, factory workers and students rallying behind the call to meet any provocations with a crushing, allout fight to the finish. Undoubtedly, there was much more going on than met the eye.

In the tightly controlled information environment of the authoritarian North, it’s impossible to tell how tense the situation got near the Demilitarized Zone.

South Korean defense officials said during the talks that about 70 percent of the North’s more than 70 submarines and undersea vehicles had left their bases and could not be located by the South Korean military. They also said the North had doubled the strength of its front-line artillery forces since the start of the talks. (ap)

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An Indonesian talks on mobile phone while watching an electronic stock board at the Indonesia Stock Exchange in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015. Chinese stocks tumbled again Tuesday after their biggest decline in eight years while most other Asian markets rebounded from a day of heavy losses.

Chinese stock index sinks 7.6 percent, Japan also down

BEIJING — China’s stock market index tumbled for a fourth day, falling 7.6 percent Tuesday to an eight-month low and Japanese stocks fell. But other Asian rebounded after a day of heavy global losses, and European markets also bounced back in early trading.

Analysts said it was unclear whether this was a sign the worst was over or a reprieve in a longerterm bear market.

The Shanghai Composite Index lost 7.6 percent to 2,964.97 points, adding to Monday’s 8.5 percent loss and taking the benchmark to its lowest level since Dec. 15. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 average was in positive territory

gered by the sharp drop in Chinese stocks, but experts said there was little change in economic fundamentals to justify such a massive global slide.

“There was no clear catalyst for the global stock meltdown. The lack The mixed picture comes a day Monday. Markets in Hong Kong, of clarity makes it difficult to assess after a global sell-off and tumultu- South Korea, Australia and Singapore what is needed to stem the rout,” ous day on Wall Street, where the posted modest recoveries Tuesday said Bernard Aw of IG Markets in Dow Jones closed down 3.6 percent after being hit hard a day earlier. a report.

“A coordinated policy response is critical, and much of this needs to come from Asian economies,” Aw said. “A spate of better economic news may help to allay concerns that global growth is not deteriorating.

Certainly, improvements in the Chinese economy will be welcomed.”

In Sydney, the S&P ASX 200 gained 2.7 percent to 5,137.30 and Seoul’s Kospi advanced 0.9 percent, rebounding from Monday’s 3 percent fall.

In currency markets, the dollar declined to 119.4810 yen from Monday’s 118.6930 yen. The euro edged down to $1.1544 from the previous session’s $1.1591.

Oil rebounded from Monday’s steep declines.

Benchmark U.S. crude gained 59 cents to $38.83 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract plunged $2.21 on Monday to close at $38.42.

Brent crude, used to price inChinatopix via AP ternational oils, advanced $1.02 to A Chinese stock investor reacts near a display for stock prices at a brokerage house in Qingdao in eastern China’s Shandong $43.70 per barrel in London. It fell province Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015. Chinese stocks tumbled again Tuesday after their biggest decline in eight years while most $2.77 the previous day to close at other Asian markets rebounded from a day of heavy losses. $42.69. (ap)

for parts of the day, but ended up closing down 4 percent at 17,806.70. It had fallen 4.6 percent Monday.

In early trading in Europe, France’s CAC-40 advanced 1.5 percent to 4,449.93, rebounding from the previous session’s 5.4 percent loss. Germany’s DAX gained 1.4 percent to 9,787.97 after dropping 4.7 percent Monday.

Monday’s global sell-off was trig-

President meets Lapindo mud flow’s victims

PORONG - President Joko Widodo and First Lady Iriana here on Tuesday met the residents of Sidoarjo District, East Java Province, who have borne the brunt of the Lapindo mud volcano.

Accompanied by Social Affairs Minister Khofifah Indar Parawansa and Public Works Minister Basuki Hadimujono, the head of state also visited a dam in an area called “Dot 25” in Porong Sub-district, Sidoarjo District.

The 600-hectare “Dot 25” functions as a water storage area, stated Sunarso, the head of the Lusi Mudflow Mitigation

Agency.

Sunarso pointed out that several residents were suffering from the impacts of the mud volcano, which abruptly erupted in May 2006, for which the victims have received compensation payment.

Meanwhile, Head of Sidoarjo District Saiful Ilah emphasized that the regional governments have attempted to assist the residents affected by the mudflow.

Ilah urged the victims to meet all the requirements necessary to avail compensation for their material and immaterial losses. (ant)

Market turbulence raises fresh worries over global economy WASHINGTON - A roller-coaster ride on global markets, which saw some bourses record their largest one-week losses since 2008 as they took fright at a Chinese sell-off, have raised fresh worries over the strength of the global economy.

And while analysts said fears of a repeat of the financial crises of 1997 or 2008 were largely unfounded -- mainly because of reforms undertaken since -- they warned that continued turbulence emerging from China would take a toll on global economic growth, especially in emerging economies.

An 8.5 percent plunge on Shanghai’s benchmark index on Monday triggered sharp declines across the

main US and European exchanges, with drops that wiped out any profits earned this year.

The carnage was even worse in emerging economies, and while non-China stock markets recovered somewhat on Tuesday, comparisons have nevertheless been made to the 1997 financial crisis, which left East and Southeast Asian economies in tatters and some seeking bailouts from the International Monetary Fund.

At that time, China was a rock of stability. This time, it is the source of the turmoil.

Beijing’s failed efforts to calm its own capital markets and stem the domestic economic slowdown were compounded by the unex-

pected devaluation of the yuan two weeks ago.

Fears that the devaluation was a sign the country’s economy was in even worse shape than feared -- though China is one of the fastestgrowing economies in the world, gross domestic product expansion has slowed to around seven percent -- sparked a selloff.

Most emerging economies followed, effectively triggering a bout of competitive devaluations.

Worries that leaders in Beijing have not yet got a handle on the country’s economic problems are only growing.

“What we are facing now is the increasing uncertainty over the

ability of the Chinese authorities to manage the transition in China,” Peterson Institute for International Economics economist Angel Ubide told AFP. The failed market interventions, he said, have only increased questions “about whether the Chinese authorities are really on top of things.”

Already amid worries about China and other emerging economies, the International Monetary Fund in July cut its 2015 growth forecast for the year to 3.3 percent from 3.5 percent predicted just three months earlier.

Charles Collyns, chief economist at the International Institute of

Finance in Washington, noted that “there are enduring factors that do imply a more enduring impact on the global economy.”

“I don’t think you can just shrug your shoulders and say, ‘don’t worry, come back in two weeks.’

“There is a broader malaise across emerging markets,” he said, pointing to political crises in Brazil and Turkey, stalled reforms in India, the impact of sanctions on Russia, and the loss of income in oil exporters like Nigeria as a result of tanking crude prices.

Even so, Collyns and others were quick to dismiss the suggestion of another global financial crisis in the air. (afp)

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Eight feared dead in Papua landslide

JAKARTA - Eight people are missing and feared dead after a major landslide hit a road in remote eastern Indonesia, an official said Tuesday.

Heavy downpours in an isolated mountainous region of Papua province triggered the landslide Sunday, burying six construction workers and two bystanders under rock and rubble.

Papua police spokesman Patridge Renwarin said news of the incident did not reach local authorities until Mon-

day, when a rescue team was quickly assembled.

But bad weather prevented police, the army and local officials from reaching the site of the landslide on Monday, with the effort to reach those buried resuming Tuesday.

“I have heard reports that the team reached the site and

the evacuation process is ongoing,” Patridge told AFP. Landslides are common in Indonesia, one of the world’s most natural-disaster prone nations.

The national disaster agency estimates about half of the country’s 250 million population live in areas susceptible to landslides. (afp)

Implementation of 2014 state budget 87 percent

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Motorist passed Lapindo mud volcano that located in Sidoarjo, East Java.

President Joko Widodo and First Lady Iriana here on Tuesday met the residents of Sidoarjo District, East Java Province, who have borne the brunt of the Lapindo mud volcano.

JAKARTA - The National Development Planning (PPN) Ministry/National Development Planning Board (Bappenas) said implementation of 2014 state budget was only 87 percent with spending totaling Rp949.9 trillion of the target of Rp1,885 trillion.

“The implementation was

not bad compared to between 74 percent to 91 percent in previous years,” PPN Minister and Head of Bappenas Sofyan Djalil said.

PPN was given the A rating by the Ministry of State Apparatuses Efficiency and Reform in accountability evaluation in 2014.

Sofyan said in a work-

ing meeting with the Commission XI of the House of Representatives (DPR) on accountability report on Monday.

On the same occasion Finance Minister Bambang Brodjonegoro state tax revenue reached 92.13 percent of the target of Rp1,248.92 trillion. (ant)

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Heroes who foiled train gunman scheduled for rest, college

SAN FRANCISCO — So what do you do when a trip on a high-speed train in Europe suddenly turns you and your buddies into international heroes?

Sign a book deal? Take meetings with Hollywood executives?

Pose for magazine features?

Perhaps yes to all three, eventually, but not just yet for the three American men who earned the thanks of many nations on Friday when they tackled and subdued a gunman on a train traveling from Amsterdam to Paris.

For now, U.S. Airman Spencer Stone, 23, is in Germany for military observation and treatment. Oregon National Guardsman Alek Skarlatos, 22, is at his side. The third man, Anthony Sadler, 23, is scheduled to start his senior year at Sacramento State on Monday, although university officials are waiting to confirm when he will REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh A Syrian migrant carries a wounded boy on a railway track after they crossed the Hungarian- return home.

Sacramento State President Serbian border near Roszke, Hungary August 25, 2015. Hungary’s government has started to Robert S. Nelsen said eager doconstruct a 175-km-long (110-mile-long) fence on its border with Serbia in order to halt a masnors are lining up to help Sadler sive flow of migrants who enter the European Union (EU) via Hungary and head to western with scholarship money for his Europe. last year studying kinesiology.

The university is thrilled, he said, to have such a courageous man on campus.

“We want to have a celebration,” Nelsen said. “But we want to have the type of celebration he wants to have.”

Hungary wants more, less humiliating, EU funds to cope with migrants

BUDAPEST - Hungary wants more European Union funds to cope with the worst refugee crisis since World War Two, Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s chief of staff was quoted as saying on Tuesday. He said what was currently doled out was done in a humiliating way.

Hungary is part of the European Union’s Schengen zone of passport-free travel and borders non-EU Serbia and Ukraine making it attractive to migrants. It has registered over 100,000 migrants so far this year, compared with 43,000 in all 2014.

On Monday alone, police registered 2,093 migrants, the highest daily tally so far this year.

Hungary is building a fence on its southern border with Serbia to fend off the rising tide of migrants.

The European Commission has pledged nearly 8 million euros in aid and various other measures for Hungary. However, Janos Lazar, Orban’s chief of staff, told the

daily Magyar Hirlap newspaper that more was needed.

“The European Union distributes border protection funds in a humiliating way. Old member states have nicked the money from new members,” Lazar was quoted as saying in an interview.

