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Chief of the Regional Council of the Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi), I Wayan Suardana, said the local people’s

rejection of the planned reclama-tion of the Balinese coasts had not received a response from President Susilo Bambang Yud-

hoyono. “This is evident by the issu-

ance of Presidential Regulation No. 51/2014 to replace Presiden-tial Regulation No. 45/2011 on Sarbagita Urban Spatial Layout Plan,” he said.

In essence, the issuance of the Presidential Regulation No. 51/2014 eliminated article 55, sub-article 5 of Presidential Regu-

lation No. 45/2011 declaring the Benoa Bay a conservation area, he said.

Through Presidential Regula-tion No. 51/2014, President Yud-hoyono also altered the coastal area of the Benoa Bay into a buffer zone to pave the way for the realization of the reclamation plan, he said.

“The fact that Presidential

Regulation No. 51/2014 has not been lifted, shows that President Yudhoyono has ignored the inter-ests of the Balinese people while rejecting the planned reclamation and giving priority to the interests of investors wishing to reclaim the Benoa Bay,” he said.

The rally drew the attention of tourists who were holidaying in the Benoa Bay. (kmb32)

IBP/Yudi Karnaedi

Thousands of Balinese coastal residents on jet skis and parasailing boats staged a rally in

the Benoa Bay on Friday to protest against the planned reclamation of the Balinese coasts.

Thousands protest against reclamation plan

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NUSA DUA - Thousands of Balinese coastal residents on jet skis and parasailing boats staged a rally in the Benoa Bay on Friday to protest against the planned reclamation of the Balinese coasts.Associated Press

LONDON — Daniel Radcliffe says he finds the concept of celebrity and the level of interest in the trivia of actors’ lives “weird.”

While promoting his first romantic comedy — “What If,” directed by Mi-chael Dowse —the 25-year-old British star was keen to keep the conversation away from his own love life. Radcliffe is rumored to be dating his “Kill your Darlings” co-star Erin Darke.

“People ask me about my relationship and I try to give a little away as possible,” Radcliffe explained. “People are dying in

the world, give time to that.”And yet despite his best efforts to keep

quiet about his personal life, the former Harry Potter star still finds himself tab-loid fodder.

“That gets turned into a story in itself,” he said. “’Oh, you’ve been really open about this.’ ‘No, I haven’t. I was just, like, trying to keep my mouth shut.’”

Radcliffe was happy, however, to talk about his career choices post-Harry Potter. Since leaving the boy wizard behind him, he has sought out challenging roles and embraced on-screen nudity.

Whether portraying beat poet Allen

Ginsberg in “Kill your Darlings,” or skinny-dipping in “What If,” Radcliffe joked that he wasn’t “intentionally” seeking out roles in which he can ap-pear naked.

Yet it all comes naturally now after a stint in “Equus” back in 2007 where he stood in the nude on stage night after night.

“Doing it on stage when I was 17 kind of makes you go ‘Meh’ about anything else after that,” he explained.

“What If” stars Radcliffe pining for his character’s best friend, played by actress Zoe Kazan. It opens Wednesday in the U.K.

“The next morning, you realize wow, it hurts!” says the actor, who turned 60 earlier this year.“Now my body tells me to slow down 30 percent and probably in another two years, 20 more, then 50 percent. So slowly, slowly, then I will tell the whole world, stop doing action.”

Chan may recognize it’s time to slow things down, but he didn’t let that stop him going all out for what he describe as his last “big” action movie — “Chinese Zodiac.” The action star

gives an acrobatic display in which he becomes a human torpedo on wheels, fights in the air while skydiving and engages in his trademark hand-to-hand combat and physical comedy.

“That’s not special effects, that’s not Iron Man, not Spider-Man, that’s the real Jackie Chan,” he says.

For his next movie, “Dragon Blade” with John Cusack and Adrien Brody, Chan has swapped the somersaults and leaping around for some good old-fashioned swordplay. And when it comes to future projects he says he will start to take the foot of the gas.

“Slowly, slowly I will let more people do it for me. Myself, I’ll only do the tight shot, close shot, otherwise the big wide shot, I’ll let someone else do it.”

Jackie Chan: It’s time to slow down

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Associated Press

LONDON — Action movie veteran Jackie Chan admits doing stunt work is “not like it used to be” as he no longer bounces back from big scenes.

Daniel Radcliffe finds interest in actors ‘weird’

AP Photo/Marco Ugarte

Police deploy tear gas to impose Ferguson curfew

Tens of thousands stage Hong Kong pro-gov’t rally

Miserable start for Van Gaal

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EvEry Temple and Shrine has a special date for it annual Ceremony, or “ Odalan “, every 210 days according to Balinese calendar, including the smaller ancestral shrine which each family possesses. Because of this practically every few days a ceremony of festival of some kind takes place in some Village in Bali. There are also times when the entire island celebrated the same Holiday, such as at Galungan, Kuningan, Nyepi day, Saraswati day, Tumpek Landep day, Pagerwesi day, Tumpek Wayang day etc.

The dedication or inauguration day of a Temple is con-sidered its birth day and celebration always takes place on the same day if the wuku or 210 day calendar is used. When new moon is used then the celebration always happens on new moon or full moon. The day of course can differ the religious celebration of a temple lasts at least one full day with some temple celebrating for three days while the celebration of Besakih temple, the Mother Temple, is never less than 7 days and most of the time it lasts for 11 days, depending on the importance of the occasion.

The celebration is very colorful. The shrine are dressed with pieces of cloths and sometimes with brocade, sailings, decorations of carved wood and sometimes painted with gold and Chinese coins, very beautifully arranged, are hung in the four corners of the shrine. In front of shrine are placed red, white or black umbrellas depending which Gods are worshipped in the shrines.

In front of important shrine one sees, besides these umbrellas soars, tridents and other weapons, the “umbul-umbul”, long flags, all these are prerogatives or attributes of Holiness. In front of the Temple gate put up “Penjor”, long bamboo poles, decorated beautifully ornaments of young coconut leaves, rice and other products of the land. Most beautiful to see are the girls in their colorful attire, carrying offerings, arrangements of all kinds fruits and colored cakes, to the Temple. Every visitor admires the grace with which the carry their load on their heads.

Balinese Temple Ceremony


Calendar Event for August 9 through September 23, 2014

9 Aug Tumpek Kandang Pura Puseh GianyarPura Luhur Dalem Segening Kediri TabananPura Sang Hyang Tegal Tegalalang

10 Aug Purnama Sasih Karo Pura Gelap BesakihPura Dangkahyangan TabananPura Candi Goro Tianyar Kubu Karangasem

13 Aug Buda Cemeng Menail Pura Dalem Tarukan Linggih Pajenengan Ida Dalem Tarukan Cemenggaon SukawatiPura Penataran Dalem Ketut Pejeng Kaja GianyarPura Puseh Manakaji Peninjoan Tembuku BangliPura Kawitan Gusti Celuk Kapal MengwiPura Taman Limut Mas Ubud

14 Aug Kajeng Kliwon Uwudan 15 Aug Hari Bhatara Sri 19 Aug Hari Anggara Kasih Prebakat Pura Bukit Buluh Gunaksa KlungkungPura Tirtha Sudamala Bebalang BangliPura Paibon Pasek Bendesa Sawan BulelengPura Gunung Pengsong LombokPura Dalem Benawah GianyarPura Tengah TegalalangPura Panti Pasek Gelgel Gobleg Pupuan TabananPira Kawitan Tangkas Kori Agung Pagan DenpasarPura Hyanghaluh/Jenggala BesakihPura Tengkulak Siyut Tulikup GianyarPura Taman Sari UbudPura Batu Sari UbudPura Penataran Dalem Guliang BangliPura Pasek Dangka Guwang SukawatiPura Hyang Ayung Pabean Ketewel

Pura Penataran Badung Muntig Karangasem

20 Aug Pura Kawitan Puri Agung Dalem Tarukan Pejeng Tampak SiringPura Rambut Siwi JembranaPura Batu Bolong Canggu KutaPura Pasek Marga Klaci TabananPura Agung Pasek Dauh Waru NegaraPura Ratu Pasek Sangsit Sawan BulelengPira Pasek Tangkas Dharma Reang Gede TabananPura Desa Banyuning BulelengPura Srijong TabananPura Pucak Mundi Nusa PenidaPura Kahyangan Jagat Kancing Gumi Bali Petang Serongga Kelod GianyarPura Penataran Dalem Pencar Mas Ubud

21 Aug Pura Ida Bhatara Sakti Wawu Rauh Kali Anget Seririt Buleleng

3 Sep Buda Kliwon Ugu Pura Dalem Tarukan Pulasari Peninjoan BangliPura Pasek Gelgel Kaba-Kaba TabananPura Pemayun Banyuning Tengah BulelengPura Desa Kahyangan Tiga Seririt BulelengPura Agung Gunung Taro Tegalalang

9 Sep Purnama Sasih Ketiga Pura Gunung Sari Lombok NTBPura Kawitan Gajah Arya Para Tianyar kubu KarangasemPura Padharman Arya Telabah BesakihPura Bukit Mentik Batur KintamaniPura Dadya Agung Pasek Salahin Suwat Gianyar

10 Sep Pura Dangkahyangan Dalem Dukuh Kuda Sekaan Bangli

13 Sep Tumpek Wayang dan Kajengkliwon Uwudan Pura Majapahit JembranaBhatara Ratu Gede Celuk GianyarPura Bhatara Ratu Widyadari Cemenggaon SukawatiPura Panti Gelgel Sesetan DenpasarBhatara Ratu Alit dan Lingsir Singakerta UbudPura Pedarman Dalem Bakas BesakihPura Pamerajan Agung Dawan Klung-kungPura Padarman Dinasti Dalem Sri Aji Kresna Kepakisan BesakihPura Penataran Giri Purwo Tegal Delimo BanyuwangiPura Jala Shidi Amerta Juanda Surabaya

17 Sep Buda Cemeng Klawu Pura Penataran Agung Teluk Padang KarangasemPura Melanting Cemenggaon GianyarPura Penataran Ped Nusa PenidaPura Pasek Gelgel Bongkasa AbiansemalPura Pasek Bendesa Reyang Gede Penebel TabananPura Pasek Gelgel Jawa Tengah BulelengPura Gaduhan Jagat Singakerta UbudPura Masceti Tegeh Sanding Tampak SiringPura Penataran Batu Lepang Kamasan KlungkungPura Guwa BesakihPura Basukian BesakihPura Ida Ratu Puncak Pameneh Penataran Agung BesakihPura Sad Kahyangan Penida Nusa PenidaPura Jati Ubud GianyarPura Melanting Ubud GianyarPura Dalem Ped Nusa PenidaPura Penataran Agung Karangasem

19 Sep Hari Bhatara Sri 23 Sep Tilem Sasih Ketiga Dan Anggara

IBP

SEMINYAK - SOS Supper Club at Anantara Seminyak Bali Resort & Spa has been recognised for offering one of the most outstanding restau-rant wine lists in the world with an Award of Excellence 2014 from Wine Spectator - a prestigious lifestyle magazine which focuses on wine and wine culture.

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and party venue boasts Bali’s only sky glass platform. Furthering the venue’s sumptuous diversity, a steak-house and seafood restaurant features a spacious al fresco dining deck with uninterrupted sea views.

