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Brad Pitt skips film premiere to focus on ‘family situation’

LOS ANGELES — A producer says “we all respect his privacy” as Brad Pitt skipped his first public appearance after last week’s split with Angelina Jolie Pitt.

He didn’t attend the premiere of Terrence Malick’s new documentary Wednesday night as scheduled.

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FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2015 file photo, Angelina Jolie, left, and Brad Pitt arrive at the 2015 AFI Fest opening night premiere of “By The Sea” in Los Angeles.

Pitt, who narrates “Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience,” said in a statement Wednesday that he’s grateful to have been part of the project, but is “currently focused on my family situation and don’t want to distract attention away from this extraordinary film.” Producer Sophokles Tasioulis said outside the California Science Center IMAX Theatre that he understood Pitt’s absence.

“Right now, he’s in a very difficult situation personally.

And we want people to come here for the movie, not for what is going on behind the scenes in Brad’s personal life,” Tasioulis said. “So I think it was a good decision by him. And we all respect his privacy.”

Pitt is also credited as producer on the film. Malick directed him in the Oscar-nominated 2011 family drama “Tree of Life” and producer Sarah Green said the two are “great friends.”

Tasioulis said producers had not been in direct contact with Pitt for more than two weeks.

“We last spoke to him when he was still in France. Because the 90-minute (version of “Voyage of Time”) premiered in Venice, so it was like a one hour hop over from the south of France to Venice. (We asked) whether he would like to come or not,” Tasioulis said. “And he wanted to focus on his family.

So he didn’t come there as well.”

Pitt has yet to file a response in the divorce case. Jolie Pitt cited irreconcilable differences in her Sept. 20 filing to end their two-year marriage, and she is seeking sole custody of the couple’s six children.

The FBI says it’s continuing to evaluate whether to investigate Pitt’s reported involvement in a fight aboard a private jet carrying his family on Sept. 14. The incident led to allegations that Pitt was abusive to his 15-year-old son, and several media outlets have also reported the actor is under investigation by a child welfare agency.

The Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services will not say whether it is investigating the incident. Jolie Pitt’s divorce filing lists the day after the flight as when the couple separated. Her lawyer said the actress decided to divorce “for the health of the family.” Pitt’s next film after “Voyage of Time” is Robert Zemeckis’ World War II drama “Allied,” set for release in November.(ap)

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Water preservation featured in BAF 2017

DENPASAR - The Bali Arts Festival (BAF) 2017 has set the theme Ulundanu (conserving water source of life). When compared to previous years, the BAF plan is prepared earlier in September. Hopefully, the district and municipal government can quickly prepare the art material to be displayed along with the budget.

“We ask the head of district and municipal culture agency to gather the existing art studios and art troupes whether they want to participate in filling in the BAF, Mahalango and Nawanatya. They should have submitted written proposal no later than this December so that in January 2017 we have been able to design a program and dissemination early,” said the Head of the Bali Culture Agency, Dewa Putu Beratha, after the initial preparation meeting of the BAF 2017 in Denpasar, Wednesday (Sep. 28).

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Indonesian union workers protesting against a government tax amnesty march towards the presidential palace in Jakarta, Indonesia September 29, 2016.

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Thousands of Indonesian workers protest against tax amnesty

JAKARTA - Thousands of Indonesian union workers marched to the heart of Jakarta on Thursday to protest against a government tax amnesty scheme, which is meant to plug a large budget deficit but which they say unfairly pardons wealthy tax dodgers.

The amnesty programme, under which Indonesians are encouraged to repatriate previously undeclared overseas assets to avoid increasing penalties, was launched in July and is a top priority for President Joko Widodo.

Almost $200 billion of assets have been declared so far under the

programme, which is also meant to broaden Indonesia’s tax base, according to finance ministry data.

However, a rising number of blue-collar workers, who make up the bulk of Indonesia’s workforce, consider it unconstitutional because they say it forgives the past crimes of rich taxpayers.

Some of Indonesia’s wealthiest individuals, including tycoonpolitician Aburizal Bakrie, Lippo Group chief executive James Riady, and Hutomo Mandala Putra - a son of the late authoritarian president Suharto - are among more than 100,000 who have signed up.

“We workers have diligently paid our taxes but these rich people and big corporations are being pardoned after not paying their taxes,” Said Iqbal, president of the Confederation of Indonesian Workers Union, told reporters before a peaceful

march to the presidential palace.

“These funds coming in could be from trafficking, drugs or corruption, and will all become legalised when declared through the tax amnesty,” he added.

Iqbal said there could be further protests, including work stoppages, if the government continued with the amnesty.

His union, along with three other groups, have filed legal action against the amnesty law in Indonesia’s Constitutional Court. That has created some uncertainty over

its future, with a court ruling not expected for weeks. Government officials have vigorously defended the programme.

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Beratha reminded the district and municipal government of not just copying and pasting the art material of the BAF 2016 to be displayed in the BAF 2017. According to him, the BAF should be innovative and full of creativity.

Essentially it must still refer to the BAF roadmap, both the annual sub-theme and the five-yearly theme having been determined until 2020.

“We hope the concept provided can be further discussed in the

district with the artists and cultural figures, whether the potential owned by the district is truly in accordance with the art material we have designed and they might have the art potential having never been showed off in the previous BAF,” he explained.

Especially for the opening parade, continued Beratha, the BAF 2017 will no longer feature a fragmentary show. It is meant to make the parade run dynamically. If the fragmentary show is not given a chance to make performance in front of the stage of honor, it will lose vivacity. In addition, the

preparation and budget spent well become useless. On that account, the next parade will be designed to show off the typical tradition of the districts / municipality.

“The traditions are parts of culture and have never been followed up and promoted all this time whereas the traditions lie in each district and municipality in Bali such as med-medan, mekotek and pandanus war. If we present them, the parade will move and this will become a magnificent attraction. In terms of cost, it will be much cheaper,” he said. (kmb32)

The parade during last year’s Bali Art Festival

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Operations Manager of Jatiluwih tourist attraction, I Nengah Sutirtayasa, exposed that foreign

travelers coming to Jatiluwih are dominated by European. Based on the data in 2015, the number of

tourist visit to Jatiluwih reached 164,366 people. Of this figure, he said that as many as 138,943 foreign travelers are adult while 3,994 others are children.

In the meantime, domestic travelers just amounted to 21,343 adults and 86 children. The data show an increase in tourist visit to Jatiluwih in 2015 and 2016. Sutirtayasa has confidence that tourist visit in 2015 can be exceeded considering there are still four months to go in 2016.

He continued that the increase in the number of tourist arrival

is inseparable from the role of all stakeholders such as the public, subak (irrigation cooperative), customary village, area management and travel agency including village officials to the government of Tabanan that always give support in order to make a breakthrough in the arrangement and development of the tourist area.

Other than lovely paddy field landscapes, management of Jatiluwih tourist attraction also provides trekking path along approximately 3 km. Along this trekking path,

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Jatiluwih shows an increase in visit, Dominated by foreign travelers

TABANAN - In the past eight months, the foreign and domestic tourist visit to Jatiluwih tourist attraction showed an increase. The number of tourist visit in January reached 9,873 people, in February (10,622), March (12,203), April (13,869), May (17,066), June (15,432), July (23,590) and August (35,918). Thus, the total number of tourist visits over the past eight months reached 138,573 people. In terms of composition, foreign traveler amounts to 116,967 people (adult) and child amounts to 4,446, while adult domestic travelers until August reached 17,007 people and children amounted to 153.

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Da Maria to Open In Bali Later This Year

travelers have been provided with a pathway to explore the paddy fields offering beautiful and clean scenery.

Besides, the pathway passed through also provides a panorama of nature like waterfalls and mountain scenery. “In the future, this trekking path will continue to be developed and the new potential will be persistently explored. For instance, there are waterfalls and Japanese bathing place with a high historical value,” said Sutirtayasa. (kmb24)

Maurice Terzini, a famous and successful restaurateur in Australia with Iceberg and Da Orazio, is expanding to Asia to collaborate with Adrian Reed, the owner of Motel Mexicola to open few restaurants in Bali, starting with Da Maria which will be open later this year.

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Rihanna, new top designers debut at Paris Fashion Week

PARIS — New designer debuts from powerhouses Lanvin and Saint Laurent — and popstar Rihanna’s first Paris catwalk show for Fenty Puma — marked the start of Spring-Summer 2017 shows in the City of Light. Here are the highlights of ready-to-wear collections.

SAINT LAURENT DEBUT

A huge crane in the colors of the French flag hoisted a giant neon YSL logo above a construction site in the French capital, literally setting expectations high for this year’s YSL show at Paris Fashion Week. The decor announced that the grand debut from Saint Laurent’s new designer, Anthony Vaccarello, on Tuesday night aimed to dramatically reconstruct the YSL

aesthetic following the departure of Hedi Slimane.

French singer Jane Birkin and her two actress daughters, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Lou Doillon, stared up expectantly alongside myriad iPhone-snapping fashionistas to marvel at the radiant 50-meter (164-foot) crane — a machine being used to rebuild the house’s Left Bank headquarters in Paris. “The derelict aspect sets a nice metaphor,” said Gainsbourg, speaking from the show’s front row.

As the designer’s revealing looks filed by, the metaphor of reconstruction and renewal of the Saint Laurent image was heard loud and clear, but the high expectations set by the decor were dashed.

This “new” image was largely a rehash of the Glamazon, uber-

sexy, ultra-mini styles that have come to be synonymous with the 34-year-old Italian-Belgian designer’s own brand and his work at Donatella Versace’s flesh-baring Versus house.

To his credit, Vaccarello’s debut featured a check-list of YSL archive references, with iconic YSL pieces fused alongside the sex aesthetic.

A sultry leather variation on the voluminous sleeves of the Flamenco Dress shimmered with a cool ‘80s micro-mini. Yves Saint Laurent’s 1968 transparent looks, which once shocked the fashion establishment, made a comeback and Vaccarello gave a nod to the textured materials of the famed 1976 Ballets Russes collection.

There was also, at times, a

marked return to elegance, which had eluded his predecessor Slimane. Those touches turned up in revamped archive YSL tuxedos and lashings of black. It was certainly not a groundbreaking collection, but many of the styles could prove highly appealing to the younger clients the house has courted in recent years.

RIHANNA CHANNELS DIVERSITY

The most striking thing about Rihanna’s catwalk collection for Fenty Puma was the models. There has been increasing criticism in recent years that fashion shows in the major capitals have a dearth of models from different ethnic backgrounds.

So the popstar’s latest outing for the sports brand garnered praise for its use of male and female models from diverse backgrounds. The catwalk collection itself — Rihanna’s first in Paris — got a more luke-

warm reception.

Pearl necklaces, lace headdresses, sheer shawls, fabric fans and glimmering corsets took inspiration from 18th century France.

But against the backdrop of the venue, the grand 18th century Hotel Salomon de Rothschild, they came across as somewhat saccharine.

Loose pastel-colored silhouettes that floated seemed at times overly embellished, and there was a cluttered feel to some of the layering and gathered detailing that moved in convergent directions. Still, there were some nice styles — such a coat or a silken jumpsuit that unraveled at the shoulder that captured the feeling of hurried undress.

“I am really excited about this collection as it’s very fun and light,” Rihanna said. “Showing in Paris was the perfect backdrop, as I pulled a lot of inspiration from France, Marie Antoinette and the Palace of Versailles specifically,” she added. (ap)

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A guest shops at the Fenty Puma by Rihanna pop-up shop in New York City, U.S., September 6, 2016.

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A model wears a creation

by Yves Saint Laurent during their Spring-Summer 2017 Ready-to-Wear fashion show, in Paris, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016.

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A model wears a creation for Chloe’s Spring-Summer 2017 Ready to Wear fashion collection presented Thursday, Sept.

29, 2016 in Paris.

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Results of revalidation to Batur geopark announced in UK

BANGLI - Results of the revalidation to the Batur caldera geopark will be announced in the annual geopark session in London later this September. Related to this, Manager of the Batur caldera geopark who is also Regional Secretary of Bangli, Ida Bagus Giri Putra, along with Deputy Regent of Bangli Sang Nyoman Sedana Arta already departed to London last week to attend the geopark annual session.

ART BRIDGE: Indonesia-Korea Art Exchange Project at ARMA MUSEUM

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Art always serves as a kind of bridge between the imagination and tangible reality, whether through sound, movement, words or visual depictions. Visual arts are particularly effective at transmitting a different way of seeing things, especially in this digital age in which the image plays an increasingly dominant role in how we see the world –and by extension, our place in it. Artists all around the globe now have access to images from far away places and are also able to connect with other artists far more easily than in the past.

ART BRIDGE brings together artists from geographically distant locals – Korea and Indonesia in an artistic and cultural exchange project that involves artists from both countries visiting and sharing with one and other in order to create greater connectivity.

Today’s contemporary arts are characterised by similar themes and techniques. Often the only distinguishing characteristics of art from different places is the identity or point of view of the artists who create the works.

Korea and Indonesia share certain cultural similarities in terms of traditions, such as caste systems through which aristocrats in both countries are still respected, and traditional arts that are still widely practiced and such influences can be seen

in the contemporary art works produced by artists from both countries. Film, literature and theatre from both Korea and Indonesia are also widely appreciated by audiences from both countries.

ART BRIDGE is the initiative of Antonius Kho and Dong Yeoun Kim and involves six artists from Indonesia: Antonius Kho, Sujana Kenyem, Made Somadita, Agus Koencink, Deddey PAW and Diyano Purwadi and six artists from Korea: Dong Yeoun Kim, Seung Kwan, Jeong Min, Suh, Suka Choo, Sung Hwan Park and Young Bae Kim. The artists first met together in South Korea where they engaged in art activities, cultural experiences and mutual sharing of space thus allowing them to get to know one and other. They will now be meeting in Bali, Indonesia to continue building this bridge.

ART BRIDGE: Indonesia-Korea Art Exchange Project is the latest of several similar projects that Antonius Kho has organised in other parts of Asia, Europe and Africa. An exhibition of art works created by these Korean and Indonesian artists will be on display at ARMA MUSEUM , Jalan Raya Pengosekan, Ubud for 10 days, from October 2-12, 2016. The vernissage will take place on October 2 at 7PM and is open to the public.

It was delivered by the Head of the Bangli Culture and Tourism Agency, Wayan Adnyana, when confirmed on Wednesday (Sep. 28).