Most migrants are from poor or conflict-ridden countries such as Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq and look to move on to wealthier western and northern EU countries.

Lazar’s remarks came a day after Commission President JeanClaude Juncker criticised bickering EU governments for “finger pointing” instead of confronting the migrant crisis with viable measures.

In the meantime, to the distress of the European Commission, Hungary is pulling up a line of barbed wire along the frontier with Serbia and aims to complete the 3.5-meter-high fence by November. It has also promised to deploy thousands of police to the border and plans to tighten the penalties for illegal migration and trafficking.

“If we do not take meaningful steps, we will become a rescue boat that sinks beneath the weight of those clinging onto it,” Lazar said in what appeared to be a reference to the deaths of hundreds of migrants trying to reach Europe on overcrowded boats through the Mediterranean. (rtr)

As would the City of Sacramento, which is planning a parade for all three men, who grew up in the area. Besides Sadler, Stone and Skarlatos grew up in nearby Carmichael, California.

In fact, the three friends likely won’t lack for invites to fetes and parades, big and small.

“We’d like to invite them to a rally to honor them and give them time to interact with current students,” said Trent Allen, spokesman for the San Juan Unified School District in Sacramento County, California, where Skarlatos and Stone attended high school. “That’s on our wish list.”

Skarlatos, who moved to Roseburg, Oregon, as a teenager, returned from deployment to Afghanistan in July. He is studying at the local community college and hopes for a career in law enforcement, said his stepmother Karen Skarlatos.

He plans to stay in Germany with Stone until he is released, she said Monday. Then they’re being flown straight to New York, where she assumes they will sit for interviews.

“They really want to have a day that they can have to themselves in Germany, but whether or not they’re going to get that, I don’t know,” Karen Skarlatos said. (ap)

Dependent ...

From page 1 Economies throughout Asia and the rest of the developing world have become dependent on China’s demand for their exports of minerals, timber, energy resources and other commodities.

But Chinese growth is slowing, fuelling a sell-off in emerging markets as global investors seek “safer” investments such as US assets.

“Brazil is particularly vulnerable since it is an important exporter of commodities such as iron ore and soyabean to China, and... since its economy is already in recession,” said Biswas.

Others such as Chile, Russia, South Africa and Malaysia are already seeing export slowdowns or are expected to dp so soon, analysts say.

China’s stellar annual growth rates of up to 10 percent pro-

pelled it to the rank of world’s second-largest economy.

But growth has slowed this year to 7 percent, and Beijing’s recent move to devalue the yuan -- placing further pressure on other currencies -- has raised suspicions its economy is worseoff than thought.

“I wouldn’t expect something like the financial crisis of 1997, but if China has a hard landing and growth is weak for years, that could cause problems for Asia,” Biswas added.

Most Asian currencies have fallen by signficant amounts against the dollar this year, led by the Malaysian ringgit’s 34 percent tumble in 12 months.

But the region’s economic fundamentals remain far stronger than 18 years ago, and at a certain point weaker currencies help exports, said Song of CIMB. (afp)

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Button calls Belgian GP ‘embarrassing’

Jenson Button has conceded his Belgian Grand Prix was an “embarrassing” experience as the McLaren Formula 1 team was again held back by engine supplier Honda. From starting 19th on the grid at Spa-Francorchamps after a host of penalties, Button finished 14th and a lap down on race-winner Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes.

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Kyrgios handed suspended fine and ban for Wawrinka outburst

Australian Nick Kyrgios has been given a suspended 28-day ban and $25,000 fine for the vulgar comments he directed towards Stan Wawrinka at the Rogers Cup earlier this month, the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) said on Monday. The ATP said the 20-year-old had been found guilty of “aggravated behaviour” during the second round match in Montreal, when Kyrgios’s comments about Wawrinka’s alleged girlfriend were picked up by on-court microphones.

“The fine and suspension are withheld on the condition that over the next six-month period the player does not incur any fines for verbal or physical abuse at any ATP sanctioned tournament; or does not accumulate fines totalling more than $5,000 for any other offences at ATP sanctioned tournaments,” the governing body of men’s tennis said in a statement.

Kyrgios had already been fined the on site maximum of $10,000 for the offence and a further $2,500 for comments directed at a ball person. “This incident was egregious and reflected poorly on our sport,” Gayle David Bradshaw, Executive Vice President, Rules & Competition said in a statement “Nick has expressed regret, and the best result would be that he learns a lesson from this incident and that he understands he is responsible to the Tour and to fellow players for both his actions and his words. “It is with these factors in mind I feel he should have the opportunity to ‘earn’ his way out of additional sanctions.”

Kyrgios subsequently published an apology for the comments but last week Wawrinka said he had received no apology from the combustable Australian. Should Kyrgios adhere to the conditions until the Feb. 24 2016 deadline, the penalties will be dismissed.

The 37th-ranked Kyrgios is well known for on and off-court outbursts and was booed by the crowd at this year’s Wimbledon for appearing to give up in a match against Richard Gasquet. (rtr)

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“I had a problem with the recovery and deployment of the ERS pack,” Button explained. “So the moment I got to the top of Eau Rouge I had no deployment all the way down the straight, and the same with the back straight.

“I don’t know why that was, we’re looking into it, but for the whole race it wasn’t correct. “So when you’re just running on a petrol engine there’s not a lot of power there compared to other people with electric motors as well.

“It’s not an issue I’ve had before, but the pace wasn’t good anyway, as you saw with Fernando [team-mate Alonso]. “But when you haven’t really got any deployment on the

straights, that’s a lot of power these days.

“When you don’t have the electric motor, you’re losing 160, 180 horsepower. I was basically just driving round and keeping it on the black stuff. “It was a tough day, embarrassing really, driving around at the back.”

Over the summer break Honda upgraded the power unit with the use of three development tokens, with motorsport boss Yasuhisa Arai suggesting the system would be close to matching the power output of Ferrari.

That proved to be far from the case, though, as McLaren found itself only ahead of perennial back-

marker Manor, and some way adrift of the likes of Sauber.

Button admitted he would be happy for Honda to prioritise performance and sacrifice reliability. “I’d rather have more effort on power,” he said. “That’s the aim we have right now: more power.

“Reliability is second because we’d like to see ourselves quicker and less reliable. I wouldn’t have an issue with that.

“But the performance is something that’s difficult to find. Reliability’s probably a little easier.”

As to whether he is still enjoying F1 in languishing around at the back, an honest Button said: “A race like that, no, not at all.

“The last eight laps were quite fun watching a few guys scrapping, but apart from that, not at all.

“Loving F1? Yeah. Qualifying was awesome, I enjoyed driving the car, but not the race.” (net)

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Cech an asset this time for Arsenal in draw with Liverpool

LONDON — After Petr Cech’s opening-day blunders proved so costly for Arsenal, the veteran goalkeeper demonstrated against Liverpool on Monday why he will be an asset rather than a liability for his new team.

It was Arsenal’s first clean sheet of the season, but a third for Liverpool.

Although Liverpool has seven points, the irritation for the visitors was their inability to make it three wins out of three as they chase a return to the Champions League by finishing in the top four.

The opportunity was there, with injuries denying Arsenal its first-choice center back partnership of Per Mertesacker (illness) and Laurent (back). In came Calum Chambers, whose hesitancy compounded the collective unease in Arsenal’s defense, alongside Gabriel.

“They didn’t have the experience to play together,” Wenger said. “But we didn’t concede and Petr Cech saved us two or three times in the first half.”

Five minutes before half time, Benteke was primed to score when Roberto Firmino — making his first start for Liverpool — squared the ball to the Belgium striker. But Cech was at full stretch on the ground to block a tap-in from Benteke.

A finer save followed before half time. Coutinho befuddled Hector Bellerin on the left flank, twisting around the defender, before flashing a shot that Cech diverted onto the post.

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by counterpart Simon Mignolet with around 20 minutes to go, palming away Olivier Giroud’s strike with his right hand from point-blank range. The referee had saved Liverpool in the opening ten minutes.

A week after Liverpool was the beneficiary of an offside being missed when Benteke scored the winner against Bournemouth, Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey wrongly had a goal ruled out for offside after he met a precise throughball from Santi Cazorla.

What pleased Liverpool manager Rodgers was his team’s solid defending preventing Arsenal scoring for a second successive home game while providing a threat going forward.

“Defensive organization will be the platform for us with all our creative flair,” Rodgers said. “We kept a really good clean sheet but disappointed we didn’t get the win.”

In May, 13 points separated thirdplace Arsenal from Arsenal in sixth.

The gulf at the start of the new season does not seem as vast, although both teams seem far from challenging Manchester City’s status as early title favorites. (ap)

GRANADA, Spain — Eibar won 3-1 at 10-man Granada on Monday to make a promising start to the modest Basque club’s second season in the Spanish League. The victory by a two-goal margin meant round one ends with Eibar as the unlikely leader at top of the standings on goal difference.

Midfielder Adrian Gonzalez opened the scoring in the 22nd minute at Los Carmenes Stadium from Antonio Luna’s pass, and the left back broke free to easily assist Gonzalo Escalante in the 35th.

Granada pulled one back when substitute Isaac Success set up Ruben Rochina in the 50th, only for the hosts’ comeback to be derailed by Salva Ruiz’s direct red card for a studs-first challenge of Dani Garcia six minutes later.

Mikel Arruabarrena made sure coach Jose Mendilibar enjoyed a winning debut in his second stint with Eibar by scoring one minute after being introduced in the 66th.

“We played a great game and we are a united group, that was the foundation of this win,” Escalante said. “We struggled a bit after they scored, but luckily we were helped by the sending-off.”

Eibar also made a strong start last campaign, only to need what its fans must consider a miraculous turn of events to stay in the first division. Eibar was relegated on the final day of last season after finishing in the bottom three spots, but it was later reinstated as a topflight team after the league penalized Elche for breaking rules on debt limits by demoting it to the second division.

Granada’s loss was its first under manager Jose Sandoval, who earned a new contract this summer after agreeing to coach the team for the final four matches of last season. Sandoval led the team to three wins and a draw, good enough for it to avoid the drop.

On Sunday, Luis Suarez scored in Barcelona’s 1-0 win at Athletic Bilbao to begin its title defense. Atletico Madrid, Celta Vigo, and Espanyol also won their league openers.

Real Madrid, meanwhile, stumbled in Rafa Benitez’s lackluster league debut after drawing 0-0 at promoted Sporting Gijon. (ap)

Ex CONMEBOL head asks end of US extradition request

ASUNCION, Paraguay — A lawyer for the former president of South America’s soccer confederation is requesting a Paraguayan judge to throw out a request by U.S. prosecutors to extradite him to the United States where he has been charged in a corruption scandal.

Nicolas Leoz is one of 14 people indicted by the U.S. Justice Department on charges of bribery, racketeering and moneylaundering. The 86-year-old is being held under house arrest in the Paraguayan capital that is home to the headquarters of the confederation, known as CONMEBOL. His lawyer, Ricardo Preda, said Monday that there’s a “legal vacuum” because a law doesn’t exist to decide on extraditions.