Boasting a full display wine cellar, SOS Supper Club’s extensive wine list includes more than 100 labels at any given time. The state-of-the-art wine cellar features a fully air condi-tioned and sealed room that is kept below 12 degrees Celsius, providing excellent storage conditions for pre-mium wines. Enhancing the experi-ence for guests, the resort’s resident Wine Guru offers discerning wine tasting journeys, as well as expert recommendations for the perfect food and wine pairings.

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SOS Supper Club receives award

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SEMARAPURA - Regent of Klungkung, Nyoman Suwirta, responded to public complaints against the presence of illegal shanties around the Ida I Dewa Agung Istri Kanya Cultural Hall, Klungkung. Amidst the celebration frenzies of the Independence Day of the RI at Puputan Klungkung Square, he inspected the presence of illegal shanties in the west of Cultural Hall. The regent asked the illegal shanties to be immediately dismantled because it kindled slum impression.

He asserted the area of illegal shanties actually posed a park-

ing lot when an activity was held in the Cultural Hall. Due to lack of discipline, the illegal traders quickly proliferated in the parking area. Such condition had lasted for more than a year. Traders set up illegal shanty using tarps and they were thronged by quite many local visitors every day. However, it frequently reaped people’s com-plaint because the Cultural Hall no longer reflected a cultured nuance. Most of them were only small trad-ers selling light meals and instant food. The majority of them were migrants, while a few others were from Klungkung.

Arriving at location, Regent Suwirta directly asked the traders

to obey the rules. Previously, his party had sent a letter to all the trad-ers to discontinue their activities at the parking lot. “Initially, we want them to realize if it is not a location for selling, but the parking lot,” he said. However, the reprimand of local government was not heeded by the traders. Instead the illegal traders were increasing in number up to tens of people. Such condition makes the parking area filled with illegal traders.

Chief of Klungkung Municipal Police, I Wayan Sucitra, admitted to have sent a letter as referred to by Regent Suwirta. In the reprimand letter, his party gave a deadline until Wednesday (Aug 13) to clean

up their own illegal shanty. “Un-fortunately, no traders closed and dismantled their shanty,” he said. Seeing the situation, the regent ordered relevant agencies to im-mediately put up caution and ban sign so that traders would no longer do selling at the location. If the ban sign was not addressed within the next few days, local government would act decisively and dismantle theirs by force in an attempt to en-force the rules.

Sucitra claimed that he was ready to carry out the instruction of the regent. “Currently, we are just waiting for the instruction from the regent,” he said. His party would soon put up the ban sign. Besides,

the Municipal Police had prepared the demolition to illegal shanties pursuant to the regent’s instruc-tion if the last reprimand was not heeded. “We are ready to do the demolition,” he affirmed.

Cultural Hall is located at the same area as the Puputan Square. All this time, condition of the square is less well organized. The area also functioned as a place of recreation and government activi-ties remains in shambles. Moreover, the presence of illegal shanties kindles slum impression. “We will re-arrange this square so as to qualify as a place of recreation. We have prepared the concept,” said the regent. (kmb31)

Before cutting the rice as the symbol of the anniversary, Satria Naradha gave a short speech. “I hope that with this anniversary, we can be the Indonesian Press and as the leader in giving mentality revolution to the nation,” he said.

Satria Naradha also stated that the press is needed by the country because it can control how the country being ruled by its president. He hopes that Bali Post can fight to save Bali’s environment and to revive the identity of Indonesia.

“By our effort through the press, we can revive the value of the nation from Bali. Nowadays, there are still efforts to damage the nature and culture of Bali,” he added. In addi-tion to the celebration, there were also other activities done to commemorate the anniversary such as releasing eight turtles in Mertasari Beach and photo exhibition.

The exhibition is carried out in Shankara Resto, , Jalan Danau Toba. No7, Sanur. There are 26 photos exhibited in the restaurants from the 63 nominees. The exhibition will last until August 26.

Bali Post also launched a new application which was Bali Post on gadget. The application will allow the readers to download Bali Post in the android based gadget and also IOS. It can be found in the play store. There is great hope that the new application will make the readers attracted to read more and knowing the latest news.(kmb30)

Giving slum impressionRegent asks to dismantle shanties around Cultural Hall

IBP/Wawan

The Director of Bali Post, Satria Nardha, cut the rice to commemorate the 66th Anniversary of Bali Post

66th Anniversary of Bali PostLeading to Mentality revolution

DEnPASAr - The celebration of the 66th An-niversary of Bali Post which was held on Saturday, August 16, 2014 was very crowded. It was started by praying in the Dalem Kertibuana Temple, joined by the entire employee including the Direc-tor of Bali Post, ABG Satria naradha.

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SEMARAPURA - Tourist visit to tourism area of Nusa Penida, chiefly Nusa Gede, starts to turn crowded. Such condition has begun to ap-pear since the implementation of Nusa Penida Festival (NPF) in June coupled with the establishment of the Marine Protected Areas (KKP) of Nusa Penida. Unfortunately, the infrastructure on the island has not been adequate because most roads are still damaged.

Such condition can be seen at the location specified as tourist attrac-tions. Most visitors are foreigners. They get information about Nusa Gede from the internet and tour-ism services in Bali. A tourist from France, Remy, when met at the accommodation owned by county government, Thursday (Aug 14), admitted to be curious about the tourism atmosphere in Nusa Gede. On that account, he immediately came with his friend, Clara. Escort-ed by a tour guide after arriving on the island, he claimed to see differ-ent things. He said that Nusa Gede was like Bali 50 years ago, where pristine scenery could still be found, birds were left free in their habitat, coral reefs was well maintained and people were very friendly.

He was impressed with the charms of local nature. Unfortu-nately, he complained about the se-verely damaged road infrastructure. Such condition impressed if Nusa Penida was not ready to welcome tourist arrival. It was found almost at every corner of the region. Such condition, he said, was often com-plained by his fellow foreign travel-ers. He hoped the authorities could respond to the serious problem. Curiosity of travelers to condition of the Nusa Penida tourist destina-

tion should not be disrupted by the condition of road infrastructures. Indeed, the increasing tourist ar-rival to the Island of Nusa Gede had shown the impact on the local residential occupancy. One of the local hoteliers told if the increase virtually reached 50 percent.

In addition, the vehicle rental activity also increased. Even, lo-cal residents considered it a new business opportunity and they were busy to provide bike rental to look around Nusa Gede. Moreover, the rental cost of motorcycle per unit was quite expensive, reaching IDR 50,000 to IDR 100,000 per day.

Regent of Klungkung, Nyo-man Suwirta, also admitted that after the NPF implementation, his homeland was visited by many travelers. One of them could be seen at the accommodation owned by the Klungkung County in Nusa Gede. Even, he admitted to have a conversation with the foreign travelers assisted by their tourist guide during his visit to local area. Responding to the complaint about road infrastructure, it was not just actually the complaints of foreign travelers, but also the majority of Nusa Penida community.

However, his party had made the improvement of road infrastructure as the main agenda for the reform in Nusa Gede. So, the tourism sector could provide comfort for travelers. Other than infrastructures, his party would prepare qualified human re-sources to improve services and ac-cess to tourist attractions. The prod-uct of Nusa Gede was promising. Aside from the undersea charms, the region also offered unique local culture. He was optimistic to better develop the Nusa Gede than Nusa Lembongan having first developed. (kmb31)

Associated Press

BANGKOK — Experiencing a dramatic surge in tourism, Thailand has surpassed the United States in the number of hotels truly set on its beaches, according to a survey of more than 11,000 hotels in 109

countries released Friday.The Southeast Asian country

ranked first with more than 1,250 beachfront properties, followed by the United States with 1,016 and Mexico with 943. Spain, with 736, was fourth, trailed by the Philip-pines, Greece, Italy, Turkey, Egypt

and Sri Lanka, said the survey by the Beachfront Club, a website that maps and details seaside hotels around the world.

The Bangkok-based website de-fines true beachfront hotels as those directly on the beach or oceanfront with no road or traffic between the

rooms and the water.Thailand also ranked first for total

beachfront accommodations within a single beach destination. Its Samui Island has 270, ahead of Riviera Maya in Mexico with 250, Crete with 194 and Mallorca with 187.

Despite recent political violence,

tourist arrivals in Thailand have soared by 88 percent over the past five years to nearly 27 million in 2013, ranking it among the top 10 most visited countries in the world. Its shores face both the Pacific and Indian oceans with hundreds of islands in each.

Some carry potted plants or spades to break up the earth hardened by the summer sun, ea-ger to connect with their natural surroundings. They’re continuing an important cultural tradition that can be difficult to maintain for native people who, decades ago, left reservations for urban areas like Chicago, which now has one of the 10 largest native populations in the U.S.

“Even though we’re in the city, we’re not landless,” said Janie Pochel, 28, an instructor who identifies as Lakota and Cree.

The garden project, known as Urban Ecology, is sponsored by the American Indian Center on the city’s North Side. The first garden began 10 years ago in front of the center and has grown to include two more gardens in the city, including one lining an embankment of the Union Pa-cific railroad. There, the group is working on growing an oak savannah, like the one that inhab-ited the area years ago.

“If we’re going to change kids’ ideas about who they are as native people, who they are as tribal people and what that means, we had to connect kids with land — and that began with plants,” according to project coordinator Eli Suzukovich III, who is also known as Little Shell in Chicago’s relatively small but tightknit native community. “We get them thinking about how that plant lives, its cultural significance, and then from that one plant would radiate out to the larger land context.”

The American Indian Center is one of a few organizations across

the country to plant gardens. The Indian Health Centers in Milwaukee and Detroit focus in part on teaching the community about healthier eating habits in the face of increased diabetes risks. Native Americans are twice as likely to be diagnosed with diabetes, according to data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health.

Detroit’s garden also focuses on cultural relevancy like the Chicago center’s garden, which was planted in hopes to bring back some remnants of life as it was on the reservation, where medicinal plants were more likely used and a trip to the pharmacy wasn’t necessary. Plants like blue flag, an iris, can be used for fevers and Echinacea can be used as a vitamin source.

Prompted by the federal Indian Relocation Act of 1956, many Native Americans left for bigger cities — such as Chicago — in search of better economic oppor-tunities. Some were successful in making a living in the city, while others weren’t and eventually went back to reservation life. Today, there are about 27,000 people of native descent living in Chicago, a city that ranks among the nation’s biggest populations of American Indians and Alaska Natives, according to the 2010 U.S. Census.

Suzukovich said the center hasn’t gotten any pushback for their gardens from the city, state or railroad company, and the reaction to the gardens has been positive.

Union Pacif ic spokesman

Mark Davis said the railroad has an agreement with the center for the use of the land. He added that the company grants access to property along a rail line on a “case by case basis,” saying safe-

ty is one of the considerations.Raven Roberts, 29, who iden-

tifies as Micmac, Potawatomi and Oneida, says she has heard younger people in the program getting excited when they know

what kind of traditional medicine the plants produce.

“So many things were taken from us,” she said, “and it’s kind of like we’re reclaiming our-selves and who we are.”

Native Americans connect to past through gardens

Thailand ranks No. 1 in beachfront hotels

Associated Press

CHICAGO — A train roars by as Native American children and instructors climb up a railroad embankment in Chicago, headed toward a barren patch of land that they’ll transform into a garden with edible and medicinal plants.

Associated Press

CARMEL, California — A rare 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO once owned by a famed racing driver and Olympic gold medalist has sold for $34.65 million.

