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‘Moana’ Tops Thanksgiving Box Office

LOS ANGELES - Disney’s “Moana” sailed to the top of the Thanksgiving box office, earning a mighty $81.1 million over the five day holiday period and $55.5 million for the weekend.

Its success builds on the studio’s hot streak. Disney has released five of the year’s ten highest grossing films, is the leader in terms of market share, and is poised to set a new record for annual grosses.

Its hits include “Captain America: Civil War,” “Zootopia,” “Doctor Strange,” “Finding Dory,” “The Jungle Book,” and now “Moana,” with “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” waiting in the wings.

Disney distribution chief Dave Hollis said that the success of “Moana” and others like it justified the company’s decision to make fewer films, while taking bigger bets. Part of that strategy involved shelling out billions of dollars to buy Pixar, Marvel, and LucasFilm, the brands behind “Toy Story,” “The Avengers,” and “Star Wars.”

“We are working with the greatest brands and we’re doing big, broad

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storytelling that resonates domestically, but has the power to transcend borders and languages and cultures around the world,” said Hollis.

While “Moana” thrived, other new releases weren’t as fortunate.

Paramount’s “Allied” earned $18 million over the five-day period and $13 million for the weekend, a weak result given its $85 million budget. The film stars Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard as spies who marry only to have their love affair become entangled in a larger conspiracy. Robert Zemeckis (“Flight”) directed the picture. (rtr)

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The tourist enjoying the beautiful scenery of Sanur Beach.

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Five factors affect tourism of Indonesia MANGUPURA - The Ministry of Tourism aims to have 15 million tourists visit Indonesia in 2017 and 20 million in 2019.

There is some optimism about the likelyhood of this being achieved, given that previsou targets have been exeeded. The 2010 target of 10 million for example was achieved and the 2016 target of 12 million reached 8.36 a of September.

Actor Auli’i Cravalho poses at the world premiere of Walt Disney Animation Studios’ “Moana” as a part of AFI Fest in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, November 14, 2016.

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Prof. Dr. I Gde Pitana, Deputy to Foreign Marketing, Ministry of Tourism

“When talking about figures for tourist arrivals, we need to consider that certain factor are lcoked in because the emphasis in tourism development is on industrial development, tourism development and domestic or international tourism development applies sustainable and competitive growth” said Prof.

Dr. I Gde Pitana, Deputy to Foreign

Marketing, Ministry of Tourism, in the ITO 2017 organized by Estepers at Ayodya Resort in Nusa Dua. The goal of of having 20 million visitors is often viewed with cynisim as there is fear that with such qauntaty, the quality of tourism will be reduced. According to Pitana, this will not be the case, because the 20 million figure is locked in with a number of two-fold foreign exchanges.

Tourism is a complex sector that affects other sectors and is affected by many sectors as well.

Tourism cannot stand alone and is

very closely related to other sectors in the social economic web. Therefore, according to Pitana, there are five factors affecting the Indonesian tourism market namely; the country’s economic growth, political stability and Indonesia’s economy, outbound growth of market countries, natural disasters (unpredictable) and the activities conducted

by Indonesia’s competitors.

He said that seeing the economic growth of other market countries, Indonesia can predict the number of visitors from these countries. Japan, for instance, whose economy is in slowdown, also has less people visiting Indonesia. “This can give an illustration of ??the global economy and how our market will be in 2017”, he added.

The second factor is the political stability of our economy. Several provinces in Indonesia will hold

regional leader elections in 2017.

This will also affect the number of foreigners who visit Indonesia.

However, Minister of Home Affairs and security authorities believe the upcoming elections will not cause any significant interference.

The third factor is the outbound travellers from coutnries that represent a tourism market for Indonesia. Data shows that the number of Chinese citizens who will be travelleing overseas will continue to rise .

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not been calculated when determining the 20 million tourist arrivals,” he said.

Consumption of midrange society does not matter, but in lower classes is in problematic condition and the farmers’ welfare goes down. Within the past two years, the index of farmer exchange also decreased, wages of farming laborer is minus four percent and wages of construction laborer is minus 1.74 percent.

In the meantime, Director of BNI for Regional Bali, NTB & NTT, AAG Agung Darmawan, explained that in 2017 the Bali’s economy will remain unchanged as the current condition. In 2017, the Indonesia’s economy is predicted to have better growth, but the changes in the United States will certainly affect Indonesia that make people wait and see about the policy to be issued.

Considering that each period has different condition, so that the sector to grow in 2017 will also be different. If current property sector is still down, in the future, he predicted to grow. He considered that the government will loosen the policy related to property sector such as through the policy of increasing non-visa visit for some countries as well as the property ownership and residence permit will also be simplified.

These policies encourage real sectors like property to move in Indonesia. “Currently it remains stagnant, but will increase. The property will definitely do,” he added.

The second sector to be growing is infrastructure considering that the government will improve infrastructure. “The key is spending of the government. The spending will be discernible from the infrastructure. Well, it will multiply,” he said. (kmb42)

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The casual barefoot elegance spills out on to the sand, offering shady retreats in the form of cosy bamboo cabanas and sunsplashed beanbags on the beach, complemented by ambient music and a blissful carefree vibe.The easygoing, seaside spirit of Pasir Putih is exemplified with a Beach Club menu of ‘Tapas to Share’ promoting tasty bites such as tiger prawn skewers, bbq chicken wings, bruschetta, calamari ‘chipirons’, crispy mushrooms, spring rolls and more.

WEEKLY EVENTS and FARMERS MARKETS

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Fogging is done to prevent the spread of Dengue Fever

In October, dengue cases increase again Children vulnerable to DSS

DENPASAR - So far, in 2016 Wangaya Hospital has seen vreeding ground for mosquitos.

For prevention in the medical 2,344 outpatents with dengue, with 776 patients requiring level, there has now been dengue hospitilization and 7 people dying from dengue fever.

Sanglah Hospital has shown an increse from 35 cases of dengue in Spetemebr to 46 cases in October.

This November, there have been 23 cases of dengue fever. Patients who were hospitilized due to dengue also wnet up fomr 130 cases in September to 148 cses in October.

In November there have been 63 cases.

Sang Gede Purnama, a lecturer at the Public Health Department of Udayana University, asserted that if people do not conduct mosquito nest erradication regulary – especially in the rainny seaon, then there is a higher likelyhood of an outbrealk of dengue cases.

Intensice supervision of water reservoirs is required and in order to prevent the spread of this disease, a regulation is required.. “Ideally, there would be a regulation that would have sanctions imposed on any resident who was found to be hrabouring mosquito larvae in their homes more than three time”, he suggested.

Previously, abate powder was frequently sprinkled into water reservoirs to prevent larvae from hatching. Currently, there is also

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Indonesia’s economy falls off, in 2017 predicted to be unchanged

MANGUPURA - Indonesia’s economy is falling off or less energetic to accumulate strength.

Indonesia’s economic growth is not specified by exports. On that account Investment should become spearheading, but it continues to bottle up so that the growth only reaches four percent.

In the meantime, the debt of Indonesia in the past two years shows an extraordinary rise and it interferes with banking sector.

The national debt of IDR 2,600 trillion increased to IDR 3.100 trillion and IDR 3,400 trillion as of September.

Growth in deposits only reached 1.1 percent in September so that banking is increasingly difficult to look for funds from the community to finance projects, not just in tourism sector but also in infrastructure. “It happens because more people’s money is drawn by the government,” said Faisal Basri, an economist.

People rushed to withdraw their funds from the bank to be changed into government bonds (SUN).

As a result, public funds in bank slumped. The growth is only 3.2 percent so that the capability of bank to distribute loan also decreases from 20 percent to 6.5 percent.

On that account, foreign investment is essential to build factory or hotels, not just to bring government bonds or purchase stocks.

Since Donald Trump was elected president until November 22, the money going out from Indonesia has been significantly in large amount reaching USD 1 billion.

“It means that USD 1 billion of government bonds has been missing as sold by foreign investors,” he explained.

Equity of stock market worth USD 400 million has been gone out, so that the price of stock market in Indonesia slumped. “They have

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Bacillus Thuringiensis bacteria that can be taken advantage of as a larvicides, and is safer biological method than using chemical methods.

He asserted that mosquito nests eradication is the most effective method to handle dengue fever as it prevents larvae from becoming adult mosquitoes, who spreand the virus. If larvae are elimintaed, there will not be any more cases of dengue. One way to eradicate mosquito nests is by cleaning water reservoirs.

In Indonesia, water reservoirs are often in the from of cistern ( ceramic or porcelain) as well ass bucket. Using buckets to hold water is safer because the water is dumped out once it is used whereas ceramic cisterns tend to hold standing water in which the larvae can hatch. Even when these cistersn are emptied, it is imprtant to clean them out as the larvae can stick to the walls. Showers are an another alternative though they remain a costly alternative in Indonesia.

Disposing of plastic waste is also important as water can stay standing in plastic asd serve as a

vaccine. Dr. I Wayan Bikin Suryawan, the Head of the Wangaya Hospital Pediatrics Department, said that vaccine can be given to children for three times at the age of nine to 19 years, namely in zero month, one month and six months.

At these ages, the vaccine works to prevent the spread of dengue. Then, at higher ages, the vaccine prevents the occurrence of more severe dengue. The vaccine has been in circulation, but not included yet in the government program.

At first, dengue affected children, but now it also affects adults.

Moreover, it affects more adults. If attacking children, the emergency is higher and vulnerable to Dengue Shock Syndrome (DSS), but in an adult the day care is longer but few enter the DSS phase.

Visible DSS symptoms, for example, are cold accomplice and weak pulse. These commonly happen on the fourth or fifth day.

On average, dengue patients get hospital treatment on the second or third day and then are allowed to go home on the sixth or seventh day. However, if DSS occurs to patients, their treatment will be two days longer. (kmb42)

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Scientists say gut microbes may play role in yo-yo dieting, obesity

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LONDON - Scientists studying yo-yo dieting in mice say the tendency for people to regain excess weight rapidly after successfully slimming may well be due to their microbiome - the trillions of microorganisms in the gut.

The researchers found that changes in the gut microbiome that occur when an obese mouse loses weight can persist for many months, and that this contributes to accelerated weight regain later if the diet lapses If, as the researchers believe, a similar thing happens in obese people, they said, it could help explain why so many of them fail to keep their lost weight off, and often put on more than they lost in the first place.

In a telephone briefing about their work, professors Eran Segal and Eran Elinav of the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel, said that while there has been good progress in studying obesity and its causes, relapsing obesity is poorly understood.

“People go on diets over and over again - and keep failing,” Segal said. “It’s a very common problem. Up to 50 percent of obese people suffer this relapsing pattern.”

To try to find out why, Segal and Elinav experimented with mice, giving them cycles of high fat diets interspersed with periods of lower-fat normal diet.

They found that the gut microbiomes of the mice who lost weight were altered, and that these changes remained in place for many months and contributed to rapid and excessive weight gain if the mice were given high-fat diets again.

To test whether it was due to the microbiome, the researchers transferred the altered microbiomes into mice that had not previously been exposed to yo-yo diets - and here too they found unusually rapid and excessive weight gain when the mice were given high-fat foods. “The microbiome by itself is not sufficient to produce this (rapid weight again) effect, but it’s the diet plus the microbiome,” Segal explained.

The scientists were not able to say exactly what the mechanism is or how exactly the microbiome’s persistent post-diet state increases weight gain.

But in further analysis of the microbiome, they found that among key changes were a reduction in levels of plant compounds called flavonoids in the gut after dieting, and reduced energy expenditure.

This suggests, they said, that a flavonoid-based “post-biotic” treatment might help curb post-dieting weight regain. (rtr)

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Unlike the makepung on dry track holding exercise almost every week, the makepung lampit event is only held once a year.

