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Harry Potter’s ‘Cursed Child’ story already a U.S. best-seller

NEW YORK - Harry Potter is casting a spell, again, over the publishing industry Nine years after the publication of the seventh and last book in the best-selling boy wizard series, pre-orders for the script of a new, sold-out London play is the most pre-ordered book since 2007 in the United States, retail book sellers Barnes & Noble said on Monday.

“Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” is billed as the eighth story in the Harry Potter series and is to be published at midnight on July 31. A script rather than a narrative novel, it is being published a day after the official opening of the London stage production of the same name.

The play, based on an idea by British author and Potter creator J.K. Rowling, is set 19 years after “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.” It features a grownup Potter as an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic and father of three children who is grappling with his past.

Barnes and Noble said in a statement that “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” was the U.S. company’s most pre-ordered book since 2007’s “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” - the final book in the original series.

It did not give sales figures but said the book was expected

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Mangosteen is one of the products exported from Bali

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British author JK Rowling, creator of the Harry Potter series of books, poses during the launch of new online website Pottermore in London June 23, 2011. to its biggest seller of 2016, and that midnight parties are planned in stores around the nation on Saturday night.

Amazon Books said “Cursed Child” was already its top U.S. pre-order in print and on Kindle e-book of 2016.

“For the millions of us who are Harry Potter fans, a new Hogwarts story is a huge event,” said Amazon Books editor Seira Wilson. “I could easily see young fans adapting to the format and using it to act out the play on their own.”

Rowling agreed to publish the script to meet public demand after appeals from fans who couldn’t get to London to see the play, publishers said earlier this year.

The play is already sold out through May 2017. It opens ahead of the November movie version of Rowling’s Potter spinoff book “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” and follows the opening in April of a second Harry Potter attraction within a theme park, this time at Universal Studios in Los Angeles. (rtr)

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Ni Wayan Sri Sutar, a lecturer of Agricultural Faculty in Udayana University

Focus Group Discussion - 2

Diminishing the gap between tourism and agriculture Bali is known with various kinds of tourist’s destinations, one of them is farming. Tourism and farming is very closely related in term of increasing the welfare of the people in Bali especially farmers. Now, farmers and the businessmen in tourism is not getting their equal share of the development of tourism in Bali.

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Jro Putu Tesan, a mangosteen exporter from Sari Buah Store, Tabanan.

“We as the farming practitioners are not feeling the effect of tourism in Bali. There are some potential in some places where the supermarkets are already selling the local products. However, the finance system is not adequate yet,” said Jro Putu Tesan, a mangosteen exporter from Sari Buah Store, Tabanan.

He said that most of the hotels or retails that buy the local farm product are not paying by cash but by credits for a few weeks. This is a great drawback in the cooperation between

farmers and businessmen. The farmer needs money to maintain their farm thus resulting in good products.

“To make this better, there is a need of positive spirit from the government and others. The special attention is needed to make the local farm product entering Bali tourism business,” he added.

Jro Putu Tesan also hopes that there are certain government departments or bank that can help farmers in term of funding. So, the farmers can produce high quality products

and continually can supply the hotels or retail industry.

“I already export mangosteen and abroad especially in China, our fruits received great appreciation.

So it should receive the same one domestically,” he added.

Meanwhile, Ni Wayan Sri Sutar, a lecturer of Agricultural Faculty in Udayana University said that the number of students entering the faculty is increasing every year.

The students are educated to be entrepreneurs in agriculture after they graduate.

However, currently the agricultural graduates cannot gain capital or fund easily. She stated that there is a need of actions in making the youth loving their farm, not only but talking. Some of her suggestion is to give scholarship for the students and the private sector can help in the marketing part. Agriculture has great potentials to develop if the cooperation is clear.

Sri Sutar said that so far that the local agricultural products actually can enter the hotels or supermarket but the price is not suitable and it is paid by credit. “There is a great gap between tourism and farming in Bali. There is a need of political will from the government to remove this,” she said. She also hopes that everyone must find the solution on this matter. (win)

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Though inflation of Bali low, some risks need to be alerted

DENPASAR - Amid the slowdown of national and global economy, the development of Bali’s economy shows an encouraging result. The growth of Bali’s economy in the first quarter of 2016 can grow higher than the previous quarter reaching 5.96 percent (yoy) to 6.04 percent (yoy) and higher than the national growth rate of 4.92 percent (yoy).

Improvement of the economic growth is shored up by the sectors playing an important role in tourism industry such as in the sector of wholesale and retail trade, provi-

sion of accommodation, food and drink as well as the transport. “This condition is also supported by a visa-free policy for international travelers, continued increase in ho-

tel infrastructure as well as position of Bali remaining to become the main destination for holiday season and the center for national and international MICE venue organization,” explained Deputy Governor of Bank Indonesia, Hendar.

Currently the regional inflation control team (TPID) of Bali has been strengthened with the presence of the TPID in nine districts / municipality. Of course, the collabo-

ration between Bank Indonesia (BI) and local governments both at the provincial and district / municipality level should be maintained in keeping the effectiveness of the efforts to control inflation in the region.

Inflation in Bali is relatively low and under control, and even lower than the national inflation rate. The annual inflation of Bali is recorded at 2.96 percent (yoy), lower than the national inflation rate of 3.45

percent (yoy). Cumulative inflation of Bali until the middle of 2016 reached 1.05 percent (yoy).

“However, a number of inflation risks need to be alerted,” he said. The inflation risks include the high dependence on food from outside Bali, non-optimal utilization of the facilities available at harbor, non-efficient market structure and trade patterns being vulnerable to price fluctuations.

In the meantime, banking development in Bali shows a slowdown in line with the slowdown in the performance of the national banking system. Asset growth of commercial banks in Bali takes place more weakly sourcing from limited loan growth. Credit in May 2016 grew by 9.5 percent (yoy), lower than the average growth in 2015 and being able to grow in two digits, caused by the banking policies increasingly cautious in line with the increase in NPL (gross) from 2.1 percent in the fourth quarter of 2015 to 2.5 percent in May 2016.

“We consider that Bali province has a strategic role in the constellation of the national economy,” he added. Performance of Bali’s economy remaining to rise through the main tourism-driving sectors generated an expectation on the persistence of the sources of regional economic growth that can support the slowing national economic growth. (kmb42)

Coverage of dog vaccination 81 percent

Victim of dog bite must get vaccine three times

DENPASAR - Mass vaccination started in April will soon come to an end on July 30. As of July 24, the total vaccination coverage in dogs has reached 81 percent or 358,554 dogs of the 443,344 dog populations. In addition, from January to July 22, 2016, out of 836 dog samples, 139 cases were tested positive for rabies.

To manage the dog bite cases correctly, IKG Nata Kesuma, the Division Head of the Animal Health at the Bali Livestock and Animal Health Agency, explained that after bitten the victims were taken to clinic to get treatment in appropriate with standard operating procedures. “From the health center is also obtained the information about dog bite whether the dog has high risk or low risk,” he said,

Monday (Jul. 25).

Dog handling will be done by the clinic so that there is coordination between the health agency and the livestock and animal health. It is said that the effort will be further strengthened in the handling of rabies cases.

A dog is said to have high risk when they disappeared, died during the observation, laboratory results showed if the dog is positive for rabies, the dog is not vaccinated, and behavior of the dog shows rabies symptoms.

Division Head of the Disease Control and Environmental Sanitation (P2PL) at the Bali Health Agency, I Gede Wira Sunetra, added that bite cases can be divided into high and low risk. A bite is considered high when happening

in the area of shoulders upward, fingertips and deeply wounded.

On that account, the victims must be immediately given anti-rabies vaccine. “If the dog is positive for rabies, it needs to be given additional anti-rabies serum,” he added.

Anti-rabies vaccine should be given three times. First administration is meant to initiate antibody, the second to go up against rabies germs, and the third to kill the germs of remaining rabies. “The antibody will be formed in the week 7,” he added.

All this time, he said, the death case due to rabies happens because the victims do not have access to anti-rabies vaccine and some victims did not get complete vaccine for three times. (kmb42)

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This year, Bali Safari & Marine Park marked its annual commemoration of National Children’s Day with a difference.

The day dedicated especially to kids was, coincidentally, also the birthday of a much-loved and attractive member of the Bali Safari and Marine Park’s family – Niluh, an orangutan, who just turned 8 years old.

Niluh – very much a kid in her own right – invited 55 children from the Al Ittihad Rasyid Wa Habib Orphanage to join her birthday celebration and partake in a fun-filled day at the Park.

Niluh revealed her remarkable skills as a party host by opening the many wondrous attractions in 40-hectare party to the visiting children on her birthday. The excited brood of kids climbed aboard special caravans that went on a mesmerizing motorized Safari Journey – traveling through large enclosures that are home to animals from Indonesia, India and Africa.

At Niluh’s insistence, the children also enjoyed an informative and inspirational visit to the elephant and tiger shows, watched the collossal stage performance at the Bali Agung Show and were set free to try the many thrilling rides located in the Park’s Fun Zone.

No birthday party can be considered complete without sharing a traditional birthday cake - this one made to Niluh’s recipe by Park team members and comprised of a wide range of fresh tropical fruits.

Niluh, who is part of the internationally recognized rare species breeding program at the Bali Safari and Marine Park, was born on July 13, 2008, to her proud parents, mother Mega and father Joni. With orangutans living from 35-45 years, Niluh is still very much considered a juvenile and lives “at home” with her parents where each day they meet and greet thousands of Park visitors.

Orangutans, like their human counterparts, possess distinct individual personalities. Niluh is considered both friendly and clever by all who work with her, and can be fiercely protective of all her caretakers at the Park.

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Niluh the Orangutan Invites 55 Chindren to Celebrate Her Birthday and National Children’s Day

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Speaking after enjoying a portion of Niluh’s birthday cake with her 55 invited friends, William Santoso, General Manager of the Bali Safari and Marine Park, said: “Children survive us and are the next generations charged with the care and conservation of the Planet. What we share and teach them now is the capital upon which they will build a future, better world.

That is why the Bali Safari and

Marine Park, as a conservation and education center for wild animal species, continues to invite without charge children under the care of local foundations to visit our Park and share our concern for the protection of the natural and animal kingdom. On the most basic level, however, we hope every child who visits the Park enjoys the special kind of memorable fun and enjoyment that only Mother

Nature can provide.”

National Children’s Day is celebrated on different dates in various countries around the world.

In Indonesia “Hari Anak Nasional” is marked on July 23rd each year – a day set aside to remember that importance of providing the coming generation with affectionate care, support and security as they develop into future community leaders.

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Technology

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‘Pokemon Go’ players stumble on hidden history

PROVIDENCE — Historical markers have long dotted the landscape, often barely noticed by passers-by — until they became treasure-filled stops this month on the “Pokemon Go” trail.

Players hunting for fictional creatures on their smartphones are now visiting real-life memorial plaques, statues, mosaics and landmarks, ranging from a Civil War battlefield in Chancellorsville, Virginia, to a Hells Angels clubhouse on New Zealand’s North Island.

Some don’t bother to linger at these Pokestops, staying just long enough to stock up on the virtual balls they’ll use to bonk and capture the next Pokemon. But for others, the GPS-powered “augmented reality” game is heightening awareness of the history and geography of their neighborhoods.

“Before I was just going from Point A to Point B, but now I’m learning things,” said 15-year-old Jaiden Cruz as he walked by a plaque Wednesday in downtown Providence, Rhode Island, marking where Abraham Lincoln spoke at an old railroad hall in 1860. The plaque is a Pokestop, and shortly before Cruz arrived, another player dropped a “lure module” that attracts Pokemon to the site.

The 380-year-old city abounds with Pokestops, including the nation’s oldest Baptist church — founded by religious dissident Roger Williams in 1638 — and a stone marking where French troops camped during the Revolutionary War. “It gets you to learn about your surroundings,” said 59-year-old Cheryl DiMarzio, who on the ad-

vice of her daughter ventured into an urban park to capture an owl-like Pidgey and some purple rodent Rattatas. “Different landmarks, the statues and historical places.”

How such markers became the backbone of the wildly popular video game that launched this month is a story that goes back at least five years, when tech giant Google signed a licensing agreement to use The Historical Marker Database , a volunteer-run website that has tracked the geographic coordinates of more than 80,000 historical markers around the world, most of them in the United States.

J.J. Prats, founder and publisher

of the Virginia-based marker database, said many but not all the Pokestops and Pokemon gyms — where players send their creatures into battle — are from his website.

He’s thrilled.

“Hopefully people will take their eyes off the phone and read the historical markers,” Prats said.

The game has delighted Anthony Golding, a middle school history teacher in Tupelo, Mississippi, who is looking forward to incorporating Pokestops into his curriculum in the fall.

He has replenished his Pokemon wares where the Civil War’s Battle of Tupelo was fought, at monuments to Civil Rights Movement figures, and at a pedestal that holds the Tupelo Meteorite. But Elvis Presley holds the monopoly

on Tupelo’s Pokestops, from his birthplace to the Main Street store where he got his first guitar.

