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Friday, June 28, 2019
Madonna edges out Springsteen to top US charts
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NEW YORK - Charting like it’s 1985? Legends Madonna and Bruce Springsteen are taking fans on a trip down memory lane, respectively nabbing numbers one and two of the US top album tally. Madonna’s “Madame X” struck gold on the Billboard 200 chart, landing the icon her ninth number one album atop the list, which the industry tracker will publish in full on Tuesday. Springsteen’s “Western Stars” raced in at second -- marking the first time since 1985 that the Queen of Pop and The Boss are reigning over the album chart together. For two weeks in January and February of that year, Springsteen’s “Born in the USA” held the top spot as Madonna’s “Like a Virgin” came in second, before the seminal albums traded places in the two weeks that followed. The era saw the two superstars -- Madonna is now 60, Springsteen 69 -- along with Prince and Michael Jackson usher in the brave new world of MTV, the music video television network that gave
albums longer staying power than seen prior. Though widely panned by critics, Madonna’s latest effort -- a mash-up of Latin beats, acoustic ballads and oddly inward-looking reflections on marginalized communities -- soared to the top of the charts in part thanks to her bundling strategy. The sales method is rampant in the industry -- with adherents including Taylor Swift and Katy Perry -- and pairs albums with performance ticket or merchandise purchases in a bid to bolster sales. Though the Queen held her own stateside, Springsteen’s dreamy sonic portrait of the American West did beat out “Madame X” in both Australia and Britain. His secondplace finish in the US marked his 20th top-ten effort there. The debut success of the musical
titans is expected to be short-lived, however, with industry-watchers predicting the future will return next week with genre-bending country rap star Lil Nas X. The meme king -- who catapulted to overnight fame thanks to his wildly successful track “Old Town Road” -- just released his debut project “7,” which includes the aforementioned megahit’s original and Billy Rae Cyrus remix along with a song featuring rap star Cardi B. In this file photo taken on August 21, 2018 Madonna poses in the press room at the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
Trump ‘Hollywood star’ vandal charged with Marilyn statue theft
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A man who vandalized President Donald Trump’s Hollywood Walk of Fame star last summer was charged Monday with the theft of a nearby statue of Marilyn Monroe.
LOS ANGELES - A man who vandalized President Donald Trump’s Hollywood Walk of Fame star last summer was charged Monday with the theft of a nearby statue of Marilyn Monroe. Austin Clay, 25, faces up to three years in jail if found guilty of property theft and vandalism, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said in a statement. He was arrested Friday at his home in Glendale in the LA suburbs after police identified him from video surveillance footage. Having discovered that he was on parole after a conviction for damaging Trump’s star on the Walk of Fame, investigators
searched his home and found evidence linking him to the statue theft, local media reported. The statue itself -- showing Monroe in her famous flying skirt pose from “The Seven Year Itch” (1955) -- has not been found. It had been perched atop a small gazebo dedicated to some of Hollywood’s most famous actresses, which is located at the beginning of the Walk of Fame. According to authorities, a witness saw a man climbing the structure on the night of June 16 and using a saw to remove the statue. The statue is owned by the City of Los Angeles. Police fear it may have been damaged during the theft.
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“Looking back at the (security) video, it would be reasonable that the statue broke and could be in multiple pieces,” LAPD detective Douglas Oldfield told NBC4 television. Clay made headlines in July 2018 when he vandalized Trump’s star on the Hollywood sidewalk with a pickaxe he had hidden in a guitar case. He was sentenced at the time to one day in prison, three years’ probation and 20 days of community service, and ordered to attend psychological counseling. He is due to be arraigned on Tuesday. Prosecutors are recommending that bail be set at $45,000. (afp)
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Demonstrators gather on a road as they listen to a court verdict broadcast on speakers during a rally near the constitutional court in Jakarta on June 27, 2019. A top Indonesian court was set to rule on June 27 on a defeated presidential election challenger’s claims that the 2019 race was rigged against him -- allegations that sparked deadly rioting in Jakarta.
Heavy security as Indonesia court set to rule on election-rigging claims
A top Indonesian court was set to rule Thursday on a defeated presidential election challenger’s claims that the 2019 race was rigged against him -- allegations that sparked deadly rioting in Jakarta. Tens of thousands of military and police were deployed in the capital of the world’s thirdbiggest democracy amid fears of more unrest after Thursday’s decision, as protesters gathered outside the Constitutional Court. The court is weighing ex-general Prabowo Subianto’s claims that the April poll was plagued by “systematic, structured and massive” electoral fraud that cost him victory. His lawyers have sought to overturn the official results that declared incumbent Joko Widodo the winner with 55.5 percent of votes, against Subianto’s 44.5 percent. But Subianto’s legal team ar-
gued that Widodo mobilised the power of the state to win the vote and broke campaign finance rules, and that up to 30 million votes were “stolen”. Denny Indrayana, a lawyer for Subianto, said he was “optimistic” about winning the case. “They won’t reject it,” he told AFP, referring to the court. But election officials have discounted Subianto’s cheating claims, and many legal analysts tipped the lawsuit to fail due to weak evidence. Subianto, who lost a similar court battle in 2014 when Widodo defeated him, has little recourse if the court rules against him again. “If the claim is rejected then it’s
game over” for Subianto, said constitutional law expert Refly Harun. - Heavy security However, an unexpected victory could mean holding another election in certain regions or even disqualifying Widodo, he added. The court hearing began Thursday afternoon as some 47,000 police and army personnel were deployed around the court building and other parts of central Jakarta. Last month, peaceful protests against the official result by Subianto supporters erupted into two nights of street battles between police and rioters, leaving nine people dead and hundreds injured
in the capital’s worst violence in years. Indonesian police have been in the spotlight after videos surfaced that appeared to show officers beating protesters. There are also questions about how the demonstrators -- including a 15-year-old high school student -- died. This week, Amnesty International called for an independent probe into what it called “grave human rights violations” by police against protesters -- including beatings and “torture” -- and allegations that they were behind the killings of demonstrators. Some of the dead were reported to have gunshot wounds. Police have insisted they did not shoot live rounds, but instead used rubber bullets, water cannons and tear gas to push back the crowds.
Meanwhile, several Subianto allies have recently been arrested, including former army general Kivlan Zen over his alleged links to the Jakarta riots. Police have also aired video from several arrested suspects who claimed that Zen masterminded a failed plot to sow chaos by killing four senior government officials, including its chief security minister and the president’s top intelligence adviser.(afp) News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http:// radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.
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Tourist visits to Buleleng grows by degrees SINGARAJA - Buleleng, which is topographically far from South Bali, is able to manage tourism potential. It is evidenced by the trend of foreign and domestic tourists in the past five years showing an increasing trend. The visit showing a gradual increase is inseparable from the policy of the local government and stakeholders in pioneering the tourism business relying on the potential of nature, cultural heritage, and some of unique arts of Buleleng.
attracting tourist visits are historical tourism where the prominent objects related to royal heritages and history of Buleleng formerly becoming the capital of Lesser Sunda covering the regions of Bali and Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB). Sutrisna added the object whose management having been promoted is tourism players coalesced into the members of the Indonesia Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI) of Buleleng Chapter. Lately, the development by local community groups in the relevant object began to show pro-
Pursuant to the data collected at the Buleleng Tourism Office on Wednesday (Jun. 26) showed that the increasing trend of visits took place starting in 2013. At that time, the total visits of foreign and domestic tourists were recorded to reach 638,147 people. The figure grew slowly in 2014, where the total of foreign and domestic tourist visit to North Bali reached 663,826. In 2015, there was an increase showing off 702,945 people. Then, when entering the year 2016 there were a total of 805,458 foreign and domestic tourists. In 2017, the tourist arrivals to North Bali returned to increase to 954,730 and in 2018 increased again reaching more than 1,000 people. Head of the Buleleng Tourism Office, Nyoman Sutrisna, did not dismiss the increasing trend of foreign and domestic tourists to the region last Wednesday. He said the characteristics of Buleleng tourism potential are not the same as those of Southern Bali such as Kuta, Sanur, Ubud, and other regions. All this time, the characteristics of tourism potential in this region are ‘selling’ the atmosphere of natural attractions such as beaches with coral reef parks, waterfall tours, preservation of ancient villages, and unique art and cultural attractions that do not exist in other parts of Bali. In addition, the objects on offer lately being capable of
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Russian robbers turn out to be members of organized crime
MANGUPURA - The case of the Russian robber gang continues to be developed by police authorities. Results of the search and investigation against the case in fact the culprits are members of transnational crime (transnational organized crime). Besides, they had involved in many criminal acts. “The attackers (robbers from Russia) are transnational organized crime. They have many other crimes,” said Chief of Bali Police Dr. Petrus R. Golose on Wednesday (Jun. 28)
to reporters in Nusa Dua, Badung. Petrus Golose stated that until now the members continued to pursue other culprits. This pursuit effort is an attempt to eliminate crimes because nowadays such action is not only committed by local culprits, but also by foreign culprits. On that account, to overcome and eradicate the crimes, Chief of Bali Police Golose claimed to have made a counter team against transnational organized crimes.
Meanwhile, to prevent the firearm seizure case from happening again, he appealed to their members to be more careful while on duty, let alone carrying firearms. According to him, such incident also happened in other countries. “If we are negligent and so on, it can be like that. I am proud of the members for being able to rediscover the firearms,” he said. Previously, the SS1 long-range firearm belonging to Bali Police Mobile Brigade
seized by a Russian robber gang at the Ayana and Spa Hotel in Jimbaran, South Kuta, on August 8, 2017, was finally found. The firearm was secured in the car parked at Kampung 168 lodging on Jalan Puri Gading, Jimbaran, South Kuta, on Friday (Jun. 21). Pursuant to the last condition, the firearm has been modified, painted from black to silver and equipped with a flashlight and laser. In addition, based on the ballistic test results, the firearm was once used to shoot. (kmb36)
Smuggling orangutans
Russian citizen sued to six-month imprisonment DENPASAR - After being declared guilty of transporting wild animals, violating the provisions of Article 40 paragraph (2) in conjunction with Article 21 paragraph (2) point (a) of the Law Number 5/1990 concerning Natural Resources Conservation and Ecosystem, a Russian man, defendant Andrei Zhestkov,
28, was charged six-month imprisonment on Tuesday (Jun. 25). Public Prosecutor AA Made Suarja Teja Buana before the panel of the judges led by Bambang Ekaputra also demanded the defendant to be sentenced to pay a fine of IDR 5 million or subsidiary one-month imprisonment. Meanwhile, the
evidence is in the form of one orangutan, two live geckos and four live chameleons have been handed over to Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) for treatment. To be noted, the defendant was arrested at the departure terminal of Ngurah Rai International Airport while passing an x-ray examination.
In his luggage was then detected the presence of orangutan species. When the officers asked the defendant to open the luggage, the defendant even showed suspicious gestures. Having been searched, it turned out that his luggage contained orangutan in an unconscious state.
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BALI TOURISM AWARDS
gresses like the development of tourism villages. A number of tourism villages having received tourist visits include the tourism potential of Bali Aga consisting of Sidatapa, Cempaga, Tigawasa and Pedawa (SCTP) village. In addition, Ambengan, Sambangan, Munduk, Wanagiri and several other villages have been growing rapidly. In addition to the existing natural tourism potential, the operators of tourism villages have begun to create artificial objects such as selfie spot currently becoming a trend. (Mud)
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Such findings were reported to the Ngurah Rai Police Station and to KSDA. The defendant was then secured by the officers. As a result of the examination, the defendant claimed if the orangutan belongs to his friend on behalf of Igor currently put in wanted list. (kmb37)
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RECOGNIZED THE TRANS RESORT BALI AS THE #1 RESORT IN BALI
The Trans Resort Bali is pleased to announce its achievement on receiving the recognition as “Bali Leading Resort of the Year” by Bali Tourism Awards 2019 / 2020which was held at The Grand Ballroom of The Trans Resort Bali on last Monday, 27 May 2019. Competing against international chain hotels such as Royal Tulip Springhill Resort Jimbaran and Courtyard by Marriott Bali Seminyak, The Trans
Resort Bali has proven to be the number one accommodation for tourist in Bali. The Bali Tourism Awards was established by ITTA Foundation (Indonesia Travel and Tourism Awards Foundation) in 2015. The aim of this prestigious awardsis to appreciate the outstanding achievement of the hotels, resorts and travel companies as well as to give recognitions of their continued
supportto the growth of tourism in Indonesia, especially in Bali. With more than 90 hotels and resorts were participated in 32 categories, such as Bali Leading Cruise Operator category with Bali Hai Cruise, Waka Cruise and Scoot Fast Cruise as the nominees and Bali Leading Resort in Nusa Dua category with participating nominees: The Laguna, A Luxury Collection Resort & Spa, The Apurva Kempinski
Bali, and Nusa Dua Beach Hotel & Spa. Bali Tourism Awards are judged by online voting through social media channel and through an independent judged panel from the Binus Business School. This awards are in the 5th year and cover 32 categories with total number from online voting has reached over than 40,000 votes across Indonesia, Australia, Asia Pacific, India, Europe and America. Launched and established in December 2014. The Trans Resort Bali is the 2nd CT Corp luxury hotel chain after The Trans Luxury Hotel Bandung – a local Indonesian luxury hotel brand with distinctive
Indonesian hospitality and service with a vision to become “the pride of the nation” and to be developed as a true international hotel brand in the future. Awarded as “Bali Leading Resort of the Year” will continue the successof its reputation as the most popular non-beach 5 stars resort in Seminyak.Proud to be the first non-mixed standalone hotel with distinctive personalised services as a world-class resort, winning this award reaffirms the commitment of all the team at The Trans Resort Bali to keep striving for service excellence, providing 5-star service and memorable experience to all the guests.
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Fashion
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Singers Solange and Lisa star in Paris fashion week’s finale
PARIS - The curtain came down on Paris men’s fashion Sunday with two high-concept shows that had walk-on roles for Solange and K-pop sensation Lisa. Kenzo’s design duo Carol Lim and Humberto Leon said goodbye to the French label with Solange as the surprise performer in the same Paris stadium which Elton John had packed to the rafters a few nights previously. The Californians’ ended their eight-year reign with a bang as the American star appeared on a platform to sing “I’m a Witness” in between the men’s and womenswear lines. The brilliantly choreographed event had started with a similar wow moment when a huge curtain was pulled away in front of 600 or so fashionistas to reveal several thousand more people on the other side.Having conducted her 11-piece black-clad brass band, Beyonce’s younger sister then walked arm-in-arm with the designers to acknowledge the ovation at the end, with the feminist English rapper M.I.A in the front row. Balmain’s Olivier Rousteing got the weekend rocking late on Friday night by making the hot French DJ Kiddy Smile the centre of his show-cum-concert.
for their tours -- also threw open the doors by giving away 2,000 tickets. “Everyone is talking about inclusivity from behind their screens but no one is actually doing something,” he told reporters. Inclusion has been one of Lim and Leon’s watchwords, and their final Kenzo collection was inspired by Japanese Ama divers, the “sea women” who have been diving for pearls for 2,000 years. Traditionally, the divers only wore a loincloth and the pair picked up that motif with rippling, silkily aquatic clothes that weren’t obviously sexy but were utterly sensual at the same time. Men’s and women’s lines were peppered with gorgeously original fishing and mermaid metaphors, with a fluidity and a dreaminess about the clothes, particularly in the play with pearls, urchins and little touches of foaming silk and organza. While Lim and Leon went out on a high, you could be forgiven for feeling that Hedi Slimane, Mr Rock Chic himself, was treading water somewhat. The style superstar who is credited with the skinny look has taken a terrible kicking from critics since unseating the beloved feminist creator Phoebe Philo at Celine.
As for the clothes, the big news is that the “Sultan of Slim” has jettisoned his trademark drainpipes, the trousers the late Karl Lagerfeld once lost nearly 42 kilos (92 pounds) to fit into, for flares worn long over heeled boots. Skinny though lives on in the rake-thin male models, every one wearing black aviator shades. In fact, Slimane’s “Celine 04” collection was very much like a male version of “Celine 03” -- a walk down memory lane. This time it was a sometimes literalist re-creation of what American West Coast rock star types were wearing circa 1973, with a sharp couture sheen and added sparkles. Tight leather jackets and flares, unbuttoned shirts and three-piece double breasted suits with white cowboy boots, red carnation button holes and long thin scarves.