A local judge overseeing the request says he’ll respond in three days.

Leoz was CONMEBOL president from 1986-2013, and a former member of FIFA’s executive committee. In 1997, he lobbied Paraguay’s legislators for a law making the CONMEBOL headquarters exempt from legal intervention, and once bragged that only the Vatican enjoyed the kind of “immunity and total privileges.”

Paraguay recently repealed the immunity that CONMEBOL’s headquarters enjoyed for nearly two decades. It included protection from the kind of raids that happened in May at FIFA and CONCACAF headquarters in Switzerland and Miami.

Leoz, who is on Interpol’s most wanted list, says he’s innocent and plans to continue fighting extradition to the U.S. (ap)

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Hoffenheim signs Chile forward Eduardo Vargas from Napoli

Eibar wins 3-1 at 10-man Granada in Spain

Arsenal’s Petr Cech and Calum Chambers in action with Liverpool’s Christian Benteke

A 0-0 draw at home might seem frustrating for a side longing to end a 12-year wait for a Premier League title but without Cech’s assured presence in goal it could have been back-to-back home losses at the start of the season for the first time in 66 years at Arsenal.

A daring block at the feet of Christian Benteke was followed by Philippe Coutinho’s strike being tipped onto the post by Cech making the slightest of touches at full stretch. With a fragile, makeshift defense in front of him, Cech was required to compensate for those vulnerabilities — rather than gifting goals as he did two weeks ago against West Ham in his first league game since the $17-million switch across London from Chelsea.

“When you start with a new club and everything goes wrong, you need to bounce back and this is what I tried to do,” Cech said, reflecting on that 2-0 loss to West Ham. “Today was one those games where I was in the right place at the right times.” But with the Gunners so ineffective up front, the draw left them with four points from a possible nine at the start of the season, far from the form that will see them threaten to win the title for the first time since 2004.

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SINSHEIM, Germany — Hoffenheim has signed Chile forward Eduardo Vargas from Napoli to compensate for the departure of Roberto Firmino to Liverpool. The 25-year-old Vargas signed a deal until June 30, 2019, the Bundesliga club announced Monday.

Vargas helped Chile win the Copa America on home soil in June by finishing as the tournament’s joint top-scorer with four goals. He was named in the team of the tournament.

“Eduardo’s outstanding performances at the Copa America naturally captured attention among other clubs across Europe,”

Hoffenheim director of football Alexander Rosen said. “So we’re happy he decided for Hoffenheim and that we can integrate a flexible, technically strong and robust player up front.”

Vargas will be expected to fill the gap left by Brazilian attacking midfielder Firmino, who scored 38 goals and set up 28 more in 140 Bundesliga games for Hoffenheim.

After arriving from Universidad de Chile in January 2011, Vargas failed to establish himself in two half-seasons at Napoli.

He went on to play loan spells at Brazilian side Gremio, Spanish club Valencia and then last season

at Premier League side Queens Park Rangers.

“I’m not only looking forward to the fans, the stadiums and the atmosphere in Germany, but above all the chance to show my aggressive and offensive game in one of the best leagues in the world,” Vargas was quoted as saying by the Hoffenheim website.

He added that he was confident he could “develop myself further in a team whose way of playing is familiar to me from the Chile national team and therefore suits me.” Vargas has scored 22 goals in 48 appearances for Chile. (ap)

Sunderland manager Dick Advocaat said he needs to strengthen his squad with at least two or three more signings before the transfer window shuts next week.

The Black Cats have made a woeful start to their campaign conceding eight goals, more than any other Premier League club, and collecting only one point from their opening three games.

“I have told everyone we need two or three players and I will keep saying it until the last day,” Advocaat, currently the oldest manager in the league, said ahead of the Capital One Cup clash with Exeter City later on Tuesday.

Advocaat also hailed the efforts of the club’s sporting director Lee Congerton, who helped Sunderland bring in five players so far.

“I think we now have the right people who can judge players and what Lee has done with little money so far is a really great job,” the 67-year-old Dutchman said. “So I can appreciate that -but we need more,” he added.

Unlike most Premier League sides, who tend to give youth a chance in the Capital One cup, Advocaat intends to play his first team against Exeter in the hope that his side can gain some momentum and confidence as they search for their first win this season.

“It’s important to get a little more confidence but we’ve also seen in pre-season how difficult it is to play against those kinds of teams when we lost 2-0 to Doncaster,” the former Netherlands manager said.

“They (Exeter) are playing in a beautiful stadium on a great pitch

and they have nothing to lose,” he added. (rtr)

Advocaat says Sunderland need more signings

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Chelsea’s Pedro

Chelsea move a gamble I had to take, says Pedro

Chelsea’s new signing Pedro has said he took a “gamble” by leaving Spanish champions Barcelona after eight successful years, but one driven by his desire for more playing time.

The Spain striker completed a 30 million euro ($34.6 million) move to the Premier League champions last week and came up with a goal and an assist on his debut in their 3-2 victory at West Bromwich Albion on Sunday.

“Of course I would have liked to have stayed at Barca and retire here,” Sky Sports quoted the 28year-old as telling the Spanish media in his farewell press conference for which he flew back to Barcelona on Monday.

“That was my intention when I signed my contract extension.

But I’ve taken a gamble because it’s what I wanted. “I wasn’t going to stay here just to appear on the photo,” he added.

Pedro, who has scored 59 goals for the Catalan club in 128 La Liga starts, found his opportunities limited after the arrival of Luis Suarez from Liverpool last season and decided to move despite signing a new four-year contract in June.

“I was really happy when I signed that contract. But then I

saw that my situation would not change.

“I’m always ambitious but it was difficult to have continuity here. Now I have new challenges and the opportunity to continue to play,” he said. “This offer arrived and it gave me everything I needed to take a decision. I wanted to leave to have more playing time,” the Spain international and World Cup winner added.

Pedro won 20 trophies in his time with Barcelona, including five La Liga titles and three Champions Leagues crowns.

“I’m very happy to be at Chelsea because it’s a club that, like Barca, are fighting for titles,” he said.

“I had offers from other English clubs -- Manchester United, City and Chelsea, who were the club that more rapidly resolved my transfer and the one that showed more interest in me,” the striker added.

“I just hope I don’t have to face Barca or step out at the Nou Camp wearing another jersey. It would be difficult, I wouldn’t like it.

“I don’t think Barca will miss me because they have plenty of quality players, but I will sure miss them, the players and the club,” he said. (rtr)

AP Photo/Scott Heppell

Sunderland’s manager Dick Advocaat controls the match ball during their English Premier League soccer match between Sunderland and Swansea City at the Stadium of Light, Sunderland, England, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2015.

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Cech an asset this time for Arsenal in draw with Liverpool

LONDON — After Petr Cech’s opening-day blunders proved so costly for Arsenal, the veteran goalkeeper demonstrated against Liverpool on Monday why he will be an asset rather than a liability for his new team.

It was Arsenal’s first clean sheet of the season, but a third for Liverpool.

Although Liverpool has seven points, the irritation for the visitors was their inability to make it three wins out of three as they chase a return to the Champions League by finishing in the top four.

The opportunity was there, with injuries denying Arsenal its first-choice center back partnership of Per Mertesacker (illness) and Laurent (back). In came Calum Chambers, whose hesitancy compounded the collective unease in Arsenal’s defense, alongside Gabriel.

“They didn’t have the experience to play together,” Wenger said. “But we didn’t concede and Petr Cech saved us two or three times in the first half.”

Five minutes before half time, Benteke was primed to score when Roberto Firmino — making his first start for Liverpool — squared the ball to the Belgium striker. But Cech was at full stretch on the ground to block a tap-in from Benteke.

A finer save followed before half time. Coutinho befuddled Hector Bellerin on the left flank, twisting around the defender, before flashing a shot that Cech diverted onto the post.

The quality off the saves was matched

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by counterpart Simon Mignolet with around 20 minutes to go, palming away Olivier Giroud’s strike with his right hand from point-blank range. The referee had saved Liverpool in the opening ten minutes.

A week after Liverpool was the beneficiary of an offside being missed when Benteke scored the winner against Bournemouth, Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey wrongly had a goal ruled out for offside after he met a precise throughball from Santi Cazorla.

What pleased Liverpool manager Rodgers was his team’s solid defending preventing Arsenal scoring for a second successive home game while providing a threat going forward.

“Defensive organization will be the platform for us with all our creative flair,” Rodgers said. “We kept a really good clean sheet but disappointed we didn’t get the win.”

In May, 13 points separated thirdplace Arsenal from Arsenal in sixth.

The gulf at the start of the new season does not seem as vast, although both teams seem far from challenging Manchester City’s status as early title favorites. (ap)

GRANADA, Spain — Eibar won 3-1 at 10-man Granada on Monday to make a promising start to the modest Basque club’s second season in the Spanish League. The victory by a two-goal margin meant round one ends with Eibar as the unlikely leader at top of the standings on goal difference.

Midfielder Adrian Gonzalez opened the scoring in the 22nd minute at Los Carmenes Stadium from Antonio Luna’s pass, and the left back broke free to easily assist Gonzalo Escalante in the 35th.

Granada pulled one back when substitute Isaac Success set up Ruben Rochina in the 50th, only for the hosts’ comeback to be derailed by Salva Ruiz’s direct red card for a studs-first challenge of Dani Garcia six minutes later.

Mikel Arruabarrena made sure coach Jose Mendilibar enjoyed a winning debut in his second stint with Eibar by scoring one minute after being introduced in the 66th.

“We played a great game and we are a united group, that was the foundation of this win,” Escalante said. “We struggled a bit after they scored, but luckily we were helped by the sending-off.”

Eibar also made a strong start last campaign, only to need what its fans must consider a miraculous turn of events to stay in the first division. Eibar was relegated on the final day of last season after finishing in the bottom three spots, but it was later reinstated as a topflight team after the league penalized Elche for breaking rules on debt limits by demoting it to the second division.

Granada’s loss was its first under manager Jose Sandoval, who earned a new contract this summer after agreeing to coach the team for the final four matches of last season. Sandoval led the team to three wins and a draw, good enough for it to avoid the drop.

On Sunday, Luis Suarez scored in Barcelona’s 1-0 win at Athletic Bilbao to begin its title defense. Atletico Madrid, Celta Vigo, and Espanyol also won their league openers.

Real Madrid, meanwhile, stumbled in Rafa Benitez’s lackluster league debut after drawing 0-0 at promoted Sporting Gijon. (ap)

Ex CONMEBOL head asks end of US extradition request

ASUNCION, Paraguay — A lawyer for the former president of South America’s soccer confederation is requesting a Paraguayan judge to throw out a request by U.S. prosecutors to extradite him to the United States where he has been charged in a corruption scandal.

