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Greta Gerwig explores complexities of growing up in ‘Lady Bird’ LOS ANGELES - “Why won’t you call me Lady Bird? You promised that you would.” That is the line that popped into actor and filmmaker Greta Gerwig’s head one day and went on to become the opening statement from the precocious teenage heroine of her directorial debut, “Lady Bird.” “Lady Bird, in a way, wrote herself,” Gerwig told Reuters on Sunday. “I was like, ‘Who is this girl, who’s this girl who makes (people) call her by a different name?’ It’s one of those things where it’s like I discovered the character as I was writing.” The titular character, played by Saoirse Ronan, is a teenage girl growing up “on the wrong side of the tracks” in Sacramento, California, attending Catholic school and wrestling with her identity as she figures out life after graduating from high school. “I wanted to make a movie that was about home, and how home is something you only understand when you’re leaving,” said Gerwig, who grew up in Sacramento and pens a love letter to her home town in “Lady Bird.”
The film, which opened in limited theaters last week and will roll out in more U.S. theaters this month, marks the solo directing debut of Gerwig, 34. She carved a career co-writing and starring in independent darlings such as 2010’s “Greenberg” and 2012’s “Frances Ha.” “Lady Bird” has already garnered critical praise and early awards buzz. “She just has this unique lens of seeing the world,” actor Beanie Feldstein, who plays Lady Bird’s best friend Julie, said of Gerwig. “It makes so much sense that she were to direct because that lens has always existed in her acting and in her writing.” In “Lady Bird,” Gerwig explores the complexities of her heroine’s various relationships, from her frustrations living in a cash-strapped home to the endearing connection with Julie and the innocence of her first love. Gerwig said she wanted to reflect a “kaleidoscope of people” in Lady Bird’s life because “when she leaves, you have to feel like she’s really leaving an entire community.” (rtr)
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The cast poses for photographers at the Justice League photocall, at The College, in London, Britain November 4, 2017.
“Justice League” must battle film critics as well as villains
LONDON - Saving Metropolis and Gotham City from the clutches of super-villains might be enough pressure for the average caped crusader but the cast of the forthcoming “Justice League” film also face another equally-terrifying foe: film critics. The film is the latest instalment from the DC comics stable of super-heroes - a series which, with the notable exception of this summer’s “Wonder Woman”, has met with a less than positive critical response and has failed to match the box office of rival Marvel’s biggest super-hero offerings. The film features a host of major DC characters and box office stars including Ben Affleck as Batman, Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman, Jason Momoa as Aquaman and Ezra Miller as the Flash. Gadot won both critical plaudits and box office success for “Wonder Woman”, which was directed by Patty Jenkins, and she is confident that the experience from that film helped her reprise the character in “Justice League”.
“I had almost no transition from Wonder Woman because I finished Wonder Woman and the next day I went to set to start working on Justice League,” she told Reuters. “I was already in the character and I only had to serve the story and the context of every scene and just you know be there and serve the director’s vision.” Momoa was hopeful for the film’s prospects, telling Reuters “I really hope that the fans enjoy what Zack (Snyder, the director) and I have done with Aquaman.” The film’s predecessor, 2016’s “Batman Vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice,” grossed just over $870 million at the global box office according to film revenue website Box Office Mojo, but received a 27
percent rating on film review aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes. Another recent entry in the DC franchise, 2016’s “Suicide Squad,” opened to an equally poor critical reception, and took around $745 million at the global box office. While both totals are not insubstantial, they are dwarfed by Marvel’s big hits - 2012’S “The Avengers” and 2015’s “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” which took $1.5 billion and $1.4 billon respectively. Audiences in 2017, however warmed to “Wonder Woman,” which grossed over $80 million more at the U.S. box office than “Dawn of Justice,” as well at proving a hit with critics, garnering a 92 percent Rotten Tomatoes score. (rtr)
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Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo (L) and first lady Iriana Widodo (2nd L) pose with their daugher Kahiyang Ayu (3rd R), their new son-in-law Bobby Nasution (3rd L) and his mother Hanifah Siregar (2nd R) and uncle Irwin Nasution (R) during the wedding ceremony in Solo, Central Java, Indonesia November 8, 2017 in this photo taken by Antara Foto.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo’s daughter marries with grand procession
SOLO - Dozens of dignitaries gathered on Wednesday (Nov 8) to celebrate the marriage of Indonesian President Joko Widodo’s daughter in Solo, Central Java in Indonesia. Kahiyang Ayu, the only daughter of the president - who is also known as Jokowi - married Bobby Afif Nasution in her father ’s hometown in a ceremony at 9am local time. The bride and groom, along with their families, made their way to the Graha Saba Buana Hall in a lavish wedding procession through the streets which included eight horse-drawn chariots and police and soldiers dressed in traditional attire.ndonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla
- who acted as witness for the bride - and other government officials were also present, as well as more than 80 foreign ambassadors and diplomats. “We come here to congratulate the bride and the groom as well as President Jokowi. We hope their marriage will last forever,” the Jakarta Post reported Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono, the son of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, as saying. The couple, who are both 26 and students at Bogor Institute of
Agriculture, dated for a year before getting engaged in June this year.A wedding reception was be held in the evening. The ritual, held at Mr Joko’s private residence in Solo, saw him and First Lady Iriana pour flowerinfused water over their daughter, followed by other family members and close relatives. Hundreds of Solo residents were already waiting along the street in front of the residence in Jalan Kutai Utara for Mr Joko and his wife to arrive. About 1,200 members of Projo, a volunteer group that supports Mr Joko, are also in Solo for the celebration.
“We also want to celebrate. We are happy for them,” said Mr Sarwono, 62, a vegetable seller at a wet market. He and about 40 fellow traders bought a huge tumpeng they ate together while holding a mass prayer. “We pray and hope the reception runs smoothly and the couple will be together until they are grandparents,” added Mr Sarwono, who goes by one name. On Tuesday night, in a procession called Midodareni, the groom’s family will deliver the dowry to the bride’s home. According to The Jakarta Post, the Islamic solemnisation ceremony, or akad nikah, will take place at 8 am
on Wednesday. “The President will give his daughter’s hand in marriage, while Vice-President Jusuf Kalla will act as witness for the bride and Coordinating Economic Minister Darmin Nasution, as witness for the groom,” said wedding coordinator Quirinto Endy. Continued to page 6 News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http:// radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.
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Parliament wishes to re-arrange Sanur Beach DENPASAR - Sanur Beach, having become a source of revenue from tourism sector, is considered to need a comprehensive arrangement. Until now, there are still some issues having been unresolved properly. For example, there are some semi-permanent or permanent buildings outside the jogging track. The buildings are considered to tarnish the existence of Sanur Beach having become a worldclass tourist destination.
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Sanur Beach
A member of the Denpasar House of Representatives, A.A. Susruta Ngurah Putra, accompanied by other members, Arya Jimbawan, revealed on Tuesday (Nov. 7) the need for control against the buildings standing outside the jogging track. In accordance with the existing law, outside the jogging track is not allowed to have a permanent building. “To make consistent, all the existing buildings outside the jogging track must be dismantled,” said Susruta. He said that quite a lot of buildings remain along the Sanur Beach without any discipline from related agencies. The government must dare to take action so the tourist attraction becoming the source of local revenue can be really managed professionally. Not only that, the environment must also be well ordered. Arya Jimbawan added the existence of Losari Beach in
Makassar can be an example of good arrangement. Previously, the beach was much viler than Sanur Beach. However, after the arrangement done periodically, the beach located on the edge of the city of Makassar remarkably draws the interests of tourists to make a visit to the city of Mamiri Wind. Several years ago, actually there has been a desire to rearrange the buildings outside the jogging track. Moreover, the plan to control the stalls and semi-permanent buildings on Sanur Beach already received support from Sanur community leaders. They asked the government to be consistent in the arrangement of the white sandy beach. Moreover, since the arrangement and the making of jogging track along the coast, the plan to free the buildings and others to the east of the jogging track has emerged. Unfortunately, the plan has never been properly realized, so there is omission to individuals that put their merchandise. “This needs the commitment of local government having the authority to do it,” added Susruta. Besides, the government also needs to maintain the only asset of natural beauty owned by Denpasar. If only the government has a strong commitment in maintaining the asset, surely the natural beauty of Sanur Beach could be better. “We all just need to keep and maintain this valuable asset in order to remain attractive to be visited by domestic and foreign tourists,” he said. (kmb12)
Tourism Office finds many vehicles passing shortcut BANGLI - Bangli Tourism and Culture Agency conducted monitoring activities against vehicles transporting tourists through shortcut at Bayung Gede, Kintamani. As result, it found dozens of vehicles crossing the path. “We found some 25 tourist transports attempting to pass on the Bayung Gede road section. They came from Payangan direction,” said Division Head of Object Development at the Bangli Tourism and Culture Agency, Wayan Bona, on Tuesday (Nov. 7).
He said that monitoring activities at Bayung Gede road section was held with several staff members on Monday (Nov. 6). In that time, his agency stopped tourist transports to be asked to show their admission ticket. “But they cannot show admission ticket. After directing carefully, they finally wanted to go back to the official track,” he explained. Bona explained that according to provisions all tourist transports wishing to visit tourist attraction
area of Kintamani should pass through the tracks having been prepared namely those equipped with admission ticket counter. They are located at Sekardadi, Sekaan or the path from Suter direction. Although some drivers argued that they took the shortcut because of following Google Map guidelines, he estimated the shortcut is frequently passed by tourist transports to avoid the payment of admission ticket. To prevent it from happening again, his agency will
intensify monitoring and evaluation activities in the shortcut for 2-3 times a week. He also hoped that relevant agencies can install a ban for tourist transport. “To build a new post is impossible because there is no land for that. The only one solution is the installation of prohibition sign,” he said. Previously, the suspicion against many tourist transports passing the shortcut was once revealed by Deputy Chairman of the Bangli House of Representatives, Komang
Carles. When interviewed some time ago, Carles said since the road sections were paved with hot mix asphalt, many tourist transports take the shortcut route to Kintamani. Since it is not guarded by officers, tourists so far can get away without having to pay admission ticket as they should do. To prevent such occurrence, Carles considered it necessary to make an admission ticket counter in the shortcut including the addition of the ticket attendant. (kmb40)
Alert level decreases, 3,000 cattle taken home
AMLAPURA - The handling of refugees’ livestock has been addressed by the government from the beginning by preparing the location of livestock shelters. They spread across 43 locations in 7 districts, namely Klungkung, Buleleng, Karangasem, Bangli, Tabanan and Gianyar. Based on updated data from Tanah Ampo Command Post, Manggis Subdistrict, there are a total of 7,800 heads of livestock in the shelter. After the decrease in the alert level of Mount Agung, 3,000 cattle have been repatriated to the area of origin in the radius of 6 km - 7.5 km from the Mount Agung. Head of Livestock and Animal
Health Taskforce, IKG Nata Kesuma, said last Sunday (Nov. 5) the current number of livestock in the refuge reaches 4,800 heads. The cattle belong to evacuating residents. The service to the livestock in the shelter includes the provision of feed, medicines and veterinary examination. It is facilitated by the government from the budget of the Ministry of Agriculture. In addition, there is also assistance from private sector of the feed factories. “There are companies facilitating concentrate and forage amounting to 119 tons. Besides, there is also provision from the Ministry of Agriculture distributed by the
taskforce,” he said. After the decrease in the alert level of Mount Agung from warning to watch, Director General of Livestock and Animal Health, Ministry of Agriculture, I Ketut Diarmita, held a meeting with the regent of Karangasem, Head of Bali Livestock and Animal Health Agency (PKH) and related stakeholders to determine the measures of handling before, during and after of the disaster if Mount Agung erupts. Ketut Diarmita reminded although there has been a decline in the alert level of Mount Agung, the monitoring progress and coor-
dination of rescuing and handling of livestock as well as the distribution of assistance from other parties should keep going on. “We keep the breeders and their livestock and avoid them from becoming the victims in case the natural disaster of Mount Agung really occurs. Similarly, it is the mandate of the Minister of Agriculture for farmers not to lose. Besides, they can feel calm and comfortable,” he said. He reminded the taskforce team to keep in mind the availability of feed, medicines and animal health checks. “This activity requires a lot of funds and we have made coop-
eration with many parties,” he said. Head of the Bali Livestock and Animal Health Agency, I Putu Sumantra, conveyed that all this time the cattle sales of refugees are very good at a reasonable price. “However, we still recommend them selling male cows,” he said. Regent of Karangasem, I Gusti Ayu Mas Sumantri, said that almost 30 percent of the population of Karangasem raises cattle. She considered the breeders have loved their cattle and even ‘get united’ with their cattle. “If the breeders survive, then their cattle must also survive,” she said. (gik)
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Thursday, November 9 18:30-19:30 Case Study #017: Mangosteen with Hary Akademi Bar Jl, Petiteget no 51B, Seminyak 11:00-12:30 Reiki Breathwork Journey White Lotus Yoga & Meditation 23 Jalan Kajeng, Gianyar
18:30-19:30 Bali Usada Health Meditation Power of Now Oasis Sanur Beach (near mercer resort) Friday, November 10 19:30-22:00 Jazz Live & Open Mic Sayuri Healing Food No2 Jalan Sukma, Ubud 19:30-22:30 Friday Live Music by
Dr. Ashrii & Friends Bar Luna Ubud Casa Luna Basement Jalan Raya UBud Saturday, November 11 19:00-21:00 Table Quiz Blue Earth Village Amed, Karangasem 20:00-23:00 Log Sankrit meets Rizal (Classical indian meets
Local folk star) BetelNut Bali Jalan Raya UBud 19:00-23:59 KupuKupu FunRaiser The onion CO. Jalan Raya Pengosekan, Ubud Sunday, November 12 10:00-17:00 Sanur Inspiring Project VOl. 1 Toko Concept Store Jalan Danau Poso
no 51A, Sanur 18:00-21:00 Fase Inkubasi Statup digital: teman and project management Kumpul Coworking Space Jl, Danau Poso 51 A, Sanur 18:00-21:00 Rooftop Accoustic Vibes by Putu Paris Cat Jazz Club jl. Petitenget no. 5, 2nd floor,Kuta
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Stop using antibiotics in healthy animals, WHO urges farmers
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Alcohol consumption is known to increase the risk of several cancers, including head and neck, esophageal, liver, colorectal and female breast cancers.
Cutting back on alcohol can prevent cancers: experts
CALIFORNIA - A large organization of cancer doctors has issued a call to action to minimize alcohol consumption.
With a newly released position paper, the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) hopes to draw attention to the strong links between drinking alcohol and risks for several types of cancer. “People are not aware of this,” said Susan Gapstur, a vice-president of the American Cancer Society who was not involved with the position statement. In a phone interview, Gapstur stressed that people living with cancer remain at risk for other cancers so it’s important that they realize alcohol’s role in cancer recurrence, too. The call to action from ASCO follows a survey the group commissioned, which found that 70 percent of Americans do not recognize drinking alcohol as a risk factor for cancer. In fact, alcohol consumption is known to increase the risk of several cancers, including head and neck, esophageal, liver, colorectal and female breast cancers. Alcohol is classified as a carcinogen by the International Agency for Cancer Research. Approximately 3.5 percent of all cancer deaths in the U.S. - about 19,500 deaths - are alcohol related, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The ASCO statement, published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, cautions that while the greatest risks are seen with heavy long-term use, even low alcohol consumption (defined as less than one drink per day) or moderate consumption (up to two drinks per day for men, and one drink per day for women because they absorb and metabolize it differently) can increase cancer risk. Among women, light drinkers have a four percent increased risk of breast cancer, while moderate drinkers have a 23 percent increased risk of the disease. Heavy drinkers who consume more than eight drinks a day have a 63 percent increased risk of female breast cancer because alcohol increases levels of the female sex hormone estrogen. Dr. Noelle LoConte, a member of ASCO’s prevention committee who is the lead author of the position paper, told Reuters Health that “pink washing,” or exploiting the color pink to show a commitment to finding a cure for breast cancer, leads people to buy pink bottles of liquor during breast cancer awareness month. They think they’re helping to fight breast cancer, but nothing could be farther from the truth, she said. Heavy drinkers of both genders increase their risk of head and neck and oral cancers by more than 500 percent because tissues come into direct contact with alcohol carcinogens. (rtr)
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LONDON - The World Health Organization urged farmers on Tuesday to stop using antibiotics to promote growth and prevent disease in healthy animals because the practice fuels dangerous drug-resistant superbug infections in people. Describing a lack of effective antibiotics for humans as “a security threat” on a par with “a sudden and deadly disease outbreak”, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said “strong and sustained action across all sectors” was vital to turn back the tide of resistance and “keep the world safe”. The WHO “strongly recommends an overall reduction in the use of all classes of medically important antibiotics in food-producing animals, including complete restriction of these antibiotics for growth promotion and disease prevention without diagnosis,” the United Nations agency said in a statement. Any use of antibiotics promotes the development and spread of so-called superbugs, multidrug-resistant infections that can evade the medicines designed to kill them. According to the WHO’s statement, in some countries around 80 percent of total consumption of medically important antibiotics is in the animal sector. They are largely used in healthy animals to stop them getting sick and to speed up their growth. The WHO said such use should be completely halted. It said in sick animals, wherever possible, tests should first be conducted to determine the most effective and prudent antibiotic to treat their specific illness. The WHO’s new guidelines “illustrate the degree to which our regulators and large food animal producers are falling short,” said Cameron Harsh, a senior manager for the Center for Food Safety, a U.S. advocacy group. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has said that medically important antibiotics should not be used for growth promotion in animals. “The recommendations erroneously conflate disease prevention with growth promotion in animals,” Chavonda Jacobs-Young, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s acting chief scientist, said in a statement. In the United States, Tyson Foods Inc has stopped using antibiotics to produce its retail line of chicken. Perdue Farms, a competitor, said it eliminated the routine use of antibiotics in chicken last year. Sanderson Farms Inc, the third largest U.S. poultry producer, is the only large U.S. chicken producer that has not made a commitment to limit its use of medically important antibiotics. The company had no immediate comment on Tuesday. (rtr)
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According to the WHO’s statement, in some countries around 80 percent of total consumption of medically important antibiotics is in the animal sector. They are largely used in healthy animals to stop them getting sick and to speed up their growth.