- Fans scream for Lisa -
Some tops carried downbeat slogans from New York artist David Kramer’s paintings such as “Yesterday was better”, “My own worst enemy” and “Downhill from here”. You could not help but wonder if Slimane -- whose army of - Slimane’s retro flares loyal free-spending fans are known as “Slimaniacs” -- was teasing He closed fashion week with another no-expense-spared show his critics, with one of Kramer’s images carrying the caption, “... - Real-life Japanese mermaids There is no irony here.” The young French creator -- who often dresses big music stars that began with an awesome theatrical device. Fans did scream at the end but it was more for Lisa, the Thai-born rapper of Blackpink fame who is Slimane’s new “official muse” and who was in the front row. There was much joy to be had elsewhere with the reinvigorated British brand Dunhill and Paul Smith, the doyen of English tailoring, showing there is plenty of creative life left in variations on the suit. But the big breath of fresh air was the young French designer Bruno Sialelli confirming the promise of his debut collection for Lanvin with a show held at a swimming pool. Quirky, cool, cute and a lot of fun to look at -- and clearly to wear -- Sialelli turned out a collection that played with every cliche of the French summer and seaside and somehow made them look new. It was hard not to smile at his tricorne straw hats. Not for him the pasty, androgynous models that often dominate the Paris catwalk. “I wanted the boys to eat well and to look healthy and strong,” he told AFP. FRANCOIS GUILLOT / AFP “Now I need a holiday, he added. “I mean, I love my work but Models present creations for Henrik Vibskov during the Men’s spring summer 2020 collection fashion holidays are the best things in life, no?” (afp) show on June 22, 2019 in Paris.
Fashion world shaken by cultural appropriation claims
PARIS - The women embroiderers of the remote Mexican mountain village of Tenango de Doria made worldwide headlines this week when their government went to war with an American designer for “plagiarising” their patterns. Wes Gordon, the artistic director of the New York label founded by Venezuelan designer Carolina Herrera, found himself accused of cultural appropriation. The women of the indigenous community in the east of the country told AFP how they felt cheated of their traditional motifs where “each element has a personal, family or community meaning”. It is the latest in a long line of controversies where multinational brands stand accused of ransacking the cultural heritage of poor villagers. Four years ago another indigenous Mexican community complained that the French designer Isabel Marant had lifted a 600-year-old Tlahuitoltepec blouse design that is the symbol of the Mixe people. Mexico has also previously protested
about Zara, Mango and Michael Kors designs.
- Tougher copyright laws -
Some of the country’s leaders now want to toughen a copyright law that already protects traditional patterns to punish “plagiarism that different indigenous peoples have suffered”. It is a suggestion that sent a chill down the spines of some designers at Paris fashion week. Berluti’s new artistic director Kris van Assche -- who headed Dior’s menswear line for 11 years -- told AFP that “when I was at fashion school we learned that there was nothing shameful about taking inspiration from other cultures. “We must be careful not to attack everybody for everything,” the Belgian creator added. Rising young Spanish star Alejandro Gomez Palomo still more forthright. “Cultural appropriation is something we should all forget,” said the designer,
who refuses to leave his own Andalusian village where his Palomo Spain label is based.
- ‘It belongs to everyone’ -
“Culture belongs to everyone. Rather than harming us, (referencing indigenous styles) brings us all a little closer and Mexico to the world,” he added, stoutly defending Gordon and the veteran Herrera, who stepped back from designing last year. “It’s like people accused me of cultural appropriation for having a frilly (gypsy) dress,” he declared. British designer Kim Jones, who took over last year from Van Assche at Dior Homme, has a more nuanced view, insisting “a huge amount of sensitivity has to be put into place. “You have to treat everyone with a great deal of respect. I grew up all over the world so you see how things are very particular. In Africa if you go even from village to village you see a different styl-
ing. “But as long as you speak to the people, work with them and listen to them and celebrate what they do it is fine,” he added. (afp)
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Mexican indigenous artisans want credit for the designs behind fashion house Carolina Herrera’s latest collection.
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Escaped from death, Regent Suwirta admits as if he was reborn
IN the past few weeks, the office of the Klungkung regent is quiet from the audience activities of the government guests. This happens because Regent of Klungkung Nyoman Suwirta had to take a series of operations on the strange disease he had suffered since 32 years ago. Medical action must be carried out immediately because the impact of the disease has become increasingly serious towards his physical body. So, it disturbed his concentration in working to develop the region. Face of Regent Suwirta still looked pale on Tuesday (Jun. 25). Wearing a white T-shirt and black jeans he was unable to cover up the condition of his body remaining weak. The supporting device is still attached to his neck to prevent his chin from touching the neck or prevent more bowing when sitting. It happened because the operation was carried out exactly on the back of the neck, especially the upper end of the first vertebrae being in direct contact with the part of cerebellum. “Many doctors conveyed if the ratio of operation process has 10 percent of success and 90 percent of failure. Nevertheless, I decided to take the surgery, though it has deadly risk,” said Regent Suwirta when met at the official residence of Klungkung Regent on Jalan Cut Nyak Dien, Semarapura. Operation was carried out at Premier Bintaro Hospital, South Tangerang, on June 7-12. Meanwhile, the operation was carried out on June 8. It was quite tense because other than having to be handled from the back neck, the operation must also be carried out from the mouth to find out the starting point of the problem. Thus, further surgery could be done. Various surgical devices were inserted from the back of the neck and into the mouth. “My pain actually has lasted since long time ago. However when being checked, the doctor could not find out the root of the problem and was only stated as a nervous disorder. But after a general check-up at Penang Hospital, Malaysia, root of the problem could be identified and is located in second segments (C1-C2) of the spine, having direct contact with the rear brain,” explained Regent Suwirta. Here is the root of the problem resulting in disruption of the nervous system in the body. Moreover, this impact is getting worse later. Regent Suwirta claimed to often experience tingling in the palm. Besides, he often got coldness and both legs are weak and pale as if they are not bloody. The most serious is the pain in his head becoming increasingly unbearable because it is like being stabbed. That is why his family and relatives urged him to have an immediate operation. “After the operation, now I return to normal. It feels like I was born for the second time,” said Suwirta while thanking God. When asked about the cause why such spinal disorder could occur, Suwirta admitted, that according to the doctor handling him, Regent Suwirta really worked hard in the past. At that time, his physical body should work hard beyond his physical abilities. This is the forerunner of the pain suffered by Regent Suwirta in the spine so the surgery must be carried out. After the operation went smoothly, Regent Suwirta returned home on June 15. He was asked to completely take a rest for six weeks. His postoperative recovery process has been carried out for three weeks. Despite being banned from doing activities, Regent Suwirta persistently claimed to be anxious because he has many things to do as a regent, so that the situation will not become increasingly noisy. Finally, the win-win solution is that he is still given to do light duties that can be carried out from official residence, while accepting colleagues that came to see him. (gik)
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An aircraft lands at Ngurah Rai international airport near Denpasar on Indonesia’s resort island of Bali on June 6, 2019.
New Bali has begun to work, Bali should not be complacent
DENPASAR - Apparently, the new Bali destinations have started working. Based on the data of the Bali Central Statistics Agency (BPS), the number of domestic flight departures from Ngurah Rai Airport is always lower each month in 2019 when compared to each month in previous years.
Lastly in April 2019, the number of domestic flights reached 3,327. This figure was lower than the previous year in April 2018 amounting to 3,700 flights. Likewise, the figures for March and February 2019 were lower than March and February 2018. Head of BPS Bali, Adi Nugroho, said it is an indication of high ticket prices. However, the decrease seemed not to only happen to domestic flights, but also to international flights. The data on the number of international flights he got in April 2019 was also lower than April 2018, reaching 2,980 while in April 2019 the number reached 2,947. This lower number has already begun from February and March. This indicates that although the prices of airline ticket do not rise like in domestic flights, international flights are also experiencing a declining number in departures and arrivals. Adi explained the decrease could be caused by the declining level of the world economy so that tourists from all corners of the world also declined. The decrease in tourist visits can also happen due to the decreasing attraction of Bali so that people tend to move to other destinations. “Nationally, it is relatively better, but Bali seems to be starting to go bad and there are indications if the 10 New Bali destinations have been working and have produced something so people
switched to the destinations. A tourism practitioner, Dewa Putu Susila, stated that Bali must not be complacent with the big name of Bali. The tourism data currently available are considered semi-fictitious. Many foreign tourists come to Bali but if examined further, Bali is only taken advantage as a place of stopover. “As we know, the data of tourists that go to Gili Trawangan per day reach 1,200 people and even more. In other words, we have included such data into the data of tourist visits to Bali. However, they actually spend time, spend money and so on outside of Bali,” said the owner of Taman Jepun. On that account, Bali must not be complacent. Blue print, tourism road map and synergy of related stakeholders are needed. Thus, Bali will have accurate data so as to be able to anticipate and take necessary measures in the future. To encourage tourism in Bali, the regional government must make breakthroughs so that Bali tourism is not stagnant. One of them is by opening new tourist destinations. Bali has the potential of tourist destinations that can still be further developed, but have not been touched. “Personally I see that we are complacent with the greatness of the reputation of Bali and with existing tourist destinations. When we talk about competitors, other countries and other regions in Indonesia have made breakthroughs to encourage or attract more tourists to visit their respective regions,” he joked. In addition, all the stakeholders and the government can also package tourism events. For example, they can develop sport tourism events that can be taken advantage. (kmb42)
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Europeans on alert as heatwave intensifies
At Agrarian Cultural Festival
Badung promotes the use of local farming products
MANGUPURA - This year, Badung district returns to organize an innovative activity with the nuance of agricultural life, namely the Agrarian Cultural Festival. This event enters the eighth edition and features the theme Amerih Guna Phalaning Bhumi meaning ‘Let’s use local agricultural products. This activity will take place on July 4-7, 2019 in the Tukad Bangkung Bridge, Pelaga village, Petang. Through this activity, Acting Head of the Badung Agriculture and Food Agency, I Ketut Sudarsana, said his agency wanted to encourage the use of local agricultural products in accordance with the planning. In addition, he said, the theme is interesting to carry out considering the agricultural sector cannot be denied that it remains to play a very important role in agricultural development programs as an effort to create food sovereignty. Besides, it can also provide employment opportunities for local human resources. He said it must be realized that Badung district has different potential in accordance with the division of development areas, where North Badung has the potential in the agricultural sector while South Badung in the tourism sector. Both regions should be really synergized. With the rapid growth of tourism sector in South Badung region, of course it requires the availability of food ideally supported by the agricultural sector. “The creation of this synergy is expected to be able to encourage the growth of the agricultural sector having been seen as moving slower than the pace of the tourism sector. This provides an opportunity to work on the agricultural sector more seriously by prioritizing specific local products and competitive values,” said Sudarsana on Tuesday (Jun. 25). He added that Badung district having the potential in terms of natural resources and human resources is very supportive for developing the agricultural sector. So far, the efforts to grow local agricultural production centers have been carried out sustainably. Hopefully, the implementation of the Agrarian Cultural Festival will not merely become a place of transaction between sellers (farmers) and buyers, but also a medium of dialogue, experience sharing and promotion. Most importantly, it can serve as an educational media for agricultural technology and innovation. Agriculture in the future must be managed with the application of technology from upstream to downstream to face the competitive era of globalization considering the agricultural products face challenges in terms of quantity, quality and continuity. Something new in this festival is the coffee barista competition involving coffee farmer groups, painting contest with coffee grounds. In addition, there is also vegetable planting in polybags. To that end, the participating exhibitors will be from the upstream to the downstream. Meanwhile, as a tourist destination, South Kuta area continues to grow until now. Along with the increase in tourists vacationing and staying in the surrounding area, the construction of hotels and the like is growing rapidly. As a result, agricultural land began to erode and gradually became a sturdy building. However, South Kuta still keeps agricultural products such as oranges and cassava. Additionally, this area also has herbal medicine and chips business originating from processed mangroves. Head of South Kuta sub-district, I Made Widiana, stated this year’s Badung Agrarian Cultural Festival did show a variety of crops and processed products by residents at the sub-district level in Badung district. South Kuta itself is ready to display crops having existed for a long time, namely oranges and cassava. Most of the farming products are from Pecatu and Ungasan regions. Widiana admitted that South Kuta is often considered a barren area. Nevertheless, the farmer groups still exist until these days. “Indeed, when people see, South Kuta is arid and continues to be a tourist destination, so that people tend to live in tourism. However, it should be noted that farmer groups remain to survive. As evidence, there are citrus and cassava farmers,” he said recently. (kmb23)
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Europe’s record-breaking heatwave was forecast to intensify Thursday, with authorities on alert as temperatures threaten to surpass 40 degrees Celsius in some regions.
Raging abrasion, Lepang-Sidayu needs priority for handling
SEMARAPURA - Lepang Coastline to Sidayu, Takmung village, Banjarangkan, has been hit by a vicious wave for years. It causes the local coastline to continuously experience abrasion. Moreover, the abrasion has caused tens of hectares of local agricultural land to disappear. So, the coastline requires priority handling to prevent the impact of abrasion from getting worse. Headman of Takmung, Nyoman Mudita, stated on Tuesday (Jun. 25) the abrasion on the coastline has been getting worse, while in other areas such as Klotok Beach and the coastline in Gianyar, the handling has been carried out. This makes the abrasion attack even more serious and damaging to the coastline environment along one kilometer. “In the past ten years, around 20 hectares of agricultural land have been lost,” said Mudita. Village authority together with hotel management in the vicinity has tried to handle according to their abilities. They put sandbags around the location to prevent the abrasion so as not to violently eliminate the other land. However, ferocity of the waves made the handling futile. The waves even caused the sandbags damaged.
Severity of the abrasion impact in the surrounding environment has got the attention from the government for several times. Moreover, the Bali Penida-River Agency is said to have gone down to check directly the surrounding situation. At that time, the agency was also said to agree if the coastline urgently needed handling. Thus, the abrasion will not have a wider impact on the surrounding environment. However, the next realization is said to be unclear. “We hope this coastline handling will get priority,” he said. As seen in the field on Tuesday (Jun. 25), independent efforts returned to be carried out by private sector. However, it hasn’t reached a matter of days, such efforts returned to fail. Thus, all relevant parties in the local area really hoped that local government or the agency
can prioritize the handling of the Lepang-Sidayu Coastline to prevent widespread adverse effects. Head of the Klungkung Public Works and Settlement Agency, AA Gde Lesmana, claimed to have known the impact of the abrasion on LepangSidayu Beach. However, he said there are no handling efforts this year because the planning and handling of abrasion this year has been prioritized in Nusa Penida, precisely on Batununggul Beach. Abrasion on the beach is no less serious because it has threatened the existence of local cemetery. In this year’s Regional Budget, the abrasion management is only budgeted as much as IDR 2 billion. Such a budget can only complete the handling of abrasions around 100 meters. “Due to budget constraints, we are handling the abrasion gradually,” said Lesmana. (kmb31)
The stifling heat has prompted traffic restrictions in France, sparked forest fires in Spain and fanned debate in Germany over public nudity as sweltering residents stripped off. Meteorologists blame a blast of hot air from northern Africa for the heat this week, which has already set new records in Europe for June. Exceptional for arriving so early in summer, the heatwave will on Thursday and Friday likely send thermometers above 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in France, Spain and Greece. In Spain, hundreds of firefighters and soldiers, backed by water-dropping aircraft, battled on Wednesday to put out a windfuelled forest fire that erupted in Torre del Espanol in the northeastern region of Catalonia. The worst is expected Friday when 33 of the 50 Spanish provinces face extreme temperatures, which could reach 44 degrees in Girona. “Hell is coming,” one Spanish TV weather presenter tweeted Wednesday. In France, temperatures “unprecedented” for their timing and intensity -- since 1947 when detailed surveys started -- were expected to reach at least 39 degrees over two-thirds of the country, said weather service Meteo-France. Health official Jerome Saloman said the impact of the extreme heat was starting to be felt in France, with an increase in weather-related calls to emergency medical services. Some schools are expected to close Thursday and Friday, while several cities -- including Paris and Lyon -- restricted traffic to
limit a build-up of air pollution. French authorities were taking no chances after the August 2003 heatwave was blamed for 15,000 deaths in the country, with television and radio broadcasts issuing warnings. In Greece, where around 100 people died in last year’s deadly fires at the Mati coastal resort, hospitals and officials were on red alert with temperatures of around 45 degrees nationwide. - Vintage wine year Scientists warn that global warming linked to human fossil fuel use could make such scorchers more frequent. “Global temperatures are increasing due to climate change,” said Len Shaffrey, professor of climate science at the University of Reading. “The global rise in temperatures means the probability that an extreme heatwave will occur is also increasing.” But French winemakers said the hot weather was more than welcome as it could produce a superior vintage. “Two of three days of heatwave in Bordeaux at this time, it’s magic!” Philippe Bardet, head of the Bordeaux Wine Council, told AFP. Temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius would help burn off any of the mildew caused by residual damp, which is “very, very good for quality”, Bardet said. The 70-year-old record for the highest temperature recorded for June was beaten in Germany as 38.6 degrees Celsius was recorded in Brandenburg, the German Weather Service (DWD) confirmed Wednesday.
