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Zombies, romance and revenge drive record ’Game of Thrones’ ratings

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Rohingya conflict Fresh conflict erupted in Myanmar’s northwestern Rakhine state, as Rohingya insurgents wielding sticks, guns and man-made bombs attacked some 30 police posts and an army base on Friday. Thousands of Rohingya Muslims and Rakhine Buddhists have fled the fighting.

Rohingya are crossing to Bangladesh while Rakhine are evacuated by the government to larger towns.

Approximate location of police posts and army base attacked

by Rohingya insurgents on Aug. 25

LOS ANGELES - A zombie dragon, an illicit romance and satisfying revenge helped drive the season finale of “Game of Thrones” to a viewership high, HBO said Monday, as the seventh season drew record ratings.

A total of 12.1 million viewers watched Sunday’s seventh season finale, titled “The Dragon and the Wolf,” up 36 percent from the 8.9 million viewers who watched the season six finale. Viewership from replays and streams on HBO’s ondemand apps boosted the overall Sunday ratings to 16.5 million viewers.

The seventh and penultimate season of Emmy-winning “Game of Thrones” drew an overall 30.8 million viewers, up nearly 8 million viewers from last season and cementing it as the most-watched show on Time Warner Inc’s premium cable network HBO. The record ratings came after hackers stole data and content from HBO and leaked it online, including scripts and unaired episodes of “Game of Thrones.”

The seventh season saw the show’s lead characters head towards a great battle over the Iron Throne reigning over the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros, while a

zombie army of White Walkers, led by the undead Night King, march south and threaten mankind’s destruction.

Characters Jon Snow and Daenerys Targaryen finally came together to join forces against the White Walkers, the remaining Stark children reunite at their home in Winterfell and enact a satisfying revenge against master manipulator Petyr Baelish.

The Lannister siblings also reunite in King’s Landing in a tense meeting that puts their family ties to the test.

Medieval fantasy “Game of Thrones,” based on George R.R. Martin’s “A Song of Ice and Fire” books, has won numerous Emmy awards including best drama series last year. It is not eligible for this year’s Emmy awards due to its summer premiere after production was pushed back to capture more winter landscapes for the storyline, but it will be back on the roster for next year’s Emmy awards. (rtr)

Kutupalong Refugee Camp Maungdaw District Refugee camps

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Army base

Buthidaung Maungdaw* MYANMAR Attacks in October 2016

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A fan gestures between two people dressed as “White Walkers” as he gathers with other fans to watch the last episode of the 7th season of “Game of Thrones” in Monterrey, Mexico, August 27, 2017.

LOS ANGELES - Indie rock band Brand New took the top spot on the Billboard 200 chart with “Science Fiction,” according to data on Monday from Nielsen SoundScan.

The New York-based band sold some 57,000 units of “Science Fiction,” its first studio album since 2009, while rapper Kodak Black took second place with new release “Project Baby Two” and sales of 49,000 units.

The Billboard 200 chart tal-

lies units from album sales, song sales (10 songs equal one album) and streaming activity (1,500 streams equal one album).

The new releases pushed last week’s chart-topper Kesha into fifth place with her “Rainbow” album.

On the digital songs chart, which measures online single sales, Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi’s global sensation “Despacito,” featuring Justin Bieber, showed no signs of moving from

No. 1, with another 80,000 copies sold.

That is likely to change next week when weekly figures for Taylor Swift’s hard-edged new single “Look What You Made Me Do” are released.

The song, released last Thursday and featured on Sunday’s MTV Video Music Awards show, set a first day global record on Spotify of more than eight million streams, the music platform said at the weekend. (rtr)

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Rohingya village is seen on a river bank in Buthidaung, Myanmar August 29, 2017.

Note: *Five posts around Maungdaw.

Source: Reuters, based on official releases by the army and the government.

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Rohingya fleeing Myanmar violence face expulsion despite U.N. appeal COX’S BAZAR - Rohingya Muslims fleeing to Bangladesh from escalating violence in Myanmar face the growing danger of sickness and attempts by the Bangladesh authorities to send them home, despite a United Nations plea that they be allowed to seek shelter.

A series of coordinated attacks

by Rohingya insurgents on security forces in the north of Myanmar’s Rakhine state on Friday has triggered a fresh exodus to Bangladesh of Muslim villagers trying to escape the violence.

At least 109 people have been killed in the clashes in Myanmar, according to the government, most of them militants but including members of the security forces and civilians.

Bangladesh border guards told Reuters they had sent about 550 Rohingya back across the Naf river that separates the two countries since Monday, despite an appeal

by U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for Dhaka to allow Rohingya to seek safety. Border patrols were also trying to block people from crossing the frontier.

The treatment of about 1.1 million Muslim Rohingya in Myanmar has become the biggest challenge for national leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been accused by Western critics of not speaking out on behalf of a minority who have long complained of persecution.

The Rohingya are denied citizenship in Myanmar and classified as illegal immigrants, despite claiming roots there that go back

centuries.

The violence marks a dramatic escalation of a conflict that has simmered since October, when a similar, but much smaller, series of Rohingya attacks on security posts prompted a fierce military response dogged by allegations of human rights abuses.

The top U.N. human rights official, Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, called on Myanmar on Tuesday to ensure its security forces refrained from using disproportionate force, adding that the political leadership had a duty to protect all civilians “without discrimination”. “This turn of events is

deplorable. It was predicted and could have been prevented,” he said.

Myanmar’s National Security Adviser Thaung Tun said at a news conference that Myanmar had come under attack and had the full right to defend itself. He added that “security personnel have been instructed to make sure that innocent civilians are not harmed”.

NO MAN’S LAND Bangladesh is already host to more than 400,000 Rohingya refugees who have fled Buddhistmajority Myanmar since the early 1990s. Dhaka has asked the U.N. to pressure Myanmar over its treatment of the Muslim minority, insisting it cannot accept any

more. Still, more than 8,700 have registered in Bangladesh since Friday, the U.N. said. Hundreds of new arrivals milled around the entrance of the Kutapalong makeshift camp, the biggest unofficial refugee camp on the Bangladesh side of the border. Village elders said many of the Muslim hamlets near the border were empty, and said troops and ethnic Rakhine Buddhists had set fire to homes.

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Ministry of tourism promotes ‘Bali Brand’

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Tastes of the Season at Shiki Japanese Restaurant

Aiming to draw 8 million tourists

DENPASAR—Branding plays a strategic role in selling any product to including tourist destinations to potential tourists. The RI’s Ministry of Tourism has therefor been working on branding 10 major destinations in Indonesia including Bali. This new branding is expected to draw more visitors to Bali.

The Ministry of Tourism’s new branding of these destinations was revealed to the heads of districts/municipal tourism offices from across Bali and related organizations on Monday (Aug. 28). The event was opened by Deputy of Overseas Marketing Development for the Minsityr of Tourism I Gede Pitana with two peakers Dr. Hery Margono and Bayu Asmara explaining some of the details.

In the Governor of Bali’s speech that was read out by the Head of Bali Tourism, A.A. Gede Yuniartha Putra, he said that tourism in Bali has grown since the 1920s and has seen its ups and downs over the years. The future of this sector, nonetheless still has a lot of potential and ability to influence other sectors.

In fact, the target is to have 8 million tourists visit Bali in 2019.

IN order to achieve this target, the government will strive to improve infrastructure, the management of destinations and do more intensive marketing.

Deputy of Overseas Tourism Marketing Development, I Gede Pitana, stated that Bali’s branding with the tag line “The Island of the Gods” is quite strong and includes many aspects of Bali including being paradise island. Now, it is up to everyone in the community to make sure that reality lives up to this tagline. Branding is a kind of promise to consumers and depends on reputation.

“Therefore, branding is vital in selling products. It is very hard to sell a product without communicating to potential consumers through branding. I am quite optimistic that Bali as a brand seduce, stimulate and motivate tourists to visit Bali’, said Pitana.

He added that the first thing to do is to promote the brand through books, calendar of events and by means of standard tagline. Secondly we need to work to live up to all the elements include in the tagline such as being hospitable, peaceful, beautiful, clean and tactile. In other words, the community must maintain all the components that make up the ”sapta pesona” philosophy.

If we can consistently maintain these in Bali, out reputation will be made. “ Branding is meaningless if we do nothing”, said Pitana. (kmb12)

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Formulation of regional bylaw draft

Hoteliers and restaurateurs obliged to purchase Bali beef

DENPASAR —In the near future, all hotels and restaurants will have to purchase Bali beef as set forth in one of the articles of the regional regulation draft on the management of Bali cattle being discussed by the Bali House of Representatives. Before being stipulated, the parliament plans to invite hoteliers and restaurateurs to discuss the matter on Wednesday (Aug. 30). This new regulation is in response to the fact that all this time, hotels and restaurants generally use imported beef.

“Firstly, we want local beef to enter this market, and secondly we want to know what their reasons are for not using local Bali beef. There must be a reason”, said Chairman of the Bali cow management regional regulation draft, I Nyoman Parta, in Denpasar, on Monday (Aug. 28).

Apparently, continued Parta, Bali beef is not in very high demand hotels and restaurants because the texture is not soft and the reason it is not as soft as imported beef is because Bali Beef tends to be harvested form cattle that are between 3- 5 years old with a weigh of anywhere from 300-450 kg or even 700 kg. The meat from older cows tend to be harder than younger cows. “If this is the issue, then through the gubernatorial regulation we will ensure that Bali Beef are harvested between 1.5 and 2.5 years in order to be accepted by hotels and restaurants.This way the meat will be softer. But we need to ask will hotels and restaurants then want this beef. That’S why we are meeting with them”, explained this PDI-P politician.

According to Parta, breeders generally do not mind slaughtering

their cows earlier as long as they get a good price for the meat. For live cows, breeders are lucky if their cows are priced at IDR 100,000 per kg. So if they are slaughtering their cows earlier, they must be assured that hotels and restaurants will not reject this meat for other reasons.

It is therefor important to know what hotels and restaurants want so that everything from research to assistance can be suitably arranged.

IN terms of number of cattle, Bali has enough to supply this market.

“Bali produces 50,000 beef cattle. So, if even if only 30 percent is absorbed by hotels and restaurants it would be enough – let alone 50 percent. Do not think about the weather their meat will be sold in Java or Bali, they are only concerned about the price”, explained Chairman of the Commission IV who added that there will be sanctions imposed on hotels and restaurants for the misdemeanor of not complying with regional regulations.

Head of the Bali Animal Husbandry and Animal Health Agency, I Putu Sumantra, said that Bali beef actually has a lot of potential to penetrate the hotel and restaurant market. They do however need

to be some changes regarding the needs of breeders and those of the market. For example wagyu (Japanese beef) must be selected first before being slaughtered at a young age. Only the best quality cows should be bred and the beef also needs to be well treated. That is why even the poorest quality of imported beef is priced at IDR 200 per kilogram.

“Wagyu cows are castrated and are given good feed of concentrate and cereal. If our breeders start doing this it will mean an added cost for them. It could also mean getting a better price for their meat, but will hotel and restaurants accept Bali Beef if the quality of this beef is in fact improved?”, questioned Sumantra.

Hotels and restaurants play a important role in Japan which allowed wagyu to have such a high price. In Bali, hotels require about 600 tons of beef per year. Bali is capable of supplying this demand.

“Hotels need bout 600 tons of beef per year so for a 2 year old Bali cow weighing 250 kg, only 15,000 heads would be needed to meet this demand, while currently Bali produces from 50,000 heads”, he said. (kmb32)

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Carrying capacity of Bali needs attention

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University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory are working on which they hope will help ensure fair distribution of deep community wells in Bangladesh.

Can technology help Bangladesh end mass arsenic poisoning?

BANGKOK - Almost a quarter of a century after public health experts discovered mass public poisoning in Bangladesh caused by water contaminated with arsenic, the government is planning a new push to end the scourge, while researchers are designing an app to find safe sites for new wells.

About 20 million Bangladeshis, or one in eight, have been drinking water with arsenic levels higher than the government’s limit of 50 microgrammes (µg) per litre, said Kazi Matin Uddin Ahmed, geology department chair at the University of Dhaka.

That limit is five times higher than the World Health Organization (WHO) guideline of 10 microgrammes per litre.

When the lower ceiling is used, the number affected jumps to 45 million people, according to a book published this month by the International Water Association.

Long-term exposure to the highly toxic substance - which is colourless, tasteless and odourless but found in millions of shallow wells across Bangladesh - leads to arsenicosis, which can cause skin lesions, cancer, cardiovascular disease and diabetes, as well as impaired cognitive function in children, according to the WHO. In 2002, the U.N. agency described the Bangladesh crisis as “the largest mass poisoning of a population in history”.

“It’s been an emergency for the past 20 years,” said Alexander van Geen, a professor at Columbia University’s Lamont-

Doherty Earth Observatory, who has worked with Ahmed since 2000 to find solutions.

An estimated 5 percent of deaths in Bangladesh are attributable to drinking water that is high in arsenic, he said.

Now the Bangladesh government is planning a four-year, $200-million programme to tackle the problem, according to officials at the Department of Public Health Engineering (DPHE).

Proposed activities include testing wells, raising awareness of the dangers, and installing site-specific solutions, said Md. Saifur Rahman, an executive engineer with the DPHE. The plan is awaiting approval by a high-level government committee, and could start next year, officials said.

The sheer number of wells around 10 million, 90 percent of which are privately owned - makes testing and maintaining them a huge task.

Between 1999 and 2006, donors and the government organised awareness-raising programmes and the testing of nearly 5 million wells, but efforts tapered off after that, according to a 2016 Human Rights Watch (HRW) report.

Paint marking safe and unsafe wells has worn off, while many new ones have been dug and people mistakenly believe the issue has largely been resolved.

DIGGING DEEP Bangladesh is the country most affected by arsenic poisoning, but naturally occurring arsenic is a problem in other parts of the world too.

Experts estimate that more than 150 million people are exposed to drinking water with arsenic levels higher than the WHO guideline, including in India, the United States, China, Vietnam, Myanmar and Argentina.

The most sustainable and costeffective solution in Bangladesh is to sink deep tube wells 150 metres (492 ft) or more in the ground that can serve communities, said geology professor Ahmed.

In these wells, the water usually meets WHO standards, but they cost about $1,000 each to install - more if deeper. As that is beyond the reach of ordinary Bangladeshis, the government usually pays for them.