“Pretty much every Elvis landmark has a Pokestop devoted to it,” Golding said.

Prats said his website’s views have quadrupled since the game launched , possibly because gamers are looking to get ahead and find new stops. His editors in recent days have had to strike down a rash of “bogus” submissions for markers that have no historical significance but that he suspects might be near where players live or where businesses are hoping for foot traffic , he said.

Game maker Niantic Labs , which began as an internal Google startup, originally used the markers for its earlier game, Ingress, which

attracted a smaller but dedicated community when it launched in 2012. Niantic, which spun off from Google last year, did not respond to emails seeking comment about its “Pokemon Go” locations.

But the Ingress website gives clues about how the Pokestops were created. Before closing off submissions, Ingress invited its users to identify new locations for “portals,” real-life places of cultural significance that gamers try to capture and connect on the Ingress app.

The company sought spots “with a cool story, a place in history or educational value” or a “cool piece of art or unique architecture.” It prized libraries and little-known gems, and welcomed places of worship because they are “a nod to the otherworldly” that amplified the game’s mysterious tone.

Ingress player John Jannotti, who teaches computer science at Brown University, said he began stumbling upon the hidden history of his Providence neighborhood, including obscure stone markers showing the location of race riots where white mobs attacked black residents in the early 19th century.

He even submitted some portals of his own. (ap)

In this Monday, July 18, 2016, photo, a “Pokemon Go” player shows his mobile phone while walking through the Boston Common, outside the Massachusetts Statehouse in Boston.

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‘Pokemon Go’ to be updated with trading capability

SAN DIEGO — The head of the company behind “Pokemon Go” says more capabilities for the Japanese students play “Pokemon Go” in the street as its released in Tokyo, Friday, July 22, 2016. “Pokemon Go” is expected to be a huge hit in Japan, the country of the character’s birth.

Fans have been eagerly awaiting its release since it first came out more than two weeks ago in Australia, New Zealand and the United States, and then became a blockbuster hit in more than 20 countries.

wildly popular smartphone game are coming, including the ability to trade Pokemon.

During an appearance at a San Diego Comic-Con event Sunday, Niantic Labs CEO John Hanke said the update to add trading is “at the top of our priority list,” but no release date has been set.

Hanke also says future versions of the game could include customizable PokeStops and the addition of other Pokemon characters.

He calls “Pokemon Go” a game “we expect to run for years” and adds “we’re going to continue to invest in that way.”

The augmented reality game allows users to hunt Pokemon on their smartphones in real world locations. (ap)

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Wednesday, July 27, 2016

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Tax amnesty, revival of property business

DENPASAR - The tax amnesty program given by the government to taxpayers is expected to bring in fresh air to the Indonesia’s economy. In addition, the program is expected to revive the real estate business having been lethargic within the past two years.

“There will be much money coming into Indonesia through bank. One of the distributions is passing through the property sector,” said Gede Suardita, Director of PT Bumi Cempaka Asri (BCA) Land, Sunday (Jul. 24).

With the tax amnesty, the government will have sufficient fund to carry out infrastructure development, the SBI continues to fall, the rupiah continues to strengthen, foreign exchange reserve rises and stock index continues to show a remarkable achievement in terms of improvement. In addition, when the world’s economy weakens, Indonesia will instead lead to a positive economic direction.

In the meantime, according to the Director of PT SKI Land, Gede Semadi Putra, positive sentiment in the economic market begins to be felt. On that account, it is time to eliminate the perception if the economy is still sluggish and the investment should be begun soon while the prices are still affordable, especially in the property sector. “It’s time to work, work and work,” he said.

He had confidence after attending a national seminar on Tax Amnesty delivered directly by the Directorate General of Taxation, Ken Dwijugestiadi. “I was present with Mr. Suardita as Deputy Chairman of the Real Estate Indonesia (REI) Bali in charge of Financing and Taxation Division. Since it was passed at the beginning of this July, the program is already showing its result,” said Semadi.

Semadi and Suardita admitted to salute President Jokowi because this is the first time for a president to intervene and disseminate the Tax Amnesty Law. This means that Jokowi hoped all walks of life to participate in supporting the program.

“Moreover, the government of Jokowi basically already knows and has a complete record about who ever and how much money owned by the people of Indonesia saved outside and inside the country.

Thus, the government can have a basic matter of repatriation value that will go to Indonesia,” said Suardita.

Currently, the government provides an opportunity for those saving money outside the country and the taxpayers whose report on tax invoice report is not correct. If there is still being hidden or the tax report is not correct it will be imposed with the penalties of 200 percent. Based on the Law No.11/2016, the correction of taxpayer data will be kept confidential so that the data will not be publicly known.

“How many assets you have and where they are will be guaranteed by the Directorate General of Taxation and not be exposed because it has been set forth in the law. Whoever disseminates the information will be jailed,” said Semadi.

He added that the data cannot even be used as the basis of an inquiry, investigation or criminal prosecution. Besides, the property entrepreneur appreciated it because in Article 12 of Law No.11/2016 is mentioned that repatriation fund from overseas may be used to invest in several fields, including property.

However, the mechanism is adjusted, where it must be placed first in the Bank of Perception namely the bank designated to make payments in relation to financial transactions of the government. After that, it can be used for investment in properties.

“We must be optimistic that property business can rise with the program. Thus, the economy of Bali continues to increase and the low-income communities can have a house,” he said. (kmb36)

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A number of subdistricts in North Bali are experiencing drought and water crisis. Basic need in the form of water can affect people’s life.

Need of clean water affects poverty in Buleleng

SINGARAJA - Poverty rate is highlighted by Regent of Buleleng, Putu Agus Suradnyana, that it is not merely triggered by difficulties in obtaining employment or structural poverty. He observed that poverty can also occur due to accessibility and availability of clean water.

He did not dismiss that a number of subdistricts in North Bali are experiencing drought and water crisis.

Basic need in the form of water can affect people’s life. Clean water has significance to society of Buleleng, particularly those living in the area of rock contour and minimal springs.

“We’ve breakdown poverty in Buleleng, from what side first. Is it because of disability, marginalization in terms of accessibility or education? I see that most poverty problems in Buleleng tend to be caused by water and accessibility,” he said when confirmed on Monday (Jul. 25).

Solution of the government is started by making path flow in the countryside. It is meant to facilitate the economic flow. On the other hand, the government has designed a free water program accompanied with agricultural education and the SMEs. “In 2016 the government plans to design a clean water-free program. We continue to

push this water problem. Hopefully in the future, the fundamental matters related to poverty can be overcome. So far, house refurbishment program has been going well,” he said.

He was optimistic if the problems of poverty and drought can be overcome by degrees. He recognized the government cannot work alone and needed the cooperation with the component of rural communities. “I hope that villages in the future could contribute to poverty alleviation. Our poverty is different from that of other areas because of a culture. They are begging but there is no such thing in Buleleng. Poverty happens due to accessibility, education and water drought. We will overcome the problem of poverty gradually,” he explained.

In the meantime, when met separately, the Head of the Buleleng Social Agency, Gede Komang, explained that the trigger of poverty is the lack of clean water needs. Various agricultural

sector and farming communities need water. Social Agency does not handle the main duties and function regarding clean water, but focuses on family empowerment through economic joint venture group (KUBE). “We agree.

Well, if the water is available, we can do everything, whether farming or gardening. The key to life is water. Surely we support the operations for the settlement of the poor,” he explained.

His agency noted that KUBE from 2012 to 2016 has reached 1,750 households, while the poverty rate in 2011 is recorded to reach 51,000 more.

The poor is the smallest percentage of poor people reaching 8,000 people.

During the reign of Regent Putu Agus Suradnyana-Sutjidra from 2012, the verification result of the poverty rate dropped to 34,000 people by the end of 2015.

“This year, KUBE is continuously improved to empower rural communities. There are 8,000 people belonging to the poorest remaining to be encouraged by the government. In the meantime, the scattered data on the poor reach 14,000 people,” he said. (kmb34)

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Bali News

Golf removed from tax object

MANGUPURA - The government of Badung will be subject to the rules prohibiting taxation against the venue of entertainment. A number of entertainment tax objects having been prohibited include the golf, billiards and bowling.

Regent of Badung, Nyoman Giri Prasta, said that golf and billiard tax is not a priority for the revenue of the Badung region. “We will be subject to the rules. It indeed contributes to the revenue but is not a priority,” said Regent Giri Prasta, Monday (Jul. 25).

According to him, Badung is currently undertaking an expansion in the form of tax intensification and extension. With these two strategies, the regent is confident that the tax no longer be levied will be compensated with the income acquired.

As well, he said that many travelers stay at boarding house at IDR 3 million per month. This means that every day, travelers only pay at IDR 100,000. The situation will be different if the travelers stay at hotel with the tariff of IDR 1.5 million per day. Therefore, Badung loses revenues from accommodation at IDR 1.4 million per day multiplied by the number of travelers staying at boarding house.

“This will be targeted so that the losses can be minimized. The other opportunity intensification can be obtained from the advertisement tax,” he said.

It is said, for the extensification, Badung will seek the opportunities for new taxes. Thus, the regional revenue could even soar. As reported earlier, billiards, golf and bowling are voided from the object of entertainment tax in Badung. This complies with the Decree

of the Governor of Bali No. 1301/01-B /HK/2016 dated May 17, 2016.

The decree signed by the Governor Made Mangku Pastika annulled the Article 3, paragraph (2) letter g of the Regional Bylaw of Badung district No.17/2011 on entertainment tax. The article 3 (2) letter g sets forth billiards, golf, and bowling games as a tax object. (kmb27)

Wet drought, horticulture farmers beware of fungi

TABANAN - Dry season in 2016 is categorized into wet drought because it remains to rain. For farmers cultivating horticultural crops like chili and onions, rain is one of the blessings because they have not difficulty to get water. However, the rain in the dry season must be alerted by farmers particularly related to fungal attack.

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A number of entertainment tax objects having been prohibited include the golf, billiards and bowling.

Division Head of Horticultural Development at the Tabanan Agriculture, Horticulture and Food Crops Agency, Gusti Putu Wiadnyana, explained on Monday (Jul. 25) that when compared to 2015 the horticultural program launched in 2016 is more simplified in terms of water availability. As is known, the horticulture program launched by the government is meant to meet the needs of chilies and shallots throughout the season. To that end, farmers participating in this program are given the assistance in the form of seed, fertilizer and equipment, and planting against the season, especially during drought condition.

Though water is available, added Wiadnyana, farmers still have to be careful, especially from fungal attack.

Horticultural crops like chilies and shallots are very susceptible to this disease. To address this, the government has provided assistance in the form of fungicide for farmers.

Horticulture program itself, added Wiadnyana, has run where the assistance for mangosteen cultivation on 72 hectares of land has been almost

Wednesday, July 27, 2016

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entirely planted. Chili cultivation on the area of 40 hectares, according to Wiadnyana, is in the process of land preparation. Garlic cultivation centered in Pupuan (40 hectares) and Baturiti (10 hectares) has been planted and some have already grown mature, while shallot on 30 hectares of land in Baturiti is delayed until next August due to quite high rainfall in July. “We delay the cultivation of shallot until August because it is vulnerable to disease attack if the condition is too humid,” said Wiadnyana.

Even though there is water in dry season, according to Wiadnyana, he could not ensure whether the horticultural crop production program will be more successful than last year. If a year ago the enemy was the extreme drought causing some plants to be unable to grow as well as to cause crop failure, this year farmers face fungal disease. Nevertheless, with the results of horticulture program his agency expected the price of chili and shallot at the market can be reduced and will not increase to the extreme level. (kmb24)

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Australian PM orders inquiry after teenage prisoners teargassed, stripped naked

SYDNEY - Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Tuesday ordered an inquiry into the treatment of children in detention after the airing of video showing prison guards teargassing teenage inmates and strapping a half-naked, hooded-boy to a chair.

Turnbull said it was clear that mistreatment had occurred after the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) aired CCTV footage late Monday of inmates in a Northern Territory juvenile detention centre being stripped naked, thrown by the neck into a cell, and held for long periods in solitary confinement.

“Like all Australians, I’ve been deeply shocked - shocked and appalled by the images of mistreatment of children,” Turnbull said on ABC radio as he announced a Royal Commission, Australia’s most powerful, state sanctioned inquiry.

“We’re going to move swiftly and decisively to get to the bottom of this,” said Turnbull, who announced the Royal Commission within hours of the video being aired.

The CCTV footage in the Don Dale Youth Detention Centre in Darwin was shot between 20102014, according to the ABC. A report into some of the incidents by the Northern Territory Children’s Commissioner in 2015 found fault

with the guards’ behaviour, but the findings were disputed by the then head of prisons and not acted upon, said the ABC. The video showed guards mocking inmates, carrying a boy by the neck and throwing him onto a mattress in a cell, and covering a teenager’s head with a hood and shackling him to a chair with neck, arm, leg and foot restraints.