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People sunbath in front of the Louvre Pyramid (Pyramide du Louvre) during a heatwave in Paris on June 26, 2019. Forecasters say Europeans will feel sizzling heat this week with temperatures soaring as high as 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in an “unprecedented” June heatwave hitting much of Western Europe. Meanwhile, police in Brandenburg cautioned a naked man for driving his moped wearing only his helmet and sandals. And in Munich, security guards ordered a group of women sunbathing topless on the banks of the river Isar to cover up. The move backfired, according to the Munich daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung, which quoted another sunbather as saying that
she and others took their tops off “out of solidarity”. It said an urgent motion was introduced in a city council meeting Wednesday to allow topless bathing. Scores of people have drowned in Poland and Lithuania as they tried to cool off in lakes and rivers, authorities said. The Polish weather institute IMGW said the country’s highest ever June temperature was
recorded on Wednesday in the southwest: 38.2 degrees Celsius. The Czech Hydrometeorological Institute also recorded the country’s highest June temperature: 38.9 degrees Celsius in the northern town of Doksany. In Belgium, vastly different temperatures were expected with 19 degrees Celsius on the north coast and 33 degrees in the south, according to broadcaster RTBF.(afp)
16 dead in crush at Madagascar independence day rally
At least 16 people were crushed to death and dozens injured in Madagascar on Wednesday at a stadium hosting national independence day celebrations in the capital Antananarivo. The bodies of sixteen victims, including three children, were stored at the mortuary of HJRA hospital in the city, AFP journalists said. According to witnesses at the hospital, the accident occurred in
the afternoon outside the Mahamasina stadium, where several thousand people had gathered for a concert following the traditional military parade held to mark the national holiday. At the end of a military parade, security forces opened the gates to allow spectators to leave the enclosure, causing the crowd to mass outside the stadium, witnesses said. The police then immediately
closed the gates and blocked the crowd, witnesses said, causing a deadly pile up. “When the organizers opened the gate, we were in the front row, in the queue,” said Jean Claude Etienne Rakotoarimanana, 29, who suffered bruises from the crush. “Suddenly people ran to get in front of us. They shoved us, some even punched us and pulled us,” he added, saying he then fainted.
Madagascan President Andry Rajoelina, at a press conference with Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame, offered his condolences over the tragic deaths. “There were too many people unable to enter the stadium,” which led to the problem, he said, adding that the state would take care of the hospital bills of those injured. Rajoelina visited the hospital taking care of those injured in the
stadium crush. In September 2018, a deadly crush killed one person and injured 30 people in similar circumstances at the entrance of the same stadium during a football match between Madagascar and Senegal. On June 26, 2016, exactly three years before Wednesday’s deadly crush, a bomb was detonated during a free concert in the Mahamasina stadium, killing three people and leaving scores more injured.
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Bank of England’s Carney hints at stimulus in no-deal Brexit
LONDON — The governor of the Bank of England gave his biggest hint yet that he’d back a stimulus package for the British economy if the country crashes out of the European Union at the end of October with no deal. In testimony to lawmakers on Wednesday, Mark Carney said the response from the bank’s rate-setting panel to a no-deal Brexit will “not be automatic” and will depend on the impacts on demand, supply and on the exchange rate. A fall in the pound, for example, could lead to a rise in inflation that could prompt some rate-setters to want higher rates. “Some of us, myself included, not all of us, have said that on balance it’s not equally weighted, the outcomes. So it’s more likely that we will provide some stimulus in that event,” Carney said. For Carney, dealing with the potential of a no-deal Brexit on Oct. 31 — Britain’s revised departure date — will not last long as he’s leaving the bank in January after nearly seven years at the helm. His successor has yet to be announced. Carney said the risks of a no-deal Brexit have increased in recent weeks and that’s weighing
on the economy, particularly on business investment and the housing market. Under a nodeal scenario, tariffs and other restrictions would be imposed on trade between Britain and the EU. Most econo-
mists think that will lead to a deep recession in Britain that would likely prompt the central bank to slash rates and launch another monetary stimulus program. However, if Britain secures a Brexit deal, “there would be a requirement for limited and gradual rate increases” to the main interest rate, which stands at 0.75%, Carney said. The discussion over a nodeal Brexit is at the forefront of the battle for the leadership of the Conservative Party
between Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt. The winner will become prime minister next month. Johnson, a former mayor of London, has said Britain will leave on Oct. 31 “do or die” while Hunt, the current foreign secretary, says it’s an artificial deadline that could be extended again. Brexit has already been delayed after Parliament rejected Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal three times. Both leadership candidates have said they will look to negotiate changes to the withdrawal agreement that deals with citizens’ rights post-Brexit, Britain’s financial obligations to the EU and making sure no hard border returns between EU member Ireland and Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom. Johnson has said that a “standstill” agreement can be reached which would see a temporary continuation of the tariff-free economic relationship between Britain and the EU.
Carney and many others have said such an agreement is only possible if Britain and the EU are working toward a new trade deal. But there’s no guarantee the EU would agree to that if issues within the withdrawal agreement, like the Irish border, have not been dealt with. The other countries in the World Trade Organization would also have to give their backing. Carney meanwhile warned that opting for a no-deal Brexit just to end the current economic uncertainty will be damaging. “There’s a reason why in the 40-plus trade deals that have been stuck in the last quarter century between advanced economies that they’ve always had some form of transition from the status quo to the new arrangements,” he said. “I would underscore that whatever arrangement we’re coming to that it is highly desirable to give businesses enough time to adjust to that new reality.”(ap)
In this May 2, 2019, file photo Mark Carney the Governor of the Bank of England speaks during an Inflation Report Press Conference at the Bank of England in the City of London. The Bank of England is open to the idea of letting new payment services such as Facebook’s upcoming Libra hold funds with the central bank, Carney said Thursday, June 20.
Japan ‘very concerned’ over no-deal Brexit: foreign minister
Japan’s foreign minister said Thursday he has pleaded with Britain to avoid a no-deal Brexit, as the candidates vying to be the next UK prime minister warn the country could leave the EU without an agreement. Taro Kono said he had made the appeals in past and present meetings with his British counterpart Jeremy Hunt and former foreign secretary Boris Johnson, who are currently battling to replace outgoing premier Theresa May. “We’re very concerned with (a) no-deal Brexit,” he told BBC News on the eve of Japan hosting a two-day
G20 summit in Osaka. “We’ve been asking (the) UK government (to) let the Japanese companies know what they can expect. “Whenever we’ve had meetings, that was one of the major issues: ‘please, no no-deal Brexit’.” Noting that more than 1,000 Japanese companies currently operate in Britain, Kono warned a disorderly departure from the European Union risked disrupting investment. “Many companies are worried about (the) implications because they don’t know what’s going to happen,” he said. “Some companies (are) already ... moving their operations to other
places in Europe. “There’s going to be less investment -- anything could happen.” Kono said Japan’s leading car-makers were particularly exposed to the potential fallout from a hard Brexit. “If they have to go through actual custom inspection physically those operations may not be able to continue.” However, Takahito Tokita, president of Fujitsu, said the Japanese tech giant had no immediate plans to scale back its British enterprises. “Fujitsu (will) continue to invest into (the) UK market... because (it) is a very important market for us,” he
told the BBC. He noted the company had already made “contingency plans” around Brexit. Britain was due to leave the EU on March 29, but has twice delayed its departure after Theresa May failed to persuade MPs to back the divorce deal she struck with the bloc. She resigned earlier this month, and will be replaced by either Johnson -- the frontrunner -- or Hunt when around 160,000 Conservative Party members choose their next leader in July. Both candidates have said they want to renegotiate a withdrawal agreement with Brussels.
But Johnson has vowed Britain will leave the EU “do or die” on the latest deadline of October 31, while Hunt has said he would consider a further short delay if a new deal appeared close. Kono said Japan wants to negotiate a post-Brexit free trade agreement with Britain, but it would require time. “There’s going to be some kind of gap between when (the) UK leaves the EU and when we can ratify a new trade deal,” he said, noting the two countries would have to use World Trade Organization rules in the meantime.(afp)
BBTF 2019 targetting for more revenue
Nusa Dua - The Bali and Beyond Travel Fair (BBTF), to be held later this month for the sixth time, targets Rp 9.23 trillion (US$6.44 million) worth of transactions. Last year’s transactions reportedly totaled Rp 7.71 trillion. The sixth BBTF will be held from June 25 to 29 at the Bali Nusa Dua Convention Center in the Nusa Dua area of Badung, Bali. Organized by the Association of Indonesian Tour and Travel Agencies (ASITA), the fair’s theme this year is “Journey to Sustainable Tourism”. “We encourage all tourist busi-
nesses to be serious about preserving our nature and culture across Indonesia, from Sabang to Merauke. We have a wonderful culture, and it serves as our asset [for tourism],” the chairman of ASITA’s Bali chapter, Ketut Ardana, told a press conference on Tuesday. Ardana said he was optimistic that the transactions could reach
the target, given the industry’s high enthusiasm about the travel fair. At least 289 buyers from 55 countries have signed up for the event. Apart from the buyers who have registered their attendance themselves, the Tourism Ministry is to bring 112 buyers from 13 countries to the event through its famtrip program. That means that
the travel fair would be attended by at least 401 buyers. “We are optimistic about reaching more transactions this year, as there will be many buyers from European countries. Tourists from European countries usually stay longer and spend more money,” Ardana added. Deputy Bali Governor Tjokorda Oka Artha Ardhana Sukawati said the BBTF had become a trusted marketplace for tourism. “I fully appreciate this achievement. Build-
ing a big marketplace within only six years was not easy. Of course, we need to improve it year by year,” said Sukawati, who is also engaged in the tourist industry. I Gde Pitana, an expert staff member at the ministry, said the ministry had thrown its full support behind the BBTF, which was now the biggest tourism marketplace in Indonesia. “We have supported BBTF since its first event in 2012, and we will continue to do so in the future,” he added.(kmb)
Challenging Swing at Bongkasa Village Tourist visit, especially by foreign tourists during the Christmas and New Year long holiday experienced a significant increase. At Bongkasa tourism village, foreign tourist visits have increased since last November. At this tourism village, tourists can explore the countryside, take rafting adventure or enjoying swing tours. According to the swing tourism manager of Bongkasa vllage, Putu Gede Raka Pariana, the number of tourist visits is currently high.
Daily tourist visit to the swing attraction averagely reaches 200 people. Moreover, on particular days it can reach 400 people. “Most tourists come from China, India and Europe,” he said recently. Especially for Chinese tourists, he admitted the case of Bali being sold cheaply had made tourist visits from the country plummeted. Moreover, the decline reaches 60 percent. But thanks to government efforts so that Chinese tourist visits have returned to normal. (kmb)
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Selfies: five times more deadly than shark attacks Selfies, which have become a global sensation in the last decade or so, have remarkably killed five times more people than shark attacks. And the death toll has crept up incrementally each year as smartphones become more sophisticated and selfie-sticks increase the range at which people can snap themselves, prompting them to take bigger risks for the perfect shot. Between October 2011 and November 2017, at least 259 people died taking selfies around the globe, according to India’s Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, compared to just 50 people killed by sharks in the same period. While women take the most selfies, young men, who are more prone to take risks, make up three quarters of the selfie deaths -- in drownings, crashes, falls or shooting accidents.
India, with a population of more than 1.3 billion and 800 million cell phones, holds the record for the number of people dying in the act of photographing themselves, with 159 recorded so far. That is more than half of the global total -- and a testament of sorts to the nation’s love of group photos and its youthful population. India has seen selfie-snapping groups of youths die when they were hit by a train or drowning when their boat sank at the moment they were clicking the shutter. The situation has become so dire that India has set up “no selfie” zones -- 16 of them in the city of Mumbai alone. The country came in far ahead of Russia (16 deaths), the United States (14) and Pakistan. In Russia, people have fallen from bridges and high-rise buildings, shot themselves or even died while handling a land mine. Police issued a guide to “selfies without
Tourists take selfies by the Christ the Redeemer statue on June 13, 2019.
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danger” in 2015. In the United States, most of those involved in selfie deaths fatally shot themselves while seeking the perfect pose. A number of people have fallen to their deaths at the Grand Canyon. Rescue services in Croatia used Twitter to ask tourists to “stop taking stupid and dangerous selfies” after a Canadian miraculously survived a 75-meter (250-foot) fall in the Plitvice lakes region. In January, Taiwanese social media celebrity Gigi Wu -- known as the “Bikini Climber” for taking selfies on top of mountain peaks dressed in a bikini -- died when she fell into a ravine. She was 36. - Inappropriate selfie spots -
Even when they are not fatal, selfies can be extremely macabre. In 2014, a Brazilian woman sparked rage online when she took a smiling selfie in front of the coffin of presidential candidate Eduardo Campos at his funeral. Social media influencer Sueli Toledo also caused a stir online when she posted a picture on Instagram with the caption, “My look today for the funeral of a super friend.” Selfies in places deemed sacred or hallowed -- especially when they honor the dead -- can also raise questions. At the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz in Poland, visited by 2.1 million people every year, museum staff do not hesitate to contact people who post selfies deemed to be inappropriate. From Brazil to Vietnam and Germany, witnesses to traffic accidents have posted selfies at the scene of the crash -- generally seen as gauche. More and more, selfies -- even in tourist havens -- are becoming a bit of a nuisance for locals. Residents of the picturesque Rue Cremieux in Paris were so disturbed by the constant stream of selfie-snapping tourists outside their windows that they started their own Instagram account, clubcremieux, where they publish pictures of the most absurd posers outside their doors, skewering them with barbed captions. The same thing happened in Hong Kong, where residents of the vast multi-colored Quarry Bay apartment complex put up signs banning photos. In Brazil, several youths made a buzz on Facebook in 2017 when they posted smiling selfies taken among terrified bus passengers who had thrown themselves to the floor during a shooting. Facing the mad frenzy of endless selfies, Vienna has launched a campaign for a digital detox. The Belvedere Museum has put up a large copy of Gustav Klimt’s classic painting “The Kiss” near the original and added a giant red hashtag, so that visitors can take their selfie next to the facsimile and actually look at the real work of art.
Hong Kong tycoon, 22, drops $117 million on luxury home
The 22-year-old son of a business tycoon has dropped US$117 million on a luxury home in Hong Kong, the latest purchase to highlight the huge wealth gap in a city currently rocked by political protests. The crammed financial hub regularly tops various rankings of cities with the least affordable housing in the world, with even the cheapest apartments far out of the reach of most regular workers. Rising inequality and a shortage of housing has helped fuel anti-government protests, the latest manifestation a series of
huge youth-led demonstrations earlier this month demanding the withdrawal of a bill that would allow extraditions to the Chinese mainland. Matthew Cheung Siu-woon spent HK$916m on the 8,674 square foot (806 square metre) house, which was listed on the market in May and completed on Tuesday, according to a Land Registry document seen by AFP. Located on The Peak on Hong Kong island, one of the most exclusive neighbourhoods in the city, the six-storey house
includes a swimming pool, garden, rooftop and private lift, according to a sales brochure. Local media identified Siu as the 22-year-old CEO of an education company under his family’s holdings and investment company, Cheung & Sons, a conglomerate involved in real estate, agribusiness, education and construction. The company did not respond to AFP’s request for information about the purchase. Its website lists a Matthew Cheung Siuwoon on its senior management team and says he started a company teaching Mandarin at the age of 19 while studying at a London
university. Hong Kong is a city of stark contrasts where impoverished elderly people can be seen collecting cardboard to recycle on streets that boast one of the highest ratio of billionaires in the world. A recent report by real estate firm CBRE ranked Hong Kong as the most expensive residential city, with an average price of US$2,091 per square foot. It listed the average property price in Hong Kong as US$1.2 million -- far above second-placed Singapore at $874,372.