He told Bali Post that the announcement of the revalidation to Batur geopark will be made through the geopark annual session organized by the UNESCO on September 30. “It will be announced on September 30. After that, we can know the result of the revalidation,” he explained.

Adnyana admitted he is very optimistic that caldera geopark will be able to acquire a green card. In the revalidation made last August,

the assessor team reviewing the condition of the Batur geopark very much appreciated to the progress achieved by Batur geopark in terms of several aspects. One of them is in terms of the reform and geosite restructuring. Moreover, the assessor team briefly mentioned that the Batur caldera geopark is the best in the world. “We are optimistic that we can win green cards,” he said.

Apart from giving appreciation in the revalidation, the assessor team is also admitted to have given a number of recommendations on the reform of geosite and additional partnership. The recommendations

include the making of guardrail at the cemetery of Trunyan having been visited many travelers.

Besides, the crossing services at Batur Pier are recommended to offer additional destinations other than Trunyan.

“By that way, travelers visiting the Batur caldera geopark will be able to spend their visit by going around much longer,” he said.

As reported earlier, the revalidation of the Batur geopark was carried out for three days last August. The assessor team of the UNESCO doing the assessment at that time consisted of Prof. Guy Martini and Dr. Marekazu Ohno.

Other than the presentation on the progress regarding the Batur geopark, the assessor team was also given the opportunity to have a closer look at the conditions of the Batur geopark during the revalidation. (kmb40)

Water hyacinth in Lake Batur proliferates again

BANGLI - Apparently the water hyacinth plants can never be completely eliminated from Lake Batur. Even though they have been cleaned up by the agency through mutual cooperation with local residents, now its presence has overwhelmed the Lake Batur, exactly at Hulundanu hamlet, Songan, Kintamani. According to residents, the water hyacinth has re-proliferated rapidly since the past few months.

Jero Ariana, a local resident, said that the growth of water hyacinth at Hulundanu hamlet has expanded again since the past three months. It happens because clean-up activities of hyacinth are rarely done.

“Initially, the water hyacinth was regularly cleaned up. However, since nearly three months ago there has never been any further mutual cooperation carried out,” he explained, Wednesday (Sep. 28).

He admitted that previously the cleanup effort against water hyacinth was routinely carried out by relevant agencies with residents.

Such activities were also regularly done by involving students of junior high school, high school and vocational school nearby. According to Ariana, proliferation of the water hyacinth in the area of Hulundanu Batur is triggered by the swine livestock waste dumped carelessly by unscrupulous residents.

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As is known all this time, the invasion of water hyacinth in Lake Batur is quite alarming. In addition to causing the lake to look slums, the presence of water hyacinth covering the surface of the lake has caused hundreds of hectares of agricultural land to get eroded and can no longer be planted. Moreover, the road access to the Segara Temple becomes invisible as covered up by the water hyacinth.

The village area at lakeside seriously invaded by the water hyacinth is the Hulundanu hamlet, Songan. Due to the rapid growth of water hyacinth all this time, people are overwhelmed to do the cleaning. (kmb40)

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Let’s Make a Trip to Malet Kuta Mesir Waterfall For those having a hobby in nature recreation, there is an interesting object to visit. It is the waterfall in Bangli that can be found at some locations. However, a few has not been well-known to the public. One of them is the Malet Kuta Mesir waterfall located at Malet Kuta Mesir hamlet, Tiga, Susut. Other than exuding beauty, around the waterfall also sits a mud puddle believed to be good for health.

It is located about 400 meters from village settlement. This seven-meter high waterfall is located in the middle of valley and has a thin stream of water. Around the waterfall also sits a large number of springs known as patirtaan.

Habitually, the water looking very clear and free from contamination is often used by residents for ceremonial purposes. Nearby, there is a Taman Temple supported by surrounding communities.

Besides, at this location also sits a mud puddle with an area of ??about 1 x 1 meter. It is believed to have the capability of curing various diseases. “The water at the patirtaan often used for purificatory ritual, while the mud is taken advantage as a scrub. It is believed to cure various kinds of diseases,” said chief of Malet Kuta Mesir customary village, I Wayan Rana, Wednesday (Sep. 14).

In addition to surrounding residents, the efficacy offered by the springs and mud is also able to draw the attention of people from other regions such as Denpasar, Gianyar and Badung.

Their arrival usually coincides with the auspicious day or holy days. The oblation presented is only canang. “The canang will be presented at Taman Temple,” he said.

Though it is very potential, the facility for waterfall visitors is very limited. The road access to location is still inadequate. In the future, the village is planning an arrangement.

It is carried out for the interests of society in conducting ceremony but attracting foreign travelers to make visit.

“Since four years ago, many foreign travelers have cycling tours here. Each day they can reach one hundred people but only pass through.

We think it could be one of the supports for the arrangement of this waterfall,” said Rana while adding that location of waterfall is quite close to the Tampaksiring Palace and can be reached within about 10 minutes by car. (kmb)

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Landslide slams into Chinese village after typhoon, 27 missing

The lanslide which happen near Pandawa Lake in Badung Regency

Flushed by torrential rain, Badung besieged by disasters

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MANGUPURA - Torrential rains flushing Badung caused disasters. Other than causing overflowing water from culverts onto the street, high rainfalls due to the influence of La Nina also caused avalanche and trees to fall.

Such disaster happened on Jalan Raya Siligita, Peken hamlet, Benoa, South Kuta.

As the report of the Badung disaster mitigation agency (BPBD), rainwater flooded people’s house. This happened on Monday (Sep. 26) at 23:30 when residents were soundly asleep.

Overflowing water due to torrential rains flooded three houses with a height of up to one meter. The flooded house belongs to Pan Singking causing damages to two cars (Swift and Avanza). In the meantime, the flooded house is known to belong to I Made Riong with the damages to bedroom and kitchen, and a house belonging to I Wayan Wirka resulted in damages to mattress as soaked by flooding water. Fortunately, the incident did not claim any casualties.

Chief Executive of the Badung disaster mitigation agency (BPBD), I Nyoman Wijaya, said on Tuesday (Sep. 27) that the staff

is in standby position to face the possibility of disaster that may happen any time. But most importantly, he said, public awareness is very much needed. He said to always make coordination with relevant agencies, including persistently getting information on weather development from the national weather service (BBMKG) of Denpasar.

He predicted that peak of rainy season will take place from December 2016 to February 2017. So, people should have to be alert early on to anticipate the disasters.

Flooding also engulfed Jimbaran area to Nusa Dua. Puddles with the depth of nearly reaching human knees caused traffic to get disrupted. “Water began to rise around 22:30. This happened because the culvert was clogged by bamboo twigs and rubbish, so that the water overflowed onto the street,” said Ketut Darta, a local

resident.

According to him, the flood only occurred on single lane to Nusa Dua. “Flooding only occurred at the left lane of the road, while the right lane is not too serious because the water flow was still running smoothly,” he said.

Irrigation Division Head at the Badung Highways and Irrigation Agency (BMP), A.A. Gede Dalem, when asked for his confirmation on Tuesday said that such flooding was caused by torrential rainfall.

“So, it is not caused by turned off pump machine, but it is indeed caused by high rainfall so that pump machine is overwhelmed to siphon,” he said.

In order to cope with similar incident during heavy rains, A.A. Gede Dalem had alarmed his personnel for 24 hours to anticipate the damage to the engine during the current rainy season. “As usual, we always work according to the standard operating procedures where some officers are alerted at each pump,” he concluded. (kmb27)

SHANGHAI/BEIJING - A landslide slammed into a village in China’s eastern Zhejiang province on Wednesday, swallowing up dozens of houses and leaving 27 people missing, state media reported. Heavy typhoon rains caused the landslide to crash into Sucun village, said the official Xinhua news agency.

Last month, the official People’s Daily newspaper reported that Suichang county, where the landslide occurred, had in recent years prioritised landslide and flood defences.

Critics say local governments, especially in the frequently hit coastal provinces in China’s east, misallocate funding or fail to spend enough on defences against floods and other problems caused by heavy rain.

A mass of debris rolled down a lush mountain toward the small village, according to images posted by local state media on their official Weibo microblogs.

Earlier on Wednesday, China shut schools and cancelled dozens of flights as Typhoon Megi made landfall in the southern province of Fujian on Wednesday with winds of close to 120 km per hour (75 mph), Xinhua said.

Megi, which has killed four people and injured more than 523 in Taiwan since roaring in from the Pacific, made landfall at 4:40 a.m. local time (2040 GMT Tuesday).

Chinese authorities issued their third-highest severe weather warning in anticipation of the storm.

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The site of a landslide caused by heavy rains brought by Typhoon Megi, in Sucun Village, Lishui, Zhejiang province, China, September 29, 2016.

Xinhua said more than 120,000 people who work close to shore or at sea have been moved by Fujian authorities. The province’s 31,700 fishing boats have been recalled to port to avoid the high winds. China Southern Airlines said it had cancelled 24 flights

Residents and police take up water independently the shrinking water flow from the Kumbuh spring located at Galiran hamlet, local village. “The difficulty to get clean water has been happening over the past few years,” he explained.

To resolve the problem, local residents then took the initiative to take up water from the Tadakan Pande springs at local village. When taking up the water, the village was assisted by Bangli Police. “We’d like to express our gratitude to all components having helped the community in seeking the Tadakan Pande springs

so that it can flow to Jehem village.

In the future, the water management will be handed over to customary village. Hopefully, this spring will alleviate the burden of local community,” he said.

In the meantime, Chief of Bangli Police, Danang Beny K, in his speech when inaugurating the clean water management for community sanitation at Jehem Kaja hamlet said that the need for clean water is increasing.

However, it is inversely proportional to water flow produced by the existing springs. “Water discharge is now

much decreasing. Quite often this condition forces people to walk far to get water,” he explained.

He also said that the clean water need cannot be fully met by the Municipality Waterworks (PDAM).

On that account, it is required a community movement to jointly manage the existing water resources independently. He deeply appreciated to the efforts of Jehem community and its members in taking up water from Tadakan Pande springs. He hoped it could serve as an example for other people especially those experienc-

ing water shortages. “Hopefully, the public can maintain the continuity of this clean water source. As is known, it is very difficult to take up the water from the bottom,” said police chief.

In the meantime, subdistrict head of Tembuku, Dewa Agung Purnama, hoped the management of clean water can be imitated by other villagers. It is considering that many villages in Tembuku are still difficult to get clean water. To keep the water flow, he hoped the public to keep the environment by planting trees. (kmb40)

beginning from Tuesday.

More than 14,700 people were evacuated in Taiwan, while millions lost power and hundreds of thousands of homes were without water. Typhoons are common at this time of year, picking up strength as they

cross warm Pacific waters and bringing fierce winds and rain when they reach land.

Large swathes of China have been inundated with rain and battered by typhoons over the past few months, killing hundreds of people.(rtr)

Officials: Firefighter halted teen who killed father, shot 3

To resolve clean water crisis at Jehem BANGLI - The current clean water problem experienced by residents of Jehem village, Tembuku, starts to be slightly resolved. This follows the levitation of clean water from Tadakan Pande springs at local village by residents of Jehem village in cooperation with Bangli Police independently.

A local village community leader, Jro Mangku Eko Astana, when met on Tuesday (Sep. 27) revealed that all this time hundreds of families at Jehem village are experiencing water shortages. This occurs due to

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Korrie Bennett hugs Heather Bailey after recovering their children following a shooting at Townville Elementary in Townville Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016.

TOWNVILLE, S.C. — A volunteer firefighter stopped a teenager who shot two students and a teacher outside a South Carolina elementary school after killing his father at

their home, authorities said.

Anderson County Sheriff John Skipper said the shooter was apprehended Wednesday afternoon outside rural Townville Elementary

School before he could get inside the building.

Firefighter Jamie Brock, a 30year veteran of the Townville Volunteer Fire Department down the road from the school, “just took him down,” the sheriff said. Deputies arrived minutes later. Brock says he doesn’t want attention for his actions.

He “wants to remain humble and quiet about it” as he believes “he did nothing any of the other volunteer firefighters wouldn’t have done,” said Scott Stoller with Anderson County Emergency Management.

Regardless, he said, “Firefighter Brock is absolutely a hero.”

Authorities said the shooting spree began at the teen’s house about 2 miles from the school, where he gunned down his 47year-old father, Jeffrey Osborne.

Authorities have not released the suspect’s name or age beyond saying he’s a teen.

Crying and upset, the teen called his grandmother’s cellphone at 1:44 p.m., Anderson County Coroner Greg Shore said. The grandparents couldn’t understand what was go-

ing on, so they went to his home just 100 yards away. When they got there, they found Osborne dead and their grandson gone.

About one minute later, authorities received a 911 call from a teacher at the school in this rural town about 110 miles northeast of Atlanta. The shooter drove a truck into the school parking lot and immediately started firing as he got out and moved toward the school, Skipper said. He did not know who the truck the teen drove was registered to and declined to say how many shots were fired.

One student was shot in the leg and the other in the foot, sheriff’s Capt. Garland Major said. Both students were male. The female teacher was hit in the shoulder.

“We are heartbroken about this senseless act of violence,” said Joanne Avery, superintendent of Anderson County School District 4.

She canceled classes at the school for the rest of the week.

Television images showed officers swarming the school after the report of an active shooter. Some were on top of the roof while others

were walking around the building.

Students were driven away on buses accompanied by police officers to a nearby church.

Authorities said they don’t yet know a motive for the shooting and they were not sure if the students and teacher were targeted.

The sheriff said the teen had been homeschooled.

“There are no racial undertones there. There’s no terrorism involved,” Major said. “We’re confident we have the sole shooter and no one else is involved.” Skipper said the teen’s mother was at work at the time of the shooting.

One of the students and the teacher were released from the hospital Wednesday evening, AnMed Health spokeswoman Juana Slade said. Greenville Health System spokeswoman Sandy Dees said the other student, Jacob Hall, remained in critical condition.

The school surrounded by working farms has about 300 students in its pre-kindergarten to sixth-grade classrooms. About 90 percent of the students are white, according to state records.(ap)

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The Basel Committee, a body of banking supervisors from nearly 30 countries, set the year-end as the deadline to conclude an overhaul of existing banking rules - known as Basel III - meant to make the sector safer. But opponents, mostly in Europe and Japan, reckon the review goes too far, as they fear it disproportionately increases how much capital banks must hold against risk.