“If one of us were to have been found to have treated our children in this way we would probably be charged with a criminal offence and the children would be taken away from us,” said Australia’s Human Rights Commission president Gillian Triggs, who backed the inquiry.

Turnbull said the inquiry into children in detention would examine both the abuse in the Northern Territory and why authorities failed to reprimand prison officials sooner.

His office said the full terms of reference for the inquiry, including whether it would be restricted to

AAP/Dan Himbrechts/via REUTERS.

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull speaks during a media conference announcing new anti-terrorism laws in Sydney, Australia, July 25, 2016. the Northern Territory and juvenile detention centres, would be released after further discussions with authorities.

“There are many issues of concern here and we will get to the bottom of it and we will appoint a very thorough, meticulous examiner of

this,” said Turnbull, declining to say whether the particular institution involved in the abuse would be closed. (rtr)

Natural disasters in China kill more than 800 since June BEIJING - More than 800 people have died and about 200 are missing in a series of natural disasters that have struck China since June, the worst casualty figures since a similar period in 2011, state media said on Tuesday.

Large parts of central, eastern and northern China have been hit by flooding this summer, while a typhoon left a wave of destruction this month and a freak tornado killed at least 98 in the eastern province of Jiangsu in June.

Since the year began, 1,074 people have died in natural disasters, 833 of them since June, with 270 missing, Xinhua news agency cited the Ministry of Civil Affairs as saying.

Direct economic losses have reached 298 billion yuan ($44.63 billion) this year, with about 400,000 houses destroyed and 6.24 million residents relocated, the ministry added.

Separately, the government on the southern island province of Hainan issued a typhoon warning for a tropical storm that is expected to hit in the early hours of Wednesday. (rtr)

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The rain in the dry season must be alerted by farmers particularly related to fungal attack.

An aerial view of a flooded area in Xiaogan, Hubei province, China, July 24, 2016. Picture taken July 24, 2016.

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Meanwhile the government is compiling a spending package that some sources have said could be worth up to 20 trillion yen. Direct fiscal stimulus may be much lower, with a Nikkei report on Tuesday citing a figure of around 6 trillion yen over the next few years. The total size of the package could be announced as soon as Aug. 2, Nik-

kei said.

Direct stimulus of 6 trillion yen would be double the amount initially planned but would fall short of market expectations, analysts said.

“There is some position unwinding going on with investors toning down expectations of how much fiscal stimulus will be provided,” said Yujiro Goto, currency strategist

at Nomura.

“We are also seeing not much pressure from the Japanese government on the BOJ to ease. All this is helping the yen.” The dollar slid 1.7 percent against the yen to 103.995 , its lowest since July 14 before recovering to trade at 104.42, still down 1.3 percent on the day. The euro fell to 114.465 yen, its lowest since July 12, before climbing to 114.96, still down 1.1 percent.

The yen has weakened in the past few weeks on growing expectations that Japanese authorities would provide both fiscal and monetary stimulus to kick-start inflation.

Some have been hoping for helicopter money, whereby the central bank would underwrite government debt, though policymakers have denied this is being considered.

STERLING DROPS Sterling shed 2 percent against the yen and hit a two-week low against the euro after Bank of England policymaker Martin Weale said he had dropped his opposition to policy easing and now favoured immediate stimulus. . The pound also fell against the dollar to trade at $1.3125 “When the previously hawkish BoE MPC member Martin Weale

turns dovish, market participants better listen,” said Hans Redeker, head of currency strategy at Morgan Stanley.

Meanwhile, the Federal Reserve is expected to stand pat on policy at its meeting that ends on Wednesday.

Fed fund futures on Monday indicated that the market sees nearly no chance of a rate hike this week.

But the chances of a December hike rose to 56 percent, up from 48 percent on Friday.

The dollar index, which tracks the currency against a basket of six major rivals, was down 0.25 percent to 97.047, off a peak of 97.569, its highest since March.(rtr) A man walks near a container ship at a port in Tokyo, Japan, October 20, 2015.

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Protesters hold posters as they attend a rally against death penalty outside the presidential palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, July 26, 2016. Indonesian authorities are preparing to execute people convicted of drug crimes for the third time since President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo was elected in 2014.

Indonesia to hold next round of executions on Friday - diplomat

JAKARTA - Indonesia will execute several people including show Indonesians are largely in a Pakistani on Friday, a Pakistani embassy official said, its first favour of capital punishment.

Last year, Australia recalled its executions since last year when it put to death 14 people, most of them foreign drug convicts, sparking an international outcry. envoy to Jakarta, and Brazil said

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South Korea’s growth improves on better consumption

SEOUL — South Korea’s economic growth improved in the second quarter of the year, helped by stronger private spending and housing construction. Bank of Korea said Tuesday that Asia’s fourth-largest economy expanded at an annual pace of 3.2 percent during the April-June period, the fastest clip in seven quarters.

On a quarterly basis, South Korea’s economy grew 0.7 percent, a pace below 1 percent for a third straight quarter.

Sales of clothes and durable goods helped drive private consumption. Construction spending was robust thanks to an increase in new houses. But the improvement may be “as good as it gets” for now,

said Krystal Tan, Asia economist for Capital Economics.

Restructuring of South Korea’s shipping and shipbuilding sectors will likely involve major job cuts that will hit consumer demand, while China is increasing its own output of products it used to import from South Korea. Sales tax cuts on purchases of

passenger cars expired at the end of June, she said in a research note.

Bank of Korea trimmed its benchmark interest rate last month to a record low of 1.25 percent, the first rate cut in one year.

It downgraded its growth forecast on South Korea, citing increased global uncertainties.(ap)

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President Jokowi inaugurates 720 military, police cadets

Yen hits 2-wk high as Japanese stimulus expectations dialled back

LONDON - The yen hit a two-week high against the euro and rose more than 1 percent against the dollar on Tuesday, as traders dialled back expectations of how much new stimulus authorities will inject into Japan’s ailing economy. Most economists surveyed by Reuters expect the Bank of Japan to expand its asset purchases and cut rates further below zero at its two-day meeting that ends on Friday.

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Indonesian officials have said 16 people will be executed this year, including citizens of Nigeria, Zimbabwe and Pakistan, though they have not confirmed any more details.

Syed Zahid Raza, charge d’affaires at the Pakistani embassy in Jakarta, said the embassy had been informed about the imminent execution of the Pakistani, Zulfikar Ali, convicted of smuggling drugs.

“We were invited to meet with officials from the attorney general’s office today who told us the executions will take place on Friday,”

Raza told Reuters on Tuesday. A spokesman for the attorney general’s office declined to comment on any time frame.

Pakistan on Monday urged Indonesia to stay Ali’s execution, citing concern that his 2005 trial had been unfair. Ali will make a last-ditch attempt to escape the death penalty by appealing directly to Indonesian President Joko Widodo for clemency, Raza said.

Indonesia says it is facing a “drugs emergency” and has vowed no mercy for traffickers. Its executions by firing squad have caused outrage overseas though surveys

it was shocked and was evaluating ties after their citizens were executed. But President Widodo has disregarded diplomatic pressure and vowed to ramp up a war on drugs in what is among Southeast Asia’s biggest markets for narcotics.

The executions will take place at a maximum security prison on Nusakambangan Island in Central Java but it is not clear how many prisoners will face the firing squad this week.

Authorities have not given a breakdown of the numbers of foreigners on death row but citizens of France, Britain and the Philippines are known to be among them.(rtr)

MAGELANG - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) inaugurated 720 Military and Police cadets as officers during the “Prasetya Perwira Remaja TNI-Polri 2016” ceremony held here on Tuesday.

At the ceremony, held at the Sapta Marga Square of the Magelang Military Academy, President Jokowi inaugurated 221 Military cadets, 91 Navy cadets, 108 Air Force cadets, and 300 Police cadets, who had recently graduated from Military and Police academies in 2016.

The president, in his message, said the Military and Police are the states instruments at the forefront of maintaining defense and security of the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia.

Therefore, the president emphasized that the Military and Police must work together, coordinate, and stand united for the sake of the nation, state, and people of Indonesia.

“Remove sectoral ego, increase

the spirit of solidarity -- the solidarity of TNI and Polri. Maintain oneness of the TNI and Polri with the people,” Jokowi affirmed.

The president asserted that Military and Police officers must be responsive, sensitive, and continue to improve the quality of their professional performance.

“When there is public criticism related to the performance of the Military and Police, use it as inputs to improve performance,” he suggested.

The president expressed hope that the Military and Police will continue to improve their institutions in order to be at par with the developments in the national, regional, and global environments.

“I call on the Military and Police cadets to fulfill their tasks, to respect the mandate, and to carry out their services in a professional, proportional, and procedural manner by upholding the provision of law, professional ethics, and human rights,” the president noted.(ant)

Make urbanization positive: VP SURABAYA - The time has come to change the negative image of urbanization into a positive one in the future, Vice President Jusuf Kalla has stated.

“So far, urbanization has been considered negative. (We must think of) how to make it positive and useful. It is an old notion that a large population is burden. But China, which has a large population, can make good progress. They become good consumers and producers,” he said while addressing the opening of the third session of the Preparatory Committee of the Habitat III Conference here Monday.

Housing and settlement are problems facing all developed and developing nations. “All of these are a part of our lives, and that is why we always have settlement dilemmas,” he said.

Fifty years ago, nearly 30 percent of the global population lived in urban areas and 70 percent in rural areas, because the agricultural sector was an important part of job opportunities, he said. Today, a majority of the population lives in urban areas, he said.

Even in Indonesia, in the next 30 years, 60 to 70 percent of its population will live in cities, he predicted.

“Why does it happen? Of course, we must realize that the global population continues to increase,” he said.

The global population, which currently stands at 6.7 billion, is expected to increase to 9.9 billion in in the next 30 years, while at the same time large tracts of farmland will be needed to meet their food needs, he said, Nearly 30 percent of the Indonesian population is currently employed in the agricultural sector compared to 40 percent a few years ago. The percentage must be lower in developed nations such as the United States, where just five percent of its population is employed in the agricultural sector, he said.

This means, the greater the success of the agricultural sector the smaller the number of people looking for jobs in urban areas.

But if the agricultural sector failed and the number of jobs declined, people would move to urban areas whatever the situation, he said.(ant)

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Governor of Japan’s Kanagawa prefecture Yuji Kuroiwa (C) prays to mourn victims as he visits at a facility for the disabled, where a deadly attack by a knife-wielding man took place, in Sagamihara, Kanagawa prefecture, Japan, July 26, 2016.

Knife attacker in Japan kills 19 in their sleep at disabled centre

SAGAMIHARA - A knife-wielding man broke into a facility for the disabled in a small town near Tokyo early on Tuesday and killed 19 patients as they slept, authorities said, Japan’s worst mass killing in decades.

At least 25 other residents were wounded in the attack at the Tsukui Yamayuri-En facility in Sagamihara town, about 25 miles (40 km) southwest of Tokyo.

“This is a very heart-wrenching and shocking incident in which many innocent people became victims,” Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a regular news conference in Tokyo.

The suspect was a 26-year-old former employee of the facility who gave himself up to police.

The man, Satoshi Uematsu, said in letters he wrote in February that he could “obliterate 470 disabled people”, Kyodo news agency reported.

He said he would kill 260 severely disabled people at two areas in the facility during a night shift, and would not hurt employees.

“My goal is a world in which the severely disabled can be euthanized, with their guardians’ consent, if they are unable to live

at home and be active in society,” Uematsu wrote in the letters given to the speaker of the lower house of parliament, Kyodo reported.

Uematsu was committed to hospital after he expressed a “willingness to kill severely disabled people”, an official in Sagamihara told Reuters. He was freed on March 2 after a doctor deemed he had improved, the official said.

Staff at the facility called police at 2.30 a.m. local time (1730 GMT Monday) with reports of a man armed with a knife on the grounds, media reports said. The man wore a black T-shirt and trousers, the reports said.

The 3-hectare (7.6 acre) facility was established by the local government. Surrounded by treecovered mountains and on the banks of the Sagami River, it cares for people with a wide range of disabilities.

The facility’s website said the centre had a maximum capacity of

160 people, including staff.

Residents of Sagamihara said they were in shock. The last murder in the area was 10 years ago.

“This is a peaceful, quiet town so I never thought such an incident would happen here,” said Oshikazu Shimo, one of many residents of the town who gathered near the facility.

Taxi driver Susumu Fujimura said of the attacker: “He said ‘we should get rid of disabled people’ but he’s the worthless one.”

“That kind of person can’t defend themselves,” Fujimura said, referring to the victims. “That’s why so many died. It makes you weep to think of somebody just murdering them.”

The dead ranged in age from 19 to 70 and included nine males and 10 females, Kyodo said.