Other options like rainwater harvesting tend to be smallscale and seasonal, while treating surface or groundwater is

expensive and requires regular maintenance, Ahmed said.

Some experts argue that solving the problem is more of a governance challenge than a technical issue.

The government did sink tens of thousands of deep tube wells across Bangladesh but they are not concentrated in areas that need them most, said Richard Pearshouse, author of the HRW report.

“A village that has 1 percent of its wells contaminated has as many deep tube wells as a village where 99 percent of its wells are contaminated,” he said.

Researchers from HRW also found deep tube wells in the fenced compounds of politically influential people, blaming a government policy allowing members of parliament to allocate up to half of the well locations.

“After somebody gets elected, there’s a greater likelihood for there to be a deep well within a 100-metre radius of that person,” said Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak, a Bangladesh-born economics professor at Yale, who plans to release the results of his work later this year.

Such political interference is “a large part” of why previous efforts have had limited impact, HRW’s Pearshouse said.

A senior official, who did not want to be named, acknowledged the criticism, but said the government had now initiated its plan to

tackle the arsenic problem.

TECHNOLOGY TO THE RESCUE? Pearshouse welcomed the new state-led programme but said it would need to eliminate political meddling to succeed.

Van Geen said Lamont researchers are developing a mobile-based mapping application to help DPHE employees collect and input data on wells using a smartphone or tablet.

The app will display a map of all tested wells and their status, and can assess the suitability of potential sites for deep wells, increasing the chances of more equitable distribution, van Geen said.

The maps should be displayed outside local government offices, he added. “This is not so much about technology ... but about making information available in a way that will affect local policy decisions,” he told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

The team has received funding from the U.S. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, but van Geen is looking for additional backing to launch the app in six months.

Yale’s Mobarak, who also advises the Bangladesh government, said providing more information was “a good first step”, but it would need to be paired with incentives for local governments to perform well in reducing arsenic levels in their water. (rtr)

DENPASAR — The carrying capacity of Bali is dynamic and influenced by many factors. Land and water are measures of its natural factors while infrastructure for providing clean water, electricity and social demographics represent some of the man- made factors. “If we talk about food security, then we get into agricultural factors.

It is important to work towards maintaining farming so that we can become self-sufficient, instead of having to bring food in form other places”, said Agung Suryawan Wiranatha, an environmental observer, recently.

Comfort is another aspect of Bali’s carrying capacity. “ It terms of numbers, Bali’s carrying capacity depends of different factors”, he added. For example, if Bali is able to process wastewater into clean water and provide a clean water supply as well as process river water into

clean water, then we can increase Bali’s carrying capacity.

Likewise, traffic congestion represents a limit to the islands carrying capacity. However if Bali is able to provide public transport, improve roads and come up with more effective methods of transportation then fewer people will be using private vehicles and more people will be able to use the roads and traffic will lighten. SO again the carrying capacity depends on how we manage things.

In terms of electricity, we can use rivers as a source of hydro power as well as solar cells, wind power as well as sea currents.

By using a variety of sources of electricity to supply the needs of Bali, the carrying capacity will also increase. “ So we cannot say for certain that Bali has a carrying capacity of 5 million people”, said Wiranatha.

In fact it is difficult to determine such a figure. The most important thing is to look at indicators of variables that represents different limits. The most obvious limits to Bali,s carrying capacity involve land and people.

Not all land can be built on because there must be some left for agriculture. “ We must always have farms, we need to maintain them”, he concluded.

The amount of land is limited, therefor there needs to be a limit on the number of people who can be invited to live in Bali whether permanently or as tourists. Saying that we can simply built vertically to accommodate more people is not viable. “ What about roads and what about water? We are worried it will even trigger more congestion like in Jakarta. After building vertically, finally the solution is to relocate the capital. Do we want to relo-

Traffic congestion represents capacity. cate this Bali?”, he joked.

Demographically there is also a limit in terms of culture. The unique culture of Bali is based on Balinese activities and if the majority of Balinese people are no longer practising this culture or of the majority of the people on the

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a limit to the islands carrying

island are not Balinese then how is this culture to be maintained?. “ Will tourists still want to come to Bali if they cannot see Balinese culture? What makes Bali unique and exotic is Balinese cutlure itself, thus we need to give attention to this too” said Wiranatha. (kmb45)

Arrangement of Japanese Cave waits for review of geological team

SEMARAPURA — The desire of Klungkung district to arrange the Japanese Cave located on the road side of Banjarangkan-Semarapura has not been realized yet. This happens because it is still awaiting geological studies from a team of experts. The projects that can be implemented this year are only the arrangement of parking space and construction of gazebo with a budget of hundreds of millions of rupiah.

Division Head of Spatial Planning at the Klungkung Public Works, Spatial Planning and Settlement Area Agency, Gusti Gede Gunarta, said on Sunday (Aug. 27) that pursuant to the initial draft, the

The projects that can be implemented this year are only the arrangement of parking space and construction of gazebo with a budget of hundreds of millions of rupiah.

district government allocates IDR 3 billion for the cave arrangement.

This budget is going to be used for construction of open stage, kiosks and toilets. But on the way, the conditions are even different.

In the discussion, the proposed budget was corrected quite a lot where the approved amount is only worth around IDR 500 million. The budget is focused on the arrangement of parking space,

construction of revetment as high as three meters to anticipate the collapse of parking space as it sits on the lips of Bubuh River, and the construction of gazebo as a resting place.

“Since this year’s budget is only valued at such amount, the other activities like construction of toilets cannot be realized,” he explained.

The arrangement, he continued, has not touched on the main tour-

ist attraction, namely the Japanese Cave. It remains to await the study of the geological team. It is important to know its solidity. “The solidity must be measured first,” he said.

Planning of this project has been accomplished. Although there are several pending projects, this official from Karangasem added that it is not useless. However, it can still be used for next year’s development. (kmb45)

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Damages never handled

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KPNP rolls out petition to save coral reef

SEMARAPURA — The handling of damages to coral reef in the waters of Nusa Penida is never realized. It is not only questioned by the community. As the latest development, the residents coalesced into the members of Nusa Penida Lovers Community (KPNP) also made a petition to save coral reef.

If this petition is not responded, they threatened to go to the office of relevant agencies.

Chairman of the KPNP, Nyoman Widana, said that since the damage occurred a month ago, the handling of coral reef is not seen. Actually, the identification measure has been done by related agencies. Faced with such conditions, residents are made disappointed. To follow up the condition, the steps taken are not only by sending a letter to the Bali fisheries and maritime affairs through the water conservation area (KKP) of Nusa Penida containing the request to take immediate handling measure. The community also makes petition to rescue the coral reefs shared online.

“Bali fisheries and maritime affairs submitted in the media that it will follow up the damage after getting the results of identification.

However, in reality the follow up has not been seen yet. Now, we have made a petition,” he said on Monday (Aug. 28).

This man from Suana village confirmed that if there is no follow-up responding to the petition, he will collect the residents of Nusa Penida to jointly come to the office of the Bali fisheries and maritime affairs. “We want this to be resolved soon. This case should not disappear,” he said.

The use of pontoon in the waters of Nusa Penida also seems uncontrollable. This is accused of being the trigger of damages to coral reefs in the sea. In order not to continue, the government is also asked to take action. If any breach is found, the owners must be sanctioned. “There must be firmness, do not let Nusa Penida be destroyed because of that,” he pleaded.

In the meantime, the Head of Bali Fisheries and Maritime Affairs, I Made Gunaja, explained that the handling of coral reef is still coordinated with several parties. “We gather today (Monday—

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The handling of damages to coral reef in the waters of Nusa Penida is never realized.

Ed), to get the solution. There should be an agreement regarding what to be done, which party must be responsible and how extent is the damage,” he said.

If the destroyer of coral reef is clear, it will be asked to be responsible by doing rehabilitation.

To anticipate the emergence of

similar case, he asked the community to jointly conduct supervision.

“For the community, let us guard together. Otherwise, in five more years to come the coral reef will become extinct,” he said.

In addition to coral reef, the management of the KKP Nusa Penida is also proposed to the min-

istry for review. It includes the use of pontoons. “As planned, we’d like to change the management in order to have a legal instrument which locations are permitted under the legal instrument of the ministry. We have written and if it has been issued, we will persuasively disseminate it,” he said. (kmb45)

Impact of various govt programs

Poverty rate in Buleleng downs 32.16 percent

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The government of Buleleng claimed the poverty rate in North Bali has been suppressed.

SINGARAJA — Having been criticized related to the highest poverty rate in Bali, the government of Buleleng claimed the poverty rate in North Bali has been suppressed.

Based on the data from 2011 to 2015, the poverty rate in this region fell by 32.16 percent. This decline happens due to the implementation of several programs by district

government, central government assistance, and funding from the Bali provincial government.

Data at the Buleleng social services stated that the results of data collection on social protection program (PPLS) in 2011 show that poverty in Buleleng reached 51.384 families. In the meantime, the evaluation of the national team

for the acceleration of poverty reduction (TNP2K) and the ministry of social affairs indicated the poor population in North Bali based on the data of the family welfare program beneficiaries (PSKS) in 2014 is recorded to reach 41,929 very poor families (KSM), showing a decrease of 9,455 poor families.

When entering 2015, the Buleleng social services verified and validated the poverty targeting 41,929 recipient families of KPS. As a result, there is a decrease in the very poor families in the area as much as 7,069. Based on these data for five years, the poverty in the region of Panji Sakti region decreased by 16,524 very poor families or the percentage of decline reached 32.16 percent.

On the other hand, social services noted that beyond the poor families receiving the PSKS programs are found poor families that are not recorded in the poor population database in 2011 to 2014. These residents are recorded to never receive any social protection program. The scattered poor population causes the increase of poor population from 34,860 very

poor families and 14,371 scattered very poor families so that this situation caused poverty in Buleleng to increase up to 49,231 very poor families from the number of population reaching 811,929 people.

Head of the Buleleng Social Services, Gede Komang, after attending the staff meeting at the regent’s office on Monday (Aug. 28) said that based on the latest data it is clear that poverty in his region has been suppressed. The reduction itself has been successfully carried out with the implementation of poverty program funded by regional budget of Buleleng, regional budget of Bali, state budget and corporate assistance through the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program. Among some poverty alleviation programs, the hope family program (PKH), rehabilitation and housing assistance for poor families and the assistance of the joint business group (KUBE) have been proved to be successful in alleviating poverty line.

“If the poverty in our region is claimed to increase much, I think it is too excessive. The data clearly indicate the decline of 32.16 per-

cent. It can be suppressed because the existence of some programs such as PKH targeting 11,407 poor people, house refurbishment including KUBE assistance targeting 3,420 poor people,” he said.

In the meantime, related to the finding of data on poor population that are not yet recorded, Gede Komang said that local government began earlier this month to update and delete the poverty data.

The poor and unrecorded population will be validated so that they can be listed as poor population and targeted for poverty reduction in the following years. After that, the data of population actually having no longer been listed as poor population will be ‘deleted’ so that they will no longer be recorded in the data of poverty.

“We are still validating the data. Indeed, we will process the unrecorded, and on the contrary the people having showed improved prosperity but still recorded in the data of poor family will be updated.

Similarly, the data of poor family and those having died or migrated will updated, so the data become accurate,” he said. (kmb38)

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Women walk past a large TV screen showing news about North Korea’s missile launch in Tokyo, Japan, August 29, 2017.

North Korea’s ”reckless” missile launch over Japan sharply escalates tension

KABUL - A suicide bomber blew himself up at a bank close to the heavily protected U.S. embassy in the Afghan capital Kabul on Tuesday, killing at least five people and wounding eight, the interior ministry said.

The bomber hit the entrance to a Kabul Bank branch in the welloff area of Kabul, close to the main diplomatic quarter, ministry spokesman Najib Danish said. He said at least five people had been killed and eight wounded.

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, which came as banks were busy with people taking out money ahead of the Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday at the end of the week, saying it had targeted soldiers and police withdrawing their salaries.

The latest in a long series of suicide attacks in Kabul highlight the danger in the city, where 209 civilians were killed and 777 injured in the first half of the year, according to U.N. figures.

The Taliban, fighting to restore Islamic law and drive out international forces backing the government in Kabul, have carried out many of the attacks. Other militant groups, including the affiliated Haqqani network and the local branch of Islamic State, have carried out others.

Attacks on banks where soldiers and police withdraw their salaries have become a regular tactic of the Taliban and the movement’s spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said several members of the security forces had been killed. There was no confirmation from the government.

President Ashraf Ghani’s government, facing growing public anger over insecurity in Kabul, has started tightening checks around the centre of the city, where many of the most deadly attacks have taken place. (rtr)

TOKYO - North Korea fired a ballistic missile over Japan’s northern Hokkaido island into the sea early on Tuesday, prompting warnings to residents to take cover and drawing a sharp reaction from Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The test, one of the most provocative ever from the reclusive state, came as U.S. and South Korean forces conduct annual military exercises on the peninsula, to which North Korea strenuously objects.

North Korea has conducted dozens of ballistic missile tests under young leader Kim Jong Un, the most recent on Saturday, but firing projectiles over mainland Japan is rare.

“North Korea’s reckless action is an unprecedented, serious and a grave threat to our nation,” Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told reporters.

Abe said he spoke to U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday and they agreed to increase pressure on North Korea. Trump also said the United States was “100 percent with Japan”, Abe told reporters.

South Korea’s military said the missile was launched from near the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, just before 6 a.m. (2100 GMT Monday) and flew 2,700 km (1,680 miles), reaching an altitude of about 550 km (340 miles).

Four South Korean fighter jets

bombed a military firing range on Tuesday after President Moon Jaein asked the military to demonstrate capabilities to counter North Korea.

South Korea and the United States had discussed deploying additional “strategic assets” on the Korean peninsula, the presidential Blue House said in a statement, without giving more details.

North Korea remained defiant.

“The U.S. should know that it can neither browbeat the DPRK with any economic sanctions and military threats and blackmail nor make the DPRK flinch from the road chosen by itself,” North Korea’s official Rodong Sinmun said later on Tuesday, using the initials of the North’s official name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

LOUDSPEAKER WARNINGS Global markets reacted to the escalation in tension, buying safe-haven assets such as gold, the Swiss franc and even the Japanese yen on expectation domestic investors would bring large amounts of currency home in

times of uncertainty.

Stocks fell, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 index closing down half a percent, and South Korea’s KOSPI index 0.25 percent lower.