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C Kalimantan deploys 750 personnel to prevent forest fires PLANGKARAYA - Central Kalimantan province is deploying a task force consisting of 750 personnel to prevent land and forest fires in the region during this dry season. “The personnel not only wait for land and forest fires but also move from one area to another and conduct patrols to prevent land and forest fires that may happen any time,” Commander of the Land and Forest Fire Task Force Colonel Am Saiful Rizal who is also commander of the Panju Panjang Military Resort 102 said in Palangka Raya on Thursday. The task force comprises personnel from the Regional Disaster Mitigation Board (BPBD), the National Defense Forces (TNI), the Indonesian Police (Polri) and selfsupporting fire department. Since Central Kalimantan Governor Sugianto Sabran declared a state of emergency over land and forest fires in the province, the task force has performed its duties in accordance with its main tasks and responsibilities, he said “Several hot spots have been found in a number of areas such as South Barito, West Kotawaringin, and Kapuas Districts as well as in Palangka Raya City,” he said. However, the task force, which acted quickly, managed to prevent the fires, he said adding that the main cause of land and forest fires is the natural factor and human behavior. The task force also conducts campaigns in the community about the risks of land and forest fires as well as efforts to prevent and combat them. (ant)
Three villages in Bekasi, West Java, reel under drought
CIKARANG - A water crisis is looming large over the villages of Ridhomanah, Ridhogalih, and Simajati in Cibarusah Sub-district, Bekasi District, West Java Province, in the past week, as Indonesia is currently experiencing dry season. Wells had dried up, thereby leaving the villagers with no choice but to source water from the Cihoe River, Misra, 45, a resident of Ridhogalih, stated here on Thursday. “Fortunately, the river is merely 300 meters away. However, the issue is why it has to be this way? We have to carry water to fill our bathroom tubs,” she noted. Several villages in Cibarusah have been hit constantly by drought during the dry season. In 2017, drought had affected a total of 2,659 families. Sardi, 27, residing in Ridhomanah, noted that no water was available in his home since June 21, 2019. He admitted to currently having to collect water from the river daily. The authorities have distributed clean water since last week. One truck containing five thousand liters of clean water is dispatched to one kampung daily. However, this does not suffice, as it can supply water to only some 120-250 families. Uju, secretary of the Bekasi district administration, remarked that several retention basins will be built in Cibarusah to collect water during the rainy season and will be stored for use during the dry season. A study on the construction of retention basins will be conducted in 2020, and the development will be implemented in 2021, he added. (ant)
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Prabowo-Sandi camp to announce its future political moves
JAKARTA - Presidential and vice presidential candidate pair number 02, Prabowo Subianto-Sandiaga Uno, will announce its future political moves after the Constitutional Court (MK) delivers its ruling on the recent presidential election result dispute on Thursday. The Prabowo-Sandi camp’s future political moves would be made after holding discussions with leaders of its coalition parties, the Prabowo-Sandi camp’s spokesman, Dahnil Anzar Simanjuntak, stated. Conversing with journalists at the camp’s media center here, Simanjuntak noted that Subianto and his running mate, Uno, had gathered along with representatives of the coalition parties, loyalists, and volunteers at his home to watch the televised broadcast of MK’s ruling. The Prabowo-Sandi pair will issue its political statement after the court’s ruling is delivered while waiting for the arrival of its team of lawyers from the MK building, he noted. The Prabowo-Sandi pair had filed a petition with the MK on May 23, 2019, on the recent presidential election result after the General Elections Commission (KPU) announced the final result of vote counting on May 21, 2019. The final tally declared by the KPU at around 1:28 a.m. local time on May 21 indicated the Jokowi-Amin pair had secured 85 million votes, or 55.5 percent of the national vote, than the
contenders Prabowo-Sandi’s 68 million votes, or 44.5 percent. The Jokowi-Amin pair had declared victory following the KPU’s announcement of the final tally, while the Prabowo-Sandi pair rejected the KPU’s official tabulation result and challenged it by filing an official complaint with the MK. Several hundred supporters of the Prabowo-Sandi pair had staged a peaceful rally on Wednesday and Thursday to voice their demand for the MK to take a fair decision. The demonstrators thronged the Arjuna Wijaya Statue area on Medan Merdeka Barat Road near the National Monument (Monas) Square in Central Jakarta. As a precautionary measure against any untoward incident following the ruling, 47 thousand security personnel from the police, military, and the Jakarta administration have been deployed to secure the MK building and vital installations in Jakarta. Taking into account the fact that the elections had resulted in a divisive society, the MK ruling is expected to be a final and binding solution. To this end, the Indonesian Council of Ulemas (MUI), Wednesday, appealed to all elements of the nation, especially Muslims, to accept the ruling. “The MUI appeals to the people, at large, to accept the court’s ruling wholeheartedly and sincerely, as it is final and binding,” the council’s Deputy Chairman, Zainut Tauhid Saadi, told local journalists on Wednesday. (ant)
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Flower Garden of Kerta Village Increasingly Attractive
GIANYAR - Sekar Bumi Farm & Florist (SBFF) is the name of this new tourist attraction. However, people often call it the Flower Garden. It is located at Kerta village, Payangan, Gianyar, or about 43 km from Denpasar. Perched at the altitude of 700 meters above sea level, Sekar Bumi Farm & Florist is a lovely center. Sekar Bumi Farm & Florist (SBFF) is the name of this new tourist attraction. However, people often call it the Flower Garden. It is located at Kerta village, Payangan, Gianyar, or about 43 km from Denpasar. Perched at the altitude of 700 meters above sea level, Sekar Bumi Farm & Florist is a lovely center for the plantation supplying a wide range of cut heliconia flowers. There are more than 200 types of flowers, including torch bananas, lime banana, the Caribbean and yellow dancer with a variety of colors. “Sekar Bumi supplies a wide variety of cut flowers and cut leaves demand as well as decorative plant for tourism industry,” said Ketut Subagia, the SBFF owner. side from being the cultivation of flowers, this object also offers outbound and agro-tourism as a suitable destination for family. For travelers wishing to get challenge, they can take advantage of a variety of games available such as flying fox, fine ball, trekking, cycling and outdoor games that can accommodate a large number of participants. The flying fox here may be the longest in Bali. Length of the rope reaches 500 meters to 700 meters. Its track is also unique as passing over a cliff, hanging bridge and five points with very stressful moment. In the meantime, fine ball is gut-challenging game with a range of 10 meters. The bullets are made of organic materials so that the waste will not harm nature. Other than being good for relaxation, this beautiful tourist spot is also a place of education for children. Through the garden tour program, visitors can get lessons on the environment such as arranging cut flowers, learning about farming, planting, fertilizing, picking crops, visiting rare trees and making compost. (IBP/net)
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Nadal says Wimbledon seeding system disrespects world rankings MADRID - Rafael Nadal has complained about Wimbledon’s seeding system after the Spaniard was placed at number three, behind Roger Federer, for next week’s grand slam in London. The other three major tournaments all match their seeding to the official world rankings but Wimbledon uses its own formula to dictate the order, combining ranking points with form in grass-court competitions. It means Nadal will be seeded three and Federer two at the All England Club this year, despite their positions being the reverse in the rankings list. “Wimbledon is the only tournament of the year that does it like this,” Nadal told Spanish television channel Movistar on Monday night. “Obviously it would be better to be two than three but if they think I have to be three I will accept three and fight to win the matches I have to win. “Having said that, the only thing that doesn’t seem right about this issue is that it is only Wimbledon that does it. If they all did it, it would seem more correct. “It’s not only about my particular case. There have been many occasions when players have played well all year on all surfaces but Wimbledon does not respect
the ranking they have earned. “And for this reason they get more complicated draws.” Nadal is yet to play an official match on grass this year while Federer warmed up for Wimbledon last week by winning his 10th title at the grass-court tournament in Halle. Federer and top seed Novak Djokovic will be at opposite ends of the Wimbledon draw, separated until the final, but Nadal is guaranteed to have either Federer or Djokovic in his half, and could meet them in the semis. “For me personally, it means if I am three, to get to the final, Djokovic or Federer will be in my half,” Nadal added. “But that can only happen in the semifinals and to get there I have to win five matches. Today I’m far away.” Nadal claimed his 18th major title earlier this month by winning the French Open for a record-extending 12th time. He now sits behind only Federer’s 20 grand slam triumphs in the all-time list of male champions. (afp)
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Hamilton admits F1 show ‘needs dramatic overhaul’
LE CASTELLET - Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes moved within reach of an overhaul of some of Formula One’s most notable records with his flawless unchallenged triumph in Sunday’s French Grand Prix. But his extraordinary success -– his victory was his sixth in eight races this year –- prompted a negative reaction in some quarters from critics who find Mercedes’
domination “boring” and the races lacking in suspense and thrills. Hamilton, who admits his success feels “unreal”, said he understood if spectators, or the global broadcast audience, lost interest but urged them to blame the sport’s rules, not the drivers. “We need to see a dramatic overhaul,” he said, adding that the structure of the sport’s
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Winner Mercedes’ British driver Lewis Hamilton celebrates on the podium after the Formula One Grand Prix de France at the Circuit Paul Ricard in Le Castellet, southern France, on June 23, 2019.
management was also in need of change. He added: “It’s really important that people realise it’s not the drivers fault -– this is a constant cycle of F1 for years and years. And before I got to F1. It’s because the way Bernie (Ecclestone) had it set up and the decisions they made then. “Until that structure changes, it will be the same in my opinion.” As Hamilton and Mercedes continue their relentless destruction of the records, it is unreasonable to ask his team to slow down, as the president of the sport’s ruling body, the International Motoring Federation (FIA) Jean Todt, once the boss of the all-conquering team that powered Michael Schumacher to five of his seven titles, has pointed out. “It is beautiful to see 20 cars at a marvellous circuit, truly modern, a real motor racing circuit, with the best teams and the best drivers in the world,” he said. “Then, if one team is better, and you see this in all sports, it is because it is the strongest.” He suggested there are not the same complaints at seeing tennis star Rafael Nadal dominate at Roland Garros and said that Mercedes rivals should work harder to overhaul them. Hamilton’s team boss Toto Wolff said he understood the perceived problem as demonstrated by the French procession on Sunday. “I hear you and from a fans’ perspective
I get it,” he said, “But I think it’s an unfair question because what would you do in our shoes? You would continue to push relentlessly for performance. It is what we do. “But the fans see a race that is less enjoyable to watch.” The problem, he conceded, is in the complexity of Formula One with so many different kinds of circuits making it inevitable that certain conditions will deliver dull races. The sport is currently working on proposals for a new formula for 2021. At Le Castellet, it was suggested -– by Wolff, Valtteri Bottas and others -– that the chicane in the long Mistral Straight was removed to encourage closer racing. He also rejected a proposal, from Red Bull’s Helmut Marko, that they should revert to the 2018 tyres because Mercedes struggled more with them than the current compounds. Hamilton, meanwhile, will have to ignore the noise and carry on winning as he closes in on Schumacher’s record of 91 wins -– his victory on Sunday was his 79th -– and a potential sixth world title. “I definitely didn’t expect to have six wins at this point and it doesn’t feel real,” he admitted after his pole-to-flag win, his second in succession at Le Castellet. It also brought Mercedes their 10th consecutive victory and brought into prospect an 11th at this weekend’s Austrian Grand Prix, a total that would be a record in the sport’s modern era. (afp)
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Altidore bicycle kick puts US into Curacao quarter-final Jozy Altidore scored with an overhead kick as the United States finished first in its CONCACAF Gold Cup group with a 1-0 win over Panama on Wednesday. The US won all three of its Group D contests without conceding a goal and will now face Curacao in the quarter-finals on Sunday. The Americans, who famously missed out on the 2018 FIFA World Cup after losing to Trinidad, wanted to win Wednesday to avoid playing Jamaica in the quarters. Jamaica beat the US 1-0 earlier this month when they met in a friendly in Washington, DC. The US is almost assured of advancing to the semis as they now face the tiny Caribbean Island of Curacao, who advanced despite scoring just two goals in group play. Curacao has a population of just 160,000 compared to the US with its population of 327 million. Panama takes on Group C winners Jamaica on the same day. The other quarter-finals feature Canada against Haiti and Mexico
facing Costa Rica. Both the US and Panama had chances to score in the first half but failed to finish. Panama goalkeeper Jose Calderon made a smart save off a left foot shot by Altidore in the 20th minute to keep it scoreless and that’s how the teams went into halftime at Childrens Mercy Park in Kansas City, Kansas. Altidore’s dynamic goal in the 66th minute was all the Americans would need to earn the three points. After a corner was headed back across the goalmouth, Altidore spun off a defender and beat Calderon with a perfectly-timed bicycle kick. Altidore is coming back from a hamstring injury that forced him to take some time off. “It has been a rough time waiting,” Altidore said. “I am just trying to get an opportunity again. To score again wearing these colours means everything to me.” The goal was Altidore’s 43rd for the national team, which ranks third all time behind the 57 of Clint Dempsey and Landon Donovan.(afp)
Lampard will succeed as Chelsea manager, says Terry Lampard -- who along with Terry won a treasure trove of trophies including three Premier League titles and the 2012 Champions League -- is expected to leave second tier Derby after just one season in management and become Chelsea’s new manager. Maurizio Sarri’s departure for Juventus after one season -- in which they won the Europa League and qualified for the Champions League -- opened the way for Lampard’s return. Terry told the Daily Mail it is not because of their close friendship he believes Lampard -- who will become the 14th manager since Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich bought the club in 2003 -- will succeed in difficult circumstances. He believes Lampard has the right stuff to meet the challenges head on. The thorniest could be the fact that Chelsea
cannot replace their star player Eden Hazard -- who signed for Real Madrid -- due to a transfer ban although they are appealing it. “After the season he has had with Derby and with Chelsea’s transfer ban in place, there is no-one better equipped than Frank to succeed at Chelsea,” said Terry. “It is perfect timing for him and the club.” Terry, who is assistant coach at newly-promoted Premier League outfit Aston Villa, said Lampard is excellent in dealing with pressure. - Dedication -
“Frank was under pressure to succeed at Chelsea the day he arrived from West Ham (2001) and he never hid from that,” said Terry. “He revelled in it and went on to become Chelsea’s greatest-ever player. “What made him that player was his desire to drain every ounce out of his body and that of everyone around him in training.
“People would be amazed at his goal return but they just didn’t realise how much dedication was put into that and his whole game. “He is just as exacting on himself now as a manager.” Terry says that Lampard can use the transfer ban to get the best out of the young players coming through the Chelsea academy. Sarri was criticised for not playing talented youngster Callum Hudson-Odoi enough and appeared reluctant also to field Ruben Loftus-Cheek, despite the 23-year-old midfielder having caught the eye for England at the 2018 World Cup. “For some time, perhaps only myself and Ruben LoftusCheek had come through the academy to become regulars and that has probably left many young players questioning their future,” said Terry. “Callum Hudson-Odoi will be assured he has a big role to play at Chelsea. “Having Frank in charge and the transfer ban will give young players throughout the academy belief that there is a genuine pathway into Chelsea’s first team.” (afp)
Rooney scores magical goal from his side of midfield
Wayne Rooney scored a highlight reel goal with a moon shot blast from his own half of the field to lift DC United to a 1-0 victory over Orlando City on Wednesday. Former English star Rooney hammered a 68-yard strike over the head of Orlando goalkeeper Brian Rowe and into the back of the net in the 10th
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minute. Rooney got the ball off a deflected clearance and when he realized Rowe was out of his 18 yard box he launched a first-touch blast that will go down as one of Major League Soccer’s goals of the year. DC United goalkeeper Bill Hamid posted his seventh shutout
of the year while Rowe finished with three saves. Rooney will be part of the league’s July All-Star exhibition game where he will join Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Josef Martinez. The MLS All-Stars will face 10-time La Liga champions Atletico at Orlando City’s Exploria Stadium on July 31. (afp)
FIFA opens disciplinary case vs Cameroon over WWCup behavior
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Panama’s Jose Calderon (12) reaches for the ball just after USA’s Jozy Altidore (17) did a bicycle kick and scored during their Gold Cup Group D match on June 26, 2019 at Children’s Mercy Park in Kansas City, Kansas.