Police had recovered a bag with several knives, at least one stained with blood, a Kanagawa prefecture official said.

At least 29 emergency squads responded to the attack, Kyodo reported, with those wounded taken to at least six hospitals in the western Tokyo area. (rtr)

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Turkey detains 42 journalists in crackdown as Europe sounds alarm

ISTANBUL - Turkey ordered the detention of 42 journalists on Monday, broadcaster NTV reported, under a crackdown following a failed coup that has targeted more than 60,000 people and drawn fire from the European Union.

The arrests or suspensions of soldiers, police, judges and civil servants in response to the July 15-16 putsch have raised concerns among rights groups and Western countries, who fear President Tayyip Erdogan is capitalising on it to tighten his grip on power.

EU Commission President JeanClaude Juncker questioned Ankara’s long-standing aspiration to join the EU. “I believe that Turkey, in its current state, is not in a position to become a member any time soon and not even over a longer period,” Juncker said on French television France 2.

Juncker also said that if Turkey reintroduces the death penalty something the government has said it must consider, responding to calls from supporters at public rallies for the coup leaders to be executed - it would stop the EU accession process immediately.

Turkey abolished capital punishment in 2004, allowing it to open EU accession talks the following year, but the negotiations have made scant progress since then. The country plays an pivotal role in the U.S.-led fight against Islamic State and in containing the flow of refugees fleeing the conflict in Syria.

Erdogan reiterated his government’s stance on the possible restoration of capital punishment in an interview with German television station ARD broadcast on Monday.

“What do the (Turkish) people say today?” Erdogan asked in the interview. “They want the death penalty reintroduced. And we as the government must listen to what the people say. We can’t say ‘no, that doesn’t interest us.’”

Responding to Juncker’s comments, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told Haberturk TV that Europe cannot threaten Turkey regarding the death penalty.

Erdogan has declared a state of emergency, which allows him to sign new laws without prior parliamentary approval and limit rights as he deems necessary. The government has said these steps are needed to root out supporters of the coup and will not infringe on the rights of ordinary Turks.

NTV reported that among the 42 journalists subject to arrest warrants was well-known commentator and former parliamentarian Nazli Ilicak.

Hinting at a possible concentration of more power in the presidency in the aftermath of the abortive coup, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Monday that political parties have enough common ground to pass limited constitutional changes and aim to eventually draft a whole new charter. (rtr)

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A Turkish soldier stands guard near tanks and armoured vehicles paraded through the main street of Sincan, a district near capital Ankara, Turkey, in this file photo taken on February 4, 1997.

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SINGARAJA - Busungbiu Rice Terrace is a beautiful rice terrace set in the deep valley offering amazing panoramic view of rice terrace and natures surround it. It is situated in the tranquility of Kekeran village, Busungbiu district, Buleleng Regency, Singaraja Bali. Busungbiu Rice Terrace is secluded rice field with pure natures surround it including green hills. The amazing panorama can be viewed from the top of hill apposite to the long green view to the sea. It is strategically set beside of the main road from Pupuan to Singaraja or just about 30 kilometers south of Singaraja Town. Rice Paddy Trekking to explore the beautiful rice field is one of the activities can be done at Busungbiu Rice Terrace. You can discover the pure natures of rice fields, beautiful river and probably meet the farmers who working in the rice field as well as understanding about Subak Irrigation System executed at this site. Busungbiu Rice Terrace is well appointed as one of tourist destination and recommended to visit in Bali. When visiting Singaraja and passing through Pupuan District then you will have the opportunity to visit this site since it just located beside of the main road. From the top of hill, you can see the amazing panoramic view of rice terrace, Kekeran rain forest and green hills surround it. (IBP/net)

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Organizers for South America’s first Olympic Games built 31 17-story buildings, but only 12 had been given the green light by Monday morning while another eight were in the process of receiving a full safety certification, Rio2016 spokesman Mario Andrada told Reuters.

“Twenty will be ready by today and 31 should be ready by Thursday,” Andrada said, a full eight days before the opening ceremony.

The admission came a day after Australia’s delegation said it would not move into the Olympic Village because it was

“not safe or ready,” citing deficiencies like “blocked toilets, leaking pipes and exposed wiring.”

The litany of grievances from Australia, which moved members of its delegation into nearby hotels, revived concern over Brazil’s readiness to host a major sporting event in the midst of its worst recession in decades and a deep political crisis.

New Zealand and Italy’s delegations both said they had been forced to fix problems with electricity and plumbing, while Argentina said on Monday it had reserved accommodation outside the vil-

lage for part of its delegation.

The Dutch team said their own staff had resolved many of the issues that beset their building, but they threatened to seek financial compensation for their work.

“We will evaluate this situation with IOC and Rio 2016 after the Games,” Chief of Mission Maurits Hendriks, said in a statement issued on Sunday night.

“This applies, for example, to financial consequences as a result of the measures we are taking and have been taken.”

However, the head of the Australian Olympic team, Kitty Chiller, thanked organizers on Monday for responding promptly to her concerns by deploying hundreds of maintenance people and cleaners. (rtr)

LONDON - Bradley Wiggins has backed Chris Froome to emulate his 2012 Tour de France and Olympic time trial double success but felt his former Sky team mate’s task is more difficult as next month’s Games are in Rio de Janeiro.

Froome, who will join Wiggins in the Great Britain cycling team, clinched his third Tour de France on Sunday and will now be attempting an unprecedented treble as he also plans to take part in both the time trial and road race at the Rio Games.

Having won a bronze in the time trial at the 2012 London Olympics, the 31-year-old’s hopes of a gold in Rio were boosted when his chief rival, Dutchman Tom Dumoulin, fractured his wrist during the Tour de France and is a doubt for the Games.

“I think it’s probably harder for him this time. He has to travel out to a completely different continent whereas we came back home, and that is probably more of a challenge for Chris,” Wiggins told British media.

Wiggins, who is focusing on the track in Rio, added that his performance at the 2012 Tour de France gave him a clear indication that he was primed for glory in London and hoped Froome would be able to build upon a similar platform.

“I knew nothing was going to change in 10 days. There wasn’t too many challenges for me to overcome other than I couldn’t get down my lane (where he lived) for a couple of days,” the 36-yearold said.

“He can do it, definitely, the way he won the Tour, that (form) isn’t going to go anywhere for two weeks. If anyone can do it, he can do it of all those people there at the Tour.” (rtr)

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Bradley Wiggins of Team GB poses for a photo.

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Paris Saint-Germain defeats Inter Milan

EUGENE — Serge Aurier scored twice and Paris Saint-Germain beat Inter Milan 3-1 on Sunday at the University of Oregon’s Autzen Stadium.

Layvin Kurzawa also scored for PSG on a stunning free kick in the 61st minute in the International Champions Cup match.

Stevan Jovetic scored for Inter Milan on a penalty kick in stoppage time following the first half.

Autzen Stadium, the home football field of the Oregon Ducks, hosted the match, part of the International Champions Cup. Real grass was laid down on the artificial turf field, obscuring the yellow ‘O’ at midfield. Attendance was announced at 24,147.

The International Champions Cup is an exhibition tournament involving 17 teams playing on four different continents. It serves a tuneup for the regular season.

Inter Milan was coming off a 2-1 victory over Real Salt Lake earlier in the week in Utah. Striker Mauro Icardi played in that match, and was given the day off against PSG. The game was played amid rumors that Inter Milan manager Roberto Mancini might resign. Afterward he said that “nothing has changed compared to two days ago, we’ll see.”

As for the match itself, Mancini said: “We played for 60 minutes with the senior players and afterward it was difficult.”

Paris Saint-Germain, which beat West Bromwich Albion 2-1 its last time out on July 14 in Austria, is embarking on its first season under Unai Emery, who took over for Laurnet Blanc.

“As a team, of course we played to win,” Emery said through a translator. “It was important as a team that we built the confidence of the players. It was great that we won, but the most important part is that we actually start building the team and create the confidence that we want with the team.”

In addition to the new manager, PSG will also need to adjust to the departure of enigmatic forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who signed with Manchester United earlier this month. Ibrahimovic had 38 goals in 31 French league games last season, helping PSG to a fourth successive title.

On Sunday midfielder Javier Pastore wore No. 10.

Angel Di Maria, Edinson Cavani and Thomas Meunier entered as subs for Paris Saint-Germain in the second half.

“The important part was that we had the participation of all the players, especially the senior ones,” Emery said. “And of course all the new players that we have, it’s good to see

how they are performing because it’s not always easy to see how they are performing as new players on a team with so much weight on them.”

Di Maria had just returned to his club team earlier in the week after taking some time off following the Copa America tournament. He played for his native Argentina in the final, which Chile won on penalty kicks.

David Luiz apparently did not make the trip to Eugene from Los Angeles, where PSG was training. Aurier, who played in the 2014 World Cup for his native Ivory Coast, left-footed the rebound of a free kick off goalkeeper Samir Handanovic into the bottom left corner in the 14th minute.

Inter Milan evened it on Jovetic’s penalty kick into the top right corner in extra time following the first half. The penalty was awarded when Lucas Moura was called for a handball.

Aurier had a good chance in the 57th minute but his shot hit the crossbar. A few minutes later, Kurzawa struck a perfectly placed free kick that Handanovic couldn’t reach that put PSG in front. Aurier’s second goal was a header off a cross from Alec Georgen in the 87th minute. Temperatures during the match were in the mid-80s, necessitating water breaks. (ap)

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Paris Saint-Germain’s Serge Aurier, right, gets a shot past Inter Milan goalkeeper Samir Handanovic, left, in the first half of the International Champions Cup soccer match at Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Ore., Sunday, July 24, 2016.

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Everton manager Ronald Koeman before the match

Everton need time to learn Koeman’s tactics - Coleman

Everton will need time to familiarise themselves with new manager Ronald Koeman’s style of play after the Dutchman replaced Roberto Martinez in the close season, right back Seamus Coleman has said.

Martinez’s three-year tenure at the Merseyside club was brought to an end in May after the Spaniard oversaw a disastrous campaign at Goodison Park, leading Everton to 11th in the Premier League, their lowest finish in the last nine seasons.

“Every manager is different and I wouldn’t say there’s any right or wrong but when you play in a regime for a certain amount of time you will pick up habits that stick for a little while,” Coleman told British media.

“I’m sure this manager now will be wanting to get his good habits into us and we’ll have to forget some of the others that we had. That’s part and parcel of changing managers.

“I’ve only been back a week and I’m still coming to terms with what he (Koeman) wants and what he doesn’t want but you can definitely see that... he’s not afraid to mix it up.”

Meanwhile, Koeman admits he is flirting with the idea of deploying Gerard Deulofeu as a striker following the winger’s impressive display in a pre-season win over Barnsley on Saturday.

“We had a lot of pace up front with Gerard. Maybe this is a new position for him but I know he played there for Barcelona ‘B’,” the former Southampton boss said.

“Because he is very fast, we created a lot of danger from that. A full-back has two options -- play the ball back to the goalkeeper or play it down the channels (to the forwards). I don’t like the first option.

“When you have Gerard with that speed up front, and good passes to pick him out, that makes it difficult for the opponent.” (rtr)

A winter break in the Premier League season is not feasible until the current three-year television rights deal is completed in 2019, the Football Association’s (FA) chief executive Martin Glenn has said.

Newly appointed England manager Sam Allardyce, in his first press conference, backed the need for a winter break similar to the top divisions in France, Italy, Spain and Germany, to help players recuperate.

“It would help the Premier League and us at international level if we could achieve that,” Allardyce said. “January and February is always the most difficult time to get players through.”

However, Glenn said that though the FA favoured a mid-season break, it would not be possible until the over 5 billion pounds ($6.56 billion) worth TV rights deal, which starts this season, was in effect.

“If we are going to get a winter break, which the FA very much wants, it would be after the current Premier League TV-rights deal is done,” Glenn told British media. “There is a consensus that it would be a good thing to do. I’ll say no more than that.

“We can do our bit about fixture congestion and that’s why from the quarter-finals (of the FA Cup this season) we’re not going to replays.” Glenn also hinted that the timing of the break may be pushed back to January.

“What scared people about winter breaks in the past is the thought of it being between Boxing Day and new year but it doesn’t have to be then. “It can be after the FA Cup third round in mid-January.” (rtr)

Crystal Palace’s Andros Townsend in action

Ciccolunghi named as new president of French club Marseille

MARSEILLE - Giovanni Ciccolunghi has replaced Vincent Labrune as president of Marseille.

The French club on Tuesday announced the appointment of the 72-year-old Italian-Swiss businessman, a specialist in sports marketing who previously worked for Adidas

and for Robert Louis-Dreyfus, the late husband of Marseille’s current owner Margarita Louis-Dreyfus.

Labrune’s popularity waned over the past two seasons as he clashed with former coaches Marcelo Bielsa and Michel, who both left the club. Marseille, the only

French club to win the European Cup — in 1993 — finished 13th last season in Ligue 1.