Thursday’s sale at an auction in California dur-ing Monterey Car Week is believed to be a record public auction price for a classic car, topping the nearly $30 million paid for a Mercedes W196 last

year in England.The Los Angeles Times reports the $38 million

total price — including 10 percent buyer fees — is half of what experts said it could fetch. One ex-ample reportedly sold for $52 million in a private transaction.

The car is one of just 39 Ferrari GTOs produced and was once owned by racer and retired Olympic gold medal skier Henri Oreiller, who died after crashing it into a building.

AP Photo/Mario Suriani, File

In this March 13, 1990, file photo a landmark in racing car history, a 1962 Ferrari 250 Gran Turismo Berlinetta Competition “G.T.O.,” is displayed in Bridgehampton, New York.

‘62 Ferrari sold at auction for $34 million

The news came as more gory details emerged of the death of Sheila von Wiese Mack, including that her neck had been broken when she was killed.

The 62-year-old’s half-naked body was found Tuesday in a blood-stained suitcase in the boot of a taxi in front of the five-star St. Regis hotel in the upscale Nusa Dua resort area.

Her daughter, Heather Mack, 19, and daughter’s boyfriend, Tommy Schaefer, 21, who were staying with the victim at the hotel, were arrested the following day and named sus-pects in the case.

They fled the hotel shortly before the body was discovered. Police say they have strong evidence against the pair, and are leaning towards recommending a charge of pre-meditated murder, which carries a maximum penalty of death in Indonesia.

Under the Indonesian legal sys-tem, they would only be formally

charged once they appear in court.On Friday, a US Federal Bureau

of Investigation agent arrived to assist with the investigation, Bali police said.

“The FBI agent wanted to know about the developments of the po-lice investigation, and he will also provide back-up for us,” told chief of the Denpasar city police Snr. Comr. Djoko Hariutomo.

Meanwhile a doctor at the main hospital in the Balinese capital Denpasar said an autopsy had been completed on the victim Saturday.

Medics found she had a broken neck and nasal bone and died as-phyxiated, said doctor Ida Bagus Putu Alit.

He had previously said the wounds were consistent with Wiese Mack having put up a struggle.

The victim died on Tuesday before a wake-up call she had re-quested at 10:00 am (0200 GMT), the doctor added.

Bali police chief Benny Mokalu has said strong evidence, including CCTV footage and finger prints, means police are likely to seek a charge of premeditated murder against the pair.

The couple have refused to talk to Indonesian investigators and demanded representation from American lawyers.

Police have questioned six wit-nesses in the murder of Von Weise. “Six people have been questioned as witnesses to complete our inves-tigation,” said Djoko.

The six witnesses are among those who know about the discov-ery of the body believed to be that of the 64-year old American. They are a taxi driver, hotel staffers and security guards.

Although the suspects were foreign nationals, the police will handle the case according to the Indonesia law since the murder was committed in Indonesia, Djoko said.

IBP/Bagiarta

Before the sun sets, people of Nusa Penida already busy with works. Tourist visit to tourism area of Nusa Penida, chiefly Nusa Gede, starts to turn crowded. The infrastructure on the island has not been adequate because most roads are still damaged. Such condition can be seen at the location specified as tourist attractions.

With inadequate infrastructuresNusa Penida unready to

welcome tourist visit

FBI joins US tourist suitcase killing probe

Agence France-Presse/Antara

DENPASAR - An FBI agent has arrived on the Indonesian resort island of Bali to assist in an investigation into the killing of a US woman found stuffed in a suitcase at an exclusive hotel, police said Saturday.

AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati

Heather Mack, covering her face, is led to a hospital for a medical check by Indonesian police officers in relation to the death of her mother Sheila von Wiese-Mack in Bali, Indonesia, Fri-day, Aug. 15, 2014. The body of the 62-year-old American woman was found stuffed inside a suitcase on the Indonesian resort island of Bali, and authorities on Wednesday arrested her daughter and her daughter’s boyfriend in relation to the death, police said.

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He said the strong police re-sponse was precipitated by two events. People who had broken into a barbecue restaurant and taken position on the roof overlooking approaching police was one stra-tegic concern and another involved a man who flashed a handgun and appeared in the middle of the street as armored vehicles approached the crowd of protesters.

Johnson said someone also fired at a patrol car, but no officers were injured. Hundreds of other protest-ers left peacefully before the curfew took effect in Ferguson, where 18-year-old Michael Brown was fatally shot on Aug. 9. The shooting has prompted protests, unrest and claims of civil rights violations.

But remaining protesters —

chanting “No justice! No curfew!” — refused to leave the area. As five armored tactical vehicles ap-proached the crowd, officers spoke through a loudspeaker: “You are in violation of a state-imposed curfew. You must disperse im-mediately. Failure to comply, may result in arrest.” As officers put on gas masks, a chant from the distant crowd emerged: “We have the right to assemble peacefully.”

A moment later, police began fir-ing canisters into the crowd of pro-testers. Highway Patrol Spokesman Lt. John Hotz initially said police only used smoke, but later told The Associated Press that they also fired tear gas canisters. Jayson Ross, who was leading the protesters toward police before the canisters were

fired, said: “They got guns. We got guns. We are ready.”

Gov. Jay Nixon on Saturday de-clared a state of emergency in Fer-guson. The curfew announcement came after tensions again flared in Ferguson late Friday night. Earlier that day, local police identified the officer who shot Brown as Darren Wilson and released documents and video footage alleging that Brown had robbed a convenience store just before he was shot. Police said Wilson was unaware Brown was a suspect when he encountered him walking in the street with a friend. Nixon said the U.S. Department of Justice is widening its civil rights investigation of the shooting.

Missouri State Highway Patrol Capt. Ron Johnson, who is in charge of security in Ferguson, said 40 FBI agents were going door-to-door in the neighborhood starting Saturday, talking to people who might have seen or have informa-tion about the shooting.

Brown’s death ignited several days of clashes with furious pro-testers. Local officers faced strong criticism for their use of tear gas and rubber bullets against protesters.

Associated Press

SEOUL — Pope Francis made a new gesture of outreach to China and North Korea on Sun-day, saying he “earnestly” hopes to improve relations and insisting that the Catholic Church isn’t coming in as a “conquerer” try-ing to take away the identity of others.

Francis outlined his priorities for the Catholic Church in Asia during a meeting of the region’s bishops Sunday, urging them to listen to people of different cul-tures but still remain true to their own Catholic identity.

“In this spirit of openness to others, I earnestly hope that those countries of your continent with whom the Holy See does not yet enjoy a full relationship may not hesitate to further a dialogue for the benefit of all,” he said.

Then deviating from his text, he added: “I’m not talking here only about a political dialogue, but about a fraternal dialogue,” he said. “These Christians aren’t coming as conquerors, they aren’t trying to take away our identity.” He said the important thing was to “walk together.”

The comments appeared to be a clear reference to China, which severed diplomatic relations with the Holy See in 1951. But they could also apply to North Korea, where the church is under tight government control and is not recognized by the Vatican. There are similarly no diplomatic rela-tions between Pyongyang and the Vatican.

Francis has already broken ground with Beijing on his first Asian trip by sending greetings to President Xi Jinping when he flew through Chinese airspace. He also sent Xi a letter after the two of them were elected within hours of one another in March 2013, and received a reply.

China cut relations with the Vatican after the Communist Party took power and set up its own church outside the pope’s authority. China persecuted the church for years until restoring a degree of religious freedom and freeing imprisoned priests in the late 1970s. The Vatican under then-Pope Benedict XVI sought to improve ties by seeking to unify the state-sanctioned church with the underground church still loyal to Rome.

AP Photo/Charlie RiedelA law enforcement officer watches Sunday, Aug. 17, 2014, as tear gas is fired to disperse a crowd pro-testing the shooting of teenager Michael Brown last Saturday in Ferguson, Mo.

Police deploy tear gas to impose Ferguson curfewAssociated Press

FERGUSON, Missouri — Seven people were arrested early Sunday morning as police used smoke and tear gas to impose a curfew in a St. Louis suburb where a black teen walking down the street had been shot by a white police officer. Missouri State Highway Patrol Capt. Ron Johnson also said one person was critically wounded after being shot and police are seeking the shooter. Johnson defended his depart-ment’s strong strategic response that came after a midnight to 5 a.m. curfew took hold in Ferguson, Missouri.

Pope urges “fraternal” dialogue with China, others

AP Photo/Gregorio BorgiaPope Francis arrives on the popemobile to celebrate a mass and the beatification Paul Yun Ji-Chung and 123 martyr companions at Gwanghwamun Door in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, Aug. 16, 2014.

Bali Post

SEMARAPURA - Recent bad weather condition in the area of Klungkung did not only affect local fisherman. However, it also affected fish boiling activities at Kusamba village, Dawan subdistrict. As usual the fish boiling activity was bustling, but later it was deserted because no fish could be processed. Moreover, the fish supply com-monly brought in from outside Bali did not come. However, the fish supply from outside Bali did not guarantee if the fish boiling players could purchase it as the price was

not affordable or too expensive.The condition of the fish boil-

ing at Kusamba was truly devoid of activity. From a total of 72 units of fish boiling kitchen, only 10 units remained active. Moreover, the active ones only operated for a half day to process fish to make it still survive. The remaining could only wait for fish supply from local fishermen at Kusamba, Nusa Penida and Karangsem region. Small amount of fish catch of fishermen had caused the price of fish to in-crease drastically. Commonly each fish was purchased at IDR 4,000. However, under bad weather con-

dition and minimal fish catch, the selling price of fish at the fishermen level rose to IDR 6,000 each.

“Nowadays, the boiling fish business brings in fish supply from Java, while the remaining small amount from Karangsem. Since last month, the fish in Kusamba and Nusa Penida has been deserted,” said one of the fish boiling workers, Nengah Wati.

According to Wati, the adverse weather condition occurred lately also affected the price increase of frozen fish sold in the market. On regular days, frozen fish on sale at fish boiling center was at IDR 4,000, but

due to recent bad weather the price of frozen fish increased to IDR 8,000 each. In addition, the deserted fish boiling activity also affected the labor income. Many of the labor looked to laze due to lack of fish supply to be sold at the fish boiling center. Even, due to such fish crisis their daily in-come also decreased. “On the whole, we can earn IDR 80,000 each day, but now only get IDR 20,000, sir,” said one of the fish boiling workers lethargically, Nengah Tida.

According to Tida, the current number of fish boiling workers reached about 60 people in normal weather conditions and a lot of fish

stock was available. Those working in the fish boiling center could take odd jobs. Some transported boiled fish, while some others helped handle the firewood in the fish boiling fireplace. However, within the erratic weather condition, Tida worried about the reduction of his income. Moreover, the fish supply both the frozen and regular fish had declined, including the price of frozen fish having gone up in the market. “We just hope the fish supply at the fish boiling center can increase. As a result, all workers can work again to support their family,” said Nengah Tida. (119)

“If we highlight more frequently, they will increasingly exist. We

do hope that Balinese people can improve security by implementing

mandatory reporting within 1 x 24 hours. The more frequently they are highlighted, more and more people will be curious and more people want to peruse. As a result, they are getting greater,” said Benny.

During his inspection to the Head-quarters of the Buleleng Police, Benny explained that concerns and synergy among the community mem-bers were truly needed to narrow the ISIS movement. A simple method to

be taken was by applying compulsory reporting in the neighborhood com-munity, especially to newcomers. “Simply narrow their movement (ISIS—Ed) by applying strict rules on the neighborhood or even with the compulsory reporting of 1 x 24 hours, especially in boarding house, home stay and others,” he explained.