Wetland buffalo race to be organized regularly

NEGARA - Other than having makepung (land buffalo race) cultural attraction having been recognized by the government as the national cultural heritage, Jembrana also has another cultural attraction in the form of makepung lampit held in muddy paddy field.

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Destination Moon?

Belgium joins the space race

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A giant poster of Tintin is seen inside the Centre Pompidou modern art museum in Paris December 19, 2006.

BRUSSELS - Belgian comicstrip hero Tintin helped popularise the 1950s Space Race with his iconic cartoon rocket; seven decades on from the boy reporter’s “Destination Moon”, his country is finally getting its own version of NASA. The Interfederal Space Agency of Belgium (ISAB) will be set up next year, science minister Elke Sleurs said, arguing that it would help a local industry hang on to what is now a 5-percent share of the EU’s 7 billion-euro a year space industry.

Challenges from the likes of rising powers India and China and changing rules for EU-wide ten-

ders meant Belgium should pool resources to help its companies compete, she said: “If we just keep the status quo, we risk losing out on space contracts.”

About 60 firms in the local sector include the 96-year-old SABCA, which has worked on Europe’s Ariane rocket programme.

Images from Tintin space stories, starting with “Destination Moon” in 1950, have become Belgian national treasures and fed popular fascination worldwide with cosmic adventure. A single original drawing by his creator Herge from 1954’s “Explorers on the Moon” sold last week in Paris for 1.55 million euros. (rtr)

The makepung lampit organized on Sunday morning (Nov. 27) in the paddy field of Subak Tegalwani at Kaliakah village, Negara, attracted hundreds of professional photographers from home and overseas to capture the moment. Unlike the makepung on dry track holding exercise almost every week, the

makepung lampit event is only held once a year.

Coordinator of the Jembrana buffalo race group, I Made Mara, explained that makepung lampit held last Sunday is not only an attraction but also a competition. In terms of the number of participant, it is more than the previous year,

showing an increase from 18 participants to 27 participants. According to him, it also showed the increase in public vivacity. “We hope that next year more participants will participate. At least, it can reach a half of the number of participant in the land buffalo race amounting 300 participants,” said Made Mara.

He hoped that Jembrana district could build a permanent buffalo race circuit.

In the meantime, Regent of Jembrana, I Putu Artha, gave positive appreciation to the rise of

makepung lampit cultural attraction. Local government will continuously promote the makepung lampit to make it more widely known to the public and become one of the tourist attractions.

Responding to the people’s aspiration to have a permanent circuit, Regent Artha asserted that the government is now building a makepung circuit in the area of Samblong, Sangkaragung village.

As seen in the site plan worked on by the Jembrana Education and Culture Agency, in addition

to the land makepung circuit, it will also be prepared the circuit for makepung lampit at the same location. With the permanent circuit, the schedule of event can be arranged any time and it is unnecessary to wait for planting season and harvest season.

“This makepung lampit is a genuine cultural attraction of Jembrana which should be preserved and developed into a tourist attraction. Next year, it should be even better packaged,” said Regent Artha. (kmb46)

the congestion on the Jalan Raya Canggu.

“To regulate traffic on the line, it is indeed good (with the addition of personnel—Ed), but in the long run the road section will remain to be hit by congestion,” he said.

He admitted that to realize the idea is quite difficult because the price of land is expensive and the land acquisition is also quite long. “We recommend the government to conduct a study on the existing rural roads that can be made into an alternative to change traffic direction during congestion hours on TibubenengCanggu road section,” he ex-

plained.

Further, he explained there are several rural roads that can be used as shortcut, but they still need improvement and widening.

One of them is the Jalan Nelayan at Canggu and the one close to SDN 4 Canggu elementary school.

This road section can be used as an alternative path in case severe congestion occurs on Jalan Raya Canggu.

“However, this needs further study, who knows after being repaired and widened they can be used either for cars or motorcycles,” he said.

In the meantime, the Road

and Bridge Division Head of the Badung Highways and Irrigation Agency, Sang Nyoman Oka Parmana, when contacted separately related to the proposal said that there is no district road at Canggu to Tibubeneng. The road getting to Canggu village from Tibubeneng or vice versa belongs to a rural road.

Thus, it is required further studies about the plans of shortcut road in the pathway.

“Surely, there are lands to be acquired and the process is quite difficult. We must first examine which roads they are that can be used as the alternative in the future,” he concluded. (kmb27)

To overcome congestion at Canggu, parliament proposes shortcut road

MANGUPURA - The Badung House of Representatives proposed the construction of shortcut road to overcome congestions occurred along the Tibubeneng-Canggu road section. So far, the high density of traffic in the area has not been handled properly. Actually, local government has increased the number of personnel from the Transportation and Infocom Agency, but they have been unable to resolve the problem.

Such proposal was disclosed by a legislator of North Kuta constituency, Gede Aryantha, Sunday (Nov. 27). This politician of Gerindra Party said that

the efforts of local authorities are not enough by increasing personnel to regulate traffic, but should also think about the shortcut road to break the provincial road congestion. “There are some rural roads that can be used as shortcut to the highway from Canggu to Tibubeneng such as the Jalan Nelayan and the road in front of the SMP Pancasila junior high school at Munduk Banta-Tandeg,” he suggested.

According to him, in addition to preventive measures by increasing personnel of transportation agency, construction of a shortcut can be a long-term solution to resolve

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Without standards, wooden tray craftsmen sell product cheaply

BANGLI - All this time, wooden tray craftsmen in Tembuku subdistrict have not owned standard of selling price. As a result, they also often release their products at low price to win the competition in the market.

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It takes about 5 kilograms of bacca buni to produce 20 liters of wine.

Bacca buni wine business constrained by capital TABANAN - In order to increase their income, farmers have come up with some breakthrough ways of processing agricultural products ot make them more marketable. Making refreshing wine form bacca bunu in the subdistrict of Pupuan is one example.

One of the farmers who is processing bacca buni wine is I Ketut Kayun from Kebon Padangan village, Pupuan. He revealed on Friday (Nov. 25) that this fruit processing business is quite promising and that bacca buni fruits are quite abundant in Pupuan. “When they are in season, this fruit is easy to find as it grows in most people plantations in Pupuan”, he said.

However, despite the fact that the raw materials are readily available, Kayun explained that he cannot produce large quantities, due to limited capital.. “Although the market is responding well, we do not have the capital to produce large quantitie”, he said.

It takes about 5 kilograms of bacca buni to produce 20 liters of wine. The marketing of this wine has reached beyond Bali and they receive regular orders from a client in Yogyakarta.

Unfortunately, due to capital constraints, the producer can only meet the order in limited quantities.

Aside from bacca buni, there are a number of processed drink products prepared from assorted fruits yielded by farmers in Pupuan. Among them, he also processes mulberry, snakefruit and morinda into wine. Mulberry wine, apart than functioning to warm the body, is also benefical for people with diabetes when a certain dosage is consumed. All kinds of wine from Pupuan are sold for IDR 35,000 per bottle. (kmb24)

One of the tray craftsmen from Tegalasah hamlet, Tembuku, Sang Biang Areni, admitted it. She said that in order to still survive in the market, other than competing in terms of creation, many tray craftsmen in the village areas should also compete in terms of price.

The craftsmen including her are frequently forced to sell tray crafts at low price rather than being unable to sell.

“The competition is now involving price war among the merchants,” she said when met at her house recently.

Although obtaining small profit margins, she considered it no problem for the sake of maintaining the continuity of production.

Other than wooden trays, she also makes craft product from fiber material. Especially for fiber trays made

from resin material, she admitted to have started producing since the past six years. “But for wooden tray, we have been making it since the ancestors,” she said.

In terms of price, a carved wooden tray with gold leaf paint is sold for IDR 35,000 each, a plain wooden tray for IDR 30,000 each, while fiber tray with diameter 30 cm is commonly sold for IDR 120,000 each. “In order to always get favored by consumers, we have to keep thinking innovatively and make creative products with new motive,” she added. (kmb40)

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Bombs, artillery rain on rebels as Philippines siege rages

MANILA - The Philippines military dropped bombs from planes and rained artillery shells on southern rebels on Monday, the third day of a siege of militants sympathetic to Islamic State, during which 35 guerrillas have been killed, the army said.

Several U.S.-made OV-10B planes circled in the air before diving and dropping payloads on fortified positions of the Maute rebel group, which has occupied a town hall in Lanao province, said army spokesman Major Filemon Tan. “As of noon today, there’s heavy engagement in the area as our troops are conducting clearing operations,” Tan said, adding 13 soldiers were wounded in the offensive, which began on Saturday.

Thousands of residents have fled as hundreds of troops, backed by heavy artillery and armoured vehicles, moved in to flush out the rebels.

Italian-made trainer planes and OV-10 Bronco aircraft were also called in help retake the old municipal hall.

The government has blamed the Maute Group for a Sept.

2 bombing at a street market in the hometown of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte that killed 14 people and wounded dozens.

Several suspected members of the group were arrested a month later and, according to the defense minister, video clips were found of them pledging loyalty to the Islamic State cause.

Duterte has recently been warning about the possibility of Islamic State taking root in the Philippines if driven out of Iraq and Syria, saying his country needed to avoid their “contamination”, as did Malaysia and Indonesia.

Tan said the military was trying to contain fighting in the area and keep it from spilling over to other areas in Mindanao.

“A heavy fight is ongoing, but we hope to neutralise this Maute group soon,” he added.

Police conducted a controlled detonation of a home-made bomb found in a trash bin near the U.S. embassy in Manila on Monday and said the Maute group could be responsible because bomb components were similar to those used in the Davao attack. (rtr)

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Members of the Philippine National Police (PNP) Special Action Force patrol after an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was found near the U.S Embassy in metro Manila, Philippines November 28, 2016.

Malaysian pro-democracy leader released after ten days’ detention

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Wooden tray craftsmen in Tembuku subdistrict have not owned standard of selling price.

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A man holds up a poster as pro-democracy group Bersih stages a 1MDB protest, calling for Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak to resign, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia November 19, 2016.

KUALA LUMPUR - The leader of Malaysian pro-democracy group Bersih and critic of Prime Minister Najib Razak was released on Monday after ten days in detention under a widely criticised security law.

Maria Chin Abdullah was arrested the day before a protest rally organised by the group saw thousands of Malaysians marching in the capital to demand Najib’s resignation over his alleged involvement in a multi-billion dollar financial scandal. Najib has denied wrongdoing.

Maria was arrested on Nov 18 under Malaysia’s Security Offences (Special Measures) Act, a law that was introduced in 2012 to fight security and extremist threats.

The U.S. State Department and other

civil rights groups had criticised Maria’s arrest under the law, which could have seen her detained for 28 days without trial.

In a text message to Reuters, human rights lawyer Ambiga Sreenevasan confirmed Maria’s release, but said police had not given a reason why she was freed.

Earlier on Monday, police also raided the office of Empower Malaysia, a women’s rights organisation where Maria was previously executive director.

Empower Malaysia member Honey Tan said via her Twitter account lawyers were barred by police from entering the organisation’s office during the raid.

A police spokeswoman did not immediately respond to a request for comment. (rtr)

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Unions, gig-economy firms gear up for New York benefits battle Joseph Morelle, the number two Democrat in the New York State Assembly, said he has been talking about portable benefits with such companies, which use occasional workers to provide rides, deliveries, house-cleaning and other services through websites and apps.

He said he plans to introduce legislation early next year, which would be the first of its kind in the United States and is likely to draw scrutiny from organized labor.

In advance of that effort, online home-cleaning company Handy has circulated a draft bill, seen by Reuters, that would establish guidelines for a portable benefits plan for New York workers at gig-economy companies.

A key element of the draft bill is that it classifies workers at companies choosing to participate in the program as independent contractors rather than employees under state law, as long as the companies’ dealings with their workers meet certain criteria.

Morelle would not say whether his proposed law would be based on the draft bill circulated by Handy, only that he was focused on passing some form of legislation to address the issues it raises.