Ciccolunghi’s arrival is reportedly aimed at helping Marseille find a new buyer to make it competitive again. He will meet with the players in the coming days. (ap)

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Paris Saint-Germain defeats Inter Milan

EUGENE — Serge Aurier scored twice and Paris Saint-Germain beat Inter Milan 3-1 on Sunday at the University of Oregon’s Autzen Stadium.

Layvin Kurzawa also scored for PSG on a stunning free kick in the 61st minute in the International Champions Cup match.

Stevan Jovetic scored for Inter Milan on a penalty kick in stoppage time following the first half.

Autzen Stadium, the home football field of the Oregon Ducks, hosted the match, part of the International Champions Cup. Real grass was laid down on the artificial turf field, obscuring the yellow ‘O’ at midfield. Attendance was announced at 24,147.

The International Champions Cup is an exhibition tournament involving 17 teams playing on four different continents. It serves a tuneup for the regular season.

Inter Milan was coming off a 2-1 victory over Real Salt Lake earlier in the week in Utah. Striker Mauro Icardi played in that match, and was given the day off against PSG. The game was played amid rumors that Inter Milan manager Roberto Mancini might resign. Afterward he said that “nothing has changed compared to two days ago, we’ll see.”

As for the match itself, Mancini said: “We played for 60 minutes with the senior players and afterward it was difficult.”

Paris Saint-Germain, which beat West Bromwich Albion 2-1 its last time out on July 14 in Austria, is embarking on its first season under Unai Emery, who took over for Laurnet Blanc.

“As a team, of course we played to win,” Emery said through a translator. “It was important as a team that we built the confidence of the players. It was great that we won, but the most important part is that we actually start building the team and create the confidence that we want with the team.”

In addition to the new manager, PSG will also need to adjust to the departure of enigmatic forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who signed with Manchester United earlier this month. Ibrahimovic had 38 goals in 31 French league games last season, helping PSG to a fourth successive title.

On Sunday midfielder Javier Pastore wore No. 10.

Angel Di Maria, Edinson Cavani and Thomas Meunier entered as subs for Paris Saint-Germain in the second half.

“The important part was that we had the participation of all the players, especially the senior ones,” Emery said. “And of course all the new players that we have, it’s good to see

how they are performing because it’s not always easy to see how they are performing as new players on a team with so much weight on them.”

Di Maria had just returned to his club team earlier in the week after taking some time off following the Copa America tournament. He played for his native Argentina in the final, which Chile won on penalty kicks.

David Luiz apparently did not make the trip to Eugene from Los Angeles, where PSG was training. Aurier, who played in the 2014 World Cup for his native Ivory Coast, left-footed the rebound of a free kick off goalkeeper Samir Handanovic into the bottom left corner in the 14th minute.

Inter Milan evened it on Jovetic’s penalty kick into the top right corner in extra time following the first half. The penalty was awarded when Lucas Moura was called for a handball.

Aurier had a good chance in the 57th minute but his shot hit the crossbar. A few minutes later, Kurzawa struck a perfectly placed free kick that Handanovic couldn’t reach that put PSG in front. Aurier’s second goal was a header off a cross from Alec Georgen in the 87th minute. Temperatures during the match were in the mid-80s, necessitating water breaks. (ap)

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Paris Saint-Germain’s Serge Aurier, right, gets a shot past Inter Milan goalkeeper Samir Handanovic, left, in the first half of the International Champions Cup soccer match at Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Ore., Sunday, July 24, 2016.

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Everton manager Ronald Koeman before the match

Everton need time to learn Koeman’s tactics - Coleman

Everton will need time to familiarise themselves with new manager Ronald Koeman’s style of play after the Dutchman replaced Roberto Martinez in the close season, right back Seamus Coleman has said.

Martinez’s three-year tenure at the Merseyside club was brought to an end in May after the Spaniard oversaw a disastrous campaign at Goodison Park, leading Everton to 11th in the Premier League, their lowest finish in the last nine seasons.

“Every manager is different and I wouldn’t say there’s any right or wrong but when you play in a regime for a certain amount of time you will pick up habits that stick for a little while,” Coleman told British media.

“I’m sure this manager now will be wanting to get his good habits into us and we’ll have to forget some of the others that we had. That’s part and parcel of changing managers.

“I’ve only been back a week and I’m still coming to terms with what he (Koeman) wants and what he doesn’t want but you can definitely see that... he’s not afraid to mix it up.”

Meanwhile, Koeman admits he is flirting with the idea of deploying Gerard Deulofeu as a striker following the winger’s impressive display in a pre-season win over Barnsley on Saturday.

“We had a lot of pace up front with Gerard. Maybe this is a new position for him but I know he played there for Barcelona ‘B’,” the former Southampton boss said.

“Because he is very fast, we created a lot of danger from that. A full-back has two options -- play the ball back to the goalkeeper or play it down the channels (to the forwards). I don’t like the first option.

“When you have Gerard with that speed up front, and good passes to pick him out, that makes it difficult for the opponent.” (rtr)

A winter break in the Premier League season is not feasible until the current three-year television rights deal is completed in 2019, the Football Association’s (FA) chief executive Martin Glenn has said.

Newly appointed England manager Sam Allardyce, in his first press conference, backed the need for a winter break similar to the top divisions in France, Italy, Spain and Germany, to help players recuperate.

“It would help the Premier League and us at international level if we could achieve that,” Allardyce said. “January and February is always the most difficult time to get players through.”

However, Glenn said that though the FA favoured a mid-season break, it would not be possible until the over 5 billion pounds ($6.56 billion) worth TV rights deal, which starts this season, was in effect.

“If we are going to get a winter break, which the FA very much wants, it would be after the current Premier League TV-rights deal is done,” Glenn told British media. “There is a consensus that it would be a good thing to do. I’ll say no more than that.

“We can do our bit about fixture congestion and that’s why from the quarter-finals (of the FA Cup this season) we’re not going to replays.” Glenn also hinted that the timing of the break may be pushed back to January.

“What scared people about winter breaks in the past is the thought of it being between Boxing Day and new year but it doesn’t have to be then. “It can be after the FA Cup third round in mid-January.” (rtr)

Crystal Palace’s Andros Townsend in action

Ciccolunghi named as new president of French club Marseille

MARSEILLE - Giovanni Ciccolunghi has replaced Vincent Labrune as president of Marseille.

The French club on Tuesday announced the appointment of the 72-year-old Italian-Swiss businessman, a specialist in sports marketing who previously worked for Adidas

and for Robert Louis-Dreyfus, the late husband of Marseille’s current owner Margarita Louis-Dreyfus.

Labrune’s popularity waned over the past two seasons as he clashed with former coaches Marcelo Bielsa and Michel, who both left the club. Marseille, the only

French club to win the European Cup — in 1993 — finished 13th last season in Ligue 1.

Ciccolunghi’s arrival is reportedly aimed at helping Marseille find a new buyer to make it competitive again. He will meet with the players in the coming days. (ap)

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Busungbiu Rice Terrace

SINGARAJA - Busungbiu Rice Terrace is a beautiful rice terrace set in the deep valley offering amazing panoramic view of rice terrace and natures surround it. It is situated in the tranquility of Kekeran village, Busungbiu district, Buleleng Regency, Singaraja Bali. Busungbiu Rice Terrace is secluded rice field with pure natures surround it including green hills. The amazing panorama can be viewed from the top of hill apposite to the long green view to the sea. It is strategically set beside of the main road from Pupuan to Singaraja or just about 30 kilometers south of Singaraja Town. Rice Paddy Trekking to explore the beautiful rice field is one of the activities can be done at Busungbiu Rice Terrace. You can discover the pure natures of rice fields, beautiful river and probably meet the farmers who working in the rice field as well as understanding about Subak Irrigation System executed at this site. Busungbiu Rice Terrace is well appointed as one of tourist destination and recommended to visit in Bali. When visiting Singaraja and passing through Pupuan District then you will have the opportunity to visit this site since it just located beside of the main road. From the top of hill, you can see the amazing panoramic view of rice terrace, Kekeran rain forest and green hills surround it. (IBP/net)

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An aerial view of the 2016 Rio Olympics athletes village In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 16, 2016.

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Organizers for South America’s first Olympic Games built 31 17-story buildings, but only 12 had been given the green light by Monday morning while another eight were in the process of receiving a full safety certification, Rio2016 spokesman Mario Andrada told Reuters.

“Twenty will be ready by today and 31 should be ready by Thursday,” Andrada said, a full eight days before the opening ceremony.

The admission came a day after Australia’s delegation said it would not move into the Olympic Village because it was

“not safe or ready,” citing deficiencies like “blocked toilets, leaking pipes and exposed wiring.”

The litany of grievances from Australia, which moved members of its delegation into nearby hotels, revived concern over Brazil’s readiness to host a major sporting event in the midst of its worst recession in decades and a deep political crisis.

New Zealand and Italy’s delegations both said they had been forced to fix problems with electricity and plumbing, while Argentina said on Monday it had reserved accommodation outside the vil-

lage for part of its delegation.

The Dutch team said their own staff had resolved many of the issues that beset their building, but they threatened to seek financial compensation for their work.

“We will evaluate this situation with IOC and Rio 2016 after the Games,” Chief of Mission Maurits Hendriks, said in a statement issued on Sunday night.

“This applies, for example, to financial consequences as a result of the measures we are taking and have been taken.”

However, the head of the Australian Olympic team, Kitty Chiller, thanked organizers on Monday for responding promptly to her concerns by deploying hundreds of maintenance people and cleaners. (rtr)

LONDON - Bradley Wiggins has backed Chris Froome to emulate his 2012 Tour de France and Olympic time trial double success but felt his former Sky team mate’s task is more difficult as next month’s Games are in Rio de Janeiro.

Froome, who will join Wiggins in the Great Britain cycling team, clinched his third Tour de France on Sunday and will now be attempting an unprecedented treble as he also plans to take part in both the time trial and road race at the Rio Games.

Having won a bronze in the time trial at the 2012 London Olympics, the 31-year-old’s hopes of a gold in Rio were boosted when his chief rival, Dutchman Tom Dumoulin, fractured his wrist during the Tour de France and is a doubt for the Games.

“I think it’s probably harder for him this time. He has to travel out to a completely different continent whereas we came back home, and that is probably more of a challenge for Chris,” Wiggins told British media.

Wiggins, who is focusing on the track in Rio, added that his performance at the 2012 Tour de France gave him a clear indication that he was primed for glory in London and hoped Froome would be able to build upon a similar platform.

“I knew nothing was going to change in 10 days. There wasn’t too many challenges for me to overcome other than I couldn’t get down my lane (where he lived) for a couple of days,” the 36-yearold said.

“He can do it, definitely, the way he won the Tour, that (form) isn’t going to go anywhere for two weeks. If anyone can do it, he can do it of all those people there at the Tour.” (rtr)

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Bradley Wiggins of Team GB poses for a photo.

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Governor of Japan’s Kanagawa prefecture Yuji Kuroiwa (C) prays to mourn victims as he visits at a facility for the disabled, where a deadly attack by a knife-wielding man took place, in Sagamihara, Kanagawa prefecture, Japan, July 26, 2016.

Knife attacker in Japan kills 19 in their sleep at disabled centre

SAGAMIHARA - A knife-wielding man broke into a facility for the disabled in a small town near Tokyo early on Tuesday and killed 19 patients as they slept, authorities said, Japan’s worst mass killing in decades.

At least 25 other residents were wounded in the attack at the Tsukui Yamayuri-En facility in Sagamihara town, about 25 miles (40 km) southwest of Tokyo.

“This is a very heart-wrenching and shocking incident in which many innocent people became victims,” Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a regular news conference in Tokyo.

The suspect was a 26-year-old former employee of the facility who gave himself up to police.

The man, Satoshi Uematsu, said in letters he wrote in February that he could “obliterate 470 disabled people”, Kyodo news agency reported.

He said he would kill 260 severely disabled people at two areas in the facility during a night shift, and would not hurt employees.

“My goal is a world in which the severely disabled can be euthanized, with their guardians’ consent, if they are unable to live

at home and be active in society,” Uematsu wrote in the letters given to the speaker of the lower house of parliament, Kyodo reported.

Uematsu was committed to hospital after he expressed a “willingness to kill severely disabled people”, an official in Sagamihara told Reuters. He was freed on March 2 after a doctor deemed he had improved, the official said.

Staff at the facility called police at 2.30 a.m. local time (1730 GMT Monday) with reports of a man armed with a knife on the grounds, media reports said. The man wore a black T-shirt and trousers, the reports said.

The 3-hectare (7.6 acre) facility was established by the local government. Surrounded by treecovered mountains and on the banks of the Sagami River, it cares for people with a wide range of disabilities.

The facility’s website said the centre had a maximum capacity of

160 people, including staff.

Residents of Sagamihara said they were in shock. The last murder in the area was 10 years ago.

