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Scarlett Johansson is 2016 top-grossing movie star

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Friday, December 30, 2016 Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte inspects troops during the 81st anniversary of the Armed Forces of the Philippines at Camp Aguinaldo military headquarters in Quezon city, north of Manila, Philippines on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016.

NEW YORK - Scarlett Johansson was named the top-grossing actor of 2016 on Tuesday thanks to her roles in superhero movie “Captain America: Civil War” and Hollywood satire “Hail Caesar.”

Forbes said Johansson just edged out her “Captain America” co-stars Chris Evans and Robert Downey with box-office earnings of her second 2016 movie, “Hail Caesar.”

Johansson’s movies grossed a leading $1.2 billion at the worldwide box office this year, compared with $1.15 billion for “Captain America: Civil War.” Released in May and featuring a conflict between Marvel comic book heroes like Iron Man, Spider-Man, Black Widow and Ant Man, Walt Disney Co’s “Captain America” was the biggest earner worldwide in 2016, according to data from Boxofficemojo.com.

Australian actress Margot Robbie, who enjoyed a break-out year, placed fourth with $1.1 billion thanks to roles in two Warner Bros movies “Suicide Squad” and “The Legend of Tarzan.”

The Forbes list was dominated by superhero and comic book movies, including “Batman v.

Superman: Dawn of Justice” and “Deadpool.”

Britain’s Felicity Jones entered the Forbes list for the first

Philippine leader says once threw man from helicopter, would do it again

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Scarlett Johansson time, with roles in “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” thriller “Inferno” and magical children’s story “A Monster Calls.” Jones came in ninth place with $805 million.

Forbes made its calculations

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based on global ticket sales from the films of top Hollywood actors, but it did not count animated movies such as Disney’s “Finding Dory,” the second biggest release of 2016 with $1.02 billion. (rtr)

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MANILA - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened corrupt government officials with the prospect of being thrown out of a helicopter mid-air, warning he has done it himself before and had no qualms about doing it again.

The fiery-tempered former prosecutor said he once hurled a Chinese man suspected of rape and murder out of a helicopter.

“If you are corrupt, I will fetch you using a helicopter to Manila and I will throw you out. I have done this before, why would I not do it again?” Duterte said during a speech to victims of a typhoon on Tuesday, a clip of which is posted on a video feed of the president’s office.

Duterte’s latest threat comes just a few weeks after he admitted killing people during his 22 years as a mayor of Davao City, sometimes riding a MOTORCYCLE looking

for “encounters to kill”. Some senators have warned Duterte he risks impeachment over his comments.

He has repeatedly said those killings were part of legitimate police operations, including a hostage incident, and those killed were criminals, not suspects. It was not immediately clear when or where the helicopter incident Duterte spoke of took place.

In an interview on Thursday with the ABS-CBN news channel, Duterte was non-committal when asked if the incident really happened. “Helicopter to throw a person?” he asked. “And if that is true, I will not admit it.”

His spokesman, Ernesto Abella, suggested earlier the story was an “urban legend”. Duterte also said six people arrested last week during a seizure of more than half a tonne of methamphetamine, known locally as “shabu”, in the capital were fortunate he was out of town.

“They were lucky I was not in Manila that time. If I had known there were that much shabu inside a house, I would definitely kill you,” he said.

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Operation to anticipate terrorist entry continues

The Bedawang Nala turnpike service plaza (TPW)

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JBT denies if turnpike service plaza as part of reclamation DENPASAR —

PT. Jasamarga Bali Toll (JBT) firmly denied if the construction of Bedawang Nala turnpike service plaza (TPW) is associated with the Benoa Bay reclamation plan. The TPW is precisely meant to answer that the allegations at issue is not true. Before the plan of the TPW circulated, it was heavily reported that the turnpike service plaza at the side of the Bali Mandara toll road is meant to facilitate the access to new reclaimed islands.

“We have nothing to do with the reclamation. We have prepared the Bedawang Nala since the beginning of the construction (of toll road) and even before the issue of reclamation emerged. This turnpike service plaza poses a part of our preparation for procuring a point of service and tourism,” said Public Relations of PT. Jasamarga Bali Toll, Drajad Hari Suseno, when confirmed on Wednesday (Dec. 28).

Drajad asserted that TPW actually becomes an integral construction with the Bali Mandara toll road. Its foundation will use piles, not backfill the Benoa Bay. He even admitted if the company has owned the environmental impact analysis. However, the TPW construction is never started because the JBT is still waiting for the issuance of principle permit from the Toll Road Regulatory Agency. In addition, the JBT is also asked to carry out dissemination process.

“Publication through the media yesterday is also part of the dissemination,” he added. In addition to the news in media, Drajad claimed to have come down to some hamlets.

One of them is held to Pesanggaran

hamlet where it welcomed the TPW concept. In the meantime, provincial government of Bali and Badung district having a share in the JBT are considered to have known about this plan. The management has even made a visit to Deputy Governor of Bali, I Ketut Sudikerta.

“Bali Province has a share in the JBT and it has a representative in it.

The government of Badung also has a share and representative. They are the owners of the JBT, so that they should already know about it. Just like legislation, as soon as it is enacted, the public is considered to have known.

We have met deputy governor and revealed the plan and he welcomed it positively,” he explained.

Drajad said that he could not keep postponing the turtle-like TPW. All this time, the management is trying to hold back because there are pros and cons regarding the Benoa Bay reclamation plan. JBT did not dare to break the rules considered taboo

by Balinese people. In the meantime, the rejection against reclamation will never stop before the Presidential Regulation No. 51/2014 is revoked.

“Well, if we have to wait for it, then when can we do it? We do not understand. Finally, we agreed yesterday. Okay, we started to disseminate the plan. We publish and the image is informed to the public,” he explained.

According to Drajad, the TPW Bedawang Nala is designed to become a meeting point and rest area for travelers after having sightseeing to some places of interest in Bali.

Travelers can relax while enjoying cuisines and shopping gift or souvenir. There are also rental of meeting room both for small and medium scale of meeting point. Public can enjoy sunrise or sunset view on particular days while watching the art and cultural performance.

According to the plan, in the initial stage will be established a meeting point with an area of about 30,000 square meters. It will be located around KM 3, where at the location there has been a turnpike.

“We’d like to beautify Bali while adding tourist destinations without disturbing or damaging the environment,” he concluded. (kmb32)

DENPASAR — Police authority is increasingly more intensive to carry out the creating condition operation (Cipkon) to anticipate the entry of firearms, sharp weapons, explosives, terrorists and drugs. A joint team consisting of Bali Police, Denpasar Police and West Denpasar Police combed at least 40 motorcycles and cars on Jalan Cokroaminoto, precisely in front of the Taman Rama School, Denpasar, on Wednesday (Dec. 28).

In the meantime, a total of 83 personnel were deployed consisting of 60 police officers, 13 personnel of riot squad and 10 personnel of West Denpasar Police. When the raid was held, the officials suspected five backpacks. After that, they were checked carefully but no hazardous items were found.

Chief of West Denpasar Police, Wisnu Wardana, said that more frequent raid held at some points, especially the entrances, will be able to narrow the moving space for terrorists. In addition, it is also meant to reduce the number of traffic violations.

“This operation will continue until after the New Year celebration. This activity is intended to create a safe and conducive situation,” he said.

Police, in particular the Bali Police and its staff, strive to maintain conducive situation of the public security and order in Bali before the turn of the year. On that account, the main target is vehicle entering the territory of Denpasar. “In addition to targeting explosives, firearms, sharp weapon and other hazardous goods, the operation also monitors people suspected of having connection to terrorist networks,” he said.

Furthermore, Wisnu asserted that Ubung Terminal is still under control. He expected the activities could be executed on regular basis and supported by other agencies to minimize the worst possible thing that could happen.

“We appeal to all the parties to be aware and keep pace with creating condition operation activities in order to maintain public security and order. We do hope the New Year celebration will not to make us careless,” he affirmed. (kmb36)

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Fashion

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This celebrity’s red carpet wardrobe was made for tall girls EVEN though we first see our favorite designer styles demonstrated on figures nearly six feet tall while they’re walking down fashion show runways, for some reason it can still be a challenge to find clothing suitable for women over 5’9”.

Eveningwear can be particularly difficult, with hemlines hitting the wrong place—midi dresses becoming mini, and floor-length pants becoming capris.

Alyssa Sutherland, the 5’11” Australian star of Vikings, navigates

tall-girl dressing with ease. Her red carpet ensembles play with daring proportions that emphasize her towering physique as she dons wide-leg coveralls and flowing floor-length pastel dresses. She often favors pants, and every time the waistline hits well above the hips, lengthening her already long legs. Still, her style always works as she embraces her height to get away with striking outfits, even sporting a sparkly mini à la fellow 5’11” fashion girl Gisele Bündchen. (IBP/net)

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Prediction of drug circulation in 2017

It increases in harmony with people’s lifestyle CIRCULATION of drug is just like an iceberg showing a few portions on the surface and very much depends on the seriousness of police authority and the National Narcotic Agency (BNN) to make arrest. Currently, circulation of these illicit goods is getting more massive, and in 2017 is predicted to increase in line with the lifestyle and increasing social welfare.

This year, the rehabilitated drug abusers mostly belong to the age of 26-30 years amounting to 211 people. It means that most addicts come from productive age whose standard of living and economic condition are good. Additionally, people of these ages still like to hang out with communities and are quickly affected by trending lifestyle. This was announced by the Head of the BNNP Bali, Putu Gede Suastawa, on Tuesday (Dec. 27).

To maximize the repressive efforts namely the arrest, continued Suastawa, his agency proposes or asks for the help of the governor of Bali to purchase drug detection equipment worth IDR 2 billion. The equipment is specifically used to detect drugs and suitable for use at Gilimanuk Harbor and Padangbai Harbor, Karangasem.

“If the equipment is available, the arrest will increase. Next year, we will also get an aid in the form of sniffer dog and special firearms from the central BNN,” said the former police chief of Nunukan, East Kalimantan.

He confirmed that it is also in line with the increasing standard of living, lifestyle and the presence of new psychoactive substance (NPS).

Currently, there are 46 new types of drugs circulating in Indonesia and only some of them have been set forth in the regulation of the Ministry of Health or could be sentenced.

“The most vulnerable drug smuggling is by land from west entrance at Gilimanuk and the second way is through courier services. If the courier services have a commitment to preventing Bali from drug trafficking, they should buy a drug detector.

So far, it is very efficiently exploited by traffickers of illicit goods to bring them to Bali,” he said.

Manual examination at the harbor faces an obstacle because it is very difficult to search thousands of passengers every day. This opportunity is taken advantage by drug syndicates to deliver illicit goods to Bali. “In 2017, hopefully the drug detector can be realized so that it can facilitate the officers.

I have confidence and believe if the budget is increased, there will be an increase in disclosure. Disclosure of the drug cases depends on the aggressiveness of the officers in the

field,” he said.

The BNNP Bali and its staff could have arrested 61 people throughout 2016. The evidence secured includes 25 kg of marijuana, 153.43 grams of crystal meth, 130 pieces of ecstasy, 1.6 gram of ecstasy powder or paste, 4,055.65 grams of liquid acetone, 3,163.96 grams of solid acetone, 3,600.07 grams of toluene, 3,235.78 grams of hydrocloric acid (HCL) and 1.00 gram of pseudoephedrine.

“The drug addicts taking rehabilitation amounts to 970 people.

It is only a small amount of the drug abusers in Bali referring to the results of research by the BNN and UI coming to 61,353 people. It happens because only few people are aware of reporting themselves because they are still fear and shame.

After arrested, they just pleaded and wanted to be rehabilitated and not to be processed pursuant to the law,” he said.

Actually the Law No.35/2009 Article 128 states that parents are obliged to report their under age children if they are drug abusers. If it is ignored and their children are arrested related to the drug cases, the parents are threatened with six months imprisonment.

In the meantime, the drug abusers that take the rehabilitation program based on their occupation are as follows: private (510 people), unemployed (222 people), self-employed (156 people), college students (21 people), students (17 people), merchants (14 people), farmers (8 people), police (6 people), civil servant (5 people), artists (5 people), fishermen (4 people), housewives (3 people) and retirees (3 people).

“We call on that next year the addicts could have higher self-awareness to report themselves. It is better to rehabilitate than feeling sorry and resulting in fatal impacts,” he said.

Similar opinion was conveyed by the Chief of Badung Police, Ruddi Setiawan. He predicted the drug smuggling will increase before and after the New Year. On that account, he ordered the drug investigation unit to make arrest more vivaciously.

“Hopefully, we could do more arrest than this year. We are grateful and appreciate to the personnel of drug investigation unit that could have secure ecstasy and crystal meth. Probably it is the highest number in Bali this year. Thus, thousands of Balinese people could be saved from drugs,” he said.

He has also conducted dissemination and counseling to school and villagers about the hazards of drugs.