Furthermore, under direction of the National Police Chief, he also asked the media not to blow it up. It

was intended not to intrigue people and the media played an important role to narrow the ISIS movement. “They’re smart as well as have a great fund and want to exist. Well, one of the ways to make them exist is easy, where without being real-ized we have blown them up, so that we are exposed to provocation. The role of media largely determines the security of a region,” said Benny Mokalu. (kmb34)

Bali Post

BANGLI - A number of farmers in Kintamani, Ban-gli, are reluctant to harvest their citrus. Although the citrus has yellowed and is ready to harvest, the citrus having been the leading agricultural commodity of Kin-tamani was still ignored on the trees. It is intentionally carried out because the price of citrus at grower level has dropped to IDR 3,000 per kilogram.

Based on observation, most of the citrus orchards in Kintamani had been entering harvest period. Apparently their citrus had started to be mature and look yellow. Nevertheless, the citrus was abandoned on the trees.

According to one of the citrus farmers, Wayan Mada, such condition occurred because the price of citrus currently slumped to the price range of IDR 3,000 per kilogram. It was very different from last year, where the price of citrus in the same month was twice higher. Due to too inexpensive price, farmers were reluctant to harvest their citrus.

By and large, with this condition citrus farmers would be hit-or-miss. Citrus remaining on the trees would be left up to next two months. When the price had increase, it was the right time to harvest the citrus for sale.

Meanwhile, to maintain the citrus and keep it fresh for two months, farmers would normally take care of them by spraying every two weeks. “By all means, the spraying requires extra charges. As farmers, we are just like gambling. When the price goes up, at that time we can get profits,” he explained.

Although the citrus produced were still durable, the spraying with chemicals was acknowledged to have certain weaknesses. When harvested and weighed, the weight of citrus keeping for two months on the tree would usually slightly reduce. “Usually, the weight will reduce, but the level of sweetness will increase,” he said. (ina)

Fish boiling effort at Kusamba turns sluggish

Restrict ISIS without blowing it upBali Post

SINGARAJA - To prevent the spread of radicalism by militant groups coalesced into the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Chief of Bali Police, Albertus Julius Benny Mokalu, said that his party had conducted a meeting with the governor of Bali by involving the Indo-nesia Ulemas Council (MUI). One of the patterns utilized to prevent the ISIS from entering Bali was that he requested media not to blow it up through publication.

Price slumps, farmers let their citrus yellow on the trees

IBP/DayuThe orange is being left on the tree by the farmer due to the low price.

Yet the New York Fed also said that loans to borrowers with shoddy credit, also known as subprime lending, still make up a smaller proportion of total auto loans than before the Great Recession.

Federal banking regulators have raised concerns in recent months over the rapid increase in subprime auto loans. Such loans could lead to more defaults, harming banks and consumers. Auto loans are also packaged into securities and sold to investors, like mortgage loans. That could amplify the impact of any rise in auto loan defaults.

This spring, banking regulators at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency said that “signs of increasing risk are evident” in auto lending. They found that lenders are making larger car loans. As a result, the size of car loans in default has increased in the past two years.

General Motors said last week that the Justice Department is in-vestigating its financing arm over its subprime lending practices.

Still, the New York Fed report stops short of recommending spe-cific steps. In a separate post on its website, New York Fed economists

said they would “continue to moni-tor” the issue.

Banks and other lenders issued $101 billion in new auto loans in the April-June quarter, according to the quarterly report on household debt. Total outstanding auto loans rose to $905 billion in the second quarter.

Auto loans are the third-largest source of Americans’ debt, after mortgages and student loans. Mort-gage debt actually declined in the second quarter to $8.1 trillion while student debt rose to $1.12 trillion. Americans have $669 billion on their credit cards.

Mortgage lending weakened in the second quarter to the slowest pace in 14 years. That includes both mortgages for purchase and refi-nancing. Banks have significantly tightened their credit standards for mortgage loans since the recession. Home sales have also leveled off this year.

The Fed’s data shows that the dollar amount of subprime auto loans — defined as loans to bor-rowers with credit scores below 620 — has nearly doubled since 2010. For borrowers in the two most credit-worthy categories — defined as those with scores above 720 —

auto lending has risen by only about one-third.

The automakers’ financing arms account for most of the increase in subprime loans. In the second quarter, the dollar value of their subprime loans was triple that of the banks. Economists at the New York Fed said that loans by auto

financing companies are much more likely to become delinquent than those by banks.

Still, auto lending to credit-worthy borrowers has also jumped, the report said. As a result, just 22.2 percent of auto loans were subprime in the second quarter. That is still below the 25 to 30 percent that

existed before the recession.And the percentage of auto loans

that were 90 days or more overdue was 3.3 percent in the second quar-ter, the same as in the first quarter. That compares to 3.4 percent of mortgages that were overdue, 10.9 percent of student loans, and 7.8 percent of credit cards.

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HONG KONG — Hong Kong cut its forecast for the economy on Friday after quarterly growth fell to its lowest in nearly two years on a sharp drop in spending by Chinese tourists.

The southern Chinese financial cen-ter’s economy expanded a “mere” 1.8 percent in the April-June quarter over the year before, the government said. That’s down from 2.6 percent in the first quarter and the slowest since the third quarter of 2012.

As a result, the government cut its annual growth forecast to 2-3 percent from 3-4 percent. It cited a “distinct slackening in tourist spending of late” and slowing domestic demand that have become “new sources of uncertainty.”

The government said there was near double-digit growth in the number of Chinese tourists during the quarter but that was not enough to offset the drop in their average spending.

The weak growth performance underscores the outsize influence of mainland Chinese visitors on the former British colony’s economy.

The city of 7 million received 41 mil-lion mainland Chinese last year or about three-quarters of its total visitors.

They’ve been known to spend lav-ishly on everything from baby powder to gold jewelry and luxury apartments, but the spending drop reflects how they’ve tightened their belts during the recent economic slowdown and ongoing corruption crackdown in the world’s No. 2 economy.

HK economy slows as China tourists spend less

In this Oct. 2, 2013 photo, a Chinese tourist carries bags after shopping near a money change shop in Hong Kong. Hong Kong cut its forecast for the economy on Friday after quarterly growth fell to its lowest in nearly two years on a sharp drop in spending by Chinese tourists.

US auto loans soar to highest in 8 yearsAssociated Press

WASHINGTON — U.S. auto loans jumped to the highest level in eight years this spring, fueled by a big increase in lending to risky borrowers, according to a report by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

AP Photo/David Zalubowski, FileIn this Aug. 27, 2006 file photo, a trio of unsold 2006 Buick Rainier sports utility vehicles sits in front of a Buick dealership in the southeast Denver suburb of Lone Tree, Colo. U.S. auto loans jumped to the highest level in eight years this spring, fueled by a big increase in lending to risky borrowers, according to a report by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Bali Post

DENPASAR - Large amount of rubbish in a number of rivers in Denpasar makes the efforts to normalize the river flow difficult. Each day, the rubbish collected in the rivers reaches 18 trucks. If the rubbish is not cleaned up, it can clog the streams and causes flood to people’s homes.

The Irrigation Division Head of the Denpasar of Public Works, I Gusti Ngurah Putra Sanjaya, said the dredging effort and normalization of river in Denpasar was worked on manually using hoe and shovel. “We use totally six dump trucks. Four trucks are used to transport dredging materials, while two others used to transport rubbish taken out from the nets installed,” he explained.

Each day, the officers could collect and transport the river (tukad) rubbish up to 18 trucks. Most of the rubbish was taken from the Tukad Badung, Tukad Mati and Tukad Rangda. To perform the dredging and normalization, his party involved about a hundred personnel divided into six groups.

Putra Sanjaya revealed the rubbish littering the river sourced from people who deliberately disposed rubbish into the river. Without being handled, the rubbish could cause river silting and obstruct the river flow. “The officers have been deployed to make dredging and normalization before the rainy season starting this September,” he added.

To anticipate flooding, his party had also made six new drainage projects at a number of flooding critical points. “In addition to rubbish, flooding is also caused by fewer rainwater catchment areas so that it needs to expand and create new drainage,” he explained.

New drainage had just been made on Jalan Pucuk Kesiman Kertalangu worth IDR 618 million, Jalan Subak Dalem (IDR 1.082 billion), Jalan Tukad Banyusari Panjer (IDR 1.170 billion), Pemecutan Kelod village (IDR 1.404 billion), Penatih village (IDR 853 million) and Peguyangan Kangin (IDR 571 million).

“Some drainage projects have been completed such as the one on Jalan Pucuk Kesiman Kertalangu, Jalan Tukad Banyusari Panjer and Jalan Subak Dalem. Meanwhile, the remaining projects are still in the process. No later than August 18, they will have been completed in accordance with the contract agree-ment,” he explained. (dwa)

IBP

SINGARAJA - Overflowing water of Lake Tamblingan at Mun-duk Village, Banjar Subdistrict, Buleleng, reminds us of the many temples surrounding the sacred lake. One of the temples also sub-merged in the disaster is the Gubug or Pegubugan Temple located on the west side of Lake Tamblingan.

Indeed, the Gubug Temple is inseparable from the issues of water, either the tangible water or transcendental water. In the temple, thousands of farmers in Tabanan and Buleleng Regency rely on their invocation in order their rice fields can persistently be irrigated and be fertile all the times so that they can

have a great harvest.Supporting devotees of the tem-

ple are those belong to Catur Desa consisting of the Munduk, Gobleg, Umajero and Gesing Customary Village. They believe if the Gubug Temple is the central temple of dozens of temples located on the shores of Lake Tamblingan. Those temples are the Tajun, Ulun Danu, Endek, Bukit Temple and a number of bebaturan temples (menhir) such as the Pengukiran, Pengukusan, Mbang, Sang Hyang Kangin, Sang Hyang Kauh and the Naga Loka Temple. All of the temples are lo-cated around the Lake Tamblingan, precisely on the slopes of the hill or right at the edge of the lake. Mean-while, if connected to Batur Temple

in Bangli, the Gubug Temple is also considered to be the purusha (cosmic man) while Batur is the pradhana (cosmic woman).

Gubug Temple is the easiest to be found because of its location at the edge of the lake near the Munduk Customary Village. This temple is quite unique because it has two different Meru shrines. One of the Meru shrines was built and worshipped by subak mem-bers from Tabanan Regency, while another was built and venerated by devotees belonging to Catur Desa. “Its history is unknown why two Meru shrines were built within the same temple area,” said the Chief of Munduk Customary Village, Nengah Ika.

According to Nengah Ika, there were 63 subak organizations in Tabanan worshipping the Gubug Temple that regularly organized pakelem (animal sacrifice) ritual in the temple and Lake Tamblingan. Based on the oral information from the ancestors, the farmers in Tabanan considered the Lake Tam-blingan the water vessel of Tabanan or headspring of Tabanan farmers. On that account, on the pujawali or temple anniversary of the Gubug, residents of Tabanan Regency sup-ported by Tabanan Government always teamed up with residents of Catur Desa to organize the ritual.