LE HAVRE - FIFA opened disciplinary proceedings Wednesday against Cameroon for players’ conduct during the team’s loss to England in the Women’s World Cup. The team protested VAR decisions in a 3-0 loss to England on Sunday, twice delaying kickoff as they complained. The players looked like they might refuse to continue playing. The protests began when video reviews on offside decisions allowed Ellen White to send England
to a 2-0 lead before halftime and then denied Cameroon the goal that would have brought them within one after the break. Ajara Nchout was sobbing on the sideline as she pleaded for her goal to stand. FIFA told The Associated Press on Wednesday that its disciplinary committee opened a case against Cameroon over alleged breaches related to team misconduct, offensive behavior and fair play. The stance of the disciplinary division is in strong contrast to the view of Fatma Samoura, who
runs the FIFA administration as the governing body’s secretary general. Samoura tweeted that the Cameroon players “inspired many young girls,” with “passionate and talented play on the field that made your fans proud and your country is proud of you.” But Isha Johansen, president of CAF’s women’s committee, said the match “reflected badly not only on African women’s football but African football on the whole.” She wants punishment imposed. (ap)
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Altidore bicycle kick puts US into Curacao quarter-final Jozy Altidore scored with an overhead kick as the United States finished first in its CONCACAF Gold Cup group with a 1-0 win over Panama on Wednesday. The US won all three of its Group D contests without conceding a goal and will now face Curacao in the quarter-finals on Sunday. The Americans, who famously missed out on the 2018 FIFA World Cup after losing to Trinidad, wanted to win Wednesday to avoid playing Jamaica in the quarters. Jamaica beat the US 1-0 earlier this month when they met in a friendly in Washington, DC. The US is almost assured of advancing to the semis as they now face the tiny Caribbean Island of Curacao, who advanced despite scoring just two goals in group play. Curacao has a population of just 160,000 compared to the US with its population of 327 million. Panama takes on Group C winners Jamaica on the same day. The other quarter-finals feature Canada against Haiti and Mexico
facing Costa Rica. Both the US and Panama had chances to score in the first half but failed to finish. Panama goalkeeper Jose Calderon made a smart save off a left foot shot by Altidore in the 20th minute to keep it scoreless and that’s how the teams went into halftime at Childrens Mercy Park in Kansas City, Kansas. Altidore’s dynamic goal in the 66th minute was all the Americans would need to earn the three points. After a corner was headed back across the goalmouth, Altidore spun off a defender and beat Calderon with a perfectly-timed bicycle kick. Altidore is coming back from a hamstring injury that forced him to take some time off. “It has been a rough time waiting,” Altidore said. “I am just trying to get an opportunity again. To score again wearing these colours means everything to me.” The goal was Altidore’s 43rd for the national team, which ranks third all time behind the 57 of Clint Dempsey and Landon Donovan.(afp)
Lampard will succeed as Chelsea manager, says Terry Lampard -- who along with Terry won a treasure trove of trophies including three Premier League titles and the 2012 Champions League -- is expected to leave second tier Derby after just one season in management and become Chelsea’s new manager. Maurizio Sarri’s departure for Juventus after one season -- in which they won the Europa League and qualified for the Champions League -- opened the way for Lampard’s return. Terry told the Daily Mail it is not because of their close friendship he believes Lampard -- who will become the 14th manager since Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich bought the club in 2003 -- will succeed in difficult circumstances. He believes Lampard has the right stuff to meet the challenges head on. The thorniest could be the fact that Chelsea
cannot replace their star player Eden Hazard -- who signed for Real Madrid -- due to a transfer ban although they are appealing it. “After the season he has had with Derby and with Chelsea’s transfer ban in place, there is no-one better equipped than Frank to succeed at Chelsea,” said Terry. “It is perfect timing for him and the club.” Terry, who is assistant coach at newly-promoted Premier League outfit Aston Villa, said Lampard is excellent in dealing with pressure. - Dedication -
“Frank was under pressure to succeed at Chelsea the day he arrived from West Ham (2001) and he never hid from that,” said Terry. “He revelled in it and went on to become Chelsea’s greatest-ever player. “What made him that player was his desire to drain every ounce out of his body and that of everyone around him in training.
“People would be amazed at his goal return but they just didn’t realise how much dedication was put into that and his whole game. “He is just as exacting on himself now as a manager.” Terry says that Lampard can use the transfer ban to get the best out of the young players coming through the Chelsea academy. Sarri was criticised for not playing talented youngster Callum Hudson-Odoi enough and appeared reluctant also to field Ruben Loftus-Cheek, despite the 23-year-old midfielder having caught the eye for England at the 2018 World Cup. “For some time, perhaps only myself and Ruben LoftusCheek had come through the academy to become regulars and that has probably left many young players questioning their future,” said Terry. “Callum Hudson-Odoi will be assured he has a big role to play at Chelsea. “Having Frank in charge and the transfer ban will give young players throughout the academy belief that there is a genuine pathway into Chelsea’s first team.” (afp)
Rooney scores magical goal from his side of midfield
Wayne Rooney scored a highlight reel goal with a moon shot blast from his own half of the field to lift DC United to a 1-0 victory over Orlando City on Wednesday. Former English star Rooney hammered a 68-yard strike over the head of Orlando goalkeeper Brian Rowe and into the back of the net in the 10th
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Frank Lampard can be a successful manager of Chelsea due to his work ethic and ability to thrive under pressure, says close friend and fellow club legend John Terry.
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minute. Rooney got the ball off a deflected clearance and when he realized Rowe was out of his 18 yard box he launched a first-touch blast that will go down as one of Major League Soccer’s goals of the year. DC United goalkeeper Bill Hamid posted his seventh shutout
of the year while Rowe finished with three saves. Rooney will be part of the league’s July All-Star exhibition game where he will join Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Josef Martinez. The MLS All-Stars will face 10-time La Liga champions Atletico at Orlando City’s Exploria Stadium on July 31. (afp)
FIFA opens disciplinary case vs Cameroon over WWCup behavior
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Panama’s Jose Calderon (12) reaches for the ball just after USA’s Jozy Altidore (17) did a bicycle kick and scored during their Gold Cup Group D match on June 26, 2019 at Children’s Mercy Park in Kansas City, Kansas.
LE HAVRE - FIFA opened disciplinary proceedings Wednesday against Cameroon for players’ conduct during the team’s loss to England in the Women’s World Cup. The team protested VAR decisions in a 3-0 loss to England on Sunday, twice delaying kickoff as they complained. The players looked like they might refuse to continue playing. The protests began when video reviews on offside decisions allowed Ellen White to send England
to a 2-0 lead before halftime and then denied Cameroon the goal that would have brought them within one after the break. Ajara Nchout was sobbing on the sideline as she pleaded for her goal to stand. FIFA told The Associated Press on Wednesday that its disciplinary committee opened a case against Cameroon over alleged breaches related to team misconduct, offensive behavior and fair play. The stance of the disciplinary division is in strong contrast to the view of Fatma Samoura, who
runs the FIFA administration as the governing body’s secretary general. Samoura tweeted that the Cameroon players “inspired many young girls,” with “passionate and talented play on the field that made your fans proud and your country is proud of you.” But Isha Johansen, president of CAF’s women’s committee, said the match “reflected badly not only on African women’s football but African football on the whole.” She wants punishment imposed. (ap)
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Flower Garden of Kerta Village Increasingly Attractive
GIANYAR - Sekar Bumi Farm & Florist (SBFF) is the name of this new tourist attraction. However, people often call it the Flower Garden. It is located at Kerta village, Payangan, Gianyar, or about 43 km from Denpasar. Perched at the altitude of 700 meters above sea level, Sekar Bumi Farm & Florist is a lovely center. Sekar Bumi Farm & Florist (SBFF) is the name of this new tourist attraction. However, people often call it the Flower Garden. It is located at Kerta village, Payangan, Gianyar, or about 43 km from Denpasar. Perched at the altitude of 700 meters above sea level, Sekar Bumi Farm & Florist is a lovely center for the plantation supplying a wide range of cut heliconia flowers. There are more than 200 types of flowers, including torch bananas, lime banana, the Caribbean and yellow dancer with a variety of colors. “Sekar Bumi supplies a wide variety of cut flowers and cut leaves demand as well as decorative plant for tourism industry,” said Ketut Subagia, the SBFF owner. side from being the cultivation of flowers, this object also offers outbound and agro-tourism as a suitable destination for family. For travelers wishing to get challenge, they can take advantage of a variety of games available such as flying fox, fine ball, trekking, cycling and outdoor games that can accommodate a large number of participants. The flying fox here may be the longest in Bali. Length of the rope reaches 500 meters to 700 meters. Its track is also unique as passing over a cliff, hanging bridge and five points with very stressful moment. In the meantime, fine ball is gut-challenging game with a range of 10 meters. The bullets are made of organic materials so that the waste will not harm nature. Other than being good for relaxation, this beautiful tourist spot is also a place of education for children. Through the garden tour program, visitors can get lessons on the environment such as arranging cut flowers, learning about farming, planting, fertilizing, picking crops, visiting rare trees and making compost. (IBP/net)
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Nadal says Wimbledon seeding system disrespects world rankings MADRID - Rafael Nadal has complained about Wimbledon’s seeding system after the Spaniard was placed at number three, behind Roger Federer, for next week’s grand slam in London. The other three major tournaments all match their seeding to the official world rankings but Wimbledon uses its own formula to dictate the order, combining ranking points with form in grass-court competitions. It means Nadal will be seeded three and Federer two at the All England Club this year, despite their positions being the reverse in the rankings list. “Wimbledon is the only tournament of the year that does it like this,” Nadal told Spanish television channel Movistar on Monday night. “Obviously it would be better to be two than three but if they think I have to be three I will accept three and fight to win the matches I have to win. “Having said that, the only thing that doesn’t seem right about this issue is that it is only Wimbledon that does it. If they all did it, it would seem more correct. “It’s not only about my particular case. There have been many occasions when players have played well all year on all surfaces but Wimbledon does not respect
the ranking they have earned. “And for this reason they get more complicated draws.” Nadal is yet to play an official match on grass this year while Federer warmed up for Wimbledon last week by winning his 10th title at the grass-court tournament in Halle. Federer and top seed Novak Djokovic will be at opposite ends of the Wimbledon draw, separated until the final, but Nadal is guaranteed to have either Federer or Djokovic in his half, and could meet them in the semis. “For me personally, it means if I am three, to get to the final, Djokovic or Federer will be in my half,” Nadal added. “But that can only happen in the semifinals and to get there I have to win five matches. Today I’m far away.” Nadal claimed his 18th major title earlier this month by winning the French Open for a record-extending 12th time. He now sits behind only Federer’s 20 grand slam triumphs in the all-time list of male champions. (afp)
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Hamilton admits F1 show ‘needs dramatic overhaul’
LE CASTELLET - Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes moved within reach of an overhaul of some of Formula One’s most notable records with his flawless unchallenged triumph in Sunday’s French Grand Prix. But his extraordinary success -– his victory was his sixth in eight races this year –- prompted a negative reaction in some quarters from critics who find Mercedes’
domination “boring” and the races lacking in suspense and thrills. Hamilton, who admits his success feels “unreal”, said he understood if spectators, or the global broadcast audience, lost interest but urged them to blame the sport’s rules, not the drivers. “We need to see a dramatic overhaul,” he said, adding that the structure of the sport’s
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Winner Mercedes’ British driver Lewis Hamilton celebrates on the podium after the Formula One Grand Prix de France at the Circuit Paul Ricard in Le Castellet, southern France, on June 23, 2019.
management was also in need of change. He added: “It’s really important that people realise it’s not the drivers fault -– this is a constant cycle of F1 for years and years. And before I got to F1. It’s because the way Bernie (Ecclestone) had it set up and the decisions they made then. “Until that structure changes, it will be the same in my opinion.” As Hamilton and Mercedes continue their relentless destruction of the records, it is unreasonable to ask his team to slow down, as the president of the sport’s ruling body, the International Motoring Federation (FIA) Jean Todt, once the boss of the all-conquering team that powered Michael Schumacher to five of his seven titles, has pointed out. “It is beautiful to see 20 cars at a marvellous circuit, truly modern, a real motor racing circuit, with the best teams and the best drivers in the world,” he said. “Then, if one team is better, and you see this in all sports, it is because it is the strongest.” He suggested there are not the same complaints at seeing tennis star Rafael Nadal dominate at Roland Garros and said that Mercedes rivals should work harder to overhaul them. Hamilton’s team boss Toto Wolff said he understood the perceived problem as demonstrated by the French procession on Sunday. “I hear you and from a fans’ perspective
I get it,” he said, “But I think it’s an unfair question because what would you do in our shoes? You would continue to push relentlessly for performance. It is what we do. “But the fans see a race that is less enjoyable to watch.” The problem, he conceded, is in the complexity of Formula One with so many different kinds of circuits making it inevitable that certain conditions will deliver dull races. The sport is currently working on proposals for a new formula for 2021. At Le Castellet, it was suggested -– by Wolff, Valtteri Bottas and others -– that the chicane in the long Mistral Straight was removed to encourage closer racing. He also rejected a proposal, from Red Bull’s Helmut Marko, that they should revert to the 2018 tyres because Mercedes struggled more with them than the current compounds. Hamilton, meanwhile, will have to ignore the noise and carry on winning as he closes in on Schumacher’s record of 91 wins -– his victory on Sunday was his 79th -– and a potential sixth world title. “I definitely didn’t expect to have six wins at this point and it doesn’t feel real,” he admitted after his pole-to-flag win, his second in succession at Le Castellet. It also brought Mercedes their 10th consecutive victory and brought into prospect an 11th at this weekend’s Austrian Grand Prix, a total that would be a record in the sport’s modern era. (afp)
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Selfies: five times more deadly than shark attacks Selfies, which have become a global sensation in the last decade or so, have remarkably killed five times more people than shark attacks. And the death toll has crept up incrementally each year as smartphones become more sophisticated and selfie-sticks increase the range at which people can snap themselves, prompting them to take bigger risks for the perfect shot. Between October 2011 and November 2017, at least 259 people died taking selfies around the globe, according to India’s Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, compared to just 50 people killed by sharks in the same period. While women take the most selfies, young men, who are more prone to take risks, make up three quarters of the selfie deaths -- in drownings, crashes, falls or shooting accidents.
India, with a population of more than 1.3 billion and 800 million cell phones, holds the record for the number of people dying in the act of photographing themselves, with 159 recorded so far. That is more than half of the global total -- and a testament of sorts to the nation’s love of group photos and its youthful population. India has seen selfie-snapping groups of youths die when they were hit by a train or drowning when their boat sank at the moment they were clicking the shutter. The situation has become so dire that India has set up “no selfie” zones -- 16 of them in the city of Mumbai alone. The country came in far ahead of Russia (16 deaths), the United States (14) and Pakistan. In Russia, people have fallen from bridges and high-rise buildings, shot themselves or even died while handling a land mine. Police issued a guide to “selfies without
Tourists take selfies by the Christ the Redeemer statue on June 13, 2019.
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danger” in 2015. In the United States, most of those involved in selfie deaths fatally shot themselves while seeking the perfect pose. A number of people have fallen to their deaths at the Grand Canyon. Rescue services in Croatia used Twitter to ask tourists to “stop taking stupid and dangerous selfies” after a Canadian miraculously survived a 75-meter (250-foot) fall in the Plitvice lakes region. In January, Taiwanese social media celebrity Gigi Wu -- known as the “Bikini Climber” for taking selfies on top of mountain peaks dressed in a bikini -- died when she fell into a ravine. She was 36. - Inappropriate selfie spots -
Even when they are not fatal, selfies can be extremely macabre. In 2014, a Brazilian woman sparked rage online when she took a smiling selfie in front of the coffin of presidential candidate Eduardo Campos at his funeral. Social media influencer Sueli Toledo also caused a stir online when she posted a picture on Instagram with the caption, “My look today for the funeral of a super friend.” Selfies in places deemed sacred or hallowed -- especially when they honor the dead -- can also raise questions. At the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz in Poland, visited by 2.1 million people every year, museum staff do not hesitate to contact people who post selfies deemed to be inappropriate. From Brazil to Vietnam and Germany, witnesses to traffic accidents have posted selfies at the scene of the crash -- generally seen as gauche. More and more, selfies -- even in tourist havens -- are becoming a bit of a nuisance for locals. Residents of the picturesque Rue Cremieux in Paris were so disturbed by the constant stream of selfie-snapping tourists outside their windows that they started their own Instagram account, clubcremieux, where they publish pictures of the most absurd posers outside their doors, skewering them with barbed captions. The same thing happened in Hong Kong, where residents of the vast multi-colored Quarry Bay apartment complex put up signs banning photos. In Brazil, several youths made a buzz on Facebook in 2017 when they posted smiling selfies taken among terrified bus passengers who had thrown themselves to the floor during a shooting. Facing the mad frenzy of endless selfies, Vienna has launched a campaign for a digital detox. The Belvedere Museum has put up a large copy of Gustav Klimt’s classic painting “The Kiss” near the original and added a giant red hashtag, so that visitors can take their selfie next to the facsimile and actually look at the real work of art.