This preventive effort should be intensified to early prevention. “Let’s work together to prevent and fight against the drugs,” he said. (rah)

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Workmanship of the shrine itself requires different length of time in accordance with the order. If the shrine contains carvings, it can take up to a month.

Year-end order of shrine craft declines by 50 percent

BANGLI - A number of shrine craft makers at Jehem Kelod hamlet, Tembuku, complained because the order of shrine craft has decreased approximately reaching 50 percent since the past few months. Such condition makes their income drop dramatically this year.

A shrine maker, I Ketut Kresna, admitted that his shrine order in 2016 experienced a significant decline where compared to previous years.

Moreover, ahead of this yearend, the order is getting fewer.

“Throughout 2016, our turnover decreased. Moreover, ahead of this year-end the order is increasingly fewer, even reaches 50 percent,” said Kresna, Tuesday (Dec. 27).

Kresna added that in previous years he got many shrine orders from different regions in Bali. Moreover, he and five workers had to work overtime due to many orders from local people. “Last year, our order remained normal. However, in 2016 the condition is the worst, including ahead of the year-end our order dropped dramatically,” he said.

He admitted that the declining order is not only experienced by him. His surrounding fellows who equally get involved in the making of shrine crafts also experience similar condition.

“Our fellows pursuing shrine crafts also experience similar

decline in orders. I do not know for sure what causes this.

Perhaps, it has something to do with the sluggish condition of global economy as one of the contributing factors. For example, if they purchase a shrine now, they will probably be purchasing next 10-15 years because it just gets damaged at that time,” he said.

Currently, he received 15 orders of shrine craft. The orders originate from Gianyar, Karangasem, Klungkung and Badung.

“So far, the regions having not been reached are only Buleleng and Negara. Although there are some, it is unlike the other districts,” he said.

To work on the order, he is helped by five workers to accelerate the workmanship. The shrine crafts are made from materials like the timber of jackfruit and champak. “Jackfruit and champak timber is quite strong. Besides, based on the belief of Balinese people these timbers are fragrant and highly recommended in the chronicle. That’s what makes me just use jackfruit and champak timber,” he said.

He gets the timbers from Kintamani and Karangasem. Both regions produce quite a lot champak and jackfruit timbers, making it easier to search there. “Sometimes wholesalers come and deliver to us (here—Ed). Otherwise, I will pick it up directly to the location,” he explained.

In terms of the type of shrine crafts, Kresna makes piyasan, taksu and kemulan. “Price of the shrine craft will depend on the size and type of the timber used.

If it uses champak, it is sold for around IDR 7.5 million, while the one made from jackfruit timber is cheaper namely at IDR 5 million,” he said.

Workmanship of the shrine itself requires different length of time in accordance with the order. If the shrine contains carvings, it can take up to a month.

“If the shrine craft is made with carvings, at least we can only produce two units. Without carvings, we can produce five units a month,” added Kresna while adding that this year he just gets a turnover of IDR 40 million, while last year got IDR 70-80 million. (kmb41)

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Water war at Suwat village widely opened to general public

GIANYAR - Previously, the water festival at Suwat village, Gianyar, was only followed by people from local villages.

Now, in welcoming the New Year 2017, the festival having been famous for the water war will invite all people from outside the village to participate. The village festival held for the second time will take the theme ‘Water for All.’

Through reclusive Wa, China’s reach extends into Suu Kyi’s Myanmar

PANGSAN - China is extending its sway over an autonomous enclave run by Myanmar’s most powerful ethnic armed group, sources in the region told Reuters, bolstering Beijing’s role in the peace process that is the signature policy of Aung San Suu Kyi.

Chairman of the committee, I Putu Oka Mahendra, explained the water festival of Suwat village is opened on Thursday (Dec. 29). The opening is jazzed up with cultural parade by involving a number of hamlets at Suwat and Kesian village, Gianyar. “So far, we are only capable of involving Kesian village to participate in the cultural parade at the opening tomorrow (Thursday—Ed),” he said.

After the opening, it will be held a number of village competitions on Friday (Dec. 30). Then, on Saturday afternoon (Dec. 31), the activities will be followed by a ritual of picking up holy water to the sources at Tukad Melangge, Suwat village. “Uniquely, in the process of picking up the holy water, we will use more than 200 water jars to take the water from seven showers at the source and then take them back hand in hand,” he said.

On Sunday (Jan. 1, 2017), the water war festival will be begun and centered in the intersection of Suwat village. He added that in this festival the committee invited the general public to participate in the water war. “If the previous festival was only intended for local people, this time we invite the wider community, both inside Gianyar and outside Gianyar district to participate,” he explained.

However, for that occasion the committee requested that each participant should put on middle customary attires. In the meantime, male participants are allowed to put on sarong only and headdress without clothes.

“In this case, we learn from last year’s experience where people showed high interest in attending the first water war on welcoming the New Year 2016. Then, to welcome the New Year 2017 we open the widest opportunity for the public from outside the village,” he said.

This activity is intended to become a major tourist attraction in the North Gianyar. Moreover, the committee has made coordination with the Gianyar Tourism Office to feature Suwat village as tourism village. “So, to make our village into a tourism village, we have done various efforts and this is one of them. Besides, we also use village funds to improve local infrastructure such as repairing road section,” he added. (kmb35)

The water festival at Suwat Village, Gianyar.

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Ahead of New Year

The “foreign policy” of the selfproclaimed Wa State is closely monitored by Beijing, senior officials in the administration run by the 30,000-strong United Wa State Army (UWSA) and its political wing said, with contact with Western governments, businesses or aid groups deemed particularly sensitive.

Official known to Myanmar as “Special Region 2”, the remote territory is the size of Belgium and home to 600,000 people. Largely closed to Westerners for decades, it was visited by Reuters in October.

China’s influence is quickly apparent, with street signs in Mandarin and Chinese businesses and banknotes ubiquitous in the selfproclaimed state’s capital, Pangsan, and other Wa towns that straddle the rugged border.

“We share the same language and we marry each other,” said the head of the Wa Foreign Affairs Office, Zhao Guo An, when asked about the Chinese influence on Wa politics. “There’s nothing we can do about it. We use Chinese currency, we speak Chinese and we wear and use products from China. Very little of that is from Myanmar.”

Delve a little deeper, and it is apparent that China’s reach extends

much further than business and social ties.

EYES AND EARS When Lo Yaku, the Wa agriculture minister, was asked about the drugs the statelet is accused of producing on an industrial scale, his secretary and a staffer from the official Wa News Bureau intervened to deflect the question.

Both men are not Wa natives, but from China.

“This question was answered yesterday,” said I Feng, a news bureau reporter originally from western China.

“After the drug eradication campaign, our government encouraged agencies, individuals and Chinese investors to participate in anti-drug activities,” said the minister’s secretary, Chen Chun, originally from Zhejiang province on China’s faraway east coast.

A similar scene played out repeatedly during Reuters’ visit - the first by a major international news organisation - questions on topics ranging from military funding to methamphetamine were mostly fielded not by the Wa minister but by an accompanying Chinese minder.

These and other Chinese citi-

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Ethnic Wa performer dressed as United Wa State Army (UWSA) soldiers perform a traditional dance in Mongmao, Wa territory in northeast Myanmar October 1, 2016. Picture taken on October 1, 2016. zens Reuters found working in the administration in Pangsan said they were employees of the Wa government and did not work for the authorities in Beijing.

But their presence hints at just how closely entwined the Wa State and its leaders are with their giant

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SEMARAPURA - Ahead of the New Year 2017 celebration, the personnel of Klungkung Police and the ranks of subdistrict police regularly increase its regular patrol to places of worship and crowded places in Klungkung. On Wednesday (Dec. 28), Chief of Klungkung Police, FX Arendra Wahyudi, said that the patrol activities have been carried out to tourist objects and public places like Kerta Ghosa and Goa Lawah Temple, Art Market, Galiran Market and other shopping centers.

The patrols were carried out by using bicycle as well as official motorcycle and car.

These activities are also carried out to increase the police presence amid the society. Moreover, many people do shopping ahead of the New Year. When carrying out the patrols, police also deliver messages regarding the social order and appeal to

the public to always alert to the hazards of crime. “Stay away from drugs and do not consume any alcoholic drinks when celebrating the New Year,” he said.

He added that the patrol is held both day and night by rotating system among the operational functions such as criminal investigation, narcotic investigation, mobile detective, traffic affairs unit and subdistrict police ranks according to their respective areas. “With the presence of police, the public will feel safe and comfortable. Such an effort is expected to maintain social order and make Klungkung district remain conducive,” he explained.

In addition to patrolling, Klungkung Police also conducted raids to nightlife spots such as cafés and tourist accommodation as well as other targets such as migrants, alcohol, drugs, sharp weapons, explosives and other hazardous goods. (dwa)

neighbour.

“China has its ears and eyes everywhere, including in the government and business, and is wary of any deepening of ties with the West,” said one minister from the Wa government, speaking on condition of anonymity due the

sensitivity of the matter.

“We take this very seriously, and act so as not to anger China,” he said, adding that all dealings with Washington and Brussels, as well as every foreigner or NGO entering Wa territory, were scrupulously reported to China. (rtr)

Taiwan’s Tsai to transit in U.S. in move bound to anger China

Klungkung Police personnel patrol crowded places

The police are patroling in Klungkung.

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TAIPEI - Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen will pass through the United States when she visits Latin America next month, the foreign ministry said Thursday, a move bound to infuriate China which had urged the United States to block a transit stopover.

China is deeply suspicious of Tsai, who it thinks wants to push for the formal independence of Taiwan, a self-governing island that Beijing regards as a renegade province, ineligible for state-to-state relations.

Details of the stopovers will be disclosed before the end of this week, the ministry said.

The transit details are being closely watched as Taiwan media has speculated Tsai will seek to meet President-elect Donald Trump’s transition

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President Tsai Ing-wen waves during National Day celebrations in Taipei, Taiwan, October 10, 2016.

team ahead of his January 20 inauguration.

Trump angered China when he spoke to Tsai this month in a break with decades of precedent and cast doubt on his incoming administration’s commitment to Beijing’s “one China” policy.

The United States, which switched diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to China in 1979, has acknowledged the Chinese position that there is only “one China” and that Taiwan is part of it.

Tsai’s office earlier this month said she would visit Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala and El Salvador in that order. She will leave Taiwan on Jan. 7 and return on Jan. 15.

Taiwan had as many as 30 diplomatic allies in the mid-1990s, but now has formal relations with just 21, mostly smaller and poorer nations in Latin America and the Pacific.

The American Institute in Taiwan, the de facto embassy of the United States, had no immediate comment on Tsai’s itinerary. (rtr)

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Indonesia Today

Integrated cross-border post shows Indonesian pride: President

Slum violence inspires Kenyans to tackle huge housing shortage

ATHI RIVER, Kenya - R ecently married with a one-year-old child, Joan Moraa Mbogo dreams of escaping Kenya’s noisy, dirty, crime-ridden capital and buying a home close to her mother’s newly-built apartment overlooking the Lukenya Hills.

Machakos County, which starts 20 kms (12 miles) south-east of Nairobi, is popular with young Kenyans unable to afford decent homes in the city, where most developers are only building houses for the richest 10 percent of residents. “I’ll get a house here and we’ll become neighbours,” said 28-year-old Mbogo, DRESSED in a yellow top and jeans, watching her son, Nathan, totter across her mother’s sitting room.

In July, Mbogo’s mother moved into Karibu Homes Riverview, a 19-acre development that is set to include 1,000 apartments, shops, basketball courts, a clinic and a nursery when complete. “There’s fresh air. It’s nice and quiet,” said Veronica Mbogo, a retired civil servant in her 60s, looking out from her fourth floor balcony at the yellow and grey apartments, dotted with acacia trees. Nearby labourers dig foundations for the second phase of the development, where dozens of units have already been sold.

“They have been haranguing us to buy,” said Ravi Kohli, managing director of Karibu Homes at his office in a leafy part of Nairobi. “There is such a huge demand for housing.”

Karibu Homes, founded in 2012, is one of a handful of developers building affordable homes in Kenya, seen as critical to stemming the spread of slums and improving the quality of life for many in East Africa’s biggest economy.

Although millions of quality, affordable homes are needed, few are built due to high land prices, lack of access to finance and government bureaucracy, experts say.

PAN-AFRICA STORY It is a story echoed across Africa which has the fastest growing cities in the world, with 40 percent of the continent’s one billion people in towns and cities, according to UN-Habitat. Most new homes in Kenya target the middle and upper classes as it’s easier to make a profit from high-end property sales.

“It’s a property market that’s oriented towards wealthy people,” said Britt Gwinner, head of housing finance for the World’s Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC). “That’s where the money is.”

Karibu Homes says its cheapest property, a one-bedroom apartment, costs 1.8 million Kenyan shillings ($17,660), which is

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The Central government has asked the regional administration of West Papua to accelerate preparation for the project to build rail track in the province.