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Land acquisition of Ngurah Rai underpass
Two landowners still disagree with IDR 20 million per square meter
MANGUPURA — The acquisition of land from people whose land will be affected by the underpass project at the intersection of Ngurah Rai is not going smoothly. Two of the 14 land owners involved do not agree with the valuing of their land at IDR 20 million per square meter. Division Head of Bina Marga at the Badung Public Works and Spatial Planning (PUPR), Sang Nyoman Oka Permana, said that he is still waiting for the decision of the landowners. “The letters of approval or disapproval from the landowners has been submitted. We are still waiting because not all of the landowners agree with the terms of the deal”, explained Oka Permana, on Monday (Nov. 6). The value of the land was determined according to the results of the appraisal team who deemed the value at IDR 20 million per square meter for a total of about IDR 2 billion. However, not all of the affected land-owners has signed away their land rights. “ Two landowners have not approved the offer. We are still waiting for their letters stating that they approve”, he said. Oka Permana did not give the names of the people who do not agree with the price of land determined by the appraisal team. Nevertheless, his agency plans to release through a consignment process or money deposit in court, so the project can go ahead. “If there are landowners who still disagree, we will deposit money in court because this can no longer be
manipulated. This project will go ahead”, he said. Although the land acquisition process has not been completed, work has already started on the project. A project signboard has been put up in the proposed area that reads: “Working Unit of the National Road of Metropolitan Denpasar, National Road Agency VII, Directorate General of Highways, Ministry of Public Works and Housing of the RI as the project contractor”. Funds for the Underpass Development Project package at the Ngurah Rai intersection in Badung is sourced from the national budget 2017 until 2018 with a contract value of IDR 168,376,159,000 (including value added tax). The contractor implementing the project is Adhi-Nindya-Wira Joint-Operation with PT. Wira Widyatama as supervising consultant in joint operation with PT. Aria Jasa Reksatama and PT Tata Guna Patria. The implementation time of the project is 390 days and the maintenance period is 730 calendar days. Under the project signboard it also says that the project is being implemented with partial funding from taxes paid by the people. As previously mentioned, the Badung Public Works and Housing Agency has completed the assessment of the people’s land affected by the Ngurah Rai intersection underpass project. According to the results of the appraisal team, the total land area covers 1,018 square meters owned by 14 people and appraised to be valued at IDR 20 million per square meter. (kmb27)
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Although the land acquisition process has not been completed, work has already started on the project.
Bali’s economic growth slows with 6.22 percent growth DENPASAR — In the third quarter of 2017, Bali’s economy grew by 6.22 percent compared to the third quarter of 2016 (yoy). This growth is measured based on the movement of GDP with constant price basis, namely from IDR 35 trillion in the third quarter of 2016 to IDR 37.19 trillion in the third quarter of 2017. When compared to second quarter of 2017 (qtq), it showed a growth of 3.34 percent. This was conveyed by Division Head of Integration Processing and Statistical Dissemination (IPDS) of Central Statistical Agency (BPS) Bali, Kadek Agus Wirawan, on Monday (Nov. 6). In terms of quarter to quarter growth, the figure of 3.34 percent shows stagnant growth because in the first quarter of 2017 the growth was 3.34 percent. Bali’s economy grew by 6.22 percent which is higher than the national average of only 5.06 percent. Nevertheless, the growth experienced a slowdown compared to the third quarter of 2016 that reached 6.61 percent. In the third quarter of 2017, Bali’s economic growth was sustained by the three highest grossing economic sectors: accommodation, food and beverage with 10.71 percent of growth followed by the wholesale and retail trade sector (9.64 percent) as well as electricity and gas sector that grew by 8.40 percent. “This is in terms of yoy, while for the qtq, the highest growth was in the transportation sector with an increase of 6.37 percent. Accommodation, food and beverage increased by 5.29 percent and electricity and gas increased by 3.94 percent”, he explained. The increase in the accommodation, food and beverage sector is also inseparable from the increase in foreign tourist arrivals which increase 18 percent compared to the second quarter of 2017. The yoy increase of foreign tourists visits is recorded to reach 27.51 percent. If examined further, the structure of the Gross Regional Domestic Product (PDRB) of the Province of Bali is supported by accommodation, food and beverage by 23.43
percent with 10.71 percent growth in the third quarter of 2017. In addition, the GRDP of Bali is also supported by agriculture, forestry, fisheries which contributed as much as 14.25 percent to the GRDP. In the third quarter of 2017, electricity and gas sector grew by 8.40 percent whereas this sector gave relatively small contribution (0.24 percent) to the GDP of Bali. “The lowest is the procurement of water, electricity and gas. So, this further reinforces the hypothesis that Bali’s economy is still heavily dependent on tourism. The accommodation, food and beverage sector is directly related to tourism. As are transportation and retail trade” added Wirawan. Government consumption increases significantly
In terms of expenditure, comprised of household consumption, government consumption, non-profit institutions, formation of fixed capital as well as exports and imports, when viewed from expenditures in the third quarter of 2017, the largest contributions to eh GRDP based on constant price were from exports (65 percent). The second largest contributor to the GRDP was household consumption (44.97 percent), investment or capital formation (31.49 percent), followed by government consumption and non-profit institution consumption. Import serve as a subtracting factor to the formation of the GRDP. “But if we look at the growth in each component of the expenditure sector (GRDP by expenditure), although exports contribute a lot, they only increased by 1. 67 percent compared to the third quarter of 2016. The highest growth occurred in government consumption with an increase of 6.89 percent”, he explained. Government consumption in the third quarter of 2017 was for personnel expenditures with the realization of the thirteenth salary. In addition, capital expenditure increased significantly both in yoy and qtq in the third quarter of 2017. In terms of expenditure, government consumption has a very
dominant influence. However, its contribution to the PDRB is relatively small. Demand shifts
According to economic analyst, and former Chief of Bali Representative Office of the Bank Indonesia, Viraguna Bagoes Oka, both the global and regional economy show a decline in aggregate economic growth that also has an impact on Bali’s economy. “However, it does not necessarily mean there is a declining purchasing power because there has been a 5 percent growth in the economy”, he said. The economic structure of Bali remains quite sustainable and prospective due to Bali’s tourism industry. The decline in purchasing power seems to have been caused by the shift in the demand of the business community from the consumption of good to the consumption of services or lifestyle choices. This is reflected in the increase of third party funds in banking within the past year reaching 10 percent-15 percent. In addition, there has been an increased demand for air travels to various inter-island and international destinations, especially to or from Bali which increased drastically by 3040 percent in the last 3-4 months. After the warning alert level of Mount Agung was decreased a few days ago, there has been a significant surge in the number of air passengers. Another analyst of from the Bali Representative Office of Bank Indonesia, Umran Usman, said that third party funds of banks in Bali as of the third quarter of 2017 reached IDR 87.61 trillion which shows growth of 10.34 percent (yoy). This growth is higher than the second quarter of 2017 that showed 7.21 percent (yoy) growth worth IDR 83.21 trillion. Banking credit in Bali in the third quarter of 2017 is recorded to have amounted to IDR 71.88 trillion showing a yoy 7.22 percent increase. This growth slowed down when compared to the growth in the second quarter of 2017 that amounted to 8.63 percent (yoy) with a nominal value of IDR 71.27 trillion. (kmb42)
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Chief of Denpasar Police, Hadi Purnomo.
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Alleged murderer of Dutch citizen hunted in Lampung DENPASAR — A Dutch citizen named Robert Gilhooad was found dead in a bathroom at Puri Gading Housing Complex on Jalan Ambon Blok A 7, Jimbaran, South Kuta, on Friday (Nov. 3). Results of the police investigation led to securing the victim’s car at Merak Harbor, Banten. The man alleged to have murdered Gilhoad fled the scene and is currently being hunted down in Lampung. Chief of Denpasar Police, Hadi Purnomo, said on Monday (Nov. 6) that it was difficult to identify the victim because his corpse was already started decomposing.“The victim had likely been dead for over three days” he affirmed. The Denpasar Police are cooperating with the INAFIS of the Bali Police and the Denpasar Forensic Lab. In addition, a autopsy will soon be conducted to clarify the victim’s cause of death. “We have examined six witnesses. As the result of coordination with other police officers, the victim’s red car was found at Merak Harbor and was secured on October 31”, explained Chief Purnomo. Initially the car had been driven by a man who identity has yet ot be released. When the police officers arrived at the harbour and started investigating the car, the alleged perpetrator pretended to go to the toilet and then ran away form the police. “We have a photo of the alleged perpetrator. Our personnel have already secured the car at Merak Harbour and headed to Lampung to find the alleged perpetrator” said this former Chief of the Gianyar Police. This crime first came to the attention of the police when 42 year old witness Evi Kusuma from Banywangi. At abour 19:00 she was walking her dog near the crime scene when she noticed a strong stench. She then called Dharmawan and Fahmi and the incident was immediately reported to the South Kuta Police. The police arrived at the crime scene a few minutes and after a brief search found the victim’s body lying face up in his bathroom. The body of the victim exuded a dank stench and was decomposing with swarms of flies around it. On the mattress in the victim’s room the police found an ax, two iron bars, drops of blood and a blood soaked pillow. Around 02:30, the victim’s body was evacuated by the national SAR agency (Basarnas) and taken to Sanglah Hospital. (kmb36)
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RIYADH - All major Gulf stock markets slid on Tuesday on jitters about Saudi Arabia’s sweeping anti-graft purge, a campaign seen by critics as a populist power grab but by ordinary Saudis as an overdue attack on the sleaze of a moneyed ultra-elite.
The Jembrana songket also has a characteristic in terms of the motive.
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Preserving songket clothes of Jembrana
DENPASAR — Housewives at Pendem village, Jembrana subdistrict, Jembrana, are now busy weaving typical songket clothes of this district. A total of 51 housewives are empowered to weave using nonmechanical loom (ATBM). A Jembrana songket business owner, I Ketut Widiadnyana, said that his business is the development and preservation of Jembrana songket with brand name of Putrimas weaving group. It is a women empowerment, cultural preservation and creative economy. “Putrimas weaving group mostly consists of housewives originating from around our village,” he said. His wife, Luh Wayan Sriadi, who is a doctor, has a love to the embroidery and weaving art of Jembrana. Initially, Sriadi had a Balinese kebaya embroidery business. This business can absorb much labor. Then, Widiadnyana and his wife participated in some exhibitions and finally developed well. He began to develop Jembrana songket with its derivatives. He chose to develop songket because next 20 years it is predicted to be extinct. This is marked by the absence of younger generation that is willing to weave. On average, the age of the weavers in his group is 40 years. He observes no younger generation is interested in weaving songket. Traditional songket work, slightly hard to do
because it needs the strength of hands, sitting and bound, et cetera are alleged to be the cause. Responding to the fear of extinction faced by songket, since a year ago, Putrimas weaving group has developed typical songket of Negara or songket without connection. “In our opinion, it is the only songket development center without a connection, the workmanship does not eliminate the traditional nuance namely leverage,” he explained. This non-connecting songket is worked on at his home, while the other songket clothes (with connections) are done at the homes of each weaver. “We have complete profile data of the group members and their admission statements,” he added. In addition, the Jembrana songket also has a characteristic in terms of the motive. There are motives featuring bridge of bridge, lunar-stellar, crab’s claws, bamboo cane works, brackets, et cetera. Considering there is no rule of working hours, he implements a bulk system. So, the housewives take materials to him to be woven at their
respective home. “I apply a bulk system to motivate faster workmanship of the songket clothes. The dream of weaving songket becomes the main job, not a side job,” he said. Songket which is identical with customary clothing and religion also draws the interest of foreigners. His songket clothes have penetrated export market such as Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan. “Yesterday, at the exhibition in South Korea, there was a buyer meeting, not a big party,” he said. Admittedly, he does not export this songket clothes too much because his overseas buyers are mostly designers. Besides, he has registered his product in order to get Intellectual Property Rights (HAKI). “We even have six HAKI certificates. Not only that, we are now being guided by the Bali Representative Office of Bank Indonesia. Other than increasing productivity, quality and innovation, we must also meet the compliance in terms of administration such financial reports and monthly activity reports,” he said vivaciously. (kmb42)
U.S. President Donald Trump endorsed the crackdown, saying some of those arrested have been “milking” Saudi Arabia for years, but some Western officials expressed unease about the possible reaction in Riyadh’s opaque tribal and royal politics. Authorities detained dozens of top Saudis including billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal in a move widely seen as an attempt by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to neuter any opposition to his lightening ascent to the pinnacle of power. Admirers see it as an assault on the endemic theft of public funds in the world’s top oil exporter, an absolute monarchy where the state and the ruling family are intertwined. “Corruption should have been fought a long time ago, because it’s corruption that delays society’s development,” Riyadh resident Hussein al-Dosari told Reuters. “God willing, everything that happened ... is only the beginning of what is planned,” said Faisal bin Ali, adding he wanted to see “correcting mistakes, correcting ministries and correcting any injustices against the general population.” But some analysts see the arrests
as the latest in a string of moves shifting power from a consensusbased system dispersing authority among the ruling Al Saud to a governing structure centred around 32-year-old Prince Mohammed himself. Investors worry that his campaign against corruption - involving the arrests of the kingdom’s most internationally known businessmen - could see the ownership of businesses and assets become vulnerable to unpredictable policy shifts. Saudi banks have frozen more than 1,200 accounts belonging to individuals and companies in the kingdom and the number keeps rising, bankers and lawyers said. The authorities sought to reassure the business community late on Tuesday, with the central bank saying it was freezing suspects’ personal bank accounts at the request of the attorney general but not suspending operations of their companies. “In other words, corporate businesses remain unaffected. It is business as usual for both banks and corporates,” the bank said in a statement, adding there were no restrictions on money transfers through proper banking channels.
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Saudi billionaire Prince AlWaleed bin Talal looks on during a news briefing in Manama, May 8, 2012. A separate statement said Prince Mohammed had directed a powerful ministerial committee, the Council for Economic Affairs and Development, to ensure that national and multinational companies, including those wholly or partly owned by individuals under investigation, were not disrupted. “The Council recognised the
importance of these companies for the national economy, and the importance of ensuring that investors could operate with confidence in Saudi Arabia,” the state news agency SPA said. In Washington, Heather Nauert, spokeswoman for the U.S. State Department, said it had urged Saudi Arabia to undertake any prosecu-
tions of corruption suspects in a “fair and transparent” manner. She said the United States had received assurances from the Saudi government that it would do so. But another U.S. official later told reporters she had misspoken and that they had no such assurances that they could discuss in public. (rtr)
India’s rape survivors degraded by “finger test” despite reforms, report says
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Demonstrators shout slogans during a protest against the rape and murder of a law student in the southern state of Kerala, India.
MUMBAI - Five years after a fatal Delhi bus rape, more Indian women are reporting attacks but are often humiliated by police and medics or intimidated to withdraw cases, activists said on Wednesday. A study by Human Rights Watch (HRW) found the outlawed “twofinger test” - which involves a doctor inserting fingers into a rape victim’s vagina to determine if she is sexually active - being carried out in a hospital in the state of Rajasthan. “In some states, both the police and the medical system have not adopted the measures the government set out,” Meenakshi Ganguly, South Asia director at the U.S.-based advocacy group told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. “While the intention is there (to help rape survivors), it does not percolate down the system.” Home ministry officials said they could only comment once they had
seen the report. India has some of the highest number of rapes in the world but many sex crimes are not reported, offenders often go unpunished and the wheels of justice turn slowly, activists say. HRW analysed the impact of reforms introduced following the fatal gang rape of a student in a New Delhi bus in 2012 that led to national outrage and put a global spotlight on rape in India. Nearly 35,000 rape cases were reported to the police and 7,000 convictions were made in 2015, both increasing by about 40 percent in three years, according to government data. But access to support services, ranging from legal aid to healthcare, is poor and gender-friendly government guidelines are often flouted, HRW said. “Women and girls said that they received almost no attention to their health needs, including counselling,
even when it was clear they had a great need for it,” the report said. India’s top court said in 2013 that the two-finger test violated a woman’s right to privacy. It was banned and the Indian Council of Medical Research issued new guidelines in 2014. But HRW found the test mentioned in a form that doctors fill in when they examine rape survivors at a Rajasthan hospital. Sexual violence remains a taboo in the world’s largest democracy, and women and girls fear stigma or retribution if they report attacks. HRW called for India to introduce a victim and witness protection system to encourage people to come forward. It interviewed more than 20 rape survivors, as well as lawyers, doctors and police officials in four states with a high prevalence of rape, as well as New Delhi and Mumbai. (rtr)
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LONDON - Even though Catalonia’s bid for independence may be Spain’s worst political crisis in decades, it has been no Grexit, Brexit or even Frexit for foreign investors. Overseas holders of Spanish stocks and bonds -- and indeed owners of euro zone assets in general -- have been quick to dismiss comparisons with a succession of rolling sovereign debt crises that hit the euro zone between 2010 and 2012. nian default, and the effect on Spain would also be limited. Catalonia’s total debt to the centre represents just 4.75 percent of the Spain’s total debt as of the end of 2016. Independence on its own would neither lead to a sovereign default nor to an exit of a existing euro zone member, which caused consternation earlier in the decade given fears of sovereign redenomination risk, related banking stress and legal precedents that seeped across the bloc. Economic confidence and business risk for Spanish firms and households may be an issue at the margins for equity investors, but this is largely cushioned at the moment by a booming world economy and the fastest economic expansion in the euro zone in more than six years. The chances of secession itself were always slim. One of the leading investors in Catalonian bonds believes the region’s bid for independence was always legally doubtful. “Greece was a very different story -– the very existence of Greece as part of the monetary union was called into question. In Catalonia, independence was never constitutional, there was no legal basis,” said Mark Dowding, senior portfolio manager at BlueBay Asset Management, which has been a long term investor in Catalonian debt.