Since it is the central to temple located around the Lake Tamblin-gan, pujawali of the temple is car-

ried out in marathon way. It falls on dark moon of the first month in Balinese calendar (around June-July). Meanwhile, on full moon of the second month the devotees organize melasti procession to Penaung River. Then, on full moon of the third month they organize a ritual at Raganta and culmina-tion of the ceremony falls on full moon of the fourth month in the temples located on the shores of Lake Tamblingan centered in the Gubug Temple. Afterward, on the next dark moon devotees organize melasti procession to Labuan Aji Temple. Ultimately, the series of all rituals come to an end with maayu-ayu ritual on full moon in the fifth month. (kmb)

Gubug Tamblingan Temple Headspring of farmers in Tabanan and Buleleng

River rubbish reaches 18 trucks each day

IBP/Yudi KarnaediLarge amount of rubbish in a number of rivers in Denpasar makes the efforts to normalize the river flow difficult. Each day, the rubbish collected in the rivers reaches 18 trucks.

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JAKARTA - Indonesia’s small ethnic Chinese community faced severe discrimination for decades during the Suharto dictatorship. But the minority is now poised for a new milestone, with Jakarta soon to get its first ethnic Chinese governor.

After Muslim-majority Indone-sia threw off authoritarian rule, the minority group which had played little role in the country’s political life began to win more freedoms and greater acceptance.

Sixteen years after watching anti-Chinese rioters loot and burn Jakarta as Suharto’s 32-year rule came to a chaotic end, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama is now set to take over as the leader of the capital.

His ethnicity is not the only thing that sets him apart from the majority of Indonesians -- Purnama, currently Jakarta’s deputy governor, is also a Christian.

The 48-year-old will become only the second Christian leader of the capital when he takes over from Joko Widodo, the current governor, who was elected president last month.

Purnama, known by his nickname Ahok, will automatically become governor in the coming weeks when Widodo steps down.

“Indonesia has undergone extraor-dinary progress since the Suharto days,” Benny Setiono, co-founder of the Chinese-Indonesian Association, one of the main group’s representing the minority, told AFP.

“Who ever thought that a Chinese and Christian man like Ahok could become Jakarta governor?”

His minority status makes him a political outsider like Widodo, a former furniture exporter who is Indonesia’s first leader without deep roots in the autocratic Suharto era.

But the tall, bespectacled politi-cian promises a starkly different style. While Widodo, known by his nickname Jokowi, took a gentle, per-suasive approach, Purnama is famed for his angry outbursts at bumbling officials.

He makes no apologies for his hard-nosed attitude and his sup-porters believe he can shake up a notoriously bloated, inefficient bureaucracy.

Despite some suspicion towards a non-Muslim figure when he was elected deputy governor in 2012, Purnama’s tough style and his cam-paign for transparency in a graft-ridden nation has helped him win strong public support.

“This is how I have been for

a long time,” he told AFP as he dashed past journalists at city hall early one morning, adding he would “let the public judge” whether his strategy was effective or not.

Purnama was born into a wealthy family on Belitung island in western Indonesia, and studied geology at university in Jakarta, before returning to his village and going into business.

It is a common route for Indo-nesia’s ethnic Chinese. Particularly during authoritarian rule, private enterprise was a sphere where they faced fewer restrictions, and many prominent tycoons in the Suharto era were from the minority.

When one of his projects ran into trouble with local officials, Purnama became so disillusioned that he almost moved abroad, and was only persuaded to stay by his father, who urged him to use his talents to help those less fortunate than himself.

He entered local politics in 2004, and was elected to the na-tional parliament in 2009, where he met Widodo.

While he may differ in style from Widodo, Purnama has pledged to continue his predecessor’s pro-grammes, including widening ac-cess to healthcare and education for the poor, and improving the traffic-choked city’s public transport.

For Indonesia’s ethnic Chinese, who make up just over one percent of a population of around 250 mil-lion, Purnama’s rise shows just how far the country has come since the Suharto era, when they were targeted by discriminatory laws.

They included closing Chinese schools and banning Chinese-lan-guage publications, and encourag-ing ethnic Chinese to change their names to ones that sounded more Indonesian.

The start of Suharto’s dictator-ship in the 1960s did not bode well for the minority, with a bloody massacre of hundreds of thou-sands of alleged communist party members.

Since then the situation is much improved -- some discriminatory laws have been repealed and Pur-nama’s rise to the top job in Jakarta is just the latest sign of the group’s improving fortunes.

“Nothing is impossible. Who knows, maybe Indonesia will one day have a president who is ethnic Chinese?” said Setiono from the Chinese-Indonesian Association.

The Law and Human Rights Ministry’s Spokesman, Akbar Hadi Prabowo, said on Sunday that 71,919 prisoners had received type I sentence remissions.

At the same time, the other 2,549 prisoners who received the sentence reduction could directly walk free as they had completed their sen-tence tenure.

“The 2,549 prisoners who re-ceive type II remission are now free as their sentences have been completed,” said Akbar.

Most of the remissions were giv-en to convicted criminals in West Java Province, where 11,369 pris-oners got the remissions of whom 374 people had been released.

The second largest number of remissions went the Capital City of Jakarta’s 6,945 prisoners, of whom 205 inmates could walk free directly.

East Java Province saw the third largest remissions granted to 6,802 prisoners. Some 325 inmates re-ceived type II remissions.

“The sentence reduction given given to the inmates ranges from one to six months,” said Akbar.

In the 2013 Indonesia’s Inde-pendence Day, the government had also given remissions to 67,349 convicted criminals with 2,197 of them were directly released.

In 2012, total 58,595 prisoners were given remissions and 2,246 among them were released.

The Government of Indonesia gives the remissions to either adult inmates or children prisoners, par-ticularly those who had received the coaching programs, behaved well and orderly.

The Ministry of Law and Human Rights had tightened tightened the requirements for granting of remis-

sions through amendment of Gov-ernment Regulation (PP) Number 33/99 to PP Number 28/2006 and then PP 99/2012.

In latest regulation, the ministry added some conditions for granting remission and parole for convicted criminals of drugs, terrorism, cor-ruption, and trans-national crimes.

Remissions to be granted for those cases must pass the correc-tional observers team and are based on recommendations from the cor-rectional agency.

Based on data on August 15, 2013, the convicted criminals who lived behind bars reached 162,964 people, while the maximum ca-pacity of prisons is only 109,011 people.

The government believes that the remission and parole are effective in putting to an end the prison’s over capacity.

Antara

JAYAPURA - The armed sepa-ratist group has disturbed an In-donesian independence ceremony in Tiom of Lanny Jaya District of Papua by opening fires from a distant place on Sunday, Aug 17, 2014.

“However, the incident claimed no casualties because they opened fires from a distant area,” an anony-mous source told on Sunday.

According to the source, the reading of the proclamation text during the independence ceremony in Tiom proceeded solemnly de-spite the shooting.

The shooting sound in distance did not affect the Indonesian In-dependence Day ceremony. The security officers have pursued them to the Popome District area.

There was no immediate official statement from security officers following the shooting incident in Tiom.

Jakarta set for first ethnic Chinese governor

Armed group disturbs Independence Day ceremony

Indonesian President Susi-lo Bambang Yudhoyono, right, presents the national Red-White flag to a bearer to be hoisted during a cer-emony commemorating the country’s independence day at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sun-day, Aug. 17, 2014. The Government of Indonesia through the Law and Hu-man Rights Ministry has given remissions to 74,468 prisoners across the coun-try on the occasion of the 69th anniversary of Indone-sia’s Independence Day.

Government gives sentence remissions to 74,468 prisoners

Antara

JAKARTA - The Government of Indonesia through the Law and Human Rights Ministry has given remissions to 74,468 prisoners across the country on the occasion of the 69th anniversary of Indonesia’s Independence Day.

AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana

Associated Press

HONG KONG — Tens of thou-sands of people, many wearing red as a sign of their patriotism to China, took part in a demonstration march in Hong Kong on Sunday to protest a planned civil disobedience campaign by pro-democracy activ-ists in the city.

Demonstrators braved wilting heat to participate in the rally, which was organized by a pro-Beijing group. Many carried ban-ners or shouted slogans saying they wanted to “oppose” the Occupy Central with Love and Peace pro-democracy movement, while others waved Chinese flags. Some, how-ever, seemed to be not quite certain what they were protesting.

Occupy Central’s organizers have sparked political turmoil in Hong Kong and unease in Beijing with their plan to rally at least

10,000 people to freeze the special-ly administered Chinese financial hub’s central business district if the government fails to come up with satisfactory democratic reforms.

After the former British colony came back under Chinese control in 1997, it was allowed to keep a high degree of autonomy over its own affairs and Western-style civil liberties unseen on the mainland, al-though an elite pro-Beijing commit-tee picks the city’s leader. Beijing has promised that starting in 2017, Hong Kong voters can choose the leader, but insists candidates be vetted by the committee, which democracy activists reject.

“Occupy Central is an extreme way of protest,” said Terence Chung, a company manager who joined Sunday’s march. “Using legal ways to express opinions is all right. If it comes to an irratio-nal protest, social order will be

disrupted.” The Alliance for Peace and Democracy held the rally to cap its monthlong anti-Occupy petition campaign. But tactics used to mo-bilize supporters raised questions about whether demonstrators knew why exactly they were marching.

Pro-establishment trade unions or professional groups, for ex-ample, urged members to join. People who recently moved to Hong Kong from mainland China were also offered cheap day tours of the city, with stops that included lunch, a museum visit and the anti-Occupy march, according to local news reports.

“I don’t understand what Oc-cupy Central is for,” said a 54-year-old construction worker, who gave only his surname, Siu, and turned out with his daughter. When asked why he joined the rally, he would only say that it was because he had some free time.

Associated Press

NAIROBI — The Kenyan government over the weekend said it will bar passengers traveling from three West African countries hit by the Ebola outbreak, closing a debate in East Africa’s economic powerhouse about whether the national airline was exposing the country to the deadly disease. The suspension is effective midnight Tuesday for all ports of entry for people traveling from or through Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia, said Kenya’s Health Ministry. Nigeria was not included in the ban, which also allows entry to health professionals and Kenyans returning from those countries.

“This step is in line with the recognition of the extraordinary measures urgently required to contain the Ebola outbreak in West Africa,” the Health Ministry said. It cited the World Health Organization’s recent statement that the magnitude of the Ebola outbreak has been underestimated.

Following the government’s announcement Saturday, Kenya Airways said it would suspend flights to Liberia and Sierra Leone. Kenya Airways, a major transport provider in Africa, has wrestled with the decision whether to continue flying to West Africa during the Ebola outbreak. Its suspension of flights is an abrupt reversal of its announcement Friday that it would continue flying.

Social commentators, medical experts and Kenyan politicians said they feared the airline was putting profits ahead of prudence, and that KQ, as the airline is known, would spread Ebola. The airline flies more than 70 flights a week to West Africa, but chief executive Titus Naikuni told a news con-ference Friday that airline’s flight decisions had nothing to do with money. He said flights actually help to contain the Ebola outbreak by transporting medical staff, supplies and equipment to West Africa.

But doctors representing the Kenya Medical Association had asked Kenya Airways to suspend flights to the four countries affected by Ebola “until things stabilize.” Members of parliament also called on the carrier to halt its West African operations.

Several airlines have already suspended flights to Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia, including British Airways, Emirates Airlines, Arik Air and ASKY Airlines. Nigeria became the fourth Ebola-affected country late last month after a Liberian-American man sick with the disease flew to Lagos on an ASKY flight and infected several people before he died.

Officials in Cameroon, which borders Nigeria, announced Friday it would suspend all flights from all four Ebola-affected countries. Korean Air announced on Thursday it would temporarily halt its service to Kenya despite the fact there are no cases of Ebola in the country.