“This is a peaceful, quiet town so I never thought such an incident would happen here,” said Oshikazu Shimo, one of many residents of the town who gathered near the facility.

Taxi driver Susumu Fujimura said of the attacker: “He said ‘we should get rid of disabled people’ but he’s the worthless one.”

“That kind of person can’t defend themselves,” Fujimura said, referring to the victims. “That’s why so many died. It makes you weep to think of somebody just murdering them.”

The dead ranged in age from 19 to 70 and included nine males and 10 females, Kyodo said.

Police had recovered a bag with several knives, at least one stained with blood, a Kanagawa prefecture official said.

At least 29 emergency squads responded to the attack, Kyodo reported, with those wounded taken to at least six hospitals in the western Tokyo area. (rtr)

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Turkey detains 42 journalists in crackdown as Europe sounds alarm

ISTANBUL - Turkey ordered the detention of 42 journalists on Monday, broadcaster NTV reported, under a crackdown following a failed coup that has targeted more than 60,000 people and drawn fire from the European Union.

The arrests or suspensions of soldiers, police, judges and civil servants in response to the July 15-16 putsch have raised concerns among rights groups and Western countries, who fear President Tayyip Erdogan is capitalising on it to tighten his grip on power.

EU Commission President JeanClaude Juncker questioned Ankara’s long-standing aspiration to join the EU. “I believe that Turkey, in its current state, is not in a position to become a member any time soon and not even over a longer period,” Juncker said on French television France 2.

Juncker also said that if Turkey reintroduces the death penalty something the government has said it must consider, responding to calls from supporters at public rallies for the coup leaders to be executed - it would stop the EU accession process immediately.

Turkey abolished capital punishment in 2004, allowing it to open EU accession talks the following year, but the negotiations have made scant progress since then. The country plays an pivotal role in the U.S.-led fight against Islamic State and in containing the flow of refugees fleeing the conflict in Syria.

Erdogan reiterated his government’s stance on the possible restoration of capital punishment in an interview with German television station ARD broadcast on Monday.

“What do the (Turkish) people say today?” Erdogan asked in the interview. “They want the death penalty reintroduced. And we as the government must listen to what the people say. We can’t say ‘no, that doesn’t interest us.’”

Responding to Juncker’s comments, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told Haberturk TV that Europe cannot threaten Turkey regarding the death penalty.

Erdogan has declared a state of emergency, which allows him to sign new laws without prior parliamentary approval and limit rights as he deems necessary. The government has said these steps are needed to root out supporters of the coup and will not infringe on the rights of ordinary Turks.

NTV reported that among the 42 journalists subject to arrest warrants was well-known commentator and former parliamentarian Nazli Ilicak.

Hinting at a possible concentration of more power in the presidency in the aftermath of the abortive coup, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Monday that political parties have enough common ground to pass limited constitutional changes and aim to eventually draft a whole new charter. (rtr)

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Meanwhile the government is compiling a spending package that some sources have said could be worth up to 20 trillion yen. Direct fiscal stimulus may be much lower, with a Nikkei report on Tuesday citing a figure of around 6 trillion yen over the next few years. The total size of the package could be announced as soon as Aug. 2, Nik-

kei said.

Direct stimulus of 6 trillion yen would be double the amount initially planned but would fall short of market expectations, analysts said.

“There is some position unwinding going on with investors toning down expectations of how much fiscal stimulus will be provided,” said Yujiro Goto, currency strategist

at Nomura.

“We are also seeing not much pressure from the Japanese government on the BOJ to ease. All this is helping the yen.” The dollar slid 1.7 percent against the yen to 103.995 , its lowest since July 14 before recovering to trade at 104.42, still down 1.3 percent on the day. The euro fell to 114.465 yen, its lowest since July 12, before climbing to 114.96, still down 1.1 percent.

The yen has weakened in the past few weeks on growing expectations that Japanese authorities would provide both fiscal and monetary stimulus to kick-start inflation.

Some have been hoping for helicopter money, whereby the central bank would underwrite government debt, though policymakers have denied this is being considered.

STERLING DROPS Sterling shed 2 percent against the yen and hit a two-week low against the euro after Bank of England policymaker Martin Weale said he had dropped his opposition to policy easing and now favoured immediate stimulus. . The pound also fell against the dollar to trade at $1.3125 “When the previously hawkish BoE MPC member Martin Weale

turns dovish, market participants better listen,” said Hans Redeker, head of currency strategy at Morgan Stanley.

Meanwhile, the Federal Reserve is expected to stand pat on policy at its meeting that ends on Wednesday.

Fed fund futures on Monday indicated that the market sees nearly no chance of a rate hike this week.

But the chances of a December hike rose to 56 percent, up from 48 percent on Friday.

The dollar index, which tracks the currency against a basket of six major rivals, was down 0.25 percent to 97.047, off a peak of 97.569, its highest since March.(rtr) A man walks near a container ship at a port in Tokyo, Japan, October 20, 2015.

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Protesters hold posters as they attend a rally against death penalty outside the presidential palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, July 26, 2016. Indonesian authorities are preparing to execute people convicted of drug crimes for the third time since President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo was elected in 2014.

Indonesia to hold next round of executions on Friday - diplomat

JAKARTA - Indonesia will execute several people including show Indonesians are largely in a Pakistani on Friday, a Pakistani embassy official said, its first favour of capital punishment.

Last year, Australia recalled its executions since last year when it put to death 14 people, most of them foreign drug convicts, sparking an international outcry. envoy to Jakarta, and Brazil said

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South Korea’s growth improves on better consumption

SEOUL — South Korea’s economic growth improved in the second quarter of the year, helped by stronger private spending and housing construction. Bank of Korea said Tuesday that Asia’s fourth-largest economy expanded at an annual pace of 3.2 percent during the April-June period, the fastest clip in seven quarters.

On a quarterly basis, South Korea’s economy grew 0.7 percent, a pace below 1 percent for a third straight quarter.

Sales of clothes and durable goods helped drive private consumption. Construction spending was robust thanks to an increase in new houses. But the improvement may be “as good as it gets” for now,

said Krystal Tan, Asia economist for Capital Economics.

Restructuring of South Korea’s shipping and shipbuilding sectors will likely involve major job cuts that will hit consumer demand, while China is increasing its own output of products it used to import from South Korea. Sales tax cuts on purchases of

passenger cars expired at the end of June, she said in a research note.

Bank of Korea trimmed its benchmark interest rate last month to a record low of 1.25 percent, the first rate cut in one year.

It downgraded its growth forecast on South Korea, citing increased global uncertainties.(ap)

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President Jokowi inaugurates 720 military, police cadets

Yen hits 2-wk high as Japanese stimulus expectations dialled back

LONDON - The yen hit a two-week high against the euro and rose more than 1 percent against the dollar on Tuesday, as traders dialled back expectations of how much new stimulus authorities will inject into Japan’s ailing economy. Most economists surveyed by Reuters expect the Bank of Japan to expand its asset purchases and cut rates further below zero at its two-day meeting that ends on Friday.

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Indonesian officials have said 16 people will be executed this year, including citizens of Nigeria, Zimbabwe and Pakistan, though they have not confirmed any more details.

Syed Zahid Raza, charge d’affaires at the Pakistani embassy in Jakarta, said the embassy had been informed about the imminent execution of the Pakistani, Zulfikar Ali, convicted of smuggling drugs.

“We were invited to meet with officials from the attorney general’s office today who told us the executions will take place on Friday,”

Raza told Reuters on Tuesday. A spokesman for the attorney general’s office declined to comment on any time frame.

Pakistan on Monday urged Indonesia to stay Ali’s execution, citing concern that his 2005 trial had been unfair. Ali will make a last-ditch attempt to escape the death penalty by appealing directly to Indonesian President Joko Widodo for clemency, Raza said.

Indonesia says it is facing a “drugs emergency” and has vowed no mercy for traffickers. Its executions by firing squad have caused outrage overseas though surveys

it was shocked and was evaluating ties after their citizens were executed. But President Widodo has disregarded diplomatic pressure and vowed to ramp up a war on drugs in what is among Southeast Asia’s biggest markets for narcotics.

The executions will take place at a maximum security prison on Nusakambangan Island in Central Java but it is not clear how many prisoners will face the firing squad this week.

Authorities have not given a breakdown of the numbers of foreigners on death row but citizens of France, Britain and the Philippines are known to be among them.(rtr)

MAGELANG - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) inaugurated 720 Military and Police cadets as officers during the “Prasetya Perwira Remaja TNI-Polri 2016” ceremony held here on Tuesday.

At the ceremony, held at the Sapta Marga Square of the Magelang Military Academy, President Jokowi inaugurated 221 Military cadets, 91 Navy cadets, 108 Air Force cadets, and 300 Police cadets, who had recently graduated from Military and Police academies in 2016.

The president, in his message, said the Military and Police are the states instruments at the forefront of maintaining defense and security of the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia.

Therefore, the president emphasized that the Military and Police must work together, coordinate, and stand united for the sake of the nation, state, and people of Indonesia.

“Remove sectoral ego, increase

the spirit of solidarity -- the solidarity of TNI and Polri. Maintain oneness of the TNI and Polri with the people,” Jokowi affirmed.

The president asserted that Military and Police officers must be responsive, sensitive, and continue to improve the quality of their professional performance.

“When there is public criticism related to the performance of the Military and Police, use it as inputs to improve performance,” he suggested.

The president expressed hope that the Military and Police will continue to improve their institutions in order to be at par with the developments in the national, regional, and global environments.

“I call on the Military and Police cadets to fulfill their tasks, to respect the mandate, and to carry out their services in a professional, proportional, and procedural manner by upholding the provision of law, professional ethics, and human rights,” the president noted.(ant)

Make urbanization positive: VP SURABAYA - The time has come to change the negative image of urbanization into a positive one in the future, Vice President Jusuf Kalla has stated.

“So far, urbanization has been considered negative. (We must think of) how to make it positive and useful. It is an old notion that a large population is burden. But China, which has a large population, can make good progress. They become good consumers and producers,” he said while addressing the opening of the third session of the Preparatory Committee of the Habitat III Conference here Monday.

Housing and settlement are problems facing all developed and developing nations. “All of these are a part of our lives, and that is why we always have settlement dilemmas,” he said.

Fifty years ago, nearly 30 percent of the global population lived in urban areas and 70 percent in rural areas, because the agricultural sector was an important part of job opportunities, he said. Today, a majority of the population lives in urban areas, he said.

Even in Indonesia, in the next 30 years, 60 to 70 percent of its population will live in cities, he predicted.

“Why does it happen? Of course, we must realize that the global population continues to increase,” he said.

The global population, which currently stands at 6.7 billion, is expected to increase to 9.9 billion in in the next 30 years, while at the same time large tracts of farmland will be needed to meet their food needs, he said, Nearly 30 percent of the Indonesian population is currently employed in the agricultural sector compared to 40 percent a few years ago. The percentage must be lower in developed nations such as the United States, where just five percent of its population is employed in the agricultural sector, he said.

This means, the greater the success of the agricultural sector the smaller the number of people looking for jobs in urban areas.

But if the agricultural sector failed and the number of jobs declined, people would move to urban areas whatever the situation, he said.(ant)

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Golf removed from tax object

MANGUPURA - The government of Badung will be subject to the rules prohibiting taxation against the venue of entertainment. A number of entertainment tax objects having been prohibited include the golf, billiards and bowling.

Regent of Badung, Nyoman Giri Prasta, said that golf and billiard tax is not a priority for the revenue of the Badung region. “We will be subject to the rules. It indeed contributes to the revenue but is not a priority,” said Regent Giri Prasta, Monday (Jul. 25).

According to him, Badung is currently undertaking an expansion in the form of tax intensification and extension. With these two strategies, the regent is confident that the tax no longer be levied will be compensated with the income acquired.

As well, he said that many travelers stay at boarding house at IDR 3 million per month. This means that every day, travelers only pay at IDR 100,000. The situation will be different if the travelers stay at hotel with the tariff of IDR 1.5 million per day. Therefore, Badung loses revenues from accommodation at IDR 1.4 million per day multiplied by the number of travelers staying at boarding house.

“This will be targeted so that the losses can be minimized. The other opportunity intensification can be obtained from the advertisement tax,” he said.

It is said, for the extensification, Badung will seek the opportunities for new taxes. Thus, the regional revenue could even soar. As reported earlier, billiards, golf and bowling are voided from the object of entertainment tax in Badung. This complies with the Decree

of the Governor of Bali No. 1301/01-B /HK/2016 dated May 17, 2016.

The decree signed by the Governor Made Mangku Pastika annulled the Article 3, paragraph (2) letter g of the Regional Bylaw of Badung district No.17/2011 on entertainment tax. The article 3 (2) letter g sets forth billiards, golf, and bowling games as a tax object. (kmb27)

Wet drought, horticulture farmers beware of fungi

TABANAN - Dry season in 2016 is categorized into wet drought because it remains to rain. For farmers cultivating horticultural crops like chili and onions, rain is one of the blessings because they have not difficulty to get water. However, the rain in the dry season must be alerted by farmers particularly related to fungal attack.