Hong Kong tycoon, 22, drops $117 million on luxury home
The 22-year-old son of a business tycoon has dropped US$117 million on a luxury home in Hong Kong, the latest purchase to highlight the huge wealth gap in a city currently rocked by political protests. The crammed financial hub regularly tops various rankings of cities with the least affordable housing in the world, with even the cheapest apartments far out of the reach of most regular workers. Rising inequality and a shortage of housing has helped fuel anti-government protests, the latest manifestation a series of
huge youth-led demonstrations earlier this month demanding the withdrawal of a bill that would allow extraditions to the Chinese mainland. Matthew Cheung Siu-woon spent HK$916m on the 8,674 square foot (806 square metre) house, which was listed on the market in May and completed on Tuesday, according to a Land Registry document seen by AFP. Located on The Peak on Hong Kong island, one of the most exclusive neighbourhoods in the city, the six-storey house
includes a swimming pool, garden, rooftop and private lift, according to a sales brochure. Local media identified Siu as the 22-year-old CEO of an education company under his family’s holdings and investment company, Cheung & Sons, a conglomerate involved in real estate, agribusiness, education and construction. The company did not respond to AFP’s request for information about the purchase. Its website lists a Matthew Cheung Siuwoon on its senior management team and says he started a company teaching Mandarin at the age of 19 while studying at a London
university. Hong Kong is a city of stark contrasts where impoverished elderly people can be seen collecting cardboard to recycle on streets that boast one of the highest ratio of billionaires in the world. A recent report by real estate firm CBRE ranked Hong Kong as the most expensive residential city, with an average price of US$2,091 per square foot. It listed the average property price in Hong Kong as US$1.2 million -- far above second-placed Singapore at $874,372.
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C Kalimantan deploys 750 personnel to prevent forest fires PLANGKARAYA - Central Kalimantan province is deploying a task force consisting of 750 personnel to prevent land and forest fires in the region during this dry season. “The personnel not only wait for land and forest fires but also move from one area to another and conduct patrols to prevent land and forest fires that may happen any time,” Commander of the Land and Forest Fire Task Force Colonel Am Saiful Rizal who is also commander of the Panju Panjang Military Resort 102 said in Palangka Raya on Thursday. The task force comprises personnel from the Regional Disaster Mitigation Board (BPBD), the National Defense Forces (TNI), the Indonesian Police (Polri) and selfsupporting fire department. Since Central Kalimantan Governor Sugianto Sabran declared a state of emergency over land and forest fires in the province, the task force has performed its duties in accordance with its main tasks and responsibilities, he said “Several hot spots have been found in a number of areas such as South Barito, West Kotawaringin, and Kapuas Districts as well as in Palangka Raya City,” he said. However, the task force, which acted quickly, managed to prevent the fires, he said adding that the main cause of land and forest fires is the natural factor and human behavior. The task force also conducts campaigns in the community about the risks of land and forest fires as well as efforts to prevent and combat them. (ant)
Three villages in Bekasi, West Java, reel under drought
CIKARANG - A water crisis is looming large over the villages of Ridhomanah, Ridhogalih, and Simajati in Cibarusah Sub-district, Bekasi District, West Java Province, in the past week, as Indonesia is currently experiencing dry season. Wells had dried up, thereby leaving the villagers with no choice but to source water from the Cihoe River, Misra, 45, a resident of Ridhogalih, stated here on Thursday. “Fortunately, the river is merely 300 meters away. However, the issue is why it has to be this way? We have to carry water to fill our bathroom tubs,” she noted. Several villages in Cibarusah have been hit constantly by drought during the dry season. In 2017, drought had affected a total of 2,659 families. Sardi, 27, residing in Ridhomanah, noted that no water was available in his home since June 21, 2019. He admitted to currently having to collect water from the river daily. The authorities have distributed clean water since last week. One truck containing five thousand liters of clean water is dispatched to one kampung daily. However, this does not suffice, as it can supply water to only some 120-250 families. Uju, secretary of the Bekasi district administration, remarked that several retention basins will be built in Cibarusah to collect water during the rainy season and will be stored for use during the dry season. A study on the construction of retention basins will be conducted in 2020, and the development will be implemented in 2021, he added. (ant)
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Prabowo-Sandi camp to announce its future political moves
JAKARTA - Presidential and vice presidential candidate pair number 02, Prabowo Subianto-Sandiaga Uno, will announce its future political moves after the Constitutional Court (MK) delivers its ruling on the recent presidential election result dispute on Thursday. The Prabowo-Sandi camp’s future political moves would be made after holding discussions with leaders of its coalition parties, the Prabowo-Sandi camp’s spokesman, Dahnil Anzar Simanjuntak, stated. Conversing with journalists at the camp’s media center here, Simanjuntak noted that Subianto and his running mate, Uno, had gathered along with representatives of the coalition parties, loyalists, and volunteers at his home to watch the televised broadcast of MK’s ruling. The Prabowo-Sandi pair will issue its political statement after the court’s ruling is delivered while waiting for the arrival of its team of lawyers from the MK building, he noted. The Prabowo-Sandi pair had filed a petition with the MK on May 23, 2019, on the recent presidential election result after the General Elections Commission (KPU) announced the final result of vote counting on May 21, 2019. The final tally declared by the KPU at around 1:28 a.m. local time on May 21 indicated the Jokowi-Amin pair had secured 85 million votes, or 55.5 percent of the national vote, than the
contenders Prabowo-Sandi’s 68 million votes, or 44.5 percent. The Jokowi-Amin pair had declared victory following the KPU’s announcement of the final tally, while the Prabowo-Sandi pair rejected the KPU’s official tabulation result and challenged it by filing an official complaint with the MK. Several hundred supporters of the Prabowo-Sandi pair had staged a peaceful rally on Wednesday and Thursday to voice their demand for the MK to take a fair decision. The demonstrators thronged the Arjuna Wijaya Statue area on Medan Merdeka Barat Road near the National Monument (Monas) Square in Central Jakarta. As a precautionary measure against any untoward incident following the ruling, 47 thousand security personnel from the police, military, and the Jakarta administration have been deployed to secure the MK building and vital installations in Jakarta. Taking into account the fact that the elections had resulted in a divisive society, the MK ruling is expected to be a final and binding solution. To this end, the Indonesian Council of Ulemas (MUI), Wednesday, appealed to all elements of the nation, especially Muslims, to accept the ruling. “The MUI appeals to the people, at large, to accept the court’s ruling wholeheartedly and sincerely, as it is final and binding,” the council’s Deputy Chairman, Zainut Tauhid Saadi, told local journalists on Wednesday. (ant)
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Bank of England’s Carney hints at stimulus in no-deal Brexit
LONDON — The governor of the Bank of England gave his biggest hint yet that he’d back a stimulus package for the British economy if the country crashes out of the European Union at the end of October with no deal. In testimony to lawmakers on Wednesday, Mark Carney said the response from the bank’s rate-setting panel to a no-deal Brexit will “not be automatic” and will depend on the impacts on demand, supply and on the exchange rate. A fall in the pound, for example, could lead to a rise in inflation that could prompt some rate-setters to want higher rates. “Some of us, myself included, not all of us, have said that on balance it’s not equally weighted, the outcomes. So it’s more likely that we will provide some stimulus in that event,” Carney said. For Carney, dealing with the potential of a no-deal Brexit on Oct. 31 — Britain’s revised departure date — will not last long as he’s leaving the bank in January after nearly seven years at the helm. His successor has yet to be announced. Carney said the risks of a no-deal Brexit have increased in recent weeks and that’s weighing
on the economy, particularly on business investment and the housing market. Under a nodeal scenario, tariffs and other restrictions would be imposed on trade between Britain and the EU. Most econo-
mists think that will lead to a deep recession in Britain that would likely prompt the central bank to slash rates and launch another monetary stimulus program. However, if Britain secures a Brexit deal, “there would be a requirement for limited and gradual rate increases” to the main interest rate, which stands at 0.75%, Carney said. The discussion over a nodeal Brexit is at the forefront of the battle for the leadership of the Conservative Party
between Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt. The winner will become prime minister next month. Johnson, a former mayor of London, has said Britain will leave on Oct. 31 “do or die” while Hunt, the current foreign secretary, says it’s an artificial deadline that could be extended again. Brexit has already been delayed after Parliament rejected Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal three times. Both leadership candidates have said they will look to negotiate changes to the withdrawal agreement that deals with citizens’ rights post-Brexit, Britain’s financial obligations to the EU and making sure no hard border returns between EU member Ireland and Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom. Johnson has said that a “standstill” agreement can be reached which would see a temporary continuation of the tariff-free economic relationship between Britain and the EU.
Carney and many others have said such an agreement is only possible if Britain and the EU are working toward a new trade deal. But there’s no guarantee the EU would agree to that if issues within the withdrawal agreement, like the Irish border, have not been dealt with. The other countries in the World Trade Organization would also have to give their backing. Carney meanwhile warned that opting for a no-deal Brexit just to end the current economic uncertainty will be damaging. “There’s a reason why in the 40-plus trade deals that have been stuck in the last quarter century between advanced economies that they’ve always had some form of transition from the status quo to the new arrangements,” he said. “I would underscore that whatever arrangement we’re coming to that it is highly desirable to give businesses enough time to adjust to that new reality.”(ap)
In this May 2, 2019, file photo Mark Carney the Governor of the Bank of England speaks during an Inflation Report Press Conference at the Bank of England in the City of London. The Bank of England is open to the idea of letting new payment services such as Facebook’s upcoming Libra hold funds with the central bank, Carney said Thursday, June 20.
Japan ‘very concerned’ over no-deal Brexit: foreign minister
Japan’s foreign minister said Thursday he has pleaded with Britain to avoid a no-deal Brexit, as the candidates vying to be the next UK prime minister warn the country could leave the EU without an agreement. Taro Kono said he had made the appeals in past and present meetings with his British counterpart Jeremy Hunt and former foreign secretary Boris Johnson, who are currently battling to replace outgoing premier Theresa May. “We’re very concerned with (a) no-deal Brexit,” he told BBC News on the eve of Japan hosting a two-day
G20 summit in Osaka. “We’ve been asking (the) UK government (to) let the Japanese companies know what they can expect. “Whenever we’ve had meetings, that was one of the major issues: ‘please, no no-deal Brexit’.” Noting that more than 1,000 Japanese companies currently operate in Britain, Kono warned a disorderly departure from the European Union risked disrupting investment. “Many companies are worried about (the) implications because they don’t know what’s going to happen,” he said. “Some companies (are) already ... moving their operations to other
places in Europe. “There’s going to be less investment -- anything could happen.” Kono said Japan’s leading car-makers were particularly exposed to the potential fallout from a hard Brexit. “If they have to go through actual custom inspection physically those operations may not be able to continue.” However, Takahito Tokita, president of Fujitsu, said the Japanese tech giant had no immediate plans to scale back its British enterprises. “Fujitsu (will) continue to invest into (the) UK market... because (it) is a very important market for us,” he
told the BBC. He noted the company had already made “contingency plans” around Brexit. Britain was due to leave the EU on March 29, but has twice delayed its departure after Theresa May failed to persuade MPs to back the divorce deal she struck with the bloc. She resigned earlier this month, and will be replaced by either Johnson -- the frontrunner -- or Hunt when around 160,000 Conservative Party members choose their next leader in July. Both candidates have said they want to renegotiate a withdrawal agreement with Brussels.
But Johnson has vowed Britain will leave the EU “do or die” on the latest deadline of October 31, while Hunt has said he would consider a further short delay if a new deal appeared close. Kono said Japan wants to negotiate a post-Brexit free trade agreement with Britain, but it would require time. “There’s going to be some kind of gap between when (the) UK leaves the EU and when we can ratify a new trade deal,” he said, noting the two countries would have to use World Trade Organization rules in the meantime.(afp)
BBTF 2019 targetting for more revenue
Nusa Dua - The Bali and Beyond Travel Fair (BBTF), to be held later this month for the sixth time, targets Rp 9.23 trillion (US$6.44 million) worth of transactions. Last year’s transactions reportedly totaled Rp 7.71 trillion. The sixth BBTF will be held from June 25 to 29 at the Bali Nusa Dua Convention Center in the Nusa Dua area of Badung, Bali. Organized by the Association of Indonesian Tour and Travel Agencies (ASITA), the fair’s theme this year is “Journey to Sustainable Tourism”. “We encourage all tourist busi-
nesses to be serious about preserving our nature and culture across Indonesia, from Sabang to Merauke. We have a wonderful culture, and it serves as our asset [for tourism],” the chairman of ASITA’s Bali chapter, Ketut Ardana, told a press conference on Tuesday. Ardana said he was optimistic that the transactions could reach
the target, given the industry’s high enthusiasm about the travel fair. At least 289 buyers from 55 countries have signed up for the event. Apart from the buyers who have registered their attendance themselves, the Tourism Ministry is to bring 112 buyers from 13 countries to the event through its famtrip program. That means that
the travel fair would be attended by at least 401 buyers. “We are optimistic about reaching more transactions this year, as there will be many buyers from European countries. Tourists from European countries usually stay longer and spend more money,” Ardana added. Deputy Bali Governor Tjokorda Oka Artha Ardhana Sukawati said the BBTF had become a trusted marketplace for tourism. “I fully appreciate this achievement. Build-
ing a big marketplace within only six years was not easy. Of course, we need to improve it year by year,” said Sukawati, who is also engaged in the tourist industry. I Gde Pitana, an expert staff member at the ministry, said the ministry had thrown its full support behind the BBTF, which was now the biggest tourism marketplace in Indonesia. “We have supported BBTF since its first event in 2012, and we will continue to do so in the future,” he added.(kmb)
Challenging Swing at Bongkasa Village Tourist visit, especially by foreign tourists during the Christmas and New Year long holiday experienced a significant increase. At Bongkasa tourism village, foreign tourist visits have increased since last November. At this tourism village, tourists can explore the countryside, take rafting adventure or enjoying swing tours. According to the swing tourism manager of Bongkasa vllage, Putu Gede Raka Pariana, the number of tourist visits is currently high.
Daily tourist visit to the swing attraction averagely reaches 200 people. Moreover, on particular days it can reach 400 people. “Most tourists come from China, India and Europe,” he said recently. Especially for Chinese tourists, he admitted the case of Bali being sold cheaply had made tourist visits from the country plummeted. Moreover, the decline reaches 60 percent. But thanks to government efforts so that Chinese tourist visits have returned to normal. (kmb)
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At Agrarian Cultural Festival
Badung promotes the use of local farming products
MANGUPURA - This year, Badung district returns to organize an innovative activity with the nuance of agricultural life, namely the Agrarian Cultural Festival. This event enters the eighth edition and features the theme Amerih Guna Phalaning Bhumi meaning ‘Let’s use local agricultural products. This activity will take place on July 4-7, 2019 in the Tukad Bangkung Bridge, Pelaga village, Petang. Through this activity, Acting Head of the Badung Agriculture and Food Agency, I Ketut Sudarsana, said his agency wanted to encourage the use of local agricultural products in accordance with the planning. In addition, he said, the theme is interesting to carry out considering the agricultural sector cannot be denied that it remains to play a very important role in agricultural development programs as an effort to create food sovereignty. Besides, it can also provide employment opportunities for local human resources. He said it must be realized that Badung district has different potential in accordance with the division of development areas, where North Badung has the potential in the agricultural sector while South Badung in the tourism sector. Both regions should be really synergized. With the rapid growth of tourism sector in South Badung region, of course it requires the availability of food ideally supported by the agricultural sector. “The creation of this synergy is expected to be able to encourage the growth of the agricultural sector having been seen as moving slower than the pace of the tourism sector. This provides an opportunity to work on the agricultural sector more seriously by prioritizing specific local products and competitive values,” said Sudarsana on Tuesday (Jun. 25). He added that Badung district having the potential in terms of natural resources and human resources is very supportive for developing the agricultural sector. So far, the efforts to grow local agricultural production centers have been carried out sustainably. Hopefully, the implementation of the Agrarian Cultural Festival will not merely become a place of transaction between sellers (farmers) and buyers, but also a medium of dialogue, experience sharing and promotion. Most importantly, it can serve as an educational media for agricultural technology and innovation. Agriculture in the future must be managed with the application of technology from upstream to downstream to face the competitive era of globalization considering the agricultural products face challenges in terms of quantity, quality and continuity. Something new in this festival is the coffee barista competition involving coffee farmer groups, painting contest with coffee grounds. In addition, there is also vegetable planting in polybags. To that end, the participating exhibitors will be from the upstream to the downstream. Meanwhile, as a tourist destination, South Kuta area continues to grow until now. Along with the increase in tourists vacationing and staying in the surrounding area, the construction of hotels and the like is growing rapidly. As a result, agricultural land began to erode and gradually became a sturdy building. However, South Kuta still keeps agricultural products such as oranges and cassava. Additionally, this area also has herbal medicine and chips business originating from processed mangroves. Head of South Kuta sub-district, I Made Widiana, stated this year’s Badung Agrarian Cultural Festival did show a variety of crops and processed products by residents at the sub-district level in Badung district. South Kuta itself is ready to display crops having existed for a long time, namely oranges and cassava. Most of the farming products are from Pecatu and Ungasan regions. Widiana admitted that South Kuta is often considered a barren area. Nevertheless, the farmer groups still exist until these days. “Indeed, when people see, South Kuta is arid and continues to be a tourist destination, so that people tend to live in tourism. However, it should be noted that farmer groups remain to survive. As evidence, there are citrus and cassava farmers,” he said recently. (kmb23)
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Europe’s record-breaking heatwave was forecast to intensify Thursday, with authorities on alert as temperatures threaten to surpass 40 degrees Celsius in some regions.