West Papua asked to prepare for railway project

MANOKWARI - The Central government has asked the regional administration of West Papua to accelerate preparation for the project to build rail track in the province.

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Young men sit around a fire during the Christmas holiday on Tiwi beach, Kenya early December 24, 2016 17-times cheaper than the average asking price of a house in Kenya, at $306,000, according to real estate firm Hass Consult. The company was born out of the bloodshed that erupted across Kenya following its contested general elections in 2007.

Many people were killed and burned to death in slums across the East African country, often by young men venting their frustration over economic inequality and lack of opportunities. “The bulk of the population was desperate, had nothing to lose,” said Nick Johnson, one of the company’s cofounders, who came up with the idea with Kenyan entrepreneur Irfan Keshavjee during a management course at Oxford University in 2008. “That was a root cause as to why this violence took place.”

The two men decided to set up a social enterprise, aiming not only to make money but to have a positive impact on Kenyans’ lives by enabling more people to buy their own homes.

Most Nairobians live in slums where they must contend with high crime, irregular power and water supplies, and no toilets in their homes.

With rapid urbanisation and population growth, Karibu Homes estimates that 14 million people will live in Nairobi’s metropolitan region - which encompasses the

capital and three neighbouring counties - by 2030, up from 9 million today.

SOLUTION NEEDED “It’ll be a horrible place to live if we don’t find a solution,” said Kohli, who spent eight years building houses in England before returning home to Kenya.

While an average slum-dweller cannot afford a home in Riverview, Karibu Homes is increasing the availability of decent housing stock and showing others that it can be done.

“We are trying to catalyse a market further down the income ladder,” said Johnson, comparing it to the building of working-class terraces in Victorian England, which remain popular today.

“Hopefully, by doing what we are doing, more developers, ourselves included, will be able to provide much-needed housing for a bigger proportion of the population.”

Major Kenyan financiers, like HF Group and Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB), have announced plans to build cheaper, mass market homes. “We are looking at projects of probably even 10,000 units,” said KCB’s mortgage director, Sam Muturi, from his office overlooking downtown Nairobi.

“It’s a huge market that has not even been scratched.”

‘BIG WIN’ But campaigners say cheaper, long-term finance is critical to unlock Africa’s housing market as borrowing is expensive for everyone, from manufacturers and developers to banks and buyers. A pool of affordable finance would enable banks to reduce mortgage rates, which averaged 17 percent in 2015 to just 25,000 borrowers across Kenya, according to Johannesburg-based non-profit Centre for Affordable Housing Finance in Africa (CAHF).

The government capped interest rates at 14 percent in August, but many buyers are sceptical it will last beyond Kenya’s 2017 elections and fear long-term loans. HF Group’s managing director, Frank Ireri, would like to see development finance institutions, like the IFC and the African Development Bank, and social investors putting cheap money into the economy for banks to lend onwards.

“The minute you go to the market, it becomes commercial and affordability is out of the WINDOW,” he told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

Half of Karibu Homes $3 million financing came from social impact investors, like Blue Haven Initiative, willing to take lower returns and higher risks than traditional financiers. “They are also investing for the social good,” said Samuel Suttner, a researcher with CAHF.(rtr)

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“Instruction from Jakarta is on land clearing where the main tracks would be built,” head of the land transport office of West Papua Harold Jan Umpain said here on Wednesday.

Harold said the main track will pass through the city of Sorong, Sorong District, South Sorong, Maybrat, Teluk Bintuni, South Manokwari and Manokwari.

“The main track would extend between the city of Sorong and the city of Manokwari,” he said.

He said groundbreaking for the project is expected to be inaugurated by President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) himself next year.

Originally the president hoped to break the ground to mark the start of work to build the railway in July 2016 in Sorong, but was delayed on problem in land clearing.

“Land is available and the Sorong city administration has approved, but protracted bickering in land price delayed decision,” he said.

While waiting for the agreement in land price negotiations between the city administration and the land owners, the railway directorate general and consultants are working on details of engineering design (DED) of the whole tracks.

“DED on the main track is in

final phase. The regional administrations especially the Sorong city, Sorong District, South Sorong, Maybrat, Teluk Bintuni, South Manokwari and Manokwari city administrations are asked to prepare land and deal with land clearing,” Harold said.

The Central Jakarta is waiting for report from the Sorong city administration about progress made in land clearing and groundbreaking plan, he added.

Other alternative would be taken if Sorong is not yet ready, he said.

“Groundbreaking ceremony would be held in the regency of Sorong. We have not discussed that possibility with the Sorong district administration as we still wait for word from the city of Sorong,” he said. (ant)

ATAMBUA - The integrated cross-border post showcases Indonesian pride, according to President Joko Widodo.

“It is a matter of pride. The integrated cross-border post in Mota Ain, Belu District, not only shows the face of East Nusa Tenggara but also the face of Indonesia,” Joko Widodo said during the inauguration of the post here on Wednesday.

The president expressed embarrassment on observing the condition of the post.

“The condition (of this post) is very bad compared with that of Timor Leste,” the president stated.

To address the situation, the president ordered Public Works and Public Housing Minister Basuki Hadimuljono to develop the crossborder post in Mota Ain within two years.

“Now, we can see the cross-border post. We can build it because we have the budget,” the president said.

Indonesia, as a great nation, should have a better cross-border post than its neighbors, he explained.

In addition, the president ordered the immediate construction of a large market around the border post between Indonesia and Timor Leste to make Mota Ain an economic center for the locals.

Presidential Secretariat Press Bureau Chief Bey Mahmudin in a press statement earlier revealed that during the presidents working visit to East Nusa Tenggara, he would also attend an event to hand over land certificates for the strategic program 2016 and provide supplementary food supplies in the same district. (ant)

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The integrated cross-border post in Mota Ain, Belu District.

One connected to Pulomas Mass murder killed: Police chief

JAKARTA - Police have arrested one murderer, and fatally shot another for resisting arrest in connection with the deaths of six people in Pulomas, East Jakarta, on Tuesday.

“Two alleged murderers were arrested, one died of loss of blood after being shot for resisting police arrest in Bekasi, West Java,” Indonesian National Police (Polri) Chief

General Tito Karnavian told a press conference here on Wednesday evening.

Tito said the alleged murderer who died is Ramlan Butarbutar (RB).

According to the Polri chief, RB was wanted by the police for a long time and is known as a thief who did not hesitate to use violence.

“He is an old player. We call him a

North Korean Group member. His areas of operation included Bekasi and Pulogadung (East Jakarta),” he said.

The Polri chief said RBs modus operandi was to target empty houses on holidays.

The other alleged murderer who has been arrested is Erwin Situmorang (ES). He is still alive and has been taken to

Kramat Jati Police Hospital.

The police are still hunting for two others.

During the robbery, the four thieves allegedly locked up Dodi Triono (59) and 10 others, including Dodis daughters, house maids and drivers.

When they were found on Tuesday, six of the 11 in the locked bathroom were dead; only five

survived.

Those who died were Dodi and his two daughters Diona Arika Andra Putri (16) and Dianita Gemma Dzalfayla (9); Dzalfaylas friend Amel; and two of Dodis drivers Yanto and Tasrok.

Zanette Kalila, 13, Santi, 22, and Emi, Fitriani and Windy, who were the housemaids, all survived. (ant)

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry gestures during a news conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia December 18, 2016.

In parting shot at Israel, Kerry warns Middle East peace in jeopardy

WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday said Israel’s building of settlements on occupied land was jeopardizing Middle East peace, voicing unusually frank frustration with America’s longtime ally weeks before he is due to leave office.

In a swiftly issued statement, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Kerry of bias.

He said Israel did not need to be lectured to by foreign leaders and looked forward to working with President-elect Donald Trump, who has vowed to pursue more pro-Israeli policies.

In a 70-minute speech, Kerry said Israel “will never have true peace” with the Arab world if it does not reach an accord based on Israelis and Palestinians living in their own states.

Kerry’s remarks, and Netanyahu’s reply, marked the closing chapter of a bitter U.S.-Israeli relationship during President Barack Obama’s administration over differences on settlement-building and the Iran nuclear deal signed last year.

Ties reached a low point last Friday when Washington cleared the way for a U.N. resolution that demanded an end to Israeli settle-

ment building, prompting Israeli government officials to direct harsh attacks against Obama and Kerry.

“Despite our best efforts over the years, the two-state solution is now in serious jeopardy,” Kerry said at the State Department. “We cannot, in good conscience, do nothing, and say nothing, when we see the hope of peace slipping away.”

The United States had appealed to Israel in public and private to stop the march of settlements countless times, Kerry said.

“In the end, we could not in good conscience protect the most extreme elements of the settler movement as it tries to destroy the two-state solution,” he said. “We could not in good conscience turn a blind eye to Palestinian actions that fan hatred and violence. It is not in U.S. interests to help anyone on either side create a unitary state.”

His parting words were unlikely

to change anything on the ground between Israel and the Palestinians or salvage the Obama administration’s record of failed Middle East peace efforts.

Netanyahu said Kerry “obsessively dealt with settlements” and barely touched on “the root of the conflict - Palestinian opposition to a Jewish state in any boundaries”.

In a statement, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said he was convinced peace with Israel was achievable, but stood by his demand that Israel halt settlements before talks restart.

Netanyahu, for whom settlers are a key constituency, has said his government has been their greatest ally since Israel captured the West Bank and East Jerusalem in a 1967 war. Some 570,000 Israelis now live in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, together home to more than 2.6 million Palestinians. (rtr)

International

Germany holds Tunisian for possible link to Berlin attack BERLIN - German authorities have detained a Tunisian man they suspect of involvement in the truck attack on a Berlin Christmas market last week that killed 12 people, prosecutors said on Wednesday.

The Islamic State militant group has claimed responsibility for the attack, which some critics say was made easier by Chancellor Angela Merkel’s open-door migrant policy.

Investigators found the mobile phone number of the 40-year-old Tunisian stored in the phone of Anis Amri, the man believed to have hijacked the truck filled with steel rods and plowed it into crowds at a Christmas market in the capital on Monday last week.

The Sueddeutsche daily said the truck’s automatic brakes had brought the vehicle to a standstill after about 80 meters, preventing even more deaths.

Officials raided the home and business premises of the new suspect in Berlin. They did not name him.

“Further investigations indicated that he could have been involved in the attack,” said prosecutors.

They will decide on Thursday whether to issue a formal arrest warrant for the man, now under temporary detention.

Amri, a failed asylum seeker also from Tunisia, was shot dead in Italy on Dec. 23. The Sueddeutsche said German authorities in Berlin had discussed his case at least seven times between February and November.

The newspaper said documents it was shown by the authorities show Amri looked for Internet instructions on how to build pipe bombs and how to make explosive materials. It added that he had sought contact with Islamic State in February and offered to be a suicide bomber.

Terrorism prevention experts discussed at least twice whether Amri was planning a specific attack in Germany, but both times decided it was unlikely, the paper reported.

Investigators across Europe are trying to establish whether Amri had accomplices.

Germany’s Focus magazine cited Berlin security sources as saying that a phone found in the truck contained voice messages and photos sent by Amri to Islamists 10 minutes before he steered the vehicle into the Berlin market.

Another priority is to piece together how he fled, undetected, from Berlin to Milan, taking advantage of Europe’s open-border Schengen agreement. In Milan, police killed him after he pulled a gun on them during a routine check. (rtr)

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Police stand in front of the truck which ploughed last night into a crowded Christmas market in the German capital Berlin, Germany, December 20, 2016.

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Police: No information yet on suspected terrorists` bombing plan JAKARTA - The Indonesian police has no information yet to confirm that the four suspected terrorists arrested in Purwakarta, West Java, planned to carry out a suicide bombing.

“We cannot confirm it yet, because the explosives were not with them. We are questioning them to get the thread on their plan to carry out the terror attack,” Senior Commissioner Martinus Sitompul, a spokesman of the Indonesian Police.

However, Martinus said, the police believed that two of the suspects planned to attack police officers. “Two others were to monitor. We are seeking information whether they were to carry out a suicide bombing or plant the bomb

somewhere else,” he added.

The four suspects were linked to the Cigondewah terrorist group in Bandung, West Java, that was raided in 2013.

“People like Abu Fais, Abu Sofi, Rijal, and Ivan (the four suspected terrorists arrested in Purwakarta) were part of the Cigondewah group.

These people were prepared to carry out suicide bombings. We still have five days, so we cannot share further information on the investigation,” Martinus said.

Earlier, on Monday, a spokesman

of the Indonesian Police Brigadier General Rikwanto said the police did not find any explosives in the hideout of the suspected terrorists arrested by the police counterterrorism squad in Purwakarta.

“We have yet to find the bomb.

But finding of a SCALE could indicate (possible use of bomb).