“As things stand, the proposals Basel has issued for consultation would imply significant capital requirement increases in all areas,” EU commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis told a banking conference in Brussels on Thursday, in what is so far the most explicit criticism to the review made by a European official.

EU finance ministers had already called for the reform to not significantly increase capital requirements for banks but have so far fallen short from criticising publicly what is on the table from global regulators.

“We want to avoid changes which would lead to a significant increase in the overall capital requirements shouldered by Europe’s banking sector,” Dombrovskis told the conference organised by the European Banking Federation.

European bankers and officials fear the changes will put European banks at a disadvantage against their U.S. rivals, as their large loan portfolios would look more risky, and hence need more capital, than U.S. banks which provide more bond financing and package mort-

gages on for trading elsewhere.

Bankers nicknamed the reform as Basel IV for the additional requirements it imposes, up to 50 percent more than current capital buffers, the French and German banking federations estimated. Contrary to the United States, banks still represent by far the main source of funding for companies in Europe.

“A solution we could not support is one which would weigh unduly on the financing of the broader economy in Europe,” Dombrovskis said, according to a speech distributed to the press.

With a sluggish economic growth and a teetering banking sector, EU and euro zone officials are keen to avoid saddling their banks with further costs and restrictions that may reduce their ability to make loans to companies and households.

The German government had to deny on Wednesday that a rescue plan was in the works for

Deutsche Bank, Europe’s biggest lender, in case it was unable to pay a fine of up to $14 billion from the U.S. Department of Justice for its activities before the 2007-08 financial crisis.

EU’S RED LINES Dombrovskis said the deal in Basel was still important but set clear conditions to reach a compromise. “As far as the EU is concerned, there remains work to be done on a number of areas which are important for the EU economy,” he said.

He urged capital requirements to be calibrated on banks’ risks and business models, a key European request as its banking sector is much more fragmented than elsewhere. “It is perfectly normal for a bank focused on lending in a sector and region with low risks to have lower average risk weights than a bank operating elsewhere.

We believe it is important to keep

it that way,” he said.

The Basel reform aims instead at reaching a standardised approach to make the sector safer, as it would rely less on benchmarks developed internally by banks.

In particular, U.S. regulators are pushing for a common “floor” or level of capital a bank cannot go below, irrespective of its internal risk calculations. “We do not believe a standardised capital floor is an essential part of the framework,” Dombrovskis said. He also urged further work on the treatment of real estate loans, corporate lending and infrastructure lending.

The weighting of operational risk, seen by many as one of the elements of the reform that may be pushed back beyond the December deadline, could cause “arbitrary capital requirements that do not properly reflect the risks faced by banks,” Dombrovskis said, calling for a review of the proposal also on this matter.(rtr)

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Planned global banking rules not balanced, need changes- EU’s Dombrovskis

BRUSSELS - A planned reform of global banking rules being discussed by the United States, Europe, Japan and other major economies risks negatively affecting European banks and needs to be changed, the EU financial services commissioner said on Thursday.

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In this Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016 photo, volcanic material from the eruption of Mount Barujari is seen from Bayan, Lombok Island, Indonesia. The volcano erupted without warning on Tuesday afternoon, delaying flights from airports on the islands of Lombok and Bali.

Indonesia evacuates tourists after Mount Barujari eruption

JAKARTA — Indonesian authorities say they have evacuated most tourists from Mount Barujari on Lombok island after it spewed a massive column of ash into the atmosphere.

The volcano, a popular attraction that is known as the Child of Rinjani because it sits within the Mount Rinjani caldera, erupted without warning on Tuesday afternoon, delaying flights from the international airport on nearby Bali. The ash column reached 2,000 meters (6,560 feet).

Heronimus Guru, deputy operations chief at Indonesia’s Search and Rescue Agency, said Wednesday that the remaining tourists, about 50 people who are mostly foreigners, were heading down the mountain.

Disaster Mitigation Agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said more than 1,100 tour-

ists left the Mount Rinjani area on Tuesday. A similar number left Wednesday. There have been no reports of injuries from the eruption.

Nugroho said government scientists have declared a danger zone of 3 kilometers (1.6 miles) around the crater and raised the volcano’s alert to the third highest level, but some tourists did not immediately heed warnings to leave because they wanted to take photos or videos of the eruption.

The eruption interrupted flights for several hours at Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali, airport officials said.

Farms and trees around the 3,726-meter (12,224-foot) -high volcano were coated in a thin layer of gray ash, but nearby towns and villages were not in danger, Nugroho said.

Rinjani is among about 130 active volcanoes in Indonesia. The archipelago is prone to volcanic eruptions and earthquakes because of its location on the Pacific “Ring of Fire.”(ap)

CURUP - An Indonesian court on Thursday sentenced to death the leader of a gang of men and boys who raped and murdered a schoolgirl in a case that prompted the president to take steps to impose harsher punishments for attacks on children.

The gang leader, Zainal, was sentenced to death in a court on Sumatra island. Four other men were jailed for 20 years for their roles in the April attack on the 14-year-old in the western island by a group of 14 males, including eight boys. Sexual violence against women and children is common in Indonesia but gang rape is unusual.

The case shocked the world’s fourth most populous country and prompted President Joko Widodo to sign a regulation allowing for harsher punishments for child rapists, including death and chemical castration.

The regulation is pending approval in parliament. “Because of the sadistic nature of the crime ... the court sen-

tences Zainal to death,” said presiding judge Henny Faridha. The youngest member of the gang was 13 years old.

They attacked the girl as she was on her way to school. Her battered body was found in a rubber plantation a few days later, after her parents reported her missing. Seven gang members were earlier jailed for 10 years, while one was ordered into a rehabilitation programme for a year. One suspect is on the run, according to police.

The victim’s parents, who were in court, said the sentencing was inadequate. “They should all get the death penalty,” Yana, the victim’s mother, told reporters as she broke down in tears.

The attack was reminiscent of a 2012 fatal gang rape of a female university student in India’s capital, New Delhi, which provoked a national outcry and soul-searching about the treatment of girls and women in Indian society.(rtr)

ASEAN launches study on preventing human trafficking JAKARTA - The ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC) has released a regional study on laws and policies that prevent human trafficking.

“This study was conceived by ACWC to end violence against women and children, and human trafficking is the worst kind of violence,” ACWC Chairman Lily Purba said here on Wednesday.

The study describes the policies, laws, practices, and mutual challenges related to human trafficking, especially of women and children.

ACWC also invited all ASEAN countries to run the program and adopt the ASEAN Convention on Trafficking.

“Otherwise, it will just be a document,” Purba remarked. Purba urged ASEAN member states to form a team to protect victims of trafficking.

ACWCs representative from Laos, Chongchith Chantharanonh, said the adoption of policies to protect victims of trafficking was very important. In

addition, the efficiency of law enforcement also determined the success of efforts to protect victims. Cooperation between countries and regional organizations, Chantharanonh noted, would also help resolve the problem.

“Trafficking is not just between countries in the region, but more so within the region. All parties must work together to tackle this problem,” Chantharanonh stressed.

Meanwhile, US Ambassador to ASEAN Nina Hachigian remarked that the US supports ASEAN projects related to the protection of victims of human trafficking.

“The ASEAN has taken steps to address this issue since last year.

The ASEAN Convention would help members protect the victims,” Chantharanonh added.

Based on data from the International Organization for Migration, some 48.5 million people are victims of human trafficking, of which two-thirds come from Asian countries and one-third from Southeast Asia.(ant)

14 countries to take part in Indonesia international book fair

A statue is seen next to the logo of Germany’s Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt, Germany, January 26, 2016.

JAKARTA - Fourteen countries are taking part in the Indonesia International Book Fair 2016 that started on September 28 at JCC Senayan and will continue till October 2.

“The countries include Malaysia, China, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, India, Germany, Vietnam,

Egypt, Bosnia, Turkey, the Netherlands, Singapore and others,” organizing committee chairperson Kuslistyarini said here on Wednesday.

In addition to the publishers, libraries and campuses are also participating in the exhibition.

The general chairman of the

Indonesian Publishers Association, Rosidayati Rozalina, said this event brings together book publishers from various regions of the world and is a platform for copy rights transactions.

Last year, 70 transactions of copy rights for books took place.

This year, the business match-

making program is likely to witness even more such transactions during the exhibition. Rosidayati said childrens books, books on religion and literary books were much in demand at various foreign publishers’ stalls.

Malaysia is the honorary guest this year, just as Saudi Arabia and

South Korea were in the past.

It is likely to lead to stronger literary relations between Malaysia and Indonesia, she added.

Malaysian Education Minister Mahdzir Khalid was present at the event that was officially opened by Indonesian Minister of Education Muhadjir Effendi.(ant)

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“We want people to understand that the tax amnesty is for Indonesia, to build Indonesia,” Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati told reporters on Thursday. “We will make efforts to ensure people that putting their money in Indonesia is a good and rational option.”

The government is banking on the amnesty to bring in 165 trillion rupiah ($12.6 billion) in 2016 to help keep the budget deficit from breaching a legal limit of 3 percent of gross domestic product.

Friday marks the end of the amnesty’s first phase, during which the lowest penalties for registering previously unreported assets applied. The penalty rates will rise after September under the programme, which lasts until March 2017. (rtr)

A look at Hungary’s referendum on EU refugee quotas To match Analysis EUROPE-MIGRANTS/HUNGARY-REFERENDUM REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh

BUDAPEST — Hungarians will vote Sunday in a referendum which Prime Minister Viktor Orban hopes will give his government the popular support it seeks to oppose any future plans by the European Union to resettle asylum seekers among its member states. Here’s a look at what’s at stake: WHAT ORBAN WANTS

Orban wants to stop the influx of large numbers of Muslim migrants into Europe, arguing they threaten Hungary and Europe’s Christian identity and culture.

Midway through his third term as prime minister, he suggested last week that the EU should build a “gigantic refugee city” in Libya, to where migrants would be deported from Europe to file their asylum claims.

Orban says the EU needs to strengthen its borders to keep out migrants, like Hungary did last year by building fences on its southern borders with Serbia and Croatia.

The referendum’s question is “Do you want the European Union to be able to prescribe the mandatory settlement of non-Hungarian citizens in Hungary even without the consent of Parliament?”

Orban says “no” votes favor Hungary’s sovereignty and independence. He also hopes popular pressure will encourage other EU countries to take similar steps. Critics say poll results showing rising xenophobia and anti-migrant feelings among Hungarians are linked to the government’s referendum campaign.

At least 50 percent plus one of Hungary’s 8.27 million voters need to cast valid ballots for the referendum to be valid.

Despite an unprecedented barrage of government billboards, advertisements and personal appearances by ministers and lawmakers nationwide urging people to vote, polls show validity is by no means assured, even though “no” votes are expected to be in the large majority.

The far-right Jobbik party supports the government’s anti-migrant position, while most of the other opposition parties and many civic groups are asking voters to either stay home on Sunday or cast invalid ballots.

“It’s important to show as a citizen that you want to take part,” says Marta Pardavi, co-chair of the Hungarian Helsinki Committee advocacy group. “However, given the vile nature of this referendum question, we are calling for people

to cast an invalid vote.”

MIGRANTS? UFOs?

Nearly 400,000 migrants passed through Hungary last year, making their way toward Western Europe.

Yet, the criticized razor-wire fences and new expulsion policies have proven effective. During the first four weeks of September, police reported either zero or just one migrant breaching the border area on 12 different days. Last year, Hungary granted asylum to only 508 refugees and a similar number is expected this year.

The satirical Hungarian TwoTailed Dog Party is putting up posters and distributing leaflets mocking the referendum. One of their slogans is that the average Hungarian sees more UFOs in his or her lifetime than migrants.

For the record, Hungary’s Federation of UFO Research says it receives about two dozen reports a year of UFO sightings across the country.

THE FEAR FACTOR

The disadvantaged Roma minority, struggling pensioners, young families with children and people living in municipal housing are among those being warned repeatedly of what could happen if Hungary is required to take in

refugees.

According to government officials, they may face subsidy or pension cuts, become victims of terrorism and violent acts or be forced to give up their homes if that happens.

The government, assisted by state television, is constantly rehashing often months’ old stories about migrant attacks.

“The image of large migrant groups nearly ‘darkening the sky’ last year is still present in many people, no doubt reinforced by the government propaganda,” says Attila Tibor Nagy of the Center for Fair Political Analysis. “The government is also assisted by the attacks in Germany and France, which it very much likes to invoke to show that migrants are dangerous.”

HOW MUCH?

The referendum’s technical costs, including printing the ballots and manufacturing ballot boxes, total 4.9 billion forints ($17.8 million). The government says it will reveal how much it spent on the billboard and media campaign after the vote, but partial data shows expenditures of at least 13 billion forints ($47.3 million).

In contrast, the Two-Tailed Dog Party and a few other opposition

groups are working with campaign budgets of around $100,000, gathered from small donations.

WHAT’S NEXT?

The government has not said what consequences a valid referendum supporting its position will have. It has mentioned possible amendments to the constitution but is shying away from specifics.

Government spokesman Zoltan Kovacs brushed off suggestions that an invalid referendum would hurt Orban, saying a large number of “no” votes would be enough to bolster the official position against the refugee quotas even with a low turnout.

“The referendum can never become a failure,” Kovacs says. “Full stop.” But Jobbik president Gabor Vona says Orban should resign in case of an invalid ballot and former Socialist Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany says it would weaken Orban’s “infallibility.”

“Brussels has already priced in the referendum and knows well that Hungarian public opinion does not like the migrants,” said Csaba Toth, strategic director of the Republikon Institute think tank. “Domestically, nonetheless, a low turnout would be a serious defeat for the prime minister, especially after such a huge campaign.” (ap)

Man arrested after 16 bodies found in Chinese village BEIJING — Chinese police have arrested a man after 16 people were found dead in six village homes on Thursday, state media reported. The bodies of the men, women and three children were

found in Huize county in Yunnan province in the country’s southwest.

The official Xinhua News Agency said a suspect was arrested in the provincial capital of

Kunming, about 200 kilometers (120 miles) from where the bodies were found.

An officer at the Daibu branch of the Huize police confirmed the deaths, but said he had no further

details.

Xinhua did not identify the suspect. It described the deaths as a killing spree but provided no details.

If they were murders, the deaths would be one of the bloodiest mass

slayings in China in recent years.