Some experts said the test appeared to have been of a recently developed intermediate-range Hwasong-12 missile, but there was no clear consensus.

This month, North Korea threatened to fire four missiles into the sea near the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam after Trump said it would face “fire and fury” if it threatened the United States.

“Alas, Pyongyang has demonstrated that its threats to the U.S. base on Guam are not a bluff,” Konstantin Kosachev, chairman of Russia’s upper house of parliament’s international affairs committee, said on social media.

North Korea fired what it said was a rocket carrying a communications satellite into orbit over Japan in 2009 after warning of its plan. The United States, Japan and South Korea considered it a ballistic missile test. (rtr)

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An Afghan security force stands guard at the site of a suicide bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan August 29, 2017.

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SHANGHAI - Hong Kong stocks fell on Tuesday in line with losses in other major global markets after North Korea fired a missile over Japan, escalating geo-political tensions. tors.

After two sessions of solid gains, the CSI300 index fell 0.2 percent to 3,834.33 points while the Shanghai Composite Index gained 0.1 percent to 3,364.72.

Investors are awaiting more corporate earnings before monthend, and the latest readings on the health of China’s factory and service sectors.

China’s factories likely posted another solid month of growth in August, suggesting the world’s second-largest economy is still growing at a healthy clip despite rising financing costs and a cooling housing market, a Reuters poll showed ahead of an official survey on Thursday.

“We’ve seen improvement in sectors such as steel, coal and nonferrous metal, thanks to supply-side reforms,” said Shanghai-based hedge fund manager David Dai. “The uptrend in cyclical sectors will likely continue.”

The market has also drawn support from signs that the government

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is accelerating the pace of reforms for state-owned enterprises (SOEs).

China announced on Monday that top coal miner Shenhua Group Corp Ltd will take over China Guodian Group Corp , among the

country’s top five state power producers, in a deal that will create the world’s largest power utility worth $278 billion.

Guodian’s listed units, including Guodian Changyuan Electric Power,

Ningxia Younglight Chemicals, Yantai Longyuan Power Technology and Inner Mongolia Pingzhuang Energy Resources, soared on confirmation of the deal, which had been widely reported earlier. (rtr)

WASHINGTON - The U.S. goods trade deficit increased in July as exports fell, suggesting that trade would make a modest contribution to economic growth in the third quarter.

The Commerce Department said on Monday the goods trade gap increased 1.7 percent to $65.1 billion last month. Exports declined 1.3 percent, weighed down by an 8.0 percent tumble in shipments of motor vehicles.

There were also decreases in exports of consumer goods last month. Capital goods exports rose 1.5 percent.

“Early on in the third-quarter data cycle, we think trade will be a slightly positive factor for growth during the quarter,” said Daniel Silver, an economist at JPMorgan in New York.

“With the July data now in hand for capital goods shipments and related

trade flows, we think real equipment spending will be strong in the third quarter.”

Imports fell 0.3 percent, reflecting a 2.8 percent drop in motor vehicle imports as well as a 1.7 percent decline in industrial supplies. Capital goods imports rose 2.0 percent last months and imports of consumer goods dipped 0.1 percent.

“The readings on consumer and capital goods imports are consistent with our view of ongoing expansion in U.S. economic activity, led by household and business spending,” said Michael Gapen, chief economist at Barclays Capital in New York.

The government will publish its comprehensive trade report, which includes services, next week. Trade added nearly two-tenths of a percentage point to the economy’s 2.6 percent annualized growth rate in the

second quarter.

The Commerce Department also reported on Monday that wholesale inventories increased 0.4 percent in July after rising 0.6 percent in June.

However, retail inventories fell 0.2 percent after advancing 0.6 percent in June.

Retail inventories, excluding motor vehicles and parts, the component that goes into the calculation of gross domestic product also fell 0.2 percent last month after rising 0.5 percent in June.

Despite July’s soft inventory data, economists remained optimistic that inventory investment would contribute to growth in the third quarter.

Inventory investment had a neutral impact on second-quarter GDP after slicing 1.46 percentage points from output in the first three months of the year. (rtr)

U.S. goods trade deficit widens in July; retail inventories fall

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A man looks over employment opportunities at a jobs center in San Francisco, California, U.S, February 4, 2010.

Traditional Archers Take Action at Sangeh

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Tourists descend on an escalator inside a shopping mall at the Peak in Hong Kong, China August 4, 2017.

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Warung Rangkung Lebih, Comes with Vegetarian and Fish Menu

Hong Kong stocks follow global markets lower after N.Korea missile launch; China calm But equity markets in China, an economic ally of North Korea, remained around 20-month highs, bolstered by robust earnings reports and expectations of further restructuring of state-owned firms which could lead to more mergers and acquisitions.

Hong Kong’s benchmark index Hang Seng dropped 0.4 percent to 27,763.09 points by the lunch break, while the Hong Kong China Enterprises Index lost 0.3 percent to 11,310.61.

North Korea fired a missile early on Tuesday that flew over Japan and landed in the Pacific about 1,180 km (735 miles) off Hokkaido. The test is seen one of the most provocative ever from the reclusive state.

However, Hong Kong-listed Chinese real estate shares bucked the trend, with property giant China Evergrande Group jumping 3.7 percent after it pledged to slash debt by 2020.

Mainland China stocks appeared little fazed by North Korea, as they are largely driven by domestic fac-

Wednesday, August 30, 2017

The atmosphere at the traditional archery skills event in the open field of Sangeh Viilage, Petang, Badung on Sunday (May 28) harkened back to era of the great kingdoms. The archers appeared like soldiers or royal courtiers pitting their supernatural powers against one and other. Dressed in traditional Javanese attire, including kirs and other accessories or in Balinese black and white checkered apparel like Hindu solidiers they competed like knights to have their arrows hit the bull’s eye.

Concentration and focus led them in turns to hit the target. All were formidable archers from the land of Java and Bali participating in the Gita Raja Art Festival, an event to commemorate the first anniversary of the Pancer Langiit Bali Foundation.

The match took place excitingly with some archers targeting around 100-meter goals divided into in several sessions. “This competition is unique with much charm. This event serves to train the archers in mental and archery skills”, explained an archer from Surakarta named L. Eddy Roostopo, who acted as a judge.

This man familiarly addressed as Popop said archery is great for youngsters. In addition to its atheltic qualities, archery also carries

extraodrinary philosophy in terms of learning to focus, concentration and the practice of self-control. If one is introduced to archery early, mental stregth is honed and leads to great acheivements. “Unfortunately, traditional archery has been removed from the national games (PON). Actually it is a national cultural treasures that should be preserved, but instead it has been eliminated”, said this gold medalist of the PON XI. Archery has much to teach youngsters in terms of self-discipline, he said. “Traditional archery contests are part of efforts to preserve our cultural assets. There used to be a national archery league that competed in the national games.

Hopefully, traditional archery will again be included in evens like the

provincial games and the national games”, said A.A. Rahma Putra, the founder of Pancer Langiit Bali Foundation.

The Gita Raja Art Festival also included the performnace of several traditional dances such as Teruna Jaya Dance, Jauk Dance as well as single drum performances and puppet gender gamelan show.

There was also a modern dance workshop conducted by the Loka Art Dance and an archery workshop by SIPAS Solo, Central Java.

“Through this event, the members of Pancer Langit hope to gain experience in professinal art management. Preserving traditional arts also gives birth to new artistic creations that are rooted in the noble values of tradition” he concluded. (kmb)

Lebih Beach tourist area in Gianyar is very famous for its culinary tourism. Various menus with fish ingredients become the main serving of every stall on the edge of this exotic beach. Then, is there any food outlet for vegetarians?

Well, the atmosphere of togetherness will definitely change because some group members have to eat in different place and seat apart.

However, do not be afraid because Warung Rangkung Lebih has prepared the best solution.

Warung Rangkung Lebih is located on the west of Lebih Beach and east of Bali Safari & Marine Park. Precisely, it is on Jalan Prof. Dr. I.B. Mantra, in the area of Carik Sekalan, Beten Kelod hamlet, Keramas.

In addition to offering vegetarian menus, this food stall also offers fish menu, so that between vegetarians and those who eat meat can eat together at the same place.

The location is cool because it is close to green paddy field near a river overgrown with large trees. Various types of plants do not only add to the beauty, but also give birth to unique stories of the ancestors.

The most favorite simple menu is Nasi Campur (mixed rice) consisting of white rice, tempeh sate, corncakes, tofu, cucumber and long bean. Interestingly, it is filled with fried shallot to make the aroma of food more delicious. This mixed rice is liked best by visitors, especially local people. “Foreign tourists also like this vegetarian mixed rice,” said Operations Manager, Dewa Raka.

Another menu is grilled fish a la Rangkung, posing a special menu as it offers complete servings, such as grilled snapper, white rice with squid satay, grilled shrimp, vegetables plecing accompanied with raw condiment, red sauce and soy sauce. There is also fried rice served with carrots, celery, chicken satay and shrimp crackers.

READ Experience Spectacular Komodo Festival 2017 In total, there are about 26 types of menu on offer, both taking advantage of fish and vegetarian ingredients. In addition, there are various drinks such as young coconut, juice, tea, coffee and others.

For alcoholic beverages, the warung only offers beer at special events.

The warung opened from 09:00 to 17:00 is usually crowded on Saturday, Sunday and other holidays. It happens because Warung Rangkung Lebih is also equipped with some challenging games, such as tree top, flying fox, swing, trekking, camping, fishing and walking on top. “After playing games, visitors usually choose to eat here, while others deliberately come here to enjoy the Rangkung menus,” said Dewa Raka.

Warung Rangkung Lebih has a capacity of 35 seats for indoor area. Meanwhile, it is also equipped with gazebo often selected for a meeting place, reception, birthday and other big events. “At the end of this August, there is a reservation for wedding reception and so is the following month,” concluded Dewa Raka. (kmb)

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Harvey brings death, destruction to Houston as flood waters rise

HOUSTON - Floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey are likely to rise as more torrential rain pounds the U.S. Gulf Coast, where at least eight people have already been killed in Texas and tens of thousands driven from their homes, officials said on Monday.

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Environmental activists from several countries chain themselves to the trees during their action in the defence of one of the last primeval forests in Europe, Bialowieza forest, Poland August 29, 2017.

Rohingya fleeing Myanmar...

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Around another 4,000 people were stranded in the no man’s land between the two countries near Taung Bro village, where temporary shelters stretched for several hundred metres on a narrow strip between the Naf river and Myanmar’s border fence.

Reuters reporters saw women, some carrying children and the sick, fording the river, which at that location is less than 10 metres wide. Bangladeshi border guards permitted about half a dozen people at a time to cross to access a pile of donated medicines.

“We came here out of fear for our lives, but we can’t cross. So we don’t know what to do,” said Aung Myaing, from Taung Bro Let Way village, standing knee-deep in the river.

When asked about insurgents he said: “We didn’t see them, we have no relation to them. But Myanmar doesn’t distinguish between the terrorists and civilians. They are hunting all the Rohingya.”

Many Rohingya trying to enter Bangladesh were sick and at least six have died after making the crossing, an aid worker said, adding that fear of being caught and sent back meant some refused to seek help.

EVACUATION An army source in Rakhine told Reuters that troops were hunting down insurgents across the region, clearing landmines and evacuating non-Muslims and government staff. The government continued a mass evacuation of thousands of ethnic Rakhine Buddhists from the area, where they are a minority, to larger towns, police stations and army bases. “All the people want to follow the army to get out of here. We have no cooking oil, we have no vegetables, we only have rice and people are in poor health,” Maung Thein Hla, a Rakhine resident stranded in the village of Taman Thar, told Reuters.

Satellite imagery analysed by New York-based Human Rights Watch showed widespread burnings in at least 10 areas in northern Rakhine since the Friday raids, the group said. Home Affairs Minister General Kyaw Swe said construction materials imported by international aid groups to northern Rakhine, such as steel pipes, have been used by insurgents to make weapons. “We have found out that those things were used in handmade mines and handmade cartridges when it got to extremists and (were used to) attack our security forces,” said Kyaw Swe at a news conference.

The U.N. and international aid groups evacuated all “noncritical” staff out of the area after Suu Kyi’s office repeatedly published pictures of World Food Programme energy biscuits allegedly found at an insurgent camp and after it said it was investigating aid groups support for the insurgents in one incident.

The army source said the militants had produced a large number of landmines and were ambushing troops before quickly vanishing into the forests and mountains. “This is their region. Any village can be their base camp - any mosque can be their headquarters,” he said. “We cannot distinguish who are insurgents or who are villagers.” (rtr)

Thousands of National Guard troops, police officers, rescue workers and civilians raced in helicopters, boats and special highwater trucks to rescue the hundreds stranded in the catastrophic storm that has crippled Houston, the nation’s fourth-largest city.

Harvey has already dumped more rain in the past few days than some affected areas normally see in a year.

The storm was the most powerful hurricane to strike Texas in more than 50 years when it hit land on Friday near Corpus Christi, 220 miles (354 km) southwest of Houston.

The worst is far from over because the slow-moving storm will continue to dump rain over the next few days in an area hit by “unprecedented” flooding, the National Weather Service said.

“Additional heavy rainfall overnight is expected to worsen the flood situation in southeastern Texas and southwestern Louisiana,” the National Hur-

ricane Center said.

Forecasts show that some spots in and around Houston could see an additional 12 inches (30 cm) of rain on Tuesday, bringing the total rainfall from Harvey to about 50 inches (127 cm) in parts of the city’s metro area.

U.S. President Donald Trump plans to go to Texas on Tuesday to survey the damage and may also visit Louisiana, where the storm is now dumping rain.

Trump, facing the biggest U.S. natural disaster since he took office in January, has signed disaster proclamations for Texas and Louisiana, triggering federal relief efforts.

Among the most recent fatalities from the storm was a family that included two adults and four children who were believed to have drowned after the van they were in was swept away by floodwaters in Houston, authorities said on Monday.

In scenes evoking the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in

2005, police and Coast Guard teams have each rescued more than 3,000 people, plucking many from rooftops by helicopter, as they urged the hundreds more believed to be marooned in flooded houses to hang towels or sheets outside to alert rescuers.

Regina Costilla, 48, said she and her 16-year-old son had been rescued from their home by a good Samaritan with a boat. She worried until she was reunited with her husband and dog, who had been left behind because they did not fit into the boat.

“I’m not complaining, we’re alive,” she said.