Possibly the bomb would be sent to them, from where, we are still learning these possibilities,” Rikwanto said.

The police raided a house rented by the four suspects in Bandung

before they moved to Purwakarta.

“We found some EQUIPMENT such as nails and a scale in the house. But we did not find the bomb,” he said.

The police also found cellular phone, lots of sim cards, flash drives, religious books, handwritten notes, and a modem. On Sunday, two suspected terrorists were arrested and two others who resisted the arrest were shot dead by polices counterterrorism squad Densus 88 in Jatiluhur, Purwakarta.

“At around 9 a.m, police arrested two suspected terrorists, Ivan and Rijal, in Jalan Ubrug in

Cibinong, Jatiluhur subdistrict, Purwakarta District,” Chief of Public Information Bureau of the National Police Brig. Rikwanto said in a SHORTmessage.

According to Rikwanto, after arresting the two, Densus 88 personnel then hunted two other friends of Ivan and Rijal in the Jatiluhur region. At around 12 pm, the team raided a floating house in the Jatiluhur Lake. When they tried to nab them, the two suspected terrorists, named Abu Sofi and Abu Fais, resisted the arrest. “There was resistance from the two and after a gun battle, both of them died,” said the senior officer.(ant)

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Woods worth $740 million, Jordan a billionaire says Forbes

Lebih Beach

GIANYAR - Lebih Beach, situated in Lebih village, about 9 km south of Gianyar city must be the best-known beach in Gianyar.

Lebih Beach has good waves for surfing and an abundance of tasty seafood served along the shore.

The leader of Fishermen’s Association in Lebih, Made Bebas said that this beach had great potential as a marine tourism site. He also pointed out that the beach is a perfect place for surfing and any other water sport, while the panorama of the beach is also very beautiful.

Spokesman of the Gianyar local government, Wayan Arthana, S.H said that sports events are held annually in order to promote

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the Lebih Beach. Various water sports are held, such as swimming, beach tug of war, beach volley-ball and swimming competitions. Many kinds of local sea food are served, including Sate Languan (fish roasted on skewer), grilled fish, fried fish, fish balls, pepes ikan (roasted fish wrapped in banana leaf), and many others, all at very reasonable prices.Visitors can also enjoy the row of thousands of traditional boats moored along the beach, the scene being especially attractive in the morning.

The row of the unique boats on the black sands is very beautiful when seen from a distance.

(IBP/net)

NORTH CAROLINA - Golfers Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson and former NBA player Michael Jordan are among the 20 wealthiest American celebrities, Forbes reported on Wednesday.

Woods, 40, is the youngest person on the Forbes top-20 list, with a net worth estimated at $740 million.

The 14-times major champion, who trails only Jack Nicklaus (18 majors) on the all-time list, recently launched a competitive comeback after being sidelined for more than 15 months while recovering from back surgery.

Woods who went through a costly divorce in 2010 and lost several sponsors after revelations of multiple infidelity, is seventh on the list, while Mickelson is 18th, with an estimated worth of $375 million.

Jordan, 53, who retired in 2003 with the mantle of arguably the greatest basketballer, is worth $1.2 billion according to the magazine, good for fourth on the list, which is topped by filmmaker George Lucas ($4.6 billion).

Forbes says eligibility for the list was limited to United States citizens who are rich because of their fame, rather than famous because they are rich.

According to Forbes, President-elect Donald Trump belongs in the latter category. (rtr) In this Oct. 20, 2015, file photo, Tiger Woods arrives for a press conference to launch Bridgestone America’s Golf Cup in Mexico City.

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In this Sunday, July 10, 2016 file photo Andy Murray of Britain celebrates after beating Milos Raonic of Canada in the men’s singles final on day fourteen of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London.

ABU DHABI - After five runnerup finishes at the Australian Open, world number one Andy Murray is taking a different approach to the season-opening grand slam at Melbourne Park next month.

The Briton is preparing for the Jan. 16-29 tournament by competing in the Mubadala World Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi rather than the mixed team round robin format of the Hopman Cup in Perth which he has favoured for the last two years.

Murray plays his first match on Friday and was his usual cautiously optimistic self when asked about finally ending his Melbourne drought.

“I’ve played really well there in the past and it hasn’t happened for me so I’ll need to do something a little bit different this year,” Murray told Reuters on Wednesday.

“I love the conditions there and I enjoy the tournament a lot, and I’ll be going in hopefully playing well and with a lot of confidence because of the way I finished 2016, so I’ll give it a good go this year.”

The 29-year-old double Olympic

champion will go to Melbourne with his confidence sky-high after knocking Novak Djokovic, the man who has beaten him in four Australian Open finals, off the top of the world rankings.

The Scot won nine titles in 2016, including Wimbledon and the Olympic gold medal, and thrashed Djokovic in the final of the ATP Tour Finals to take top spot in the rankings from the Serb. However, the 24match winning run that helped him land his last five tournaments of the season took its toll.

“Getting to number one it took me basically the whole year, right down to the last tournament, the last match of the year to finish number one, so that was really, really hard and it took a lot out of me physically and mentally,” Murray said.

“I was really, really tired, more tired than I’ve been at the end of any season that I’d finished before.”

Murray has a bye into Friday’s semi-finals in the UAE and will face the winner of Thursday’s quarter-final between David Goffin of Belgium and France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. (rtr)

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Sp rt Tottenham recovers to beat 10-man Southampton 4-1 in EPL

Boca Juniors’ Carlos Tevez celebrates after he scored his team’s third goal.

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Argentine soccer star Carlos Tevez signs $40M deal in China

SOUTHAMPTON — Tottenham recovered from conceding a goal after 69 seconds to beat 10-man Southampton 4-1 in the English PREMIER LEAGUEon Wednesday, keeping the team in touch with its rivals for Champions League qualification.

Dele Alli began Spurs’ fightback with the equalizer at St. Mary’s stadium and completed it with their fourth goal in the 87th minute, with the visitors threatening to score each time they attacked.

Tottenham’s other goals in its third straight win were scored

by Harry Kane, who also missed a penalty, and substitute Son Heung-min.

Mauricio Pochettino’s side stayed in fifth place, but moved back to within a point of the TOP four and 10 points off Chelsea.

It completed a perfect set of results for the league’s title chasers this round, with Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Arsenal and MANCHESTER UNITED also winning across Monday and Tuesday. The top six teams are seven points clear of the rest, setting up a fierce fight for the four Champions League qualification spots.

Virgil van Dijk gave Southampton the perfect start by heading in a free kick with barely a minute gone. But the hosts faced an uphill task after winger Nathan Redmond was given a straight red card in the 56th minute — with the score at 2-1 — for bringing down Alli in the BOX, conceding the penalty that Kane missed.

“This changed the whole game for me,” Southampton manager Claude Puel. “It’s difficult to keep going with this level of intensity (by Spurs).”

Kane blazed the spot kick over the crossbar, with his standing foot moving a piece of turf and, as a consequence, the ball before the England striker made connection.

It didn’t stop Pochettino making a successful return to the team he managed for 16 months over 2013-14.

“After yesterday’s result (Liverpool’s 4-1 win over Stoke) and the others (on Monday), when the big teams won, it was very IMPORTANT for us to win the game for our belief,” Pochettino said.

Alli beat Van Dijk to Moussa Sissoko’s left-wing cross and steered home a header into the TOP corner for Spurs’ equalizer in the 19th minute.

Tottenham went ahead in the 52nd when Kane lost marker Oriol Romeu to head home Christian Eriksen’s corner, his first goal in four games.

Eriksen struck the bar with a deflected shot before Son drilled in a third goal in the 85th at the end of a counter-attack, and Alli curled home the fourth for his 16th goal in 50 Premier League appearances.(ap)

BEIJING — Argentine striker Carlos Tevez has signed to play for Shanghai Shenhua, becoming the latest in a procession of star players to join the Chinese Super League.

Shanghai Shenhua said Thursday that it paid an $11 million transfer fee to Argentine club Boca Juniors.

A person familiar with the negotiations said the 32-year-old Tevez would be paid $40 million over two years. The source spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to divulge details of the transaction.

Tevez is expected to join team training on the Japanese island of Okinawa next month, with a formal introduction to follow soon afterward.

The next Super League season begins in March.

Chinese clubs have spent heavily over the past year to attract mainly South American stars. Last week, Shenhua’s city rival Shanghai SIPG sealed a deal with Oscar from CHELSEA. Other stars to join Chinese clubs include the Brazilians Hulk, Ramires

and Paulinho, Colombian striker Jackson Martinez and Argentine forward Ezequiel Lavezzi.

Tevez will be coached by Gus Poyet, the former SUNDERLAND and Real Betis manager who became Shenhua’s manager in November.

Other internationally recognized managers in the Chinese Super League include Guangzhou Evergrande coach Luiz Felipe Scolari, Shanghai SIPG coach Andre VillasBoas, and Hebei China Fortune’s Manuel Pellegrini.

China’s government wants to turn the country into a football power, setting the goal of having a team capable of winning the World Cup by 2050.

Leading the national team is Italian coach Marcello Lippi, signed earlier this year to a hefty contract of his own. China has also invested in youth soccer and building stronger pipelines

to develop homegrown talent.

But the Super League’s shopping spree has raised eyebrows and alarmed major European clubs who previously had no rival in attracting the world’s top players. Antonio Conte, manager of Chelsea, said earlier this month that “the Chinese market is a danger for all.”

Tevez has appeared in two World Cups for Argentina and previously played for Manchester United, Manchester City and WEST HAM United in the English Premier League, as well as Italy’s Juventus.

Tevez moved last year to Boca Juniors, the club where he began his senior career, after helping Juventus win its fourth straight Serie A title.

But he was quoted in the Argentine press this year saying that he was unhappy and even contemplating retirement.(ap)

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Tottenham Hotspur’s Harry Kane celebrates scoring his side’s second goal of the game during their English Premier League soccer match against Southampton at St Mary’s, Southampton, England, Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2016.

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Qatar World Cup construction workers to get ‘cooling’ hats DOHA - Migrant workers building soccer stadiums in Qatar’s desert heat are to be given ‘cooling’ hard hats to reduce their body temperature and risk of suffering heat stroke, tournament organisers said.

Scientists at Qatar University designed the solar-powered hard hats to improve conditions for 2022 World Cup labourers who rights groups say have suffered abuses.

A fan in the top of the helmet blows air over a cold pack onto the person’s face reducing skin temperature by up to 10 degrees centigrade, said Saud Ghani, an engineering professor at Qatar University.

“Our objective was to reduce heat stress and heat strokes for workers in Qatar and the region,”

said Ghani.

About 5,100 construction workers from Nepal, India and Bangladesh are building stadiums in the wealthy Gulf Arab state which has drawn charges by human rights groups of labour abuse, including poor safety at work and squalid living conditions.

Summer temperatures in Qatar can reach 50 degrees and Doha enforces a ban on outdoor work for several hours a day during the hottest months of the year.

But migrant workers have complained about heat exhaustion and dehyrdration while working in summer.

Around 260 migrant workers from India died in the whole of Qatar in 2015, according to figures from the Indian embassy in

Doha seen by Reuters.

In May an Indian labourer died of a heart attack while performing steel work on a World Cup stadium in Doha in an incident officials denied was caused by working conditions.

The helmets, which can provide cooling in hot temperatures for up to four hours, will be introduced at all World Cup building sites next summer, said an official from Qatar’s Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy, the body overseeing the tournament’s organisation.

American athletes have used body-based cooling technology including “ice hats” to improve their performance but this would be the first time the technology has been used on a widescale basis in construction.(rtr)

Bilic wants West Ham to stick to winning ways Manager Slaven Bilic has told his West Ham United team to keep on winning as they attempt to notch a fourth straight Premier League victory at struggling champions Leicester City on Saturday. West Ham, who started the season with just one win in their first six league games, have eased away from the relegation zone by beating Burnley, HULL CITY and Swansea City in recent weeks, rising to 11th in the table.

“The confidence is back with the points we are taking and we don’t want it to stop,” Bilic told a news conference on Thursday. “We have to continue to play like this.”

Leicester, by contrast, are having a torrid season, and Monday’s 2-0 home defeat by Everton sent them down to 16th place, just three points above the bottom trio.

Bilic, whose team have been boosted by the return to training of defenders Sam Byram and Reece Oxford, and midfielder

West Ham United manager Slaven Bilic Manuel Lanzini, backed last year’s champions to eventually turn their season around.

“Leicester are not happy about their position in the Premier League but they have the quality and the resources.

They should be alright,” he added. The manager shed some light on his transfer plans for the January WINDOW,

Reuters / Rebecca Naden

indicating that he would look within the league for reinforcements rather than abroad. “We are the club who are linked with most of the players in Europe,” he added.