Raging abrasion, Lepang-Sidayu needs priority for handling
SEMARAPURA - Lepang Coastline to Sidayu, Takmung village, Banjarangkan, has been hit by a vicious wave for years. It causes the local coastline to continuously experience abrasion. Moreover, the abrasion has caused tens of hectares of local agricultural land to disappear. So, the coastline requires priority handling to prevent the impact of abrasion from getting worse. Headman of Takmung, Nyoman Mudita, stated on Tuesday (Jun. 25) the abrasion on the coastline has been getting worse, while in other areas such as Klotok Beach and the coastline in Gianyar, the handling has been carried out. This makes the abrasion attack even more serious and damaging to the coastline environment along one kilometer. “In the past ten years, around 20 hectares of agricultural land have been lost,” said Mudita. Village authority together with hotel management in the vicinity has tried to handle according to their abilities. They put sandbags around the location to prevent the abrasion so as not to violently eliminate the other land. However, ferocity of the waves made the handling futile. The waves even caused the sandbags damaged.
Severity of the abrasion impact in the surrounding environment has got the attention from the government for several times. Moreover, the Bali Penida-River Agency is said to have gone down to check directly the surrounding situation. At that time, the agency was also said to agree if the coastline urgently needed handling. Thus, the abrasion will not have a wider impact on the surrounding environment. However, the next realization is said to be unclear. “We hope this coastline handling will get priority,” he said. As seen in the field on Tuesday (Jun. 25), independent efforts returned to be carried out by private sector. However, it hasn’t reached a matter of days, such efforts returned to fail. Thus, all relevant parties in the local area really hoped that local government or the agency
can prioritize the handling of the Lepang-Sidayu Coastline to prevent widespread adverse effects. Head of the Klungkung Public Works and Settlement Agency, AA Gde Lesmana, claimed to have known the impact of the abrasion on LepangSidayu Beach. However, he said there are no handling efforts this year because the planning and handling of abrasion this year has been prioritized in Nusa Penida, precisely on Batununggul Beach. Abrasion on the beach is no less serious because it has threatened the existence of local cemetery. In this year’s Regional Budget, the abrasion management is only budgeted as much as IDR 2 billion. Such a budget can only complete the handling of abrasions around 100 meters. “Due to budget constraints, we are handling the abrasion gradually,” said Lesmana. (kmb31)
The stifling heat has prompted traffic restrictions in France, sparked forest fires in Spain and fanned debate in Germany over public nudity as sweltering residents stripped off. Meteorologists blame a blast of hot air from northern Africa for the heat this week, which has already set new records in Europe for June. Exceptional for arriving so early in summer, the heatwave will on Thursday and Friday likely send thermometers above 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in France, Spain and Greece. In Spain, hundreds of firefighters and soldiers, backed by water-dropping aircraft, battled on Wednesday to put out a windfuelled forest fire that erupted in Torre del Espanol in the northeastern region of Catalonia. The worst is expected Friday when 33 of the 50 Spanish provinces face extreme temperatures, which could reach 44 degrees in Girona. “Hell is coming,” one Spanish TV weather presenter tweeted Wednesday. In France, temperatures “unprecedented” for their timing and intensity -- since 1947 when detailed surveys started -- were expected to reach at least 39 degrees over two-thirds of the country, said weather service Meteo-France. Health official Jerome Saloman said the impact of the extreme heat was starting to be felt in France, with an increase in weather-related calls to emergency medical services. Some schools are expected to close Thursday and Friday, while several cities -- including Paris and Lyon -- restricted traffic to
limit a build-up of air pollution. French authorities were taking no chances after the August 2003 heatwave was blamed for 15,000 deaths in the country, with television and radio broadcasts issuing warnings. In Greece, where around 100 people died in last year’s deadly fires at the Mati coastal resort, hospitals and officials were on red alert with temperatures of around 45 degrees nationwide. - Vintage wine year Scientists warn that global warming linked to human fossil fuel use could make such scorchers more frequent. “Global temperatures are increasing due to climate change,” said Len Shaffrey, professor of climate science at the University of Reading. “The global rise in temperatures means the probability that an extreme heatwave will occur is also increasing.” But French winemakers said the hot weather was more than welcome as it could produce a superior vintage. “Two of three days of heatwave in Bordeaux at this time, it’s magic!” Philippe Bardet, head of the Bordeaux Wine Council, told AFP. Temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius would help burn off any of the mildew caused by residual damp, which is “very, very good for quality”, Bardet said. The 70-year-old record for the highest temperature recorded for June was beaten in Germany as 38.6 degrees Celsius was recorded in Brandenburg, the German Weather Service (DWD) confirmed Wednesday.
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People sunbath in front of the Louvre Pyramid (Pyramide du Louvre) during a heatwave in Paris on June 26, 2019. Forecasters say Europeans will feel sizzling heat this week with temperatures soaring as high as 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in an “unprecedented” June heatwave hitting much of Western Europe. Meanwhile, police in Brandenburg cautioned a naked man for driving his moped wearing only his helmet and sandals. And in Munich, security guards ordered a group of women sunbathing topless on the banks of the river Isar to cover up. The move backfired, according to the Munich daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung, which quoted another sunbather as saying that
she and others took their tops off “out of solidarity”. It said an urgent motion was introduced in a city council meeting Wednesday to allow topless bathing. Scores of people have drowned in Poland and Lithuania as they tried to cool off in lakes and rivers, authorities said. The Polish weather institute IMGW said the country’s highest ever June temperature was
recorded on Wednesday in the southwest: 38.2 degrees Celsius. The Czech Hydrometeorological Institute also recorded the country’s highest June temperature: 38.9 degrees Celsius in the northern town of Doksany. In Belgium, vastly different temperatures were expected with 19 degrees Celsius on the north coast and 33 degrees in the south, according to broadcaster RTBF.(afp)
16 dead in crush at Madagascar independence day rally
At least 16 people were crushed to death and dozens injured in Madagascar on Wednesday at a stadium hosting national independence day celebrations in the capital Antananarivo. The bodies of sixteen victims, including three children, were stored at the mortuary of HJRA hospital in the city, AFP journalists said. According to witnesses at the hospital, the accident occurred in
the afternoon outside the Mahamasina stadium, where several thousand people had gathered for a concert following the traditional military parade held to mark the national holiday. At the end of a military parade, security forces opened the gates to allow spectators to leave the enclosure, causing the crowd to mass outside the stadium, witnesses said. The police then immediately
closed the gates and blocked the crowd, witnesses said, causing a deadly pile up. “When the organizers opened the gate, we were in the front row, in the queue,” said Jean Claude Etienne Rakotoarimanana, 29, who suffered bruises from the crush. “Suddenly people ran to get in front of us. They shoved us, some even punched us and pulled us,” he added, saying he then fainted.
Madagascan President Andry Rajoelina, at a press conference with Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame, offered his condolences over the tragic deaths. “There were too many people unable to enter the stadium,” which led to the problem, he said, adding that the state would take care of the hospital bills of those injured. Rajoelina visited the hospital taking care of those injured in the
stadium crush. In September 2018, a deadly crush killed one person and injured 30 people in similar circumstances at the entrance of the same stadium during a football match between Madagascar and Senegal. On June 26, 2016, exactly three years before Wednesday’s deadly crush, a bomb was detonated during a free concert in the Mahamasina stadium, killing three people and leaving scores more injured.
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Singers Solange and Lisa star in Paris fashion week’s finale
PARIS - The curtain came down on Paris men’s fashion Sunday with two high-concept shows that had walk-on roles for Solange and K-pop sensation Lisa. Kenzo’s design duo Carol Lim and Humberto Leon said goodbye to the French label with Solange as the surprise performer in the same Paris stadium which Elton John had packed to the rafters a few nights previously. The Californians’ ended their eight-year reign with a bang as the American star appeared on a platform to sing “I’m a Witness” in between the men’s and womenswear lines. The brilliantly choreographed event had started with a similar wow moment when a huge curtain was pulled away in front of 600 or so fashionistas to reveal several thousand more people on the other side.Having conducted her 11-piece black-clad brass band, Beyonce’s younger sister then walked arm-in-arm with the designers to acknowledge the ovation at the end, with the feminist English rapper M.I.A in the front row. Balmain’s Olivier Rousteing got the weekend rocking late on Friday night by making the hot French DJ Kiddy Smile the centre of his show-cum-concert.
for their tours -- also threw open the doors by giving away 2,000 tickets. “Everyone is talking about inclusivity from behind their screens but no one is actually doing something,” he told reporters. Inclusion has been one of Lim and Leon’s watchwords, and their final Kenzo collection was inspired by Japanese Ama divers, the “sea women” who have been diving for pearls for 2,000 years. Traditionally, the divers only wore a loincloth and the pair picked up that motif with rippling, silkily aquatic clothes that weren’t obviously sexy but were utterly sensual at the same time. Men’s and women’s lines were peppered with gorgeously original fishing and mermaid metaphors, with a fluidity and a dreaminess about the clothes, particularly in the play with pearls, urchins and little touches of foaming silk and organza. While Lim and Leon went out on a high, you could be forgiven for feeling that Hedi Slimane, Mr Rock Chic himself, was treading water somewhat. The style superstar who is credited with the skinny look has taken a terrible kicking from critics since unseating the beloved feminist creator Phoebe Philo at Celine.
As for the clothes, the big news is that the “Sultan of Slim” has jettisoned his trademark drainpipes, the trousers the late Karl Lagerfeld once lost nearly 42 kilos (92 pounds) to fit into, for flares worn long over heeled boots. Skinny though lives on in the rake-thin male models, every one wearing black aviator shades. In fact, Slimane’s “Celine 04” collection was very much like a male version of “Celine 03” -- a walk down memory lane. This time it was a sometimes literalist re-creation of what American West Coast rock star types were wearing circa 1973, with a sharp couture sheen and added sparkles. Tight leather jackets and flares, unbuttoned shirts and three-piece double breasted suits with white cowboy boots, red carnation button holes and long thin scarves.
- Fans scream for Lisa -
Some tops carried downbeat slogans from New York artist David Kramer’s paintings such as “Yesterday was better”, “My own worst enemy” and “Downhill from here”. You could not help but wonder if Slimane -- whose army of - Slimane’s retro flares loyal free-spending fans are known as “Slimaniacs” -- was teasing He closed fashion week with another no-expense-spared show his critics, with one of Kramer’s images carrying the caption, “... - Real-life Japanese mermaids There is no irony here.” The young French creator -- who often dresses big music stars that began with an awesome theatrical device. Fans did scream at the end but it was more for Lisa, the Thai-born rapper of Blackpink fame who is Slimane’s new “official muse” and who was in the front row. There was much joy to be had elsewhere with the reinvigorated British brand Dunhill and Paul Smith, the doyen of English tailoring, showing there is plenty of creative life left in variations on the suit. But the big breath of fresh air was the young French designer Bruno Sialelli confirming the promise of his debut collection for Lanvin with a show held at a swimming pool. Quirky, cool, cute and a lot of fun to look at -- and clearly to wear -- Sialelli turned out a collection that played with every cliche of the French summer and seaside and somehow made them look new. It was hard not to smile at his tricorne straw hats. Not for him the pasty, androgynous models that often dominate the Paris catwalk. “I wanted the boys to eat well and to look healthy and strong,” he told AFP. FRANCOIS GUILLOT / AFP “Now I need a holiday, he added. “I mean, I love my work but Models present creations for Henrik Vibskov during the Men’s spring summer 2020 collection fashion holidays are the best things in life, no?” (afp) show on June 22, 2019 in Paris.
Fashion world shaken by cultural appropriation claims
PARIS - The women embroiderers of the remote Mexican mountain village of Tenango de Doria made worldwide headlines this week when their government went to war with an American designer for “plagiarising” their patterns. Wes Gordon, the artistic director of the New York label founded by Venezuelan designer Carolina Herrera, found himself accused of cultural appropriation. The women of the indigenous community in the east of the country told AFP how they felt cheated of their traditional motifs where “each element has a personal, family or community meaning”. It is the latest in a long line of controversies where multinational brands stand accused of ransacking the cultural heritage of poor villagers. Four years ago another indigenous Mexican community complained that the French designer Isabel Marant had lifted a 600-year-old Tlahuitoltepec blouse design that is the symbol of the Mixe people. Mexico has also previously protested
about Zara, Mango and Michael Kors designs.
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Some of the country’s leaders now want to toughen a copyright law that already protects traditional patterns to punish “plagiarism that different indigenous peoples have suffered”. It is a suggestion that sent a chill down the spines of some designers at Paris fashion week. Berluti’s new artistic director Kris van Assche -- who headed Dior’s menswear line for 11 years -- told AFP that “when I was at fashion school we learned that there was nothing shameful about taking inspiration from other cultures. “We must be careful not to attack everybody for everything,” the Belgian creator added. Rising young Spanish star Alejandro Gomez Palomo still more forthright. “Cultural appropriation is something we should all forget,” said the designer,
who refuses to leave his own Andalusian village where his Palomo Spain label is based.
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“Culture belongs to everyone. Rather than harming us, (referencing indigenous styles) brings us all a little closer and Mexico to the world,” he added, stoutly defending Gordon and the veteran Herrera, who stepped back from designing last year. “It’s like people accused me of cultural appropriation for having a frilly (gypsy) dress,” he declared. British designer Kim Jones, who took over last year from Van Assche at Dior Homme, has a more nuanced view, insisting “a huge amount of sensitivity has to be put into place. “You have to treat everyone with a great deal of respect. I grew up all over the world so you see how things are very particular. In Africa if you go even from village to village you see a different styl-
ing. “But as long as you speak to the people, work with them and listen to them and celebrate what they do it is fine,” he added. (afp)
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Escaped from death, Regent Suwirta admits as if he was reborn
IN the past few weeks, the office of the Klungkung regent is quiet from the audience activities of the government guests. This happens because Regent of Klungkung Nyoman Suwirta had to take a series of operations on the strange disease he had suffered since 32 years ago. Medical action must be carried out immediately because the impact of the disease has become increasingly serious towards his physical body. So, it disturbed his concentration in working to develop the region. Face of Regent Suwirta still looked pale on Tuesday (Jun. 25). Wearing a white T-shirt and black jeans he was unable to cover up the condition of his body remaining weak. The supporting device is still attached to his neck to prevent his chin from touching the neck or prevent more bowing when sitting. It happened because the operation was carried out exactly on the back of the neck, especially the upper end of the first vertebrae being in direct contact with the part of cerebellum. “Many doctors conveyed if the ratio of operation process has 10 percent of success and 90 percent of failure. Nevertheless, I decided to take the surgery, though it has deadly risk,” said Regent Suwirta when met at the official residence of Klungkung Regent on Jalan Cut Nyak Dien, Semarapura. Operation was carried out at Premier Bintaro Hospital, South Tangerang, on June 7-12. Meanwhile, the operation was carried out on June 8. It was quite tense because other than having to be handled from the back neck, the operation must also be carried out from the mouth to find out the starting point of the problem. Thus, further surgery could be done. Various surgical devices were inserted from the back of the neck and into the mouth. “My pain actually has lasted since long time ago. However when being checked, the doctor could not find out the root of the problem and was only stated as a nervous disorder. But after a general check-up at Penang Hospital, Malaysia, root of the problem could be identified and is located in second segments (C1-C2) of the spine, having direct contact with the rear brain,” explained Regent Suwirta. Here is the root of the problem resulting in disruption of the nervous system in the body. Moreover, this impact is getting worse later. Regent Suwirta claimed to often experience tingling in the palm. Besides, he often got coldness and both legs are weak and pale as if they are not bloody. The most serious is the pain in his head becoming increasingly unbearable because it is like being stabbed. That is why his family and relatives urged him to have an immediate operation. “After the operation, now I return to normal. It feels like I was born for the second time,” said Suwirta while thanking God. When asked about the cause why such spinal disorder could occur, Suwirta admitted, that according to the doctor handling him, Regent Suwirta really worked hard in the past. At that time, his physical body should work hard beyond his physical abilities. This is the forerunner of the pain suffered by Regent Suwirta in the spine so the surgery must be carried out. After the operation went smoothly, Regent Suwirta returned home on June 15. He was asked to completely take a rest for six weeks. His postoperative recovery process has been carried out for three weeks. Despite being banned from doing activities, Regent Suwirta persistently claimed to be anxious because he has many things to do as a regent, so that the situation will not become increasingly noisy. Finally, the win-win solution is that he is still given to do light duties that can be carried out from official residence, while accepting colleagues that came to see him. (gik)
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An aircraft lands at Ngurah Rai international airport near Denpasar on Indonesia’s resort island of Bali on June 6, 2019.