“The gig economy is something more and more people will gravitate towards, and we clearly want to make sure they can get benefits,” he said.

EMPLOYEES OR CONTRACTORS? Handy, ride-hailing service Uber Technologies Inc and other companies in the vanguard of the gig economy - also known as the ‘sharing’ or ‘on-demand’ economy have ignited a national debate about how to classify and provide benefits to people who work flexible schedules and irregular hours.

Several labor unions and some of the workers themselves have argued they should be considered

JAKARTA - Indonesia’s police chief said that a rally to be held by Muslim groups on Friday calling for the ouster of Jakarta’s Christian governor would be “super peaceful” and confined to a park to help prevent a repeat of protest violence earlier this month.

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A view of a waterfall in the protected forest at the Welirang mountain in Malang, East Java province, February 10, 2010.

Indonesia helicopter wreckage found; 1 rescued, 4 missing JAKARTA — A search team on Sunday found the wreckage of an Indonesian army helicopter and rescued an injured pilot three days after the aircraft disappeared on Indonesia’s part of Borneo island.

Four people are still missing.

The Bell 412 EP helicopter was carrying five soldiers, including two pilots, to Long Bawan, a remote town near the border with Malaysia, when it lost contact with its base in North Kalimantan province minutes after taking off on Thursday.

Army spokesman Brig. Gen. Sabrar Fadhilah said the wreckage of

UBER buses transport Egypt fans to the stadium before the start of the game against Ghana. employees, and therefore entitled to guaranteed wages, employer-provided insurance and other benefits.

The companies have maintained their workers are independent contractors.

Court actions brought by workers at Handy, Uber and other similar firms hoping to establish themselves as employees have not been finally resolved.

If New York lawmakers move forward, they would be the first in the nation to authorize industrywide portable benefits, and could serve as a model for other states, particularly if a bill draws support from organized labor. The legislation could also make it more difficult for workers at gig-economy companies to convince courts they

should be considered employees.

The draft bill circulated by Handy requires participating companies to contribute at least 2.5 percent of the fee for each job to an individual account for the worker, which he or she could then use to buy health insurance or other benefits.

STARTING POINT On its website, Handy says its “top professionals” make more than $1,000 per week. Under the terms of the draft bill, Handy would be required to contribute at least $1,300 per year for benefits for workers making $52,000 per year.

Companies would be allowed to pass along the cost to their customers. Since workers at participating

companies would be classified as independent contractors, they could not join unions to collectively bargain for better benefits.

Larry Engelstein, executive vice president of 32BJ Service Employees International Union (SEIU), which represents thousands of janitors, said under contracts the union negotiates employers contribute an annual average of $18,000 per employee for healthcare costs.

“The amount of money that’s supposed to be put into these portable benefit funds seems so meager,” Engelstein said. “The actual benefit a worker is getting hardly warrants what the worker is giving up.”

The SEIU is a backer of the

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four-year-old “Fight for $15” campaign, which aims to raise pay and expand the right to join a union for low-wage workers including fast-food servers, home care aides, airport baggage handlers and others. For the first time on Tuesday, some Uber drivers plan to join the campaign’s protests.

A source familiar with the Handy proposal said it was meant to be a starting point for discussions, not a final bill. In a statement, Handy said “it’s our view we need both regulatory change to clarify the law, and we are in favor of some form of portable benefits.” Uber and Morelle declined to comment on the Handy proposal. Morelle said he plans to draft the bill next month and introduce it in January.(rtr)

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Indonesia police, Muslim leaders aim for “super peaceful” rally

BUSINESS

Faced with a barrage of lawsuits from workers demanding benefits and recognition as employees, some companies in the fast-growing ‘gig economy’ are looking to settle the issues through legislation.

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the 3-year-old helicopter was spotted Sunday in a remote area of Malinau district in the same province.

He said rugged, forested terrain and bad weather made it difficult to reach the site. Rescuers are searching for the four missing soldiers.

“We hope we can rescue the rest of the victims safely,” Fadhilah said. “An investigation is underway to find what caused the crash.”

The helicopter was carrying about 400 kilograms (880 pounds) of supplies to deliver to border patrol troops.

Indonesia, a sprawling archipe-

lagic nation of more than 250 million people, has been plagued by transportation accidents in recent years, from plane and train crashes to ferry sinkings. Overcrowding, poor infrastructure and unenforced safety rules are often to blame. The military, which suffers from low funding, has also regularly suffered airplane and helicopter crashes.

In 2013, a MI-17 amy helicopter carrying seven soldiers and 12 civilians crashed during a mission to build a border post in North Kalimantan, killing 13 people on board.(ap)

Indonesia says 2 militants arrested in Myanmar Embassy plot JAKARTA — Indonesia’s antiterror squad has arrested two militants who were planning to attack prominent places in the country’s capital, including the Myanmar Embassy, police said Sunday.

An interrogation of suspected bomb maker Rio Priatna Wibawa, who was arrested this past week, led authorities to the men, said national police spokesman Boy Rafli Amar. All three claimed allegiance to the Islamic State group.

Bahrain Agam was arrested in northern Aceh province late Saturday and Saiful Bahri was captured in Banten province on Sunday, Amar said.

Police had said that Wibawa had sufficient explosives at his home in West Java province to make bombs three times more powerful than

those used in the 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people.

Since the Bali bombings, which were carried out by the al-Qaidalinked Jemaah Islamiyah militant group, a security crackdown has netted hundreds of radicals and reduced their capacity for large attacks. But a new threat has emerged from among the hundreds of Indonesians who have traveled abroad to fight with IS and the group’s supporters in Indonesia.

Amar said the arrested militants told authorities they wanted to retaliate against Myanmar for recent attacks on Rohingya Muslims.

They also planned to attack Indonesia’s parliament, police headquarters and television stations. An attack on the embassy could have been carried out this month or next,

Amar said.

The embassy in Jakarta was the scene of protests against the persecution of Rohingya on Thursday and Friday. Protests also occurred in Bangladesh, Malaysia and Thailand.

Sectarian violence in Buddhistmajority Myanmar has killed scores of Muslims, and thousands have been driven from their homes. The Rohingya face severe discrimination and are considered illegal immigrants by Myanmar’s government despite many living in the country for generations.

Indonesian extremists responded to sectarian violence in Myanmar in 2013 with a plot to bomb the Myanmar Embassy. More than a dozen militants were sentenced to prison for involvement in the plot. (ap)

More than 100,000 Muslims, led by hardliners, took to the streets on Nov. 4 to protest against Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, who is accused of insulting the Koran.

One person was killed and more than 100 were wounded when the protest, the biggest in the city in recent years, briefly turned violent, and police fired tear gas and water cannon.

Indonesia has the world’s largest Muslim population and is home to Christian and Hindu communities.

National Police Chief Tito Karnavian said authorities had agreed with organisers that the rally would be held in a park in central Jakarta, rather than on streets running through traffic-clogged central Jakarta.

“We will prepare everything, so we hope everything will be orderly and super peaceful,” Karnavian told a news conference. In a sign of greater coordination between authorities and protest organisers, Muslim leaders also attended the news conference.

Habib Rizieq, the head of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), a hardline group backing the recent rallies, said it wanted the governor to be arrested immediately but pledged the demonstration would

be peaceful.

Karnavian said he hoped that other groups, such as trades unions, would delay protests planned for the same day and that no third party would try to disrupt the demonstration. President Joko Widodo has blamed “political actors” for fanning violence without naming anyone and the police chief has also said some demonstrators may try to use the rallies to storm parliament.

The trigger for the recent religious tensions was a comment that Jakarta governor Purnama, the first Christian and ethnic Chinese in the job, made about his opponents’ use of the Koran in political campaigning.

Police have named Purnama a suspect in the blasphemy probe.

He faces up to five years in prison if found guilty.

Police have concluded their investigation and given the dossier to the Attorney General’s office, which will decide whether to proceed.

Purnama, popularly known as Ahok, is running for re-election in February against two Muslim candidates. He denies any wrongdoing but has apologised for his comments.(rtr)

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National Police Chief General Tito Karnavian (2nd L), Chairman of the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) Ma’ruf Amin (2nd R), Chairman of Islamic Defenders Front Habib Rizieq (R), and cleric Abdullah Gymnastiar (L) shake hands after giving a news conference in Jakarta, Indonesia November 28, 2016 in this photo taken by Antara Foto.

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Eyes on divided French Socialists as conservatives rally behind Fillon Trump, without evidence,

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U.S. President-elect Donald Trump boards his aircraft in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., November 27, 2016, as he makes his way to New York after spending the Thanksgiving holiday with family.

PARIS - France’s ruling Socialist party found itself in the spotlight on Monday after the decisive choice of a presidential candidate of the centre-right piled pressure on President Francois Hollande’s left to find a champion of its own.

Sunday’s selection of Francois Fillon by a comfortable majority to stand for Les Republicains in next April’s presidential election hands a glimmer of opportunity to Hollande, his Socialists, and the broader French left.

Fillon’s plans to slash public sector jobs and his socially conservative views on issues such as gay marriage could steal votes from far-right National Front candidate Marine Le Pen - but also alienate centrist voters.

Yet after five torrid years in power, marked by rampant unemployment and a series of Islamist militant attacks, the Socialists and

the broader left are deeply divided.

As a result, opinion polls suggest it will be Fillon and Le Pen who fight it out for the presidency in a second round, with Fillon looking set to win.

Hollande has two weeks to decide whether to run in January’s Socialist primary race. At the weekend, the most formidable of his likely opponents, Prime Minister Manuel Valls, was sharply critical of his boss and declined to rule out running against him.

Government spokesman Stephane Le Foll sought to dismiss media speculation of a damaging VallsHollande contest.

“To those who say there could be a primary election with the president and prime minister, I say there won’t be a primary between the president and the prime minister,” Le Foll told Europe 1 radio.

But the left’s headaches do not end there. Valls’s former economy minister Emmanuel Macron has launched his own campaign targeting centrist voters, while firebrand left-winger and former Socialist party member Jean-Luc Melenchon has also set off independently on the campaign trail.

A Harris opinion poll on Sunday had each of these rebels winning more than 13 percent of votes in next April’s first round of the presidential election - more than either Hollande or Valls would get should the election be held now. (rtr)

says illegal voting cost him U.S. popular vote

PALM BEACH - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said in a tweet on Sunday that he won the popular vote in the Nov. 8 election “if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally”, though he provided no evidence of widespread voter fraud.

The allegation by Trump, who won the required votes in the Electoral College to secure the presidency, comes as Democratic rival Hillary Clinton’s lead in the popular vote over Trump has surpassed 2.0 million votes and is expected to grow to more than 2.5 million as ballots in populous states such as California continue to be tallied.

Clinton’s legal team said on Saturday it had agreed to participate in a recount of Wisconsin votes after the state’s election board approved the effort requested by Green Party candidate Jill Stein, which Trump has called “ridiculous.”

“In addition to winning the Electoral College in a landslide, I won the popular vote if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally,” the Republican Trump

tweeted as reporters waited for him to leave his Mar-a-Lago golf resort in Florida to fly back to his residence in New York City.

The U.S. presidential race is decided by the Electoral College, based on a tally of wins from the state-by-state contests, rather than by the national vote. Trump has surpassed the 270 electoral votes needed to win the White House.

The Electoral College results are expected to be finalized on Dec. 19.

Trump takes office on Jan. 20.

“It would have been much easier for me to win the so-called popular vote than in the Electoral College in that I would only campaign in 3 or 4 states instead of the 15 states that I visited,” Trump added in follow-up tweets.

Several hours later, Trump tweeted, again without citing evidence: “Serious voter fraud in Virginia, New Hampshire and California - so why isn’t the media reporting on this? Serious bias - big problem!”

Clinton won all three states.