“We want players who have experience in the Premier League. We are not going to panic and will try and get a couple of players.”(rtr)

Action Images via Reuters / Suragraphy Livepic

General view of the Italian Super Cup trophy against the Doha skyline

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Boca Juniors’ Carlos Tevez celebrates after he scored his team’s third goal.

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Argentine soccer star Carlos Tevez signs $40M deal in China

SOUTHAMPTON — Tottenham recovered from conceding a goal after 69 seconds to beat 10-man Southampton 4-1 in the English PREMIER LEAGUEon Wednesday, keeping the team in touch with its rivals for Champions League qualification.

Dele Alli began Spurs’ fightback with the equalizer at St. Mary’s stadium and completed it with their fourth goal in the 87th minute, with the visitors threatening to score each time they attacked.

Tottenham’s other goals in its third straight win were scored

by Harry Kane, who also missed a penalty, and substitute Son Heung-min.

Mauricio Pochettino’s side stayed in fifth place, but moved back to within a point of the TOP four and 10 points off Chelsea.

It completed a perfect set of results for the league’s title chasers this round, with Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Arsenal and MANCHESTER UNITED also winning across Monday and Tuesday. The top six teams are seven points clear of the rest, setting up a fierce fight for the four Champions League qualification spots.

Virgil van Dijk gave Southampton the perfect start by heading in a free kick with barely a minute gone. But the hosts faced an uphill task after winger Nathan Redmond was given a straight red card in the 56th minute — with the score at 2-1 — for bringing down Alli in the BOX, conceding the penalty that Kane missed.

“This changed the whole game for me,” Southampton manager Claude Puel. “It’s difficult to keep going with this level of intensity (by Spurs).”

Kane blazed the spot kick over the crossbar, with his standing foot moving a piece of turf and, as a consequence, the ball before the England striker made connection.

It didn’t stop Pochettino making a successful return to the team he managed for 16 months over 2013-14.

“After yesterday’s result (Liverpool’s 4-1 win over Stoke) and the others (on Monday), when the big teams won, it was very IMPORTANT for us to win the game for our belief,” Pochettino said.

Alli beat Van Dijk to Moussa Sissoko’s left-wing cross and steered home a header into the TOP corner for Spurs’ equalizer in the 19th minute.

Tottenham went ahead in the 52nd when Kane lost marker Oriol Romeu to head home Christian Eriksen’s corner, his first goal in four games.

Eriksen struck the bar with a deflected shot before Son drilled in a third goal in the 85th at the end of a counter-attack, and Alli curled home the fourth for his 16th goal in 50 Premier League appearances.(ap)

BEIJING — Argentine striker Carlos Tevez has signed to play for Shanghai Shenhua, becoming the latest in a procession of star players to join the Chinese Super League.

Shanghai Shenhua said Thursday that it paid an $11 million transfer fee to Argentine club Boca Juniors.

A person familiar with the negotiations said the 32-year-old Tevez would be paid $40 million over two years. The source spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to divulge details of the transaction.

Tevez is expected to join team training on the Japanese island of Okinawa next month, with a formal introduction to follow soon afterward.

The next Super League season begins in March.

Chinese clubs have spent heavily over the past year to attract mainly South American stars. Last week, Shenhua’s city rival Shanghai SIPG sealed a deal with Oscar from CHELSEA. Other stars to join Chinese clubs include the Brazilians Hulk, Ramires

and Paulinho, Colombian striker Jackson Martinez and Argentine forward Ezequiel Lavezzi.

Tevez will be coached by Gus Poyet, the former SUNDERLAND and Real Betis manager who became Shenhua’s manager in November.

Other internationally recognized managers in the Chinese Super League include Guangzhou Evergrande coach Luiz Felipe Scolari, Shanghai SIPG coach Andre VillasBoas, and Hebei China Fortune’s Manuel Pellegrini.

China’s government wants to turn the country into a football power, setting the goal of having a team capable of winning the World Cup by 2050.

Leading the national team is Italian coach Marcello Lippi, signed earlier this year to a hefty contract of his own. China has also invested in youth soccer and building stronger pipelines

to develop homegrown talent.

But the Super League’s shopping spree has raised eyebrows and alarmed major European clubs who previously had no rival in attracting the world’s top players. Antonio Conte, manager of Chelsea, said earlier this month that “the Chinese market is a danger for all.”

Tevez has appeared in two World Cups for Argentina and previously played for Manchester United, Manchester City and WEST HAM United in the English Premier League, as well as Italy’s Juventus.

Tevez moved last year to Boca Juniors, the club where he began his senior career, after helping Juventus win its fourth straight Serie A title.

But he was quoted in the Argentine press this year saying that he was unhappy and even contemplating retirement.(ap)

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Tottenham Hotspur’s Harry Kane celebrates scoring his side’s second goal of the game during their English Premier League soccer match against Southampton at St Mary’s, Southampton, England, Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2016.

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Qatar World Cup construction workers to get ‘cooling’ hats DOHA - Migrant workers building soccer stadiums in Qatar’s desert heat are to be given ‘cooling’ hard hats to reduce their body temperature and risk of suffering heat stroke, tournament organisers said.

Scientists at Qatar University designed the solar-powered hard hats to improve conditions for 2022 World Cup labourers who rights groups say have suffered abuses.

A fan in the top of the helmet blows air over a cold pack onto the person’s face reducing skin temperature by up to 10 degrees centigrade, said Saud Ghani, an engineering professor at Qatar University.

“Our objective was to reduce heat stress and heat strokes for workers in Qatar and the region,”

said Ghani.

About 5,100 construction workers from Nepal, India and Bangladesh are building stadiums in the wealthy Gulf Arab state which has drawn charges by human rights groups of labour abuse, including poor safety at work and squalid living conditions.

Summer temperatures in Qatar can reach 50 degrees and Doha enforces a ban on outdoor work for several hours a day during the hottest months of the year.

But migrant workers have complained about heat exhaustion and dehyrdration while working in summer.

Around 260 migrant workers from India died in the whole of Qatar in 2015, according to figures from the Indian embassy in

Doha seen by Reuters.

In May an Indian labourer died of a heart attack while performing steel work on a World Cup stadium in Doha in an incident officials denied was caused by working conditions.

The helmets, which can provide cooling in hot temperatures for up to four hours, will be introduced at all World Cup building sites next summer, said an official from Qatar’s Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy, the body overseeing the tournament’s organisation.

American athletes have used body-based cooling technology including “ice hats” to improve their performance but this would be the first time the technology has been used on a widescale basis in construction.(rtr)

Bilic wants West Ham to stick to winning ways Manager Slaven Bilic has told his West Ham United team to keep on winning as they attempt to notch a fourth straight Premier League victory at struggling champions Leicester City on Saturday. West Ham, who started the season with just one win in their first six league games, have eased away from the relegation zone by beating Burnley, HULL CITY and Swansea City in recent weeks, rising to 11th in the table.

“The confidence is back with the points we are taking and we don’t want it to stop,” Bilic told a news conference on Thursday. “We have to continue to play like this.”

Leicester, by contrast, are having a torrid season, and Monday’s 2-0 home defeat by Everton sent them down to 16th place, just three points above the bottom trio.

Bilic, whose team have been boosted by the return to training of defenders Sam Byram and Reece Oxford, and midfielder

West Ham United manager Slaven Bilic Manuel Lanzini, backed last year’s champions to eventually turn their season around.

“Leicester are not happy about their position in the Premier League but they have the quality and the resources.

They should be alright,” he added. The manager shed some light on his transfer plans for the January WINDOW,

Reuters / Rebecca Naden

indicating that he would look within the league for reinforcements rather than abroad. “We are the club who are linked with most of the players in Europe,” he added.

“We want players who have experience in the Premier League. We are not going to panic and will try and get a couple of players.”(rtr)

Action Images via Reuters / Suragraphy Livepic

General view of the Italian Super Cup trophy against the Doha skyline

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Woods worth $740 million, Jordan a billionaire says Forbes

Lebih Beach

GIANYAR - Lebih Beach, situated in Lebih village, about 9 km south of Gianyar city must be the best-known beach in Gianyar.

Lebih Beach has good waves for surfing and an abundance of tasty seafood served along the shore.

The leader of Fishermen’s Association in Lebih, Made Bebas said that this beach had great potential as a marine tourism site. He also pointed out that the beach is a perfect place for surfing and any other water sport, while the panorama of the beach is also very beautiful.

Spokesman of the Gianyar local government, Wayan Arthana, S.H said that sports events are held annually in order to promote

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the Lebih Beach. Various water sports are held, such as swimming, beach tug of war, beach volley-ball and swimming competitions. Many kinds of local sea food are served, including Sate Languan (fish roasted on skewer), grilled fish, fried fish, fish balls, pepes ikan (roasted fish wrapped in banana leaf), and many others, all at very reasonable prices.Visitors can also enjoy the row of thousands of traditional boats moored along the beach, the scene being especially attractive in the morning.

The row of the unique boats on the black sands is very beautiful when seen from a distance.

(IBP/net)

NORTH CAROLINA - Golfers Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson and former NBA player Michael Jordan are among the 20 wealthiest American celebrities, Forbes reported on Wednesday.

Woods, 40, is the youngest person on the Forbes top-20 list, with a net worth estimated at $740 million.

The 14-times major champion, who trails only Jack Nicklaus (18 majors) on the all-time list, recently launched a competitive comeback after being sidelined for more than 15 months while recovering from back surgery.

Woods who went through a costly divorce in 2010 and lost several sponsors after revelations of multiple infidelity, is seventh on the list, while Mickelson is 18th, with an estimated worth of $375 million.

Jordan, 53, who retired in 2003 with the mantle of arguably the greatest basketballer, is worth $1.2 billion according to the magazine, good for fourth on the list, which is topped by filmmaker George Lucas ($4.6 billion).

Forbes says eligibility for the list was limited to United States citizens who are rich because of their fame, rather than famous because they are rich.

According to Forbes, President-elect Donald Trump belongs in the latter category. (rtr) In this Oct. 20, 2015, file photo, Tiger Woods arrives for a press conference to launch Bridgestone America’s Golf Cup in Mexico City.

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In this Sunday, July 10, 2016 file photo Andy Murray of Britain celebrates after beating Milos Raonic of Canada in the men’s singles final on day fourteen of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London.

ABU DHABI - After five runnerup finishes at the Australian Open, world number one Andy Murray is taking a different approach to the season-opening grand slam at Melbourne Park next month.

The Briton is preparing for the Jan. 16-29 tournament by competing in the Mubadala World Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi rather than the mixed team round robin format of the Hopman Cup in Perth which he has favoured for the last two years.

Murray plays his first match on Friday and was his usual cautiously optimistic self when asked about finally ending his Melbourne drought.

“I’ve played really well there in the past and it hasn’t happened for me so I’ll need to do something a little bit different this year,” Murray told Reuters on Wednesday.

“I love the conditions there and I enjoy the tournament a lot, and I’ll be going in hopefully playing well and with a lot of confidence because of the way I finished 2016, so I’ll give it a good go this year.”

The 29-year-old double Olympic

champion will go to Melbourne with his confidence sky-high after knocking Novak Djokovic, the man who has beaten him in four Australian Open finals, off the top of the world rankings.

The Scot won nine titles in 2016, including Wimbledon and the Olympic gold medal, and thrashed Djokovic in the final of the ATP Tour Finals to take top spot in the rankings from the Serb. However, the 24match winning run that helped him land his last five tournaments of the season took its toll.

“Getting to number one it took me basically the whole year, right down to the last tournament, the last match of the year to finish number one, so that was really, really hard and it took a lot out of me physically and mentally,” Murray said.

“I was really, really tired, more tired than I’ve been at the end of any season that I’d finished before.”

Murray has a bye into Friday’s semi-finals in the UAE and will face the winner of Thursday’s quarter-final between David Goffin of Belgium and France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. (rtr)

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry gestures during a news conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia December 18, 2016.

In parting shot at Israel, Kerry warns Middle East peace in jeopardy

WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday said Israel’s building of settlements on occupied land was jeopardizing Middle East peace, voicing unusually frank frustration with America’s longtime ally weeks before he is due to leave office.

In a swiftly issued statement, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Kerry of bias.

He said Israel did not need to be lectured to by foreign leaders and looked forward to working with President-elect Donald Trump, who has vowed to pursue more pro-Israeli policies.

In a 70-minute speech, Kerry said Israel “will never have true peace” with the Arab world if it does not reach an accord based on Israelis and Palestinians living in their own states.

Kerry’s remarks, and Netanyahu’s reply, marked the closing chapter of a bitter U.S.-Israeli relationship during President Barack Obama’s administration over differences on settlement-building and the Iran nuclear deal signed last year.

Ties reached a low point last Friday when Washington cleared the way for a U.N. resolution that demanded an end to Israeli settle-

ment building, prompting Israeli government officials to direct harsh attacks against Obama and Kerry.

“Despite our best efforts over the years, the two-state solution is now in serious jeopardy,” Kerry said at the State Department. “We cannot, in good conscience, do nothing, and say nothing, when we see the hope of peace slipping away.”