If ultimately Catalonia’s independence was always unlikely, the rest was just a “storm in a teacup” for financial markets, Dowding said. Markets did attempt to reprice different elements of the Spanish financial world -- but few of these moves were durable. The gap between Catalonian and Spanish bonds widened rapidly to its highest level in over a year after the banned Oct. 1 independence referendum, as investors fled from the troubled region’s debt. But now it has not only erased those losses but shrunk to its smallest since mid-July, at 250 basis points. Spanish banks that had been based in Catalonia, Banco de Sabadell and Caixa Bank, took outsize hits during the worst of the crisis but both since moved their headquarters out of the region and their stock prices are still up more than 20 percent yearto-date. “This is very different from other crises the euro zone has faced recently,” said Nadia Gharbi, an economist at Pictet Wealth Management. “This is very much an internal issue and a national question for Spain. We don’t think that, as things stand, it will lead to a systemic crisis.” “Spanish equities have been the category that is most affected; Spanish
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An EU flag with its stars removed is waved by a demonstrator outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium November 7, 2017. bonds have seen a relatively modest impact and the euro has been mostly affected by the ECB,” said Nicola Mai, an analyst and portfolio manager at Pimco, the world’s largest bond investor and an owner of Catalonian debt. The European Central Bank’s ongoing monetary stimulus and bondbuying programme helped to subdue some potential volatility. All South European government debt -- seen as major beneficiaries of the ECB largesse -- have been in demand since and Spain’s 10-year borrowing costs are a good 13 basis points below the level before the Oct. 1. referendum. “As investors you’re in an environment which frankly looks pretty benign from a volatility perspective,”
said Andrew Mulliner, portfolio manager at asset manager Henderson. The main European volatility index is close to its lowest since well before the 2008 financial crisis. Spain was one of the countries that suffered during the euro zone debt crisis of 2010-2012, seeing its debt level jump from 29 percent of GDP to 99 percent currently after having to accept a bailout from the European Union to rescue its banks. It went through years of recession to come out the other end as one of the bloc’s fastest growing countries currently. It is expected to grow at 2.4 percent for 2018, according to the European Commission, well above the euro zone average of 1.8 percent.(rtr)
Kenya’s economic growth to rebound in 2018, finance minister says
NAIROBI - Kenya’s economy should rebound in 2018 after drought and political turmoil during a prolonged election cycle cut nearly 1 percent from this year’s early economic growth forecast, Finance Minister Henry Rotich said on Tuesday. The economy is expected to grow by more than 6 percent next year, Rotich said. He said growth would move towards 7 percent in the medium term, without elaborating. He had earlier trimmed the 2017 forecast to 5.0 percent from a previous projection of 5.5 percent, which itself was a reduction from 5.9 percent. The economy grew 5 percent in the first half of the year, the government said, falling short of its full-year
forecast. “Agriculture this year will be better than last year, that is the reason why our growth looks optimistic, even at this time when we face these challenges on the investment side,” Rotich told a news conference. Rotich said that revenue collections for the first four months of the 2017/18 (July-June) fiscal year had fallen short by 40 billion shillings ($386.47 million). Kenya’s economy has faced a slowdown for most of the year. In addition to the drought and its political uncertainty, credit growth has slowed, partly because of a cap on commercial bank lending rates imposed last September.
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“Storm in a tea cup” - Catalonia is no repeat of euro crisis Even though Spain’s wealthiest region has a bigger economy than Greece, Portugal and Finland, relatively unfazed Spanish and Catalonian assets to date shows markets are treating the crisis ovr Catalonia as a largely domestic issue with few if any systemic sovereign, banking or euro wide threats. While Spain’s blue-chip IBEX equity index is about 7 percent off the year’s highs, it is still up more than 10 percent for 2017 as a whole. The Spanish government’s 10-year borrowing costs as well as their risk premium over German equivalents are lower than where they started the year. The euro exchange rate has barely budged. On one level the scale of financial risk more than gross domestic output of the area is of a different order. Catalonia’s debt level -- at around 77 billion euros -- is around quarter that of Greece. In addition, 52.5 billion euros of that -- just over two-thirds -- is owed to Spain, a further 8.175 billion euros to resident financial institutions, 6.018 billion euros to the rest of the world and 10.035 billion euros to others, according to the data from the Spanish central bank. The international exposure is too small to create ripples across the euro zone even in the event of a Catalo-
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Rotich said the government had no immediate plans to lift the cap, saying it was still studying its effects. The government planned to forge ahead with its infrastructure plans, he said, including a port at Lamu to ease regional trade. The government was also looking at issuing another Eurobond, Rotich said, although he would not give details. Kenya issued a $2 billion dollardenominated Eurobond in 2014. Rotich said a new Eurobond could be used to repay the outstanding amount of a $750 million syndicated loan that the government raised in 2015 and matured in October this year. He said that 90 percent of the investors in the loan had agreed to ex-
tend the maturity by six months until April 2018 while those 10 percent that did not want to extend have already been repaid. “We have plans to extend it because we had the option of still refinancing it by a Eurobond but there were some which we extended, others we paid off ... and those we extend up to April, up to six months,” said Rotich. “We are prepared to refinance that over a much longer period of time.” The original $750 million loan was syndicated to a group of 26 banks and arranged by Citigroup, Standard Bank and Standard Chartered and pays a margin of 520 basis points over LIBOR. Kenya held a presidential election
on Aug. 8, but the Supreme Court nullified President Uhuru Kenyatta’s win and ordered a repeat election. Opposition leader Raila Odinga boycotted the new election, on Oct. 26, and Kenyatta won again, with 98 percent of the vote, in a campaign marred by violent protests. On Monday, a former lawmaker filed a petition at the Supreme Court challenging Kenyatta’s second victory, in a last-minute move that opened the door to legal scrutiny of the vote. Kenya is a regional hub for trade, diplomacy and security. The prolonged election season disrupted its economy as investors waited to see the outcome, Rotich said.(rtr)
Significance of Galungan Feast Day Series
Galungan falling on Buda (Wednesday) Kliwon Dungulan is the eagerly awaited feast day by the Hindu communities in Indonesia. This feast day falls every 210 days as it is based on intersection of panca wara (five-day week) and sapta wara (seven-day week). The series of celebrations to welcome Galungan has begun 25 days earlier namely on Tumpek Pengatag. On this day, Hindu followers perform a ritual to respect for plants so that they could bear fruits and lushly flower to be used in welcoming Galungan. Next processions include the Penyekeban Galungan, Penyajaan Galungan and Penampahan Galungan. Penyekeban Galungan falls on Sunday (Redite Paing Dungulan) which is usually followed by a process of ‘ripening’ (penyekeban) fruits. Philosophically, Penyekeban Galungan can mean that humans should shrink the ego of their deeds, so that they can get closer to God. Significance of Galungan Feast Day Series_penjor After this procession is Penyajaan Galungan falling on Monday (Soma Pon Dungulan). It is time for the Hindus to prepare various cakes to be used in the ritual oblation of Galungan. Philosophically, Penyajaan Galungan is interpreted as an attempt to make creation with sweet and useful characteristic for humans. Moralized knowledge is an expected effect that occurs in harmony with the celebration of Penyajaan Galungan. When knowledge comes without morality, then the destruction of the world is at stake. Meanwhile, Penampahan Galungan falling on Tuesday (Anggara Wage Dungulan) is a long-awaited day by the Hindus in Bali. Penampahan Galungan is celebrated by preparing very festive cooking. Slaughtering a swine is a commonplace activity carried out. On this day, all members of the Hindu
community will try to do their best in preparing delicacies to be eaten on the day of Galungan on the next day. Philosophically, the celebration of Penampahan Galungan is actually put emphasis on the effort to eradicate the existing animal nature in human. Thus, on the celebration of Galungan humans could be freed from the animal nature. Swine is a symbol of laziness, so that slaughtering it then symbolizes that laziness can be eliminated. Penampahan Galungan is also followed by natab byakala ritual in the afternoon for self-purification. The philosophical meaning of Penampahan Galungan is gradually replaced with literal meaning, namely slaughtering swine for the preparation of Galungan. Ignorance about the significance of the celebration may probably have side impacts such as followed by drunkenness and so forth. “Philosophically, the three series of Galungan feast day are actually a process of self-purification so that in the celebration of Galungan we truly celebrate the victory of dharma (truth) against adharma (untruth). If the philosophical meaning is set aside, we do not get goodness, but adharma will even go rampant in the life of community,” said Chairman of the Hindu Dharma Council of Indonesia (PHDI) of Bali, Prof. Dr.
I Gusti Ngurah Sudiana. Nevertheless, in this current globalization era, the philosophy of Galungan feast day series has undergone a shift in meaning. An academician, Dr. I.B. Radendra Suastama, believed that the shift in the meaning is influenced by the Hindu perspective in understanding the procession of Galungan and Kuningan. It is inseparable from the growth of pragmatic, consumptive and instant mental attitude among the members of Hindu community today. Actually, the significance of each series of Galungan and Kuningan feast day is essentially philosophically profound. Starting from the meaning of self-restraint, self-preparation to the essence of meaning against lust in human self to victory in the fight of dharma against adharma which is actually going on inside human self now tends to be more oriented in and focused on the aspects of celebration and hedonism. “Self-indulgence of earthly desires is hued by capital hegemony wrapped in communal traditions on spiritual meanings. This phenomenon needs to be clarified so that it could be corresponding to the initial idea. To that end, it will require an ongoing communication and dissemination,” said Dr. I.B. Radendra. (kmb)
Tourist objects relying on natural beauty remaining pristine increasingly emerge in Buleleng. One of them is Jambangan waterfall at Kelampuak, Tamblang village, Kubutambahan. This adds to the number of waterfall attractions in North Bali, other than the existing ones such as the waterfall at Gitgit village, Sukasada, waterfall at Sambangan and Lemukih village, Sawan subdistrict. To get to the location of Jambangan waterfall, visitors simply walk along the path. This journey requires little caution because it has steep and slippery terrain. Otherwise, visitors can slip. After trying to conquer the steep path, visitors will get paid after arriving at the location. Nature at this waterfall stays natural and is not much known to visitors. This superiority is an attraction for tourists making a visit. In addition to seeing the water flow from a height, visitors also choose to swim in the pool of waterfall. Chief of Kelampuak customary village, Made Suka Astawa, recently encountered said that Jambangan waterfall is a tourist attraction starting to be developed independently. The location very close to the main road of Singaraja-Kintamani (Bangli) makes this tourist attraction easy to be reached by visitors. The arrangement made by local people is the opening of the path to the location.
Next year (2018), the village government plans the development of Jambangan waterfall object into a priority agenda. Related to the name of the waterfall, Astawa claimed the residents name it Jambangan because the puddles under the waterfall are so wide with the base getting conical. The waterfalls are similar to large frying pan (Indonesian: jambangan), so that people call them by Jambangan waterfall. In the meantime, Secretary of Tamblang village, Made Wasuyutha, said that potential of this tourist object is managed seriously so as to bring in positive benefits for the village itself. This tourist attraction is believed to be able to stimulate domestic and foreign tourists to visit because of its pristine nature. In order to have more values, the original atmosphere will be well preserved. To achieve this, local village government starting in 2018 will propose to the tourism office in order to be designated into a tourist destination. This determination will make it easier for the management to submit a proposal for the area arrangement. In addition, the allocation of village funds will be allocated for the area arrangement, especially road access that still need to be repaired, so that visitors are comfortable when getting down the road to location of the object. (BTN/kmb)
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SEOUL - U.S. President Donald Trump issued a stark warning to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Wednesday, telling him that the nuclear weapons he is developing “are not making you safer, they are putting your regime in grave danger”. “Do not underestimate us and do not try us,” Trump told North Korea as he wrapped up a visit to South Korea with a speech to the National Assembly in Seoul. Trump used some of his toughest language yet against North Korea in a wide-ranging address that lodged specific accusations of chilling human rights abuses against Pyongyang. He called on countries around the world to isolate Pyongyang by denying it “any form of support, supply or acceptance”. Trump painted a dystopian picture of North Korea, saying people were suffering in “gulags” and some bribed government officials to work as “slaves” overseas rather than live under the government at home. He offered no evidence to support those accusations. Trump’s return to harsh, uncompromising language against North Korea came a day after he appeared to dial back the bellicose rhetoric that had fuelled fears across east Asia of the risk of military conflict. On Tuesday, Trump had even offered a diplomatic opening to Pyongyang to “make a deal”. He went mostly on the attack in Wednesday’s speech but did promise a “path to a much better future” for North Korea if it stopped developing ballistic missiles and agreed to “complete, verifiable and total denuclearisation” – something Pyongyang has vowed never to do. “We will not allow American cities to be threatened with destruction. We will not be intimidated,” he told South Korean lawmakers. “And we will not let the worst atrocities in history be repeated here, on this ground we fought and died to secure.” “The world cannot tolerate the menace of a rogue regime that threatens it with nuclear devastation,” Trump said, speaking as three U.S. aircraft carrier groups sailed to the Western Pacific for exercises - a rare show of such U.S. naval force in the region.
However Trump, whose strategy has stressed sanctions and military pressure instead of diplomacy, did not spell out any new approach to force North Korea to abandon its missile and weapons programmes. North Korea has made clear it has little interest in negotiations at least until it develops a nuclear-tipped missile capable of hitting the U.S. mainland, something U.S. intelligence officials say it may be just months away from achieving. “North Korea is a country ruled by a cult,” Trump said in a speech that was interrupted several times by applause and ended with a standing ovation. He stopped short, however, of repeating the derisive nickname “little Rocket Man” that he has used to describe the young North Korean leader. Kim, for his part, has called Trump “mentally deranged”. The speech came after Trump’s attempt to make an unannounced visit to the heavily fortified border separating North and South Korea was aborted earlier on Wednesday when dense fog prevented his helicopter from landing, officials said. Trump tried to travel to the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) - the doorstep of the North Korean nuclear standoff – near the end of a 24-hour visit to ally Seoul. He was then due to fly to China, where U.S. officials say he will press a reluctant President Xi Jinping to tighten the screws further on Pyongyang. (rtr)
‘GRAVE DANGER’
Aiming his words directly at Kim, Trump insisted: “The weapons that you are acquiring are not making you safer, they are putting your regime in grave danger. Every step you take down this dark path increases the peril you face.”
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The couple first met in 2015 when they were in graduate school at the Bogor Agricultural University in Bogor, West Java. They are said to have dated for about a year. Mr Bobby, a Batak, is the son of the late Erwin Nasution, a former director of state-owned plantation firm Perkebunan Nusantara IV, who died in January. The Bataks are an
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U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania take part in a wreath-laying ceremony at the National Cemetery in Seoul, South Korea, November 8, 2017.
ethnic group predominantly from North Sumatra. Ms Kahiyang is the President’s middle child. She has two brothers, Gibran Rakabuming Raka, 29, and Kaesang Pangarep, 22. “I’m about to be a member of a big Batak family,” said Mr Joko, who is Javanese, after inaugurating two toll roads in Medan, North Sumatra, in October. Preparations for the wedding have taken months. Solo’s Adi Soemarno International Airport is standing by to receive at least 30
chartered aircraft for Mr Joko’s VIP guests, while other commercial airlines have also added flights for Nov 8, considered an auspicious date for the Javanese. Top hotels in Solo reported that their rooms were nearly all full. “Demand has increased since the wedding was announced,” said Sunan hotel general manager Retno Wulandari. Security has also been beefed up with about 5,500 police officers and soldiers deployed around the city. (ant)
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Government to build Sukabumi Airport in 2019
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A woman takes part in a demonstration to commemorate the U.N. International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women in Mexico City, Nov. 25, 2016.
Violence against Latin America’s women a “never ending story”, says OAS chief
BOGOTA - From the rape of a toddler in Peru to a woman in Venezuela who was thrown off a balcony, progress on combating widespread gender violence in Latin America risks backsliding, the head of the Organization of American States (OAS) said on Tuesday. Luis Almagro, chief of the 34-nation OAS, cited other recent examples of gender violence, including the murder of women land rights defenders and the region’s high rate of femicides - the killing of a woman by a man because of her gender. “It’s a never ending story and we must fight against it and put an end to it,” said Almagro, at a conference on gender violence hosted by the Washington-based regional bloc. Violence against women is driven by an entrenched patriarchal culture and a lack of justice for women with few criminals punished, he said. “Violence against women and girls in our region continues to be one of our most alarming phenomena - physical, sexual violence and femicides, this is something that affects us every day,” Almagro said. While Latin America has made progress in recent years by introducing new legislation to protect women, including laws passed by more than a dozen countries that define and punish femicide as a specific crime, they are not being implemented. “We are facing a threat, of a moving back, regression because of hatred and intolerance that brings about the kind of violence we are talking about here,” Almagro said. Gender violence experts speaking at the conference also highlighted that child sex abuse in Latin America remains hidden, while women face new forms of violence, including online stalking and harassment and attacks on social media. Dubravka Simonovic, United Nation’s special rapporteur on violence against women, said better data to show what is working is a priority. She said the U.N. is working to build a global database on femicides in each country. In El Salvador, Simonovic said she was “shocked” about women who had suffered miscarriages were wrongly serving 20-year prison sentences for terminating their pregnancies. Abortion is banned under any circumstances in the Central American nation. Feride Acar, head of the Council of Europe’s group of experts on action against violence against women (GREVIO), said changing social attitudes was the “crux of the matter.” “A lot of the implementation ...depends on being able to change the mindsets in society that are based on patriarchal attitudes and on the assumption of gender inequality,” Acar said. (rtr)
SUKABUMI - The Transportation Ministry is planning to build an airport in Sukabumi in 2019. Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi said here on Tuesday that the ministry would survey the location for construction of the airport. “I have discussed with the regent regarding the construction of this airport. It could be between Sukabumi and Pelabuhan Ratu. We will consider the most suitable location (for the airport), because there should be no obstacles, mountains, or hills,” he stated on the sideline of a discussion on Southern Java connectivity. The minister elaborated that a feasibility study would be conducted in parallel with land release process, which is targeted to be completed by the end of 2019. The construction is expected to be completed and its operation is expected to be started by the end of 2020, he added. Total investment for the construction is projected to reach Rp300 to Rp400 billion, and the airport would accommodate narrow-bodied aircrafts. Sukabumi would need an airport to provide adequate transportation facility to support its tourism sector, he noted. Development in tourism sector would need adequate air transportation, as well as roads and railways.