Because firearms are tightly controlled in China, mass attacks are usually carried out with knives, poison or homemade explosives.(ap)

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Tokyo favours venue changes as Games costs soar

TOKYO - A Tokyo panel on Thursday urged changes to three venues for the 2020 Olympics in the face of ballooning costs but organisers say such adjustments may prove difficult to instigate in time for the Games.

Tokyo touted access to a $4.5 billion war chest when it beat Madrid and Istanbul in its successful 2013 bid for the Summer Games but recently elected governor Yuriko Koike campaigned on reining in ballooning costs and ordered a review of expenses.

The proposed changes, which could include moving rowing and canoeing some 400 km (250 miles) from Tokyo, would require the approval of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and each sport’s international federation.

They are the latest in a series of embarrassing setbacks and broken promises for organisers, who won the bid largely on Japan’s reputation for efficiency. Tokyo’s bid proposal, for example, said some 85 percent of venues would be within 8 km (5 miles) of the Olympic Village in central Tokyo.

According to a preliminary report, released on the same day as an executive board meeting of the Tokyo 2020 organising committee, overall costs could surge to more than four times original estimates of 734 billion yen ($7.24 billion).

“Given the current situation, costs could run over 3 trillion yen ($29 billion),” the panel wrote in its report. When it won the Games, Tokyo said they would bring in economic benefits of 3 trillion yen and create 150,000 jobs.

To cut back, the panel proposed reconsidering the construction of three new venues -- for volleyball, swimming and rowing/canoeing -- in favour of using existing venues.

ULUWATU TEMPLE Uluwatu Temple is located in Pecatu Village, Kuta Sub-district, Badung District, Bali. The temple is 30 kilometers to the south of Denpasar. Uluwatu Temple, also called Luwur Temple, is one of the six Sad Kahyangan Temples, the main spiritual pillars in Bali Island.

There are two different opinions concerning the history of Uluwatu Temple. First Opinions, Some people believe that the temple was built by Empu Kuturan in 9th AD, during Marakata’s reign.

Second Opinions, Other people claim that the temple was built by Dang Hyang Nirartha, a pedanda (Hindu monk) from Daha

Kingdom (Kediri) in East Java. Dang Hyang Nirartha came to Bali in 1546 AD, during the reign of Dalem Waturenggong. The monk built Uluwatu Temple on Pecatu Hill. After completing a spiritual journey around Bali, the monk went back to Uluwatu Temple and died there. He moksa (died and his body vanished), leaving the Marcapada (worldly life) and entering Swargaloka (heaven).

The Piodalan or ceremony commemorating the temple’s anniversary is held on Anggara Kasih day, in wuku Medangsia in Caka calendar. Usually the ceremony lasts for three days thronged by of thousands of Hindus.

SERIES OF BLUNDERS For rowing and canoeing, they suggested three possible sites outside Tokyo, including a city in northeastern Miyagi prefecture,

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Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike, standing in center, speaks during an expert panel at the Tokyo Metropolitan government office in Tokyo Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016. hours north of the capital. Volleyball and swimming could be covered by renovating existing venues in downtown Tokyo, not far from the site of the Olympic Village, the panel said. The rowing venue, estimated to cost 6.9 billion yen, now comes in at 49.1 billion yen, the panel noted.

Hiroshi Sato, vice director general of the Tokyo 2020 organising committee, told a news conference that the executive board was “embarrassed and surprised” although

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several events out of the capital, including sailing and basketball. Cycling will take place in Shizuoka, about 200 km (125 miles) west of Tokyo. Tokyo organisers have been grappling with a series of blunders.

They were forced to scrap an initial design for the centrepiece National Stadium, site of the opening and closing ceremonies, because it was too expensive, and had to redesign the logo for the games following accusations of plagiarism.(rtr)

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the report was provisional and they needed to see how Koike would respond.

Organisers said it might be difficult to win acceptance for changes and could damage trust in Tokyo.

“These sites were chosen over years and approved by the sports federations and International Olympic Committee,” said Yoshiro Mori, head of the Tokyo 2020 organising committee. “It would be extremely difficult to overturn this.”

Tokyo has already shifted venues for

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Angelique Kerber suffered her first defeat as world number one when Petra Kvitova beat her 6-7(10) 7-5 6-4 in a marathon third- round match at the Wuhan Open in China on Wednesday.

German top seed Kerber saved three set points before a forehand error from Czech Kvitova handed the U.S. Open champion a tense first-set tiebreak.

But Kvitova, showing the battling qualities that have brought her two Wimbledon titles, fought back to force

a decider.

Kvitova, seeded 14th, broke Kerber early in the third set to lead 4-2 and despite struggling with cramp, she held her nerve to convert her seventh match point after three hours and 20 minutes on court.

“At the end I think there is no loser. I did everything today. I was fighting until the end,” Kerber told reporters. Kvitova will face Britain’s Johanna Konta in the quarter-finals.(ap)

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Sp rt No Higuain, no problem: Napoli beats Benfica 4-2 in CL

NAPLES — Not missing Gonzalo Higuain in the least, Napoli tightened its grip on Group B of the Champions League with a convincing 4-2 win over Benfica on Wednesday.

Captain Marek Hamsik opened the scoring with a header after 20 minutes, and Napoli opened the floodgates early in the second half with three goals — two of them from Dries Mertens — in the space of seven minutes.

Mertens scored his first with a beautiful free kick that floated over Benfica’s wall before dipping down into the net. Arkadiusz Milik, the 22-year-old Poland center forward brought in to replace Higuain, converted a penalty before Mertens added another from close range after

goalkeeper Julio Cesar made a miscalculation.

Substitutes Goncalo Guedes and Eduardo Salvio scored late for Benfica. “We showed that we can belong in this competition,” Napoli coach Maurizio Sarri said. “Knocking out a top-level squad like this is not easy.”

Having opened with a come-frombehind 2-1 win at Dynamo Kiev, Napoli has six points from two games and looks improved despite Higuain’s Italian-record transfer to domestic rival Juventus for 90 million euros ($99 million).

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Napoli’s Marek Hamsik celebrates after scoring during a Champions League, Group B soccer match between Napoli and Benfica, at the San Paolo stadium in Naples, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016.

Besiktas has two points after drawing 1-1 with Dynamo in the other group match, while Dynamo and Benfica have one each.

“We played a great match and we obtained a great result against a top-level squad,” Hamsik said. “Too bad we conceded those two goals at the end but it was still a great match.”

Napoli had never before scored four goals in the Champions League, and the outburst came a day after Juventus’ 4-0 win over Dinamo Zagreb.

Could this match be taken as a response to Juve’s performance?

“Napoli is here,” Hamsik said. “It was a big victory.” After two seasons without Champions League action, Napoli’s San Paolo stadium was buzzing.

Perhaps the only hindrance to the match being a sellout were expensive ticket prices, with the cheapest seats selling for 40 euros ($45). In a protest against the high costs, a banner hanging from the Curva B where Napoli’s hard-core “ultra” fans sit proclaimed the area the “Settore popolare” — working class sector.

Napoli controlled the game right from the start, with Milik set up by a long pass from Faouzi Ghoulam only to produce a weak shot on goal less than 20 seconds after kickoff.

Benfica came close a few minutes later when Nelson Semedo rolled a cross into the area, before defender Elseid Hysaj was able to clear the danger.

Also early on, Napoli lost key center back Raul Albiol to an apparent muscle strain. The Spaniard was replaced by Nikola Maksimovic, who made his Napoli debut with the poise of a veteran.

A minute before Hamsik’s opener, Benfica defender Alex Grimaldo prevented a golden opportunity for the hosts with an acrobatic interception of a cross from Mertens that was heading directly for Jose Callejon in front of the goal.

Hamsik then beat his marker to meet a corner from Ghoulam and deliver a header inside the near post for his 101st goal in a Napoli shirt, placing him within 14 goals of Diego Maradona’s club record.

Benfica sorely missed injured striker Jonas, the Brazilian who scored 32 goals in 34 Portuguese league matches last season. (ap)

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Liverpool reassesses further Anfield expansion after protest

Liverpool owner John Henry says fan protests against ticket prices are causing the club to reassess plans to further redevelop Anfield. Henry’s Fenway Sports Group apologized to fans earlier this year and reversed planned rises in ticket prices after a walkout during a game.

But having funded the redevelopment of Liverpool’s main stand over the last year, the next phase of the expansion program might not make economic sense if the club can’t recoup the construction cost.

The Anfield Road stand had been next in line for rebuilding at the 54,000-capacity Anfield.

“I don’t know if there is a next step because ticket prices are an issue in England,” Henry said.

“That may foreclose further expansion. We’ll have to see.” Henry was speaking Tuesday at Yankee Stadium where his baseball team, the Boston Red Sox, was playing the New York Yankees.

Liverpool has opened its first full season with Juergen Klopp in charge by winning four of its six Premier League games. The German signed a contract extension in July through 2022.

“He was a perfect fit for Liverpool, for the culture of the club, for the supporters, for the kind of team that we were trying to build,” Henry said. “We couldn’t have asked for a better fit.”

With no European matches this season, Liverpool is chasing a topfour finish to return to the Champions League. From the 2018-19 season, entry into the Champions League group stage is easier for English clubs with the Premier League’s fourth-place team no longer having to go through a playoff.

The “market pool” system, which steers UEFA prize money to clubs in England, Germany, and Italy, where the broadcasting deals are bigger, will be changed to reward better historical results in the competition. That should help Liverpool as a five-time European champion but see income drop for Manchester City, which has never won the continent’s top prize.

The Champions League changes were agreed by a small number of club officials and UEFA, with the rest of Europe not knowing the outcome until the announcement in August. Henry said he was aware of other teams in England “obviously not happy with the UEFA deal.”

“The changes weren’t really discussed with us, they were implemented essentially. They unilaterally made changes to the market pool and there should have been I think more discussion. But I can tell you that the (Premier League) owners were not happy ... at least among the clubs that I speak with.” (ap)

GLASGOW — Manchester City came from behind three times to draw 3-3 at Celtic in a Champions League thriller on Wednesday that ended the English team’s 100 percent start to the season under new coach Pep Guardiola. City’s winning run to open the campaign stopped at 10 games in all competitions — one short of matching the English record — in a Group C match littered with poor defending by both teams at Parkhead.

Fernandinho and Raheem Sterling scored equalizers for City in an action-packed first half after Celtic went ahead twice through Moussa Dembele, in the third minute, and Sterling’s own goal in the 20th.

Dembele restored Celtic’s lead barely a minute into the second half after Aleksandar Kolarov’s defensive error, only for Nolito to equalize for City in the 55th.

City had previously won six matches in the Premier League, three in the Champions League between the group stage and qualifying, and one in the English League Cup with a series of free-scoring displays. That put the team within sight of Tottenham’s 11 straight wins to start the season in the 1960-61 campaign. “It’s OK, it’s one point, we didn’t lose,” said Guardiola, whose team faces former club Barce-

lona in back-to-back matches next.

“I am pretty sure the players didn’t think they were going to win every game this season. It is impossible.

Not even the best team in the world (could do that).”

City went behind for the first time under Guardiola and also conceded more than once for the first time under the Spaniard.

Celtic — thrashed 7-0 by Barcelona in its first group game — pressed high and forced errors in possession from City, whose defense was shambolic at times without rested John Stones and injured captain Vincent Kompany.

“Every time we went forward, we looked like we could score,” Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers said.

The first example came inside three minutes. James Forrest was left unmarked at the far post from a diagonal free kick and his volleyed cross was glanced goalward by Erik Sviatchenko, with the ball deflecting off Dembele into the net.

Fernandinho equalized in the 12th minute when a wayward shot from Kolarov fell into the path of the midfielder, who controlled and dribbled a left-footed shot into the corner.

Back came Celtic. Kieran Tierney broke forward down the left and his

Celtic’s Moussa Dembele celebrates scoring a goal

cross took a deflection off a sliding Sterling and ricocheted into the net at Claudio Bravo’s near post.

Sterling made immediate amends after Celtic lost possession in central midfield. David Silva played a slide-rule pass behind the defense to Sterling, who turned back inside a defender and slipped a low shot past goalkeeper Craig Gordon in the 28th.

Celtic’s third goal also came from a City error, this time by Kolarov, who completely missed the ball as he attempted a clearance from a left-wing cross. Dembele reacted by hooking a shot over his shoulder and into the bottom corner.

Still the hosts couldn’t keep the lead. Silva played in Sergio Aguero, his shot was parried out by Gordon and Nolito scored from the rebound.

After that, it was all City, with Fernandinho shooting just over and Ilkay Gundogan having a deflected shot saved in the final minutes.

“I’m happy with the reaction from the players,” Guardiola said. “It’s not easy to score three goals away. I don’t know how many chances they had after the third goal. We should have won it.” City, a Champions League semifinalist last season, opened group play by beating Borussia Moenchengladbach 4-0. (ap)

Reuters / Russell Cheyne

England caretaker manager Gareth Southgate is confident his familiarity with the players will help him adapt quickly to a role he landed at short notice following Sam Allardyce’s sacking on Tuesday. Southgate, coach of the under-21 side, will take charge of the senior team for the next four matches, including 2018 World Cup qualifiers against Malta on Oct. 8 and in Slovenia three days later, and is due to name his first squad this weekend.

Allardyce was sacked by the Football Association (FA) after just one game in charge for behaving “inappropriately” as he sought a lucrative sideline role in an undercover sting set up by the Daily Telegraph newspaper.

“It’s obviously been a difficult situation for the FA but it was important that there was some stability and continuity for everybody,” Southgate told the FA’s website (www.thefa.com).

“So, from my point of view, it was important to step forward and give us the best possible chance to win these games. “With my experience with the under-21s in international football,

and having worked with so many of the players who have moved up to the seniors as well, I think we are in a good position to prepare for these games.”

The former England centre-half ruled himself out of the running to take charge of the senior side in July when Roy Hodgson resigned following England’s dismal Euro 2016 campaign but Southgate is looking forward to the challenge ahead.

“I was very proud to have played more than 50 times for my country and to have worn the armband, so to manage England will be a huge responsibility and a huge honour for me,” the 46-year-old added.

“It’s a difficult circumstance for me, because we’ve lost two senior coaches in the last few months who have both been very good to me, so that complicates my feelings. I certainly wish them both all the best for the future.” Southgate will also lead England against Scotland in a third World Cup qualifier in November and in an international friendly against Spain. (ap)

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Sp rt No Higuain, no problem: Napoli beats Benfica 4-2 in CL

NAPLES — Not missing Gonzalo Higuain in the least, Napoli tightened its grip on Group B of the Champions League with a convincing 4-2 win over Benfica on Wednesday.