The World Health Organization has denounced the travel bans. The virus has a low transmission risk during air travel, since it is spread via bodily fluid and is not airborne, said Isa-belle Nuttall, di-rector of the orga-nization’s Global Capacity Alert and Response . Her s t a t emen t came a day after the organization classified Kenya as a h igh- r i sk country for Ebola transmission, cit-ing its status as a regional transport hub.

“When deci-sions are made by airline companies, they have to take into consideration their perceived risk and the real eco-nomic impact on countries that are already affected by a disease they have to control,” Nuttall said Thurs-day in Geneva.

Associated Press

SAO PAULO — Leaders of a Brazilian party that lost its presi-dential candidate in a plane crash have chosen his running mate to stand in his place, officials said Saturday, creating a new challenge to President Dilma Rousseff’s re-election.

Former Environment Minister Marina Silva, who made a strong run in Brazil’s last presidential election, will replace the late Edu-ardo Campos on the Socialist Party ticket. Campos was killed Wednes-day when his small plane smashed

into a residential area in the city of Santos.

Ricardo Young, a Sao Paulo city councilman and close associate of Silva, said he took part in a Friday meeting in which party leaders told Silva they want her to run, and she accepted.

“The party has some internal procedure it wants to follow to an-nounce it, but the main leadership has confirmed it,” Young said.

The party’s leader in the senate, Rodrigo Rollemberg, told the O Globo newspaper that Silva had been chosen and the party was now working on choosing her running

mate.Silva, 56, is a party outsider who

joined Campos’ ticket last year only after she failed to obtain enough signatures to register her own party for the race. However, she has a wide following and earned close to 20 percent of the votes in the 2010 elections. An evangelical Christian, Silva was a close associate of envi-ronmental activist Chico Mendes, who was murdered in 1988.

Silva and many other politicians were traveling Saturday to Recife in northeastern Brazil, where Campos was born and where his funeral was planned for Sunday.

Brazil party replacing candidate who died in crash

Kenya to bar travelers from Ebola-hit countries

Tens of thousands of people gather at Hong Kong’s Victoria park to join a protest march to op-pose a planned civil dis-obedience campaign by pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2014.

Tens of thousands stage Hong Kong

pro-gov’t rally

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A health worker, left, helps a colleague with his personal protection equipment before dealing with individuals suspected of suffer-ing from the Ebola virus in Monrovia, Liberia, Saturday, Aug. 16, 2014.

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DENPASAR - Sanur Beach is one of the attractive beaches on the Island of Bali, The beach spreads along 3 kilometers with a coastline facing eastward. Sanur Beach is famous for its clean white sand and gentle beaches. In addition, it is also a rocky beach so that it has its own advan-tages, It is an alternative for local and foreign tourists who want to avoid the hustles and bustles of Kuta, Legian or Seminyak tourist resorts.

Peace and comfort in this area have become a top priority. On this beach, visitors can also enjoy the sun-rise while swimming, surfing, scuba diving and snorkeling. Meanwhile, visitors can also delight in roasted corn, boiled peanuts and spring rolls widely sold by hawkers.

Sanur destination has been equipped with supporting tourism facilities, such as hotels, restaurants, small cafes and art shop. One of the oldest hotels in Bali was built on this beach. It is named Inna Grand Bali Beach located right in front of the beach. Moreover, along the shore-line has been built a kind of jogging track frequently taken advantage by tourists or local people to enjoy the beauty of the beach and fresh sea breeze. It stretches southwardly pass-ing through Sindhu Beach, Karang Beach until reaching Semawang. As a result, tourists can enjoy the beach while exercising in the morning.IBP/File Photo

Sanur Beach

The 33-year-old Swiss, in a re-match of the Wimbledon semi-final that he won in three sets, improved to 6-0 against the Canadian fifth seed and will be playing in his second final in seven days after he lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at last week’s Rogers Cup in Toronto. For Raonic, 23, his usual booming serve produced six aces to Federer’s two, but he also had three double faults compared to none by his opponent.

He put a bit of a dent in Federer’s serve in the second set but the Swiss managed to break serve for a third time in the eighth game of

the second set, clawing back from a 0-40 hole, to record the straight sets victory. “I’m playing much better (than last year). I can move freely again,” Federer told ESPN after the match.

“I’m happy the results show. It’s more fun playing this way. Now I am playing the right way. “It’s great for the confidence to switch from clay to grass and hard courts and keep on playing well. I’ve had a very complete season so far. “This is my eighth final of the season. I hope I can win another final here.”

Sixth seed Ferrer, playing his first semi-final in 11 trips to Cincin-

nati, breezed past Frenchman Julien Benneteau 6-3 6-2 to move one win away from his 22nd title and second of the year.

Ferrer, who has reached at least the quarter-finals of all four tourna-ments he has played since crashing out of Wimbledon in the second round, needed just 71 minutes to earn his sixth victory in 10 meetings with Benneteau.

The 32-year-old Spaniard saved the one break point he faced and did not double fault all match long against Benneteau who was coming off a surprise win over third seed Stanislas Wawrinka.

“Of course I am in a good mo-ment,” said Ferrer. “I am in my first final this year in a Masters 1000, so I’m happy for that. (I take it) step by step and focus for tomorrow.”

Federer enters Sunday’s final having won all 15 meetings with Ferrer, the most recent being a three-set victory in the Toronto quarter-finals earlier this month.

Associated Press

ZURICH — Italy’s Daniele Meucci won the European Cham-pionship marathon title on Sun-day ahead of Yared Shegumo of Poland and Aleksey Reunkov of Russia.

Poland’s Marcin Chabowski, who led for most of the race, slumped in the final stages and abandoned shortly before the finish.

In only the third marathon of his career, 28-year-old Meucci

finished in 2 hours, 11 minutes, 8 seconds for a margin of 52 seconds over Shegumo and 1:07 over Reunkov.

Meucci already won silver and bronze over 10,000 in the last two European championships.

On the closing day with a doz-en finals on the program, Dafne Schippers is going for a sprint triple with the Dutch 4x100 relay team and Mo Farah of Britain is seeking a long-distance double in the 5,000.

Associated Press

CHICAGO — Derrick Rose showed some of his old form, fellow Chicago product An-thony Davis scored 20 points as the Unityed States beat Brazil 95-78 in a warmup for the World Cup of Basketball on Saturday.

With fans roaring for Rose all night, the Chicago Bulls point guard flashed some of his MVP moves. He also seemed happy to

defer to his teammates in his first appearance at the United Center since his latest season-ending knee injury, finishing with seven points.

Davis, who like Rose grew up on Chicago’s South Side, domi-nated down the stretch, and the U.S. pulled away after Brazil kept it close for three quarters.

With a five-point lead going into the fourth, the U.S. went on a 14-2 run to break open a 68-63 game.

Mandatory Credit: Aaron Doster-USA TODAY SportsRoger Federer (SUI) reacts to defeating Milos Raonic (not pictured) on day six of the Western and South-ern Open tennis tournament at Linder Family Tennis Center.

Federer, Ferrer advance to Cincinnati finalReuters

Five-times champion Roger Federer tamed big-serving Canadian Milos Raonic with a comfortable 6-2 6-3 win on Saturday to join Spain’s David Ferrer in the final of the Western and Southern Open in Cincinnati. Federer won all 16 of his service points in the first set and closed out the match in 68 minutes, sending a clear message to his rivals that he is in top shape heading into the year’s final grand slam at the Aug. 25-Sept. 8 U.S. Open.

Italy’s Meucci wins men’s marathon at Euros

Rose hears cheers as US beats Brazil 95-78

AP Photo/Charles Rex ArbogastUnited States’ Derrick Rose (6), of the Chicago Bulls, drives be-tween Brazil’s Anderson Varejao (11), of the Cleveland Cavaliers, and Brazil’s Raulzinho Neto (5) during the second half of an exhibi-tion basketball game Saturday, Aug. 16, 2014, in Chicago.

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T h e 2 0 - t i m e c h a m p i o n s slumped to a 2-1 loss against Swansea, a team even David Moyes managed to beat comfort-ably a year earlier at the start of his short-lived reign.

But the hosts lacked organiza-tion in defense at Old Trafford, allowing Gylfi Sigurdsson to score the winner from close range in the 72nd minute after United captain Wayne Rooney’s overhead kick canceled out Ki Sung-yeung’s opener.

In Van Gaal, United hired a proven manager who has won titles at Barcelona and Bayern Munich. But the Dutch coach was given a clear indication of just how difficult it will be to turn a team that finished seventh in May into top-four finishers again.

“It’s a very bad day for us ... we didn’t play as a team,” Van Gaal said. “I saw a lot of play-ers looking very nervous, making

the wrong choices and that is a pity.”

But it was a victorious open-ing day in a new job for Mauricio Pochettino, whose Tottenham side won 1-0 at West Ham after debutant Eric Dier scored in stop-page time.

Tottenham’s north London rival, Arsenal, also profited from a stoppage time goal as Aaron Ramsey scrambled the ball over the line to clinch a 2-1 victory over Crystal Palace. Arsenal’s first opening-day win since 2009 came after Laurent Koscielny headed in an equalizer to cancel out Brede Hangeland’s opener for Palace, which is without a manager following Tony Pulis’ surprising departure on Thurs-day.

There were mixed fortunes for the Premier League newcomers. Queens Park Rangers, which made an instant return to the top-flight, lost 1-0 at home to Hull.

But Leicester, which has been away from the elite for a decade, earned a point by drawing 2-2 with Everton.

Sunderland and West Brom-wich Albion, who both flirted

with relegation last season, opened the new campaign by drawing 2-2. Aston Villa, whose owner Randy Lerner is trying to sell the club, began with a 1-0 win at Stoke.

In the late game, Arsenal, which spent more time atop the standings than any other team last season only to finish fourth, was hosting Crystal Palace in the late game.

Reuters

LONDON - Crystal Palace care-taker manager Keith Millen said he wanted the job on a full-time basis after his resilient team made Arsenal scrap all the way before snatching a 2-1 victory on Saturday. Palace, rocked by the surprise departure of manager Tony Pulis on Thursday by mutual consent, looked set to take an unlikely point off one of the Premier League’s title favourites until Aaron Ramsey grabbed the winner in stoppage time.

“I’d like to continue, I enjoy being in charge,” Millen told report-ers after Palace lost their opening game of the season. “Whether it’s the right time or not I’ll speak to the chairman tomorrow. “If the chairman felt it was right for me then I would sit down and talk to him about it. I like working at this club.”

Millen also served as caretaker for a short spell last season fol-lowing Ian Holloway’s exit. He distanced himself from the full-time role on that occasion, citing inexperience.

“The circumstances of last year were that we had a really poor start, winning one in 10 games,” Millen explained. “There was a lack of Premier League experience at the club. “At the time I felt someone

like Tony could give us that. This group of players now have that experience.”

MORE EXPERIENCE

Later on Saturday Palace co-chairman Steve Parish seemed to suggest in a BBC interview he wanted someone more experienced than Millen, who has never man-aged in the top-flight. “We want to get a manager who is right for the long term,” said Parish. “Experi-ence of the Premier League is very important and we would not be straying too far from someone who has that intimate knowledge of it, either as a player or as a manager.

“Hopefully Tuesday or Wednes-day this week we will try and get someone in place. Parish said there was no friction between him and Pulis and that he had never tried to impose transfer targets on the previous manager.

“The stories about me wanting certain players and Tony not want-ing certain players are just not the case,” he explained. “My job is to try to get the deals done for Tony or any other manager. “There was a good transfer budget agreed. There was a lack of targets the manager felt were good enough in the win-dow and it came to a point where he felt he could not carry on.