Nicolas Leoz is one of 14 people indicted by the U.S. Justice Department on charges of bribery, racketeering and moneylaundering. The 86-year-old is being held under house arrest in the Paraguayan capital that is home to the headquarters of the confederation, known as CONMEBOL. His lawyer, Ricardo Preda, said Monday that there’s a “legal vacuum” because a law doesn’t exist to decide on extraditions.

A local judge overseeing the request says he’ll respond in three days.

Leoz was CONMEBOL president from 1986-2013, and a former member of FIFA’s executive committee. In 1997, he lobbied Paraguay’s legislators for a law making the CONMEBOL headquarters exempt from legal intervention, and once bragged that only the Vatican enjoyed the kind of “immunity and total privileges.”

Paraguay recently repealed the immunity that CONMEBOL’s headquarters enjoyed for nearly two decades. It included protection from the kind of raids that happened in May at FIFA and CONCACAF headquarters in Switzerland and Miami.

Leoz, who is on Interpol’s most wanted list, says he’s innocent and plans to continue fighting extradition to the U.S. (ap)

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Hoffenheim signs Chile forward Eduardo Vargas from Napoli

Eibar wins 3-1 at 10-man Granada in Spain

Arsenal’s Petr Cech and Calum Chambers in action with Liverpool’s Christian Benteke

A 0-0 draw at home might seem frustrating for a side longing to end a 12-year wait for a Premier League title but without Cech’s assured presence in goal it could have been back-to-back home losses at the start of the season for the first time in 66 years at Arsenal.

A daring block at the feet of Christian Benteke was followed by Philippe Coutinho’s strike being tipped onto the post by Cech making the slightest of touches at full stretch. With a fragile, makeshift defense in front of him, Cech was required to compensate for those vulnerabilities — rather than gifting goals as he did two weeks ago against West Ham in his first league game since the $17-million switch across London from Chelsea.

“When you start with a new club and everything goes wrong, you need to bounce back and this is what I tried to do,” Cech said, reflecting on that 2-0 loss to West Ham. “Today was one those games where I was in the right place at the right times.” But with the Gunners so ineffective up front, the draw left them with four points from a possible nine at the start of the season, far from the form that will see them threaten to win the title for the first time since 2004.

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SINSHEIM, Germany — Hoffenheim has signed Chile forward Eduardo Vargas from Napoli to compensate for the departure of Roberto Firmino to Liverpool. The 25-year-old Vargas signed a deal until June 30, 2019, the Bundesliga club announced Monday.

Vargas helped Chile win the Copa America on home soil in June by finishing as the tournament’s joint top-scorer with four goals. He was named in the team of the tournament.

“Eduardo’s outstanding performances at the Copa America naturally captured attention among other clubs across Europe,”

Hoffenheim director of football Alexander Rosen said. “So we’re happy he decided for Hoffenheim and that we can integrate a flexible, technically strong and robust player up front.”

Vargas will be expected to fill the gap left by Brazilian attacking midfielder Firmino, who scored 38 goals and set up 28 more in 140 Bundesliga games for Hoffenheim.

After arriving from Universidad de Chile in January 2011, Vargas failed to establish himself in two half-seasons at Napoli.

He went on to play loan spells at Brazilian side Gremio, Spanish club Valencia and then last season

at Premier League side Queens Park Rangers.

“I’m not only looking forward to the fans, the stadiums and the atmosphere in Germany, but above all the chance to show my aggressive and offensive game in one of the best leagues in the world,” Vargas was quoted as saying by the Hoffenheim website.

He added that he was confident he could “develop myself further in a team whose way of playing is familiar to me from the Chile national team and therefore suits me.” Vargas has scored 22 goals in 48 appearances for Chile. (ap)

Sunderland manager Dick Advocaat said he needs to strengthen his squad with at least two or three more signings before the transfer window shuts next week.

The Black Cats have made a woeful start to their campaign conceding eight goals, more than any other Premier League club, and collecting only one point from their opening three games.

“I have told everyone we need two or three players and I will keep saying it until the last day,” Advocaat, currently the oldest manager in the league, said ahead of the Capital One Cup clash with Exeter City later on Tuesday.

Advocaat also hailed the efforts of the club’s sporting director Lee Congerton, who helped Sunderland bring in five players so far.

“I think we now have the right people who can judge players and what Lee has done with little money so far is a really great job,” the 67-year-old Dutchman said. “So I can appreciate that -but we need more,” he added.

Unlike most Premier League sides, who tend to give youth a chance in the Capital One cup, Advocaat intends to play his first team against Exeter in the hope that his side can gain some momentum and confidence as they search for their first win this season.

“It’s important to get a little more confidence but we’ve also seen in pre-season how difficult it is to play against those kinds of teams when we lost 2-0 to Doncaster,” the former Netherlands manager said.

“They (Exeter) are playing in a beautiful stadium on a great pitch

and they have nothing to lose,” he added. (rtr)

Advocaat says Sunderland need more signings

Action Images via Reuters / Carl Recine Livepic

Chelsea’s Pedro

Chelsea move a gamble I had to take, says Pedro

Chelsea’s new signing Pedro has said he took a “gamble” by leaving Spanish champions Barcelona after eight successful years, but one driven by his desire for more playing time.

The Spain striker completed a 30 million euro ($34.6 million) move to the Premier League champions last week and came up with a goal and an assist on his debut in their 3-2 victory at West Bromwich Albion on Sunday.

“Of course I would have liked to have stayed at Barca and retire here,” Sky Sports quoted the 28year-old as telling the Spanish media in his farewell press conference for which he flew back to Barcelona on Monday.

“That was my intention when I signed my contract extension.

But I’ve taken a gamble because it’s what I wanted. “I wasn’t going to stay here just to appear on the photo,” he added.

Pedro, who has scored 59 goals for the Catalan club in 128 La Liga starts, found his opportunities limited after the arrival of Luis Suarez from Liverpool last season and decided to move despite signing a new four-year contract in June.

“I was really happy when I signed that contract. But then I

saw that my situation would not change.

“I’m always ambitious but it was difficult to have continuity here. Now I have new challenges and the opportunity to continue to play,” he said. “This offer arrived and it gave me everything I needed to take a decision. I wanted to leave to have more playing time,” the Spain international and World Cup winner added.

Pedro won 20 trophies in his time with Barcelona, including five La Liga titles and three Champions Leagues crowns.

“I’m very happy to be at Chelsea because it’s a club that, like Barca, are fighting for titles,” he said.

“I had offers from other English clubs -- Manchester United, City and Chelsea, who were the club that more rapidly resolved my transfer and the one that showed more interest in me,” the striker added.

“I just hope I don’t have to face Barca or step out at the Nou Camp wearing another jersey. It would be difficult, I wouldn’t like it.

“I don’t think Barca will miss me because they have plenty of quality players, but I will sure miss them, the players and the club,” he said. (rtr)

AP Photo/Scott Heppell

Sunderland’s manager Dick Advocaat controls the match ball during their English Premier League soccer match between Sunderland and Swansea City at the Stadium of Light, Sunderland, England, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2015.

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Button calls Belgian GP ‘embarrassing’

Jenson Button has conceded his Belgian Grand Prix was an “embarrassing” experience as the McLaren Formula 1 team was again held back by engine supplier Honda. From starting 19th on the grid at Spa-Francorchamps after a host of penalties, Button finished 14th and a lap down on race-winner Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes.

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Kyrgios handed suspended fine and ban for Wawrinka outburst

Australian Nick Kyrgios has been given a suspended 28-day ban and $25,000 fine for the vulgar comments he directed towards Stan Wawrinka at the Rogers Cup earlier this month, the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) said on Monday. The ATP said the 20-year-old had been found guilty of “aggravated behaviour” during the second round match in Montreal, when Kyrgios’s comments about Wawrinka’s alleged girlfriend were picked up by on-court microphones.

“The fine and suspension are withheld on the condition that over the next six-month period the player does not incur any fines for verbal or physical abuse at any ATP sanctioned tournament; or does not accumulate fines totalling more than $5,000 for any other offences at ATP sanctioned tournaments,” the governing body of men’s tennis said in a statement.

Kyrgios had already been fined the on site maximum of $10,000 for the offence and a further $2,500 for comments directed at a ball person. “This incident was egregious and reflected poorly on our sport,” Gayle David Bradshaw, Executive Vice President, Rules & Competition said in a statement “Nick has expressed regret, and the best result would be that he learns a lesson from this incident and that he understands he is responsible to the Tour and to fellow players for both his actions and his words. “It is with these factors in mind I feel he should have the opportunity to ‘earn’ his way out of additional sanctions.”

Kyrgios subsequently published an apology for the comments but last week Wawrinka said he had received no apology from the combustable Australian. Should Kyrgios adhere to the conditions until the Feb. 24 2016 deadline, the penalties will be dismissed.

The 37th-ranked Kyrgios is well known for on and off-court outbursts and was booed by the crowd at this year’s Wimbledon for appearing to give up in a match against Richard Gasquet. (rtr)

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“I had a problem with the recovery and deployment of the ERS pack,” Button explained. “So the moment I got to the top of Eau Rouge I had no deployment all the way down the straight, and the same with the back straight.

“I don’t know why that was, we’re looking into it, but for the whole race it wasn’t correct. “So when you’re just running on a petrol engine there’s not a lot of power there compared to other people with electric motors as well.

“It’s not an issue I’ve had before, but the pace wasn’t good anyway, as you saw with Fernando [team-mate Alonso]. “But when you haven’t really got any deployment on the

straights, that’s a lot of power these days.

“When you don’t have the electric motor, you’re losing 160, 180 horsepower. I was basically just driving round and keeping it on the black stuff. “It was a tough day, embarrassing really, driving around at the back.”

Over the summer break Honda upgraded the power unit with the use of three development tokens, with motorsport boss Yasuhisa Arai suggesting the system would be close to matching the power output of Ferrari.

That proved to be far from the case, though, as McLaren found itself only ahead of perennial back-

marker Manor, and some way adrift of the likes of Sauber.

Button admitted he would be happy for Honda to prioritise performance and sacrifice reliability. “I’d rather have more effort on power,” he said. “That’s the aim we have right now: more power.

“Reliability is second because we’d like to see ourselves quicker and less reliable. I wouldn’t have an issue with that.

“But the performance is something that’s difficult to find. Reliability’s probably a little easier.”

As to whether he is still enjoying F1 in languishing around at the back, an honest Button said: “A race like that, no, not at all.

“The last eight laps were quite fun watching a few guys scrapping, but apart from that, not at all.

“Loving F1? Yeah. Qualifying was awesome, I enjoyed driving the car, but not the race.” (net)

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Heroes who foiled train gunman scheduled for rest, college

SAN FRANCISCO — So what do you do when a trip on a high-speed train in Europe suddenly turns you and your buddies into international heroes?

Sign a book deal? Take meetings with Hollywood executives?

Pose for magazine features?

Perhaps yes to all three, eventually, but not just yet for the three American men who earned the thanks of many nations on Friday when they tackled and subdued a gunman on a train traveling from Amsterdam to Paris.