Captain Marek Hamsik opened the scoring with a header after 20 minutes, and Napoli opened the floodgates early in the second half with three goals — two of them from Dries Mertens — in the space of seven minutes.

Mertens scored his first with a beautiful free kick that floated over Benfica’s wall before dipping down into the net. Arkadiusz Milik, the 22-year-old Poland center forward brought in to replace Higuain, converted a penalty before Mertens added another from close range after

goalkeeper Julio Cesar made a miscalculation.

Substitutes Goncalo Guedes and Eduardo Salvio scored late for Benfica. “We showed that we can belong in this competition,” Napoli coach Maurizio Sarri said. “Knocking out a top-level squad like this is not easy.”

Having opened with a come-frombehind 2-1 win at Dynamo Kiev, Napoli has six points from two games and looks improved despite Higuain’s Italian-record transfer to domestic rival Juventus for 90 million euros ($99 million).

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Napoli’s Marek Hamsik celebrates after scoring during a Champions League, Group B soccer match between Napoli and Benfica, at the San Paolo stadium in Naples, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016.

Besiktas has two points after drawing 1-1 with Dynamo in the other group match, while Dynamo and Benfica have one each.

“We played a great match and we obtained a great result against a top-level squad,” Hamsik said. “Too bad we conceded those two goals at the end but it was still a great match.”

Napoli had never before scored four goals in the Champions League, and the outburst came a day after Juventus’ 4-0 win over Dinamo Zagreb.

Could this match be taken as a response to Juve’s performance?

“Napoli is here,” Hamsik said. “It was a big victory.” After two seasons without Champions League action, Napoli’s San Paolo stadium was buzzing.

Perhaps the only hindrance to the match being a sellout were expensive ticket prices, with the cheapest seats selling for 40 euros ($45). In a protest against the high costs, a banner hanging from the Curva B where Napoli’s hard-core “ultra” fans sit proclaimed the area the “Settore popolare” — working class sector.

Napoli controlled the game right from the start, with Milik set up by a long pass from Faouzi Ghoulam only to produce a weak shot on goal less than 20 seconds after kickoff.

Benfica came close a few minutes later when Nelson Semedo rolled a cross into the area, before defender Elseid Hysaj was able to clear the danger.

Also early on, Napoli lost key center back Raul Albiol to an apparent muscle strain. The Spaniard was replaced by Nikola Maksimovic, who made his Napoli debut with the poise of a veteran.

A minute before Hamsik’s opener, Benfica defender Alex Grimaldo prevented a golden opportunity for the hosts with an acrobatic interception of a cross from Mertens that was heading directly for Jose Callejon in front of the goal.

Hamsik then beat his marker to meet a corner from Ghoulam and deliver a header inside the near post for his 101st goal in a Napoli shirt, placing him within 14 goals of Diego Maradona’s club record.

Benfica sorely missed injured striker Jonas, the Brazilian who scored 32 goals in 34 Portuguese league matches last season. (ap)

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Southgate undaunted by step City’s winning run up to senior England role ends with 3-3 draw at Celtic

Liverpool fans

Reuters / Eddie Keogh

Liverpool reassesses further Anfield expansion after protest

Liverpool owner John Henry says fan protests against ticket prices are causing the club to reassess plans to further redevelop Anfield. Henry’s Fenway Sports Group apologized to fans earlier this year and reversed planned rises in ticket prices after a walkout during a game.

But having funded the redevelopment of Liverpool’s main stand over the last year, the next phase of the expansion program might not make economic sense if the club can’t recoup the construction cost.

The Anfield Road stand had been next in line for rebuilding at the 54,000-capacity Anfield.

“I don’t know if there is a next step because ticket prices are an issue in England,” Henry said.

“That may foreclose further expansion. We’ll have to see.” Henry was speaking Tuesday at Yankee Stadium where his baseball team, the Boston Red Sox, was playing the New York Yankees.

Liverpool has opened its first full season with Juergen Klopp in charge by winning four of its six Premier League games. The German signed a contract extension in July through 2022.

“He was a perfect fit for Liverpool, for the culture of the club, for the supporters, for the kind of team that we were trying to build,” Henry said. “We couldn’t have asked for a better fit.”

With no European matches this season, Liverpool is chasing a topfour finish to return to the Champions League. From the 2018-19 season, entry into the Champions League group stage is easier for English clubs with the Premier League’s fourth-place team no longer having to go through a playoff.

The “market pool” system, which steers UEFA prize money to clubs in England, Germany, and Italy, where the broadcasting deals are bigger, will be changed to reward better historical results in the competition. That should help Liverpool as a five-time European champion but see income drop for Manchester City, which has never won the continent’s top prize.

The Champions League changes were agreed by a small number of club officials and UEFA, with the rest of Europe not knowing the outcome until the announcement in August. Henry said he was aware of other teams in England “obviously not happy with the UEFA deal.”

“The changes weren’t really discussed with us, they were implemented essentially. They unilaterally made changes to the market pool and there should have been I think more discussion. But I can tell you that the (Premier League) owners were not happy ... at least among the clubs that I speak with.” (ap)

GLASGOW — Manchester City came from behind three times to draw 3-3 at Celtic in a Champions League thriller on Wednesday that ended the English team’s 100 percent start to the season under new coach Pep Guardiola. City’s winning run to open the campaign stopped at 10 games in all competitions — one short of matching the English record — in a Group C match littered with poor defending by both teams at Parkhead.

Fernandinho and Raheem Sterling scored equalizers for City in an action-packed first half after Celtic went ahead twice through Moussa Dembele, in the third minute, and Sterling’s own goal in the 20th.

Dembele restored Celtic’s lead barely a minute into the second half after Aleksandar Kolarov’s defensive error, only for Nolito to equalize for City in the 55th.

City had previously won six matches in the Premier League, three in the Champions League between the group stage and qualifying, and one in the English League Cup with a series of free-scoring displays. That put the team within sight of Tottenham’s 11 straight wins to start the season in the 1960-61 campaign. “It’s OK, it’s one point, we didn’t lose,” said Guardiola, whose team faces former club Barce-

lona in back-to-back matches next.

“I am pretty sure the players didn’t think they were going to win every game this season. It is impossible.

Not even the best team in the world (could do that).”

City went behind for the first time under Guardiola and also conceded more than once for the first time under the Spaniard.

Celtic — thrashed 7-0 by Barcelona in its first group game — pressed high and forced errors in possession from City, whose defense was shambolic at times without rested John Stones and injured captain Vincent Kompany.

“Every time we went forward, we looked like we could score,” Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers said.

The first example came inside three minutes. James Forrest was left unmarked at the far post from a diagonal free kick and his volleyed cross was glanced goalward by Erik Sviatchenko, with the ball deflecting off Dembele into the net.

Fernandinho equalized in the 12th minute when a wayward shot from Kolarov fell into the path of the midfielder, who controlled and dribbled a left-footed shot into the corner.

Back came Celtic. Kieran Tierney broke forward down the left and his

Celtic’s Moussa Dembele celebrates scoring a goal

cross took a deflection off a sliding Sterling and ricocheted into the net at Claudio Bravo’s near post.

Sterling made immediate amends after Celtic lost possession in central midfield. David Silva played a slide-rule pass behind the defense to Sterling, who turned back inside a defender and slipped a low shot past goalkeeper Craig Gordon in the 28th.

Celtic’s third goal also came from a City error, this time by Kolarov, who completely missed the ball as he attempted a clearance from a left-wing cross. Dembele reacted by hooking a shot over his shoulder and into the bottom corner.

Still the hosts couldn’t keep the lead. Silva played in Sergio Aguero, his shot was parried out by Gordon and Nolito scored from the rebound.

After that, it was all City, with Fernandinho shooting just over and Ilkay Gundogan having a deflected shot saved in the final minutes.

“I’m happy with the reaction from the players,” Guardiola said. “It’s not easy to score three goals away. I don’t know how many chances they had after the third goal. We should have won it.” City, a Champions League semifinalist last season, opened group play by beating Borussia Moenchengladbach 4-0. (ap)

Reuters / Russell Cheyne

England caretaker manager Gareth Southgate is confident his familiarity with the players will help him adapt quickly to a role he landed at short notice following Sam Allardyce’s sacking on Tuesday. Southgate, coach of the under-21 side, will take charge of the senior team for the next four matches, including 2018 World Cup qualifiers against Malta on Oct. 8 and in Slovenia three days later, and is due to name his first squad this weekend.

Allardyce was sacked by the Football Association (FA) after just one game in charge for behaving “inappropriately” as he sought a lucrative sideline role in an undercover sting set up by the Daily Telegraph newspaper.

“It’s obviously been a difficult situation for the FA but it was important that there was some stability and continuity for everybody,” Southgate told the FA’s website (www.thefa.com).

“So, from my point of view, it was important to step forward and give us the best possible chance to win these games. “With my experience with the under-21s in international football,

and having worked with so many of the players who have moved up to the seniors as well, I think we are in a good position to prepare for these games.”

The former England centre-half ruled himself out of the running to take charge of the senior side in July when Roy Hodgson resigned following England’s dismal Euro 2016 campaign but Southgate is looking forward to the challenge ahead.

“I was very proud to have played more than 50 times for my country and to have worn the armband, so to manage England will be a huge responsibility and a huge honour for me,” the 46-year-old added.

“It’s a difficult circumstance for me, because we’ve lost two senior coaches in the last few months who have both been very good to me, so that complicates my feelings. I certainly wish them both all the best for the future.” Southgate will also lead England against Scotland in a third World Cup qualifier in November and in an international friendly against Spain. (ap)

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Tokyo favours venue changes as Games costs soar

TOKYO - A Tokyo panel on Thursday urged changes to three venues for the 2020 Olympics in the face of ballooning costs but organisers say such adjustments may prove difficult to instigate in time for the Games.

Tokyo touted access to a $4.5 billion war chest when it beat Madrid and Istanbul in its successful 2013 bid for the Summer Games but recently elected governor Yuriko Koike campaigned on reining in ballooning costs and ordered a review of expenses.

The proposed changes, which could include moving rowing and canoeing some 400 km (250 miles) from Tokyo, would require the approval of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and each sport’s international federation.

They are the latest in a series of embarrassing setbacks and broken promises for organisers, who won the bid largely on Japan’s reputation for efficiency. Tokyo’s bid proposal, for example, said some 85 percent of venues would be within 8 km (5 miles) of the Olympic Village in central Tokyo.

According to a preliminary report, released on the same day as an executive board meeting of the Tokyo 2020 organising committee, overall costs could surge to more than four times original estimates of 734 billion yen ($7.24 billion).

“Given the current situation, costs could run over 3 trillion yen ($29 billion),” the panel wrote in its report. When it won the Games, Tokyo said they would bring in economic benefits of 3 trillion yen and create 150,000 jobs.

To cut back, the panel proposed reconsidering the construction of three new venues -- for volleyball, swimming and rowing/canoeing -- in favour of using existing venues.

ULUWATU TEMPLE Uluwatu Temple is located in Pecatu Village, Kuta Sub-district, Badung District, Bali. The temple is 30 kilometers to the south of Denpasar. Uluwatu Temple, also called Luwur Temple, is one of the six Sad Kahyangan Temples, the main spiritual pillars in Bali Island.

There are two different opinions concerning the history of Uluwatu Temple. First Opinions, Some people believe that the temple was built by Empu Kuturan in 9th AD, during Marakata’s reign.

Second Opinions, Other people claim that the temple was built by Dang Hyang Nirartha, a pedanda (Hindu monk) from Daha

Kingdom (Kediri) in East Java. Dang Hyang Nirartha came to Bali in 1546 AD, during the reign of Dalem Waturenggong. The monk built Uluwatu Temple on Pecatu Hill. After completing a spiritual journey around Bali, the monk went back to Uluwatu Temple and died there. He moksa (died and his body vanished), leaving the Marcapada (worldly life) and entering Swargaloka (heaven).

The Piodalan or ceremony commemorating the temple’s anniversary is held on Anggara Kasih day, in wuku Medangsia in Caka calendar. Usually the ceremony lasts for three days thronged by of thousands of Hindus.

SERIES OF BLUNDERS For rowing and canoeing, they suggested three possible sites outside Tokyo, including a city in northeastern Miyagi prefecture,

AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike, standing in center, speaks during an expert panel at the Tokyo Metropolitan government office in Tokyo Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016. hours north of the capital. Volleyball and swimming could be covered by renovating existing venues in downtown Tokyo, not far from the site of the Olympic Village, the panel said. The rowing venue, estimated to cost 6.9 billion yen, now comes in at 49.1 billion yen, the panel noted.

Hiroshi Sato, vice director general of the Tokyo 2020 organising committee, told a news conference that the executive board was “embarrassed and surprised” although

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several events out of the capital, including sailing and basketball. Cycling will take place in Shizuoka, about 200 km (125 miles) west of Tokyo. Tokyo organisers have been grappling with a series of blunders.

They were forced to scrap an initial design for the centrepiece National Stadium, site of the opening and closing ceremonies, because it was too expensive, and had to redesign the logo for the games following accusations of plagiarism.(rtr)

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the report was provisional and they needed to see how Koike would respond.

Organisers said it might be difficult to win acceptance for changes and could damage trust in Tokyo.

“These sites were chosen over years and approved by the sports federations and International Olympic Committee,” said Yoshiro Mori, head of the Tokyo 2020 organising committee. “It would be extremely difficult to overturn this.”

Tokyo has already shifted venues for

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Angelique Kerber suffered her first defeat as world number one when Petra Kvitova beat her 6-7(10) 7-5 6-4 in a marathon third- round match at the Wuhan Open in China on Wednesday.

German top seed Kerber saved three set points before a forehand error from Czech Kvitova handed the U.S. Open champion a tense first-set tiebreak.

But Kvitova, showing the battling qualities that have brought her two Wimbledon titles, fought back to force

a decider.

Kvitova, seeded 14th, broke Kerber early in the third set to lead 4-2 and despite struggling with cramp, she held her nerve to convert her seventh match point after three hours and 20 minutes on court.

“At the end I think there is no loser. I did everything today. I was fighting until the end,” Kerber told reporters. Kvitova will face Britain’s Johanna Konta in the quarter-finals.(ap)

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A refugee cleans his tent in a makeshift camp on the HungarySerbia border, on the Serbian side of a transit zone set up

by Hungarian authorities to filter refugees at Roszke, Hungary, September 2, 2016. Picture taken September 2, 2016.