“Now, it takes six hours to reach Sukabumi from Jakarta. I think there must be another mode of transportation, and we will conduct the feasibility study soon,” he remarked, adding that the construction project would also be opened for private sector. In addition to the airport, the government will start the construction project of BogorSukabumi double-track railroads in December. The double-track railroad would cut short the traveling time from two hours to 1.5 hours, and its capacity would also be increased from six coaches to 12 coaches. The railway is expected to become an alternative mode of transportation, with the current heavy traffic in Bogor-Sukabumi route. Meanwhile, Sukabumi Regent Marwan Hamami pointed out that the airport could be build near Sukabumi city or Pelabuhan Ratu coast. “We want this to cover Cianjur, Sukabumi Municipality, and Sukabumi District. This airport would facilitate transportation to (Ciletuh) Geopark, so that foreign tourists could visit this destination,” he revealed. A legislator of Commission IV of the House of Representatives, Dewi Asmara, has expressed her full support for the construction of transportation infrastructure in Sukabumi. (ant)
Conflict potential in simultaneous elections 2018 higher: KPU
JAKARTA - The General Election Commission (KPU) has predicted a higher potential of conflict during the simultaneous regional elections in 2018. KPU Chief Arief Budiman said, some factors that might spark the conflict are its close schedule with the general election in 2019, the number of regions held the simultaneous election, the number of voters, and its high budget. “The potential of conflict during regional election in 2018, in our opinion is high. Because the contest in 2018 would involve many issues,” Arief said here, Tuesday.
Previously, the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Wiranto said, the government has mapped regions prone to electoral conflict, especially in Papua and West Papua provinces. “Currently, we focus on Papua. We will improve the noken system. And with our experience in the past, tension in Papua has increased during the regional election and general election,” Wiranto said. The government, KPU and Bawaslu have worked on coordination to prepare any movement to anticipate possible riots during the elections in 2018 and 2019, Wiranto added. (ant)
As many as 171 regions that comprised of 17 provinces and 154 districts/municipalities, would hold the simultaneous elections in June 2018. The elections would run at the same time with the preparation for the 2019 legislative and presidential elections. Arief said, considering such situation, election organizers should work harder to prepare the regional elections as well as general election in 2019. Another factor that could spark the conflict would be the number of voters which is close to voters of general elections. “The number of voters in the simultaneous elections in 2018 was recorded at some 158 million, or some 80 percent of the total voters in the general election that reach 197 million,” he said. The government has worked on coordination with the elections organizers including KPU and the Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) to anticipate any conflict during the election.
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UNESCO should be ready for era of digital economy: Minister Effendy
PARIS - The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) should proactively formulate new, creative measures to promote educational reforms, so youngsters are ready for the technology-based digital economy, Indonesias Education and Culture Minister Muhadjir Effendy stated. The statement was made by the minister, who is acting as head of the Indonesian delegations at the 39th UNESCO Assembly in Paris being held from Oct 30 to Nov 14. During the biannual meeting, the minister remarked that the UNESCO should be ready to face global challenges, including the rising inequality, spread of
radicalism and extremism, emergence of racism and prejudice, and the ongoing degradation of the ecosystem. As a responsible member of the international community, he said Indonesia is ready to contribute to the global initiative to find the best way for UNESCO to help create a better world. Moreover, he expressed belief that Indonesia had upheld its commitment to preserving the universal values of the tropical rainforest legacy. “We are hosting the Asia-Pacific Eco-Hydrology Centre and a Regional Training program for sea biodiversity,” he remarked. The minister then revealed that
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Indonesia had recently hosted UNESCOs World Press Freedom Day back in May in Jakarta, which demonstrated the countrys strong commitment to developing a free, independent, and responsible journalistic environment. Moreover, with the realization that culture is the very DNA of sustainable development, Indonesia hosted the World Culture Forum in Bali in both 2013 and 2016. The forum then adopted the Bali Declaration that laid emphasis on the countrys commitment in mainstreaming culture into its policies while at the same time highlighting the importance of the achievement
of the UNs Sustainable Development Goals that is also a vital agenda for the UNESCO. During the General Plenary Debate, Minister Effendy said Indonesia had witnessed a significant advancement in the education sector. The number of those enrolled in early childhood education programs has reached 72.3 percent. Last year, Indonesia had received an award from the UNESCO for Girls and Women Education, specifically for its outstanding program in gender mainstreaming. The Primary School Participation Rate has reached more than 100 percent, and the dropout rate reduced to 0.26
percent. The youth literacy rate has reached almost 100 percent. It is believed that this is the result of the “Smart Indonesia Program,” a policy ensuring that all children from poor families can continue their education until the age of 12. “We have also revitalized the national curriculum by integrating character, competence, and literature to equip students with 21st century skills,” he remarked. Revitalizing vocational education is another major priority that has just begun to be implemented by the government, as Indonesia is actively strengthening its capacity in the fields of science and technology. (rtr)
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Melanting Waterfall
Murray targets return in Brisbane ahead of Australian Open
SINGARAJA - Melanting waterfall are among Bali’s most scenic, located within Bali’s lush and forested central-northern highland region. The falls are a highlight feature of the namesake village of Munduk in Buleleng, North Bali, reachable after a 300m walk from the main road on which trekkers can enjoy soothing nature sights and sounds along a forest route. Only a short trek north from Munduk is Melanting waterfall, which offers similar features. Cool mists and the rushing sound of water greet you upon reaching the Munduk waterfall. Here you can wade into the rocky pool for a cold dip. A further (often dirt to slightly muddy) trek towards the Melanting waterfall leads you through a lush forest with rivers and nature calls before a bridge that actually traverses over the fall’s peak. Definitely for nature lovers, it’s all about venturing into Bali’s ‘wilde side’ and these two falls serving as your prize. At an altitude of approximately 850m above sea level, the Melanting waterfall neighbour local clove and coffee plantations that are also a sightseeing feature of this region. A famous plantation and resort here with luxury accommodation is the Munduk Moding Plantation, only half a kilometre southwest from the falls site. The best time to go on nature treks here is June to August, when it’s not too hot or drizzly. (IBP/net)
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Anthony Joshua celebrates at the end the fight
Parker, Joshua keen to fight next, says New Zealander’s promoter
MELBOURNE - Former world number one Andy Murray is targeting a return to competitive tennis at the Brisbane International in January in the lead-up to the Australian Open. The 30-year-old Scot has been sidelined with a hip problem since Wimbledon but returned to the court for a charity event in Glasgow, losing a three-set match to a kilt-wearing Roger Federer on Tuesday. “My hip felt pretty good, not perfect yet but it’s going in the right direction,” Murray said after the relaxed one-hour, 40-minute hit with Federer. “I’ve got eight weeks until my first tournament of next year and hopefully I’ll be there.” The Dec. 31-Jan. 7 Brisbane International, which will feature world number one Rafa Nadal among other top players, is a key warm-up to the year’s first grand slam, which starts at Melbourne Park a week later. Murray, whose ranking has slipped to 16, said he planned to do his usual pre-season training bloc in Miami before arriving in Australia early. “Obviously coming into the beginning of the New Year I will be at a bit of a disadvantage because I have not played matches for a long time,” he told British media. “So if I can go there a little bit earlier to get used to the conditions,
a bit sooner than some of the other players, that might help level it up a little bit for me.” Caution is the watchword for the Scot, who admitted he had erred in trying to play the U.S. Open in August rather than resting his troublesome hip. He ended up pulling out two days before the tournament. “I made probably a bit of a mistake trying to get ready for the U.S. Open but it was the last major of the year and I wanted to give it a go,” he said. “Now I’ve had time to give my body the rest and recovery it needs.” The three-times grand slam champion felt confident, however, that he would be able to get back to his best tennis. “I believe I will,” he said. “You never know when you’re coming back from any injury, but that’s what I’m working towards, for sure. “When I get back on the court next year and start playing again it might not come immediately at the beginning of the year. “There is a difference between that 75 or 80 percent practice and going flat out at 100 percent for two-anda-half or three hours on the match court. “Until I do that I can’t say for certain, but I think I’ll be able to come back just fine.” (rtr)
WELLINGTON - Britain’s Anthony Joshua and New Zealander Joseph Parker are keen to fight each other in a heavyweight title clash early next year but the finances have to be right for both boxers, Parker’s promoter said on Wednesday.
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Joshua holds the IBF, WBA and IBO heavyweight titles, while Parker holds the WBO crown. American Deontay Wilder holds the WBC title. “Eddie Hearn and I have exchanged emails,” David Higgins told reporters in Auckland about talks with Joshua’s promoter. “My message was Joe would fight Joshua next and Hearn’s message was that Joshua would fight Parker next. “It’s now a question of the deal and money.” Higgins said if they were able to agree to a fight it would probably be next March or April. He added he had also been in talks with Wilder’s camp. The American knocked out Bermane Stiverne in New York last Saturday and then accused Joshua of ‘dodging’ a showdown.
“They have put a figure on the table. It wasn’t enough,” Higgins said. “If they put the right amount of money on the table we will go to America to fight Wilder.” British media have reported that Joshua had indicated he would like to fight Wilder by the middle of 2018. Parker’s trainer, Kevin Barry, said he was keen to get the 25-yearold in the ring as soon as possible against the Briton. Joshua defeated late replacement Carlos Takam in Cardiff last month and Barry said the Francebased Cameroonian had exposed the Briton’s weaknesses before the 10th-round stoppage. “That Joshua fight puts everything into perspective now,” Barry said. “Takam had done no sparring. He tested Joshua right to the end.
We saw how gassed Joshua was. “We all saw that Joshua could not hurt Takam. That showed me that he is very beatable. He can’t knock you out with one punch. He is very robotic. “I think the guy is there for the taking and I want us to get in front of him before someone else beats him.” If the Joshua bout did not come off then Parker could fight unbeaten Australian Lucas Browne instead, Higgins said. “We have been in talks for a few weeks with his promoters,” Higgins added. “There is no deal. We have loosely agreed terms and principles ... and it is possible if we decide it is the best option.” Barry said Parker would now enter a training camp in Auckland before heading back to Las Vegas in mid-January. (rtr)
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Switzerland’s Roger Federer (L) and Britain’s Andy Murray pose for a photograph on court ahead of their exhibition tennis event, “Andy Murray Live” at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland on November 7, 2017. “Andy Murray Live” is a charity fundraiser. Glasgow based charity, Sunny-sid3up, join Unicef as charity partner this year.
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Sp rt Bayern must bring in new blood to stay on top - Lewandowski
WARSAW - Bayern Munich must make sure they bring in top players every season to stay competitive and ease the pressure on an ageing squad, Poland captain Robert Lewandowski said on Tuesday. Lewandowski, with the national team for friendlies against Uruguay on Friday and Mexico on Monday, also told Reuters in an interview that Bayern’s first-choice players need back up. “We shouldn’t delude ourselves. Each club needs to get a top player every two or three years to refresh the team, to bring some new blood, new quality,” he said. After a stuttering start to the season, Bayern sacked their Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti and brought back 72-year-old Jupp Heynckes for his third spell in charge and the move has worked. Since Heynckes returned on Oct. 14, the club have won their seven matches in all competitions, reclaiming top spot in the Bundesliga after falling behind RB Leipzig and Borussia Dortmund. They have also reached the last 16 of the Champions league. “At this point we really have a good team, but it is known that players are getting older,” added Lewandowski. “We are succeeding (in replacing them) today, because we have a young Josh Kimmich, who is really good at his new position and shows that a young player can be a replacement for such an experienced and wonderful one as Philipp Lahm.” The 22-year-old Kimmich, who was a central midfielder, has replaced retired former Germany captain
FIFA demands visa, work permit and tax exemptions for 2026 World Cup
Lahm as Bayern’s starting right back and has become an integral player in that position for club and country in just a few seasons.
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However, Lewandowski feels his recent injury problem may have been down to having to play too much without adequate cover at Bayern to give him the rest his body needs. The 29-year-old came off after scoring just before halftime in the home win over Leipzig in the Bundesliga on Oct. 28 with a muscle problem he feels may have been prevented. “I had a minor injury. At the same time, injuries to other players who could not play at all meant I did not have an opportunity to rest or play for a shorter time,” he said. “Sometimes even playing 20-30 minutes less in a game or just missing a game means everything comes back to normality. Maybe my injury was due to the fact that there was no time to rest.” The Poland striker became the first player to score 16 goals in a single European qualifying campaign for the World Cup and finished as the continent’s top scorer en route to Russia 2018. His sparkling performances helped his country seal their first World Cup spot since the 2006 tournament in Germany and they will be relying on him to excel at the finals. There has been media speculation that Lewandowski is unhappy with Bayern’s transfer policy but his focus is on the World Cup. “The tournament is so important that no one will think about changing club in that time,” he said. (rtr)
Action Images via Reuters/Lee Smith
MANCHESTER - The United States and other countries hoping to host the 2026 World Cup should provide government guarantees on visa-free travel plus work permit and tax exemptions for their bids to be accepted, according to documents published by FIFA on Tuesday. The U.S wants to host the 2026 tournament in a joint bid with Canada and Mexico, who would also have to commit to the government guarantees for their proposal to be accepted by soccer’s world governing body. Morocco is currently the only other country to have indicated they will bid for the finals, which will be the first to feature an expanded
48-team field. FIFA wants a visafree environment, or at least nondiscriminatory visa procedures, while the work permit exemptions apply to anyone involved with the World Cup and tax exemptions relate to the soccer governing body and its subsidiaries. While FIFA has asked for - and received - similar exemptions in the past, their inclusion in a revamped World Cup bid process will mean the current U.S. administration of President Donald Trump will need to sign off on the exemptions. Sunil Gulati, chairman of the joint U.S, Mexican and Canadian ‘United Bid Committee’ has previously stated that Trump supports
the attempt to bring the World Cup to the United States, which hosted the 1994 finals. FIFA produced new bidding criteria after the organisation was heavily criticised over the selection process for the 2018 and 2022 World Cup finals, won by Russia and Qatar respectively. Formal submission of the completed bids has to be made by March 16, 2018 and FIFA will decide whether to select one of the candidate bids at their congress in June next year, or re-open the process if none of the bids are accepted. OVERVIEW DOCUMENT
Regarding immigration and
Arsenal’s Laurent Koscielny in action with Everton’s Leighton Baines
France’s Koscielny to retire after 2018 World Cup
France defender Laurent Koscielny will retire from international football after the 2018 World Cup in Russia, the 32-year-old has said. Koscielny has collected 49 caps since his debut in 2011, playing in the 2014 World Cup and two European Championships including the 2016 edition when the hosts finished runners-up. “There is an end to everything,”
Koscielny told reporters ahead of Friday’s friendly against Wales. “After the World Cup, I would be almost 33-years-old, it will be time to leave the place. “I have six months left in the French team to blossom and take as many memories as my wife would say.” France host Wales at the Stade de France before travelling to face world champions Germany next Tuesday. (rtr)
Cork handed England call-up as injured trio pull out
Bayern Munich’s Robert Lewandowski celebrates scoring their second goal
REUTERS/Leon Kuegeler
LONDON - Burnley midfielder Jack Cork was called up to the England squad on Tuesday after Liverpool’s Jordan Henderson and Manchester City duo Raheem Sterling and Fabian Delph pulled out injured ahead of friendlies against Germany and Brazil. The uncapped Cork, 28, has played every minute of Burnley’s Premier League campaign this season having joined the club from Swansea City in the close season. “I’m really, really happy. I haven’t really got the words for it. I’m looking forward to going to meet up,” Cork told Burnley’s website (www.burnleyfootballclub.com). Cork has been integral part of Burnley’s superb start to the season, which has seen them climb to seventh in the table, level on points with Arsenal and Liverpool above them. Tottenham Hotspur trio Dele Alli, Harry Winks and Harry Kane had already withdrawn from manager Gareth Southgate’s squad. West Bromwich Albion midfielder Jake Livermore and Everton defender Michael Keane were called up following the withdrawal of those three players. Chelsea centre back Gary Cahill has reported for duty after being cleared to play by the Premier League side’s medical team. England host Germany at Wembley on Nov. 10 before the visit of Brazil four days later. All three teams have qualified for next year’s World Cup in Russia. (rtr)
REUTERS/Anton Vaganov
FIFA World Cup sign is projected on the cruiser Aurora, which fired the shot that announced the start of Russia’s 1917 Bolshevik Revolution, during a light show dedicated to revolution’s centenary in St. Petersburg, Russia November 4, 2017.
travel guarantees, the FIFA overview document on government guarantees states: “In order to cover the needs of the respective groups of individuals, the Government is requested to generally establish a visa-free environment or facilitate existing visa procedures for them. “Regardless, any visa procedures must be applied in a non-discriminatory manner.” As a presidential candidate, Trump called for a total ban on Muslims entering the U.S. as a counter-terrorism measure. The courts have blocked his latest executive action barring entry into the United States for people from several Muslim-majority countries. The FIFA document adds however that: “It is understood that such ease of access to the Host Country/ Host Countries must by no means adversely affect the national immigration and security standards in the Host Country/Host Countries”. The document also says a bid-
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ding nation’s government “is requested to guarantee the issuance of valid work permits unconditionally and without any restriction or discrimination of any kind” to people involved in the preparation, organisation and hosting of the tournament. It adds that the government “must grant a general tax exemption for FIFA, the 2026 FWC (FIFA World Cup) Entity, the 2026 FWC Subsidiaries (if applicable) and any other FIFA subsidiary limited to the period of preparation, delivery and wrap-up of the Competition, commencing on the date of appointment of the Host Country/Host Countries and ending on 31 December 2028”. FIFA’s ‘enhanced’ bidding guidelines are part of a series of reforms enacted after a corruption crisis in 2015 engulfed the organisation. They include ethics, human rights and transparency commitments plus demands on stadium size and infrastructure. (rtr)
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Sp rt Bayern must bring in new blood to stay on top - Lewandowski
WARSAW - Bayern Munich must make sure they bring in top players every season to stay competitive and ease the pressure on an ageing squad, Poland captain Robert Lewandowski said on Tuesday. Lewandowski, with the national team for friendlies against Uruguay on Friday and Mexico on Monday, also told Reuters in an interview that Bayern’s first-choice players need back up. “We shouldn’t delude ourselves. Each club needs to get a top player every two or three years to refresh the team, to bring some new blood, new quality,” he said. After a stuttering start to the season, Bayern sacked their Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti and brought back 72-year-old Jupp Heynckes for his third spell in charge and the move has worked. Since Heynckes returned on Oct. 14, the club have won their seven matches in all competitions, reclaiming top spot in the Bundesliga after falling behind RB Leipzig and Borussia Dortmund. They have also reached the last 16 of the Champions league. “At this point we really have a good team, but it is known that players are getting older,” added Lewandowski. “We are succeeding (in replacing them) today, because we have a young Josh Kimmich, who is really good at his new position and shows that a young player can be a replacement for such an experienced and wonderful one as Philipp Lahm.” The 22-year-old Kimmich, who was a central midfielder, has replaced retired former Germany captain
FIFA demands visa, work permit and tax exemptions for 2026 World Cup
Lahm as Bayern’s starting right back and has become an integral player in that position for club and country in just a few seasons.