For now, U.S. Airman Spencer Stone, 23, is in Germany for military observation and treatment. Oregon National Guardsman Alek Skarlatos, 22, is at his side. The third man, Anthony Sadler, 23, is scheduled to start his senior year at Sacramento State on Monday, although university officials are waiting to confirm when he will REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh A Syrian migrant carries a wounded boy on a railway track after they crossed the Hungarian- return home.

Sacramento State President Serbian border near Roszke, Hungary August 25, 2015. Hungary’s government has started to Robert S. Nelsen said eager doconstruct a 175-km-long (110-mile-long) fence on its border with Serbia in order to halt a masnors are lining up to help Sadler sive flow of migrants who enter the European Union (EU) via Hungary and head to western with scholarship money for his Europe. last year studying kinesiology.

The university is thrilled, he said, to have such a courageous man on campus.

“We want to have a celebration,” Nelsen said. “But we want to have the type of celebration he wants to have.”

Hungary wants more, less humiliating, EU funds to cope with migrants

BUDAPEST - Hungary wants more European Union funds to cope with the worst refugee crisis since World War Two, Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s chief of staff was quoted as saying on Tuesday. He said what was currently doled out was done in a humiliating way.

Hungary is part of the European Union’s Schengen zone of passport-free travel and borders non-EU Serbia and Ukraine making it attractive to migrants. It has registered over 100,000 migrants so far this year, compared with 43,000 in all 2014.

On Monday alone, police registered 2,093 migrants, the highest daily tally so far this year.

Hungary is building a fence on its southern border with Serbia to fend off the rising tide of migrants.

The European Commission has pledged nearly 8 million euros in aid and various other measures for Hungary. However, Janos Lazar, Orban’s chief of staff, told the

daily Magyar Hirlap newspaper that more was needed.

“The European Union distributes border protection funds in a humiliating way. Old member states have nicked the money from new members,” Lazar was quoted as saying in an interview.

Most migrants are from poor or conflict-ridden countries such as Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq and look to move on to wealthier western and northern EU countries.

Lazar’s remarks came a day after Commission President JeanClaude Juncker criticised bickering EU governments for “finger pointing” instead of confronting the migrant crisis with viable measures.

In the meantime, to the distress of the European Commission, Hungary is pulling up a line of barbed wire along the frontier with Serbia and aims to complete the 3.5-meter-high fence by November. It has also promised to deploy thousands of police to the border and plans to tighten the penalties for illegal migration and trafficking.

“If we do not take meaningful steps, we will become a rescue boat that sinks beneath the weight of those clinging onto it,” Lazar said in what appeared to be a reference to the deaths of hundreds of migrants trying to reach Europe on overcrowded boats through the Mediterranean. (rtr)

As would the City of Sacramento, which is planning a parade for all three men, who grew up in the area. Besides Sadler, Stone and Skarlatos grew up in nearby Carmichael, California.

In fact, the three friends likely won’t lack for invites to fetes and parades, big and small.

“We’d like to invite them to a rally to honor them and give them time to interact with current students,” said Trent Allen, spokesman for the San Juan Unified School District in Sacramento County, California, where Skarlatos and Stone attended high school. “That’s on our wish list.”

Skarlatos, who moved to Roseburg, Oregon, as a teenager, returned from deployment to Afghanistan in July. He is studying at the local community college and hopes for a career in law enforcement, said his stepmother Karen Skarlatos.

He plans to stay in Germany with Stone until he is released, she said Monday. Then they’re being flown straight to New York, where she assumes they will sit for interviews.

“They really want to have a day that they can have to themselves in Germany, but whether or not they’re going to get that, I don’t know,” Karen Skarlatos said. (ap)

Dependent ...

From page 1 Economies throughout Asia and the rest of the developing world have become dependent on China’s demand for their exports of minerals, timber, energy resources and other commodities.

But Chinese growth is slowing, fuelling a sell-off in emerging markets as global investors seek “safer” investments such as US assets.

“Brazil is particularly vulnerable since it is an important exporter of commodities such as iron ore and soyabean to China, and... since its economy is already in recession,” said Biswas.

Others such as Chile, Russia, South Africa and Malaysia are already seeing export slowdowns or are expected to dp so soon, analysts say.

China’s stellar annual growth rates of up to 10 percent pro-

pelled it to the rank of world’s second-largest economy.

But growth has slowed this year to 7 percent, and Beijing’s recent move to devalue the yuan -- placing further pressure on other currencies -- has raised suspicions its economy is worseoff than thought.

“I wouldn’t expect something like the financial crisis of 1997, but if China has a hard landing and growth is weak for years, that could cause problems for Asia,” Biswas added.

Most Asian currencies have fallen by signficant amounts against the dollar this year, led by the Malaysian ringgit’s 34 percent tumble in 12 months.

But the region’s economic fundamentals remain far stronger than 18 years ago, and at a certain point weaker currencies help exports, said Song of CIMB. (afp)

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An Indonesian talks on mobile phone while watching an electronic stock board at the Indonesia Stock Exchange in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015. Chinese stocks tumbled again Tuesday after their biggest decline in eight years while most other Asian markets rebounded from a day of heavy losses.

Chinese stock index sinks 7.6 percent, Japan also down

BEIJING — China’s stock market index tumbled for a fourth day, falling 7.6 percent Tuesday to an eight-month low and Japanese stocks fell. But other Asian rebounded after a day of heavy global losses, and European markets also bounced back in early trading.

Analysts said it was unclear whether this was a sign the worst was over or a reprieve in a longerterm bear market.

The Shanghai Composite Index lost 7.6 percent to 2,964.97 points, adding to Monday’s 8.5 percent loss and taking the benchmark to its lowest level since Dec. 15. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 average was in positive territory

gered by the sharp drop in Chinese stocks, but experts said there was little change in economic fundamentals to justify such a massive global slide.

“There was no clear catalyst for the global stock meltdown. The lack The mixed picture comes a day Monday. Markets in Hong Kong, of clarity makes it difficult to assess after a global sell-off and tumultu- South Korea, Australia and Singapore what is needed to stem the rout,” ous day on Wall Street, where the posted modest recoveries Tuesday said Bernard Aw of IG Markets in Dow Jones closed down 3.6 percent after being hit hard a day earlier. a report.

“A coordinated policy response is critical, and much of this needs to come from Asian economies,” Aw said. “A spate of better economic news may help to allay concerns that global growth is not deteriorating.

Certainly, improvements in the Chinese economy will be welcomed.”

In Sydney, the S&P ASX 200 gained 2.7 percent to 5,137.30 and Seoul’s Kospi advanced 0.9 percent, rebounding from Monday’s 3 percent fall.

In currency markets, the dollar declined to 119.4810 yen from Monday’s 118.6930 yen. The euro edged down to $1.1544 from the previous session’s $1.1591.

Oil rebounded from Monday’s steep declines.

Benchmark U.S. crude gained 59 cents to $38.83 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract plunged $2.21 on Monday to close at $38.42.

Brent crude, used to price inChinatopix via AP ternational oils, advanced $1.02 to A Chinese stock investor reacts near a display for stock prices at a brokerage house in Qingdao in eastern China’s Shandong $43.70 per barrel in London. It fell province Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015. Chinese stocks tumbled again Tuesday after their biggest decline in eight years while most $2.77 the previous day to close at other Asian markets rebounded from a day of heavy losses. $42.69. (ap)

for parts of the day, but ended up closing down 4 percent at 17,806.70. It had fallen 4.6 percent Monday.

In early trading in Europe, France’s CAC-40 advanced 1.5 percent to 4,449.93, rebounding from the previous session’s 5.4 percent loss. Germany’s DAX gained 1.4 percent to 9,787.97 after dropping 4.7 percent Monday.

Monday’s global sell-off was trig-

President meets Lapindo mud flow’s victims

PORONG - President Joko Widodo and First Lady Iriana here on Tuesday met the residents of Sidoarjo District, East Java Province, who have borne the brunt of the Lapindo mud volcano.

Accompanied by Social Affairs Minister Khofifah Indar Parawansa and Public Works Minister Basuki Hadimujono, the head of state also visited a dam in an area called “Dot 25” in Porong Sub-district, Sidoarjo District.

The 600-hectare “Dot 25” functions as a water storage area, stated Sunarso, the head of the Lusi Mudflow Mitigation

Agency.

Sunarso pointed out that several residents were suffering from the impacts of the mud volcano, which abruptly erupted in May 2006, for which the victims have received compensation payment.

Meanwhile, Head of Sidoarjo District Saiful Ilah emphasized that the regional governments have attempted to assist the residents affected by the mudflow.

Ilah urged the victims to meet all the requirements necessary to avail compensation for their material and immaterial losses. (ant)

Market turbulence raises fresh worries over global economy WASHINGTON - A roller-coaster ride on global markets, which saw some bourses record their largest one-week losses since 2008 as they took fright at a Chinese sell-off, have raised fresh worries over the strength of the global economy.

And while analysts said fears of a repeat of the financial crises of 1997 or 2008 were largely unfounded -- mainly because of reforms undertaken since -- they warned that continued turbulence emerging from China would take a toll on global economic growth, especially in emerging economies.

An 8.5 percent plunge on Shanghai’s benchmark index on Monday triggered sharp declines across the

main US and European exchanges, with drops that wiped out any profits earned this year.

The carnage was even worse in emerging economies, and while non-China stock markets recovered somewhat on Tuesday, comparisons have nevertheless been made to the 1997 financial crisis, which left East and Southeast Asian economies in tatters and some seeking bailouts from the International Monetary Fund.

At that time, China was a rock of stability. This time, it is the source of the turmoil.

Beijing’s failed efforts to calm its own capital markets and stem the domestic economic slowdown were compounded by the unex-

pected devaluation of the yuan two weeks ago.

Fears that the devaluation was a sign the country’s economy was in even worse shape than feared -- though China is one of the fastestgrowing economies in the world, gross domestic product expansion has slowed to around seven percent -- sparked a selloff.

Most emerging economies followed, effectively triggering a bout of competitive devaluations.

Worries that leaders in Beijing have not yet got a handle on the country’s economic problems are only growing.

“What we are facing now is the increasing uncertainty over the

ability of the Chinese authorities to manage the transition in China,” Peterson Institute for International Economics economist Angel Ubide told AFP. The failed market interventions, he said, have only increased questions “about whether the Chinese authorities are really on top of things.”

Already amid worries about China and other emerging economies, the International Monetary Fund in July cut its 2015 growth forecast for the year to 3.3 percent from 3.5 percent predicted just three months earlier.

Charles Collyns, chief economist at the International Institute of

Finance in Washington, noted that “there are enduring factors that do imply a more enduring impact on the global economy.”

“I don’t think you can just shrug your shoulders and say, ‘don’t worry, come back in two weeks.’

“There is a broader malaise across emerging markets,” he said, pointing to political crises in Brazil and Turkey, stalled reforms in India, the impact of sanctions on Russia, and the loss of income in oil exporters like Nigeria as a result of tanking crude prices.