Schools and office buildings were closed throughout the metropolitan area, home to 6.8 million people, as chest-high water filled some neighborhoods in the low-lying city.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency director Brock Long estimated that 30,000 people would eventually be housed temporarily in shelters. (rtr)

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Indonesian govt to evaluate funding for parties

J A K A RTA - I n d o n e s i a s Home Affairs Minister Tjahjo Kumolo said, the governments funding for political parties which has been raised to Rp1,000 per valid vote, would be evaluated annually, to study its effectiveness. “Every year it will be evaluated, whether it will be raised or not. We should bear in mind, this is just a support. Not binding, this is the governments participation,” Tjahjo said here, Monday.

The government has raised funding for political party from Rp108 to Rp1,000 per valid vote. The minister stressed that the fund is a form of mutual benefit between the government and political parties. The funding is aimed at strengthening parties internal consolidation. “This would need a huge fund, and with Rp1,000 per vote they (parties) would get less than Rp13 billion.”

In 2009, the governments funding has already reached

Rp1,000 per vote but it was then declined to Rp108 per vote.

“Under Sri Mulyani as Finance Minister, the economic growth has improved, stable, and we can return the funding from Rp108 to Rp1,000. We have discussed this with the House budget committee,” Tjahjo added.

Earlier on Sunday, Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati said that the ministry has set the funding for political parties at Rp1,000 per valid vote,

Indonesia awaits Russia`s decision over Sukhoi-commodities barter

JAKARTA - Trade minister Enggartiasto Lukita said here on Monday Indonesia is waiting for Russias decision to implement a barter of 11 Sukhoi fighter jets with Indonesian national commodities.

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Residents wade through flood waters from Tropical Storm Harvey in Beaumont Place, Houston, Texas, U.S., on August 28, 2017.

“We give them time to discuss it internally,” he said at the Presidential Palace compound.

The Indonesian and Russian governments have earlier made an agreement to barter 11 Sukhoi-35 fighter jets with a number of national commodities.

The agreement was realized following the signing of a memorandum of understanding by Russian state-owned company Rostec and Indonesian stateowned company PT Perusahaan Perdagangan Indonesia.

“We are still making the list (commodities for the barter) that includes furniture, coffee and sugar that we will immediately

send to them,” he said. He said all main commodities will be put in the list for Russia to choose, he added.

He said Indonesia wished to increase the added value of its commodities through the barter.

“I wish there will be an added value. Even “kerupuk” (side dish) and bisquits are now exported to Africa including Nigeria and their volume is big. They have an added value,” he said.

He said besides commodities Indonesia also offered defense system equipment including products from PT Pindad and PT Dirgantara Indonesia “Defense system equipment

is also included. We are offering products from Pindad and also PT DI including ships and others. We will make the list from which they may choose and then negotiate,” he said.

Under the MOU, Rostec agreed has assured it would buy more than one Indonesian export commodities such as rubber and its derivatives, crude palm oil and its derivatives, machineries, coffee and its derivatives, cacao and its detivatives, textile, tea, footwear, processed fish, furniture, copra, plasti. And its derivatives, resin, paper, spices, defense industrial products and others.(ant)

increasing from its previous funding of Rp108 per vote. “The Finance Minister in her letter to the Home Minister has set the funding for political parties that would be evaluated annually at Rp1,000 per valid vote,” Sri Mulyani said on Sunday.

She said, the funding would be allocated from the state budget and despite its sharp increase, the amount is still lower than the ideal funding of Rp1,071 per vote according to a

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study by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK).

Sri elaborated that the funding for political parties should be followed by a revision on government regulation no.

5/2009 on financial support to political party and the law on political party. The revision should also cover some indicators, including improvement in recruitment, politicians ethics, and implementation of political education to the public.(ant)

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Blanjong Inscription, The Forgotten Historical Mark of Bali

Tomic admits he’s ‘not the smartest’ after U.S. Open flop NEW YORK - Australian Bernard Tomic admitted he is “not the smartest person in the world” after exiting the U.S. Open in the first round on Monday with a 3-6 6-3 6-4 6-4 defeat to Gilles Muller that could send him tumbling out of the top 150.

DENPASAR - You probably never heard of Blanjong Inscription. Yes, compare to other popular and famous tourist attractions in Bali, Blanjong Inscription are quite less-famous. Actually the location is fairly at strategic points of Sanur, yet it is more isolated, tucked away location. To be precise, it is located at Desa Intaran, Sanur, Denpasar Bali.

This pillar-shaped inscription is pretty tall, with height 177 cm and a diameter of 62 cm. However, due to its location which is below the soil surface, the inscription seems located inside the well when viewed from the outside.

Though it is less popular, Blanjong Inscription contain the oldest record of Bali Island. This inscription mentioned “Walidwipa”, other name for Bali. The years engraved is 835 Caka or 913 AD, this inscription was made during the reign of Raja Sri Kesari Warmaweda in Bali.

The inscription is unique since it used two kind of language, Ancient Bali (Pra-Nagari) and Sanskrit by Kawi’s writing. It stated, in Bahasa Indonesia, “The year is 835 Caka, within the month of Phalguna, King Sri Kesari who ruled all over Sanghadwala, had defeat his adversary in Gurun and Swal. This shall be known forever.”

Known also as a Victory Milestone, the Inscription is placed in a glass cabinet to prevent the damage. Although less popular, there are also tourists who visit to see this inscription. To go there, there is a footpath about 5 foot among the shade of plants. Belanjong Inscription is categorize as national cultural heritage and protected

by Law No. 5 of 1992 as the Sanctuary of Historical and Archeological Bali Province - NTB - NTT. Curiously the scripts and languages are mixed up from what is considered the norm and has only partly been deciphered, but bears the name of Sri Kesari Warmadewa believed to be Bali’s first king, and seems to refer to military or trade connections possibly with Nusa Penida or even Maluku. However, even if you are a scholar of ancient script and language, the inscriptions are mostly covered by a ceremonial cloth, and the entire pillar is enclosed in a wood and dust-smeared glass structure that obscures it further.

The pillar is not so easy to locate as the only marker is in Indonesian—look for the sign which reads “Cagar Budaya Prasasti Blanjong”. To the left as you face Pura Belanjong on Jalan Danau Poso, a short alleyway leads to the site bounded by a stone wall and metal gate.

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Bernard Tomic

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Tomic was returning to tournament play for the first time since his first round loss at Wimbledon in July, after which he said he was bored with tennis and had played at 50 percent for much of his career.

The 24-year-old started brightly by taking the first set off the 19th seed on Monday but his lack of match fitness told as, despite frequent treatment from the trainer, he lost the next three to bow out at the first hurdle in a third straight grand slam.

Having already plummeted from 39 to 146 in the rankings since Wimbledon, Tomic now faces the very real prospect of being forced to request a wild card from Tennis Australia for his home grand slam in Melbourne in January.

In typically candid comments afterwards, Tomic said he had his motivation back after his break but still felt “trapped” in the sport he has played fulltime since he was a child, given his lack of other options to fund his lifestyle.

“I mean, it’s tough. Everyone

has their own work, their own job and it’s not like I can go and start real estate or something, restaurants. I’ve got no idea about that,” he told the Australian Associated Press.

“Yes, I can afford to do those things, but I’ve got no idea. My job’s only to play tennis and it’s all I know. I’m not going to finish a doctor’s degree. I’m not the smartest person in the world.”

Tomic’s failure to fulfil his huge potential has been a matter of great frustration to his compatriots, and his U.S. Open appearances have featured almost as many controversies as memorable victories.

He bowed out in first round last year after a foul-mouthed rant at a heckler in the crowd, and was given the unflattering nickname of “Tomic the Tank Engine” after his second round capitulation against Andy Roddick in 2012.

Tennis Australia head of performance Wally Masur warned him pre-tournament to be prepared for the grind of the minor tours if he fails to win a match at the U.S. Open. (rtr)

Thailand set to host MotoGP in 2018

BANGKOK - Thailand is set to host a round of the MotoGP world championship for the first time in 2018 with a three-year contract due to be signed in Bangkok on Thursday, series organisers announced on Monday.

The official MotoGP.com website said that Carmelo Ezpeleta, chief executive of commercial rights holders Dorna Sports, would join Sakon Wannapong, the governor of the Sports Authority of Thailand, at the formal signing.

The race will be held at the Buriram circuit in the northeast of the country.

The track, which has previously hosted the world superbike championship, will be the first all-new addition to the series since Argentina’s Termas de Rio Hondo in 2014.

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BRITISH GP Dovizioso takes MotoGP lead with British GP win Aug 27 (Reuters) - Ducati’s Andrea Dovizioso seized the lead in the MotoGP standings on Sunday by winning

the British Grand Prix at Silverstone after Honda’s triple world champion Marc Marquez retired with a blown engine.

The Italian, who had started sixth on the grid with his Spanish rival on pole position, now has 183 points to Marquez’s 174 after becoming the first rider to win four races this season.

Dovizioso passed compatriot Valentino Rossi, who had led from the start but ended up third behind Yamaha team mate Maverick Vinales, for the lead with three laps remaining.

The race was nine-times world champion Rossi’s 300th in the top category of grand prix motorcycling.

Britain’s Cal Crutchlow finished fourth on the non-factory LCR Honda bike.

Marquez had been running in third place when his engine went in a cloud of smoke on lap 14.

The next race, the 13th on the 18-round calendar, is at Misano in Italy on Sept. 10. (rtr)

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Sp rt Liverpool confirm record deal for Leipzig midfielder Keita

Liverpool have confirmed they have agreed a club record deal with German club RB Leipzig for the transfer of midfielder Naby Keita, who will move to Anfield at the start of next season.

The 22-year-old Guinea international was identified as a priority signing by Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp, but Leipzig, who are in the Champions League this season, were unwilling to let him leave in the current transfer window.

Keita has a 48 million pound ($62.14 million) release clause in his Leipzig contract that comes into effect next season and Liverpool agreed to pay an undisclosed

premium on that amount to secure his services in advance.

“I am delighted that an agreement has been reached which will allow me to join Liverpool Football Club next summer, when I will become part of a project that excites me greatly,” Keita told Liverpool’s website. (www. liverpoolfc.com) The Guinean, who scored eight goals in 31 Bundesliga appearances

Something fishy going on at Romania press conference

BUCHAREST - Romania coach Christoph Daum’s testy relationship with the country’s media took a bizarre twist on Monday when he was offered -- and refused -- a fishing rod during a press conference.

A reporter from Gazeta Sporturilor attempted to hand the rod to Daum following a previous remark by the German that the newspaper was “only good for wrapping fish.”

“Is this now comedy or do you want to speak about football,” asked Daum, speaking in English. “When do (will) you start to become a sports journalist... or do you want to go somewhere else?

“This has nothing do to with football, you only want to create funny stories,” he added.

Daum, who has coached clubs in Germany, Turkey, Austria and Belgium, has been involved in several heated exchanges with the local reporters in the past, at one pointing saying that he considered himself to be “more Romanian” than they were.

Romania, who host Armenia on Friday, are fourth in European World Cup qualifying Group E with six points from six games and have only a slim chance of reaching the playoffs for next year’s tournament in Russia.

They have won two, drawn three and lost three of their eight games since the 63-year-old took over after Euro 2016.(rtr)

for Leipzig last season and helped guide them to a second-place finish, added that he would be committed to the German club until he officially joins Liverpool in July 2018.

“Having my future resolved means I can now focus on helping RBL achieve great things this season. Until I join my new club, next summer, I will remain an interested supporter from a distance,” he said.(rtr)

Goalkeeper Pickford out of England squad with muscle injury Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford has withdrawn from England’s squad for their upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Malta and Slovakia with a muscle injury, the Football Assoc i a t i o n s a i d o n Tu e s d a y.

The uncapped 23-year-old sustained the injury during Everton’s 2-0 Premier League defeat

by Chelsea at the weekend and has returned to his club for treatment, the FA said in a statement.

“Goalkeeper Jordan Pickford has left the England camp and returned to Everton,” the FA said.

“Having reported to St George’s Park on Sunday evening, the 23-year-old underwent an assessment on a muscle injury sustained playing for his club.

“After discussions between England and Everton medics, it was decided it was in the player’s best interests to return to Finch Farm for further treatment.”

England manager Gareth Southgate has three other goalkeepers in Jack Butland, Joe Hart and Tom Heaton available.

Southgate’s team top Group F and travel to basement-side Malta on Friday before hosting secondplaced Slovakia at Wembley on Monday.(rtr) Everton’s Jordan Pickford during the warm up before the match

Romania coach Christoph Daum

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Queiroz seeking to avoid ‘turbulence’ at high-flying Iran SEOUL - Carlos Queiroz says he will not allow “external factors” to influence his decisions as Iran head coach and maintains that Masoud Shojaei was let out of his squad to face South Korea on Thursday for football reasons.

Iran, who have already qualified for next year’s World Cup finals, travelled to Seoul without veteran midfielder Shojaei, who, along with compatriot Ehsan Hajsafi, featured for Greek club Panionios against Israel’s Maccabi Tel Aviv in a Europa League playoff on Aug. 4.

The Iranian government does not recognise the state of Israel, and athletes from the country who compete against their Israeli counterparts have been banned in the past from representing Iran.

“Hajsafi and Shojaei have no place in Iran’s national football team any more ... they crossed Iran’s red line,” the country’s deputy Sports Minister Mohammad Reza Davarzani.

The move prompted FIFA to

ask Iran’s FA to provide further information on the situation. FIFA’s statutes ban political interference in its affiliated national associations, which can be suspended if the rule is breached.

If a country’s FA is suspended, it means both the national team and its clubs are barred from international competition.

However, with Hajsafi named among the 23-man squad to take on the Koreans at Seoul World Cup Stadium, Queiroz said Shojaei had been excluded for purely sporting reasons, though he did not elaborate on them. “Imagine if Carlos Queiroz starts to explain why Masoud Shojaei is not here,” he told Reuters.

“I never gave explanations about my team selections at Real Madrid or Sporting or the Portugal national team. Why should I give explanations now?

“The turbulence stays outside, whether the issues are political or religious or social or economic,” Queiroz said. “They stay outside.

“I am a man of the football en-

tertainment industry. My answer is to win the game. Don’t expect from me political answers, religious answers, racist answers because what counts for me is the game that my father taught me. “He was a coach and a player and he always told me: Never lie to the game.”

Queiroz has become a hugely popular figure in Iran during a successful spell in charge that has seen him guide the country to back-to-back appearances at the World Cup for the first time in the nation’s history.