A spokesman for Trump did not immediately respond to a request for comment. (rtr)

Five factors...

disasters that obvisouly cannot be predicted. However, because most of Indonesia is located along the ring of fire, it is vulnerable to natural disasters.

The fifth factor is the activity of Indonesia’s competitors in terms of tourism. Indoneesai needs to look at what its competitors are doing because competition in tourism is at the international level. All countries are priorotosing the tourism sector.

There are even some cointries that formely had banned tourists from entering but are now competing to draw visitors.

Another factor is the massive development of the digital world.

Fewer and fewer travelers use travel agancies to guide their travel as they once did. Most people now access travel information fomr the internet. (kmb42)

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French National Front (FN) vice-president Florian Philippot speaks during an interview with Reuters in Paris, France, November 25, 2016. Picture taken November 25, 2016.

In 2015, the number of Chinese citizens who traveled overseas reached 118 million, while in 2017 it will reach about 133 million. This is a market that Indonesia should seize, because, China’s economy will keeo growing. He said that he was not certain about he data for travellers from other countries, but Japanese visitors are likely to decrease as their economy is slumping.

“Virtually all of our tourism markets will grow except for Japan and Taiwan because they are predicted to remain stagnant less because of economic factors in themsleves than internal policies that they are adopting”, he added.

The fourth factor is natural

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The Coral Garden

AMLAPURA - Running along the middle section of Tulamben beach is a shallow reef (averaging 8-12m so also excellent for snorkelling) of mainly table and fire corals interspersed with anemones as well as barrel and other sponges. The fishlife, as with the Drop-off and the Wreck, is very diverse. It is here that you can see a surprising number of Blue Ribbon Eels (the juveniles are black) and octopus, the variety of shrimp is surprising too along with the different anemonefish. The bigger fish seen here are Bumphead Parrotfish and Black Tip reef shark.

The depth and location make the Coral Garden a very good, and popular, Night Dive on which you may see Spanish Dancers and flashlight fish.

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Argentina beat Croatia to clinch maiden Davis Cup title

In fact the diving actually extends much deeper than 12M, if you carry on down the sand slope, you’ll find barrel sponges with many surprises: juvenile Emperor Angelfish, Two-spot Lionfish, maybe a school of juvenile catfish; cleaning stations with shrimp and wrasse, a shoal of Razorfish swaying in their hiding place. If you continue along the slope, towards the start of the Drop-off, you’ll come to a dry river bed, scooped out into a bowlshape, marked by ridges radiating outwards. These ridges are often the best places in Tulamben to find unexpected specimens. Although it is certainly not an area for divers looking for a profusion of marinelife! (IBP/net)

ZAGREB- Argentina lifted their first Davis Cup title after Juan Martin Del Potro and Federico Delbonis won Sunday’s reverse singles to complete the South American nation’s spectacular comeback in a 3-2 victory over hosts Croatia in the final.

Del Potro fought back from two sets down to beat Marin Cilic 6-7(4) 2-6 7-5 6-4 6-3 before Delbonis swept aside Ivo Karlovic 6-3 6-4 6-2 in the decisive rubber, sparking wild celebrations among several thousand away fans in the Zagreb Arena.

Argentina joined the list of Davis Cup winners after losing all four finals they had previously contested and their dismal record in the title showdown appeared set to continue when Cilic came within a set of clinching Croatia’s second title.

The 2005 winners saw the red carpet pulled from under their feet, however, as a battling Del Potro launched a ferocious comeback and played through the fifth set with a broken finger on his left hand.

“It happened when I tried to catch a ball in the fifth set,” Del Potro, who had struggled with wrist injuries in recent years, told a news conference before rushing back courtside to watch Delbonis pick apart Karlovic.

“This was an emotionally exhausting match and one of the biggest wins of my career. Thanks to all those who prevented me from retiring, I was very close to never playing again and, well, here I am.”

Having clinched the opening set tiebreak, Cilic raced through the second set before Del Potro, who improved his record against the Croatian to 9-2 in all competitions, started his comeback with a passing shot between his legs.

He broke Cilic’s serve in the ninth game of the fourth set and then held his own to draw level but fell behind again at the start of the fifth, handing the initiative back to the home crowd favourite. (rtr)

REUTERS/Antonio Bronic

Argentina’s Leonardo Mayer, Guido Pella, Federico Delbonis, Juan Martin del Potro and Daniel Orsanic react during the victory ceremony.

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Mercedes’ Formula One driver Nico Rosberg of Germany celebrates with his team after winning the Formula One world championship.

ABU DHABI - Germany has a new Formula One world champion in Nico Rosberg, after Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel, but fans may not see him race on home soil next season.

The German Grand Prix, absent in 2015, is set to be struck off again in 2017 for financial reasons and Rosberg’s dominant Mercedes team say there is little they can do about it.

“We are hearing various rumours,” motorsport head Toto Wolff said at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, where Rosberg clinched the title.

“Having a German Grand Prix is part of the history, and especially for us as Mercedes with our factories nearby and many fans in Germany. It is important to race in Germany.”

Wolff said Mercedes had offered financial and marketing support in the past but it was not taken up.

There had been no such talks this time.

Hockenheim boss Georg Seiler told German media last week that the economic risks of his circuit hosting the event in successive years were too great. Only 57,000 fans attended on race Sunday this year.

Next July would have been the Nuerburgring’s turn under an alternation agreement that collapsed when that circuit changed owners.

Germany was listed on a provisional 21-race 2017 schedule with an asterisk but Formula One’s commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone has indicated it will be dropped.

Asked why Germany had seemingly fallen out of love with the sport, despite Mercedes winning both drivers’ and constructors’ championships for three years running, Wolff -- an Austrian -- suggested various reasons.

“I have the theory, and its a

personal view, that there is a bit of a hangover after all those years of dominance of Sebastian and Michael,” he told Reuters. “The Germans have won it all.

“You can see that it’s coming in cycles, how there are other sports like the football team (reigning world champions) that is of great interest and it might change with different drivers, maybe with Nico winning a championship,” he added.

“It would be really great if we could re-ignite the passion of the German fans in the same way Michael was able to achieve it 20 years ago.”

The difference was that Schumacher, who won seven titles, was the first German champion and came from the same humble but hard-working background as many of the fans camping in the forests with their beer and barbecues. (rtr)

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Sp rt Mourinho’s two reds set another Premier League landmark

Manchester United’s Jose Mourinho is fond of setting landmarks as a manager but becoming the first individual to be sent off twice in this season’s Premier League is not one he will covet. No player in England’s top flight has yet been shown two red cards this term but now an angry man in a big coat has beaten them all to it following Mourinho’s dismissal during United’s 1-1 draw at home to West Ham United on Sunday.

If all that is not of great concern to Mourinho, then the plight of his expensively-assembled team, now 11 points off the pace and losing touch with the top four, definitely will be as United ponder their worst league start since 1990-91. When you have won 22 trophies, eight league titles and the world coach of the year accolade, it is a bit of a comedown to now be dealing in the most red-carded manager category.

Mourinho’s latest sending off was for a show of petulance when he booted away a water bottle down the touchline in frustration after referee Jon Moss had booked United’s Paul Pogba for diving in the first half. Referees in England are clamping down on dissent and this flagrant one prompted Moss to send Mourinho to the stands, just as he did last year when the Portuguese, then at Chelsea, had a halftime rant against the official

also in a West Ham match.

It was striking how Mourinho’s second sending off in a month - he incurred the wrath of referee Mark Clattenburg in a draw with Burnley at Old Trafford in late October -- coincided with another disappointing United showing against lowly opponents.

Whether his ill-discipline at Old Trafford could be linked to United’s impotence in those two matches is open to question, but there is no doubt that Mourinho’s behaviour is becoming an increasingly expensive failing. Last month, he was fined 50,000 pounds ($62,400.00) by the FA after comments about referee Anthony Taylor before United’s match with arch-rivals Liverpool.

His rant against Burnley came after United had been denied a penalty and he was given a one-match touchline ban and an 8,000 pounds fine. Now, the FA may consider

Zaha switches to Ivory Gabriel Jesus wins title with Coast from England Palmeiras before Man City move

Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha has decided to switch his international allegiance to Ivory Coast from England.

The 24-year-old was able to make the switch to Ivory Coast as his two England caps came in friendlies, against Sweden in 2012 and Scotland the following year.

“The Ivorian-English attacking midfielder Wilfried Zaha has chosen

another touchline ban.

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to play for the Elephants, under the colours of the Ivory Coast, his country of origin,” the Ivorian Football Federation (FIF) said in a statement.

“In the presence of his father, of Augustin Sidy Diallo (president of the FIF) and Michel Dussuyer (Elephants coach), he signed at the bottom of the demand to change his sporting nationality addressed to FIFA.” (rtr)

All of which could mean more post-match media work for Mourinho’s assistant Rui Faria, who took a leaf out of his boss’s book when talking of United being unlucky after their fourth consecutive draw at home. Yet, in truth, there has been little that is unlucky about United’s failure to turn dominance into points as their blunt edge in front of goal has seen Stoke City, Burnley, Arsenal and now West Ham outplayed but game enough to hang on for a point.

“The reality is that we are playing well,” Faria said. “We create the opportunities but we are not scoring the goals and we are suffering. “We can say we are unlucky and in the last matches we should get different results. We all believe the results will appear.”

Not that Faria ever assumes the other managerial duties. “I don’t take over,” he said. “The boss is Jose all the time and he passes on what is the best for the team and we just try to make it happen without having him there.” That is something United are just having to get used to. (ap) Martin Rickett/PA via AP

U.S actress Julia Roberts takes photographs on the pitch after the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester United and West Ham United at Old Trafford, Manchester, England, Sunday, Nov. 27, 2016.

Julia Roberts watches Man United’s latest box-office flop

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Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho is sent to the stands by referee Jonathan Moss

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MANCHESTER — Julia Roberts has swapped movie theaters for soccer’s Theater of Dreams. The American actress was joined by her family at Manchester United’s Old Trafford stadium to see Sunday’s English Premier League match against West Ham. And they were among the few United fans with anything to smile about after the 1-1 draw as Roberts’ three children were able to enjoy a kick-about on the field of the record 20-time English soccer

champions.

United’s chances of winning the Premier League are already fading after a fourth consecutive home game without a win. Jose Mourinho’s sixth-placed team is 11 points behind leader Chelsea after one third of the season.

Roberts won an Oscar in 2001 for her portrayal of crusading legal advocate “Erin Brockovich.”

She received Oscar nominations for “Steel Magnolias” and “Pretty Woman.” (ap)

Reuters / Phil Noble

Crystal Palace’s Wilfried Zaha warms up before the match

RIO DE JANEIRO — Future Manchester City striker Gabriel Jesus helped Palmeiras win its first Brazilian championship title in 22 years after a 1-0 home victory over Chapecoense on Sunday. The Sao Paulo-based club has now won the tournament a record nine times, one ahead of Santos.

Defender Fabiano scored the only goal on 26 minutes from the edge of the box to put Palmeiras seven points ahead of secondplaced Flamengo with one round left.

“Unfortunately this was my last game here. This is not goodbye, this is a ‘see you later’” Gabriel Jesus told journalists on the pitch during the celebrations.

“Here in Brazil I got the habit of winning titles, now I hope there are many more to celebrate in the future.”

“Never forget me because I will never forget you,” a tearful Gabriel Jesus told more than 40,000 fans at the Allianz Parque in Sao Paulo.

The 19-year-old player has already lifted a Brazilian cup with Palmeiras last year, won gold at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in August and became Brazil’s No. 9 under new coach Tite, scoring five goals in six matches of the World Cup qualifiers.

Gabriel Jesus, who will miss the last round of the Brazilian championship, signed in August for Man City but stayed in Brazil to see out the season.

Relegated twice to the second division after their last title, Palmeiras’ recovery was financed by millionaire club president Paulo Nobre. Nobre, a former rally racer from a wealthy family, lifted the trophy accompanied by 24-year-old striker Dudu, one of the team’s best performers this year.