The United States had appealed to Israel in public and private to stop the march of settlements countless times, Kerry said.

“In the end, we could not in good conscience protect the most extreme elements of the settler movement as it tries to destroy the two-state solution,” he said. “We could not in good conscience turn a blind eye to Palestinian actions that fan hatred and violence. It is not in U.S. interests to help anyone on either side create a unitary state.”

His parting words were unlikely

to change anything on the ground between Israel and the Palestinians or salvage the Obama administration’s record of failed Middle East peace efforts.

Netanyahu said Kerry “obsessively dealt with settlements” and barely touched on “the root of the conflict - Palestinian opposition to a Jewish state in any boundaries”.

In a statement, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said he was convinced peace with Israel was achievable, but stood by his demand that Israel halt settlements before talks restart.

Netanyahu, for whom settlers are a key constituency, has said his government has been their greatest ally since Israel captured the West Bank and East Jerusalem in a 1967 war. Some 570,000 Israelis now live in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, together home to more than 2.6 million Palestinians. (rtr)

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Germany holds Tunisian for possible link to Berlin attack BERLIN - German authorities have detained a Tunisian man they suspect of involvement in the truck attack on a Berlin Christmas market last week that killed 12 people, prosecutors said on Wednesday.

The Islamic State militant group has claimed responsibility for the attack, which some critics say was made easier by Chancellor Angela Merkel’s open-door migrant policy.

Investigators found the mobile phone number of the 40-year-old Tunisian stored in the phone of Anis Amri, the man believed to have hijacked the truck filled with steel rods and plowed it into crowds at a Christmas market in the capital on Monday last week.

The Sueddeutsche daily said the truck’s automatic brakes had brought the vehicle to a standstill after about 80 meters, preventing even more deaths.

Officials raided the home and business premises of the new suspect in Berlin. They did not name him.

“Further investigations indicated that he could have been involved in the attack,” said prosecutors.

They will decide on Thursday whether to issue a formal arrest warrant for the man, now under temporary detention.

Amri, a failed asylum seeker also from Tunisia, was shot dead in Italy on Dec. 23. The Sueddeutsche said German authorities in Berlin had discussed his case at least seven times between February and November.

The newspaper said documents it was shown by the authorities show Amri looked for Internet instructions on how to build pipe bombs and how to make explosive materials. It added that he had sought contact with Islamic State in February and offered to be a suicide bomber.

Terrorism prevention experts discussed at least twice whether Amri was planning a specific attack in Germany, but both times decided it was unlikely, the paper reported.

Investigators across Europe are trying to establish whether Amri had accomplices.

Germany’s Focus magazine cited Berlin security sources as saying that a phone found in the truck contained voice messages and photos sent by Amri to Islamists 10 minutes before he steered the vehicle into the Berlin market.

Another priority is to piece together how he fled, undetected, from Berlin to Milan, taking advantage of Europe’s open-border Schengen agreement. In Milan, police killed him after he pulled a gun on them during a routine check. (rtr)

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Police stand in front of the truck which ploughed last night into a crowded Christmas market in the German capital Berlin, Germany, December 20, 2016.

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Police: No information yet on suspected terrorists` bombing plan JAKARTA - The Indonesian police has no information yet to confirm that the four suspected terrorists arrested in Purwakarta, West Java, planned to carry out a suicide bombing.

“We cannot confirm it yet, because the explosives were not with them. We are questioning them to get the thread on their plan to carry out the terror attack,” Senior Commissioner Martinus Sitompul, a spokesman of the Indonesian Police.

However, Martinus said, the police believed that two of the suspects planned to attack police officers. “Two others were to monitor. We are seeking information whether they were to carry out a suicide bombing or plant the bomb

somewhere else,” he added.

The four suspects were linked to the Cigondewah terrorist group in Bandung, West Java, that was raided in 2013.

“People like Abu Fais, Abu Sofi, Rijal, and Ivan (the four suspected terrorists arrested in Purwakarta) were part of the Cigondewah group.

These people were prepared to carry out suicide bombings. We still have five days, so we cannot share further information on the investigation,” Martinus said.

Earlier, on Monday, a spokesman

of the Indonesian Police Brigadier General Rikwanto said the police did not find any explosives in the hideout of the suspected terrorists arrested by the police counterterrorism squad in Purwakarta.

“We have yet to find the bomb.

But finding of a SCALE could indicate (possible use of bomb).

Possibly the bomb would be sent to them, from where, we are still learning these possibilities,” Rikwanto said.

The police raided a house rented by the four suspects in Bandung

before they moved to Purwakarta.

“We found some EQUIPMENT such as nails and a scale in the house. But we did not find the bomb,” he said.

The police also found cellular phone, lots of sim cards, flash drives, religious books, handwritten notes, and a modem. On Sunday, two suspected terrorists were arrested and two others who resisted the arrest were shot dead by polices counterterrorism squad Densus 88 in Jatiluhur, Purwakarta.

“At around 9 a.m, police arrested two suspected terrorists, Ivan and Rijal, in Jalan Ubrug in

Cibinong, Jatiluhur subdistrict, Purwakarta District,” Chief of Public Information Bureau of the National Police Brig. Rikwanto said in a SHORTmessage.

According to Rikwanto, after arresting the two, Densus 88 personnel then hunted two other friends of Ivan and Rijal in the Jatiluhur region. At around 12 pm, the team raided a floating house in the Jatiluhur Lake. When they tried to nab them, the two suspected terrorists, named Abu Sofi and Abu Fais, resisted the arrest. “There was resistance from the two and after a gun battle, both of them died,” said the senior officer.(ant)

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Integrated cross-border post shows Indonesian pride: President

Slum violence inspires Kenyans to tackle huge housing shortage

ATHI RIVER, Kenya - R ecently married with a one-year-old child, Joan Moraa Mbogo dreams of escaping Kenya’s noisy, dirty, crime-ridden capital and buying a home close to her mother’s newly-built apartment overlooking the Lukenya Hills.

Machakos County, which starts 20 kms (12 miles) south-east of Nairobi, is popular with young Kenyans unable to afford decent homes in the city, where most developers are only building houses for the richest 10 percent of residents. “I’ll get a house here and we’ll become neighbours,” said 28-year-old Mbogo, DRESSED in a yellow top and jeans, watching her son, Nathan, totter across her mother’s sitting room.

In July, Mbogo’s mother moved into Karibu Homes Riverview, a 19-acre development that is set to include 1,000 apartments, shops, basketball courts, a clinic and a nursery when complete. “There’s fresh air. It’s nice and quiet,” said Veronica Mbogo, a retired civil servant in her 60s, looking out from her fourth floor balcony at the yellow and grey apartments, dotted with acacia trees. Nearby labourers dig foundations for the second phase of the development, where dozens of units have already been sold.

“They have been haranguing us to buy,” said Ravi Kohli, managing director of Karibu Homes at his office in a leafy part of Nairobi. “There is such a huge demand for housing.”

Karibu Homes, founded in 2012, is one of a handful of developers building affordable homes in Kenya, seen as critical to stemming the spread of slums and improving the quality of life for many in East Africa’s biggest economy.

Although millions of quality, affordable homes are needed, few are built due to high land prices, lack of access to finance and government bureaucracy, experts say.

PAN-AFRICA STORY It is a story echoed across Africa which has the fastest growing cities in the world, with 40 percent of the continent’s one billion people in towns and cities, according to UN-Habitat. Most new homes in Kenya target the middle and upper classes as it’s easier to make a profit from high-end property sales.

“It’s a property market that’s oriented towards wealthy people,” said Britt Gwinner, head of housing finance for the World’s Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC). “That’s where the money is.”

Karibu Homes says its cheapest property, a one-bedroom apartment, costs 1.8 million Kenyan shillings ($17,660), which is

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The Central government has asked the regional administration of West Papua to accelerate preparation for the project to build rail track in the province.

West Papua asked to prepare for railway project

MANOKWARI - The Central government has asked the regional administration of West Papua to accelerate preparation for the project to build rail track in the province.

REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

Young men sit around a fire during the Christmas holiday on Tiwi beach, Kenya early December 24, 2016 17-times cheaper than the average asking price of a house in Kenya, at $306,000, according to real estate firm Hass Consult. The company was born out of the bloodshed that erupted across Kenya following its contested general elections in 2007.

Many people were killed and burned to death in slums across the East African country, often by young men venting their frustration over economic inequality and lack of opportunities. “The bulk of the population was desperate, had nothing to lose,” said Nick Johnson, one of the company’s cofounders, who came up with the idea with Kenyan entrepreneur Irfan Keshavjee during a management course at Oxford University in 2008. “That was a root cause as to why this violence took place.”

The two men decided to set up a social enterprise, aiming not only to make money but to have a positive impact on Kenyans’ lives by enabling more people to buy their own homes.

Most Nairobians live in slums where they must contend with high crime, irregular power and water supplies, and no toilets in their homes.

With rapid urbanisation and population growth, Karibu Homes estimates that 14 million people will live in Nairobi’s metropolitan region - which encompasses the

capital and three neighbouring counties - by 2030, up from 9 million today.

SOLUTION NEEDED “It’ll be a horrible place to live if we don’t find a solution,” said Kohli, who spent eight years building houses in England before returning home to Kenya.

While an average slum-dweller cannot afford a home in Riverview, Karibu Homes is increasing the availability of decent housing stock and showing others that it can be done.

“We are trying to catalyse a market further down the income ladder,” said Johnson, comparing it to the building of working-class terraces in Victorian England, which remain popular today.

“Hopefully, by doing what we are doing, more developers, ourselves included, will be able to provide much-needed housing for a bigger proportion of the population.”

Major Kenyan financiers, like HF Group and Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB), have announced plans to build cheaper, mass market homes. “We are looking at projects of probably even 10,000 units,” said KCB’s mortgage director, Sam Muturi, from his office overlooking downtown Nairobi.

“It’s a huge market that has not even been scratched.”

‘BIG WIN’ But campaigners say cheaper, long-term finance is critical to unlock Africa’s housing market as borrowing is expensive for everyone, from manufacturers and developers to banks and buyers. A pool of affordable finance would enable banks to reduce mortgage rates, which averaged 17 percent in 2015 to just 25,000 borrowers across Kenya, according to Johannesburg-based non-profit Centre for Affordable Housing Finance in Africa (CAHF).

The government capped interest rates at 14 percent in August, but many buyers are sceptical it will last beyond Kenya’s 2017 elections and fear long-term loans. HF Group’s managing director, Frank Ireri, would like to see development finance institutions, like the IFC and the African Development Bank, and social investors putting cheap money into the economy for banks to lend onwards.

“The minute you go to the market, it becomes commercial and affordability is out of the WINDOW,” he told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

Half of Karibu Homes $3 million financing came from social impact investors, like Blue Haven Initiative, willing to take lower returns and higher risks than traditional financiers. “They are also investing for the social good,” said Samuel Suttner, a researcher with CAHF.(rtr)

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“Instruction from Jakarta is on land clearing where the main tracks would be built,” head of the land transport office of West Papua Harold Jan Umpain said here on Wednesday.

Harold said the main track will pass through the city of Sorong, Sorong District, South Sorong, Maybrat, Teluk Bintuni, South Manokwari and Manokwari.

“The main track would extend between the city of Sorong and the city of Manokwari,” he said.

He said groundbreaking for the project is expected to be inaugurated by President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) himself next year.

Originally the president hoped to break the ground to mark the start of work to build the railway in July 2016 in Sorong, but was delayed on problem in land clearing.

“Land is available and the Sorong city administration has approved, but protracted bickering in land price delayed decision,” he said.

While waiting for the agreement in land price negotiations between the city administration and the land owners, the railway directorate general and consultants are working on details of engineering design (DED) of the whole tracks.

“DED on the main track is in

final phase. The regional administrations especially the Sorong city, Sorong District, South Sorong, Maybrat, Teluk Bintuni, South Manokwari and Manokwari city administrations are asked to prepare land and deal with land clearing,” Harold said.

The Central Jakarta is waiting for report from the Sorong city administration about progress made in land clearing and groundbreaking plan, he added.

Other alternative would be taken if Sorong is not yet ready, he said.

“Groundbreaking ceremony would be held in the regency of Sorong. We have not discussed that possibility with the Sorong district administration as we still wait for word from the city of Sorong,” he said. (ant)

ATAMBUA - The integrated cross-border post showcases Indonesian pride, according to President Joko Widodo.

“It is a matter of pride. The integrated cross-border post in Mota Ain, Belu District, not only shows the face of East Nusa Tenggara but also the face of Indonesia,” Joko Widodo said during the inauguration of the post here on Wednesday.

The president expressed embarrassment on observing the condition of the post.

“The condition (of this post) is very bad compared with that of Timor Leste,” the president stated.