Even so, Collyns and others were quick to dismiss the suggestion of another global financial crisis in the air. (afp)

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Eight feared dead in Papua landslide

JAKARTA - Eight people are missing and feared dead after a major landslide hit a road in remote eastern Indonesia, an official said Tuesday.

Heavy downpours in an isolated mountainous region of Papua province triggered the landslide Sunday, burying six construction workers and two bystanders under rock and rubble.

Papua police spokesman Patridge Renwarin said news of the incident did not reach local authorities until Mon-

day, when a rescue team was quickly assembled.

But bad weather prevented police, the army and local officials from reaching the site of the landslide on Monday, with the effort to reach those buried resuming Tuesday.

“I have heard reports that the team reached the site and

the evacuation process is ongoing,” Patridge told AFP. Landslides are common in Indonesia, one of the world’s most natural-disaster prone nations.

The national disaster agency estimates about half of the country’s 250 million population live in areas susceptible to landslides. (afp)

Implementation of 2014 state budget 87 percent

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Motorist passed Lapindo mud volcano that located in Sidoarjo, East Java.

President Joko Widodo and First Lady Iriana here on Tuesday met the residents of Sidoarjo District, East Java Province, who have borne the brunt of the Lapindo mud volcano.

JAKARTA - The National Development Planning (PPN) Ministry/National Development Planning Board (Bappenas) said implementation of 2014 state budget was only 87 percent with spending totaling Rp949.9 trillion of the target of Rp1,885 trillion.

“The implementation was

not bad compared to between 74 percent to 91 percent in previous years,” PPN Minister and Head of Bappenas Sofyan Djalil said.

PPN was given the A rating by the Ministry of State Apparatuses Efficiency and Reform in accountability evaluation in 2014.

Sofyan said in a work-

ing meeting with the Commission XI of the House of Representatives (DPR) on accountability report on Monday.

On the same occasion Finance Minister Bambang Brodjonegoro state tax revenue reached 92.13 percent of the target of Rp1,248.92 trillion. (ant)

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Price of chicken rise up to IDR 50,000 per kg

SINGARAJA - The price of chicken meat at Anyar Market Singaraja continues to increase since the past four days. As a result, dozens of traders choose to take day off and do not sell considering the price at trader level to consumers soars. Such condition practically makes prospective buyers confused to look for chicken meat, either for sale or self-consumption at home.

Quiet buyers are alleged to have been caused by high selling price of chicken meat in Buleleng. Consequently traders are forced to shut down their selling activity and worry if their chicken meat cannot be sold at the market.

The price of chicken meat gradually increases from IDR 20,000 to IDR 50,000 per kg. “Quiet consumers of chicken meat have taken place since the past four days, sir. I have no choice but do not sell because the price of chicken meat is expensive and buyers are increasingly deserted,” said Siwakhana, a chicken meat trader.

Another trader, Siti, admitted to still sell despite buyers tend to be deserted. Decrease in turnover has been experienced since the price of chicken rose. The price hike is alleged to happen due to lack of supply in the market.

Traders are unable to ensure when the price will be back to normal as ever before. “The turnover of our chicken meat sale is falling, sir. Nevertheless, I remain to sell. Otherwise, I will have no income,” she said. (kmb34)

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Four art troupes perform old style jegog dance

The Jegog performance in Jembrana

NEGARA - Four jegog art troupes from four subdistricts in Jembrana performed an Old Style Jegog dance on Sunday night (Aug. 23) at the Wantilan hall of Jagatnatha Temple. Unlike regular performances where the dancers face each other (known as mebarung), this performance was accompanied by beautiful maids and kecak dancers as well as a dag (leader) specifically equipped with long kris dagger identical to jegog dancers of the 1960s.

The four art troupes included; an envoy from Melaya subdistrict represented by Cakra Buana jegog art troupe of Tukadaya village, Duta Semara from Peh hamlet, Kaliakah village (Negara subdistrict), Prawita from Sangkaragung village (Jembrana subdistrict) and Amerta Suara from Mendoyo subdistrict. Audiences used to watching Jegog Mebarung

where enthralled by the old style jegog.

Regent of Jembrana, Putu Artha and his wife Ari Sugianti Artha as well as Deputy Regent I Made Kembang Hartawan and other members of the audience laughed uproariously when the dag dancer, Ida Bagus Jember alias Gus Glondong (representing Jembrana subdistrict) showed off his costume

complete with a gun on his waist. The dag dancer from Duta Semara of Peh hamlet, Kaliakah village, was no less attractive. Armed with a long kris dagger that swung back and forth, dressed in traditional attire, and escorted by beautiful maids and his kecak acappella, he received great cheers from the thousands of spectators who enjoyed the show.

This performance was provided as entertainment to people for the welcoming of the Town of Negara’s 120th anniversary and the 70th anniversary of tIndoneisan Independence. This years celebrations allowed local artists to perform in the subdistricts and counties. (kmb26)

One Chinese traveler killed, another gets injuries

MANGUPURA - Visitors to Tegal Wangi Beach at Buana Gubug hamlet, Jimbaran, Badung, were surprised by the incident of two Chinese travelers being swept away by sea waves, Lidan, 20, and a photographer Lulin, Monday (Aug. 24). At that time, they were absorbed in taking photographs and not aware if large waves dragged their bodies.

According to a source at the Denpasar Police, it happened at approximately three o’clock in the afternoon.

Based on information of security guard of Tegal Wangi, I Nyoman Tama, 45, to the officer, at the time he just arrived on the beach to carry out his regular duties to keep the beach area. Suddenly, he heard cries for help. “The witness (Tama—Ed) got information from one of the visitors if there are people drowning,” the source said.

Furthermore, Tama look out to sea and saw the casualties in the middle of the beach in a tottering state. In the meantime, Lidan was already at sea and estimated to have died. Tama immediately swam towards the victims and attempted to bring the victims ashore.

Another witness, Nengah Yasa, said that at the time of incident he was sitting and suddenly heard a cry for help.

He also saw the victim bobbing in the sea. Yasa helped Tama trying to rescue the victims. “Yasa could only pull and rescue one of the victims. Since he has been fatigue, he swam back ashore. Assisted by visitors and other lifeguards, finally the two victims could be evacuated,” said the source asking for anonymity.

Around four o’clock in the afternoon, the body of Lidan was taken to Sanglah Hospital by using the ambulance of the Jimbaran Lifeguard. In the meantime, Lulin who suffered abrasions was rushed to Kasih Ibu Hospital. When asked for his confirmation, Wayan Redip justified the incident. “Yes, one of the victims died. Complete data can be obtained at the office (Denpasar Police—Ed). Later on I will inform again,” he said. (kmb36)

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Singapore to hold election Sept. 11 in test of ruling party

SINGAPORE — Singapore will hold a general election on Sept.

11, the government announced Tuesday, in what is expected to be a tight contest for the ruling party, which has dominated politics in the city-state for 50 years but is now facing growing disaffection among citizens.

The People’s Action Party, whose founder and Singapore’s first prime minister, Lee Kuan Yew, died in March at age 91, currently holds 80 out of 87 seats in Parliament.

Although that number implies massive popularity for the PAP, the party has been aided by an electoral system in which some constituencies are represented by a group of four to six lawmakers, boosting the winning party’s numbers.

The party usually fields groups led by senior, popular members of Parliament. The system has helped the PAP maintain a commanding majority, even though it received just 60 percent of all votes in the 2011 general election, in its worst electoral performance. It has lost two by-elections since then.

The decline in popularity results from growing resentment over political restrictions, an influx of foreigners and a high cost of living. For the younger generation, Singapore’s economic success “does not have that much resonance compared with their parents or grandparents,” said Eugene Tan, an associate professor of law at Singapore Management University.

“They are less enamored of a one-party dominant system and are inclined to more political diversity

and contestation. The results will signal whether we are incrementally moving away from a one-party dominant system,” he said.

The virtual one-party dominance was led by Lee, who is widely credited with setting the country on the path of economic success and was lauded at the nation’s 50th birthday celebrations on Aug. 9 for his achievements.

Lee’s son, current Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, recounted at the rally the country’s progress in the last 50 years and urged Singaporeans to think about the next 50.

“If you are proud of what we have achieved together, if you support what we want to do ahead, the future that we are building, then please support me, please support my team,” he said.

“We have to do it together, so that we can keep Singapore special for many years to come. Another 50 years. And Singapore has to stay special because if we are just a dull little spot on the map, a smudge, we are going to count for nothing.

We have to be a shining red dot,” he added.

On election day, 16 areas in Singapore will be contested in groups, while 13 others will be contested individually, amounting to a total of 89 seats. Parliament was dissolved by the president earlier Tuesday and nomination Day is Sept. 1.

There are around 2.46 million eligible voters, up from 2.35 million in 2011, with an increased number of voters born post-independence. (ap)

REUTERS/David Loh

The skyline of Singapore’s financial district and Marina Bay August 9, 2015. Singapore’s President Tony Tan has dissolved the parliament on the advice of the prime minister, the government said on August 25, 2015, a sign that an announcement on the date of the general election is imminent. Picture taken August 9.

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In this Friday, Aug. 21, 2015 photo, a woman walks past a propaganda movie shown on a large screen in Pyongyang, North Korea.

In N. Korean capital, residents used to life in war’s shadow

PYONGYANG, North Kore — For 30 minutes in North Korea, as talks were underway to try to avert the worst crisis between the two Koreas in years, all eyes were glued to the television — but not to the news, which had just ended. After five long years, the “Boy General” animation series was airing a much-anticipated new episode.

Being in a “quasi-state of war” essentially sums up what it’s like to be in North Korea on any day.

North Koreans are accustomed to being told they are on the brink of war with their southern neighbors and U.S. troops, and as talks with South Korea in the truce village of Panmunjom dragged on this weekend one had to look hard in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang to find signs of a brewing crisis.

If anything, the question on people’s minds seemed to be why it was taking Seoul so long to do what they assumed it inevitably would — back down.

The negotiations followed North Korea’s deadline for the South to dismantle loudspeakers broadcasting propaganda across the border for the first time in 11 years. The South had resumed the broadcasts after two soldiers were maimed by land mines Seoul claimed were placed by the North.

In Tuesday’s agreement, Seoul said it would halt the broadcasts and Pyongyang expressed regret, but not responsibility, for the mines.

Soon after the North issued its ultimatum, minivans equipped with

loudspeakers plied the streets of Pyongyang to broadcast news the country was on a quasi-state-of-war footing and truckloads of soldiers singing patriotic songs rode along major boulevards.

But as the deadline passed, people awaiting their trains and busses outside Pyongyang’s main station seemed oblivious to a single civil defense van decked out in thin camouflage netting parked nearby.

Few paid attention to the big screen in the plaza outside the station as the deadline passed.

Throughout the crisis, there were no visible signs of increased security in or around the capital.

Food stalls selling ice cream and other treats were open as usual and families were happily popping cork bullets from air guns at Pyongyang’s many street-side shooting galleries.