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However, Lewandowski feels his recent injury problem may have been down to having to play too much without adequate cover at Bayern to give him the rest his body needs. The 29-year-old came off after scoring just before halftime in the home win over Leipzig in the Bundesliga on Oct. 28 with a muscle problem he feels may have been prevented. “I had a minor injury. At the same time, injuries to other players who could not play at all meant I did not have an opportunity to rest or play for a shorter time,” he said. “Sometimes even playing 20-30 minutes less in a game or just missing a game means everything comes back to normality. Maybe my injury was due to the fact that there was no time to rest.” The Poland striker became the first player to score 16 goals in a single European qualifying campaign for the World Cup and finished as the continent’s top scorer en route to Russia 2018. His sparkling performances helped his country seal their first World Cup spot since the 2006 tournament in Germany and they will be relying on him to excel at the finals. There has been media speculation that Lewandowski is unhappy with Bayern’s transfer policy but his focus is on the World Cup. “The tournament is so important that no one will think about changing club in that time,” he said. (rtr)
Action Images via Reuters/Lee Smith
MANCHESTER - The United States and other countries hoping to host the 2026 World Cup should provide government guarantees on visa-free travel plus work permit and tax exemptions for their bids to be accepted, according to documents published by FIFA on Tuesday. The U.S wants to host the 2026 tournament in a joint bid with Canada and Mexico, who would also have to commit to the government guarantees for their proposal to be accepted by soccer’s world governing body. Morocco is currently the only other country to have indicated they will bid for the finals, which will be the first to feature an expanded
48-team field. FIFA wants a visafree environment, or at least nondiscriminatory visa procedures, while the work permit exemptions apply to anyone involved with the World Cup and tax exemptions relate to the soccer governing body and its subsidiaries. While FIFA has asked for - and received - similar exemptions in the past, their inclusion in a revamped World Cup bid process will mean the current U.S. administration of President Donald Trump will need to sign off on the exemptions. Sunil Gulati, chairman of the joint U.S, Mexican and Canadian ‘United Bid Committee’ has previously stated that Trump supports
the attempt to bring the World Cup to the United States, which hosted the 1994 finals. FIFA produced new bidding criteria after the organisation was heavily criticised over the selection process for the 2018 and 2022 World Cup finals, won by Russia and Qatar respectively. Formal submission of the completed bids has to be made by March 16, 2018 and FIFA will decide whether to select one of the candidate bids at their congress in June next year, or re-open the process if none of the bids are accepted. OVERVIEW DOCUMENT
Regarding immigration and
Arsenal’s Laurent Koscielny in action with Everton’s Leighton Baines
France’s Koscielny to retire after 2018 World Cup
France defender Laurent Koscielny will retire from international football after the 2018 World Cup in Russia, the 32-year-old has said. Koscielny has collected 49 caps since his debut in 2011, playing in the 2014 World Cup and two European Championships including the 2016 edition when the hosts finished runners-up. “There is an end to everything,”
Koscielny told reporters ahead of Friday’s friendly against Wales. “After the World Cup, I would be almost 33-years-old, it will be time to leave the place. “I have six months left in the French team to blossom and take as many memories as my wife would say.” France host Wales at the Stade de France before travelling to face world champions Germany next Tuesday. (rtr)
Cork handed England call-up as injured trio pull out
Bayern Munich’s Robert Lewandowski celebrates scoring their second goal
REUTERS/Leon Kuegeler
LONDON - Burnley midfielder Jack Cork was called up to the England squad on Tuesday after Liverpool’s Jordan Henderson and Manchester City duo Raheem Sterling and Fabian Delph pulled out injured ahead of friendlies against Germany and Brazil. The uncapped Cork, 28, has played every minute of Burnley’s Premier League campaign this season having joined the club from Swansea City in the close season. “I’m really, really happy. I haven’t really got the words for it. I’m looking forward to going to meet up,” Cork told Burnley’s website (www.burnleyfootballclub.com). Cork has been integral part of Burnley’s superb start to the season, which has seen them climb to seventh in the table, level on points with Arsenal and Liverpool above them. Tottenham Hotspur trio Dele Alli, Harry Winks and Harry Kane had already withdrawn from manager Gareth Southgate’s squad. West Bromwich Albion midfielder Jake Livermore and Everton defender Michael Keane were called up following the withdrawal of those three players. Chelsea centre back Gary Cahill has reported for duty after being cleared to play by the Premier League side’s medical team. England host Germany at Wembley on Nov. 10 before the visit of Brazil four days later. All three teams have qualified for next year’s World Cup in Russia. (rtr)
REUTERS/Anton Vaganov
FIFA World Cup sign is projected on the cruiser Aurora, which fired the shot that announced the start of Russia’s 1917 Bolshevik Revolution, during a light show dedicated to revolution’s centenary in St. Petersburg, Russia November 4, 2017.
travel guarantees, the FIFA overview document on government guarantees states: “In order to cover the needs of the respective groups of individuals, the Government is requested to generally establish a visa-free environment or facilitate existing visa procedures for them. “Regardless, any visa procedures must be applied in a non-discriminatory manner.” As a presidential candidate, Trump called for a total ban on Muslims entering the U.S. as a counter-terrorism measure. The courts have blocked his latest executive action barring entry into the United States for people from several Muslim-majority countries. The FIFA document adds however that: “It is understood that such ease of access to the Host Country/ Host Countries must by no means adversely affect the national immigration and security standards in the Host Country/Host Countries”. The document also says a bid-
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ding nation’s government “is requested to guarantee the issuance of valid work permits unconditionally and without any restriction or discrimination of any kind” to people involved in the preparation, organisation and hosting of the tournament. It adds that the government “must grant a general tax exemption for FIFA, the 2026 FWC (FIFA World Cup) Entity, the 2026 FWC Subsidiaries (if applicable) and any other FIFA subsidiary limited to the period of preparation, delivery and wrap-up of the Competition, commencing on the date of appointment of the Host Country/Host Countries and ending on 31 December 2028”. FIFA’s ‘enhanced’ bidding guidelines are part of a series of reforms enacted after a corruption crisis in 2015 engulfed the organisation. They include ethics, human rights and transparency commitments plus demands on stadium size and infrastructure. (rtr)
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Melanting Waterfall
Murray targets return in Brisbane ahead of Australian Open
SINGARAJA - Melanting waterfall are among Bali’s most scenic, located within Bali’s lush and forested central-northern highland region. The falls are a highlight feature of the namesake village of Munduk in Buleleng, North Bali, reachable after a 300m walk from the main road on which trekkers can enjoy soothing nature sights and sounds along a forest route. Only a short trek north from Munduk is Melanting waterfall, which offers similar features. Cool mists and the rushing sound of water greet you upon reaching the Munduk waterfall. Here you can wade into the rocky pool for a cold dip. A further (often dirt to slightly muddy) trek towards the Melanting waterfall leads you through a lush forest with rivers and nature calls before a bridge that actually traverses over the fall’s peak. Definitely for nature lovers, it’s all about venturing into Bali’s ‘wilde side’ and these two falls serving as your prize. At an altitude of approximately 850m above sea level, the Melanting waterfall neighbour local clove and coffee plantations that are also a sightseeing feature of this region. A famous plantation and resort here with luxury accommodation is the Munduk Moding Plantation, only half a kilometre southwest from the falls site. The best time to go on nature treks here is June to August, when it’s not too hot or drizzly. (IBP/net)
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Anthony Joshua celebrates at the end the fight
Parker, Joshua keen to fight next, says New Zealander’s promoter
MELBOURNE - Former world number one Andy Murray is targeting a return to competitive tennis at the Brisbane International in January in the lead-up to the Australian Open. The 30-year-old Scot has been sidelined with a hip problem since Wimbledon but returned to the court for a charity event in Glasgow, losing a three-set match to a kilt-wearing Roger Federer on Tuesday. “My hip felt pretty good, not perfect yet but it’s going in the right direction,” Murray said after the relaxed one-hour, 40-minute hit with Federer. “I’ve got eight weeks until my first tournament of next year and hopefully I’ll be there.” The Dec. 31-Jan. 7 Brisbane International, which will feature world number one Rafa Nadal among other top players, is a key warm-up to the year’s first grand slam, which starts at Melbourne Park a week later. Murray, whose ranking has slipped to 16, said he planned to do his usual pre-season training bloc in Miami before arriving in Australia early. “Obviously coming into the beginning of the New Year I will be at a bit of a disadvantage because I have not played matches for a long time,” he told British media. “So if I can go there a little bit earlier to get used to the conditions,
a bit sooner than some of the other players, that might help level it up a little bit for me.” Caution is the watchword for the Scot, who admitted he had erred in trying to play the U.S. Open in August rather than resting his troublesome hip. He ended up pulling out two days before the tournament. “I made probably a bit of a mistake trying to get ready for the U.S. Open but it was the last major of the year and I wanted to give it a go,” he said. “Now I’ve had time to give my body the rest and recovery it needs.” The three-times grand slam champion felt confident, however, that he would be able to get back to his best tennis. “I believe I will,” he said. “You never know when you’re coming back from any injury, but that’s what I’m working towards, for sure. “When I get back on the court next year and start playing again it might not come immediately at the beginning of the year. “There is a difference between that 75 or 80 percent practice and going flat out at 100 percent for two-anda-half or three hours on the match court. “Until I do that I can’t say for certain, but I think I’ll be able to come back just fine.” (rtr)
WELLINGTON - Britain’s Anthony Joshua and New Zealander Joseph Parker are keen to fight each other in a heavyweight title clash early next year but the finances have to be right for both boxers, Parker’s promoter said on Wednesday.
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Joshua holds the IBF, WBA and IBO heavyweight titles, while Parker holds the WBO crown. American Deontay Wilder holds the WBC title. “Eddie Hearn and I have exchanged emails,” David Higgins told reporters in Auckland about talks with Joshua’s promoter. “My message was Joe would fight Joshua next and Hearn’s message was that Joshua would fight Parker next. “It’s now a question of the deal and money.” Higgins said if they were able to agree to a fight it would probably be next March or April. He added he had also been in talks with Wilder’s camp. The American knocked out Bermane Stiverne in New York last Saturday and then accused Joshua of ‘dodging’ a showdown.
“They have put a figure on the table. It wasn’t enough,” Higgins said. “If they put the right amount of money on the table we will go to America to fight Wilder.” British media have reported that Joshua had indicated he would like to fight Wilder by the middle of 2018. Parker’s trainer, Kevin Barry, said he was keen to get the 25-yearold in the ring as soon as possible against the Briton. Joshua defeated late replacement Carlos Takam in Cardiff last month and Barry said the Francebased Cameroonian had exposed the Briton’s weaknesses before the 10th-round stoppage. “That Joshua fight puts everything into perspective now,” Barry said. “Takam had done no sparring. He tested Joshua right to the end.
We saw how gassed Joshua was. “We all saw that Joshua could not hurt Takam. That showed me that he is very beatable. He can’t knock you out with one punch. He is very robotic. “I think the guy is there for the taking and I want us to get in front of him before someone else beats him.” If the Joshua bout did not come off then Parker could fight unbeaten Australian Lucas Browne instead, Higgins said. “We have been in talks for a few weeks with his promoters,” Higgins added. “There is no deal. We have loosely agreed terms and principles ... and it is possible if we decide it is the best option.” Barry said Parker would now enter a training camp in Auckland before heading back to Las Vegas in mid-January. (rtr)
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Switzerland’s Roger Federer (L) and Britain’s Andy Murray pose for a photograph on court ahead of their exhibition tennis event, “Andy Murray Live” at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland on November 7, 2017. “Andy Murray Live” is a charity fundraiser. Glasgow based charity, Sunny-sid3up, join Unicef as charity partner this year.
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Trump warns ‘rogue regime’ N.Korea of grave danger
SEOUL - U.S. President Donald Trump issued a stark warning to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Wednesday, telling him that the nuclear weapons he is developing “are not making you safer, they are putting your regime in grave danger”. “Do not underestimate us and do not try us,” Trump told North Korea as he wrapped up a visit to South Korea with a speech to the National Assembly in Seoul. Trump used some of his toughest language yet against North Korea in a wide-ranging address that lodged specific accusations of chilling human rights abuses against Pyongyang. He called on countries around the world to isolate Pyongyang by denying it “any form of support, supply or acceptance”. Trump painted a dystopian picture of North Korea, saying people were suffering in “gulags” and some bribed government officials to work as “slaves” overseas rather than live under the government at home. He offered no evidence to support those accusations. Trump’s return to harsh, uncompromising language against North Korea came a day after he appeared to dial back the bellicose rhetoric that had fuelled fears across east Asia of the risk of military conflict. On Tuesday, Trump had even offered a diplomatic opening to Pyongyang to “make a deal”. He went mostly on the attack in Wednesday’s speech but did promise a “path to a much better future” for North Korea if it stopped developing ballistic missiles and agreed to “complete, verifiable and total denuclearisation” – something Pyongyang has vowed never to do. “We will not allow American cities to be threatened with destruction. We will not be intimidated,” he told South Korean lawmakers. “And we will not let the worst atrocities in history be repeated here, on this ground we fought and died to secure.” “The world cannot tolerate the menace of a rogue regime that threatens it with nuclear devastation,” Trump said, speaking as three U.S. aircraft carrier groups sailed to the Western Pacific for exercises - a rare show of such U.S. naval force in the region.
However Trump, whose strategy has stressed sanctions and military pressure instead of diplomacy, did not spell out any new approach to force North Korea to abandon its missile and weapons programmes. North Korea has made clear it has little interest in negotiations at least until it develops a nuclear-tipped missile capable of hitting the U.S. mainland, something U.S. intelligence officials say it may be just months away from achieving. “North Korea is a country ruled by a cult,” Trump said in a speech that was interrupted several times by applause and ended with a standing ovation. He stopped short, however, of repeating the derisive nickname “little Rocket Man” that he has used to describe the young North Korean leader. Kim, for his part, has called Trump “mentally deranged”. The speech came after Trump’s attempt to make an unannounced visit to the heavily fortified border separating North and South Korea was aborted earlier on Wednesday when dense fog prevented his helicopter from landing, officials said. Trump tried to travel to the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) - the doorstep of the North Korean nuclear standoff – near the end of a 24-hour visit to ally Seoul. He was then due to fly to China, where U.S. officials say he will press a reluctant President Xi Jinping to tighten the screws further on Pyongyang. (rtr)
‘GRAVE DANGER’
Aiming his words directly at Kim, Trump insisted: “The weapons that you are acquiring are not making you safer, they are putting your regime in grave danger. Every step you take down this dark path increases the peril you face.”