To address the situation, the president ordered Public Works and Public Housing Minister Basuki Hadimuljono to develop the crossborder post in Mota Ain within two years.

“Now, we can see the cross-border post. We can build it because we have the budget,” the president said.

Indonesia, as a great nation, should have a better cross-border post than its neighbors, he explained.

In addition, the president ordered the immediate construction of a large market around the border post between Indonesia and Timor Leste to make Mota Ain an economic center for the locals.

Presidential Secretariat Press Bureau Chief Bey Mahmudin in a press statement earlier revealed that during the presidents working visit to East Nusa Tenggara, he would also attend an event to hand over land certificates for the strategic program 2016 and provide supplementary food supplies in the same district. (ant)

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The integrated cross-border post in Mota Ain, Belu District.

One connected to Pulomas Mass murder killed: Police chief

JAKARTA - Police have arrested one murderer, and fatally shot another for resisting arrest in connection with the deaths of six people in Pulomas, East Jakarta, on Tuesday.

“Two alleged murderers were arrested, one died of loss of blood after being shot for resisting police arrest in Bekasi, West Java,” Indonesian National Police (Polri) Chief

General Tito Karnavian told a press conference here on Wednesday evening.

Tito said the alleged murderer who died is Ramlan Butarbutar (RB).

According to the Polri chief, RB was wanted by the police for a long time and is known as a thief who did not hesitate to use violence.

“He is an old player. We call him a

North Korean Group member. His areas of operation included Bekasi and Pulogadung (East Jakarta),” he said.

The Polri chief said RBs modus operandi was to target empty houses on holidays.

The other alleged murderer who has been arrested is Erwin Situmorang (ES). He is still alive and has been taken to

Kramat Jati Police Hospital.

The police are still hunting for two others.

During the robbery, the four thieves allegedly locked up Dodi Triono (59) and 10 others, including Dodis daughters, house maids and drivers.

When they were found on Tuesday, six of the 11 in the locked bathroom were dead; only five

survived.

Those who died were Dodi and his two daughters Diona Arika Andra Putri (16) and Dianita Gemma Dzalfayla (9); Dzalfaylas friend Amel; and two of Dodis drivers Yanto and Tasrok.

Zanette Kalila, 13, Santi, 22, and Emi, Fitriani and Windy, who were the housemaids, all survived. (ant)

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Water war at Suwat village widely opened to general public

GIANYAR - Previously, the water festival at Suwat village, Gianyar, was only followed by people from local villages.

Now, in welcoming the New Year 2017, the festival having been famous for the water war will invite all people from outside the village to participate. The village festival held for the second time will take the theme ‘Water for All.’

Through reclusive Wa, China’s reach extends into Suu Kyi’s Myanmar

PANGSAN - China is extending its sway over an autonomous enclave run by Myanmar’s most powerful ethnic armed group, sources in the region told Reuters, bolstering Beijing’s role in the peace process that is the signature policy of Aung San Suu Kyi.

Chairman of the committee, I Putu Oka Mahendra, explained the water festival of Suwat village is opened on Thursday (Dec. 29). The opening is jazzed up with cultural parade by involving a number of hamlets at Suwat and Kesian village, Gianyar. “So far, we are only capable of involving Kesian village to participate in the cultural parade at the opening tomorrow (Thursday—Ed),” he said.

After the opening, it will be held a number of village competitions on Friday (Dec. 30). Then, on Saturday afternoon (Dec. 31), the activities will be followed by a ritual of picking up holy water to the sources at Tukad Melangge, Suwat village. “Uniquely, in the process of picking up the holy water, we will use more than 200 water jars to take the water from seven showers at the source and then take them back hand in hand,” he said.

On Sunday (Jan. 1, 2017), the water war festival will be begun and centered in the intersection of Suwat village. He added that in this festival the committee invited the general public to participate in the water war. “If the previous festival was only intended for local people, this time we invite the wider community, both inside Gianyar and outside Gianyar district to participate,” he explained.

However, for that occasion the committee requested that each participant should put on middle customary attires. In the meantime, male participants are allowed to put on sarong only and headdress without clothes.

“In this case, we learn from last year’s experience where people showed high interest in attending the first water war on welcoming the New Year 2016. Then, to welcome the New Year 2017 we open the widest opportunity for the public from outside the village,” he said.

This activity is intended to become a major tourist attraction in the North Gianyar. Moreover, the committee has made coordination with the Gianyar Tourism Office to feature Suwat village as tourism village. “So, to make our village into a tourism village, we have done various efforts and this is one of them. Besides, we also use village funds to improve local infrastructure such as repairing road section,” he added. (kmb35)

The water festival at Suwat Village, Gianyar.

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Ahead of New Year

The “foreign policy” of the selfproclaimed Wa State is closely monitored by Beijing, senior officials in the administration run by the 30,000-strong United Wa State Army (UWSA) and its political wing said, with contact with Western governments, businesses or aid groups deemed particularly sensitive.

Official known to Myanmar as “Special Region 2”, the remote territory is the size of Belgium and home to 600,000 people. Largely closed to Westerners for decades, it was visited by Reuters in October.

China’s influence is quickly apparent, with street signs in Mandarin and Chinese businesses and banknotes ubiquitous in the selfproclaimed state’s capital, Pangsan, and other Wa towns that straddle the rugged border.

“We share the same language and we marry each other,” said the head of the Wa Foreign Affairs Office, Zhao Guo An, when asked about the Chinese influence on Wa politics. “There’s nothing we can do about it. We use Chinese currency, we speak Chinese and we wear and use products from China. Very little of that is from Myanmar.”

Delve a little deeper, and it is apparent that China’s reach extends

much further than business and social ties.

EYES AND EARS When Lo Yaku, the Wa agriculture minister, was asked about the drugs the statelet is accused of producing on an industrial scale, his secretary and a staffer from the official Wa News Bureau intervened to deflect the question.

Both men are not Wa natives, but from China.

“This question was answered yesterday,” said I Feng, a news bureau reporter originally from western China.

“After the drug eradication campaign, our government encouraged agencies, individuals and Chinese investors to participate in anti-drug activities,” said the minister’s secretary, Chen Chun, originally from Zhejiang province on China’s faraway east coast.

A similar scene played out repeatedly during Reuters’ visit - the first by a major international news organisation - questions on topics ranging from military funding to methamphetamine were mostly fielded not by the Wa minister but by an accompanying Chinese minder.

These and other Chinese citi-

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Ethnic Wa performer dressed as United Wa State Army (UWSA) soldiers perform a traditional dance in Mongmao, Wa territory in northeast Myanmar October 1, 2016. Picture taken on October 1, 2016. zens Reuters found working in the administration in Pangsan said they were employees of the Wa government and did not work for the authorities in Beijing.

But their presence hints at just how closely entwined the Wa State and its leaders are with their giant

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SEMARAPURA - Ahead of the New Year 2017 celebration, the personnel of Klungkung Police and the ranks of subdistrict police regularly increase its regular patrol to places of worship and crowded places in Klungkung. On Wednesday (Dec. 28), Chief of Klungkung Police, FX Arendra Wahyudi, said that the patrol activities have been carried out to tourist objects and public places like Kerta Ghosa and Goa Lawah Temple, Art Market, Galiran Market and other shopping centers.

The patrols were carried out by using bicycle as well as official motorcycle and car.

These activities are also carried out to increase the police presence amid the society. Moreover, many people do shopping ahead of the New Year. When carrying out the patrols, police also deliver messages regarding the social order and appeal to

the public to always alert to the hazards of crime. “Stay away from drugs and do not consume any alcoholic drinks when celebrating the New Year,” he said.

He added that the patrol is held both day and night by rotating system among the operational functions such as criminal investigation, narcotic investigation, mobile detective, traffic affairs unit and subdistrict police ranks according to their respective areas. “With the presence of police, the public will feel safe and comfortable. Such an effort is expected to maintain social order and make Klungkung district remain conducive,” he explained.

In addition to patrolling, Klungkung Police also conducted raids to nightlife spots such as cafés and tourist accommodation as well as other targets such as migrants, alcohol, drugs, sharp weapons, explosives and other hazardous goods. (dwa)

neighbour.

“China has its ears and eyes everywhere, including in the government and business, and is wary of any deepening of ties with the West,” said one minister from the Wa government, speaking on condition of anonymity due the

sensitivity of the matter.

“We take this very seriously, and act so as not to anger China,” he said, adding that all dealings with Washington and Brussels, as well as every foreigner or NGO entering Wa territory, were scrupulously reported to China. (rtr)

Taiwan’s Tsai to transit in U.S. in move bound to anger China

Klungkung Police personnel patrol crowded places

The police are patroling in Klungkung.

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TAIPEI - Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen will pass through the United States when she visits Latin America next month, the foreign ministry said Thursday, a move bound to infuriate China which had urged the United States to block a transit stopover.

China is deeply suspicious of Tsai, who it thinks wants to push for the formal independence of Taiwan, a self-governing island that Beijing regards as a renegade province, ineligible for state-to-state relations.

Details of the stopovers will be disclosed before the end of this week, the ministry said.

The transit details are being closely watched as Taiwan media has speculated Tsai will seek to meet President-elect Donald Trump’s transition

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President Tsai Ing-wen waves during National Day celebrations in Taipei, Taiwan, October 10, 2016.

team ahead of his January 20 inauguration.

Trump angered China when he spoke to Tsai this month in a break with decades of precedent and cast doubt on his incoming administration’s commitment to Beijing’s “one China” policy.

The United States, which switched diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to China in 1979, has acknowledged the Chinese position that there is only “one China” and that Taiwan is part of it.

Tsai’s office earlier this month said she would visit Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala and El Salvador in that order. She will leave Taiwan on Jan. 7 and return on Jan. 15.

Taiwan had as many as 30 diplomatic allies in the mid-1990s, but now has formal relations with just 21, mostly smaller and poorer nations in Latin America and the Pacific.

The American Institute in Taiwan, the de facto embassy of the United States, had no immediate comment on Tsai’s itinerary. (rtr)

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International

This celebrity’s red carpet wardrobe was made for tall girls EVEN though we first see our favorite designer styles demonstrated on figures nearly six feet tall while they’re walking down fashion show runways, for some reason it can still be a challenge to find clothing suitable for women over 5’9”.

Eveningwear can be particularly difficult, with hemlines hitting the wrong place—midi dresses becoming mini, and floor-length pants becoming capris.

Alyssa Sutherland, the 5’11” Australian star of Vikings, navigates

tall-girl dressing with ease. Her red carpet ensembles play with daring proportions that emphasize her towering physique as she dons wide-leg coveralls and flowing floor-length pastel dresses. She often favors pants, and every time the waistline hits well above the hips, lengthening her already long legs. Still, her style always works as she embraces her height to get away with striking outfits, even sporting a sparkly mini à la fellow 5’11” fashion girl Gisele Bündchen. (IBP/net)

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Prediction of drug circulation in 2017

It increases in harmony with people’s lifestyle CIRCULATION of drug is just like an iceberg showing a few portions on the surface and very much depends on the seriousness of police authority and the National Narcotic Agency (BNN) to make arrest. Currently, circulation of these illicit goods is getting more massive, and in 2017 is predicted to increase in line with the lifestyle and increasing social welfare.

This year, the rehabilitated drug abusers mostly belong to the age of 26-30 years amounting to 211 people. It means that most addicts come from productive age whose standard of living and economic condition are good. Additionally, people of these ages still like to hang out with communities and are quickly affected by trending lifestyle. This was announced by the Head of the BNNP Bali, Putu Gede Suastawa, on Tuesday (Dec. 27).

To maximize the repressive efforts namely the arrest, continued Suastawa, his agency proposes or asks for the help of the governor of Bali to purchase drug detection equipment worth IDR 2 billion. The equipment is specifically used to detect drugs and suitable for use at Gilimanuk Harbor and Padangbai Harbor, Karangasem.

“If the equipment is available, the arrest will increase. Next year, we will also get an aid in the form of sniffer dog and special firearms from the central BNN,” said the former police chief of Nunukan, East Kalimantan.

He confirmed that it is also in line with the increasing standard of living, lifestyle and the presence of new psychoactive substance (NPS).

Currently, there are 46 new types of drugs circulating in Indonesia and only some of them have been set forth in the regulation of the Ministry of Health or could be sentenced.

“The most vulnerable drug smuggling is by land from west entrance at Gilimanuk and the second way is through courier services. If the courier services have a commitment to preventing Bali from drug trafficking, they should buy a drug detector.

So far, it is very efficiently exploited by traffickers of illicit goods to bring them to Bali,” he said.

Manual examination at the harbor faces an obstacle because it is very difficult to search thousands of passengers every day. This opportunity is taken advantage by drug syndicates to deliver illicit goods to Bali. “In 2017, hopefully the drug detector can be realized so that it can facilitate the officers.