The stars of the team include Gabriel Jesus, who was Palmeiras’ top scorer in the tournament with 12 goals, and 42-year-old Ze Roberto, a former defensive midfielder with Brazil, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich. (ap)

REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker

Palmeiras’ goalkeeper Fernando Prass carries Gabriel Jesus.

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Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Sp rt Mourinho’s two reds set another Premier League landmark

Manchester United’s Jose Mourinho is fond of setting landmarks as a manager but becoming the first individual to be sent off twice in this season’s Premier League is not one he will covet. No player in England’s top flight has yet been shown two red cards this term but now an angry man in a big coat has beaten them all to it following Mourinho’s dismissal during United’s 1-1 draw at home to West Ham United on Sunday.

If all that is not of great concern to Mourinho, then the plight of his expensively-assembled team, now 11 points off the pace and losing touch with the top four, definitely will be as United ponder their worst league start since 1990-91. When you have won 22 trophies, eight league titles and the world coach of the year accolade, it is a bit of a comedown to now be dealing in the most red-carded manager category.

Mourinho’s latest sending off was for a show of petulance when he booted away a water bottle down the touchline in frustration after referee Jon Moss had booked United’s Paul Pogba for diving in the first half. Referees in England are clamping down on dissent and this flagrant one prompted Moss to send Mourinho to the stands, just as he did last year when the Portuguese, then at Chelsea, had a halftime rant against the official

also in a West Ham match.

It was striking how Mourinho’s second sending off in a month - he incurred the wrath of referee Mark Clattenburg in a draw with Burnley at Old Trafford in late October -- coincided with another disappointing United showing against lowly opponents.

Whether his ill-discipline at Old Trafford could be linked to United’s impotence in those two matches is open to question, but there is no doubt that Mourinho’s behaviour is becoming an increasingly expensive failing. Last month, he was fined 50,000 pounds ($62,400.00) by the FA after comments about referee Anthony Taylor before United’s match with arch-rivals Liverpool.

His rant against Burnley came after United had been denied a penalty and he was given a one-match touchline ban and an 8,000 pounds fine. Now, the FA may consider

Zaha switches to Ivory Gabriel Jesus wins title with Coast from England Palmeiras before Man City move

Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha has decided to switch his international allegiance to Ivory Coast from England.

The 24-year-old was able to make the switch to Ivory Coast as his two England caps came in friendlies, against Sweden in 2012 and Scotland the following year.

“The Ivorian-English attacking midfielder Wilfried Zaha has chosen

another touchline ban.

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to play for the Elephants, under the colours of the Ivory Coast, his country of origin,” the Ivorian Football Federation (FIF) said in a statement.

“In the presence of his father, of Augustin Sidy Diallo (president of the FIF) and Michel Dussuyer (Elephants coach), he signed at the bottom of the demand to change his sporting nationality addressed to FIFA.” (rtr)

All of which could mean more post-match media work for Mourinho’s assistant Rui Faria, who took a leaf out of his boss’s book when talking of United being unlucky after their fourth consecutive draw at home. Yet, in truth, there has been little that is unlucky about United’s failure to turn dominance into points as their blunt edge in front of goal has seen Stoke City, Burnley, Arsenal and now West Ham outplayed but game enough to hang on for a point.

“The reality is that we are playing well,” Faria said. “We create the opportunities but we are not scoring the goals and we are suffering. “We can say we are unlucky and in the last matches we should get different results. We all believe the results will appear.”

Not that Faria ever assumes the other managerial duties. “I don’t take over,” he said. “The boss is Jose all the time and he passes on what is the best for the team and we just try to make it happen without having him there.” That is something United are just having to get used to. (ap) Martin Rickett/PA via AP

U.S actress Julia Roberts takes photographs on the pitch after the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester United and West Ham United at Old Trafford, Manchester, England, Sunday, Nov. 27, 2016.

Julia Roberts watches Man United’s latest box-office flop

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Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho is sent to the stands by referee Jonathan Moss

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MANCHESTER — Julia Roberts has swapped movie theaters for soccer’s Theater of Dreams. The American actress was joined by her family at Manchester United’s Old Trafford stadium to see Sunday’s English Premier League match against West Ham. And they were among the few United fans with anything to smile about after the 1-1 draw as Roberts’ three children were able to enjoy a kick-about on the field of the record 20-time English soccer

champions.

United’s chances of winning the Premier League are already fading after a fourth consecutive home game without a win. Jose Mourinho’s sixth-placed team is 11 points behind leader Chelsea after one third of the season.

Roberts won an Oscar in 2001 for her portrayal of crusading legal advocate “Erin Brockovich.”

She received Oscar nominations for “Steel Magnolias” and “Pretty Woman.” (ap)

Reuters / Phil Noble

Crystal Palace’s Wilfried Zaha warms up before the match

RIO DE JANEIRO — Future Manchester City striker Gabriel Jesus helped Palmeiras win its first Brazilian championship title in 22 years after a 1-0 home victory over Chapecoense on Sunday. The Sao Paulo-based club has now won the tournament a record nine times, one ahead of Santos.

Defender Fabiano scored the only goal on 26 minutes from the edge of the box to put Palmeiras seven points ahead of secondplaced Flamengo with one round left.

“Unfortunately this was my last game here. This is not goodbye, this is a ‘see you later’” Gabriel Jesus told journalists on the pitch during the celebrations.

“Here in Brazil I got the habit of winning titles, now I hope there are many more to celebrate in the future.”

“Never forget me because I will never forget you,” a tearful Gabriel Jesus told more than 40,000 fans at the Allianz Parque in Sao Paulo.

The 19-year-old player has already lifted a Brazilian cup with Palmeiras last year, won gold at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in August and became Brazil’s No. 9 under new coach Tite, scoring five goals in six matches of the World Cup qualifiers.

Gabriel Jesus, who will miss the last round of the Brazilian championship, signed in August for Man City but stayed in Brazil to see out the season.

Relegated twice to the second division after their last title, Palmeiras’ recovery was financed by millionaire club president Paulo Nobre. Nobre, a former rally racer from a wealthy family, lifted the trophy accompanied by 24-year-old striker Dudu, one of the team’s best performers this year.

The stars of the team include Gabriel Jesus, who was Palmeiras’ top scorer in the tournament with 12 goals, and 42-year-old Ze Roberto, a former defensive midfielder with Brazil, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich. (ap)

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Palmeiras’ goalkeeper Fernando Prass carries Gabriel Jesus.

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The Coral Garden

AMLAPURA - Running along the middle section of Tulamben beach is a shallow reef (averaging 8-12m so also excellent for snorkelling) of mainly table and fire corals interspersed with anemones as well as barrel and other sponges. The fishlife, as with the Drop-off and the Wreck, is very diverse. It is here that you can see a surprising number of Blue Ribbon Eels (the juveniles are black) and octopus, the variety of shrimp is surprising too along with the different anemonefish. The bigger fish seen here are Bumphead Parrotfish and Black Tip reef shark.

The depth and location make the Coral Garden a very good, and popular, Night Dive on which you may see Spanish Dancers and flashlight fish.

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Argentina beat Croatia to clinch maiden Davis Cup title

In fact the diving actually extends much deeper than 12M, if you carry on down the sand slope, you’ll find barrel sponges with many surprises: juvenile Emperor Angelfish, Two-spot Lionfish, maybe a school of juvenile catfish; cleaning stations with shrimp and wrasse, a shoal of Razorfish swaying in their hiding place. If you continue along the slope, towards the start of the Drop-off, you’ll come to a dry river bed, scooped out into a bowlshape, marked by ridges radiating outwards. These ridges are often the best places in Tulamben to find unexpected specimens. Although it is certainly not an area for divers looking for a profusion of marinelife! (IBP/net)

ZAGREB- Argentina lifted their first Davis Cup title after Juan Martin Del Potro and Federico Delbonis won Sunday’s reverse singles to complete the South American nation’s spectacular comeback in a 3-2 victory over hosts Croatia in the final.

Del Potro fought back from two sets down to beat Marin Cilic 6-7(4) 2-6 7-5 6-4 6-3 before Delbonis swept aside Ivo Karlovic 6-3 6-4 6-2 in the decisive rubber, sparking wild celebrations among several thousand away fans in the Zagreb Arena.

Argentina joined the list of Davis Cup winners after losing all four finals they had previously contested and their dismal record in the title showdown appeared set to continue when Cilic came within a set of clinching Croatia’s second title.

The 2005 winners saw the red carpet pulled from under their feet, however, as a battling Del Potro launched a ferocious comeback and played through the fifth set with a broken finger on his left hand.

“It happened when I tried to catch a ball in the fifth set,” Del Potro, who had struggled with wrist injuries in recent years, told a news conference before rushing back courtside to watch Delbonis pick apart Karlovic.

“This was an emotionally exhausting match and one of the biggest wins of my career. Thanks to all those who prevented me from retiring, I was very close to never playing again and, well, here I am.”

Having clinched the opening set tiebreak, Cilic raced through the second set before Del Potro, who improved his record against the Croatian to 9-2 in all competitions, started his comeback with a passing shot between his legs.

He broke Cilic’s serve in the ninth game of the fourth set and then held his own to draw level but fell behind again at the start of the fifth, handing the initiative back to the home crowd favourite. (rtr)

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Argentina’s Leonardo Mayer, Guido Pella, Federico Delbonis, Juan Martin del Potro and Daniel Orsanic react during the victory ceremony.

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Mercedes’ Formula One driver Nico Rosberg of Germany celebrates with his team after winning the Formula One world championship.

ABU DHABI - Germany has a new Formula One world champion in Nico Rosberg, after Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel, but fans may not see him race on home soil next season.

The German Grand Prix, absent in 2015, is set to be struck off again in 2017 for financial reasons and Rosberg’s dominant Mercedes team say there is little they can do about it.

“We are hearing various rumours,” motorsport head Toto Wolff said at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, where Rosberg clinched the title.

“Having a German Grand Prix is part of the history, and especially for us as Mercedes with our factories nearby and many fans in Germany. It is important to race in Germany.”

Wolff said Mercedes had offered financial and marketing support in the past but it was not taken up.

There had been no such talks this time.

Hockenheim boss Georg Seiler told German media last week that the economic risks of his circuit hosting the event in successive years were too great. Only 57,000 fans attended on race Sunday this year.

Next July would have been the Nuerburgring’s turn under an alternation agreement that collapsed when that circuit changed owners.

Germany was listed on a provisional 21-race 2017 schedule with an asterisk but Formula One’s commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone has indicated it will be dropped.

Asked why Germany had seemingly fallen out of love with the sport, despite Mercedes winning both drivers’ and constructors’ championships for three years running, Wolff -- an Austrian -- suggested various reasons.

“I have the theory, and its a

personal view, that there is a bit of a hangover after all those years of dominance of Sebastian and Michael,” he told Reuters. “The Germans have won it all.

“You can see that it’s coming in cycles, how there are other sports like the football team (reigning world champions) that is of great interest and it might change with different drivers, maybe with Nico winning a championship,” he added.

“It would be really great if we could re-ignite the passion of the German fans in the same way Michael was able to achieve it 20 years ago.”

The difference was that Schumacher, who won seven titles, was the first German champion and came from the same humble but hard-working background as many of the fans camping in the forests with their beer and barbecues. (rtr)

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Eyes on divided French Socialists as conservatives rally behind Fillon Trump, without evidence,

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U.S. President-elect Donald Trump boards his aircraft in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., November 27, 2016, as he makes his way to New York after spending the Thanksgiving holiday with family.

PARIS - France’s ruling Socialist party found itself in the spotlight on Monday after the decisive choice of a presidential candidate of the centre-right piled pressure on President Francois Hollande’s left to find a champion of its own.