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The couple first met in 2015 when they were in graduate school at the Bogor Agricultural University in Bogor, West Java. They are said to have dated for about a year. Mr Bobby, a Batak, is the son of the late Erwin Nasution, a former director of state-owned plantation firm Perkebunan Nusantara IV, who died in January. The Bataks are an
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U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania take part in a wreath-laying ceremony at the National Cemetery in Seoul, South Korea, November 8, 2017.
ethnic group predominantly from North Sumatra. Ms Kahiyang is the President’s middle child. She has two brothers, Gibran Rakabuming Raka, 29, and Kaesang Pangarep, 22. “I’m about to be a member of a big Batak family,” said Mr Joko, who is Javanese, after inaugurating two toll roads in Medan, North Sumatra, in October. Preparations for the wedding have taken months. Solo’s Adi Soemarno International Airport is standing by to receive at least 30
chartered aircraft for Mr Joko’s VIP guests, while other commercial airlines have also added flights for Nov 8, considered an auspicious date for the Javanese. Top hotels in Solo reported that their rooms were nearly all full. “Demand has increased since the wedding was announced,” said Sunan hotel general manager Retno Wulandari. Security has also been beefed up with about 5,500 police officers and soldiers deployed around the city. (ant)
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Government to build Sukabumi Airport in 2019
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Violence against Latin America’s women a “never ending story”, says OAS chief
BOGOTA - From the rape of a toddler in Peru to a woman in Venezuela who was thrown off a balcony, progress on combating widespread gender violence in Latin America risks backsliding, the head of the Organization of American States (OAS) said on Tuesday. Luis Almagro, chief of the 34-nation OAS, cited other recent examples of gender violence, including the murder of women land rights defenders and the region’s high rate of femicides - the killing of a woman by a man because of her gender. “It’s a never ending story and we must fight against it and put an end to it,” said Almagro, at a conference on gender violence hosted by the Washington-based regional bloc. Violence against women is driven by an entrenched patriarchal culture and a lack of justice for women with few criminals punished, he said. “Violence against women and girls in our region continues to be one of our most alarming phenomena - physical, sexual violence and femicides, this is something that affects us every day,” Almagro said. While Latin America has made progress in recent years by introducing new legislation to protect women, including laws passed by more than a dozen countries that define and punish femicide as a specific crime, they are not being implemented. “We are facing a threat, of a moving back, regression because of hatred and intolerance that brings about the kind of violence we are talking about here,” Almagro said. Gender violence experts speaking at the conference also highlighted that child sex abuse in Latin America remains hidden, while women face new forms of violence, including online stalking and harassment and attacks on social media. Dubravka Simonovic, United Nation’s special rapporteur on violence against women, said better data to show what is working is a priority. She said the U.N. is working to build a global database on femicides in each country. In El Salvador, Simonovic said she was “shocked” about women who had suffered miscarriages were wrongly serving 20-year prison sentences for terminating their pregnancies. Abortion is banned under any circumstances in the Central American nation. Feride Acar, head of the Council of Europe’s group of experts on action against violence against women (GREVIO), said changing social attitudes was the “crux of the matter.” “A lot of the implementation ...depends on being able to change the mindsets in society that are based on patriarchal attitudes and on the assumption of gender inequality,” Acar said. (rtr)
SUKABUMI - The Transportation Ministry is planning to build an airport in Sukabumi in 2019. Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi said here on Tuesday that the ministry would survey the location for construction of the airport. “I have discussed with the regent regarding the construction of this airport. It could be between Sukabumi and Pelabuhan Ratu. We will consider the most suitable location (for the airport), because there should be no obstacles, mountains, or hills,” he stated on the sideline of a discussion on Southern Java connectivity. The minister elaborated that a feasibility study would be conducted in parallel with land release process, which is targeted to be completed by the end of 2019. The construction is expected to be completed and its operation is expected to be started by the end of 2020, he added. Total investment for the construction is projected to reach Rp300 to Rp400 billion, and the airport would accommodate narrow-bodied aircrafts. Sukabumi would need an airport to provide adequate transportation facility to support its tourism sector, he noted. Development in tourism sector would need adequate air transportation, as well as roads and railways.
“Now, it takes six hours to reach Sukabumi from Jakarta. I think there must be another mode of transportation, and we will conduct the feasibility study soon,” he remarked, adding that the construction project would also be opened for private sector. In addition to the airport, the government will start the construction project of BogorSukabumi double-track railroads in December. The double-track railroad would cut short the traveling time from two hours to 1.5 hours, and its capacity would also be increased from six coaches to 12 coaches. The railway is expected to become an alternative mode of transportation, with the current heavy traffic in Bogor-Sukabumi route. Meanwhile, Sukabumi Regent Marwan Hamami pointed out that the airport could be build near Sukabumi city or Pelabuhan Ratu coast. “We want this to cover Cianjur, Sukabumi Municipality, and Sukabumi District. This airport would facilitate transportation to (Ciletuh) Geopark, so that foreign tourists could visit this destination,” he revealed. A legislator of Commission IV of the House of Representatives, Dewi Asmara, has expressed her full support for the construction of transportation infrastructure in Sukabumi. (ant)
Conflict potential in simultaneous elections 2018 higher: KPU
JAKARTA - The General Election Commission (KPU) has predicted a higher potential of conflict during the simultaneous regional elections in 2018. KPU Chief Arief Budiman said, some factors that might spark the conflict are its close schedule with the general election in 2019, the number of regions held the simultaneous election, the number of voters, and its high budget. “The potential of conflict during regional election in 2018, in our opinion is high. Because the contest in 2018 would involve many issues,” Arief said here, Tuesday.
Previously, the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Wiranto said, the government has mapped regions prone to electoral conflict, especially in Papua and West Papua provinces. “Currently, we focus on Papua. We will improve the noken system. And with our experience in the past, tension in Papua has increased during the regional election and general election,” Wiranto said. The government, KPU and Bawaslu have worked on coordination to prepare any movement to anticipate possible riots during the elections in 2018 and 2019, Wiranto added. (ant)
As many as 171 regions that comprised of 17 provinces and 154 districts/municipalities, would hold the simultaneous elections in June 2018. The elections would run at the same time with the preparation for the 2019 legislative and presidential elections. Arief said, considering such situation, election organizers should work harder to prepare the regional elections as well as general election in 2019. Another factor that could spark the conflict would be the number of voters which is close to voters of general elections. “The number of voters in the simultaneous elections in 2018 was recorded at some 158 million, or some 80 percent of the total voters in the general election that reach 197 million,” he said. The government has worked on coordination with the elections organizers including KPU and the Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) to anticipate any conflict during the election.
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UNESCO should be ready for era of digital economy: Minister Effendy
PARIS - The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) should proactively formulate new, creative measures to promote educational reforms, so youngsters are ready for the technology-based digital economy, Indonesias Education and Culture Minister Muhadjir Effendy stated. The statement was made by the minister, who is acting as head of the Indonesian delegations at the 39th UNESCO Assembly in Paris being held from Oct 30 to Nov 14. During the biannual meeting, the minister remarked that the UNESCO should be ready to face global challenges, including the rising inequality, spread of
radicalism and extremism, emergence of racism and prejudice, and the ongoing degradation of the ecosystem. As a responsible member of the international community, he said Indonesia is ready to contribute to the global initiative to find the best way for UNESCO to help create a better world. Moreover, he expressed belief that Indonesia had upheld its commitment to preserving the universal values of the tropical rainforest legacy. “We are hosting the Asia-Pacific Eco-Hydrology Centre and a Regional Training program for sea biodiversity,” he remarked. The minister then revealed that
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Indonesia had recently hosted UNESCOs World Press Freedom Day back in May in Jakarta, which demonstrated the countrys strong commitment to developing a free, independent, and responsible journalistic environment. Moreover, with the realization that culture is the very DNA of sustainable development, Indonesia hosted the World Culture Forum in Bali in both 2013 and 2016. The forum then adopted the Bali Declaration that laid emphasis on the countrys commitment in mainstreaming culture into its policies while at the same time highlighting the importance of the achievement
of the UNs Sustainable Development Goals that is also a vital agenda for the UNESCO. During the General Plenary Debate, Minister Effendy said Indonesia had witnessed a significant advancement in the education sector. The number of those enrolled in early childhood education programs has reached 72.3 percent. Last year, Indonesia had received an award from the UNESCO for Girls and Women Education, specifically for its outstanding program in gender mainstreaming. The Primary School Participation Rate has reached more than 100 percent, and the dropout rate reduced to 0.26
percent. The youth literacy rate has reached almost 100 percent. It is believed that this is the result of the “Smart Indonesia Program,” a policy ensuring that all children from poor families can continue their education until the age of 12. “We have also revitalized the national curriculum by integrating character, competence, and literature to equip students with 21st century skills,” he remarked. Revitalizing vocational education is another major priority that has just begun to be implemented by the government, as Indonesia is actively strengthening its capacity in the fields of science and technology. (rtr)
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LONDON - Even though Catalonia’s bid for independence may be Spain’s worst political crisis in decades, it has been no Grexit, Brexit or even Frexit for foreign investors. Overseas holders of Spanish stocks and bonds -- and indeed owners of euro zone assets in general -- have been quick to dismiss comparisons with a succession of rolling sovereign debt crises that hit the euro zone between 2010 and 2012. nian default, and the effect on Spain would also be limited. Catalonia’s total debt to the centre represents just 4.75 percent of the Spain’s total debt as of the end of 2016. Independence on its own would neither lead to a sovereign default nor to an exit of a existing euro zone member, which caused consternation earlier in the decade given fears of sovereign redenomination risk, related banking stress and legal precedents that seeped across the bloc. Economic confidence and business risk for Spanish firms and households may be an issue at the margins for equity investors, but this is largely cushioned at the moment by a booming world economy and the fastest economic expansion in the euro zone in more than six years. The chances of secession itself were always slim. One of the leading investors in Catalonian bonds believes the region’s bid for independence was always legally doubtful. “Greece was a very different story -– the very existence of Greece as part of the monetary union was called into question. In Catalonia, independence was never constitutional, there was no legal basis,” said Mark Dowding, senior portfolio manager at BlueBay Asset Management, which has been a long term investor in Catalonian debt.
If ultimately Catalonia’s independence was always unlikely, the rest was just a “storm in a teacup” for financial markets, Dowding said. Markets did attempt to reprice different elements of the Spanish financial world -- but few of these moves were durable. The gap between Catalonian and Spanish bonds widened rapidly to its highest level in over a year after the banned Oct. 1 independence referendum, as investors fled from the troubled region’s debt. But now it has not only erased those losses but shrunk to its smallest since mid-July, at 250 basis points. Spanish banks that had been based in Catalonia, Banco de Sabadell and Caixa Bank, took outsize hits during the worst of the crisis but both since moved their headquarters out of the region and their stock prices are still up more than 20 percent yearto-date. “This is very different from other crises the euro zone has faced recently,” said Nadia Gharbi, an economist at Pictet Wealth Management. “This is very much an internal issue and a national question for Spain. We don’t think that, as things stand, it will lead to a systemic crisis.” “Spanish equities have been the category that is most affected; Spanish
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An EU flag with its stars removed is waved by a demonstrator outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium November 7, 2017. bonds have seen a relatively modest impact and the euro has been mostly affected by the ECB,” said Nicola Mai, an analyst and portfolio manager at Pimco, the world’s largest bond investor and an owner of Catalonian debt. The European Central Bank’s ongoing monetary stimulus and bondbuying programme helped to subdue some potential volatility. All South European government debt -- seen as major beneficiaries of the ECB largesse -- have been in demand since and Spain’s 10-year borrowing costs are a good 13 basis points below the level before the Oct. 1. referendum. “As investors you’re in an environment which frankly looks pretty benign from a volatility perspective,”
said Andrew Mulliner, portfolio manager at asset manager Henderson. The main European volatility index is close to its lowest since well before the 2008 financial crisis. Spain was one of the countries that suffered during the euro zone debt crisis of 2010-2012, seeing its debt level jump from 29 percent of GDP to 99 percent currently after having to accept a bailout from the European Union to rescue its banks. It went through years of recession to come out the other end as one of the bloc’s fastest growing countries currently. It is expected to grow at 2.4 percent for 2018, according to the European Commission, well above the euro zone average of 1.8 percent.(rtr)
Kenya’s economic growth to rebound in 2018, finance minister says
NAIROBI - Kenya’s economy should rebound in 2018 after drought and political turmoil during a prolonged election cycle cut nearly 1 percent from this year’s early economic growth forecast, Finance Minister Henry Rotich said on Tuesday. The economy is expected to grow by more than 6 percent next year, Rotich said. He said growth would move towards 7 percent in the medium term, without elaborating. He had earlier trimmed the 2017 forecast to 5.0 percent from a previous projection of 5.5 percent, which itself was a reduction from 5.9 percent. The economy grew 5 percent in the first half of the year, the government said, falling short of its full-year
forecast. “Agriculture this year will be better than last year, that is the reason why our growth looks optimistic, even at this time when we face these challenges on the investment side,” Rotich told a news conference. Rotich said that revenue collections for the first four months of the 2017/18 (July-June) fiscal year had fallen short by 40 billion shillings ($386.47 million). Kenya’s economy has faced a slowdown for most of the year. In addition to the drought and its political uncertainty, credit growth has slowed, partly because of a cap on commercial bank lending rates imposed last September.
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“Storm in a tea cup” - Catalonia is no repeat of euro crisis Even though Spain’s wealthiest region has a bigger economy than Greece, Portugal and Finland, relatively unfazed Spanish and Catalonian assets to date shows markets are treating the crisis ovr Catalonia as a largely domestic issue with few if any systemic sovereign, banking or euro wide threats. While Spain’s blue-chip IBEX equity index is about 7 percent off the year’s highs, it is still up more than 10 percent for 2017 as a whole. The Spanish government’s 10-year borrowing costs as well as their risk premium over German equivalents are lower than where they started the year. The euro exchange rate has barely budged. On one level the scale of financial risk more than gross domestic output of the area is of a different order. Catalonia’s debt level -- at around 77 billion euros -- is around quarter that of Greece. In addition, 52.5 billion euros of that -- just over two-thirds -- is owed to Spain, a further 8.175 billion euros to resident financial institutions, 6.018 billion euros to the rest of the world and 10.035 billion euros to others, according to the data from the Spanish central bank. The international exposure is too small to create ripples across the euro zone even in the event of a Catalo-
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Rotich said the government had no immediate plans to lift the cap, saying it was still studying its effects. The government planned to forge ahead with its infrastructure plans, he said, including a port at Lamu to ease regional trade. The government was also looking at issuing another Eurobond, Rotich said, although he would not give details. Kenya issued a $2 billion dollardenominated Eurobond in 2014. Rotich said a new Eurobond could be used to repay the outstanding amount of a $750 million syndicated loan that the government raised in 2015 and matured in October this year. He said that 90 percent of the investors in the loan had agreed to ex-
tend the maturity by six months until April 2018 while those 10 percent that did not want to extend have already been repaid. “We have plans to extend it because we had the option of still refinancing it by a Eurobond but there were some which we extended, others we paid off ... and those we extend up to April, up to six months,” said Rotich. “We are prepared to refinance that over a much longer period of time.” The original $750 million loan was syndicated to a group of 26 banks and arranged by Citigroup, Standard Bank and Standard Chartered and pays a margin of 520 basis points over LIBOR. Kenya held a presidential election
on Aug. 8, but the Supreme Court nullified President Uhuru Kenyatta’s win and ordered a repeat election. Opposition leader Raila Odinga boycotted the new election, on Oct. 26, and Kenyatta won again, with 98 percent of the vote, in a campaign marred by violent protests. On Monday, a former lawmaker filed a petition at the Supreme Court challenging Kenyatta’s second victory, in a last-minute move that opened the door to legal scrutiny of the vote. Kenya is a regional hub for trade, diplomacy and security. The prolonged election season disrupted its economy as investors waited to see the outcome, Rotich said.(rtr)
Significance of Galungan Feast Day Series
Galungan falling on Buda (Wednesday) Kliwon Dungulan is the eagerly awaited feast day by the Hindu communities in Indonesia. This feast day falls every 210 days as it is based on intersection of panca wara (five-day week) and sapta wara (seven-day week). The series of celebrations to welcome Galungan has begun 25 days earlier namely on Tumpek Pengatag. On this day, Hindu followers perform a ritual to respect for plants so that they could bear fruits and lushly flower to be used in welcoming Galungan. Next processions include the Penyekeban Galungan, Penyajaan Galungan and Penampahan Galungan. Penyekeban Galungan falls on Sunday (Redite Paing Dungulan) which is usually followed by a process of ‘ripening’ (penyekeban) fruits. Philosophically, Penyekeban Galungan can mean that humans should shrink the ego of their deeds, so that they can get closer to God. Significance of Galungan Feast Day Series_penjor After this procession is Penyajaan Galungan falling on Monday (Soma Pon Dungulan). It is time for the Hindus to prepare various cakes to be used in the ritual oblation of Galungan. Philosophically, Penyajaan Galungan is interpreted as an attempt to make creation with sweet and useful characteristic for humans. Moralized knowledge is an expected effect that occurs in harmony with the celebration of Penyajaan Galungan. When knowledge comes without morality, then the destruction of the world is at stake. Meanwhile, Penampahan Galungan falling on Tuesday (Anggara Wage Dungulan) is a long-awaited day by the Hindus in Bali. Penampahan Galungan is celebrated by preparing very festive cooking. Slaughtering a swine is a commonplace activity carried out. On this day, all members of the Hindu
community will try to do their best in preparing delicacies to be eaten on the day of Galungan on the next day. Philosophically, the celebration of Penampahan Galungan is actually put emphasis on the effort to eradicate the existing animal nature in human. Thus, on the celebration of Galungan humans could be freed from the animal nature. Swine is a symbol of laziness, so that slaughtering it then symbolizes that laziness can be eliminated. Penampahan Galungan is also followed by natab byakala ritual in the afternoon for self-purification. The philosophical meaning of Penampahan Galungan is gradually replaced with literal meaning, namely slaughtering swine for the preparation of Galungan. Ignorance about the significance of the celebration may probably have side impacts such as followed by drunkenness and so forth. “Philosophically, the three series of Galungan feast day are actually a process of self-purification so that in the celebration of Galungan we truly celebrate the victory of dharma (truth) against adharma (untruth). If the philosophical meaning is set aside, we do not get goodness, but adharma will even go rampant in the life of community,” said Chairman of the Hindu Dharma Council of Indonesia (PHDI) of Bali, Prof. Dr.