“I can’t have people at the foot-ball club who are not 100 percent committed to what we are trying to do so reluctantly I agreed to let him go and let him out of his contract,” said Parish. “It is very important we have good communication and for me the communication was difficult.”

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New signing Brede Hangeland headed Palace in front at The Emir-ates on Saturday before Laurent Koscielny nodded the home team level on the stroke of halftime. Pal-ace were reduced to 10 men when Jason Puncheon received a second yellow card in the 89th minute and there was still time for Wales mid-fielder Ramsey to clinch the points for Arsenal.

“Our attitude was right,” said Ar-senal manager Arsene Wenger. “On the fluency we can do better but that will come. “It was very difficult for us today because of the physicality and organisation of Palace.

“We conceded from the first cor-ner they had. After that they made it very tight, they were physically very strong and we needed to keep going,” added Wenger. “We still lack a bit of pace in the final third to change what we build up into dangerous situations.” Associated Press

PARIS — Paris Saint-Germain President Nasser Al-Khelaifi wants Brandao to be banned for life after the Bastia striker headbutted Thiago Motta at the end of a French league match on Saturday.

After Bastia’s 2-0 loss to PSG, Brandao waited for Thiago Motta in the tunnel and headbutted the midfielder, leaving him with blood running down from his nose.

Al-Khelaifi said the Italian had a broken nose, although the club had not disclosed any injury details.

Brandao immediately ran away to-

ward his team’s dressing room before PSG players could surround him.

“He must be banned for life,” Al-Khelaifi told French television. “The French league must make a strong decision against him.” Motta will likely miss the next couple of games.

Brandao received a yellow card in the 31st minute for fouling PSG defender Marquinhos and was re-placed in the 72nd.

“If my player started the fight, that’s not worthy of a professional and we will impose sanctions on him accordingly,” Bastia coach Claude Makelele said.

Associated Press

LONDON — A supporter ran onto the field during Saturday’s Premier League game between West Ham and Tottenham and man-aged to take a free kick before being chased away by a steward.

The fan ran across the field dur-ing the second half as Tottenham’s Christian Eriksen was preparing to take a free kick just outside the West

Ham area. The supporter ran up to the ball and lofted a shot that went over the wall and was heading into the net before goalkeeper Adrian comfort-ably plucked it out of the air.

The fan continued running, leav-ing the pitch with a steward chasing close behind. It turns out his effort was actually better than Eriksen’s, who sent his shot over the bar. Tot-tenham won 1-0 after an injury time goal by Eric Dier.

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hoven’s Georginio Wijnaldum and Memphis Depay scored two goals apiece as their team went on an early season rampage to beat NAC Breda 6-1 at home in the Dutch league on Saturday. It was a second straight win for PSV, who rushed the pair back to play in the 3-1 win at Willem II Tilburg last weekend after they helped the Netherlands finish third at the World Cup.

PSV were joined on six points by PEC Zwolle, who also won for a second successive week by beating Dordrecht 2-1 away. SC Cambuur and Twente Enschede scrambled to draw 2-2 in their respective games on Saturday as the former snatched

a late point away while the latter dropped points at home. Wijnaldum got the opening goal for PSV but the hosts then found themselves holding on to a tenuous 2-1 half-time lead as NAC ran into on-form goalkeeper Jeroen Zoet.

But three goals in a five minute spell from the 52nd minute put PSV into a 5-1 lead with Depay scoring a freekick and Wijnaldum tuck-ing home his second. Depay then curled the ball around the wall for his second goal and a 6-1 lead 18 minutes from the end.

Promoted Dordrecht, who last week marked their return to the top flight after a 19-year absence with a surprise win at Heerenveen, went down 2-1 at home to PEC Zwolle. Teenage New Zealand international

Ryan Thomas got PEC’s opener but Dordrecht equalised two minutes after the visitors went down to 10 men with fullback Bart van Hintum’s dismissal in the 79th only for Mustafa Saymak to grab a stoppage-time winner.

Twente’s new signing Kamoh-elo Mokotjo netted on the stroke of halftime on his home debut but they conceded second half goals to Roland Alberg, with a penalty, and Mike van Duinen before Shadrach Eghan’s 86th minute equaliser.

Vitesse Arnhem’s Zakaria Lab-yad scored twice, including a penalty, after Michiel Hemmen’s early opener for Cambuur, who equalised two minutes from time through ex-Nigeria international Bartholomew Ogbeche after having won a controversial corner.

PSV go on early season romp for 6-1 home win

Reuters SEOUL - Talks between the Ko-

rea Football Association and Bert van Marwijk over the national team coaching job have broken down and South Korea will now turn their at-tention to other candidates, the KFA said on Sunday.

The Dutchman had been the KFA’s top pick to fill the role left vacant by Hong Myung-bo, who resigned in July following South Korea’s woeful World Cup cam-paign in Brazil.

Local media reported that tax issues had been a major factor in the breakdown of the contract talks, while the 62-year-old had also said he wanted to spend more time back home in Europe than in South Ko-rea if he took the job.

“Contract negotiations with Van Marwijk have broken down,” the KFA said in a statement. “Lee

Yong-soo, head of the KFA’s tech-nical committee, will hold a media briefing at 10 a.m. on Monday.”

Lee had flown to the Nether-lands on Aug. 5 to meet with Van Marwijk, who led the Netherlands to the final of the 2010 World Cup but has been out of work since be-ing fired by German side Hamburg SV in February.

Following Hong’s departure in July, the KFA committee narrowed their search for a successor to three foreign coaches, with Van Marwijk their number one choice.

The Koreans are now likely to have an interim manager in charge for friendlies against Venezuela and Uruguay in September.

They also travel to Tehran to play Iran in November as part of their buildup to the 2015 Asian Cup in Australia in January, and are looking to arrange two friendlies in October.

KFA fail to reach deal with Dutchman Van Marwijk


AP Photo/Jon Super

Manchester United’s Wayne Rooney, bottom right, scores against Swansea City during their English Premier League soccer match at Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester, England, Saturday Aug. 16, 2014.

Associated Press

LONDON — New season, new manager — same misery at Manchester United. Louis van Gaal failed to usher in the bright new era expected at United on Saturday, watching in frustration as the team opened the season with a home loss for the first time in 42 years.

REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth

Crystal Palace’s interim coach Keith Millen reacts during their English Premier League soccer match against Arsenal at the Emirates stadium in London August 16, 2014.

Millen wants Palace job after making Arsenal scrap

AP Photo/Michel Euler

Paris Saint Germain’s Thiago Motta, left, and Bastia’s Brandao, right, heads for the ball during a French League One soccer match at Parc des Princes stadium, in Paris, Saturday, Aug. 16. 2014.

Supporter takes free kick in West Ham-Spurs game

Brandao headbutts PSG’s Thiago Motta

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T h e 2 0 - t i m e c h a m p i o n s slumped to a 2-1 loss against Swansea, a team even David Moyes managed to beat comfort-ably a year earlier at the start of his short-lived reign.

But the hosts lacked organiza-tion in defense at Old Trafford, allowing Gylfi Sigurdsson to score the winner from close range in the 72nd minute after United captain Wayne Rooney’s overhead kick canceled out Ki Sung-yeung’s opener.

In Van Gaal, United hired a proven manager who has won titles at Barcelona and Bayern Munich. But the Dutch coach was given a clear indication of just how difficult it will be to turn a team that finished seventh in May into top-four finishers again.

“It’s a very bad day for us ... we didn’t play as a team,” Van Gaal said. “I saw a lot of play-ers looking very nervous, making

the wrong choices and that is a pity.”

But it was a victorious open-ing day in a new job for Mauricio Pochettino, whose Tottenham side won 1-0 at West Ham after debutant Eric Dier scored in stop-page time.

Tottenham’s north London rival, Arsenal, also profited from a stoppage time goal as Aaron Ramsey scrambled the ball over the line to clinch a 2-1 victory over Crystal Palace. Arsenal’s first opening-day win since 2009 came after Laurent Koscielny headed in an equalizer to cancel out Brede Hangeland’s opener for Palace, which is without a manager following Tony Pulis’ surprising departure on Thurs-day.

There were mixed fortunes for the Premier League newcomers. Queens Park Rangers, which made an instant return to the top-flight, lost 1-0 at home to Hull.

But Leicester, which has been away from the elite for a decade, earned a point by drawing 2-2 with Everton.

Sunderland and West Brom-wich Albion, who both flirted

with relegation last season, opened the new campaign by drawing 2-2. Aston Villa, whose owner Randy Lerner is trying to sell the club, began with a 1-0 win at Stoke.

In the late game, Arsenal, which spent more time atop the standings than any other team last season only to finish fourth, was hosting Crystal Palace in the late game.

Reuters

LONDON - Crystal Palace care-taker manager Keith Millen said he wanted the job on a full-time basis after his resilient team made Arsenal scrap all the way before snatching a 2-1 victory on Saturday. Palace, rocked by the surprise departure of manager Tony Pulis on Thursday by mutual consent, looked set to take an unlikely point off one of the Premier League’s title favourites until Aaron Ramsey grabbed the winner in stoppage time.

“I’d like to continue, I enjoy being in charge,” Millen told report-ers after Palace lost their opening game of the season. “Whether it’s the right time or not I’ll speak to the chairman tomorrow. “If the chairman felt it was right for me then I would sit down and talk to him about it. I like working at this club.”

Millen also served as caretaker for a short spell last season fol-lowing Ian Holloway’s exit. He distanced himself from the full-time role on that occasion, citing inexperience.

“The circumstances of last year were that we had a really poor start, winning one in 10 games,” Millen explained. “There was a lack of Premier League experience at the club. “At the time I felt someone

like Tony could give us that. This group of players now have that experience.”

MORE EXPERIENCE

Later on Saturday Palace co-chairman Steve Parish seemed to suggest in a BBC interview he wanted someone more experienced than Millen, who has never man-aged in the top-flight. “We want to get a manager who is right for the long term,” said Parish. “Experi-ence of the Premier League is very important and we would not be straying too far from someone who has that intimate knowledge of it, either as a player or as a manager.

“Hopefully Tuesday or Wednes-day this week we will try and get someone in place. Parish said there was no friction between him and Pulis and that he had never tried to impose transfer targets on the previous manager.

“The stories about me wanting certain players and Tony not want-ing certain players are just not the case,” he explained. “My job is to try to get the deals done for Tony or any other manager. “There was a good transfer budget agreed. There was a lack of targets the manager felt were good enough in the win-dow and it came to a point where he felt he could not carry on.

“I can’t have people at the foot-ball club who are not 100 percent committed to what we are trying to do so reluctantly I agreed to let him go and let him out of his contract,” said Parish. “It is very important we have good communication and for me the communication was difficult.”

RIGHT ATTITUDE

New signing Brede Hangeland headed Palace in front at The Emir-ates on Saturday before Laurent Koscielny nodded the home team level on the stroke of halftime. Pal-ace were reduced to 10 men when Jason Puncheon received a second yellow card in the 89th minute and there was still time for Wales mid-fielder Ramsey to clinch the points for Arsenal.

“Our attitude was right,” said Ar-senal manager Arsene Wenger. “On the fluency we can do better but that will come. “It was very difficult for us today because of the physicality and organisation of Palace.