I have confidence and believe if the budget is increased, there will be an increase in disclosure. Disclosure of the drug cases depends on the aggressiveness of the officers in the

field,” he said.

The BNNP Bali and its staff could have arrested 61 people throughout 2016. The evidence secured includes 25 kg of marijuana, 153.43 grams of crystal meth, 130 pieces of ecstasy, 1.6 gram of ecstasy powder or paste, 4,055.65 grams of liquid acetone, 3,163.96 grams of solid acetone, 3,600.07 grams of toluene, 3,235.78 grams of hydrocloric acid (HCL) and 1.00 gram of pseudoephedrine.

“The drug addicts taking rehabilitation amounts to 970 people.

It is only a small amount of the drug abusers in Bali referring to the results of research by the BNN and UI coming to 61,353 people. It happens because only few people are aware of reporting themselves because they are still fear and shame.

After arrested, they just pleaded and wanted to be rehabilitated and not to be processed pursuant to the law,” he said.

Actually the Law No.35/2009 Article 128 states that parents are obliged to report their under age children if they are drug abusers. If it is ignored and their children are arrested related to the drug cases, the parents are threatened with six months imprisonment.

In the meantime, the drug abusers that take the rehabilitation program based on their occupation are as follows: private (510 people), unemployed (222 people), self-employed (156 people), college students (21 people), students (17 people), merchants (14 people), farmers (8 people), police (6 people), civil servant (5 people), artists (5 people), fishermen (4 people), housewives (3 people) and retirees (3 people).

“We call on that next year the addicts could have higher self-awareness to report themselves. It is better to rehabilitate than feeling sorry and resulting in fatal impacts,” he said.

Similar opinion was conveyed by the Chief of Badung Police, Ruddi Setiawan. He predicted the drug smuggling will increase before and after the New Year. On that account, he ordered the drug investigation unit to make arrest more vivaciously.

“Hopefully, we could do more arrest than this year. We are grateful and appreciate to the personnel of drug investigation unit that could have secure ecstasy and crystal meth. Probably it is the highest number in Bali this year. Thus, thousands of Balinese people could be saved from drugs,” he said.

He has also conducted dissemination and counseling to school and villagers about the hazards of drugs.

This preventive effort should be intensified to early prevention. “Let’s work together to prevent and fight against the drugs,” he said. (rah)

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Workmanship of the shrine itself requires different length of time in accordance with the order. If the shrine contains carvings, it can take up to a month.

Year-end order of shrine craft declines by 50 percent

BANGLI - A number of shrine craft makers at Jehem Kelod hamlet, Tembuku, complained because the order of shrine craft has decreased approximately reaching 50 percent since the past few months. Such condition makes their income drop dramatically this year.

A shrine maker, I Ketut Kresna, admitted that his shrine order in 2016 experienced a significant decline where compared to previous years.

Moreover, ahead of this yearend, the order is getting fewer.

“Throughout 2016, our turnover decreased. Moreover, ahead of this year-end the order is increasingly fewer, even reaches 50 percent,” said Kresna, Tuesday (Dec. 27).

Kresna added that in previous years he got many shrine orders from different regions in Bali. Moreover, he and five workers had to work overtime due to many orders from local people. “Last year, our order remained normal. However, in 2016 the condition is the worst, including ahead of the year-end our order dropped dramatically,” he said.

He admitted that the declining order is not only experienced by him. His surrounding fellows who equally get involved in the making of shrine crafts also experience similar condition.

“Our fellows pursuing shrine crafts also experience similar

decline in orders. I do not know for sure what causes this.

Perhaps, it has something to do with the sluggish condition of global economy as one of the contributing factors. For example, if they purchase a shrine now, they will probably be purchasing next 10-15 years because it just gets damaged at that time,” he said.

Currently, he received 15 orders of shrine craft. The orders originate from Gianyar, Karangasem, Klungkung and Badung.

“So far, the regions having not been reached are only Buleleng and Negara. Although there are some, it is unlike the other districts,” he said.

To work on the order, he is helped by five workers to accelerate the workmanship. The shrine crafts are made from materials like the timber of jackfruit and champak. “Jackfruit and champak timber is quite strong. Besides, based on the belief of Balinese people these timbers are fragrant and highly recommended in the chronicle. That’s what makes me just use jackfruit and champak timber,” he said.

He gets the timbers from Kintamani and Karangasem. Both regions produce quite a lot champak and jackfruit timbers, making it easier to search there. “Sometimes wholesalers come and deliver to us (here—Ed). Otherwise, I will pick it up directly to the location,” he explained.

In terms of the type of shrine crafts, Kresna makes piyasan, taksu and kemulan. “Price of the shrine craft will depend on the size and type of the timber used.

If it uses champak, it is sold for around IDR 7.5 million, while the one made from jackfruit timber is cheaper namely at IDR 5 million,” he said.

Workmanship of the shrine itself requires different length of time in accordance with the order. If the shrine contains carvings, it can take up to a month.

“If the shrine craft is made with carvings, at least we can only produce two units. Without carvings, we can produce five units a month,” added Kresna while adding that this year he just gets a turnover of IDR 40 million, while last year got IDR 70-80 million. (kmb41)

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The Bedawang Nala turnpike service plaza (TPW)

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JBT denies if turnpike service plaza as part of reclamation DENPASAR —

PT. Jasamarga Bali Toll (JBT) firmly denied if the construction of Bedawang Nala turnpike service plaza (TPW) is associated with the Benoa Bay reclamation plan. The TPW is precisely meant to answer that the allegations at issue is not true. Before the plan of the TPW circulated, it was heavily reported that the turnpike service plaza at the side of the Bali Mandara toll road is meant to facilitate the access to new reclaimed islands.

“We have nothing to do with the reclamation. We have prepared the Bedawang Nala since the beginning of the construction (of toll road) and even before the issue of reclamation emerged. This turnpike service plaza poses a part of our preparation for procuring a point of service and tourism,” said Public Relations of PT. Jasamarga Bali Toll, Drajad Hari Suseno, when confirmed on Wednesday (Dec. 28).

Drajad asserted that TPW actually becomes an integral construction with the Bali Mandara toll road. Its foundation will use piles, not backfill the Benoa Bay. He even admitted if the company has owned the environmental impact analysis. However, the TPW construction is never started because the JBT is still waiting for the issuance of principle permit from the Toll Road Regulatory Agency. In addition, the JBT is also asked to carry out dissemination process.

“Publication through the media yesterday is also part of the dissemination,” he added. In addition to the news in media, Drajad claimed to have come down to some hamlets.

One of them is held to Pesanggaran

hamlet where it welcomed the TPW concept. In the meantime, provincial government of Bali and Badung district having a share in the JBT are considered to have known about this plan. The management has even made a visit to Deputy Governor of Bali, I Ketut Sudikerta.

“Bali Province has a share in the JBT and it has a representative in it.

The government of Badung also has a share and representative. They are the owners of the JBT, so that they should already know about it. Just like legislation, as soon as it is enacted, the public is considered to have known.

We have met deputy governor and revealed the plan and he welcomed it positively,” he explained.

Drajad said that he could not keep postponing the turtle-like TPW. All this time, the management is trying to hold back because there are pros and cons regarding the Benoa Bay reclamation plan. JBT did not dare to break the rules considered taboo

by Balinese people. In the meantime, the rejection against reclamation will never stop before the Presidential Regulation No. 51/2014 is revoked.

“Well, if we have to wait for it, then when can we do it? We do not understand. Finally, we agreed yesterday. Okay, we started to disseminate the plan. We publish and the image is informed to the public,” he explained.

According to Drajad, the TPW Bedawang Nala is designed to become a meeting point and rest area for travelers after having sightseeing to some places of interest in Bali.

Travelers can relax while enjoying cuisines and shopping gift or souvenir. There are also rental of meeting room both for small and medium scale of meeting point. Public can enjoy sunrise or sunset view on particular days while watching the art and cultural performance.

According to the plan, in the initial stage will be established a meeting point with an area of about 30,000 square meters. It will be located around KM 3, where at the location there has been a turnpike.

“We’d like to beautify Bali while adding tourist destinations without disturbing or damaging the environment,” he concluded. (kmb32)

DENPASAR — Police authority is increasingly more intensive to carry out the creating condition operation (Cipkon) to anticipate the entry of firearms, sharp weapons, explosives, terrorists and drugs. A joint team consisting of Bali Police, Denpasar Police and West Denpasar Police combed at least 40 motorcycles and cars on Jalan Cokroaminoto, precisely in front of the Taman Rama School, Denpasar, on Wednesday (Dec. 28).

In the meantime, a total of 83 personnel were deployed consisting of 60 police officers, 13 personnel of riot squad and 10 personnel of West Denpasar Police. When the raid was held, the officials suspected five backpacks. After that, they were checked carefully but no hazardous items were found.

Chief of West Denpasar Police, Wisnu Wardana, said that more frequent raid held at some points, especially the entrances, will be able to narrow the moving space for terrorists. In addition, it is also meant to reduce the number of traffic violations.

“This operation will continue until after the New Year celebration. This activity is intended to create a safe and conducive situation,” he said.

Police, in particular the Bali Police and its staff, strive to maintain conducive situation of the public security and order in Bali before the turn of the year. On that account, the main target is vehicle entering the territory of Denpasar. “In addition to targeting explosives, firearms, sharp weapon and other hazardous goods, the operation also monitors people suspected of having connection to terrorist networks,” he said.

Furthermore, Wisnu asserted that Ubung Terminal is still under control. He expected the activities could be executed on regular basis and supported by other agencies to minimize the worst possible thing that could happen.

“We appeal to all the parties to be aware and keep pace with creating condition operation activities in order to maintain public security and order. We do hope the New Year celebration will not to make us careless,” he affirmed. (kmb36)

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Scarlett Johansson is 2016 top-grossing movie star

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Friday, December 30, 2016 Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte inspects troops during the 81st anniversary of the Armed Forces of the Philippines at Camp Aguinaldo military headquarters in Quezon city, north of Manila, Philippines on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016.

NEW YORK - Scarlett Johansson was named the top-grossing actor of 2016 on Tuesday thanks to her roles in superhero movie “Captain America: Civil War” and Hollywood satire “Hail Caesar.”

Forbes said Johansson just edged out her “Captain America” co-stars Chris Evans and Robert Downey with box-office earnings of her second 2016 movie, “Hail Caesar.”

Johansson’s movies grossed a leading $1.2 billion at the worldwide box office this year, compared with $1.15 billion for “Captain America: Civil War.” Released in May and featuring a conflict between Marvel comic book heroes like Iron Man, Spider-Man, Black Widow and Ant Man, Walt Disney Co’s “Captain America” was the biggest earner worldwide in 2016, according to data from Boxofficemojo.com.

Australian actress Margot Robbie, who enjoyed a break-out year, placed fourth with $1.1 billion thanks to roles in two Warner Bros movies “Suicide Squad” and “The Legend of Tarzan.”

The Forbes list was dominated by superhero and comic book movies, including “Batman v.

Superman: Dawn of Justice” and “Deadpool.”

Britain’s Felicity Jones entered the Forbes list for the first

Philippine leader says once threw man from helicopter, would do it again

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Scarlett Johansson time, with roles in “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” thriller “Inferno” and magical children’s story “A Monster Calls.” Jones came in ninth place with $805 million.

Forbes made its calculations

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based on global ticket sales from the films of top Hollywood actors, but it did not count animated movies such as Disney’s “Finding Dory,” the second biggest release of 2016 with $1.02 billion. (rtr)

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MANILA - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened corrupt government officials with the prospect of being thrown out of a helicopter mid-air, warning he has done it himself before and had no qualms about doing it again.

The fiery-tempered former prosecutor said he once hurled a Chinese man suspected of rape and murder out of a helicopter.

“If you are corrupt, I will fetch you using a helicopter to Manila and I will throw you out. I have done this before, why would I not do it again?” Duterte said during a speech to victims of a typhoon on Tuesday, a clip of which is posted on a video feed of the president’s office.

Duterte’s latest threat comes just a few weeks after he admitted killing people during his 22 years as a mayor of Davao City, sometimes riding a MOTORCYCLE looking

for “encounters to kill”. Some senators have warned Duterte he risks impeachment over his comments.

He has repeatedly said those killings were part of legitimate police operations, including a hostage incident, and those killed were criminals, not suspects. It was not immediately clear when or where the helicopter incident Duterte spoke of took place.

In an interview on Thursday with the ABS-CBN news channel, Duterte was non-committal when asked if the incident really happened. “Helicopter to throw a person?” he asked. “And if that is true, I will not admit it.”

His spokesman, Ernesto Abella, suggested earlier the story was an “urban legend”. Duterte also said six people arrested last week during a seizure of more than half a tonne of methamphetamine, known locally as “shabu”, in the capital were fortunate he was out of town.

“They were lucky I was not in Manila that time. If I had known there were that much shabu inside a house, I would definitely kill you,” he said.

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