Sunday’s selection of Francois Fillon by a comfortable majority to stand for Les Republicains in next April’s presidential election hands a glimmer of opportunity to Hollande, his Socialists, and the broader French left.

Fillon’s plans to slash public sector jobs and his socially conservative views on issues such as gay marriage could steal votes from far-right National Front candidate Marine Le Pen - but also alienate centrist voters.

Yet after five torrid years in power, marked by rampant unemployment and a series of Islamist militant attacks, the Socialists and

the broader left are deeply divided.

As a result, opinion polls suggest it will be Fillon and Le Pen who fight it out for the presidency in a second round, with Fillon looking set to win.

Hollande has two weeks to decide whether to run in January’s Socialist primary race. At the weekend, the most formidable of his likely opponents, Prime Minister Manuel Valls, was sharply critical of his boss and declined to rule out running against him.

Government spokesman Stephane Le Foll sought to dismiss media speculation of a damaging VallsHollande contest.

“To those who say there could be a primary election with the president and prime minister, I say there won’t be a primary between the president and the prime minister,” Le Foll told Europe 1 radio.

But the left’s headaches do not end there. Valls’s former economy minister Emmanuel Macron has launched his own campaign targeting centrist voters, while firebrand left-winger and former Socialist party member Jean-Luc Melenchon has also set off independently on the campaign trail.

A Harris opinion poll on Sunday had each of these rebels winning more than 13 percent of votes in next April’s first round of the presidential election - more than either Hollande or Valls would get should the election be held now. (rtr)

says illegal voting cost him U.S. popular vote

PALM BEACH - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said in a tweet on Sunday that he won the popular vote in the Nov. 8 election “if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally”, though he provided no evidence of widespread voter fraud.

The allegation by Trump, who won the required votes in the Electoral College to secure the presidency, comes as Democratic rival Hillary Clinton’s lead in the popular vote over Trump has surpassed 2.0 million votes and is expected to grow to more than 2.5 million as ballots in populous states such as California continue to be tallied.

Clinton’s legal team said on Saturday it had agreed to participate in a recount of Wisconsin votes after the state’s election board approved the effort requested by Green Party candidate Jill Stein, which Trump has called “ridiculous.”

“In addition to winning the Electoral College in a landslide, I won the popular vote if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally,” the Republican Trump

tweeted as reporters waited for him to leave his Mar-a-Lago golf resort in Florida to fly back to his residence in New York City.

The U.S. presidential race is decided by the Electoral College, based on a tally of wins from the state-by-state contests, rather than by the national vote. Trump has surpassed the 270 electoral votes needed to win the White House.

The Electoral College results are expected to be finalized on Dec. 19.

Trump takes office on Jan. 20.

“It would have been much easier for me to win the so-called popular vote than in the Electoral College in that I would only campaign in 3 or 4 states instead of the 15 states that I visited,” Trump added in follow-up tweets.

Several hours later, Trump tweeted, again without citing evidence: “Serious voter fraud in Virginia, New Hampshire and California - so why isn’t the media reporting on this? Serious bias - big problem!”

Clinton won all three states.

A spokesman for Trump did not immediately respond to a request for comment. (rtr)

Five factors...

disasters that obvisouly cannot be predicted. However, because most of Indonesia is located along the ring of fire, it is vulnerable to natural disasters.

The fifth factor is the activity of Indonesia’s competitors in terms of tourism. Indoneesai needs to look at what its competitors are doing because competition in tourism is at the international level. All countries are priorotosing the tourism sector.

There are even some cointries that formely had banned tourists from entering but are now competing to draw visitors.

Another factor is the massive development of the digital world.

Fewer and fewer travelers use travel agancies to guide their travel as they once did. Most people now access travel information fomr the internet. (kmb42)

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French National Front (FN) vice-president Florian Philippot speaks during an interview with Reuters in Paris, France, November 25, 2016. Picture taken November 25, 2016.

In 2015, the number of Chinese citizens who traveled overseas reached 118 million, while in 2017 it will reach about 133 million. This is a market that Indonesia should seize, because, China’s economy will keeo growing. He said that he was not certain about he data for travellers from other countries, but Japanese visitors are likely to decrease as their economy is slumping.

“Virtually all of our tourism markets will grow except for Japan and Taiwan because they are predicted to remain stagnant less because of economic factors in themsleves than internal policies that they are adopting”, he added.

The fourth factor is natural

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Indonesia Today

Unions, gig-economy firms gear up for New York benefits battle Joseph Morelle, the number two Democrat in the New York State Assembly, said he has been talking about portable benefits with such companies, which use occasional workers to provide rides, deliveries, house-cleaning and other services through websites and apps.

He said he plans to introduce legislation early next year, which would be the first of its kind in the United States and is likely to draw scrutiny from organized labor.

In advance of that effort, online home-cleaning company Handy has circulated a draft bill, seen by Reuters, that would establish guidelines for a portable benefits plan for New York workers at gig-economy companies.

A key element of the draft bill is that it classifies workers at companies choosing to participate in the program as independent contractors rather than employees under state law, as long as the companies’ dealings with their workers meet certain criteria.

Morelle would not say whether his proposed law would be based on the draft bill circulated by Handy, only that he was focused on passing some form of legislation to address the issues it raises.

“The gig economy is something more and more people will gravitate towards, and we clearly want to make sure they can get benefits,” he said.

EMPLOYEES OR CONTRACTORS? Handy, ride-hailing service Uber Technologies Inc and other companies in the vanguard of the gig economy - also known as the ‘sharing’ or ‘on-demand’ economy have ignited a national debate about how to classify and provide benefits to people who work flexible schedules and irregular hours.

Several labor unions and some of the workers themselves have argued they should be considered

JAKARTA - Indonesia’s police chief said that a rally to be held by Muslim groups on Friday calling for the ouster of Jakarta’s Christian governor would be “super peaceful” and confined to a park to help prevent a repeat of protest violence earlier this month.

REUTERS/Sigit Pamungkas/File Photo

A view of a waterfall in the protected forest at the Welirang mountain in Malang, East Java province, February 10, 2010.

Indonesia helicopter wreckage found; 1 rescued, 4 missing JAKARTA — A search team on Sunday found the wreckage of an Indonesian army helicopter and rescued an injured pilot three days after the aircraft disappeared on Indonesia’s part of Borneo island.

Four people are still missing.

The Bell 412 EP helicopter was carrying five soldiers, including two pilots, to Long Bawan, a remote town near the border with Malaysia, when it lost contact with its base in North Kalimantan province minutes after taking off on Thursday.

Army spokesman Brig. Gen. Sabrar Fadhilah said the wreckage of

UBER buses transport Egypt fans to the stadium before the start of the game against Ghana. employees, and therefore entitled to guaranteed wages, employer-provided insurance and other benefits.

The companies have maintained their workers are independent contractors.

Court actions brought by workers at Handy, Uber and other similar firms hoping to establish themselves as employees have not been finally resolved.

If New York lawmakers move forward, they would be the first in the nation to authorize industrywide portable benefits, and could serve as a model for other states, particularly if a bill draws support from organized labor. The legislation could also make it more difficult for workers at gig-economy companies to convince courts they

should be considered employees.

The draft bill circulated by Handy requires participating companies to contribute at least 2.5 percent of the fee for each job to an individual account for the worker, which he or she could then use to buy health insurance or other benefits.

STARTING POINT On its website, Handy says its “top professionals” make more than $1,000 per week. Under the terms of the draft bill, Handy would be required to contribute at least $1,300 per year for benefits for workers making $52,000 per year.

Companies would be allowed to pass along the cost to their customers. Since workers at participating

companies would be classified as independent contractors, they could not join unions to collectively bargain for better benefits.

Larry Engelstein, executive vice president of 32BJ Service Employees International Union (SEIU), which represents thousands of janitors, said under contracts the union negotiates employers contribute an annual average of $18,000 per employee for healthcare costs.

“The amount of money that’s supposed to be put into these portable benefit funds seems so meager,” Engelstein said. “The actual benefit a worker is getting hardly warrants what the worker is giving up.”

The SEIU is a backer of the

REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

four-year-old “Fight for $15” campaign, which aims to raise pay and expand the right to join a union for low-wage workers including fast-food servers, home care aides, airport baggage handlers and others. For the first time on Tuesday, some Uber drivers plan to join the campaign’s protests.

A source familiar with the Handy proposal said it was meant to be a starting point for discussions, not a final bill. In a statement, Handy said “it’s our view we need both regulatory change to clarify the law, and we are in favor of some form of portable benefits.” Uber and Morelle declined to comment on the Handy proposal. Morelle said he plans to draft the bill next month and introduce it in January.(rtr)

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Indonesia police, Muslim leaders aim for “super peaceful” rally

BUSINESS

Faced with a barrage of lawsuits from workers demanding benefits and recognition as employees, some companies in the fast-growing ‘gig economy’ are looking to settle the issues through legislation.

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the 3-year-old helicopter was spotted Sunday in a remote area of Malinau district in the same province.

He said rugged, forested terrain and bad weather made it difficult to reach the site. Rescuers are searching for the four missing soldiers.

“We hope we can rescue the rest of the victims safely,” Fadhilah said. “An investigation is underway to find what caused the crash.”

The helicopter was carrying about 400 kilograms (880 pounds) of supplies to deliver to border patrol troops.

Indonesia, a sprawling archipe-

lagic nation of more than 250 million people, has been plagued by transportation accidents in recent years, from plane and train crashes to ferry sinkings. Overcrowding, poor infrastructure and unenforced safety rules are often to blame. The military, which suffers from low funding, has also regularly suffered airplane and helicopter crashes.

In 2013, a MI-17 amy helicopter carrying seven soldiers and 12 civilians crashed during a mission to build a border post in North Kalimantan, killing 13 people on board.(ap)

Indonesia says 2 militants arrested in Myanmar Embassy plot JAKARTA — Indonesia’s antiterror squad has arrested two militants who were planning to attack prominent places in the country’s capital, including the Myanmar Embassy, police said Sunday.

An interrogation of suspected bomb maker Rio Priatna Wibawa, who was arrested this past week, led authorities to the men, said national police spokesman Boy Rafli Amar. All three claimed allegiance to the Islamic State group.

Bahrain Agam was arrested in northern Aceh province late Saturday and Saiful Bahri was captured in Banten province on Sunday, Amar said.

Police had said that Wibawa had sufficient explosives at his home in West Java province to make bombs three times more powerful than

those used in the 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people.

Since the Bali bombings, which were carried out by the al-Qaidalinked Jemaah Islamiyah militant group, a security crackdown has netted hundreds of radicals and reduced their capacity for large attacks. But a new threat has emerged from among the hundreds of Indonesians who have traveled abroad to fight with IS and the group’s supporters in Indonesia.

Amar said the arrested militants told authorities they wanted to retaliate against Myanmar for recent attacks on Rohingya Muslims.

They also planned to attack Indonesia’s parliament, police headquarters and television stations. An attack on the embassy could have been carried out this month or next,

Amar said.

The embassy in Jakarta was the scene of protests against the persecution of Rohingya on Thursday and Friday. Protests also occurred in Bangladesh, Malaysia and Thailand.

Sectarian violence in Buddhistmajority Myanmar has killed scores of Muslims, and thousands have been driven from their homes. The Rohingya face severe discrimination and are considered illegal immigrants by Myanmar’s government despite many living in the country for generations.

Indonesian extremists responded to sectarian violence in Myanmar in 2013 with a plot to bomb the Myanmar Embassy. More than a dozen militants were sentenced to prison for involvement in the plot. (ap)

More than 100,000 Muslims, led by hardliners, took to the streets on Nov. 4 to protest against Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, who is accused of insulting the Koran.

One person was killed and more than 100 were wounded when the protest, the biggest in the city in recent years, briefly turned violent, and police fired tear gas and water cannon.

Indonesia has the world’s largest Muslim population and is home to Christian and Hindu communities.