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A number of entertainment tax objects having been prohibited include the golf, billiards and bowling.

Division Head of Horticultural Development at the Tabanan Agriculture, Horticulture and Food Crops Agency, Gusti Putu Wiadnyana, explained on Monday (Jul. 25) that when compared to 2015 the horticultural program launched in 2016 is more simplified in terms of water availability. As is known, the horticulture program launched by the government is meant to meet the needs of chilies and shallots throughout the season. To that end, farmers participating in this program are given the assistance in the form of seed, fertilizer and equipment, and planting against the season, especially during drought condition.

Though water is available, added Wiadnyana, farmers still have to be careful, especially from fungal attack.

Horticultural crops like chilies and shallots are very susceptible to this disease. To address this, the government has provided assistance in the form of fungicide for farmers.

Horticulture program itself, added Wiadnyana, has run where the assistance for mangosteen cultivation on 72 hectares of land has been almost

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entirely planted. Chili cultivation on the area of 40 hectares, according to Wiadnyana, is in the process of land preparation. Garlic cultivation centered in Pupuan (40 hectares) and Baturiti (10 hectares) has been planted and some have already grown mature, while shallot on 30 hectares of land in Baturiti is delayed until next August due to quite high rainfall in July. “We delay the cultivation of shallot until August because it is vulnerable to disease attack if the condition is too humid,” said Wiadnyana.

Even though there is water in dry season, according to Wiadnyana, he could not ensure whether the horticultural crop production program will be more successful than last year. If a year ago the enemy was the extreme drought causing some plants to be unable to grow as well as to cause crop failure, this year farmers face fungal disease. Nevertheless, with the results of horticulture program his agency expected the price of chili and shallot at the market can be reduced and will not increase to the extreme level. (kmb24)

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Australian PM orders inquiry after teenage prisoners teargassed, stripped naked

SYDNEY - Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Tuesday ordered an inquiry into the treatment of children in detention after the airing of video showing prison guards teargassing teenage inmates and strapping a half-naked, hooded-boy to a chair.

Turnbull said it was clear that mistreatment had occurred after the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) aired CCTV footage late Monday of inmates in a Northern Territory juvenile detention centre being stripped naked, thrown by the neck into a cell, and held for long periods in solitary confinement.

“Like all Australians, I’ve been deeply shocked - shocked and appalled by the images of mistreatment of children,” Turnbull said on ABC radio as he announced a Royal Commission, Australia’s most powerful, state sanctioned inquiry.

“We’re going to move swiftly and decisively to get to the bottom of this,” said Turnbull, who announced the Royal Commission within hours of the video being aired.

The CCTV footage in the Don Dale Youth Detention Centre in Darwin was shot between 20102014, according to the ABC. A report into some of the incidents by the Northern Territory Children’s Commissioner in 2015 found fault

with the guards’ behaviour, but the findings were disputed by the then head of prisons and not acted upon, said the ABC. The video showed guards mocking inmates, carrying a boy by the neck and throwing him onto a mattress in a cell, and covering a teenager’s head with a hood and shackling him to a chair with neck, arm, leg and foot restraints.

“If one of us were to have been found to have treated our children in this way we would probably be charged with a criminal offence and the children would be taken away from us,” said Australia’s Human Rights Commission president Gillian Triggs, who backed the inquiry.

Turnbull said the inquiry into children in detention would examine both the abuse in the Northern Territory and why authorities failed to reprimand prison officials sooner.

His office said the full terms of reference for the inquiry, including whether it would be restricted to

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Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull speaks during a media conference announcing new anti-terrorism laws in Sydney, Australia, July 25, 2016. the Northern Territory and juvenile detention centres, would be released after further discussions with authorities.

“There are many issues of concern here and we will get to the bottom of it and we will appoint a very thorough, meticulous examiner of

this,” said Turnbull, declining to say whether the particular institution involved in the abuse would be closed. (rtr)

Natural disasters in China kill more than 800 since June BEIJING - More than 800 people have died and about 200 are missing in a series of natural disasters that have struck China since June, the worst casualty figures since a similar period in 2011, state media said on Tuesday.

Large parts of central, eastern and northern China have been hit by flooding this summer, while a typhoon left a wave of destruction this month and a freak tornado killed at least 98 in the eastern province of Jiangsu in June.

Since the year began, 1,074 people have died in natural disasters, 833 of them since June, with 270 missing, Xinhua news agency cited the Ministry of Civil Affairs as saying.

Direct economic losses have reached 298 billion yuan ($44.63 billion) this year, with about 400,000 houses destroyed and 6.24 million residents relocated, the ministry added.

Separately, the government on the southern island province of Hainan issued a typhoon warning for a tropical storm that is expected to hit in the early hours of Wednesday. (rtr)

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The rain in the dry season must be alerted by farmers particularly related to fungal attack.

An aerial view of a flooded area in Xiaogan, Hubei province, China, July 24, 2016. Picture taken July 24, 2016.

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‘Pokemon Go’ players stumble on hidden history

PROVIDENCE — Historical markers have long dotted the landscape, often barely noticed by passers-by — until they became treasure-filled stops this month on the “Pokemon Go” trail.

Players hunting for fictional creatures on their smartphones are now visiting real-life memorial plaques, statues, mosaics and landmarks, ranging from a Civil War battlefield in Chancellorsville, Virginia, to a Hells Angels clubhouse on New Zealand’s North Island.

Some don’t bother to linger at these Pokestops, staying just long enough to stock up on the virtual balls they’ll use to bonk and capture the next Pokemon. But for others, the GPS-powered “augmented reality” game is heightening awareness of the history and geography of their neighborhoods.

“Before I was just going from Point A to Point B, but now I’m learning things,” said 15-year-old Jaiden Cruz as he walked by a plaque Wednesday in downtown Providence, Rhode Island, marking where Abraham Lincoln spoke at an old railroad hall in 1860. The plaque is a Pokestop, and shortly before Cruz arrived, another player dropped a “lure module” that attracts Pokemon to the site.

The 380-year-old city abounds with Pokestops, including the nation’s oldest Baptist church — founded by religious dissident Roger Williams in 1638 — and a stone marking where French troops camped during the Revolutionary War. “It gets you to learn about your surroundings,” said 59-year-old Cheryl DiMarzio, who on the ad-

vice of her daughter ventured into an urban park to capture an owl-like Pidgey and some purple rodent Rattatas. “Different landmarks, the statues and historical places.”

How such markers became the backbone of the wildly popular video game that launched this month is a story that goes back at least five years, when tech giant Google signed a licensing agreement to use The Historical Marker Database , a volunteer-run website that has tracked the geographic coordinates of more than 80,000 historical markers around the world, most of them in the United States.

J.J. Prats, founder and publisher

of the Virginia-based marker database, said many but not all the Pokestops and Pokemon gyms — where players send their creatures into battle — are from his website.

He’s thrilled.

“Hopefully people will take their eyes off the phone and read the historical markers,” Prats said.

The game has delighted Anthony Golding, a middle school history teacher in Tupelo, Mississippi, who is looking forward to incorporating Pokestops into his curriculum in the fall.

He has replenished his Pokemon wares where the Civil War’s Battle of Tupelo was fought, at monuments to Civil Rights Movement figures, and at a pedestal that holds the Tupelo Meteorite. But Elvis Presley holds the monopoly

on Tupelo’s Pokestops, from his birthplace to the Main Street store where he got his first guitar.

“Pretty much every Elvis landmark has a Pokestop devoted to it,” Golding said.

Prats said his website’s views have quadrupled since the game launched , possibly because gamers are looking to get ahead and find new stops. His editors in recent days have had to strike down a rash of “bogus” submissions for markers that have no historical significance but that he suspects might be near where players live or where businesses are hoping for foot traffic , he said.

Game maker Niantic Labs , which began as an internal Google startup, originally used the markers for its earlier game, Ingress, which

attracted a smaller but dedicated community when it launched in 2012. Niantic, which spun off from Google last year, did not respond to emails seeking comment about its “Pokemon Go” locations.

But the Ingress website gives clues about how the Pokestops were created. Before closing off submissions, Ingress invited its users to identify new locations for “portals,” real-life places of cultural significance that gamers try to capture and connect on the Ingress app.

The company sought spots “with a cool story, a place in history or educational value” or a “cool piece of art or unique architecture.” It prized libraries and little-known gems, and welcomed places of worship because they are “a nod to the otherworldly” that amplified the game’s mysterious tone.

Ingress player John Jannotti, who teaches computer science at Brown University, said he began stumbling upon the hidden history of his Providence neighborhood, including obscure stone markers showing the location of race riots where white mobs attacked black residents in the early 19th century.

He even submitted some portals of his own. (ap)

In this Monday, July 18, 2016, photo, a “Pokemon Go” player shows his mobile phone while walking through the Boston Common, outside the Massachusetts Statehouse in Boston.

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‘Pokemon Go’ to be updated with trading capability

SAN DIEGO — The head of the company behind “Pokemon Go” says more capabilities for the Japanese students play “Pokemon Go” in the street as its released in Tokyo, Friday, July 22, 2016. “Pokemon Go” is expected to be a huge hit in Japan, the country of the character’s birth.

Fans have been eagerly awaiting its release since it first came out more than two weeks ago in Australia, New Zealand and the United States, and then became a blockbuster hit in more than 20 countries.

wildly popular smartphone game are coming, including the ability to trade Pokemon.

During an appearance at a San Diego Comic-Con event Sunday, Niantic Labs CEO John Hanke said the update to add trading is “at the top of our priority list,” but no release date has been set.

Hanke also says future versions of the game could include customizable PokeStops and the addition of other Pokemon characters.

He calls “Pokemon Go” a game “we expect to run for years” and adds “we’re going to continue to invest in that way.”

The augmented reality game allows users to hunt Pokemon on their smartphones in real world locations. (ap)

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Tax amnesty, revival of property business

DENPASAR - The tax amnesty program given by the government to taxpayers is expected to bring in fresh air to the Indonesia’s economy. In addition, the program is expected to revive the real estate business having been lethargic within the past two years.

“There will be much money coming into Indonesia through bank. One of the distributions is passing through the property sector,” said Gede Suardita, Director of PT Bumi Cempaka Asri (BCA) Land, Sunday (Jul. 24).

With the tax amnesty, the government will have sufficient fund to carry out infrastructure development, the SBI continues to fall, the rupiah continues to strengthen, foreign exchange reserve rises and stock index continues to show a remarkable achievement in terms of improvement. In addition, when the world’s economy weakens, Indonesia will instead lead to a positive economic direction.

In the meantime, according to the Director of PT SKI Land, Gede Semadi Putra, positive sentiment in the economic market begins to be felt. On that account, it is time to eliminate the perception if the economy is still sluggish and the investment should be begun soon while the prices are still affordable, especially in the property sector. “It’s time to work, work and work,” he said.

He had confidence after attending a national seminar on Tax Amnesty delivered directly by the Directorate General of Taxation, Ken Dwijugestiadi. “I was present with Mr. Suardita as Deputy Chairman of the Real Estate Indonesia (REI) Bali in charge of Financing and Taxation Division. Since it was passed at the beginning of this July, the program is already showing its result,” said Semadi.

Semadi and Suardita admitted to salute President Jokowi because this is the first time for a president to intervene and disseminate the Tax Amnesty Law. This means that Jokowi hoped all walks of life to participate in supporting the program.

“Moreover, the government of Jokowi basically already knows and has a complete record about who ever and how much money owned by the people of Indonesia saved outside and inside the country.

Thus, the government can have a basic matter of repatriation value that will go to Indonesia,” said Suardita.

Currently, the government provides an opportunity for those saving money outside the country and the taxpayers whose report on tax invoice report is not correct. If there is still being hidden or the tax report is not correct it will be imposed with the penalties of 200 percent. Based on the Law No.11/2016, the correction of taxpayer data will be kept confidential so that the data will not be publicly known.

“How many assets you have and where they are will be guaranteed by the Directorate General of Taxation and not be exposed because it has been set forth in the law. Whoever disseminates the information will be jailed,” said Semadi.

He added that the data cannot even be used as the basis of an inquiry, investigation or criminal prosecution. Besides, the property entrepreneur appreciated it because in Article 12 of Law No.11/2016 is mentioned that repatriation fund from overseas may be used to invest in several fields, including property.

However, the mechanism is adjusted, where it must be placed first in the Bank of Perception namely the bank designated to make payments in relation to financial transactions of the government. After that, it can be used for investment in properties.

“We must be optimistic that property business can rise with the program. Thus, the economy of Bali continues to increase and the low-income communities can have a house,” he said. (kmb36)

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A number of subdistricts in North Bali are experiencing drought and water crisis. Basic need in the form of water can affect people’s life.