In subway stations, which double as bomb shelters and are where many people get their news from copies of papers posted on billboards, commuters generally got of their trains and headed to the exits without stopping to read the headlines. That’s a big contrast with the genuine concern and interest

shown by crowds who swarmed the boards when news of the execution of Kim Jong Un’s powerful uncle was reported in late 2013.

The seemingly jaded atmosphere in Pyongyang was a sharp contrast with state media reports of increased coal production as miners scrambled to boost military readiness; of more than a million young people signing up to join, or rejoin, the military; of farmers, factory workers and students rallying behind the call to meet any provocations with a crushing, allout fight to the finish. Undoubtedly, there was much more going on than met the eye.

In the tightly controlled information environment of the authoritarian North, it’s impossible to tell how tense the situation got near the Demilitarized Zone.

South Korean defense officials said during the talks that about 70 percent of the North’s more than 70 submarines and undersea vehicles had left their bases and could not be located by the South Korean military. They also said the North had doubled the strength of its front-line artillery forces since the start of the talks. (ap)

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Experts: Deleted online information never actually goes away

NEW YORK — The Ashley Madison hack is a big reminder to all Web users: If you submit private data online, chances are it will never fully be deleted.

The hackers, who stole the data about a month ago and then posted it online this week, claimed in a statement that part of the reason for the theft was Ashley Madison’s fraudulent promise to fully delete users’ information if they paid the company a $19 fee.

The website — whose slogan is “Life is short. Have an affair” — is marketed to people looking for extramarital relationships. It purports to have about 39 million members.

The hackers said the company failed to delete the information, even though it collected the fees.

Toronto-based Avid Life Media Inc., Ashley Madison’s parent company, hasn’t commented on the hackers’ accusation. A company spokesman didn’t respond to multiple emails seeking comment.

It’s virtually impossible to exist in modern society without putting at least some personal information online. Many people can’t get through a day without using the Internet to shop, pay a bill, or check their credit card balance.

People have become accustomed to trusting their most precious personal information to companies. But they also need to know that all of that information is being shared more than they would expect, privacy experts say.

Before you hit “submit,” stop and think before giving up your personal information to any kind of website, said Michael Kaiser, executive director of the National Cyber Security Alliance, an industry-funded group that educates consumers about cybersecurity.

“Personal information is like money, and you don’t just give away your money,” Kaiser says.

“In the environment we’re in right now, you have to value

it and think about protecting it everywhere you go on the Internet.”

That means taking a look at a website’s business to get an idea of how much they value information security and even asking them about their data retention practices. Banks, which deal in financial information, and large retailers, who have a vested interest in getting people to shop online, are probably safer bets than a dating site.

“Ashley Madison actually charges you to remove your information when you remove your account,” he says. “That’s a big clue about how they feel about your personal information.”

People also need to sometimes take a pass on convenience in the name of online security.

Many consumers like it when e-commerce sites have their credit card and other information on file, or when Web browsers automatically fill in forms with their name, address and other details, says Peter Tyrrell, chief operating officer of the data security firm Digital Guardian.

Meanwhile, worries about data theft and loss have prompted companies to back up important information in multiple places.

But both practices increase the likelihood that information could be leaked or shared. And it means that even when a person thinks that their information has been permanently deleted, chances are there are still copies floating around somewhere.

“Ashley Madison is a company with a service that’s completely predicated on privacy,” Tyrrell says, adding that that characteristic sets it apart from many traditional e-commerce sites such as retailers.

“Here the capital, so to speak, isn’t a credit card or consumer goods. The capital is personal information that if released could

SAN FRANSISCO - Microsoft said Monday its Cortana virtual assistant software was available to users of Android mobile devices.

Cortana is Microsoft’s answer to Apple’s Siri and Google Now, which respond to voice commands on mobile devices.

The launch is part of an effort by Microsoft to expand its mobile presence despite a weak showing for its Windows Phone devices.

“The Cortana app can do most of the things Cortana does on your PC or on a Windows phone,” Microsoft’s Susan Hendrich said in a

AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File

A June 10, 2015 photo from files showing Ashley Madison’s Korean web site on a computer screen in Seoul, South Korea. The Ashley Madison hack is a big reminder to all Web users: If you submit private data online, chances are it will never fully be deleted. be ruinous personally, and financially too.”

Breaches, whether they be at a major retailer such as Target Corp., a health insurance company such as Anthem Inc., or Ashley Madison, have become so common that people should give some serious thought before putting personal information online, says Caleb Barlow, a vice president at IBM’s security division.

And while Social Security numbers weren’t involved Ashley Madison hack, people should be especially wary of using them

as a backup password to access online information, given the potentially disastrous consequences that could result if they’re intercepted, he says.

“Why are we using Social Security Numbers for both identification and access?” he questions. “Any data that can never be changed can be used for identity, but should never be used for access.”

And no matter how legitimate a company or website may be, people need to be aware that they’re rolling the dice every

time they hand over personal information.

Scott Vernick, partner and head of the data security and privacy practice at the law firm Fox Rothschild LLP, says consumers have the right to expect a certain level of online security, depending on the industry standards of the company they’re dealing with.

“But those expectations have to be muted by the knowledge that they’re always taking a risk, whether they’re ordering from Amazon Prime or from Ashley Madison,” Vernick says. (ap)

Microsoft’s Cortana assistant launched on Android blog post.

“With the app, you can manage your hectic lifestyle by setting and getting reminders, searching the web on-the-go, tracking important information such as flight details as well as starting and completing tasks across all of your devices.”

A beta version of Cortana is being made available as of Monday to US users of Android devices, and “we are planning to roll it out to other markets,” Hendrich said.

Microsoft said in May it was working on the Android version as well as another for Apple de-

vices.

According to research firm Gartner, Windows had just 2.5 percent of the global smartphone market in the second quarter compared with 82 percent for Google’s Android and 14.6 percent for Apple’s iOS. (afp)

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AMLAPURA - Visitors to Bias Putih Beach, in the customary village of Persai, Karagasem have complained about having to pay an admission fee three times. Perasi customary village authorities have not yet found the right solution to address the complaints of visitors. Currently, all they can do is suggest to visitor that they park in the space provided by the customary village.

This August the coastal tourist attraction was visited by many foreign and local tourists who were each charged an admission fee of IDR 3,000. A parking fee of IDR 3,000 was then collected (IDR 10,000 for cars) and a second parking fee of IDR 2,000 for motorcycles and anywhere between IDR 5,000 and IDR 10,000 for cars, (depending on what the particular land owner was charging) was paid by people wanting to park near the waterfront.

The parking team leader for Bias Putih Beach, Nyoman Sudiana, admitted that since the new road and parking lot were built, the customary village has no further discussions regarding the three different charges to visit the beach.

He did however add that they advise all visitors to use the new parking lot at the top of the hill that leads down to the beach and walk the 500 meters down to the shore. “But if visitors insist on parking in the lower parking lot, we cannot forbid them. In that location they will be charged for another parking ticket by the owner of the beachfront land for use of his space,” he said.

Sudiana said that many people

have suggested that it would be best to unify the collection process even if it means charging a proportionally higher fee. Up until now there have not been any further discussions on the matter, because the customary villagers are currently busy with a ngenteg linggih ritual at the local Dalem Temple.

Chief of Perasi customary village, Wayan Pasek Gelgel, has said that the new road was only built because residents had cloud the previous road which ran through private land and nobody was benefitting form having it open.

The new road to the beach is approximately 2 km long and is slightly more east of the ledge of the hill and is not paved, so it has become damaged and dusty.

“Hopefully, after the temple ritual we will be able to discuss the matter in a meeting,” said Nyoman Sudiana.

For now, every day, four parking attendants are on rotating shifts at the parking lot.

So far there has been no government intervention in the development of this tourist attraction, whether in the form of public facilities or road repairs. The lack of government attention has led

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Visitors to Bias Putih Beach, in the customary village of Persai, Karagasem have complained about having to pay an admission fee three times. this attraction to have an illegal appearance. Along the coastline that belongs to Perasi and Bugbug villages, there are in fact a number of ‘illegal building’ (restaurants and souvenir stalls) violating regulations that state

that nothing can be built 100 meters from the coastline.

As a result, local fishermen have to park their jukung (traditional boats) on the western side of the beach. The eastern side of the beach is crowded with il-

Low revetment, Selabih Beach still prone to abrasion TABANAN - Tabanan has coastline spreading along about 34 kilometers and they are all threatened by abrasion. Approximately 13 kilometers have been in quite severe abrasion, where one of which is located on Selabih Beach in West Selemadeg bordering with Jembrana County. This beach has a length of about three kilometers and has been protected with revetment.

Though having been protected with revetment, when high tide comes, the waves can overflow the revetment at some points. Ferocity of the waves has cracked the compound walls of the Dalem Temple of Selabih customary village. Secretary of Selabih customary village, Dewa Nyoman Suarta, 56, said that if the beach is not protected with revetment, probably the land of Selabih Beach has vanished as eroded

by seawater from long time ago.

He continued that when huge waves come, the gusts can reach more than five meters. Or it can flow over the current revetment.

As being so strong, the seawater waves can even reach the southern side of the Dalem Temple of Selabih customary village that is only located about four meters from the revetment.

“When tidal waves come, seawater always reaches the southern side of the temple. In addition to damaging the temple compound walls, the land here has also begun to vanish,” he said.

To anticipate this, Suarta explained that the customary village has requested additional assistance to make the existing revetment higher. “It has been approved by the Bali provincial government with

a budget of IDR 120 million,” he said. Later on the additional revetment will be focused at the points remaining prone to abrasion such as near the Dalem Temple and village cemetery along 150 meters.

Based on the data obtained from the Public Works Agency, the 34 kilometers of beach owned by Tabanan are threatened by abrasion.

Of the length, 13 kilometers have been in critical condition. Tabanan has received assistance from the province to make revetment and breakwater although it does not cover the whole. Of the 13 kilometers of the eroded beach, only some five and a half kilometers have been protected with revetment.

The Head of Tabanan Public Works Agency said that the beaches in Tabanan experience quite severe abrasion where the abrasion rate has

reached about 50 cm each year. It happens because the coastal buffer such as coral reef begins to deteriorate as well as the existence of global warming. His party denied if the abrasion in Tabanan is caused by beach sand dredging. “In Tabanan, we prohibit the dredging of beach sand,” he said.

Tabanan has 12 coastal regions stretching from Nyanyi Beach in Kediri subdistrict to Selabih Beach in West Selemadeg subdistrict. The beach having received assistance in the form of revetment or breakwater are the Kelating Beach, Tegal Mengkeb Beach, Selabih Beach, Pangkung Tibah Beach - Lengudu (including the coastal area of Kedungu), Srijong Beach and Yeh Gangga Beach is under construction and scheduled to have been completed in October 2015. (kmb24)

legal buildings and sunbathing facilities for foreign tourists. (kmb31)

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Dr. Raka says a lot of attention needs to be given to the issue of cultural inheritance. Access to facilities and infrastructure for example have significantly strategic roles to play in maintaining cultural practices, as do public cultural events. He also spoke to the fact that the function of village meeting halls -that were formally used as centres of cultural activities, have also changed. Art studios therefor have a strategic position for the passing down of the cultural richness of present day society. “In essence, everything must be done in a sustainable manner and it is not enough to just talk about it. Action must be taken,” he said.