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“We want people to understand that the tax amnesty is for Indonesia, to build Indonesia,” Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati told reporters on Thursday. “We will make efforts to ensure people that putting their money in Indonesia is a good and rational option.”

The government is banking on the amnesty to bring in 165 trillion rupiah ($12.6 billion) in 2016 to help keep the budget deficit from breaching a legal limit of 3 percent of gross domestic product.

Friday marks the end of the amnesty’s first phase, during which the lowest penalties for registering previously unreported assets applied. The penalty rates will rise after September under the programme, which lasts until March 2017. (rtr)

A look at Hungary’s referendum on EU refugee quotas To match Analysis EUROPE-MIGRANTS/HUNGARY-REFERENDUM REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh

BUDAPEST — Hungarians will vote Sunday in a referendum which Prime Minister Viktor Orban hopes will give his government the popular support it seeks to oppose any future plans by the European Union to resettle asylum seekers among its member states. Here’s a look at what’s at stake: WHAT ORBAN WANTS

Orban wants to stop the influx of large numbers of Muslim migrants into Europe, arguing they threaten Hungary and Europe’s Christian identity and culture.

Midway through his third term as prime minister, he suggested last week that the EU should build a “gigantic refugee city” in Libya, to where migrants would be deported from Europe to file their asylum claims.

Orban says the EU needs to strengthen its borders to keep out migrants, like Hungary did last year by building fences on its southern borders with Serbia and Croatia.

The referendum’s question is “Do you want the European Union to be able to prescribe the mandatory settlement of non-Hungarian citizens in Hungary even without the consent of Parliament?”

Orban says “no” votes favor Hungary’s sovereignty and independence. He also hopes popular pressure will encourage other EU countries to take similar steps. Critics say poll results showing rising xenophobia and anti-migrant feelings among Hungarians are linked to the government’s referendum campaign.

At least 50 percent plus one of Hungary’s 8.27 million voters need to cast valid ballots for the referendum to be valid.

Despite an unprecedented barrage of government billboards, advertisements and personal appearances by ministers and lawmakers nationwide urging people to vote, polls show validity is by no means assured, even though “no” votes are expected to be in the large majority.

The far-right Jobbik party supports the government’s anti-migrant position, while most of the other opposition parties and many civic groups are asking voters to either stay home on Sunday or cast invalid ballots.

“It’s important to show as a citizen that you want to take part,” says Marta Pardavi, co-chair of the Hungarian Helsinki Committee advocacy group. “However, given the vile nature of this referendum question, we are calling for people

to cast an invalid vote.”

MIGRANTS? UFOs?

Nearly 400,000 migrants passed through Hungary last year, making their way toward Western Europe.

Yet, the criticized razor-wire fences and new expulsion policies have proven effective. During the first four weeks of September, police reported either zero or just one migrant breaching the border area on 12 different days. Last year, Hungary granted asylum to only 508 refugees and a similar number is expected this year.

The satirical Hungarian TwoTailed Dog Party is putting up posters and distributing leaflets mocking the referendum. One of their slogans is that the average Hungarian sees more UFOs in his or her lifetime than migrants.

For the record, Hungary’s Federation of UFO Research says it receives about two dozen reports a year of UFO sightings across the country.

THE FEAR FACTOR

The disadvantaged Roma minority, struggling pensioners, young families with children and people living in municipal housing are among those being warned repeatedly of what could happen if Hungary is required to take in

refugees.

According to government officials, they may face subsidy or pension cuts, become victims of terrorism and violent acts or be forced to give up their homes if that happens.

The government, assisted by state television, is constantly rehashing often months’ old stories about migrant attacks.

“The image of large migrant groups nearly ‘darkening the sky’ last year is still present in many people, no doubt reinforced by the government propaganda,” says Attila Tibor Nagy of the Center for Fair Political Analysis. “The government is also assisted by the attacks in Germany and France, which it very much likes to invoke to show that migrants are dangerous.”

HOW MUCH?

The referendum’s technical costs, including printing the ballots and manufacturing ballot boxes, total 4.9 billion forints ($17.8 million). The government says it will reveal how much it spent on the billboard and media campaign after the vote, but partial data shows expenditures of at least 13 billion forints ($47.3 million).

In contrast, the Two-Tailed Dog Party and a few other opposition

groups are working with campaign budgets of around $100,000, gathered from small donations.

WHAT’S NEXT?

The government has not said what consequences a valid referendum supporting its position will have. It has mentioned possible amendments to the constitution but is shying away from specifics.

Government spokesman Zoltan Kovacs brushed off suggestions that an invalid referendum would hurt Orban, saying a large number of “no” votes would be enough to bolster the official position against the refugee quotas even with a low turnout.

“The referendum can never become a failure,” Kovacs says. “Full stop.” But Jobbik president Gabor Vona says Orban should resign in case of an invalid ballot and former Socialist Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany says it would weaken Orban’s “infallibility.”

“Brussels has already priced in the referendum and knows well that Hungarian public opinion does not like the migrants,” said Csaba Toth, strategic director of the Republikon Institute think tank. “Domestically, nonetheless, a low turnout would be a serious defeat for the prime minister, especially after such a huge campaign.” (ap)

Man arrested after 16 bodies found in Chinese village BEIJING — Chinese police have arrested a man after 16 people were found dead in six village homes on Thursday, state media reported. The bodies of the men, women and three children were

found in Huize county in Yunnan province in the country’s southwest.

The official Xinhua News Agency said a suspect was arrested in the provincial capital of

Kunming, about 200 kilometers (120 miles) from where the bodies were found.

An officer at the Daibu branch of the Huize police confirmed the deaths, but said he had no further

details.

Xinhua did not identify the suspect. It described the deaths as a killing spree but provided no details.

If they were murders, the deaths would be one of the bloodiest mass

slayings in China in recent years.

Because firearms are tightly controlled in China, mass attacks are usually carried out with knives, poison or homemade explosives.(ap)

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The Basel Committee, a body of banking supervisors from nearly 30 countries, set the year-end as the deadline to conclude an overhaul of existing banking rules - known as Basel III - meant to make the sector safer. But opponents, mostly in Europe and Japan, reckon the review goes too far, as they fear it disproportionately increases how much capital banks must hold against risk.

“As things stand, the proposals Basel has issued for consultation would imply significant capital requirement increases in all areas,” EU commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis told a banking conference in Brussels on Thursday, in what is so far the most explicit criticism to the review made by a European official.

EU finance ministers had already called for the reform to not significantly increase capital requirements for banks but have so far fallen short from criticising publicly what is on the table from global regulators.

“We want to avoid changes which would lead to a significant increase in the overall capital requirements shouldered by Europe’s banking sector,” Dombrovskis told the conference organised by the European Banking Federation.

European bankers and officials fear the changes will put European banks at a disadvantage against their U.S. rivals, as their large loan portfolios would look more risky, and hence need more capital, than U.S. banks which provide more bond financing and package mort-

gages on for trading elsewhere.

Bankers nicknamed the reform as Basel IV for the additional requirements it imposes, up to 50 percent more than current capital buffers, the French and German banking federations estimated. Contrary to the United States, banks still represent by far the main source of funding for companies in Europe.

“A solution we could not support is one which would weigh unduly on the financing of the broader economy in Europe,” Dombrovskis said, according to a speech distributed to the press.

With a sluggish economic growth and a teetering banking sector, EU and euro zone officials are keen to avoid saddling their banks with further costs and restrictions that may reduce their ability to make loans to companies and households.

The German government had to deny on Wednesday that a rescue plan was in the works for

Deutsche Bank, Europe’s biggest lender, in case it was unable to pay a fine of up to $14 billion from the U.S. Department of Justice for its activities before the 2007-08 financial crisis.

EU’S RED LINES Dombrovskis said the deal in Basel was still important but set clear conditions to reach a compromise. “As far as the EU is concerned, there remains work to be done on a number of areas which are important for the EU economy,” he said.

He urged capital requirements to be calibrated on banks’ risks and business models, a key European request as its banking sector is much more fragmented than elsewhere. “It is perfectly normal for a bank focused on lending in a sector and region with low risks to have lower average risk weights than a bank operating elsewhere.

We believe it is important to keep

it that way,” he said.

The Basel reform aims instead at reaching a standardised approach to make the sector safer, as it would rely less on benchmarks developed internally by banks.

In particular, U.S. regulators are pushing for a common “floor” or level of capital a bank cannot go below, irrespective of its internal risk calculations. “We do not believe a standardised capital floor is an essential part of the framework,” Dombrovskis said. He also urged further work on the treatment of real estate loans, corporate lending and infrastructure lending.

The weighting of operational risk, seen by many as one of the elements of the reform that may be pushed back beyond the December deadline, could cause “arbitrary capital requirements that do not properly reflect the risks faced by banks,” Dombrovskis said, calling for a review of the proposal also on this matter.(rtr)

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Leader of Indonesia gang which raped, murdered girl sentenced to death

Planned global banking rules not balanced, need changes- EU’s Dombrovskis

BRUSSELS - A planned reform of global banking rules being discussed by the United States, Europe, Japan and other major economies risks negatively affecting European banks and needs to be changed, the EU financial services commissioner said on Thursday.

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In this Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016 photo, volcanic material from the eruption of Mount Barujari is seen from Bayan, Lombok Island, Indonesia. The volcano erupted without warning on Tuesday afternoon, delaying flights from airports on the islands of Lombok and Bali.

Indonesia evacuates tourists after Mount Barujari eruption

JAKARTA — Indonesian authorities say they have evacuated most tourists from Mount Barujari on Lombok island after it spewed a massive column of ash into the atmosphere.

The volcano, a popular attraction that is known as the Child of Rinjani because it sits within the Mount Rinjani caldera, erupted without warning on Tuesday afternoon, delaying flights from the international airport on nearby Bali. The ash column reached 2,000 meters (6,560 feet).

Heronimus Guru, deputy operations chief at Indonesia’s Search and Rescue Agency, said Wednesday that the remaining tourists, about 50 people who are mostly foreigners, were heading down the mountain.

Disaster Mitigation Agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said more than 1,100 tour-

ists left the Mount Rinjani area on Tuesday. A similar number left Wednesday. There have been no reports of injuries from the eruption.

Nugroho said government scientists have declared a danger zone of 3 kilometers (1.6 miles) around the crater and raised the volcano’s alert to the third highest level, but some tourists did not immediately heed warnings to leave because they wanted to take photos or videos of the eruption.

The eruption interrupted flights for several hours at Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali, airport officials said.

Farms and trees around the 3,726-meter (12,224-foot) -high volcano were coated in a thin layer of gray ash, but nearby towns and villages were not in danger, Nugroho said.

Rinjani is among about 130 active volcanoes in Indonesia. The archipelago is prone to volcanic eruptions and earthquakes because of its location on the Pacific “Ring of Fire.”(ap)

CURUP - An Indonesian court on Thursday sentenced to death the leader of a gang of men and boys who raped and murdered a schoolgirl in a case that prompted the president to take steps to impose harsher punishments for attacks on children.

The gang leader, Zainal, was sentenced to death in a court on Sumatra island. Four other men were jailed for 20 years for their roles in the April attack on the 14-year-old in the western island by a group of 14 males, including eight boys. Sexual violence against women and children is common in Indonesia but gang rape is unusual.

The case shocked the world’s fourth most populous country and prompted President Joko Widodo to sign a regulation allowing for harsher punishments for child rapists, including death and chemical castration.

The regulation is pending approval in parliament. “Because of the sadistic nature of the crime ... the court sen-

tences Zainal to death,” said presiding judge Henny Faridha. The youngest member of the gang was 13 years old.

They attacked the girl as she was on her way to school. Her battered body was found in a rubber plantation a few days later, after her parents reported her missing. Seven gang members were earlier jailed for 10 years, while one was ordered into a rehabilitation programme for a year. One suspect is on the run, according to police.

The victim’s parents, who were in court, said the sentencing was inadequate. “They should all get the death penalty,” Yana, the victim’s mother, told reporters as she broke down in tears.

The attack was reminiscent of a 2012 fatal gang rape of a female university student in India’s capital, New Delhi, which provoked a national outcry and soul-searching about the treatment of girls and women in Indian society.(rtr)

ASEAN launches study on preventing human trafficking JAKARTA - The ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC) has released a regional study on laws and policies that prevent human trafficking.

“This study was conceived by ACWC to end violence against women and children, and human trafficking is the worst kind of violence,” ACWC Chairman Lily Purba said here on Wednesday.

The study describes the policies, laws, practices, and mutual challenges related to human trafficking, especially of women and children.

ACWC also invited all ASEAN countries to run the program and adopt the ASEAN Convention on Trafficking.

“Otherwise, it will just be a document,” Purba remarked. Purba urged ASEAN member states to form a team to protect victims of trafficking.

ACWCs representative from Laos, Chongchith Chantharanonh, said the adoption of policies to protect victims of trafficking was very important. In

addition, the efficiency of law enforcement also determined the success of efforts to protect victims. Cooperation between countries and regional organizations, Chantharanonh noted, would also help resolve the problem.

“Trafficking is not just between countries in the region, but more so within the region. All parties must work together to tackle this problem,” Chantharanonh stressed.

Meanwhile, US Ambassador to ASEAN Nina Hachigian remarked that the US supports ASEAN projects related to the protection of victims of human trafficking.

“The ASEAN has taken steps to address this issue since last year.

The ASEAN Convention would help members protect the victims,” Chantharanonh added.

Based on data from the International Organization for Migration, some 48.5 million people are victims of human trafficking, of which two-thirds come from Asian countries and one-third from Southeast Asia.(ant)

14 countries to take part in Indonesia international book fair

A statue is seen next to the logo of Germany’s Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt, Germany, January 26, 2016.

JAKARTA - Fourteen countries are taking part in the Indonesia International Book Fair 2016 that started on September 28 at JCC Senayan and will continue till October 2.

“The countries include Malaysia, China, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, India, Germany, Vietnam,

Egypt, Bosnia, Turkey, the Netherlands, Singapore and others,” organizing committee chairperson Kuslistyarini said here on Wednesday.

In addition to the publishers, libraries and campuses are also participating in the exhibition.

The general chairman of the

Indonesian Publishers Association, Rosidayati Rozalina, said this event brings together book publishers from various regions of the world and is a platform for copy rights transactions.

Last year, 70 transactions of copy rights for books took place.