Iran appeared at the finals in Brazil in 2014, when they were eliminated at the end of the group stage, and have already secured their place in next year’s finals despite having two qualifiers remaining. “My duty is to bring joy and happiness to the people,” he said.

“I play for the people. I work for the people. Football is the people’s game, no matter how much governments, emperors, and kings try to control it. Football is the people’s game and I work for the people and I play for the people.(rtr)

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Sp rt Liverpool confirm record deal for Leipzig midfielder Keita

Liverpool have confirmed they have agreed a club record deal with German club RB Leipzig for the transfer of midfielder Naby Keita, who will move to Anfield at the start of next season.

The 22-year-old Guinea international was identified as a priority signing by Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp, but Leipzig, who are in the Champions League this season, were unwilling to let him leave in the current transfer window.

Keita has a 48 million pound ($62.14 million) release clause in his Leipzig contract that comes into effect next season and Liverpool agreed to pay an undisclosed

premium on that amount to secure his services in advance.

“I am delighted that an agreement has been reached which will allow me to join Liverpool Football Club next summer, when I will become part of a project that excites me greatly,” Keita told Liverpool’s website. (www. liverpoolfc.com) The Guinean, who scored eight goals in 31 Bundesliga appearances

Something fishy going on at Romania press conference

BUCHAREST - Romania coach Christoph Daum’s testy relationship with the country’s media took a bizarre twist on Monday when he was offered -- and refused -- a fishing rod during a press conference.

A reporter from Gazeta Sporturilor attempted to hand the rod to Daum following a previous remark by the German that the newspaper was “only good for wrapping fish.”

“Is this now comedy or do you want to speak about football,” asked Daum, speaking in English. “When do (will) you start to become a sports journalist... or do you want to go somewhere else?

“This has nothing do to with football, you only want to create funny stories,” he added.

Daum, who has coached clubs in Germany, Turkey, Austria and Belgium, has been involved in several heated exchanges with the local reporters in the past, at one pointing saying that he considered himself to be “more Romanian” than they were.

Romania, who host Armenia on Friday, are fourth in European World Cup qualifying Group E with six points from six games and have only a slim chance of reaching the playoffs for next year’s tournament in Russia.

They have won two, drawn three and lost three of their eight games since the 63-year-old took over after Euro 2016.(rtr)

for Leipzig last season and helped guide them to a second-place finish, added that he would be committed to the German club until he officially joins Liverpool in July 2018.

“Having my future resolved means I can now focus on helping RBL achieve great things this season. Until I join my new club, next summer, I will remain an interested supporter from a distance,” he said.(rtr)

Goalkeeper Pickford out of England squad with muscle injury Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford has withdrawn from England’s squad for their upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Malta and Slovakia with a muscle injury, the Football Assoc i a t i o n s a i d o n Tu e s d a y.

The uncapped 23-year-old sustained the injury during Everton’s 2-0 Premier League defeat

by Chelsea at the weekend and has returned to his club for treatment, the FA said in a statement.

“Goalkeeper Jordan Pickford has left the England camp and returned to Everton,” the FA said.

“Having reported to St George’s Park on Sunday evening, the 23-year-old underwent an assessment on a muscle injury sustained playing for his club.

“After discussions between England and Everton medics, it was decided it was in the player’s best interests to return to Finch Farm for further treatment.”

England manager Gareth Southgate has three other goalkeepers in Jack Butland, Joe Hart and Tom Heaton available.

Southgate’s team top Group F and travel to basement-side Malta on Friday before hosting secondplaced Slovakia at Wembley on Monday.(rtr) Everton’s Jordan Pickford during the warm up before the match

Romania coach Christoph Daum

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Queiroz seeking to avoid ‘turbulence’ at high-flying Iran SEOUL - Carlos Queiroz says he will not allow “external factors” to influence his decisions as Iran head coach and maintains that Masoud Shojaei was let out of his squad to face South Korea on Thursday for football reasons.

Iran, who have already qualified for next year’s World Cup finals, travelled to Seoul without veteran midfielder Shojaei, who, along with compatriot Ehsan Hajsafi, featured for Greek club Panionios against Israel’s Maccabi Tel Aviv in a Europa League playoff on Aug. 4.

The Iranian government does not recognise the state of Israel, and athletes from the country who compete against their Israeli counterparts have been banned in the past from representing Iran.

“Hajsafi and Shojaei have no place in Iran’s national football team any more ... they crossed Iran’s red line,” the country’s deputy Sports Minister Mohammad Reza Davarzani.

The move prompted FIFA to

ask Iran’s FA to provide further information on the situation. FIFA’s statutes ban political interference in its affiliated national associations, which can be suspended if the rule is breached.

If a country’s FA is suspended, it means both the national team and its clubs are barred from international competition.

However, with Hajsafi named among the 23-man squad to take on the Koreans at Seoul World Cup Stadium, Queiroz said Shojaei had been excluded for purely sporting reasons, though he did not elaborate on them. “Imagine if Carlos Queiroz starts to explain why Masoud Shojaei is not here,” he told Reuters.

“I never gave explanations about my team selections at Real Madrid or Sporting or the Portugal national team. Why should I give explanations now?

“The turbulence stays outside, whether the issues are political or religious or social or economic,” Queiroz said. “They stay outside.

“I am a man of the football en-

tertainment industry. My answer is to win the game. Don’t expect from me political answers, religious answers, racist answers because what counts for me is the game that my father taught me. “He was a coach and a player and he always told me: Never lie to the game.”

Queiroz has become a hugely popular figure in Iran during a successful spell in charge that has seen him guide the country to back-to-back appearances at the World Cup for the first time in the nation’s history.

Iran appeared at the finals in Brazil in 2014, when they were eliminated at the end of the group stage, and have already secured their place in next year’s finals despite having two qualifiers remaining. “My duty is to bring joy and happiness to the people,” he said.

“I play for the people. I work for the people. Football is the people’s game, no matter how much governments, emperors, and kings try to control it. Football is the people’s game and I work for the people and I play for the people.(rtr)

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Blanjong Inscription, The Forgotten Historical Mark of Bali

Tomic admits he’s ‘not the smartest’ after U.S. Open flop NEW YORK - Australian Bernard Tomic admitted he is “not the smartest person in the world” after exiting the U.S. Open in the first round on Monday with a 3-6 6-3 6-4 6-4 defeat to Gilles Muller that could send him tumbling out of the top 150.

DENPASAR - You probably never heard of Blanjong Inscription. Yes, compare to other popular and famous tourist attractions in Bali, Blanjong Inscription are quite less-famous. Actually the location is fairly at strategic points of Sanur, yet it is more isolated, tucked away location. To be precise, it is located at Desa Intaran, Sanur, Denpasar Bali.

This pillar-shaped inscription is pretty tall, with height 177 cm and a diameter of 62 cm. However, due to its location which is below the soil surface, the inscription seems located inside the well when viewed from the outside.

Though it is less popular, Blanjong Inscription contain the oldest record of Bali Island. This inscription mentioned “Walidwipa”, other name for Bali. The years engraved is 835 Caka or 913 AD, this inscription was made during the reign of Raja Sri Kesari Warmaweda in Bali.

The inscription is unique since it used two kind of language, Ancient Bali (Pra-Nagari) and Sanskrit by Kawi’s writing. It stated, in Bahasa Indonesia, “The year is 835 Caka, within the month of Phalguna, King Sri Kesari who ruled all over Sanghadwala, had defeat his adversary in Gurun and Swal. This shall be known forever.”

Known also as a Victory Milestone, the Inscription is placed in a glass cabinet to prevent the damage. Although less popular, there are also tourists who visit to see this inscription. To go there, there is a footpath about 5 foot among the shade of plants. Belanjong Inscription is categorize as national cultural heritage and protected

by Law No. 5 of 1992 as the Sanctuary of Historical and Archeological Bali Province - NTB - NTT. Curiously the scripts and languages are mixed up from what is considered the norm and has only partly been deciphered, but bears the name of Sri Kesari Warmadewa believed to be Bali’s first king, and seems to refer to military or trade connections possibly with Nusa Penida or even Maluku. However, even if you are a scholar of ancient script and language, the inscriptions are mostly covered by a ceremonial cloth, and the entire pillar is enclosed in a wood and dust-smeared glass structure that obscures it further.

The pillar is not so easy to locate as the only marker is in Indonesian—look for the sign which reads “Cagar Budaya Prasasti Blanjong”. To the left as you face Pura Belanjong on Jalan Danau Poso, a short alleyway leads to the site bounded by a stone wall and metal gate.

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Bernard Tomic

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Tomic was returning to tournament play for the first time since his first round loss at Wimbledon in July, after which he said he was bored with tennis and had played at 50 percent for much of his career.

The 24-year-old started brightly by taking the first set off the 19th seed on Monday but his lack of match fitness told as, despite frequent treatment from the trainer, he lost the next three to bow out at the first hurdle in a third straight grand slam.

Having already plummeted from 39 to 146 in the rankings since Wimbledon, Tomic now faces the very real prospect of being forced to request a wild card from Tennis Australia for his home grand slam in Melbourne in January.

In typically candid comments afterwards, Tomic said he had his motivation back after his break but still felt “trapped” in the sport he has played fulltime since he was a child, given his lack of other options to fund his lifestyle.

“I mean, it’s tough. Everyone

has their own work, their own job and it’s not like I can go and start real estate or something, restaurants. I’ve got no idea about that,” he told the Australian Associated Press.

“Yes, I can afford to do those things, but I’ve got no idea. My job’s only to play tennis and it’s all I know. I’m not going to finish a doctor’s degree. I’m not the smartest person in the world.”

Tomic’s failure to fulfil his huge potential has been a matter of great frustration to his compatriots, and his U.S. Open appearances have featured almost as many controversies as memorable victories.

He bowed out in first round last year after a foul-mouthed rant at a heckler in the crowd, and was given the unflattering nickname of “Tomic the Tank Engine” after his second round capitulation against Andy Roddick in 2012.

Tennis Australia head of performance Wally Masur warned him pre-tournament to be prepared for the grind of the minor tours if he fails to win a match at the U.S. Open. (rtr)

Thailand set to host MotoGP in 2018

BANGKOK - Thailand is set to host a round of the MotoGP world championship for the first time in 2018 with a three-year contract due to be signed in Bangkok on Thursday, series organisers announced on Monday.

The official MotoGP.com website said that Carmelo Ezpeleta, chief executive of commercial rights holders Dorna Sports, would join Sakon Wannapong, the governor of the Sports Authority of Thailand, at the formal signing.

The race will be held at the Buriram circuit in the northeast of the country.

The track, which has previously hosted the world superbike championship, will be the first all-new addition to the series since Argentina’s Termas de Rio Hondo in 2014.

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BRITISH GP Dovizioso takes MotoGP lead with British GP win Aug 27 (Reuters) - Ducati’s Andrea Dovizioso seized the lead in the MotoGP standings on Sunday by winning

the British Grand Prix at Silverstone after Honda’s triple world champion Marc Marquez retired with a blown engine.

The Italian, who had started sixth on the grid with his Spanish rival on pole position, now has 183 points to Marquez’s 174 after becoming the first rider to win four races this season.

Dovizioso passed compatriot Valentino Rossi, who had led from the start but ended up third behind Yamaha team mate Maverick Vinales, for the lead with three laps remaining.

The race was nine-times world champion Rossi’s 300th in the top category of grand prix motorcycling.

Britain’s Cal Crutchlow finished fourth on the non-factory LCR Honda bike.

Marquez had been running in third place when his engine went in a cloud of smoke on lap 14.

The next race, the 13th on the 18-round calendar, is at Misano in Italy on Sept. 10. (rtr)

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Harvey brings death, destruction to Houston as flood waters rise

HOUSTON - Floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey are likely to rise as more torrential rain pounds the U.S. Gulf Coast, where at least eight people have already been killed in Texas and tens of thousands driven from their homes, officials said on Monday.

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Environmental activists from several countries chain themselves to the trees during their action in the defence of one of the last primeval forests in Europe, Bialowieza forest, Poland August 29, 2017.

Rohingya fleeing Myanmar...

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Around another 4,000 people were stranded in the no man’s land between the two countries near Taung Bro village, where temporary shelters stretched for several hundred metres on a narrow strip between the Naf river and Myanmar’s border fence.

Reuters reporters saw women, some carrying children and the sick, fording the river, which at that location is less than 10 metres wide. Bangladeshi border guards permitted about half a dozen people at a time to cross to access a pile of donated medicines.

“We came here out of fear for our lives, but we can’t cross. So we don’t know what to do,” said Aung Myaing, from Taung Bro Let Way village, standing knee-deep in the river.

When asked about insurgents he said: “We didn’t see them, we have no relation to them. But Myanmar doesn’t distinguish between the terrorists and civilians. They are hunting all the Rohingya.”

Many Rohingya trying to enter Bangladesh were sick and at least six have died after making the crossing, an aid worker said, adding that fear of being caught and sent back meant some refused to seek help.

EVACUATION An army source in Rakhine told Reuters that troops were hunting down insurgents across the region, clearing landmines and evacuating non-Muslims and government staff. The government continued a mass evacuation of thousands of ethnic Rakhine Buddhists from the area, where they are a minority, to larger towns, police stations and army bases. “All the people want to follow the army to get out of here. We have no cooking oil, we have no vegetables, we only have rice and people are in poor health,” Maung Thein Hla, a Rakhine resident stranded in the village of Taman Thar, told Reuters.

Satellite imagery analysed by New York-based Human Rights Watch showed widespread burnings in at least 10 areas in northern Rakhine since the Friday raids, the group said. Home Affairs Minister General Kyaw Swe said construction materials imported by international aid groups to northern Rakhine, such as steel pipes, have been used by insurgents to make weapons. “We have found out that those things were used in handmade mines and handmade cartridges when it got to extremists and (were used to) attack our security forces,” said Kyaw Swe at a news conference.

The U.N. and international aid groups evacuated all “noncritical” staff out of the area after Suu Kyi’s office repeatedly published pictures of World Food Programme energy biscuits allegedly found at an insurgent camp and after it said it was investigating aid groups support for the insurgents in one incident.

The army source said the militants had produced a large number of landmines and were ambushing troops before quickly vanishing into the forests and mountains. “This is their region. Any village can be their base camp - any mosque can be their headquarters,” he said. “We cannot distinguish who are insurgents or who are villagers.” (rtr)

Thousands of National Guard troops, police officers, rescue workers and civilians raced in helicopters, boats and special highwater trucks to rescue the hundreds stranded in the catastrophic storm that has crippled Houston, the nation’s fourth-largest city.