National Police Chief Tito Karnavian said authorities had agreed with organisers that the rally would be held in a park in central Jakarta, rather than on streets running through traffic-clogged central Jakarta.

“We will prepare everything, so we hope everything will be orderly and super peaceful,” Karnavian told a news conference. In a sign of greater coordination between authorities and protest organisers, Muslim leaders also attended the news conference.

Habib Rizieq, the head of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), a hardline group backing the recent rallies, said it wanted the governor to be arrested immediately but pledged the demonstration would

be peaceful.

Karnavian said he hoped that other groups, such as trades unions, would delay protests planned for the same day and that no third party would try to disrupt the demonstration. President Joko Widodo has blamed “political actors” for fanning violence without naming anyone and the police chief has also said some demonstrators may try to use the rallies to storm parliament.

The trigger for the recent religious tensions was a comment that Jakarta governor Purnama, the first Christian and ethnic Chinese in the job, made about his opponents’ use of the Koran in political campaigning.

Police have named Purnama a suspect in the blasphemy probe.

He faces up to five years in prison if found guilty.

Police have concluded their investigation and given the dossier to the Attorney General’s office, which will decide whether to proceed.

Purnama, popularly known as Ahok, is running for re-election in February against two Muslim candidates. He denies any wrongdoing but has apologised for his comments.(rtr)

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National Police Chief General Tito Karnavian (2nd L), Chairman of the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) Ma’ruf Amin (2nd R), Chairman of Islamic Defenders Front Habib Rizieq (R), and cleric Abdullah Gymnastiar (L) shake hands after giving a news conference in Jakarta, Indonesia November 28, 2016 in this photo taken by Antara Foto.

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Without standards, wooden tray craftsmen sell product cheaply

BANGLI - All this time, wooden tray craftsmen in Tembuku subdistrict have not owned standard of selling price. As a result, they also often release their products at low price to win the competition in the market.

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It takes about 5 kilograms of bacca buni to produce 20 liters of wine.

Bacca buni wine business constrained by capital TABANAN - In order to increase their income, farmers have come up with some breakthrough ways of processing agricultural products ot make them more marketable. Making refreshing wine form bacca bunu in the subdistrict of Pupuan is one example.

One of the farmers who is processing bacca buni wine is I Ketut Kayun from Kebon Padangan village, Pupuan. He revealed on Friday (Nov. 25) that this fruit processing business is quite promising and that bacca buni fruits are quite abundant in Pupuan. “When they are in season, this fruit is easy to find as it grows in most people plantations in Pupuan”, he said.

However, despite the fact that the raw materials are readily available, Kayun explained that he cannot produce large quantities, due to limited capital.. “Although the market is responding well, we do not have the capital to produce large quantitie”, he said.

It takes about 5 kilograms of bacca buni to produce 20 liters of wine. The marketing of this wine has reached beyond Bali and they receive regular orders from a client in Yogyakarta.

Unfortunately, due to capital constraints, the producer can only meet the order in limited quantities.

Aside from bacca buni, there are a number of processed drink products prepared from assorted fruits yielded by farmers in Pupuan. Among them, he also processes mulberry, snakefruit and morinda into wine. Mulberry wine, apart than functioning to warm the body, is also benefical for people with diabetes when a certain dosage is consumed. All kinds of wine from Pupuan are sold for IDR 35,000 per bottle. (kmb24)

One of the tray craftsmen from Tegalasah hamlet, Tembuku, Sang Biang Areni, admitted it. She said that in order to still survive in the market, other than competing in terms of creation, many tray craftsmen in the village areas should also compete in terms of price.

The craftsmen including her are frequently forced to sell tray crafts at low price rather than being unable to sell.

“The competition is now involving price war among the merchants,” she said when met at her house recently.

Although obtaining small profit margins, she considered it no problem for the sake of maintaining the continuity of production.

Other than wooden trays, she also makes craft product from fiber material. Especially for fiber trays made

from resin material, she admitted to have started producing since the past six years. “But for wooden tray, we have been making it since the ancestors,” she said.

In terms of price, a carved wooden tray with gold leaf paint is sold for IDR 35,000 each, a plain wooden tray for IDR 30,000 each, while fiber tray with diameter 30 cm is commonly sold for IDR 120,000 each. “In order to always get favored by consumers, we have to keep thinking innovatively and make creative products with new motive,” she added. (kmb40)

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Bombs, artillery rain on rebels as Philippines siege rages

MANILA - The Philippines military dropped bombs from planes and rained artillery shells on southern rebels on Monday, the third day of a siege of militants sympathetic to Islamic State, during which 35 guerrillas have been killed, the army said.

Several U.S.-made OV-10B planes circled in the air before diving and dropping payloads on fortified positions of the Maute rebel group, which has occupied a town hall in Lanao province, said army spokesman Major Filemon Tan. “As of noon today, there’s heavy engagement in the area as our troops are conducting clearing operations,” Tan said, adding 13 soldiers were wounded in the offensive, which began on Saturday.

Thousands of residents have fled as hundreds of troops, backed by heavy artillery and armoured vehicles, moved in to flush out the rebels.

Italian-made trainer planes and OV-10 Bronco aircraft were also called in help retake the old municipal hall.

The government has blamed the Maute Group for a Sept.

2 bombing at a street market in the hometown of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte that killed 14 people and wounded dozens.

Several suspected members of the group were arrested a month later and, according to the defense minister, video clips were found of them pledging loyalty to the Islamic State cause.

Duterte has recently been warning about the possibility of Islamic State taking root in the Philippines if driven out of Iraq and Syria, saying his country needed to avoid their “contamination”, as did Malaysia and Indonesia.

Tan said the military was trying to contain fighting in the area and keep it from spilling over to other areas in Mindanao.

“A heavy fight is ongoing, but we hope to neutralise this Maute group soon,” he added.

Police conducted a controlled detonation of a home-made bomb found in a trash bin near the U.S. embassy in Manila on Monday and said the Maute group could be responsible because bomb components were similar to those used in the Davao attack. (rtr)

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Members of the Philippine National Police (PNP) Special Action Force patrol after an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was found near the U.S Embassy in metro Manila, Philippines November 28, 2016.

Malaysian pro-democracy leader released after ten days’ detention

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Wooden tray craftsmen in Tembuku subdistrict have not owned standard of selling price.

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A man holds up a poster as pro-democracy group Bersih stages a 1MDB protest, calling for Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak to resign, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia November 19, 2016.

KUALA LUMPUR - The leader of Malaysian pro-democracy group Bersih and critic of Prime Minister Najib Razak was released on Monday after ten days in detention under a widely criticised security law.

Maria Chin Abdullah was arrested the day before a protest rally organised by the group saw thousands of Malaysians marching in the capital to demand Najib’s resignation over his alleged involvement in a multi-billion dollar financial scandal. Najib has denied wrongdoing.

Maria was arrested on Nov 18 under Malaysia’s Security Offences (Special Measures) Act, a law that was introduced in 2012 to fight security and extremist threats.

The U.S. State Department and other

civil rights groups had criticised Maria’s arrest under the law, which could have seen her detained for 28 days without trial.

In a text message to Reuters, human rights lawyer Ambiga Sreenevasan confirmed Maria’s release, but said police had not given a reason why she was freed.

Earlier on Monday, police also raided the office of Empower Malaysia, a women’s rights organisation where Maria was previously executive director.

Empower Malaysia member Honey Tan said via her Twitter account lawyers were barred by police from entering the organisation’s office during the raid.

A police spokeswoman did not immediately respond to a request for comment. (rtr)

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LONDON - Scientists studying yo-yo dieting in mice say the tendency for people to regain excess weight rapidly after successfully slimming may well be due to their microbiome - the trillions of microorganisms in the gut.

The researchers found that changes in the gut microbiome that occur when an obese mouse loses weight can persist for many months, and that this contributes to accelerated weight regain later if the diet lapses If, as the researchers believe, a similar thing happens in obese people, they said, it could help explain why so many of them fail to keep their lost weight off, and often put on more than they lost in the first place.

In a telephone briefing about their work, professors Eran Segal and Eran Elinav of the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel, said that while there has been good progress in studying obesity and its causes, relapsing obesity is poorly understood.

“People go on diets over and over again - and keep failing,” Segal said. “It’s a very common problem. Up to 50 percent of obese people suffer this relapsing pattern.”

To try to find out why, Segal and Elinav experimented with mice, giving them cycles of high fat diets interspersed with periods of lower-fat normal diet.

They found that the gut microbiomes of the mice who lost weight were altered, and that these changes remained in place for many months and contributed to rapid and excessive weight gain if the mice were given high-fat diets again.

To test whether it was due to the microbiome, the researchers transferred the altered microbiomes into mice that had not previously been exposed to yo-yo diets - and here too they found unusually rapid and excessive weight gain when the mice were given high-fat foods. “The microbiome by itself is not sufficient to produce this (rapid weight again) effect, but it’s the diet plus the microbiome,” Segal explained.

The scientists were not able to say exactly what the mechanism is or how exactly the microbiome’s persistent post-diet state increases weight gain.

But in further analysis of the microbiome, they found that among key changes were a reduction in levels of plant compounds called flavonoids in the gut after dieting, and reduced energy expenditure.

This suggests, they said, that a flavonoid-based “post-biotic” treatment might help curb post-dieting weight regain. (rtr)

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Unlike the makepung on dry track holding exercise almost every week, the makepung lampit event is only held once a year.

Wetland buffalo race to be organized regularly

NEGARA - Other than having makepung (land buffalo race) cultural attraction having been recognized by the government as the national cultural heritage, Jembrana also has another cultural attraction in the form of makepung lampit held in muddy paddy field.

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Destination Moon?

Belgium joins the space race

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A giant poster of Tintin is seen inside the Centre Pompidou modern art museum in Paris December 19, 2006.

BRUSSELS - Belgian comicstrip hero Tintin helped popularise the 1950s Space Race with his iconic cartoon rocket; seven decades on from the boy reporter’s “Destination Moon”, his country is finally getting its own version of NASA. The Interfederal Space Agency of Belgium (ISAB) will be set up next year, science minister Elke Sleurs said, arguing that it would help a local industry hang on to what is now a 5-percent share of the EU’s 7 billion-euro a year space industry.

Challenges from the likes of rising powers India and China and changing rules for EU-wide ten-

ders meant Belgium should pool resources to help its companies compete, she said: “If we just keep the status quo, we risk losing out on space contracts.”

About 60 firms in the local sector include the 96-year-old SABCA, which has worked on Europe’s Ariane rocket programme.

Images from Tintin space stories, starting with “Destination Moon” in 1950, have become Belgian national treasures and fed popular fascination worldwide with cosmic adventure. A single original drawing by his creator Herge from 1954’s “Explorers on the Moon” sold last week in Paris for 1.55 million euros. (rtr)

The makepung lampit organized on Sunday morning (Nov. 27) in the paddy field of Subak Tegalwani at Kaliakah village, Negara, attracted hundreds of professional photographers from home and overseas to capture the moment. Unlike the makepung on dry track holding exercise almost every week, the

makepung lampit event is only held once a year.

Coordinator of the Jembrana buffalo race group, I Made Mara, explained that makepung lampit held last Sunday is not only an attraction but also a competition. In terms of the number of participant, it is more than the previous year,

showing an increase from 18 participants to 27 participants. According to him, it also showed the increase in public vivacity. “We hope that next year more participants will participate. At least, it can reach a half of the number of participant in the land buffalo race amounting 300 participants,” said Made Mara.

He hoped that Jembrana district could build a permanent buffalo race circuit.

In the meantime, Regent of Jembrana, I Putu Artha, gave positive appreciation to the rise of

makepung lampit cultural attraction. Local government will continuously promote the makepung lampit to make it more widely known to the public and become one of the tourist attractions.

Responding to the people’s aspiration to have a permanent circuit, Regent Artha asserted that the government is now building a makepung circuit in the area of Samblong, Sangkaragung village.