This year, the business match-

making program is likely to witness even more such transactions during the exhibition. Rosidayati said childrens books, books on religion and literary books were much in demand at various foreign publishers’ stalls.

Malaysia is the honorary guest this year, just as Saudi Arabia and

South Korea were in the past.

It is likely to lead to stronger literary relations between Malaysia and Indonesia, she added.

Malaysian Education Minister Mahdzir Khalid was present at the event that was officially opened by Indonesian Minister of Education Muhadjir Effendi.(ant)

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Bali News

Friday, September 30, 2016

International

Let’s Make a Trip to Malet Kuta Mesir Waterfall For those having a hobby in nature recreation, there is an interesting object to visit. It is the waterfall in Bangli that can be found at some locations. However, a few has not been well-known to the public. One of them is the Malet Kuta Mesir waterfall located at Malet Kuta Mesir hamlet, Tiga, Susut. Other than exuding beauty, around the waterfall also sits a mud puddle believed to be good for health.

It is located about 400 meters from village settlement. This seven-meter high waterfall is located in the middle of valley and has a thin stream of water. Around the waterfall also sits a large number of springs known as patirtaan.

Habitually, the water looking very clear and free from contamination is often used by residents for ceremonial purposes. Nearby, there is a Taman Temple supported by surrounding communities.

Besides, at this location also sits a mud puddle with an area of ??about 1 x 1 meter. It is believed to have the capability of curing various diseases. “The water at the patirtaan often used for purificatory ritual, while the mud is taken advantage as a scrub. It is believed to cure various kinds of diseases,” said chief of Malet Kuta Mesir customary village, I Wayan Rana, Wednesday (Sep. 14).

In addition to surrounding residents, the efficacy offered by the springs and mud is also able to draw the attention of people from other regions such as Denpasar, Gianyar and Badung.

Their arrival usually coincides with the auspicious day or holy days. The oblation presented is only canang. “The canang will be presented at Taman Temple,” he said.

Though it is very potential, the facility for waterfall visitors is very limited. The road access to location is still inadequate. In the future, the village is planning an arrangement.

It is carried out for the interests of society in conducting ceremony but attracting foreign travelers to make visit.

“Since four years ago, many foreign travelers have cycling tours here. Each day they can reach one hundred people but only pass through.

We think it could be one of the supports for the arrangement of this waterfall,” said Rana while adding that location of waterfall is quite close to the Tampaksiring Palace and can be reached within about 10 minutes by car. (kmb)

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International

Landslide slams into Chinese village after typhoon, 27 missing

The lanslide which happen near Pandawa Lake in Badung Regency

Flushed by torrential rain, Badung besieged by disasters

IBP/Yudi Karnaedi

MANGUPURA - Torrential rains flushing Badung caused disasters. Other than causing overflowing water from culverts onto the street, high rainfalls due to the influence of La Nina also caused avalanche and trees to fall.

Such disaster happened on Jalan Raya Siligita, Peken hamlet, Benoa, South Kuta.

As the report of the Badung disaster mitigation agency (BPBD), rainwater flooded people’s house. This happened on Monday (Sep. 26) at 23:30 when residents were soundly asleep.

Overflowing water due to torrential rains flooded three houses with a height of up to one meter. The flooded house belongs to Pan Singking causing damages to two cars (Swift and Avanza). In the meantime, the flooded house is known to belong to I Made Riong with the damages to bedroom and kitchen, and a house belonging to I Wayan Wirka resulted in damages to mattress as soaked by flooding water. Fortunately, the incident did not claim any casualties.

Chief Executive of the Badung disaster mitigation agency (BPBD), I Nyoman Wijaya, said on Tuesday (Sep. 27) that the staff

is in standby position to face the possibility of disaster that may happen any time. But most importantly, he said, public awareness is very much needed. He said to always make coordination with relevant agencies, including persistently getting information on weather development from the national weather service (BBMKG) of Denpasar.

He predicted that peak of rainy season will take place from December 2016 to February 2017. So, people should have to be alert early on to anticipate the disasters.

Flooding also engulfed Jimbaran area to Nusa Dua. Puddles with the depth of nearly reaching human knees caused traffic to get disrupted. “Water began to rise around 22:30. This happened because the culvert was clogged by bamboo twigs and rubbish, so that the water overflowed onto the street,” said Ketut Darta, a local

resident.

According to him, the flood only occurred on single lane to Nusa Dua. “Flooding only occurred at the left lane of the road, while the right lane is not too serious because the water flow was still running smoothly,” he said.

Irrigation Division Head at the Badung Highways and Irrigation Agency (BMP), A.A. Gede Dalem, when asked for his confirmation on Tuesday said that such flooding was caused by torrential rainfall.

“So, it is not caused by turned off pump machine, but it is indeed caused by high rainfall so that pump machine is overwhelmed to siphon,” he said.

In order to cope with similar incident during heavy rains, A.A. Gede Dalem had alarmed his personnel for 24 hours to anticipate the damage to the engine during the current rainy season. “As usual, we always work according to the standard operating procedures where some officers are alerted at each pump,” he concluded. (kmb27)

SHANGHAI/BEIJING - A landslide slammed into a village in China’s eastern Zhejiang province on Wednesday, swallowing up dozens of houses and leaving 27 people missing, state media reported. Heavy typhoon rains caused the landslide to crash into Sucun village, said the official Xinhua news agency.

Last month, the official People’s Daily newspaper reported that Suichang county, where the landslide occurred, had in recent years prioritised landslide and flood defences.

Critics say local governments, especially in the frequently hit coastal provinces in China’s east, misallocate funding or fail to spend enough on defences against floods and other problems caused by heavy rain.

A mass of debris rolled down a lush mountain toward the small village, according to images posted by local state media on their official Weibo microblogs.

Earlier on Wednesday, China shut schools and cancelled dozens of flights as Typhoon Megi made landfall in the southern province of Fujian on Wednesday with winds of close to 120 km per hour (75 mph), Xinhua said.

Megi, which has killed four people and injured more than 523 in Taiwan since roaring in from the Pacific, made landfall at 4:40 a.m. local time (2040 GMT Tuesday).

Chinese authorities issued their third-highest severe weather warning in anticipation of the storm.

China Daily/via REUTERS

The site of a landslide caused by heavy rains brought by Typhoon Megi, in Sucun Village, Lishui, Zhejiang province, China, September 29, 2016.

Xinhua said more than 120,000 people who work close to shore or at sea have been moved by Fujian authorities. The province’s 31,700 fishing boats have been recalled to port to avoid the high winds. China Southern Airlines said it had cancelled 24 flights

Residents and police take up water independently the shrinking water flow from the Kumbuh spring located at Galiran hamlet, local village. “The difficulty to get clean water has been happening over the past few years,” he explained.

To resolve the problem, local residents then took the initiative to take up water from the Tadakan Pande springs at local village. When taking up the water, the village was assisted by Bangli Police. “We’d like to express our gratitude to all components having helped the community in seeking the Tadakan Pande springs

so that it can flow to Jehem village.

In the future, the water management will be handed over to customary village. Hopefully, this spring will alleviate the burden of local community,” he said.

In the meantime, Chief of Bangli Police, Danang Beny K, in his speech when inaugurating the clean water management for community sanitation at Jehem Kaja hamlet said that the need for clean water is increasing.

However, it is inversely proportional to water flow produced by the existing springs. “Water discharge is now

much decreasing. Quite often this condition forces people to walk far to get water,” he explained.

He also said that the clean water need cannot be fully met by the Municipality Waterworks (PDAM).

On that account, it is required a community movement to jointly manage the existing water resources independently. He deeply appreciated to the efforts of Jehem community and its members in taking up water from Tadakan Pande springs. He hoped it could serve as an example for other people especially those experienc-

ing water shortages. “Hopefully, the public can maintain the continuity of this clean water source. As is known, it is very difficult to take up the water from the bottom,” said police chief.

In the meantime, subdistrict head of Tembuku, Dewa Agung Purnama, hoped the management of clean water can be imitated by other villagers. It is considering that many villages in Tembuku are still difficult to get clean water. To keep the water flow, he hoped the public to keep the environment by planting trees. (kmb40)

beginning from Tuesday.

More than 14,700 people were evacuated in Taiwan, while millions lost power and hundreds of thousands of homes were without water. Typhoons are common at this time of year, picking up strength as they

cross warm Pacific waters and bringing fierce winds and rain when they reach land.

Large swathes of China have been inundated with rain and battered by typhoons over the past few months, killing hundreds of people.(rtr)

Officials: Firefighter halted teen who killed father, shot 3

To resolve clean water crisis at Jehem BANGLI - The current clean water problem experienced by residents of Jehem village, Tembuku, starts to be slightly resolved. This follows the levitation of clean water from Tadakan Pande springs at local village by residents of Jehem village in cooperation with Bangli Police independently.

A local village community leader, Jro Mangku Eko Astana, when met on Tuesday (Sep. 27) revealed that all this time hundreds of families at Jehem village are experiencing water shortages. This occurs due to

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Korrie Bennett hugs Heather Bailey after recovering their children following a shooting at Townville Elementary in Townville Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016.

TOWNVILLE, S.C. — A volunteer firefighter stopped a teenager who shot two students and a teacher outside a South Carolina elementary school after killing his father at

their home, authorities said.

Anderson County Sheriff John Skipper said the shooter was apprehended Wednesday afternoon outside rural Townville Elementary

School before he could get inside the building.

Firefighter Jamie Brock, a 30year veteran of the Townville Volunteer Fire Department down the road from the school, “just took him down,” the sheriff said. Deputies arrived minutes later. Brock says he doesn’t want attention for his actions.

He “wants to remain humble and quiet about it” as he believes “he did nothing any of the other volunteer firefighters wouldn’t have done,” said Scott Stoller with Anderson County Emergency Management.

Regardless, he said, “Firefighter Brock is absolutely a hero.”

Authorities said the shooting spree began at the teen’s house about 2 miles from the school, where he gunned down his 47year-old father, Jeffrey Osborne.

Authorities have not released the suspect’s name or age beyond saying he’s a teen.

Crying and upset, the teen called his grandmother’s cellphone at 1:44 p.m., Anderson County Coroner Greg Shore said. The grandparents couldn’t understand what was go-

ing on, so they went to his home just 100 yards away. When they got there, they found Osborne dead and their grandson gone.

About one minute later, authorities received a 911 call from a teacher at the school in this rural town about 110 miles northeast of Atlanta. The shooter drove a truck into the school parking lot and immediately started firing as he got out and moved toward the school, Skipper said. He did not know who the truck the teen drove was registered to and declined to say how many shots were fired.

One student was shot in the leg and the other in the foot, sheriff’s Capt. Garland Major said. Both students were male. The female teacher was hit in the shoulder.

“We are heartbroken about this senseless act of violence,” said Joanne Avery, superintendent of Anderson County School District 4.

She canceled classes at the school for the rest of the week.

Television images showed officers swarming the school after the report of an active shooter. Some were on top of the roof while others

were walking around the building.

Students were driven away on buses accompanied by police officers to a nearby church.

Authorities said they don’t yet know a motive for the shooting and they were not sure if the students and teacher were targeted.

The sheriff said the teen had been homeschooled.

“There are no racial undertones there. There’s no terrorism involved,” Major said. “We’re confident we have the sole shooter and no one else is involved.” Skipper said the teen’s mother was at work at the time of the shooting.

One of the students and the teacher were released from the hospital Wednesday evening, AnMed Health spokeswoman Juana Slade said. Greenville Health System spokeswoman Sandy Dees said the other student, Jacob Hall, remained in critical condition.

The school surrounded by working farms has about 300 students in its pre-kindergarten to sixth-grade classrooms. About 90 percent of the students are white, according to state records.(ap)

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Rihanna, new top designers debut at Paris Fashion Week

PARIS — New designer debuts from powerhouses Lanvin and Saint Laurent — and popstar Rihanna’s first Paris catwalk show for Fenty Puma — marked the start of Spring-Summer 2017 shows in the City of Light. Here are the highlights of ready-to-wear collections.

SAINT LAURENT DEBUT

A huge crane in the colors of the French flag hoisted a giant neon YSL logo above a construction site in the French capital, literally setting expectations high for this year’s YSL show at Paris Fashion Week. The decor announced that the grand debut from Saint Laurent’s new designer, Anthony Vaccarello, on Tuesday night aimed to dramatically reconstruct the YSL

aesthetic following the departure of Hedi Slimane.

French singer Jane Birkin and her two actress daughters, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Lou Doillon, stared up expectantly alongside myriad iPhone-snapping fashionistas to marvel at the radiant 50-meter (164-foot) crane — a machine being used to rebuild the house’s Left Bank headquarters in Paris. “The derelict aspect sets a nice metaphor,” said Gainsbourg, speaking from the show’s front row.

As the designer’s revealing looks filed by, the metaphor of reconstruction and renewal of the Saint Laurent image was heard loud and clear, but the high expectations set by the decor were dashed.

This “new” image was largely a rehash of the Glamazon, uber-

sexy, ultra-mini styles that have come to be synonymous with the 34-year-old Italian-Belgian designer’s own brand and his work at Donatella Versace’s flesh-baring Versus house.

To his credit, Vaccarello’s debut featured a check-list of YSL archive references, with iconic YSL pieces fused alongside the sex aesthetic.

A sultry leather variation on the voluminous sleeves of the Flamenco Dress shimmered with a cool ‘80s micro-mini. Yves Saint Laurent’s 1968 transparent looks, which once shocked the fashion establishment, made a comeback and Vaccarello gave a nod to the textured materials of the famed 1976 Ballets Russes collection.

There was also, at times, a

marked return to elegance, which had eluded his predecessor Slimane. Those touches turned up in revamped archive YSL tuxedos and lashings of black. It was certainly not a groundbreaking collection, but many of the styles could prove highly appealing to the younger clients the house has courted in recent years.

RIHANNA CHANNELS DIVERSITY

The most striking thing about Rihanna’s catwalk collection for Fenty Puma was the models. There has been increasing criticism in recent years that fashion shows in the major capitals have a dearth of models from different ethnic backgrounds.

So the popstar’s latest outing for the sports brand garnered praise for its use of male and female models from diverse backgrounds. The catwalk collection itself — Rihanna’s first in Paris — got a more luke-

warm reception.

Pearl necklaces, lace headdresses, sheer shawls, fabric fans and glimmering corsets took inspiration from 18th century France.