Harvey has already dumped more rain in the past few days than some affected areas normally see in a year.

The storm was the most powerful hurricane to strike Texas in more than 50 years when it hit land on Friday near Corpus Christi, 220 miles (354 km) southwest of Houston.

The worst is far from over because the slow-moving storm will continue to dump rain over the next few days in an area hit by “unprecedented” flooding, the National Weather Service said.

“Additional heavy rainfall overnight is expected to worsen the flood situation in southeastern Texas and southwestern Louisiana,” the National Hur-

ricane Center said.

Forecasts show that some spots in and around Houston could see an additional 12 inches (30 cm) of rain on Tuesday, bringing the total rainfall from Harvey to about 50 inches (127 cm) in parts of the city’s metro area.

U.S. President Donald Trump plans to go to Texas on Tuesday to survey the damage and may also visit Louisiana, where the storm is now dumping rain.

Trump, facing the biggest U.S. natural disaster since he took office in January, has signed disaster proclamations for Texas and Louisiana, triggering federal relief efforts.

Among the most recent fatalities from the storm was a family that included two adults and four children who were believed to have drowned after the van they were in was swept away by floodwaters in Houston, authorities said on Monday.

In scenes evoking the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in

2005, police and Coast Guard teams have each rescued more than 3,000 people, plucking many from rooftops by helicopter, as they urged the hundreds more believed to be marooned in flooded houses to hang towels or sheets outside to alert rescuers.

Regina Costilla, 48, said she and her 16-year-old son had been rescued from their home by a good Samaritan with a boat. She worried until she was reunited with her husband and dog, who had been left behind because they did not fit into the boat.

“I’m not complaining, we’re alive,” she said.

Schools and office buildings were closed throughout the metropolitan area, home to 6.8 million people, as chest-high water filled some neighborhoods in the low-lying city.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency director Brock Long estimated that 30,000 people would eventually be housed temporarily in shelters. (rtr)

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Indonesian govt to evaluate funding for parties

J A K A RTA - I n d o n e s i a s Home Affairs Minister Tjahjo Kumolo said, the governments funding for political parties which has been raised to Rp1,000 per valid vote, would be evaluated annually, to study its effectiveness. “Every year it will be evaluated, whether it will be raised or not. We should bear in mind, this is just a support. Not binding, this is the governments participation,” Tjahjo said here, Monday.

The government has raised funding for political party from Rp108 to Rp1,000 per valid vote. The minister stressed that the fund is a form of mutual benefit between the government and political parties. The funding is aimed at strengthening parties internal consolidation. “This would need a huge fund, and with Rp1,000 per vote they (parties) would get less than Rp13 billion.”

In 2009, the governments funding has already reached

Rp1,000 per vote but it was then declined to Rp108 per vote.

“Under Sri Mulyani as Finance Minister, the economic growth has improved, stable, and we can return the funding from Rp108 to Rp1,000. We have discussed this with the House budget committee,” Tjahjo added.

Earlier on Sunday, Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati said that the ministry has set the funding for political parties at Rp1,000 per valid vote,

Indonesia awaits Russia`s decision over Sukhoi-commodities barter

JAKARTA - Trade minister Enggartiasto Lukita said here on Monday Indonesia is waiting for Russias decision to implement a barter of 11 Sukhoi fighter jets with Indonesian national commodities.

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Residents wade through flood waters from Tropical Storm Harvey in Beaumont Place, Houston, Texas, U.S., on August 28, 2017.

“We give them time to discuss it internally,” he said at the Presidential Palace compound.

The Indonesian and Russian governments have earlier made an agreement to barter 11 Sukhoi-35 fighter jets with a number of national commodities.

The agreement was realized following the signing of a memorandum of understanding by Russian state-owned company Rostec and Indonesian stateowned company PT Perusahaan Perdagangan Indonesia.

“We are still making the list (commodities for the barter) that includes furniture, coffee and sugar that we will immediately

send to them,” he said. He said all main commodities will be put in the list for Russia to choose, he added.

He said Indonesia wished to increase the added value of its commodities through the barter.

“I wish there will be an added value. Even “kerupuk” (side dish) and bisquits are now exported to Africa including Nigeria and their volume is big. They have an added value,” he said.

He said besides commodities Indonesia also offered defense system equipment including products from PT Pindad and PT Dirgantara Indonesia “Defense system equipment

is also included. We are offering products from Pindad and also PT DI including ships and others. We will make the list from which they may choose and then negotiate,” he said.

Under the MOU, Rostec agreed has assured it would buy more than one Indonesian export commodities such as rubber and its derivatives, crude palm oil and its derivatives, machineries, coffee and its derivatives, cacao and its detivatives, textile, tea, footwear, processed fish, furniture, copra, plasti. And its derivatives, resin, paper, spices, defense industrial products and others.(ant)

increasing from its previous funding of Rp108 per vote. “The Finance Minister in her letter to the Home Minister has set the funding for political parties that would be evaluated annually at Rp1,000 per valid vote,” Sri Mulyani said on Sunday.

She said, the funding would be allocated from the state budget and despite its sharp increase, the amount is still lower than the ideal funding of Rp1,071 per vote according to a

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study by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK).

Sri elaborated that the funding for political parties should be followed by a revision on government regulation no.

5/2009 on financial support to political party and the law on political party. The revision should also cover some indicators, including improvement in recruitment, politicians ethics, and implementation of political education to the public.(ant)

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SHANGHAI - Hong Kong stocks fell on Tuesday in line with losses in other major global markets after North Korea fired a missile over Japan, escalating geo-political tensions. tors.

After two sessions of solid gains, the CSI300 index fell 0.2 percent to 3,834.33 points while the Shanghai Composite Index gained 0.1 percent to 3,364.72.

Investors are awaiting more corporate earnings before monthend, and the latest readings on the health of China’s factory and service sectors.

China’s factories likely posted another solid month of growth in August, suggesting the world’s second-largest economy is still growing at a healthy clip despite rising financing costs and a cooling housing market, a Reuters poll showed ahead of an official survey on Thursday.

“We’ve seen improvement in sectors such as steel, coal and nonferrous metal, thanks to supply-side reforms,” said Shanghai-based hedge fund manager David Dai. “The uptrend in cyclical sectors will likely continue.”

The market has also drawn support from signs that the government

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is accelerating the pace of reforms for state-owned enterprises (SOEs).

China announced on Monday that top coal miner Shenhua Group Corp Ltd will take over China Guodian Group Corp , among the

country’s top five state power producers, in a deal that will create the world’s largest power utility worth $278 billion.

Guodian’s listed units, including Guodian Changyuan Electric Power,

Ningxia Younglight Chemicals, Yantai Longyuan Power Technology and Inner Mongolia Pingzhuang Energy Resources, soared on confirmation of the deal, which had been widely reported earlier. (rtr)

WASHINGTON - The U.S. goods trade deficit increased in July as exports fell, suggesting that trade would make a modest contribution to economic growth in the third quarter.

The Commerce Department said on Monday the goods trade gap increased 1.7 percent to $65.1 billion last month. Exports declined 1.3 percent, weighed down by an 8.0 percent tumble in shipments of motor vehicles.

There were also decreases in exports of consumer goods last month. Capital goods exports rose 1.5 percent.

“Early on in the third-quarter data cycle, we think trade will be a slightly positive factor for growth during the quarter,” said Daniel Silver, an economist at JPMorgan in New York.

“With the July data now in hand for capital goods shipments and related

trade flows, we think real equipment spending will be strong in the third quarter.”

Imports fell 0.3 percent, reflecting a 2.8 percent drop in motor vehicle imports as well as a 1.7 percent decline in industrial supplies. Capital goods imports rose 2.0 percent last months and imports of consumer goods dipped 0.1 percent.

“The readings on consumer and capital goods imports are consistent with our view of ongoing expansion in U.S. economic activity, led by household and business spending,” said Michael Gapen, chief economist at Barclays Capital in New York.

The government will publish its comprehensive trade report, which includes services, next week. Trade added nearly two-tenths of a percentage point to the economy’s 2.6 percent annualized growth rate in the

second quarter.

The Commerce Department also reported on Monday that wholesale inventories increased 0.4 percent in July after rising 0.6 percent in June.

However, retail inventories fell 0.2 percent after advancing 0.6 percent in June.

Retail inventories, excluding motor vehicles and parts, the component that goes into the calculation of gross domestic product also fell 0.2 percent last month after rising 0.5 percent in June.

Despite July’s soft inventory data, economists remained optimistic that inventory investment would contribute to growth in the third quarter.

Inventory investment had a neutral impact on second-quarter GDP after slicing 1.46 percentage points from output in the first three months of the year. (rtr)

U.S. goods trade deficit widens in July; retail inventories fall

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A man looks over employment opportunities at a jobs center in San Francisco, California, U.S, February 4, 2010.

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Warung Rangkung Lebih, Comes with Vegetarian and Fish Menu

Hong Kong stocks follow global markets lower after N.Korea missile launch; China calm But equity markets in China, an economic ally of North Korea, remained around 20-month highs, bolstered by robust earnings reports and expectations of further restructuring of state-owned firms which could lead to more mergers and acquisitions.

Hong Kong’s benchmark index Hang Seng dropped 0.4 percent to 27,763.09 points by the lunch break, while the Hong Kong China Enterprises Index lost 0.3 percent to 11,310.61.

North Korea fired a missile early on Tuesday that flew over Japan and landed in the Pacific about 1,180 km (735 miles) off Hokkaido. The test is seen one of the most provocative ever from the reclusive state.

However, Hong Kong-listed Chinese real estate shares bucked the trend, with property giant China Evergrande Group jumping 3.7 percent after it pledged to slash debt by 2020.

Mainland China stocks appeared little fazed by North Korea, as they are largely driven by domestic fac-

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The atmosphere at the traditional archery skills event in the open field of Sangeh Viilage, Petang, Badung on Sunday (May 28) harkened back to era of the great kingdoms. The archers appeared like soldiers or royal courtiers pitting their supernatural powers against one and other. Dressed in traditional Javanese attire, including kirs and other accessories or in Balinese black and white checkered apparel like Hindu solidiers they competed like knights to have their arrows hit the bull’s eye.

Concentration and focus led them in turns to hit the target. All were formidable archers from the land of Java and Bali participating in the Gita Raja Art Festival, an event to commemorate the first anniversary of the Pancer Langiit Bali Foundation.

The match took place excitingly with some archers targeting around 100-meter goals divided into in several sessions. “This competition is unique with much charm. This event serves to train the archers in mental and archery skills”, explained an archer from Surakarta named L. Eddy Roostopo, who acted as a judge.

This man familiarly addressed as Popop said archery is great for youngsters. In addition to its atheltic qualities, archery also carries

extraodrinary philosophy in terms of learning to focus, concentration and the practice of self-control. If one is introduced to archery early, mental stregth is honed and leads to great acheivements. “Unfortunately, traditional archery has been removed from the national games (PON). Actually it is a national cultural treasures that should be preserved, but instead it has been eliminated”, said this gold medalist of the PON XI. Archery has much to teach youngsters in terms of self-discipline, he said. “Traditional archery contests are part of efforts to preserve our cultural assets. There used to be a national archery league that competed in the national games.

Hopefully, traditional archery will again be included in evens like the

provincial games and the national games”, said A.A. Rahma Putra, the founder of Pancer Langiit Bali Foundation.

The Gita Raja Art Festival also included the performnace of several traditional dances such as Teruna Jaya Dance, Jauk Dance as well as single drum performances and puppet gender gamelan show.

There was also a modern dance workshop conducted by the Loka Art Dance and an archery workshop by SIPAS Solo, Central Java.

“Through this event, the members of Pancer Langit hope to gain experience in professinal art management. Preserving traditional arts also gives birth to new artistic creations that are rooted in the noble values of tradition” he concluded. (kmb)

Lebih Beach tourist area in Gianyar is very famous for its culinary tourism. Various menus with fish ingredients become the main serving of every stall on the edge of this exotic beach. Then, is there any food outlet for vegetarians?

Well, the atmosphere of togetherness will definitely change because some group members have to eat in different place and seat apart.

However, do not be afraid because Warung Rangkung Lebih has prepared the best solution.

Warung Rangkung Lebih is located on the west of Lebih Beach and east of Bali Safari & Marine Park. Precisely, it is on Jalan Prof. Dr. I.B. Mantra, in the area of Carik Sekalan, Beten Kelod hamlet, Keramas.

In addition to offering vegetarian menus, this food stall also offers fish menu, so that between vegetarians and those who eat meat can eat together at the same place.

The location is cool because it is close to green paddy field near a river overgrown with large trees. Various types of plants do not only add to the beauty, but also give birth to unique stories of the ancestors.

The most favorite simple menu is Nasi Campur (mixed rice) consisting of white rice, tempeh sate, corncakes, tofu, cucumber and long bean. Interestingly, it is filled with fried shallot to make the aroma of food more delicious. This mixed rice is liked best by visitors, especially local people. “Foreign tourists also like this vegetarian mixed rice,” said Operations Manager, Dewa Raka.

Another menu is grilled fish a la Rangkung, posing a special menu as it offers complete servings, such as grilled snapper, white rice with squid satay, grilled shrimp, vegetables plecing accompanied with raw condiment, red sauce and soy sauce. There is also fried rice served with carrots, celery, chicken satay and shrimp crackers.

READ Experience Spectacular Komodo Festival 2017 In total, there are about 26 types of menu on offer, both taking advantage of fish and vegetarian ingredients. In addition, there are various drinks such as young coconut, juice, tea, coffee and others.

For alcoholic beverages, the warung only offers beer at special events.

The warung opened from 09:00 to 17:00 is usually crowded on Saturday, Sunday and other holidays. It happens because Warung Rangkung Lebih is also equipped with some challenging games, such as tree top, flying fox, swing, trekking, camping, fishing and walking on top. “After playing games, visitors usually choose to eat here, while others deliberately come here to enjoy the Rangkung menus,” said Dewa Raka.