New Bali has begun to work, Bali should not be complacent
DENPASAR - Apparently, the new Bali destinations have started working. Based on the data of the Bali Central Statistics Agency (BPS), the number of domestic flight departures from Ngurah Rai Airport is always lower each month in 2019 when compared to each month in previous years.
Lastly in April 2019, the number of domestic flights reached 3,327. This figure was lower than the previous year in April 2018 amounting to 3,700 flights. Likewise, the figures for March and February 2019 were lower than March and February 2018. Head of BPS Bali, Adi Nugroho, said it is an indication of high ticket prices. However, the decrease seemed not to only happen to domestic flights, but also to international flights. The data on the number of international flights he got in April 2019 was also lower than April 2018, reaching 2,980 while in April 2019 the number reached 2,947. This lower number has already begun from February and March. This indicates that although the prices of airline ticket do not rise like in domestic flights, international flights are also experiencing a declining number in departures and arrivals. Adi explained the decrease could be caused by the declining level of the world economy so that tourists from all corners of the world also declined. The decrease in tourist visits can also happen due to the decreasing attraction of Bali so that people tend to move to other destinations. “Nationally, it is relatively better, but Bali seems to be starting to go bad and there are indications if the 10 New Bali destinations have been working and have produced something so people
switched to the destinations. A tourism practitioner, Dewa Putu Susila, stated that Bali must not be complacent with the big name of Bali. The tourism data currently available are considered semi-fictitious. Many foreign tourists come to Bali but if examined further, Bali is only taken advantage as a place of stopover. “As we know, the data of tourists that go to Gili Trawangan per day reach 1,200 people and even more. In other words, we have included such data into the data of tourist visits to Bali. However, they actually spend time, spend money and so on outside of Bali,” said the owner of Taman Jepun. On that account, Bali must not be complacent. Blue print, tourism road map and synergy of related stakeholders are needed. Thus, Bali will have accurate data so as to be able to anticipate and take necessary measures in the future. To encourage tourism in Bali, the regional government must make breakthroughs so that Bali tourism is not stagnant. One of them is by opening new tourist destinations. Bali has the potential of tourist destinations that can still be further developed, but have not been touched. “Personally I see that we are complacent with the greatness of the reputation of Bali and with existing tourist destinations. When we talk about competitors, other countries and other regions in Indonesia have made breakthroughs to encourage or attract more tourists to visit their respective regions,” he joked. In addition, all the stakeholders and the government can also package tourism events. For example, they can develop sport tourism events that can be taken advantage. (kmb42)
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Tourist visits to Buleleng grows by degrees SINGARAJA - Buleleng, which is topographically far from South Bali, is able to manage tourism potential. It is evidenced by the trend of foreign and domestic tourists in the past five years showing an increasing trend. The visit showing a gradual increase is inseparable from the policy of the local government and stakeholders in pioneering the tourism business relying on the potential of nature, cultural heritage, and some of unique arts of Buleleng.
attracting tourist visits are historical tourism where the prominent objects related to royal heritages and history of Buleleng formerly becoming the capital of Lesser Sunda covering the regions of Bali and Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB). Sutrisna added the object whose management having been promoted is tourism players coalesced into the members of the Indonesia Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI) of Buleleng Chapter. Lately, the development by local community groups in the relevant object began to show pro-
Pursuant to the data collected at the Buleleng Tourism Office on Wednesday (Jun. 26) showed that the increasing trend of visits took place starting in 2013. At that time, the total visits of foreign and domestic tourists were recorded to reach 638,147 people. The figure grew slowly in 2014, where the total of foreign and domestic tourist visit to North Bali reached 663,826. In 2015, there was an increase showing off 702,945 people. Then, when entering the year 2016 there were a total of 805,458 foreign and domestic tourists. In 2017, the tourist arrivals to North Bali returned to increase to 954,730 and in 2018 increased again reaching more than 1,000 people. Head of the Buleleng Tourism Office, Nyoman Sutrisna, did not dismiss the increasing trend of foreign and domestic tourists to the region last Wednesday. He said the characteristics of Buleleng tourism potential are not the same as those of Southern Bali such as Kuta, Sanur, Ubud, and other regions. All this time, the characteristics of tourism potential in this region are ‘selling’ the atmosphere of natural attractions such as beaches with coral reef parks, waterfall tours, preservation of ancient villages, and unique art and cultural attractions that do not exist in other parts of Bali. In addition, the objects on offer lately being capable of
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Russian robbers turn out to be members of organized crime
MANGUPURA - The case of the Russian robber gang continues to be developed by police authorities. Results of the search and investigation against the case in fact the culprits are members of transnational crime (transnational organized crime). Besides, they had involved in many criminal acts. “The attackers (robbers from Russia) are transnational organized crime. They have many other crimes,” said Chief of Bali Police Dr. Petrus R. Golose on Wednesday (Jun. 28)
to reporters in Nusa Dua, Badung. Petrus Golose stated that until now the members continued to pursue other culprits. This pursuit effort is an attempt to eliminate crimes because nowadays such action is not only committed by local culprits, but also by foreign culprits. On that account, to overcome and eradicate the crimes, Chief of Bali Police Golose claimed to have made a counter team against transnational organized crimes.
Meanwhile, to prevent the firearm seizure case from happening again, he appealed to their members to be more careful while on duty, let alone carrying firearms. According to him, such incident also happened in other countries. “If we are negligent and so on, it can be like that. I am proud of the members for being able to rediscover the firearms,” he said. Previously, the SS1 long-range firearm belonging to Bali Police Mobile Brigade
seized by a Russian robber gang at the Ayana and Spa Hotel in Jimbaran, South Kuta, on August 8, 2017, was finally found. The firearm was secured in the car parked at Kampung 168 lodging on Jalan Puri Gading, Jimbaran, South Kuta, on Friday (Jun. 21). Pursuant to the last condition, the firearm has been modified, painted from black to silver and equipped with a flashlight and laser. In addition, based on the ballistic test results, the firearm was once used to shoot. (kmb36)
Smuggling orangutans
Russian citizen sued to six-month imprisonment DENPASAR - After being declared guilty of transporting wild animals, violating the provisions of Article 40 paragraph (2) in conjunction with Article 21 paragraph (2) point (a) of the Law Number 5/1990 concerning Natural Resources Conservation and Ecosystem, a Russian man, defendant Andrei Zhestkov,
28, was charged six-month imprisonment on Tuesday (Jun. 25). Public Prosecutor AA Made Suarja Teja Buana before the panel of the judges led by Bambang Ekaputra also demanded the defendant to be sentenced to pay a fine of IDR 5 million or subsidiary one-month imprisonment. Meanwhile, the
evidence is in the form of one orangutan, two live geckos and four live chameleons have been handed over to Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) for treatment. To be noted, the defendant was arrested at the departure terminal of Ngurah Rai International Airport while passing an x-ray examination.
In his luggage was then detected the presence of orangutan species. When the officers asked the defendant to open the luggage, the defendant even showed suspicious gestures. Having been searched, it turned out that his luggage contained orangutan in an unconscious state.
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gresses like the development of tourism villages. A number of tourism villages having received tourist visits include the tourism potential of Bali Aga consisting of Sidatapa, Cempaga, Tigawasa and Pedawa (SCTP) village. In addition, Ambengan, Sambangan, Munduk, Wanagiri and several other villages have been growing rapidly. In addition to the existing natural tourism potential, the operators of tourism villages have begun to create artificial objects such as selfie spot currently becoming a trend. (Mud)
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Such findings were reported to the Ngurah Rai Police Station and to KSDA. The defendant was then secured by the officers. As a result of the examination, the defendant claimed if the orangutan belongs to his friend on behalf of Igor currently put in wanted list. (kmb37)
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The Trans Resort Bali is pleased to announce its achievement on receiving the recognition as “Bali Leading Resort of the Year” by Bali Tourism Awards 2019 / 2020which was held at The Grand Ballroom of The Trans Resort Bali on last Monday, 27 May 2019. Competing against international chain hotels such as Royal Tulip Springhill Resort Jimbaran and Courtyard by Marriott Bali Seminyak, The Trans
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supportto the growth of tourism in Indonesia, especially in Bali. With more than 90 hotels and resorts were participated in 32 categories, such as Bali Leading Cruise Operator category with Bali Hai Cruise, Waka Cruise and Scoot Fast Cruise as the nominees and Bali Leading Resort in Nusa Dua category with participating nominees: The Laguna, A Luxury Collection Resort & Spa, The Apurva Kempinski
Bali, and Nusa Dua Beach Hotel & Spa. Bali Tourism Awards are judged by online voting through social media channel and through an independent judged panel from the Binus Business School. This awards are in the 5th year and cover 32 categories with total number from online voting has reached over than 40,000 votes across Indonesia, Australia, Asia Pacific, India, Europe and America. Launched and established in December 2014. The Trans Resort Bali is the 2nd CT Corp luxury hotel chain after The Trans Luxury Hotel Bandung – a local Indonesian luxury hotel brand with distinctive
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Madonna edges out Springsteen to top US charts
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NEW YORK - Charting like it’s 1985? Legends Madonna and Bruce Springsteen are taking fans on a trip down memory lane, respectively nabbing numbers one and two of the US top album tally. Madonna’s “Madame X” struck gold on the Billboard 200 chart, landing the icon her ninth number one album atop the list, which the industry tracker will publish in full on Tuesday. Springsteen’s “Western Stars” raced in at second -- marking the first time since 1985 that the Queen of Pop and The Boss are reigning over the album chart together. For two weeks in January and February of that year, Springsteen’s “Born in the USA” held the top spot as Madonna’s “Like a Virgin” came in second, before the seminal albums traded places in the two weeks that followed. The era saw the two superstars -- Madonna is now 60, Springsteen 69 -- along with Prince and Michael Jackson usher in the brave new world of MTV, the music video television network that gave
albums longer staying power than seen prior. Though widely panned by critics, Madonna’s latest effort -- a mash-up of Latin beats, acoustic ballads and oddly inward-looking reflections on marginalized communities -- soared to the top of the charts in part thanks to her bundling strategy. The sales method is rampant in the industry -- with adherents including Taylor Swift and Katy Perry -- and pairs albums with performance ticket or merchandise purchases in a bid to bolster sales. Though the Queen held her own stateside, Springsteen’s dreamy sonic portrait of the American West did beat out “Madame X” in both Australia and Britain. His secondplace finish in the US marked his 20th top-ten effort there. The debut success of the musical
titans is expected to be short-lived, however, with industry-watchers predicting the future will return next week with genre-bending country rap star Lil Nas X. The meme king -- who catapulted to overnight fame thanks to his wildly successful track “Old Town Road” -- just released his debut project “7,” which includes the aforementioned megahit’s original and Billy Rae Cyrus remix along with a song featuring rap star Cardi B. In this file photo taken on August 21, 2018 Madonna poses in the press room at the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
Trump ‘Hollywood star’ vandal charged with Marilyn statue theft
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A man who vandalized President Donald Trump’s Hollywood Walk of Fame star last summer was charged Monday with the theft of a nearby statue of Marilyn Monroe.
LOS ANGELES - A man who vandalized President Donald Trump’s Hollywood Walk of Fame star last summer was charged Monday with the theft of a nearby statue of Marilyn Monroe. Austin Clay, 25, faces up to three years in jail if found guilty of property theft and vandalism, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said in a statement. He was arrested Friday at his home in Glendale in the LA suburbs after police identified him from video surveillance footage. Having discovered that he was on parole after a conviction for damaging Trump’s star on the Walk of Fame, investigators
searched his home and found evidence linking him to the statue theft, local media reported. The statue itself -- showing Monroe in her famous flying skirt pose from “The Seven Year Itch” (1955) -- has not been found. It had been perched atop a small gazebo dedicated to some of Hollywood’s most famous actresses, which is located at the beginning of the Walk of Fame. According to authorities, a witness saw a man climbing the structure on the night of June 16 and using a saw to remove the statue. The statue is owned by the City of Los Angeles. Police fear it may have been damaged during the theft.
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“Looking back at the (security) video, it would be reasonable that the statue broke and could be in multiple pieces,” LAPD detective Douglas Oldfield told NBC4 television. Clay made headlines in July 2018 when he vandalized Trump’s star on the Hollywood sidewalk with a pickaxe he had hidden in a guitar case. He was sentenced at the time to one day in prison, three years’ probation and 20 days of community service, and ordered to attend psychological counseling. He is due to be arraigned on Tuesday. Prosecutors are recommending that bail be set at $45,000. (afp)
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Demonstrators gather on a road as they listen to a court verdict broadcast on speakers during a rally near the constitutional court in Jakarta on June 27, 2019. A top Indonesian court was set to rule on June 27 on a defeated presidential election challenger’s claims that the 2019 race was rigged against him -- allegations that sparked deadly rioting in Jakarta.
Heavy security as Indonesia court set to rule on election-rigging claims
A top Indonesian court was set to rule Thursday on a defeated presidential election challenger’s claims that the 2019 race was rigged against him -- allegations that sparked deadly rioting in Jakarta. Tens of thousands of military and police were deployed in the capital of the world’s thirdbiggest democracy amid fears of more unrest after Thursday’s decision, as protesters gathered outside the Constitutional Court. The court is weighing ex-general Prabowo Subianto’s claims that the April poll was plagued by “systematic, structured and massive” electoral fraud that cost him victory. His lawyers have sought to overturn the official results that declared incumbent Joko Widodo the winner with 55.5 percent of votes, against Subianto’s 44.5 percent. But Subianto’s legal team ar-
gued that Widodo mobilised the power of the state to win the vote and broke campaign finance rules, and that up to 30 million votes were “stolen”. Denny Indrayana, a lawyer for Subianto, said he was “optimistic” about winning the case. “They won’t reject it,” he told AFP, referring to the court. But election officials have discounted Subianto’s cheating claims, and many legal analysts tipped the lawsuit to fail due to weak evidence. Subianto, who lost a similar court battle in 2014 when Widodo defeated him, has little recourse if the court rules against him again. “If the claim is rejected then it’s
game over” for Subianto, said constitutional law expert Refly Harun. - Heavy security However, an unexpected victory could mean holding another election in certain regions or even disqualifying Widodo, he added. The court hearing began Thursday afternoon as some 47,000 police and army personnel were deployed around the court building and other parts of central Jakarta. Last month, peaceful protests against the official result by Subianto supporters erupted into two nights of street battles between police and rioters, leaving nine people dead and hundreds injured
in the capital’s worst violence in years. Indonesian police have been in the spotlight after videos surfaced that appeared to show officers beating protesters. There are also questions about how the demonstrators -- including a 15-year-old high school student -- died. This week, Amnesty International called for an independent probe into what it called “grave human rights violations” by police against protesters -- including beatings and “torture” -- and allegations that they were behind the killings of demonstrators. Some of the dead were reported to have gunshot wounds. Police have insisted they did not shoot live rounds, but instead used rubber bullets, water cannons and tear gas to push back the crowds.
Meanwhile, several Subianto allies have recently been arrested, including former army general Kivlan Zen over his alleged links to the Jakarta riots. Police have also aired video from several arrested suspects who claimed that Zen masterminded a failed plot to sow chaos by killing four senior government officials, including its chief security minister and the president’s top intelligence adviser.(afp) News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http:// radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.