Dr. Wayan Budi Utama, of the Hindu University of Indonesia (Unhi) Denpasar, also addressed this issue saying that when we talk about cultural inheritance, inevitably we need to look at both formal and non-formal education, because people’s lifestyles has already started to shift away from its base in agriculture towards information technology based ways of living. The leap is quite large and has landed us in a post-modern community, which is a challenge for traditional institutions, explains Dr. Utama.

One of the characteristics of postmodern societies is the emergence of cultural hedonism, rampant capitalism and individualism. It would seem that the culture of communal living has become obsolete or is on its way to becoming so. Today, everything is calculated in terms of a business orientation. “This is one of the changes brought to traditional culture by post-modern society,” he said.

Board member of the Bali Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Ida Ayu Puji Arsini, sees public awareness regarding the need to preserve and pass down Bali’s sublime culture is quite good. As an example she cited the fact that many people are turning to traditional healing as one aspect of Bali’s traditional culture whose glory has begun to be restored.

If maintained, especially in the face of the ASEAN Economic Community, local wisdom could have a lot of benefits including as a way for people to feel proud about their culture.

She added however, that pride in itself is not enough if it is not accompanied by respect and well-being. Having a physical space for culture to be passed down, using technology to transmit knowledge and having respect and pride in Balinese culture, are three inter-related components that are required to maintain Bali’s ancestral culture, in the face of the onslaught of influences from other cultures that have already been affected by ‘modern society’. (ara)

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KUTA - Staffs and management of Sun Boutique Hotel held a blood donation on Tuesday in the fifth floor of the hotel that located on Jl. Sunset Road #23, Kuta. Around 20 staffs of Sun Boutique Hotel and other people outside the hotel took part in this social event.

According to GM of Sun Boutique Hotel, J. Prastya Lubis, the hotel want to give back to people of Bali by doing corporate social responsibility (CSR), one of them is doing blood donation. “We contact Indonesia’s Red Cross Bali Chapter and asked to participate

on donating blood,” he said.

He said this event was the first and will be held routinely.

He also stated that Sun Boutique Hotel will take part actively on social events that held in Bali.

“We also plan to asked our guest to participate in this event. We

Schedule of events

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A dancer performed during event in Karangasem. Most dance studios outside the town of Amlapura, Karangasem, are inactive or sluggish. It happens, said the Division Head of the Arts and Culture, the Karangasem Tourism and Culture Agency, Made Suradnyani because of limited events or staging.

Most dance studios in Karangasem are inactive

AMLAPURA - Most dance studios near the town of Amlapura, Karangasem, have become sluggish or even inactive.

According to the Division Head of the Arts and Culture, for the Karangasem Tourism and Culture Agency, Made Suradnyani, this has happened to the lack of venues to stage performances.

Suradnyani who is from Basangalas, Abang subdistrict, said that of Karangasem’s 25 dance studios only 15 remain active. She explained that dances are rarely performed in the villages, unless there is a specific event such as a farewell party, school graduation or temple anniversary (where the Rejang Dewa dance is performed). “Village dance studios

will only rehearse if there is a performance,” she said.

According to Suradyani, in order for dance studios to remain active, they need to be staged performances every three to five months. There is also the matter of available stages for such performances.

In Karangasem, she said, there is a new stage on the top floor of the SME Center, but

so far it is rarely used. Other performing arts in Karangasem such as the Arja operetta, Prembon (gong drama) are on the verge of disappearing altogether which meant that Karangasaem was unable to send an Arja operetta group to last years BAF (Bali Arts Festival).

Previously Arja troupes from Besang and Abadi were always sent to perform at the BAF.

Similarly Karangasem did not participate in last month traditional festival.

Head of the Karangasem Culture and Tourism Agency, Wayan Purna, said that they plan to rebuild the local performing arts scene by encouraging artists to become enthusiastic about the Arja operetta and other types of traditional performances. (013)

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make pamflet and put it in receptionist so guest can register if they interested on our social event,” he further explained.

Sun Boutique Hotel features 88 well equipped rooms and suites, which are built with a modernclassic design, located strategically at the center of lively Kuta area. The hotel is only 4 km from Ngurah Rai International Airport, 2 km from the famous Kuta Beach and t 10 minutes walking distance to Carrefour , 15 minutes to Bali Mall Galeria and only 5 minutes away driving from the wellknown nightlife of Legian Street Hard Rock Bali. Surrounding the hotel is also souvenirs shop offering Bali’s authentic craft, apparel and gifts.

Overlooking the swimmingpool, the Coconut restaurant is an ideal dining venue that lets you sample traditional Indonesian, Balinese and Western cuisine. A large International breakfast buffet is also served every morning. (kmb42)

Balinese Temple Ceremony

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

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

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

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

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One Direction will take break but not split, say members

Tom Cruise wings into Colombian Amazon

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BOGOTA - Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise, fresh off his latest “Mission: Impossible” hit, was in Colombia filming scenes for a new film in a remote Amazon basin region, military sources said Monday.

Cruise, 53, was “working on scenes for an upcoming film about the life of one of Pablo Escobar’s pilots,” said Major Cristian Caballero of Jungle Army Batallion 50.

The movie is based on the life of US pilot Barry Seal, who worked for the legendary Colombian drug kingpin who was killed in Medellin in December 1993. (afp)

LONDON - British-Irish boyband One Direction is to take a break next year, two members said on Monday, quickly reassuring the group’s passionate fanbase that they had no plans to split up.

The comments followed a report in British newspaper The Sun citing a “1D source” that the band was to separate for at least a year, leaving the band’s enormous global teenage following devastated.

“Ok so lots of rumours going round. We are not splitting up, but we will be taking a well earned break at some point next year,” Niall Horan, a member of the four-piece boyband, wrote to his 23 million followers on Twitter.

“Don’t worry though, we still have lots we want to achieve!” the 21-yearold said.

Fellow band member Louis Tomlinson, 23, wrote: “Your support is truly indescribable! It’s just a break :) we’re not going anywhere!!”

“Promise,” Tomlinson added.

“Don’t worry.”

A spokesman for the band had declined to comment on the report in The Sun, which followed speculation the band might break up after popular former member Zayn Malik, 22, quit due to stress in March.

Fans took to social media to express their shock, with Twitter user Lexie Noel posting that “I’ve never cried harder”.

Battle-hardened fans offered advice to those going through their first

boyband split.

“It’s ok One Direction fans, I went through this with Take That & Boyzone,” wrote Twitter user @ LisforLia. “You may feel like your heart is in a blender, but you can do this.”

The band is due to release its fifth album before Christmas, and fulfil promotional commitments by the end of February, the report in The Sun said.

There is no tour scheduled for the new album.

One Direction’s last scheduled concerts are at the Sheffield Arena in northern England on October 29, 30, 31.

They are currently touring North America and are due to perform in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Tuesday.

Put together for a British television singing contest in 2010, Horan, Tomlinson, Malik, Liam Payne and Harry Styles swiftly developed a giant, fiercely loyal following of young girls worldwide.

The chart-toppers have sold more than 50 million records around the globe. Malik has signed a new recording deal as a solo artist since quitting in March.

“I am leaving because I want to be a normal 22-year-old who is able to relax and have some private time out of the spotlight,” he said at the time.

The Sunday Times newspaper’s Rich List 2015 reckoned the band members were worth £25 million ($39 million, 34 million euros) each. (afp)

Kevin Bacon to perform on stage in ‘Rear Window’ this fall NEW YORK — Kevin Bacon will star in a stage adaptation of the story that inspired Alfred Hitchcock’s 1954 classic film “Rear Window.”

Hartford Stage in Connecticut said Tuesday that the movie star will headline the haunting tale of a wheelchair-bound witness to a pos-

sible murder. It’s been adapted for the stage by Keith Reddin and will run from Oct. 22-Nov. 15.

It will be directed by Hartford Stage Artistic Director Darko Tresnjak, who nurtured the Broadway hit “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder” also at Hartford Stage.

It’s produced by Charlie Lyons, Jay Russell and Jeff Steen.

Bacon is a Golden Globe Award winner whose films include “A Few Good Men,” ‘’Apollo 13” and “Footloose.” He’s been on Broadway in “Slab Boys” and “An Almost Holy Picture.” (ap)

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In this March 25, 2015 file photo, members of One Direction, from left, Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik and Niall Horan, wave during an event to promote their film “One Direction: This Is US,” in Makuhari, near Tokyo.

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Unlike ‘97, Asian economies expected to bend, not break

KUALA LUMPUR - The world market turmoil bears ominous similarities to the contagion that laid Asian economies to waste beginning in 1997: pressure on regional currencies, a worsening trade outlook and slowing growth.

But despite the daily beatings suffered by stock markets and currencies in Asia, painful lessons learned 18 years ago have left its economies far more able to withstand severe shocks, economists said.

There will be pain, however, particularly if global economic engine China slips into a deep and extended slowdown -- curbing its demand for emerging-market com-

modities.

But one key difference today -the lack of currency pegs -- should allow Asian economies to bend, but not break.

Before 1997 the governments of countries like Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and South Korea fixed their currencies to the US dollar.

This helped funnel speculative foreign “hot money” into their

economies, fuelling stock and property bubbles while masking economic imbalances that were building up.

But when growth slowed and sentiment turned against the former investment darlings, their currencies came under fierce pressure, forcing governments to spend billions in precious dollar reserves to support their currencies.

Eventually, pegs had to be abandoned and economies were shattered.

“Back then, the whole house of cards came down. But today, with no

pegs, the exchange rates are able to take some of the local heat, like a safety valve,” said Song Seng Wun, an economist with CIMB Private Banking.

“That’s the most important difference today.”

The late-1990s crisis also exposed a range of lapses in regulatory oversight, particularly in banking and lending. Most have been addressed.

“All of that really strengthened the ability to withstand shocks.

It’s about not repeating the same mistakes,” said Rajiv Biswas, AsiaPacific chief economist for IHS.

“But one of the big issues right now is whether Asia can withstand the shock of a significant and protracted crisis in China.”

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Balinese culture under threat

Real and sustainable steps are required

One of the impacts of globalization on the people of Bali is that there sublime culture is increasingly being marginalized. Dr. A.A. Gede Raka, lecturer at Warmadewa University recently addressed this issue by saying that as heirs to this culture, all members of society, including the government, need to be committed to maintaining the culture of Bali. Political and budgetary policies established by the government, must systematically take into account and make room for cultural preservation in the era of globalization.

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Continue to page 2 Dancers performed Sekar Jepun dance during an event that held in Badung Regency. One of the impacts of globalization on the people of Inheritance... Bali is that there sublime culture is increasingly being marginalized.