Warung Rangkung Lebih has a capacity of 35 seats for indoor area. Meanwhile, it is also equipped with gazebo often selected for a meeting place, reception, birthday and other big events. “At the end of this August, there is a reservation for wedding reception and so is the following month,” concluded Dewa Raka. (kmb)

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Suicide bomber kills five at bank in Afghan capital

KPNP rolls out petition to save coral reef

SEMARAPURA — The handling of damages to coral reef in the waters of Nusa Penida is never realized. It is not only questioned by the community. As the latest development, the residents coalesced into the members of Nusa Penida Lovers Community (KPNP) also made a petition to save coral reef.

If this petition is not responded, they threatened to go to the office of relevant agencies.

Chairman of the KPNP, Nyoman Widana, said that since the damage occurred a month ago, the handling of coral reef is not seen. Actually, the identification measure has been done by related agencies. Faced with such conditions, residents are made disappointed. To follow up the condition, the steps taken are not only by sending a letter to the Bali fisheries and maritime affairs through the water conservation area (KKP) of Nusa Penida containing the request to take immediate handling measure. The community also makes petition to rescue the coral reefs shared online.

“Bali fisheries and maritime affairs submitted in the media that it will follow up the damage after getting the results of identification.

However, in reality the follow up has not been seen yet. Now, we have made a petition,” he said on Monday (Aug. 28).

This man from Suana village confirmed that if there is no follow-up responding to the petition, he will collect the residents of Nusa Penida to jointly come to the office of the Bali fisheries and maritime affairs. “We want this to be resolved soon. This case should not disappear,” he said.

The use of pontoon in the waters of Nusa Penida also seems uncontrollable. This is accused of being the trigger of damages to coral reefs in the sea. In order not to continue, the government is also asked to take action. If any breach is found, the owners must be sanctioned. “There must be firmness, do not let Nusa Penida be destroyed because of that,” he pleaded.

In the meantime, the Head of Bali Fisheries and Maritime Affairs, I Made Gunaja, explained that the handling of coral reef is still coordinated with several parties. “We gather today (Monday—

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The handling of damages to coral reef in the waters of Nusa Penida is never realized.

Ed), to get the solution. There should be an agreement regarding what to be done, which party must be responsible and how extent is the damage,” he said.

If the destroyer of coral reef is clear, it will be asked to be responsible by doing rehabilitation.

To anticipate the emergence of

similar case, he asked the community to jointly conduct supervision.

“For the community, let us guard together. Otherwise, in five more years to come the coral reef will become extinct,” he said.

In addition to coral reef, the management of the KKP Nusa Penida is also proposed to the min-

istry for review. It includes the use of pontoons. “As planned, we’d like to change the management in order to have a legal instrument which locations are permitted under the legal instrument of the ministry. We have written and if it has been issued, we will persuasively disseminate it,” he said. (kmb45)

Impact of various govt programs

Poverty rate in Buleleng downs 32.16 percent

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The government of Buleleng claimed the poverty rate in North Bali has been suppressed.

SINGARAJA — Having been criticized related to the highest poverty rate in Bali, the government of Buleleng claimed the poverty rate in North Bali has been suppressed.

Based on the data from 2011 to 2015, the poverty rate in this region fell by 32.16 percent. This decline happens due to the implementation of several programs by district

government, central government assistance, and funding from the Bali provincial government.

Data at the Buleleng social services stated that the results of data collection on social protection program (PPLS) in 2011 show that poverty in Buleleng reached 51.384 families. In the meantime, the evaluation of the national team

for the acceleration of poverty reduction (TNP2K) and the ministry of social affairs indicated the poor population in North Bali based on the data of the family welfare program beneficiaries (PSKS) in 2014 is recorded to reach 41,929 very poor families (KSM), showing a decrease of 9,455 poor families.

When entering 2015, the Buleleng social services verified and validated the poverty targeting 41,929 recipient families of KPS. As a result, there is a decrease in the very poor families in the area as much as 7,069. Based on these data for five years, the poverty in the region of Panji Sakti region decreased by 16,524 very poor families or the percentage of decline reached 32.16 percent.

On the other hand, social services noted that beyond the poor families receiving the PSKS programs are found poor families that are not recorded in the poor population database in 2011 to 2014. These residents are recorded to never receive any social protection program. The scattered poor population causes the increase of poor population from 34,860 very

poor families and 14,371 scattered very poor families so that this situation caused poverty in Buleleng to increase up to 49,231 very poor families from the number of population reaching 811,929 people.

Head of the Buleleng Social Services, Gede Komang, after attending the staff meeting at the regent’s office on Monday (Aug. 28) said that based on the latest data it is clear that poverty in his region has been suppressed. The reduction itself has been successfully carried out with the implementation of poverty program funded by regional budget of Buleleng, regional budget of Bali, state budget and corporate assistance through the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program. Among some poverty alleviation programs, the hope family program (PKH), rehabilitation and housing assistance for poor families and the assistance of the joint business group (KUBE) have been proved to be successful in alleviating poverty line.

“If the poverty in our region is claimed to increase much, I think it is too excessive. The data clearly indicate the decline of 32.16 per-

cent. It can be suppressed because the existence of some programs such as PKH targeting 11,407 poor people, house refurbishment including KUBE assistance targeting 3,420 poor people,” he said.

In the meantime, related to the finding of data on poor population that are not yet recorded, Gede Komang said that local government began earlier this month to update and delete the poverty data.

The poor and unrecorded population will be validated so that they can be listed as poor population and targeted for poverty reduction in the following years. After that, the data of population actually having no longer been listed as poor population will be ‘deleted’ so that they will no longer be recorded in the data of poverty.

“We are still validating the data. Indeed, we will process the unrecorded, and on the contrary the people having showed improved prosperity but still recorded in the data of poor family will be updated.

Similarly, the data of poor family and those having died or migrated will updated, so the data become accurate,” he said. (kmb38)

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Women walk past a large TV screen showing news about North Korea’s missile launch in Tokyo, Japan, August 29, 2017.

North Korea’s ”reckless” missile launch over Japan sharply escalates tension

KABUL - A suicide bomber blew himself up at a bank close to the heavily protected U.S. embassy in the Afghan capital Kabul on Tuesday, killing at least five people and wounding eight, the interior ministry said.

The bomber hit the entrance to a Kabul Bank branch in the welloff area of Kabul, close to the main diplomatic quarter, ministry spokesman Najib Danish said. He said at least five people had been killed and eight wounded.

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, which came as banks were busy with people taking out money ahead of the Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday at the end of the week, saying it had targeted soldiers and police withdrawing their salaries.

The latest in a long series of suicide attacks in Kabul highlight the danger in the city, where 209 civilians were killed and 777 injured in the first half of the year, according to U.N. figures.

The Taliban, fighting to restore Islamic law and drive out international forces backing the government in Kabul, have carried out many of the attacks. Other militant groups, including the affiliated Haqqani network and the local branch of Islamic State, have carried out others.

Attacks on banks where soldiers and police withdraw their salaries have become a regular tactic of the Taliban and the movement’s spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said several members of the security forces had been killed. There was no confirmation from the government.

President Ashraf Ghani’s government, facing growing public anger over insecurity in Kabul, has started tightening checks around the centre of the city, where many of the most deadly attacks have taken place. (rtr)

TOKYO - North Korea fired a ballistic missile over Japan’s northern Hokkaido island into the sea early on Tuesday, prompting warnings to residents to take cover and drawing a sharp reaction from Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The test, one of the most provocative ever from the reclusive state, came as U.S. and South Korean forces conduct annual military exercises on the peninsula, to which North Korea strenuously objects.

North Korea has conducted dozens of ballistic missile tests under young leader Kim Jong Un, the most recent on Saturday, but firing projectiles over mainland Japan is rare.

“North Korea’s reckless action is an unprecedented, serious and a grave threat to our nation,” Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told reporters.

Abe said he spoke to U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday and they agreed to increase pressure on North Korea. Trump also said the United States was “100 percent with Japan”, Abe told reporters.

South Korea’s military said the missile was launched from near the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, just before 6 a.m. (2100 GMT Monday) and flew 2,700 km (1,680 miles), reaching an altitude of about 550 km (340 miles).

Four South Korean fighter jets

bombed a military firing range on Tuesday after President Moon Jaein asked the military to demonstrate capabilities to counter North Korea.

South Korea and the United States had discussed deploying additional “strategic assets” on the Korean peninsula, the presidential Blue House said in a statement, without giving more details.

North Korea remained defiant.

“The U.S. should know that it can neither browbeat the DPRK with any economic sanctions and military threats and blackmail nor make the DPRK flinch from the road chosen by itself,” North Korea’s official Rodong Sinmun said later on Tuesday, using the initials of the North’s official name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

LOUDSPEAKER WARNINGS Global markets reacted to the escalation in tension, buying safe-haven assets such as gold, the Swiss franc and even the Japanese yen on expectation domestic investors would bring large amounts of currency home in

times of uncertainty.

Stocks fell, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 index closing down half a percent, and South Korea’s KOSPI index 0.25 percent lower.

Some experts said the test appeared to have been of a recently developed intermediate-range Hwasong-12 missile, but there was no clear consensus.

This month, North Korea threatened to fire four missiles into the sea near the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam after Trump said it would face “fire and fury” if it threatened the United States.

“Alas, Pyongyang has demonstrated that its threats to the U.S. base on Guam are not a bluff,” Konstantin Kosachev, chairman of Russia’s upper house of parliament’s international affairs committee, said on social media.

North Korea fired what it said was a rocket carrying a communications satellite into orbit over Japan in 2009 after warning of its plan. The United States, Japan and South Korea considered it a ballistic missile test. (rtr)

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An Afghan security force stands guard at the site of a suicide bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan August 29, 2017.

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Carrying capacity of Bali needs attention

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University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory are working on which they hope will help ensure fair distribution of deep community wells in Bangladesh.

Can technology help Bangladesh end mass arsenic poisoning?

BANGKOK - Almost a quarter of a century after public health experts discovered mass public poisoning in Bangladesh caused by water contaminated with arsenic, the government is planning a new push to end the scourge, while researchers are designing an app to find safe sites for new wells.

About 20 million Bangladeshis, or one in eight, have been drinking water with arsenic levels higher than the government’s limit of 50 microgrammes (µg) per litre, said Kazi Matin Uddin Ahmed, geology department chair at the University of Dhaka.

That limit is five times higher than the World Health Organization (WHO) guideline of 10 microgrammes per litre.

When the lower ceiling is used, the number affected jumps to 45 million people, according to a book published this month by the International Water Association.

Long-term exposure to the highly toxic substance - which is colourless, tasteless and odourless but found in millions of shallow wells across Bangladesh - leads to arsenicosis, which can cause skin lesions, cancer, cardiovascular disease and diabetes, as well as impaired cognitive function in children, according to the WHO. In 2002, the U.N. agency described the Bangladesh crisis as “the largest mass poisoning of a population in history”.

“It’s been an emergency for the past 20 years,” said Alexander van Geen, a professor at Columbia University’s Lamont-

Doherty Earth Observatory, who has worked with Ahmed since 2000 to find solutions.

An estimated 5 percent of deaths in Bangladesh are attributable to drinking water that is high in arsenic, he said.

Now the Bangladesh government is planning a four-year, $200-million programme to tackle the problem, according to officials at the Department of Public Health Engineering (DPHE).

Proposed activities include testing wells, raising awareness of the dangers, and installing site-specific solutions, said Md. Saifur Rahman, an executive engineer with the DPHE. The plan is awaiting approval by a high-level government committee, and could start next year, officials said.

The sheer number of wells around 10 million, 90 percent of which are privately owned - makes testing and maintaining them a huge task.

Between 1999 and 2006, donors and the government organised awareness-raising programmes and the testing of nearly 5 million wells, but efforts tapered off after that, according to a 2016 Human Rights Watch (HRW) report.

Paint marking safe and unsafe wells has worn off, while many new ones have been dug and people mistakenly believe the issue has largely been resolved.

DIGGING DEEP Bangladesh is the country most affected by arsenic poisoning, but naturally occurring arsenic is a problem in other parts of the world too.

Experts estimate that more than 150 million people are exposed to drinking water with arsenic levels higher than the WHO guideline, including in India, the United States, China, Vietnam, Myanmar and Argentina.

The most sustainable and costeffective solution in Bangladesh is to sink deep tube wells 150 metres (492 ft) or more in the ground that can serve communities, said geology professor Ahmed.

In these wells, the water usually meets WHO standards, but they cost about $1,000 each to install - more if deeper. As that is beyond the reach of ordinary Bangladeshis, the government usually pays for them.

Other options like rainwater harvesting tend to be smallscale and seasonal, while treating surface or groundwater is

expensive and requires regular maintenance, Ahmed said.

Some experts argue that solving the problem is more of a governance challenge than a technical issue.

The government did sink tens of thousands of deep tube wells across Bangladesh but they are not concentrated in areas that need them most, said Richard Pearshouse, author of the HRW report.

“A village that has 1 percent of its wells contaminated has as many deep tube wells as a village where 99 percent of its wells are contaminated,” he said.

Researchers from HRW also found deep tube wells in the fenced compounds of politically influential people, blaming a government policy allowing members of parliament to allocate up to half of the well locations.

“After somebody gets elected, there’s a greater likelihood for there to be a deep well within a 100-metre radius of that person,” said Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak, a Bangladesh-born economics professor at Yale, who plans to release the results of his work later this year.

Such political interference is “a large part” of why previous efforts have had limited impact, HRW’s Pearshouse said.

A senior official, who did not want to be named, acknowledged the criticism, but said the government had now initiated its plan to

tackle the arsenic problem.

TECHNOLOGY TO THE RESCUE? Pearshouse welcomed the new state-led programme but said it would need to eliminate political meddling to succeed.

Van Geen said Lamont researchers are developing a mobile-based mapping application to help DPHE employees collect and input data on wells using a smartphone or tablet.

The app will display a map of all tested wells and their status, and can assess the suitability of potential sites for deep wells, increasing the chances of more equitable distribution, van Geen said.

The maps should be displayed outside local government offices, he added. “This is not so much about technology ... but about making information available in a way that will affect local policy decisions,” he told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

The team has received funding from the U.S. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, but van Geen is looking for additional backing to launch the app in six months.

Yale’s Mobarak, who also advises the Bangladesh government, said providing more information was “a good first step”, but it would need to be paired with incentives for local governments to perform well in reducing arsenic levels in their water. (rtr)

DENPASAR — The carrying capacity of Bali is dynamic and influenced by many factors. Land and water are measures of its natural factors while infrastructure for providing clean water, electricity and social demographics represent some of the man- made factors. “If we talk about food security, then we get into agricultural factors.