But against the backdrop of the venue, the grand 18th century Hotel Salomon de Rothschild, they came across as somewhat saccharine.

Loose pastel-colored silhouettes that floated seemed at times overly embellished, and there was a cluttered feel to some of the layering and gathered detailing that moved in convergent directions. Still, there were some nice styles — such a coat or a silken jumpsuit that unraveled at the shoulder that captured the feeling of hurried undress.

“I am really excited about this collection as it’s very fun and light,” Rihanna said. “Showing in Paris was the perfect backdrop, as I pulled a lot of inspiration from France, Marie Antoinette and the Palace of Versailles specifically,” she added. (ap)

REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

A guest shops at the Fenty Puma by Rihanna pop-up shop in New York City, U.S., September 6, 2016.

AP Photo/Francois Mori

A model wears a creation

by Yves Saint Laurent during their Spring-Summer 2017 Ready-to-Wear fashion show, in Paris, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016.

AP Photo/Francois Mori

A model wears a creation for Chloe’s Spring-Summer 2017 Ready to Wear fashion collection presented Thursday, Sept.

29, 2016 in Paris.

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Results of revalidation to Batur geopark announced in UK

BANGLI - Results of the revalidation to the Batur caldera geopark will be announced in the annual geopark session in London later this September. Related to this, Manager of the Batur caldera geopark who is also Regional Secretary of Bangli, Ida Bagus Giri Putra, along with Deputy Regent of Bangli Sang Nyoman Sedana Arta already departed to London last week to attend the geopark annual session.

ART BRIDGE: Indonesia-Korea Art Exchange Project at ARMA MUSEUM

IBP/Rahayu

Art always serves as a kind of bridge between the imagination and tangible reality, whether through sound, movement, words or visual depictions. Visual arts are particularly effective at transmitting a different way of seeing things, especially in this digital age in which the image plays an increasingly dominant role in how we see the world –and by extension, our place in it. Artists all around the globe now have access to images from far away places and are also able to connect with other artists far more easily than in the past.

ART BRIDGE brings together artists from geographically distant locals – Korea and Indonesia in an artistic and cultural exchange project that involves artists from both countries visiting and sharing with one and other in order to create greater connectivity.

Today’s contemporary arts are characterised by similar themes and techniques. Often the only distinguishing characteristics of art from different places is the identity or point of view of the artists who create the works.

Korea and Indonesia share certain cultural similarities in terms of traditions, such as caste systems through which aristocrats in both countries are still respected, and traditional arts that are still widely practiced and such influences can be seen

in the contemporary art works produced by artists from both countries. Film, literature and theatre from both Korea and Indonesia are also widely appreciated by audiences from both countries.

ART BRIDGE is the initiative of Antonius Kho and Dong Yeoun Kim and involves six artists from Indonesia: Antonius Kho, Sujana Kenyem, Made Somadita, Agus Koencink, Deddey PAW and Diyano Purwadi and six artists from Korea: Dong Yeoun Kim, Seung Kwan, Jeong Min, Suh, Suka Choo, Sung Hwan Park and Young Bae Kim. The artists first met together in South Korea where they engaged in art activities, cultural experiences and mutual sharing of space thus allowing them to get to know one and other. They will now be meeting in Bali, Indonesia to continue building this bridge.

ART BRIDGE: Indonesia-Korea Art Exchange Project is the latest of several similar projects that Antonius Kho has organised in other parts of Asia, Europe and Africa. An exhibition of art works created by these Korean and Indonesian artists will be on display at ARMA MUSEUM , Jalan Raya Pengosekan, Ubud for 10 days, from October 2-12, 2016. The vernissage will take place on October 2 at 7PM and is open to the public.

It was delivered by the Head of the Bangli Culture and Tourism Agency, Wayan Adnyana, when confirmed on Wednesday (Sep. 28).

He told Bali Post that the announcement of the revalidation to Batur geopark will be made through the geopark annual session organized by the UNESCO on September 30. “It will be announced on September 30. After that, we can know the result of the revalidation,” he explained.

Adnyana admitted he is very optimistic that caldera geopark will be able to acquire a green card. In the revalidation made last August,

the assessor team reviewing the condition of the Batur geopark very much appreciated to the progress achieved by Batur geopark in terms of several aspects. One of them is in terms of the reform and geosite restructuring. Moreover, the assessor team briefly mentioned that the Batur caldera geopark is the best in the world. “We are optimistic that we can win green cards,” he said.

Apart from giving appreciation in the revalidation, the assessor team is also admitted to have given a number of recommendations on the reform of geosite and additional partnership. The recommendations

include the making of guardrail at the cemetery of Trunyan having been visited many travelers.

Besides, the crossing services at Batur Pier are recommended to offer additional destinations other than Trunyan.

“By that way, travelers visiting the Batur caldera geopark will be able to spend their visit by going around much longer,” he said.

As reported earlier, the revalidation of the Batur geopark was carried out for three days last August. The assessor team of the UNESCO doing the assessment at that time consisted of Prof. Guy Martini and Dr. Marekazu Ohno.

Other than the presentation on the progress regarding the Batur geopark, the assessor team was also given the opportunity to have a closer look at the conditions of the Batur geopark during the revalidation. (kmb40)

Water hyacinth in Lake Batur proliferates again

BANGLI - Apparently the water hyacinth plants can never be completely eliminated from Lake Batur. Even though they have been cleaned up by the agency through mutual cooperation with local residents, now its presence has overwhelmed the Lake Batur, exactly at Hulundanu hamlet, Songan, Kintamani. According to residents, the water hyacinth has re-proliferated rapidly since the past few months.

Jero Ariana, a local resident, said that the growth of water hyacinth at Hulundanu hamlet has expanded again since the past three months. It happens because clean-up activities of hyacinth are rarely done.

“Initially, the water hyacinth was regularly cleaned up. However, since nearly three months ago there has never been any further mutual cooperation carried out,” he explained, Wednesday (Sep. 28).

He admitted that previously the cleanup effort against water hyacinth was routinely carried out by relevant agencies with residents.

Such activities were also regularly done by involving students of junior high school, high school and vocational school nearby. According to Ariana, proliferation of the water hyacinth in the area of Hulundanu Batur is triggered by the swine livestock waste dumped carelessly by unscrupulous residents.

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As is known all this time, the invasion of water hyacinth in Lake Batur is quite alarming. In addition to causing the lake to look slums, the presence of water hyacinth covering the surface of the lake has caused hundreds of hectares of agricultural land to get eroded and can no longer be planted. Moreover, the road access to the Segara Temple becomes invisible as covered up by the water hyacinth.

The village area at lakeside seriously invaded by the water hyacinth is the Hulundanu hamlet, Songan. Due to the rapid growth of water hyacinth all this time, people are overwhelmed to do the cleaning. (kmb40)

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Beratha reminded the district and municipal government of not just copying and pasting the art material of the BAF 2016 to be displayed in the BAF 2017. According to him, the BAF should be innovative and full of creativity.

Essentially it must still refer to the BAF roadmap, both the annual sub-theme and the five-yearly theme having been determined until 2020.

“We hope the concept provided can be further discussed in the

district with the artists and cultural figures, whether the potential owned by the district is truly in accordance with the art material we have designed and they might have the art potential having never been showed off in the previous BAF,” he explained.

Especially for the opening parade, continued Beratha, the BAF 2017 will no longer feature a fragmentary show. It is meant to make the parade run dynamically. If the fragmentary show is not given a chance to make performance in front of the stage of honor, it will lose vivacity. In addition, the

preparation and budget spent well become useless. On that account, the next parade will be designed to show off the typical tradition of the districts / municipality.

“The traditions are parts of culture and have never been followed up and promoted all this time whereas the traditions lie in each district and municipality in Bali such as med-medan, mekotek and pandanus war. If we present them, the parade will move and this will become a magnificent attraction. In terms of cost, it will be much cheaper,” he said. (kmb32)

The parade during last year’s Bali Art Festival

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Operations Manager of Jatiluwih tourist attraction, I Nengah Sutirtayasa, exposed that foreign

travelers coming to Jatiluwih are dominated by European. Based on the data in 2015, the number of

tourist visit to Jatiluwih reached 164,366 people. Of this figure, he said that as many as 138,943 foreign travelers are adult while 3,994 others are children.

In the meantime, domestic travelers just amounted to 21,343 adults and 86 children. The data show an increase in tourist visit to Jatiluwih in 2015 and 2016. Sutirtayasa has confidence that tourist visit in 2015 can be exceeded considering there are still four months to go in 2016.

He continued that the increase in the number of tourist arrival

is inseparable from the role of all stakeholders such as the public, subak (irrigation cooperative), customary village, area management and travel agency including village officials to the government of Tabanan that always give support in order to make a breakthrough in the arrangement and development of the tourist area.

Other than lovely paddy field landscapes, management of Jatiluwih tourist attraction also provides trekking path along approximately 3 km. Along this trekking path,

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Jatiluwih shows an increase in visit, Dominated by foreign travelers

TABANAN - In the past eight months, the foreign and domestic tourist visit to Jatiluwih tourist attraction showed an increase. The number of tourist visit in January reached 9,873 people, in February (10,622), March (12,203), April (13,869), May (17,066), June (15,432), July (23,590) and August (35,918). Thus, the total number of tourist visits over the past eight months reached 138,573 people. In terms of composition, foreign traveler amounts to 116,967 people (adult) and child amounts to 4,446, while adult domestic travelers until August reached 17,007 people and children amounted to 153.

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travelers have been provided with a pathway to explore the paddy fields offering beautiful and clean scenery.

Besides, the pathway passed through also provides a panorama of nature like waterfalls and mountain scenery. “In the future, this trekking path will continue to be developed and the new potential will be persistently explored. For instance, there are waterfalls and Japanese bathing place with a high historical value,” said Sutirtayasa. (kmb24)

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Brad Pitt skips film premiere to focus on ‘family situation’

LOS ANGELES — A producer says “we all respect his privacy” as Brad Pitt skipped his first public appearance after last week’s split with Angelina Jolie Pitt.

He didn’t attend the premiere of Terrence Malick’s new documentary Wednesday night as scheduled.

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FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2015 file photo, Angelina Jolie, left, and Brad Pitt arrive at the 2015 AFI Fest opening night premiere of “By The Sea” in Los Angeles.

Pitt, who narrates “Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience,” said in a statement Wednesday that he’s grateful to have been part of the project, but is “currently focused on my family situation and don’t want to distract attention away from this extraordinary film.” Producer Sophokles Tasioulis said outside the California Science Center IMAX Theatre that he understood Pitt’s absence.

“Right now, he’s in a very difficult situation personally.

And we want people to come here for the movie, not for what is going on behind the scenes in Brad’s personal life,” Tasioulis said. “So I think it was a good decision by him. And we all respect his privacy.”

Pitt is also credited as producer on the film. Malick directed him in the Oscar-nominated 2011 family drama “Tree of Life” and producer Sarah Green said the two are “great friends.”

Tasioulis said producers had not been in direct contact with Pitt for more than two weeks.

“We last spoke to him when he was still in France. Because the 90-minute (version of “Voyage of Time”) premiered in Venice, so it was like a one hour hop over from the south of France to Venice. (We asked) whether he would like to come or not,” Tasioulis said. “And he wanted to focus on his family.

So he didn’t come there as well.”

Pitt has yet to file a response in the divorce case. Jolie Pitt cited irreconcilable differences in her Sept. 20 filing to end their two-year marriage, and she is seeking sole custody of the couple’s six children.

The FBI says it’s continuing to evaluate whether to investigate Pitt’s reported involvement in a fight aboard a private jet carrying his family on Sept. 14. The incident led to allegations that Pitt was abusive to his 15-year-old son, and several media outlets have also reported the actor is under investigation by a child welfare agency.

The Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services will not say whether it is investigating the incident. Jolie Pitt’s divorce filing lists the day after the flight as when the couple separated. Her lawyer said the actress decided to divorce “for the health of the family.” Pitt’s next film after “Voyage of Time” is Robert Zemeckis’ World War II drama “Allied,” set for release in November.(ap)

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Water preservation featured in BAF 2017

DENPASAR - The Bali Arts Festival (BAF) 2017 has set the theme Ulundanu (conserving water source of life). When compared to previous years, the BAF plan is prepared earlier in September. Hopefully, the district and municipal government can quickly prepare the art material to be displayed along with the budget.

“We ask the head of district and municipal culture agency to gather the existing art studios and art troupes whether they want to participate in filling in the BAF, Mahalango and Nawanatya. They should have submitted written proposal no later than this December so that in January 2017 we have been able to design a program and dissemination early,” said the Head of the Bali Culture Agency, Dewa Putu Beratha, after the initial preparation meeting of the BAF 2017 in Denpasar, Wednesday (Sep. 28).

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Indonesian union workers protesting against a government tax amnesty march towards the presidential palace in Jakarta, Indonesia September 29, 2016.

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Thousands of Indonesian workers protest against tax amnesty

JAKARTA - Thousands of Indonesian union workers marched to the heart of Jakarta on Thursday to protest against a government tax amnesty scheme, which is meant to plug a large budget deficit but which they say unfairly pardons wealthy tax dodgers.

The amnesty programme, under which Indonesians are encouraged to repatriate previously undeclared overseas assets to avoid increasing penalties, was launched in July and is a top priority for President Joko Widodo.

Almost $200 billion of assets have been declared so far under the

programme, which is also meant to broaden Indonesia’s tax base, according to finance ministry data.

However, a rising number of blue-collar workers, who make up the bulk of Indonesia’s workforce, consider it unconstitutional because they say it forgives the past crimes of rich taxpayers.

Some of Indonesia’s wealthiest individuals, including tycoonpolitician Aburizal Bakrie, Lippo Group chief executive James Riady, and Hutomo Mandala Putra - a son of the late authoritarian president Suharto - are among more than 100,000 who have signed up.

“We workers have diligently paid our taxes but these rich people and big corporations are being pardoned after not paying their taxes,” Said Iqbal, president of the Confederation of Indonesian Workers Union, told reporters before a peaceful

march to the presidential palace.

“These funds coming in could be from trafficking, drugs or corruption, and will all become legalised when declared through the tax amnesty,” he added.

Iqbal said there could be further protests, including work stoppages, if the government continued with the amnesty.

His union, along with three other groups, have filed legal action against the amnesty law in Indonesia’s Constitutional Court. That has created some uncertainty over

its future, with a court ruling not expected for weeks. Government officials have vigorously defended the programme.

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