As seen in the site plan worked on by the Jembrana Education and Culture Agency, in addition

to the land makepung circuit, it will also be prepared the circuit for makepung lampit at the same location. With the permanent circuit, the schedule of event can be arranged any time and it is unnecessary to wait for planting season and harvest season.

“This makepung lampit is a genuine cultural attraction of Jembrana which should be preserved and developed into a tourist attraction. Next year, it should be even better packaged,” said Regent Artha. (kmb46)

the congestion on the Jalan Raya Canggu.

“To regulate traffic on the line, it is indeed good (with the addition of personnel—Ed), but in the long run the road section will remain to be hit by congestion,” he said.

He admitted that to realize the idea is quite difficult because the price of land is expensive and the land acquisition is also quite long. “We recommend the government to conduct a study on the existing rural roads that can be made into an alternative to change traffic direction during congestion hours on TibubenengCanggu road section,” he ex-

plained.

Further, he explained there are several rural roads that can be used as shortcut, but they still need improvement and widening.

One of them is the Jalan Nelayan at Canggu and the one close to SDN 4 Canggu elementary school.

This road section can be used as an alternative path in case severe congestion occurs on Jalan Raya Canggu.

“However, this needs further study, who knows after being repaired and widened they can be used either for cars or motorcycles,” he said.

In the meantime, the Road

and Bridge Division Head of the Badung Highways and Irrigation Agency, Sang Nyoman Oka Parmana, when contacted separately related to the proposal said that there is no district road at Canggu to Tibubeneng. The road getting to Canggu village from Tibubeneng or vice versa belongs to a rural road.

Thus, it is required further studies about the plans of shortcut road in the pathway.

“Surely, there are lands to be acquired and the process is quite difficult. We must first examine which roads they are that can be used as the alternative in the future,” he concluded. (kmb27)

To overcome congestion at Canggu, parliament proposes shortcut road

MANGUPURA - The Badung House of Representatives proposed the construction of shortcut road to overcome congestions occurred along the Tibubeneng-Canggu road section. So far, the high density of traffic in the area has not been handled properly. Actually, local government has increased the number of personnel from the Transportation and Infocom Agency, but they have been unable to resolve the problem.

Such proposal was disclosed by a legislator of North Kuta constituency, Gede Aryantha, Sunday (Nov. 27). This politician of Gerindra Party said that

the efforts of local authorities are not enough by increasing personnel to regulate traffic, but should also think about the shortcut road to break the provincial road congestion. “There are some rural roads that can be used as shortcut to the highway from Canggu to Tibubeneng such as the Jalan Nelayan and the road in front of the SMP Pancasila junior high school at Munduk Banta-Tandeg,” he suggested.

According to him, in addition to preventive measures by increasing personnel of transportation agency, construction of a shortcut can be a long-term solution to resolve

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not been calculated when determining the 20 million tourist arrivals,” he said.

Consumption of midrange society does not matter, but in lower classes is in problematic condition and the farmers’ welfare goes down. Within the past two years, the index of farmer exchange also decreased, wages of farming laborer is minus four percent and wages of construction laborer is minus 1.74 percent.

In the meantime, Director of BNI for Regional Bali, NTB & NTT, AAG Agung Darmawan, explained that in 2017 the Bali’s economy will remain unchanged as the current condition. In 2017, the Indonesia’s economy is predicted to have better growth, but the changes in the United States will certainly affect Indonesia that make people wait and see about the policy to be issued.

Considering that each period has different condition, so that the sector to grow in 2017 will also be different. If current property sector is still down, in the future, he predicted to grow. He considered that the government will loosen the policy related to property sector such as through the policy of increasing non-visa visit for some countries as well as the property ownership and residence permit will also be simplified.

These policies encourage real sectors like property to move in Indonesia. “Currently it remains stagnant, but will increase. The property will definitely do,” he added.

The second sector to be growing is infrastructure considering that the government will improve infrastructure. “The key is spending of the government. The spending will be discernible from the infrastructure. Well, it will multiply,” he said. (kmb42)

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Fogging is done to prevent the spread of Dengue Fever

In October, dengue cases increase again Children vulnerable to DSS

DENPASAR - So far, in 2016 Wangaya Hospital has seen vreeding ground for mosquitos.

For prevention in the medical 2,344 outpatents with dengue, with 776 patients requiring level, there has now been dengue hospitilization and 7 people dying from dengue fever.

Sanglah Hospital has shown an increse from 35 cases of dengue in Spetemebr to 46 cases in October.

This November, there have been 23 cases of dengue fever. Patients who were hospitilized due to dengue also wnet up fomr 130 cases in September to 148 cses in October.

In November there have been 63 cases.

Sang Gede Purnama, a lecturer at the Public Health Department of Udayana University, asserted that if people do not conduct mosquito nest erradication regulary – especially in the rainny seaon, then there is a higher likelyhood of an outbrealk of dengue cases.

Intensice supervision of water reservoirs is required and in order to prevent the spread of this disease, a regulation is required.. “Ideally, there would be a regulation that would have sanctions imposed on any resident who was found to be hrabouring mosquito larvae in their homes more than three time”, he suggested.

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Indonesia’s economy falls off, in 2017 predicted to be unchanged

MANGUPURA - Indonesia’s economy is falling off or less energetic to accumulate strength.

Indonesia’s economic growth is not specified by exports. On that account Investment should become spearheading, but it continues to bottle up so that the growth only reaches four percent.

In the meantime, the debt of Indonesia in the past two years shows an extraordinary rise and it interferes with banking sector.

The national debt of IDR 2,600 trillion increased to IDR 3.100 trillion and IDR 3,400 trillion as of September.

Growth in deposits only reached 1.1 percent in September so that banking is increasingly difficult to look for funds from the community to finance projects, not just in tourism sector but also in infrastructure. “It happens because more people’s money is drawn by the government,” said Faisal Basri, an economist.

People rushed to withdraw their funds from the bank to be changed into government bonds (SUN).

As a result, public funds in bank slumped. The growth is only 3.2 percent so that the capability of bank to distribute loan also decreases from 20 percent to 6.5 percent.

On that account, foreign investment is essential to build factory or hotels, not just to bring government bonds or purchase stocks.

Since Donald Trump was elected president until November 22, the money going out from Indonesia has been significantly in large amount reaching USD 1 billion.

“It means that USD 1 billion of government bonds has been missing as sold by foreign investors,” he explained.

Equity of stock market worth USD 400 million has been gone out, so that the price of stock market in Indonesia slumped. “They have

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Bacillus Thuringiensis bacteria that can be taken advantage of as a larvicides, and is safer biological method than using chemical methods.

He asserted that mosquito nests eradication is the most effective method to handle dengue fever as it prevents larvae from becoming adult mosquitoes, who spreand the virus. If larvae are elimintaed, there will not be any more cases of dengue. One way to eradicate mosquito nests is by cleaning water reservoirs.

In Indonesia, water reservoirs are often in the from of cistern ( ceramic or porcelain) as well ass bucket. Using buckets to hold water is safer because the water is dumped out once it is used whereas ceramic cisterns tend to hold standing water in which the larvae can hatch. Even when these cistersn are emptied, it is imprtant to clean them out as the larvae can stick to the walls. Showers are an another alternative though they remain a costly alternative in Indonesia.

Disposing of plastic waste is also important as water can stay standing in plastic asd serve as a

vaccine. Dr. I Wayan Bikin Suryawan, the Head of the Wangaya Hospital Pediatrics Department, said that vaccine can be given to children for three times at the age of nine to 19 years, namely in zero month, one month and six months.

At these ages, the vaccine works to prevent the spread of dengue. Then, at higher ages, the vaccine prevents the occurrence of more severe dengue. The vaccine has been in circulation, but not included yet in the government program.

At first, dengue affected children, but now it also affects adults.

Moreover, it affects more adults. If attacking children, the emergency is higher and vulnerable to Dengue Shock Syndrome (DSS), but in an adult the day care is longer but few enter the DSS phase.

Visible DSS symptoms, for example, are cold accomplice and weak pulse. These commonly happen on the fourth or fifth day.

On average, dengue patients get hospital treatment on the second or third day and then are allowed to go home on the sixth or seventh day. However, if DSS occurs to patients, their treatment will be two days longer. (kmb42)

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LOS ANGELES - Disney’s “Moana” sailed to the top of the Thanksgiving box office, earning a mighty $81.1 million over the five day holiday period and $55.5 million for the weekend.

Its success builds on the studio’s hot streak. Disney has released five of the year’s ten highest grossing films, is the leader in terms of market share, and is poised to set a new record for annual grosses.

Its hits include “Captain America: Civil War,” “Zootopia,” “Doctor Strange,” “Finding Dory,” “The Jungle Book,” and now “Moana,” with “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” waiting in the wings.

Disney distribution chief Dave Hollis said that the success of “Moana” and others like it justified the company’s decision to make fewer films, while taking bigger bets. Part of that strategy involved shelling out billions of dollars to buy Pixar, Marvel, and LucasFilm, the brands behind “Toy Story,” “The Avengers,” and “Star Wars.”

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storytelling that resonates domestically, but has the power to transcend borders and languages and cultures around the world,” said Hollis.

While “Moana” thrived, other new releases weren’t as fortunate.

Paramount’s “Allied” earned $18 million over the five-day period and $13 million for the weekend, a weak result given its $85 million budget. The film stars Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard as spies who marry only to have their love affair become entangled in a larger conspiracy. Robert Zemeckis (“Flight”) directed the picture. (rtr)

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The tourist enjoying the beautiful scenery of Sanur Beach.

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Five factors affect tourism of Indonesia MANGUPURA - The Ministry of Tourism aims to have 15 million tourists visit Indonesia in 2017 and 20 million in 2019.

There is some optimism about the likelyhood of this being achieved, given that previsou targets have been exeeded. The 2010 target of 10 million for example was achieved and the 2016 target of 12 million reached 8.36 a of September.

Actor Auli’i Cravalho poses at the world premiere of Walt Disney Animation Studios’ “Moana” as a part of AFI Fest in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, November 14, 2016.

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Prof. Dr. I Gde Pitana, Deputy to Foreign Marketing, Ministry of Tourism

“When talking about figures for tourist arrivals, we need to consider that certain factor are lcoked in because the emphasis in tourism development is on industrial development, tourism development and domestic or international tourism development applies sustainable and competitive growth” said Prof.

Dr. I Gde Pitana, Deputy to Foreign

Marketing, Ministry of Tourism, in the ITO 2017 organized by Estepers at Ayodya Resort in Nusa Dua. The goal of of having 20 million visitors is often viewed with cynisim as there is fear that with such qauntaty, the quality of tourism will be reduced. According to Pitana, this will not be the case, because the 20 million figure is locked in with a number of two-fold foreign exchanges.

Tourism is a complex sector that affects other sectors and is affected by many sectors as well.

Tourism cannot stand alone and is

very closely related to other sectors in the social economic web. Therefore, according to Pitana, there are five factors affecting the Indonesian tourism market namely; the country’s economic growth, political stability and Indonesia’s economy, outbound growth of market countries, natural disasters (unpredictable) and the activities conducted

by Indonesia’s competitors.

He said that seeing the economic growth of other market countries, Indonesia can predict the number of visitors from these countries. Japan, for instance, whose economy is in slowdown, also has less people visiting Indonesia. “This can give an illustration of ??the global economy and how our market will be in 2017”, he added.

The second factor is the political stability of our economy. Several provinces in Indonesia will hold

regional leader elections in 2017.

This will also affect the number of foreigners who visit Indonesia.

However, Minister of Home Affairs and security authorities believe the upcoming elections will not cause any significant interference.

The third factor is the outbound travellers from coutnries that represent a tourism market for Indonesia. Data shows that the number of Chinese citizens who will be travelleing overseas will continue to rise .

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