It is important to work towards maintaining farming so that we can become self-sufficient, instead of having to bring food in form other places”, said Agung Suryawan Wiranatha, an environmental observer, recently.

Comfort is another aspect of Bali’s carrying capacity. “ It terms of numbers, Bali’s carrying capacity depends of different factors”, he added. For example, if Bali is able to process wastewater into clean water and provide a clean water supply as well as process river water into

clean water, then we can increase Bali’s carrying capacity.

Likewise, traffic congestion represents a limit to the islands carrying capacity. However if Bali is able to provide public transport, improve roads and come up with more effective methods of transportation then fewer people will be using private vehicles and more people will be able to use the roads and traffic will lighten. SO again the carrying capacity depends on how we manage things.

In terms of electricity, we can use rivers as a source of hydro power as well as solar cells, wind power as well as sea currents.

By using a variety of sources of electricity to supply the needs of Bali, the carrying capacity will also increase. “ So we cannot say for certain that Bali has a carrying capacity of 5 million people”, said Wiranatha.

In fact it is difficult to determine such a figure. The most important thing is to look at indicators of variables that represents different limits. The most obvious limits to Bali,s carrying capacity involve land and people.

Not all land can be built on because there must be some left for agriculture. “ We must always have farms, we need to maintain them”, he concluded.

The amount of land is limited, therefor there needs to be a limit on the number of people who can be invited to live in Bali whether permanently or as tourists. Saying that we can simply built vertically to accommodate more people is not viable. “ What about roads and what about water? We are worried it will even trigger more congestion like in Jakarta. After building vertically, finally the solution is to relocate the capital. Do we want to relo-

Traffic congestion represents capacity. cate this Bali?”, he joked.

Demographically there is also a limit in terms of culture. The unique culture of Bali is based on Balinese activities and if the majority of Balinese people are no longer practising this culture or of the majority of the people on the

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island are not Balinese then how is this culture to be maintained?. “ Will tourists still want to come to Bali if they cannot see Balinese culture? What makes Bali unique and exotic is Balinese cutlure itself, thus we need to give attention to this too” said Wiranatha. (kmb45)

Arrangement of Japanese Cave waits for review of geological team

SEMARAPURA — The desire of Klungkung district to arrange the Japanese Cave located on the road side of Banjarangkan-Semarapura has not been realized yet. This happens because it is still awaiting geological studies from a team of experts. The projects that can be implemented this year are only the arrangement of parking space and construction of gazebo with a budget of hundreds of millions of rupiah.

Division Head of Spatial Planning at the Klungkung Public Works, Spatial Planning and Settlement Area Agency, Gusti Gede Gunarta, said on Sunday (Aug. 27) that pursuant to the initial draft, the

The projects that can be implemented this year are only the arrangement of parking space and construction of gazebo with a budget of hundreds of millions of rupiah.

district government allocates IDR 3 billion for the cave arrangement.

This budget is going to be used for construction of open stage, kiosks and toilets. But on the way, the conditions are even different.

In the discussion, the proposed budget was corrected quite a lot where the approved amount is only worth around IDR 500 million. The budget is focused on the arrangement of parking space,

construction of revetment as high as three meters to anticipate the collapse of parking space as it sits on the lips of Bubuh River, and the construction of gazebo as a resting place.

“Since this year’s budget is only valued at such amount, the other activities like construction of toilets cannot be realized,” he explained.

The arrangement, he continued, has not touched on the main tour-

ist attraction, namely the Japanese Cave. It remains to await the study of the geological team. It is important to know its solidity. “The solidity must be measured first,” he said.

Planning of this project has been accomplished. Although there are several pending projects, this official from Karangasem added that it is not useless. However, it can still be used for next year’s development. (kmb45)

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Ministry of tourism promotes ‘Bali Brand’

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Overseas Marketing Development for the Minsityr of Tourism I Gede Pitana hand in book to the participants

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Tastes of the Season at Shiki Japanese Restaurant

Aiming to draw 8 million tourists

DENPASAR—Branding plays a strategic role in selling any product to including tourist destinations to potential tourists. The RI’s Ministry of Tourism has therefor been working on branding 10 major destinations in Indonesia including Bali. This new branding is expected to draw more visitors to Bali.

The Ministry of Tourism’s new branding of these destinations was revealed to the heads of districts/municipal tourism offices from across Bali and related organizations on Monday (Aug. 28). The event was opened by Deputy of Overseas Marketing Development for the Minsityr of Tourism I Gede Pitana with two peakers Dr. Hery Margono and Bayu Asmara explaining some of the details.

In the Governor of Bali’s speech that was read out by the Head of Bali Tourism, A.A. Gede Yuniartha Putra, he said that tourism in Bali has grown since the 1920s and has seen its ups and downs over the years. The future of this sector, nonetheless still has a lot of potential and ability to influence other sectors.

In fact, the target is to have 8 million tourists visit Bali in 2019.

IN order to achieve this target, the government will strive to improve infrastructure, the management of destinations and do more intensive marketing.

Deputy of Overseas Tourism Marketing Development, I Gede Pitana, stated that Bali’s branding with the tag line “The Island of the Gods” is quite strong and includes many aspects of Bali including being paradise island. Now, it is up to everyone in the community to make sure that reality lives up to this tagline. Branding is a kind of promise to consumers and depends on reputation.

“Therefore, branding is vital in selling products. It is very hard to sell a product without communicating to potential consumers through branding. I am quite optimistic that Bali as a brand seduce, stimulate and motivate tourists to visit Bali’, said Pitana.

He added that the first thing to do is to promote the brand through books, calendar of events and by means of standard tagline. Secondly we need to work to live up to all the elements include in the tagline such as being hospitable, peaceful, beautiful, clean and tactile. In other words, the community must maintain all the components that make up the ”sapta pesona” philosophy.

If we can consistently maintain these in Bali, out reputation will be made. “ Branding is meaningless if we do nothing”, said Pitana. (kmb12)

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Formulation of regional bylaw draft

Hoteliers and restaurateurs obliged to purchase Bali beef

DENPASAR —In the near future, all hotels and restaurants will have to purchase Bali beef as set forth in one of the articles of the regional regulation draft on the management of Bali cattle being discussed by the Bali House of Representatives. Before being stipulated, the parliament plans to invite hoteliers and restaurateurs to discuss the matter on Wednesday (Aug. 30). This new regulation is in response to the fact that all this time, hotels and restaurants generally use imported beef.

“Firstly, we want local beef to enter this market, and secondly we want to know what their reasons are for not using local Bali beef. There must be a reason”, said Chairman of the Bali cow management regional regulation draft, I Nyoman Parta, in Denpasar, on Monday (Aug. 28).

Apparently, continued Parta, Bali beef is not in very high demand hotels and restaurants because the texture is not soft and the reason it is not as soft as imported beef is because Bali Beef tends to be harvested form cattle that are between 3- 5 years old with a weigh of anywhere from 300-450 kg or even 700 kg. The meat from older cows tend to be harder than younger cows. “If this is the issue, then through the gubernatorial regulation we will ensure that Bali Beef are harvested between 1.5 and 2.5 years in order to be accepted by hotels and restaurants.This way the meat will be softer. But we need to ask will hotels and restaurants then want this beef. That’S why we are meeting with them”, explained this PDI-P politician.

According to Parta, breeders generally do not mind slaughtering

their cows earlier as long as they get a good price for the meat. For live cows, breeders are lucky if their cows are priced at IDR 100,000 per kg. So if they are slaughtering their cows earlier, they must be assured that hotels and restaurants will not reject this meat for other reasons.

It is therefor important to know what hotels and restaurants want so that everything from research to assistance can be suitably arranged.

IN terms of number of cattle, Bali has enough to supply this market.

“Bali produces 50,000 beef cattle. So, if even if only 30 percent is absorbed by hotels and restaurants it would be enough – let alone 50 percent. Do not think about the weather their meat will be sold in Java or Bali, they are only concerned about the price”, explained Chairman of the Commission IV who added that there will be sanctions imposed on hotels and restaurants for the misdemeanor of not complying with regional regulations.

Head of the Bali Animal Husbandry and Animal Health Agency, I Putu Sumantra, said that Bali beef actually has a lot of potential to penetrate the hotel and restaurant market. They do however need

to be some changes regarding the needs of breeders and those of the market. For example wagyu (Japanese beef) must be selected first before being slaughtered at a young age. Only the best quality cows should be bred and the beef also needs to be well treated. That is why even the poorest quality of imported beef is priced at IDR 200 per kilogram.

“Wagyu cows are castrated and are given good feed of concentrate and cereal. If our breeders start doing this it will mean an added cost for them. It could also mean getting a better price for their meat, but will hotel and restaurants accept Bali Beef if the quality of this beef is in fact improved?”, questioned Sumantra.

Hotels and restaurants play a important role in Japan which allowed wagyu to have such a high price. In Bali, hotels require about 600 tons of beef per year. Bali is capable of supplying this demand.

“Hotels need bout 600 tons of beef per year so for a 2 year old Bali cow weighing 250 kg, only 15,000 heads would be needed to meet this demand, while currently Bali produces from 50,000 heads”, he said. (kmb32)

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Rohingya conflict Fresh conflict erupted in Myanmar’s northwestern Rakhine state, as Rohingya insurgents wielding sticks, guns and man-made bombs attacked some 30 police posts and an army base on Friday. Thousands of Rohingya Muslims and Rakhine Buddhists have fled the fighting.

Rohingya are crossing to Bangladesh while Rakhine are evacuated by the government to larger towns.

Approximate location of police posts and army base attacked

by Rohingya insurgents on Aug. 25

LOS ANGELES - A zombie dragon, an illicit romance and satisfying revenge helped drive the season finale of “Game of Thrones” to a viewership high, HBO said Monday, as the seventh season drew record ratings.

A total of 12.1 million viewers watched Sunday’s seventh season finale, titled “The Dragon and the Wolf,” up 36 percent from the 8.9 million viewers who watched the season six finale. Viewership from replays and streams on HBO’s ondemand apps boosted the overall Sunday ratings to 16.5 million viewers.

The seventh and penultimate season of Emmy-winning “Game of Thrones” drew an overall 30.8 million viewers, up nearly 8 million viewers from last season and cementing it as the most-watched show on Time Warner Inc’s premium cable network HBO. The record ratings came after hackers stole data and content from HBO and leaked it online, including scripts and unaired episodes of “Game of Thrones.”

The seventh season saw the show’s lead characters head towards a great battle over the Iron Throne reigning over the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros, while a

zombie army of White Walkers, led by the undead Night King, march south and threaten mankind’s destruction.

Characters Jon Snow and Daenerys Targaryen finally came together to join forces against the White Walkers, the remaining Stark children reunite at their home in Winterfell and enact a satisfying revenge against master manipulator Petyr Baelish.

The Lannister siblings also reunite in King’s Landing in a tense meeting that puts their family ties to the test.

Medieval fantasy “Game of Thrones,” based on George R.R. Martin’s “A Song of Ice and Fire” books, has won numerous Emmy awards including best drama series last year. It is not eligible for this year’s Emmy awards due to its summer premiere after production was pushed back to capture more winter landscapes for the storyline, but it will be back on the roster for next year’s Emmy awards. (rtr)

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LOS ANGELES - Indie rock band Brand New took the top spot on the Billboard 200 chart with “Science Fiction,” according to data on Monday from Nielsen SoundScan.

The New York-based band sold some 57,000 units of “Science Fiction,” its first studio album since 2009, while rapper Kodak Black took second place with new release “Project Baby Two” and sales of 49,000 units.

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The new releases pushed last week’s chart-topper Kesha into fifth place with her “Rainbow” album.

On the digital songs chart, which measures online single sales, Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi’s global sensation “Despacito,” featuring Justin Bieber, showed no signs of moving from

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The song, released last Thursday and featured on Sunday’s MTV Video Music Awards show, set a first day global record on Spotify of more than eight million streams, the music platform said at the weekend. (rtr)

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Rohingya village is seen on a river bank in Buthidaung, Myanmar August 29, 2017.

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Rohingya fleeing Myanmar violence face expulsion despite U.N. appeal COX’S BAZAR - Rohingya Muslims fleeing to Bangladesh from escalating violence in Myanmar face the growing danger of sickness and attempts by the Bangladesh authorities to send them home, despite a United Nations plea that they be allowed to seek shelter.

A series of coordinated attacks

by Rohingya insurgents on security forces in the north of Myanmar’s Rakhine state on Friday has triggered a fresh exodus to Bangladesh of Muslim villagers trying to escape the violence.

At least 109 people have been killed in the clashes in Myanmar, according to the government, most of them militants but including members of the security forces and civilians.

Bangladesh border guards told Reuters they had sent about 550 Rohingya back across the Naf river that separates the two countries since Monday, despite an appeal

by U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for Dhaka to allow Rohingya to seek safety. Border patrols were also trying to block people from crossing the frontier.

The treatment of about 1.1 million Muslim Rohingya in Myanmar has become the biggest challenge for national leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been accused by Western critics of not speaking out on behalf of a minority who have long complained of persecution.

The Rohingya are denied citizenship in Myanmar and classified as illegal immigrants, despite claiming roots there that go back

centuries.

The violence marks a dramatic escalation of a conflict that has simmered since October, when a similar, but much smaller, series of Rohingya attacks on security posts prompted a fierce military response dogged by allegations of human rights abuses.

The top U.N. human rights official, Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, called on Myanmar on Tuesday to ensure its security forces refrained from using disproportionate force, adding that the political leadership had a duty to protect all civilians “without discrimination”. “This turn of events is

deplorable. It was predicted and could have been prevented,” he said.

Myanmar’s National Security Adviser Thaung Tun said at a news conference that Myanmar had come under attack and had the full right to defend itself. He added that “security personnel have been instructed to make sure that innocent civilians are not harmed”.

NO MAN’S LAND Bangladesh is already host to more than 400,000 Rohingya refugees who have fled Buddhistmajority Myanmar since the early 1990s. Dhaka has asked the U.N. to pressure Myanmar over its treatment of the Muslim minority, insisting it cannot accept any

more. Still, more than 8,700 have registered in Bangladesh since Friday, the U.N. said. Hundreds of new arrivals milled around the entrance of the Kutapalong makeshift camp, the biggest unofficial refugee camp on the Bangladesh side of the border. Village elders said many of the Muslim hamlets near the border were empty, and said troops and ethnic Rakhine Buddhists had set fire to homes.

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