I Gusti Ngurah Sudiana. Nevertheless, in this current globalization era, the philosophy of Galungan feast day series has undergone a shift in meaning. An academician, Dr. I.B. Radendra Suastama, believed that the shift in the meaning is influenced by the Hindu perspective in understanding the procession of Galungan and Kuningan. It is inseparable from the growth of pragmatic, consumptive and instant mental attitude among the members of Hindu community today. Actually, the significance of each series of Galungan and Kuningan feast day is essentially philosophically profound. Starting from the meaning of self-restraint, self-preparation to the essence of meaning against lust in human self to victory in the fight of dharma against adharma which is actually going on inside human self now tends to be more oriented in and focused on the aspects of celebration and hedonism. “Self-indulgence of earthly desires is hued by capital hegemony wrapped in communal traditions on spiritual meanings. This phenomenon needs to be clarified so that it could be corresponding to the initial idea. To that end, it will require an ongoing communication and dissemination,” said Dr. I.B. Radendra. (kmb)
Tourist objects relying on natural beauty remaining pristine increasingly emerge in Buleleng. One of them is Jambangan waterfall at Kelampuak, Tamblang village, Kubutambahan. This adds to the number of waterfall attractions in North Bali, other than the existing ones such as the waterfall at Gitgit village, Sukasada, waterfall at Sambangan and Lemukih village, Sawan subdistrict. To get to the location of Jambangan waterfall, visitors simply walk along the path. This journey requires little caution because it has steep and slippery terrain. Otherwise, visitors can slip. After trying to conquer the steep path, visitors will get paid after arriving at the location. Nature at this waterfall stays natural and is not much known to visitors. This superiority is an attraction for tourists making a visit. In addition to seeing the water flow from a height, visitors also choose to swim in the pool of waterfall. Chief of Kelampuak customary village, Made Suka Astawa, recently encountered said that Jambangan waterfall is a tourist attraction starting to be developed independently. The location very close to the main road of Singaraja-Kintamani (Bangli) makes this tourist attraction easy to be reached by visitors. The arrangement made by local people is the opening of the path to the location.
Next year (2018), the village government plans the development of Jambangan waterfall object into a priority agenda. Related to the name of the waterfall, Astawa claimed the residents name it Jambangan because the puddles under the waterfall are so wide with the base getting conical. The waterfalls are similar to large frying pan (Indonesian: jambangan), so that people call them by Jambangan waterfall. In the meantime, Secretary of Tamblang village, Made Wasuyutha, said that potential of this tourist object is managed seriously so as to bring in positive benefits for the village itself. This tourist attraction is believed to be able to stimulate domestic and foreign tourists to visit because of its pristine nature. In order to have more values, the original atmosphere will be well preserved. To achieve this, local village government starting in 2018 will propose to the tourism office in order to be designated into a tourist destination. This determination will make it easier for the management to submit a proposal for the area arrangement. In addition, the allocation of village funds will be allocated for the area arrangement, especially road access that still need to be repaired, so that visitors are comfortable when getting down the road to location of the object. (BTN/kmb)
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Chief of Denpasar Police, Hadi Purnomo.
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Saudi mass arrests jolt markets but many see overdue swoop on corruption
Alleged murderer of Dutch citizen hunted in Lampung DENPASAR — A Dutch citizen named Robert Gilhooad was found dead in a bathroom at Puri Gading Housing Complex on Jalan Ambon Blok A 7, Jimbaran, South Kuta, on Friday (Nov. 3). Results of the police investigation led to securing the victim’s car at Merak Harbor, Banten. The man alleged to have murdered Gilhoad fled the scene and is currently being hunted down in Lampung. Chief of Denpasar Police, Hadi Purnomo, said on Monday (Nov. 6) that it was difficult to identify the victim because his corpse was already started decomposing.“The victim had likely been dead for over three days” he affirmed. The Denpasar Police are cooperating with the INAFIS of the Bali Police and the Denpasar Forensic Lab. In addition, a autopsy will soon be conducted to clarify the victim’s cause of death. “We have examined six witnesses. As the result of coordination with other police officers, the victim’s red car was found at Merak Harbor and was secured on October 31”, explained Chief Purnomo. Initially the car had been driven by a man who identity has yet ot be released. When the police officers arrived at the harbour and started investigating the car, the alleged perpetrator pretended to go to the toilet and then ran away form the police. “We have a photo of the alleged perpetrator. Our personnel have already secured the car at Merak Harbour and headed to Lampung to find the alleged perpetrator” said this former Chief of the Gianyar Police. This crime first came to the attention of the police when 42 year old witness Evi Kusuma from Banywangi. At abour 19:00 she was walking her dog near the crime scene when she noticed a strong stench. She then called Dharmawan and Fahmi and the incident was immediately reported to the South Kuta Police. The police arrived at the crime scene a few minutes and after a brief search found the victim’s body lying face up in his bathroom. The body of the victim exuded a dank stench and was decomposing with swarms of flies around it. On the mattress in the victim’s room the police found an ax, two iron bars, drops of blood and a blood soaked pillow. Around 02:30, the victim’s body was evacuated by the national SAR agency (Basarnas) and taken to Sanglah Hospital. (kmb36)
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RIYADH - All major Gulf stock markets slid on Tuesday on jitters about Saudi Arabia’s sweeping anti-graft purge, a campaign seen by critics as a populist power grab but by ordinary Saudis as an overdue attack on the sleaze of a moneyed ultra-elite.
The Jembrana songket also has a characteristic in terms of the motive.
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Preserving songket clothes of Jembrana
DENPASAR — Housewives at Pendem village, Jembrana subdistrict, Jembrana, are now busy weaving typical songket clothes of this district. A total of 51 housewives are empowered to weave using nonmechanical loom (ATBM). A Jembrana songket business owner, I Ketut Widiadnyana, said that his business is the development and preservation of Jembrana songket with brand name of Putrimas weaving group. It is a women empowerment, cultural preservation and creative economy. “Putrimas weaving group mostly consists of housewives originating from around our village,” he said. His wife, Luh Wayan Sriadi, who is a doctor, has a love to the embroidery and weaving art of Jembrana. Initially, Sriadi had a Balinese kebaya embroidery business. This business can absorb much labor. Then, Widiadnyana and his wife participated in some exhibitions and finally developed well. He began to develop Jembrana songket with its derivatives. He chose to develop songket because next 20 years it is predicted to be extinct. This is marked by the absence of younger generation that is willing to weave. On average, the age of the weavers in his group is 40 years. He observes no younger generation is interested in weaving songket. Traditional songket work, slightly hard to do
because it needs the strength of hands, sitting and bound, et cetera are alleged to be the cause. Responding to the fear of extinction faced by songket, since a year ago, Putrimas weaving group has developed typical songket of Negara or songket without connection. “In our opinion, it is the only songket development center without a connection, the workmanship does not eliminate the traditional nuance namely leverage,” he explained. This non-connecting songket is worked on at his home, while the other songket clothes (with connections) are done at the homes of each weaver. “We have complete profile data of the group members and their admission statements,” he added. In addition, the Jembrana songket also has a characteristic in terms of the motive. There are motives featuring bridge of bridge, lunar-stellar, crab’s claws, bamboo cane works, brackets, et cetera. Considering there is no rule of working hours, he implements a bulk system. So, the housewives take materials to him to be woven at their
respective home. “I apply a bulk system to motivate faster workmanship of the songket clothes. The dream of weaving songket becomes the main job, not a side job,” he said. Songket which is identical with customary clothing and religion also draws the interest of foreigners. His songket clothes have penetrated export market such as Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan. “Yesterday, at the exhibition in South Korea, there was a buyer meeting, not a big party,” he said. Admittedly, he does not export this songket clothes too much because his overseas buyers are mostly designers. Besides, he has registered his product in order to get Intellectual Property Rights (HAKI). “We even have six HAKI certificates. Not only that, we are now being guided by the Bali Representative Office of Bank Indonesia. Other than increasing productivity, quality and innovation, we must also meet the compliance in terms of administration such financial reports and monthly activity reports,” he said vivaciously. (kmb42)
U.S. President Donald Trump endorsed the crackdown, saying some of those arrested have been “milking” Saudi Arabia for years, but some Western officials expressed unease about the possible reaction in Riyadh’s opaque tribal and royal politics. Authorities detained dozens of top Saudis including billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal in a move widely seen as an attempt by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to neuter any opposition to his lightening ascent to the pinnacle of power. Admirers see it as an assault on the endemic theft of public funds in the world’s top oil exporter, an absolute monarchy where the state and the ruling family are intertwined. “Corruption should have been fought a long time ago, because it’s corruption that delays society’s development,” Riyadh resident Hussein al-Dosari told Reuters. “God willing, everything that happened ... is only the beginning of what is planned,” said Faisal bin Ali, adding he wanted to see “correcting mistakes, correcting ministries and correcting any injustices against the general population.” But some analysts see the arrests
as the latest in a string of moves shifting power from a consensusbased system dispersing authority among the ruling Al Saud to a governing structure centred around 32-year-old Prince Mohammed himself. Investors worry that his campaign against corruption - involving the arrests of the kingdom’s most internationally known businessmen - could see the ownership of businesses and assets become vulnerable to unpredictable policy shifts. Saudi banks have frozen more than 1,200 accounts belonging to individuals and companies in the kingdom and the number keeps rising, bankers and lawyers said. The authorities sought to reassure the business community late on Tuesday, with the central bank saying it was freezing suspects’ personal bank accounts at the request of the attorney general but not suspending operations of their companies. “In other words, corporate businesses remain unaffected. It is business as usual for both banks and corporates,” the bank said in a statement, adding there were no restrictions on money transfers through proper banking channels.
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Saudi billionaire Prince AlWaleed bin Talal looks on during a news briefing in Manama, May 8, 2012. A separate statement said Prince Mohammed had directed a powerful ministerial committee, the Council for Economic Affairs and Development, to ensure that national and multinational companies, including those wholly or partly owned by individuals under investigation, were not disrupted. “The Council recognised the
importance of these companies for the national economy, and the importance of ensuring that investors could operate with confidence in Saudi Arabia,” the state news agency SPA said. In Washington, Heather Nauert, spokeswoman for the U.S. State Department, said it had urged Saudi Arabia to undertake any prosecu-
tions of corruption suspects in a “fair and transparent” manner. She said the United States had received assurances from the Saudi government that it would do so. But another U.S. official later told reporters she had misspoken and that they had no such assurances that they could discuss in public. (rtr)
India’s rape survivors degraded by “finger test” despite reforms, report says
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Demonstrators shout slogans during a protest against the rape and murder of a law student in the southern state of Kerala, India.
MUMBAI - Five years after a fatal Delhi bus rape, more Indian women are reporting attacks but are often humiliated by police and medics or intimidated to withdraw cases, activists said on Wednesday. A study by Human Rights Watch (HRW) found the outlawed “twofinger test” - which involves a doctor inserting fingers into a rape victim’s vagina to determine if she is sexually active - being carried out in a hospital in the state of Rajasthan. “In some states, both the police and the medical system have not adopted the measures the government set out,” Meenakshi Ganguly, South Asia director at the U.S.-based advocacy group told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. “While the intention is there (to help rape survivors), it does not percolate down the system.” Home ministry officials said they could only comment once they had
seen the report. India has some of the highest number of rapes in the world but many sex crimes are not reported, offenders often go unpunished and the wheels of justice turn slowly, activists say. HRW analysed the impact of reforms introduced following the fatal gang rape of a student in a New Delhi bus in 2012 that led to national outrage and put a global spotlight on rape in India. Nearly 35,000 rape cases were reported to the police and 7,000 convictions were made in 2015, both increasing by about 40 percent in three years, according to government data. But access to support services, ranging from legal aid to healthcare, is poor and gender-friendly government guidelines are often flouted, HRW said. “Women and girls said that they received almost no attention to their health needs, including counselling,
even when it was clear they had a great need for it,” the report said. India’s top court said in 2013 that the two-finger test violated a woman’s right to privacy. It was banned and the Indian Council of Medical Research issued new guidelines in 2014. But HRW found the test mentioned in a form that doctors fill in when they examine rape survivors at a Rajasthan hospital. Sexual violence remains a taboo in the world’s largest democracy, and women and girls fear stigma or retribution if they report attacks. HRW called for India to introduce a victim and witness protection system to encourage people to come forward. It interviewed more than 20 rape survivors, as well as lawyers, doctors and police officials in four states with a high prevalence of rape, as well as New Delhi and Mumbai. (rtr)
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Stop using antibiotics in healthy animals, WHO urges farmers
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Alcohol consumption is known to increase the risk of several cancers, including head and neck, esophageal, liver, colorectal and female breast cancers.
Cutting back on alcohol can prevent cancers: experts
CALIFORNIA - A large organization of cancer doctors has issued a call to action to minimize alcohol consumption.
With a newly released position paper, the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) hopes to draw attention to the strong links between drinking alcohol and risks for several types of cancer. “People are not aware of this,” said Susan Gapstur, a vice-president of the American Cancer Society who was not involved with the position statement. In a phone interview, Gapstur stressed that people living with cancer remain at risk for other cancers so it’s important that they realize alcohol’s role in cancer recurrence, too. The call to action from ASCO follows a survey the group commissioned, which found that 70 percent of Americans do not recognize drinking alcohol as a risk factor for cancer. In fact, alcohol consumption is known to increase the risk of several cancers, including head and neck, esophageal, liver, colorectal and female breast cancers. Alcohol is classified as a carcinogen by the International Agency for Cancer Research. Approximately 3.5 percent of all cancer deaths in the U.S. - about 19,500 deaths - are alcohol related, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The ASCO statement, published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, cautions that while the greatest risks are seen with heavy long-term use, even low alcohol consumption (defined as less than one drink per day) or moderate consumption (up to two drinks per day for men, and one drink per day for women because they absorb and metabolize it differently) can increase cancer risk. Among women, light drinkers have a four percent increased risk of breast cancer, while moderate drinkers have a 23 percent increased risk of the disease. Heavy drinkers who consume more than eight drinks a day have a 63 percent increased risk of female breast cancer because alcohol increases levels of the female sex hormone estrogen. Dr. Noelle LoConte, a member of ASCO’s prevention committee who is the lead author of the position paper, told Reuters Health that “pink washing,” or exploiting the color pink to show a commitment to finding a cure for breast cancer, leads people to buy pink bottles of liquor during breast cancer awareness month. They think they’re helping to fight breast cancer, but nothing could be farther from the truth, she said. Heavy drinkers of both genders increase their risk of head and neck and oral cancers by more than 500 percent because tissues come into direct contact with alcohol carcinogens. (rtr)
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LONDON - The World Health Organization urged farmers on Tuesday to stop using antibiotics to promote growth and prevent disease in healthy animals because the practice fuels dangerous drug-resistant superbug infections in people. Describing a lack of effective antibiotics for humans as “a security threat” on a par with “a sudden and deadly disease outbreak”, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said “strong and sustained action across all sectors” was vital to turn back the tide of resistance and “keep the world safe”. The WHO “strongly recommends an overall reduction in the use of all classes of medically important antibiotics in food-producing animals, including complete restriction of these antibiotics for growth promotion and disease prevention without diagnosis,” the United Nations agency said in a statement. Any use of antibiotics promotes the development and spread of so-called superbugs, multidrug-resistant infections that can evade the medicines designed to kill them. According to the WHO’s statement, in some countries around 80 percent of total consumption of medically important antibiotics is in the animal sector. They are largely used in healthy animals to stop them getting sick and to speed up their growth. The WHO said such use should be completely halted. It said in sick animals, wherever possible, tests should first be conducted to determine the most effective and prudent antibiotic to treat their specific illness. The WHO’s new guidelines “illustrate the degree to which our regulators and large food animal producers are falling short,” said Cameron Harsh, a senior manager for the Center for Food Safety, a U.S. advocacy group. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has said that medically important antibiotics should not be used for growth promotion in animals. “The recommendations erroneously conflate disease prevention with growth promotion in animals,” Chavonda Jacobs-Young, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s acting chief scientist, said in a statement. In the United States, Tyson Foods Inc has stopped using antibiotics to produce its retail line of chicken. Perdue Farms, a competitor, said it eliminated the routine use of antibiotics in chicken last year. Sanderson Farms Inc, the third largest U.S. poultry producer, is the only large U.S. chicken producer that has not made a commitment to limit its use of medically important antibiotics. The company had no immediate comment on Tuesday. (rtr)
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According to the WHO’s statement, in some countries around 80 percent of total consumption of medically important antibiotics is in the animal sector. They are largely used in healthy animals to stop them getting sick and to speed up their growth.
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Land acquisition of Ngurah Rai underpass
Two landowners still disagree with IDR 20 million per square meter
MANGUPURA — The acquisition of land from people whose land will be affected by the underpass project at the intersection of Ngurah Rai is not going smoothly. Two of the 14 land owners involved do not agree with the valuing of their land at IDR 20 million per square meter. Division Head of Bina Marga at the Badung Public Works and Spatial Planning (PUPR), Sang Nyoman Oka Permana, said that he is still waiting for the decision of the landowners. “The letters of approval or disapproval from the landowners has been submitted. We are still waiting because not all of the landowners agree with the terms of the deal”, explained Oka Permana, on Monday (Nov. 6). The value of the land was determined according to the results of the appraisal team who deemed the value at IDR 20 million per square meter for a total of about IDR 2 billion. However, not all of the affected land-owners has signed away their land rights. “ Two landowners have not approved the offer. We are still waiting for their letters stating that they approve”, he said. Oka Permana did not give the names of the people who do not agree with the price of land determined by the appraisal team. Nevertheless, his agency plans to release through a consignment process or money deposit in court, so the project can go ahead. “If there are landowners who still disagree, we will deposit money in court because this can no longer be
manipulated. This project will go ahead”, he said. Although the land acquisition process has not been completed, work has already started on the project. A project signboard has been put up in the proposed area that reads: “Working Unit of the National Road of Metropolitan Denpasar, National Road Agency VII, Directorate General of Highways, Ministry of Public Works and Housing of the RI as the project contractor”. Funds for the Underpass Development Project package at the Ngurah Rai intersection in Badung is sourced from the national budget 2017 until 2018 with a contract value of IDR 168,376,159,000 (including value added tax). The contractor implementing the project is Adhi-Nindya-Wira Joint-Operation with PT. Wira Widyatama as supervising consultant in joint operation with PT. Aria Jasa Reksatama and PT Tata Guna Patria. The implementation time of the project is 390 days and the maintenance period is 730 calendar days. Under the project signboard it also says that the project is being implemented with partial funding from taxes paid by the people. As previously mentioned, the Badung Public Works and Housing Agency has completed the assessment of the people’s land affected by the Ngurah Rai intersection underpass project. According to the results of the appraisal team, the total land area covers 1,018 square meters owned by 14 people and appraised to be valued at IDR 20 million per square meter. (kmb27)
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Although the land acquisition process has not been completed, work has already started on the project.