Need of clean water affects poverty in Buleleng

SINGARAJA - Poverty rate is highlighted by Regent of Buleleng, Putu Agus Suradnyana, that it is not merely triggered by difficulties in obtaining employment or structural poverty. He observed that poverty can also occur due to accessibility and availability of clean water.

He did not dismiss that a number of subdistricts in North Bali are experiencing drought and water crisis.

Basic need in the form of water can affect people’s life. Clean water has significance to society of Buleleng, particularly those living in the area of rock contour and minimal springs.

“We’ve breakdown poverty in Buleleng, from what side first. Is it because of disability, marginalization in terms of accessibility or education? I see that most poverty problems in Buleleng tend to be caused by water and accessibility,” he said when confirmed on Monday (Jul. 25).

Solution of the government is started by making path flow in the countryside. It is meant to facilitate the economic flow. On the other hand, the government has designed a free water program accompanied with agricultural education and the SMEs. “In 2016 the government plans to design a clean water-free program. We continue to

push this water problem. Hopefully in the future, the fundamental matters related to poverty can be overcome. So far, house refurbishment program has been going well,” he said.

He was optimistic if the problems of poverty and drought can be overcome by degrees. He recognized the government cannot work alone and needed the cooperation with the component of rural communities. “I hope that villages in the future could contribute to poverty alleviation. Our poverty is different from that of other areas because of a culture. They are begging but there is no such thing in Buleleng. Poverty happens due to accessibility, education and water drought. We will overcome the problem of poverty gradually,” he explained.

In the meantime, when met separately, the Head of the Buleleng Social Agency, Gede Komang, explained that the trigger of poverty is the lack of clean water needs. Various agricultural

sector and farming communities need water. Social Agency does not handle the main duties and function regarding clean water, but focuses on family empowerment through economic joint venture group (KUBE). “We agree.

Well, if the water is available, we can do everything, whether farming or gardening. The key to life is water. Surely we support the operations for the settlement of the poor,” he explained.

His agency noted that KUBE from 2012 to 2016 has reached 1,750 households, while the poverty rate in 2011 is recorded to reach 51,000 more.

The poor is the smallest percentage of poor people reaching 8,000 people.

During the reign of Regent Putu Agus Suradnyana-Sutjidra from 2012, the verification result of the poverty rate dropped to 34,000 people by the end of 2015.

“This year, KUBE is continuously improved to empower rural communities. There are 8,000 people belonging to the poorest remaining to be encouraged by the government. In the meantime, the scattered data on the poor reach 14,000 people,” he said. (kmb34)

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Though inflation of Bali low, some risks need to be alerted

DENPASAR - Amid the slowdown of national and global economy, the development of Bali’s economy shows an encouraging result. The growth of Bali’s economy in the first quarter of 2016 can grow higher than the previous quarter reaching 5.96 percent (yoy) to 6.04 percent (yoy) and higher than the national growth rate of 4.92 percent (yoy).

Improvement of the economic growth is shored up by the sectors playing an important role in tourism industry such as in the sector of wholesale and retail trade, provi-

sion of accommodation, food and drink as well as the transport. “This condition is also supported by a visa-free policy for international travelers, continued increase in ho-

tel infrastructure as well as position of Bali remaining to become the main destination for holiday season and the center for national and international MICE venue organization,” explained Deputy Governor of Bank Indonesia, Hendar.

Currently the regional inflation control team (TPID) of Bali has been strengthened with the presence of the TPID in nine districts / municipality. Of course, the collabo-

ration between Bank Indonesia (BI) and local governments both at the provincial and district / municipality level should be maintained in keeping the effectiveness of the efforts to control inflation in the region.

Inflation in Bali is relatively low and under control, and even lower than the national inflation rate. The annual inflation of Bali is recorded at 2.96 percent (yoy), lower than the national inflation rate of 3.45

percent (yoy). Cumulative inflation of Bali until the middle of 2016 reached 1.05 percent (yoy).

“However, a number of inflation risks need to be alerted,” he said. The inflation risks include the high dependence on food from outside Bali, non-optimal utilization of the facilities available at harbor, non-efficient market structure and trade patterns being vulnerable to price fluctuations.

In the meantime, banking development in Bali shows a slowdown in line with the slowdown in the performance of the national banking system. Asset growth of commercial banks in Bali takes place more weakly sourcing from limited loan growth. Credit in May 2016 grew by 9.5 percent (yoy), lower than the average growth in 2015 and being able to grow in two digits, caused by the banking policies increasingly cautious in line with the increase in NPL (gross) from 2.1 percent in the fourth quarter of 2015 to 2.5 percent in May 2016.

“We consider that Bali province has a strategic role in the constellation of the national economy,” he added. Performance of Bali’s economy remaining to rise through the main tourism-driving sectors generated an expectation on the persistence of the sources of regional economic growth that can support the slowing national economic growth. (kmb42)

Coverage of dog vaccination 81 percent

Victim of dog bite must get vaccine three times

DENPASAR - Mass vaccination started in April will soon come to an end on July 30. As of July 24, the total vaccination coverage in dogs has reached 81 percent or 358,554 dogs of the 443,344 dog populations. In addition, from January to July 22, 2016, out of 836 dog samples, 139 cases were tested positive for rabies.

To manage the dog bite cases correctly, IKG Nata Kesuma, the Division Head of the Animal Health at the Bali Livestock and Animal Health Agency, explained that after bitten the victims were taken to clinic to get treatment in appropriate with standard operating procedures. “From the health center is also obtained the information about dog bite whether the dog has high risk or low risk,” he said,

Monday (Jul. 25).

Dog handling will be done by the clinic so that there is coordination between the health agency and the livestock and animal health. It is said that the effort will be further strengthened in the handling of rabies cases.

A dog is said to have high risk when they disappeared, died during the observation, laboratory results showed if the dog is positive for rabies, the dog is not vaccinated, and behavior of the dog shows rabies symptoms.

Division Head of the Disease Control and Environmental Sanitation (P2PL) at the Bali Health Agency, I Gede Wira Sunetra, added that bite cases can be divided into high and low risk. A bite is considered high when happening

in the area of shoulders upward, fingertips and deeply wounded.

On that account, the victims must be immediately given anti-rabies vaccine. “If the dog is positive for rabies, it needs to be given additional anti-rabies serum,” he added.

Anti-rabies vaccine should be given three times. First administration is meant to initiate antibody, the second to go up against rabies germs, and the third to kill the germs of remaining rabies. “The antibody will be formed in the week 7,” he added.

All this time, he said, the death case due to rabies happens because the victims do not have access to anti-rabies vaccine and some victims did not get complete vaccine for three times. (kmb42)

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This year, Bali Safari & Marine Park marked its annual commemoration of National Children’s Day with a difference.

The day dedicated especially to kids was, coincidentally, also the birthday of a much-loved and attractive member of the Bali Safari and Marine Park’s family – Niluh, an orangutan, who just turned 8 years old.

Niluh – very much a kid in her own right – invited 55 children from the Al Ittihad Rasyid Wa Habib Orphanage to join her birthday celebration and partake in a fun-filled day at the Park.

Niluh revealed her remarkable skills as a party host by opening the many wondrous attractions in 40-hectare party to the visiting children on her birthday. The excited brood of kids climbed aboard special caravans that went on a mesmerizing motorized Safari Journey – traveling through large enclosures that are home to animals from Indonesia, India and Africa.

At Niluh’s insistence, the children also enjoyed an informative and inspirational visit to the elephant and tiger shows, watched the collossal stage performance at the Bali Agung Show and were set free to try the many thrilling rides located in the Park’s Fun Zone.

No birthday party can be considered complete without sharing a traditional birthday cake - this one made to Niluh’s recipe by Park team members and comprised of a wide range of fresh tropical fruits.

Niluh, who is part of the internationally recognized rare species breeding program at the Bali Safari and Marine Park, was born on July 13, 2008, to her proud parents, mother Mega and father Joni. With orangutans living from 35-45 years, Niluh is still very much considered a juvenile and lives “at home” with her parents where each day they meet and greet thousands of Park visitors.

Orangutans, like their human counterparts, possess distinct individual personalities. Niluh is considered both friendly and clever by all who work with her, and can be fiercely protective of all her caretakers at the Park.

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Speaking after enjoying a portion of Niluh’s birthday cake with her 55 invited friends, William Santoso, General Manager of the Bali Safari and Marine Park, said: “Children survive us and are the next generations charged with the care and conservation of the Planet. What we share and teach them now is the capital upon which they will build a future, better world.

That is why the Bali Safari and

Marine Park, as a conservation and education center for wild animal species, continues to invite without charge children under the care of local foundations to visit our Park and share our concern for the protection of the natural and animal kingdom. On the most basic level, however, we hope every child who visits the Park enjoys the special kind of memorable fun and enjoyment that only Mother

Nature can provide.”

National Children’s Day is celebrated on different dates in various countries around the world.

In Indonesia “Hari Anak Nasional” is marked on July 23rd each year – a day set aside to remember that importance of providing the coming generation with affectionate care, support and security as they develop into future community leaders.

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Harry Potter’s ‘Cursed Child’ story already a U.S. best-seller

NEW YORK - Harry Potter is casting a spell, again, over the publishing industry Nine years after the publication of the seventh and last book in the best-selling boy wizard series, pre-orders for the script of a new, sold-out London play is the most pre-ordered book since 2007 in the United States, retail book sellers Barnes & Noble said on Monday.

“Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” is billed as the eighth story in the Harry Potter series and is to be published at midnight on July 31. A script rather than a narrative novel, it is being published a day after the official opening of the London stage production of the same name.

The play, based on an idea by British author and Potter creator J.K. Rowling, is set 19 years after “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.” It features a grownup Potter as an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic and father of three children who is grappling with his past.

Barnes and Noble said in a statement that “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” was the U.S. company’s most pre-ordered book since 2007’s “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” - the final book in the original series.

It did not give sales figures but said the book was expected

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British author JK Rowling, creator of the Harry Potter series of books, poses during the launch of new online website Pottermore in London June 23, 2011. to its biggest seller of 2016, and that midnight parties are planned in stores around the nation on Saturday night.

Amazon Books said “Cursed Child” was already its top U.S. pre-order in print and on Kindle e-book of 2016.

“For the millions of us who are Harry Potter fans, a new Hogwarts story is a huge event,” said Amazon Books editor Seira Wilson. “I could easily see young fans adapting to the format and using it to act out the play on their own.”

Rowling agreed to publish the script to meet public demand after appeals from fans who couldn’t get to London to see the play, publishers said earlier this year.

The play is already sold out through May 2017. It opens ahead of the November movie version of Rowling’s Potter spinoff book “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” and follows the opening in April of a second Harry Potter attraction within a theme park, this time at Universal Studios in Los Angeles. (rtr)

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Ni Wayan Sri Sutar, a lecturer of Agricultural Faculty in Udayana University

Focus Group Discussion - 2

Diminishing the gap between tourism and agriculture Bali is known with various kinds of tourist’s destinations, one of them is farming. Tourism and farming is very closely related in term of increasing the welfare of the people in Bali especially farmers. Now, farmers and the businessmen in tourism is not getting their equal share of the development of tourism in Bali.

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Jro Putu Tesan, a mangosteen exporter from Sari Buah Store, Tabanan.

“We as the farming practitioners are not feeling the effect of tourism in Bali. There are some potential in some places where the supermarkets are already selling the local products. However, the finance system is not adequate yet,” said Jro Putu Tesan, a mangosteen exporter from Sari Buah Store, Tabanan.

He said that most of the hotels or retails that buy the local farm product are not paying by cash but by credits for a few weeks. This is a great drawback in the cooperation between

farmers and businessmen. The farmer needs money to maintain their farm thus resulting in good products.

“To make this better, there is a need of positive spirit from the government and others. The special attention is needed to make the local farm product entering Bali tourism business,” he added.

Jro Putu Tesan also hopes that there are certain government departments or bank that can help farmers in term of funding. So, the farmers can produce high quality products

and continually can supply the hotels or retail industry.

“I already export mangosteen and abroad especially in China, our fruits received great appreciation.

So it should receive the same one domestically,” he added.

Meanwhile, Ni Wayan Sri Sutar, a lecturer of Agricultural Faculty in Udayana University said that the number of students entering the faculty is increasing every year.

The students are educated to be entrepreneurs in agriculture after they graduate.

However, currently the agricultural graduates cannot gain capital or fund easily. She stated that there is a need of actions in making the youth loving their farm, not only but talking. Some of her suggestion is to give scholarship for the students and the private sector can help in the marketing part. Agriculture has great potentials to develop if the cooperation is clear.

Sri Sutar said that so far that the local agricultural products actually can enter the hotels or supermarket but the price is not suitable and it is paid by credit. “There is a great gap between tourism and farming in Bali. There is a need of political will from the government to remove this,” she said. She also hopes that everyone must find the solution on this matter. (win)