Bali’s economic growth slows with 6.22 percent growth DENPASAR — In the third quarter of 2017, Bali’s economy grew by 6.22 percent compared to the third quarter of 2016 (yoy). This growth is measured based on the movement of GDP with constant price basis, namely from IDR 35 trillion in the third quarter of 2016 to IDR 37.19 trillion in the third quarter of 2017. When compared to second quarter of 2017 (qtq), it showed a growth of 3.34 percent. This was conveyed by Division Head of Integration Processing and Statistical Dissemination (IPDS) of Central Statistical Agency (BPS) Bali, Kadek Agus Wirawan, on Monday (Nov. 6). In terms of quarter to quarter growth, the figure of 3.34 percent shows stagnant growth because in the first quarter of 2017 the growth was 3.34 percent. Bali’s economy grew by 6.22 percent which is higher than the national average of only 5.06 percent. Nevertheless, the growth experienced a slowdown compared to the third quarter of 2016 that reached 6.61 percent. In the third quarter of 2017, Bali’s economic growth was sustained by the three highest grossing economic sectors: accommodation, food and beverage with 10.71 percent of growth followed by the wholesale and retail trade sector (9.64 percent) as well as electricity and gas sector that grew by 8.40 percent. “This is in terms of yoy, while for the qtq, the highest growth was in the transportation sector with an increase of 6.37 percent. Accommodation, food and beverage increased by 5.29 percent and electricity and gas increased by 3.94 percent”, he explained. The increase in the accommodation, food and beverage sector is also inseparable from the increase in foreign tourist arrivals which increase 18 percent compared to the second quarter of 2017. The yoy increase of foreign tourists visits is recorded to reach 27.51 percent. If examined further, the structure of the Gross Regional Domestic Product (PDRB) of the Province of Bali is supported by accommodation, food and beverage by 23.43
percent with 10.71 percent growth in the third quarter of 2017. In addition, the GRDP of Bali is also supported by agriculture, forestry, fisheries which contributed as much as 14.25 percent to the GRDP. In the third quarter of 2017, electricity and gas sector grew by 8.40 percent whereas this sector gave relatively small contribution (0.24 percent) to the GDP of Bali. “The lowest is the procurement of water, electricity and gas. So, this further reinforces the hypothesis that Bali’s economy is still heavily dependent on tourism. The accommodation, food and beverage sector is directly related to tourism. As are transportation and retail trade” added Wirawan. Government consumption increases significantly
In terms of expenditure, comprised of household consumption, government consumption, non-profit institutions, formation of fixed capital as well as exports and imports, when viewed from expenditures in the third quarter of 2017, the largest contributions to eh GRDP based on constant price were from exports (65 percent). The second largest contributor to the GRDP was household consumption (44.97 percent), investment or capital formation (31.49 percent), followed by government consumption and non-profit institution consumption. Import serve as a subtracting factor to the formation of the GRDP. “But if we look at the growth in each component of the expenditure sector (GRDP by expenditure), although exports contribute a lot, they only increased by 1. 67 percent compared to the third quarter of 2016. The highest growth occurred in government consumption with an increase of 6.89 percent”, he explained. Government consumption in the third quarter of 2017 was for personnel expenditures with the realization of the thirteenth salary. In addition, capital expenditure increased significantly both in yoy and qtq in the third quarter of 2017. In terms of expenditure, government consumption has a very
dominant influence. However, its contribution to the PDRB is relatively small. Demand shifts
According to economic analyst, and former Chief of Bali Representative Office of the Bank Indonesia, Viraguna Bagoes Oka, both the global and regional economy show a decline in aggregate economic growth that also has an impact on Bali’s economy. “However, it does not necessarily mean there is a declining purchasing power because there has been a 5 percent growth in the economy”, he said. The economic structure of Bali remains quite sustainable and prospective due to Bali’s tourism industry. The decline in purchasing power seems to have been caused by the shift in the demand of the business community from the consumption of good to the consumption of services or lifestyle choices. This is reflected in the increase of third party funds in banking within the past year reaching 10 percent-15 percent. In addition, there has been an increased demand for air travels to various inter-island and international destinations, especially to or from Bali which increased drastically by 3040 percent in the last 3-4 months. After the warning alert level of Mount Agung was decreased a few days ago, there has been a significant surge in the number of air passengers. Another analyst of from the Bali Representative Office of Bank Indonesia, Umran Usman, said that third party funds of banks in Bali as of the third quarter of 2017 reached IDR 87.61 trillion which shows growth of 10.34 percent (yoy). This growth is higher than the second quarter of 2017 that showed 7.21 percent (yoy) growth worth IDR 83.21 trillion. Banking credit in Bali in the third quarter of 2017 is recorded to have amounted to IDR 71.88 trillion showing a yoy 7.22 percent increase. This growth slowed down when compared to the growth in the second quarter of 2017 that amounted to 8.63 percent (yoy) with a nominal value of IDR 71.27 trillion. (kmb42)
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Parliament wishes to re-arrange Sanur Beach DENPASAR - Sanur Beach, having become a source of revenue from tourism sector, is considered to need a comprehensive arrangement. Until now, there are still some issues having been unresolved properly. For example, there are some semi-permanent or permanent buildings outside the jogging track. The buildings are considered to tarnish the existence of Sanur Beach having become a worldclass tourist destination.
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A member of the Denpasar House of Representatives, A.A. Susruta Ngurah Putra, accompanied by other members, Arya Jimbawan, revealed on Tuesday (Nov. 7) the need for control against the buildings standing outside the jogging track. In accordance with the existing law, outside the jogging track is not allowed to have a permanent building. “To make consistent, all the existing buildings outside the jogging track must be dismantled,” said Susruta. He said that quite a lot of buildings remain along the Sanur Beach without any discipline from related agencies. The government must dare to take action so the tourist attraction becoming the source of local revenue can be really managed professionally. Not only that, the environment must also be well ordered. Arya Jimbawan added the existence of Losari Beach in
Makassar can be an example of good arrangement. Previously, the beach was much viler than Sanur Beach. However, after the arrangement done periodically, the beach located on the edge of the city of Makassar remarkably draws the interests of tourists to make a visit to the city of Mamiri Wind. Several years ago, actually there has been a desire to rearrange the buildings outside the jogging track. Moreover, the plan to control the stalls and semi-permanent buildings on Sanur Beach already received support from Sanur community leaders. They asked the government to be consistent in the arrangement of the white sandy beach. Moreover, since the arrangement and the making of jogging track along the coast, the plan to free the buildings and others to the east of the jogging track has emerged. Unfortunately, the plan has never been properly realized, so there is omission to individuals that put their merchandise. “This needs the commitment of local government having the authority to do it,” added Susruta. Besides, the government also needs to maintain the only asset of natural beauty owned by Denpasar. If only the government has a strong commitment in maintaining the asset, surely the natural beauty of Sanur Beach could be better. “We all just need to keep and maintain this valuable asset in order to remain attractive to be visited by domestic and foreign tourists,” he said. (kmb12)
Tourism Office finds many vehicles passing shortcut BANGLI - Bangli Tourism and Culture Agency conducted monitoring activities against vehicles transporting tourists through shortcut at Bayung Gede, Kintamani. As result, it found dozens of vehicles crossing the path. “We found some 25 tourist transports attempting to pass on the Bayung Gede road section. They came from Payangan direction,” said Division Head of Object Development at the Bangli Tourism and Culture Agency, Wayan Bona, on Tuesday (Nov. 7).
He said that monitoring activities at Bayung Gede road section was held with several staff members on Monday (Nov. 6). In that time, his agency stopped tourist transports to be asked to show their admission ticket. “But they cannot show admission ticket. After directing carefully, they finally wanted to go back to the official track,” he explained. Bona explained that according to provisions all tourist transports wishing to visit tourist attraction
area of Kintamani should pass through the tracks having been prepared namely those equipped with admission ticket counter. They are located at Sekardadi, Sekaan or the path from Suter direction. Although some drivers argued that they took the shortcut because of following Google Map guidelines, he estimated the shortcut is frequently passed by tourist transports to avoid the payment of admission ticket. To prevent it from happening again, his agency will
intensify monitoring and evaluation activities in the shortcut for 2-3 times a week. He also hoped that relevant agencies can install a ban for tourist transport. “To build a new post is impossible because there is no land for that. The only one solution is the installation of prohibition sign,” he said. Previously, the suspicion against many tourist transports passing the shortcut was once revealed by Deputy Chairman of the Bangli House of Representatives, Komang
Carles. When interviewed some time ago, Carles said since the road sections were paved with hot mix asphalt, many tourist transports take the shortcut route to Kintamani. Since it is not guarded by officers, tourists so far can get away without having to pay admission ticket as they should do. To prevent such occurrence, Carles considered it necessary to make an admission ticket counter in the shortcut including the addition of the ticket attendant. (kmb40)
Alert level decreases, 3,000 cattle taken home
AMLAPURA - The handling of refugees’ livestock has been addressed by the government from the beginning by preparing the location of livestock shelters. They spread across 43 locations in 7 districts, namely Klungkung, Buleleng, Karangasem, Bangli, Tabanan and Gianyar. Based on updated data from Tanah Ampo Command Post, Manggis Subdistrict, there are a total of 7,800 heads of livestock in the shelter. After the decrease in the alert level of Mount Agung, 3,000 cattle have been repatriated to the area of origin in the radius of 6 km - 7.5 km from the Mount Agung. Head of Livestock and Animal
Health Taskforce, IKG Nata Kesuma, said last Sunday (Nov. 5) the current number of livestock in the refuge reaches 4,800 heads. The cattle belong to evacuating residents. The service to the livestock in the shelter includes the provision of feed, medicines and veterinary examination. It is facilitated by the government from the budget of the Ministry of Agriculture. In addition, there is also assistance from private sector of the feed factories. “There are companies facilitating concentrate and forage amounting to 119 tons. Besides, there is also provision from the Ministry of Agriculture distributed by the
taskforce,” he said. After the decrease in the alert level of Mount Agung from warning to watch, Director General of Livestock and Animal Health, Ministry of Agriculture, I Ketut Diarmita, held a meeting with the regent of Karangasem, Head of Bali Livestock and Animal Health Agency (PKH) and related stakeholders to determine the measures of handling before, during and after of the disaster if Mount Agung erupts. Ketut Diarmita reminded although there has been a decline in the alert level of Mount Agung, the monitoring progress and coor-
dination of rescuing and handling of livestock as well as the distribution of assistance from other parties should keep going on. “We keep the breeders and their livestock and avoid them from becoming the victims in case the natural disaster of Mount Agung really occurs. Similarly, it is the mandate of the Minister of Agriculture for farmers not to lose. Besides, they can feel calm and comfortable,” he said. He reminded the taskforce team to keep in mind the availability of feed, medicines and animal health checks. “This activity requires a lot of funds and we have made coop-
eration with many parties,” he said. Head of the Bali Livestock and Animal Health Agency, I Putu Sumantra, conveyed that all this time the cattle sales of refugees are very good at a reasonable price. “However, we still recommend them selling male cows,” he said. Regent of Karangasem, I Gusti Ayu Mas Sumantri, said that almost 30 percent of the population of Karangasem raises cattle. She considered the breeders have loved their cattle and even ‘get united’ with their cattle. “If the breeders survive, then their cattle must also survive,” she said. (gik)
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Greta Gerwig explores complexities of growing up in ‘Lady Bird’ LOS ANGELES - “Why won’t you call me Lady Bird? You promised that you would.” That is the line that popped into actor and filmmaker Greta Gerwig’s head one day and went on to become the opening statement from the precocious teenage heroine of her directorial debut, “Lady Bird.” “Lady Bird, in a way, wrote herself,” Gerwig told Reuters on Sunday. “I was like, ‘Who is this girl, who’s this girl who makes (people) call her by a different name?’ It’s one of those things where it’s like I discovered the character as I was writing.” The titular character, played by Saoirse Ronan, is a teenage girl growing up “on the wrong side of the tracks” in Sacramento, California, attending Catholic school and wrestling with her identity as she figures out life after graduating from high school. “I wanted to make a movie that was about home, and how home is something you only understand when you’re leaving,” said Gerwig, who grew up in Sacramento and pens a love letter to her home town in “Lady Bird.”
The film, which opened in limited theaters last week and will roll out in more U.S. theaters this month, marks the solo directing debut of Gerwig, 34. She carved a career co-writing and starring in independent darlings such as 2010’s “Greenberg” and 2012’s “Frances Ha.” “Lady Bird” has already garnered critical praise and early awards buzz. “She just has this unique lens of seeing the world,” actor Beanie Feldstein, who plays Lady Bird’s best friend Julie, said of Gerwig. “It makes so much sense that she were to direct because that lens has always existed in her acting and in her writing.” In “Lady Bird,” Gerwig explores the complexities of her heroine’s various relationships, from her frustrations living in a cash-strapped home to the endearing connection with Julie and the innocence of her first love. Gerwig said she wanted to reflect a “kaleidoscope of people” in Lady Bird’s life because “when she leaves, you have to feel like she’s really leaving an entire community.” (rtr)
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The cast poses for photographers at the Justice League photocall, at The College, in London, Britain November 4, 2017.
“Justice League” must battle film critics as well as villains
LONDON - Saving Metropolis and Gotham City from the clutches of super-villains might be enough pressure for the average caped crusader but the cast of the forthcoming “Justice League” film also face another equally-terrifying foe: film critics. The film is the latest instalment from the DC comics stable of super-heroes - a series which, with the notable exception of this summer’s “Wonder Woman”, has met with a less than positive critical response and has failed to match the box office of rival Marvel’s biggest super-hero offerings. The film features a host of major DC characters and box office stars including Ben Affleck as Batman, Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman, Jason Momoa as Aquaman and Ezra Miller as the Flash. Gadot won both critical plaudits and box office success for “Wonder Woman”, which was directed by Patty Jenkins, and she is confident that the experience from that film helped her reprise the character in “Justice League”.
“I had almost no transition from Wonder Woman because I finished Wonder Woman and the next day I went to set to start working on Justice League,” she told Reuters. “I was already in the character and I only had to serve the story and the context of every scene and just you know be there and serve the director’s vision.” Momoa was hopeful for the film’s prospects, telling Reuters “I really hope that the fans enjoy what Zack (Snyder, the director) and I have done with Aquaman.” The film’s predecessor, 2016’s “Batman Vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice,” grossed just over $870 million at the global box office according to film revenue website Box Office Mojo, but received a 27
percent rating on film review aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes. Another recent entry in the DC franchise, 2016’s “Suicide Squad,” opened to an equally poor critical reception, and took around $745 million at the global box office. While both totals are not insubstantial, they are dwarfed by Marvel’s big hits - 2012’S “The Avengers” and 2015’s “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” which took $1.5 billion and $1.4 billon respectively. Audiences in 2017, however warmed to “Wonder Woman,” which grossed over $80 million more at the U.S. box office than “Dawn of Justice,” as well at proving a hit with critics, garnering a 92 percent Rotten Tomatoes score. (rtr)
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Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo (L) and first lady Iriana Widodo (2nd L) pose with their daugher Kahiyang Ayu (3rd R), their new son-in-law Bobby Nasution (3rd L) and his mother Hanifah Siregar (2nd R) and uncle Irwin Nasution (R) during the wedding ceremony in Solo, Central Java, Indonesia November 8, 2017 in this photo taken by Antara Foto.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo’s daughter marries with grand procession
SOLO - Dozens of dignitaries gathered on Wednesday (Nov 8) to celebrate the marriage of Indonesian President Joko Widodo’s daughter in Solo, Central Java in Indonesia. Kahiyang Ayu, the only daughter of the president - who is also known as Jokowi - married Bobby Afif Nasution in her father ’s hometown in a ceremony at 9am local time. The bride and groom, along with their families, made their way to the Graha Saba Buana Hall in a lavish wedding procession through the streets which included eight horse-drawn chariots and police and soldiers dressed in traditional attire.ndonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla
- who acted as witness for the bride - and other government officials were also present, as well as more than 80 foreign ambassadors and diplomats. “We come here to congratulate the bride and the groom as well as President Jokowi. We hope their marriage will last forever,” the Jakarta Post reported Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono, the son of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, as saying. The couple, who are both 26 and students at Bogor Institute of
Agriculture, dated for a year before getting engaged in June this year.A wedding reception was be held in the evening. The ritual, held at Mr Joko’s private residence in Solo, saw him and First Lady Iriana pour flowerinfused water over their daughter, followed by other family members and close relatives. Hundreds of Solo residents were already waiting along the street in front of the residence in Jalan Kutai Utara for Mr Joko and his wife to arrive. About 1,200 members of Projo, a volunteer group that supports Mr Joko, are also in Solo for the celebration.
“We also want to celebrate. We are happy for them,” said Mr Sarwono, 62, a vegetable seller at a wet market. He and about 40 fellow traders bought a huge tumpeng they ate together while holding a mass prayer. “We pray and hope the reception runs smoothly and the couple will be together until they are grandparents,” added Mr Sarwono, who goes by one name. On Tuesday night, in a procession called Midodareni, the groom’s family will deliver the dowry to the bride’s home. According to The Jakarta Post, the Islamic solemnisation ceremony, or akad nikah, will take place at 8 am
on Wednesday. “The President will give his daughter’s hand in marriage, while Vice-President Jusuf Kalla will act as witness for the bride and Coordinating Economic Minister Darmin Nasution, as witness for the groom,” said wedding coordinator Quirinto Endy. Continued to page 6 News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http:// radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.