“We conceded from the first cor-ner they had. After that they made it very tight, they were physically very strong and we needed to keep going,” added Wenger. “We still lack a bit of pace in the final third to change what we build up into dangerous situations.” Associated Press

PARIS — Paris Saint-Germain President Nasser Al-Khelaifi wants Brandao to be banned for life after the Bastia striker headbutted Thiago Motta at the end of a French league match on Saturday.

After Bastia’s 2-0 loss to PSG, Brandao waited for Thiago Motta in the tunnel and headbutted the midfielder, leaving him with blood running down from his nose.

Al-Khelaifi said the Italian had a broken nose, although the club had not disclosed any injury details.

Brandao immediately ran away to-

ward his team’s dressing room before PSG players could surround him.

“He must be banned for life,” Al-Khelaifi told French television. “The French league must make a strong decision against him.” Motta will likely miss the next couple of games.

Brandao received a yellow card in the 31st minute for fouling PSG defender Marquinhos and was re-placed in the 72nd.

“If my player started the fight, that’s not worthy of a professional and we will impose sanctions on him accordingly,” Bastia coach Claude Makelele said.

Associated Press

LONDON — A supporter ran onto the field during Saturday’s Premier League game between West Ham and Tottenham and man-aged to take a free kick before being chased away by a steward.

The fan ran across the field dur-ing the second half as Tottenham’s Christian Eriksen was preparing to take a free kick just outside the West

Ham area. The supporter ran up to the ball and lofted a shot that went over the wall and was heading into the net before goalkeeper Adrian comfort-ably plucked it out of the air.

The fan continued running, leav-ing the pitch with a steward chasing close behind. It turns out his effort was actually better than Eriksen’s, who sent his shot over the bar. Tot-tenham won 1-0 after an injury time goal by Eric Dier.

Reuters AMSTERDAM - PSV Eind-

hoven’s Georginio Wijnaldum and Memphis Depay scored two goals apiece as their team went on an early season rampage to beat NAC Breda 6-1 at home in the Dutch league on Saturday. It was a second straight win for PSV, who rushed the pair back to play in the 3-1 win at Willem II Tilburg last weekend after they helped the Netherlands finish third at the World Cup.

PSV were joined on six points by PEC Zwolle, who also won for a second successive week by beating Dordrecht 2-1 away. SC Cambuur and Twente Enschede scrambled to draw 2-2 in their respective games on Saturday as the former snatched

a late point away while the latter dropped points at home. Wijnaldum got the opening goal for PSV but the hosts then found themselves holding on to a tenuous 2-1 half-time lead as NAC ran into on-form goalkeeper Jeroen Zoet.

But three goals in a five minute spell from the 52nd minute put PSV into a 5-1 lead with Depay scoring a freekick and Wijnaldum tuck-ing home his second. Depay then curled the ball around the wall for his second goal and a 6-1 lead 18 minutes from the end.

Promoted Dordrecht, who last week marked their return to the top flight after a 19-year absence with a surprise win at Heerenveen, went down 2-1 at home to PEC Zwolle. Teenage New Zealand international

Ryan Thomas got PEC’s opener but Dordrecht equalised two minutes after the visitors went down to 10 men with fullback Bart van Hintum’s dismissal in the 79th only for Mustafa Saymak to grab a stoppage-time winner.

Twente’s new signing Kamoh-elo Mokotjo netted on the stroke of halftime on his home debut but they conceded second half goals to Roland Alberg, with a penalty, and Mike van Duinen before Shadrach Eghan’s 86th minute equaliser.

Vitesse Arnhem’s Zakaria Lab-yad scored twice, including a penalty, after Michiel Hemmen’s early opener for Cambuur, who equalised two minutes from time through ex-Nigeria international Bartholomew Ogbeche after having won a controversial corner.

PSV go on early season romp for 6-1 home win

Reuters SEOUL - Talks between the Ko-

rea Football Association and Bert van Marwijk over the national team coaching job have broken down and South Korea will now turn their at-tention to other candidates, the KFA said on Sunday.

The Dutchman had been the KFA’s top pick to fill the role left vacant by Hong Myung-bo, who resigned in July following South Korea’s woeful World Cup cam-paign in Brazil.

Local media reported that tax issues had been a major factor in the breakdown of the contract talks, while the 62-year-old had also said he wanted to spend more time back home in Europe than in South Ko-rea if he took the job.

“Contract negotiations with Van Marwijk have broken down,” the KFA said in a statement. “Lee

Yong-soo, head of the KFA’s tech-nical committee, will hold a media briefing at 10 a.m. on Monday.”

Lee had flown to the Nether-lands on Aug. 5 to meet with Van Marwijk, who led the Netherlands to the final of the 2010 World Cup but has been out of work since be-ing fired by German side Hamburg SV in February.

Following Hong’s departure in July, the KFA committee narrowed their search for a successor to three foreign coaches, with Van Marwijk their number one choice.

The Koreans are now likely to have an interim manager in charge for friendlies against Venezuela and Uruguay in September.

They also travel to Tehran to play Iran in November as part of their buildup to the 2015 Asian Cup in Australia in January, and are looking to arrange two friendlies in October.

KFA fail to reach deal with Dutchman Van Marwijk


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Manchester United’s Wayne Rooney, bottom right, scores against Swansea City during their English Premier League soccer match at Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester, England, Saturday Aug. 16, 2014.

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LONDON — New season, new manager — same misery at Manchester United. Louis van Gaal failed to usher in the bright new era expected at United on Saturday, watching in frustration as the team opened the season with a home loss for the first time in 42 years.

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Crystal Palace’s interim coach Keith Millen reacts during their English Premier League soccer match against Arsenal at the Emirates stadium in London August 16, 2014.

Millen wants Palace job after making Arsenal scrap

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Paris Saint Germain’s Thiago Motta, left, and Bastia’s Brandao, right, heads for the ball during a French League One soccer match at Parc des Princes stadium, in Paris, Saturday, Aug. 16. 2014.

Supporter takes free kick in West Ham-Spurs game

Brandao headbutts PSG’s Thiago Motta

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DENPASAR - Sanur Beach is one of the attractive beaches on the Island of Bali, The beach spreads along 3 kilometers with a coastline facing eastward. Sanur Beach is famous for its clean white sand and gentle beaches. In addition, it is also a rocky beach so that it has its own advan-tages, It is an alternative for local and foreign tourists who want to avoid the hustles and bustles of Kuta, Legian or Seminyak tourist resorts.

Peace and comfort in this area have become a top priority. On this beach, visitors can also enjoy the sun-rise while swimming, surfing, scuba diving and snorkeling. Meanwhile, visitors can also delight in roasted corn, boiled peanuts and spring rolls widely sold by hawkers.

Sanur destination has been equipped with supporting tourism facilities, such as hotels, restaurants, small cafes and art shop. One of the oldest hotels in Bali was built on this beach. It is named Inna Grand Bali Beach located right in front of the beach. Moreover, along the shore-line has been built a kind of jogging track frequently taken advantage by tourists or local people to enjoy the beauty of the beach and fresh sea breeze. It stretches southwardly pass-ing through Sindhu Beach, Karang Beach until reaching Semawang. As a result, tourists can enjoy the beach while exercising in the morning.IBP/File Photo

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The 33-year-old Swiss, in a re-match of the Wimbledon semi-final that he won in three sets, improved to 6-0 against the Canadian fifth seed and will be playing in his second final in seven days after he lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at last week’s Rogers Cup in Toronto. For Raonic, 23, his usual booming serve produced six aces to Federer’s two, but he also had three double faults compared to none by his opponent.

He put a bit of a dent in Federer’s serve in the second set but the Swiss managed to break serve for a third time in the eighth game of

the second set, clawing back from a 0-40 hole, to record the straight sets victory. “I’m playing much better (than last year). I can move freely again,” Federer told ESPN after the match.

“I’m happy the results show. It’s more fun playing this way. Now I am playing the right way. “It’s great for the confidence to switch from clay to grass and hard courts and keep on playing well. I’ve had a very complete season so far. “This is my eighth final of the season. I hope I can win another final here.”

Sixth seed Ferrer, playing his first semi-final in 11 trips to Cincin-

nati, breezed past Frenchman Julien Benneteau 6-3 6-2 to move one win away from his 22nd title and second of the year.

Ferrer, who has reached at least the quarter-finals of all four tourna-ments he has played since crashing out of Wimbledon in the second round, needed just 71 minutes to earn his sixth victory in 10 meetings with Benneteau.

The 32-year-old Spaniard saved the one break point he faced and did not double fault all match long against Benneteau who was coming off a surprise win over third seed Stanislas Wawrinka.

“Of course I am in a good mo-ment,” said Ferrer. “I am in my first final this year in a Masters 1000, so I’m happy for that. (I take it) step by step and focus for tomorrow.”

Federer enters Sunday’s final having won all 15 meetings with Ferrer, the most recent being a three-set victory in the Toronto quarter-finals earlier this month.

Associated Press

ZURICH — Italy’s Daniele Meucci won the European Cham-pionship marathon title on Sun-day ahead of Yared Shegumo of Poland and Aleksey Reunkov of Russia.

Poland’s Marcin Chabowski, who led for most of the race, slumped in the final stages and abandoned shortly before the finish.

In only the third marathon of his career, 28-year-old Meucci

finished in 2 hours, 11 minutes, 8 seconds for a margin of 52 seconds over Shegumo and 1:07 over Reunkov.

Meucci already won silver and bronze over 10,000 in the last two European championships.

On the closing day with a doz-en finals on the program, Dafne Schippers is going for a sprint triple with the Dutch 4x100 relay team and Mo Farah of Britain is seeking a long-distance double in the 5,000.

Associated Press

CHICAGO — Derrick Rose showed some of his old form, fellow Chicago product An-thony Davis scored 20 points as the Unityed States beat Brazil 95-78 in a warmup for the World Cup of Basketball on Saturday.

With fans roaring for Rose all night, the Chicago Bulls point guard flashed some of his MVP moves. He also seemed happy to

defer to his teammates in his first appearance at the United Center since his latest season-ending knee injury, finishing with seven points.

Davis, who like Rose grew up on Chicago’s South Side, domi-nated down the stretch, and the U.S. pulled away after Brazil kept it close for three quarters.

With a five-point lead going into the fourth, the U.S. went on a 14-2 run to break open a 68-63 game.

Mandatory Credit: Aaron Doster-USA TODAY SportsRoger Federer (SUI) reacts to defeating Milos Raonic (not pictured) on day six of the Western and South-ern Open tennis tournament at Linder Family Tennis Center.

Federer, Ferrer advance to Cincinnati finalReuters

Five-times champion Roger Federer tamed big-serving Canadian Milos Raonic with a comfortable 6-2 6-3 win on Saturday to join Spain’s David Ferrer in the final of the Western and Southern Open in Cincinnati. Federer won all 16 of his service points in the first set and closed out the match in 68 minutes, sending a clear message to his rivals that he is in top shape heading into the year’s final grand slam at the Aug. 25-Sept. 8 U.S. Open.

Italy’s Meucci wins men’s marathon at Euros

Rose hears cheers as US beats Brazil 95-78

AP Photo/Charles Rex ArbogastUnited States’ Derrick Rose (6), of the Chicago Bulls, drives be-tween Brazil’s Anderson Varejao (11), of the Cleveland Cavaliers, and Brazil’s Raulzinho Neto (5) during the second half of an exhibi-tion basketball game Saturday, Aug. 16, 2014, in Chicago.

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JAKARTA - Indonesia’s small ethnic Chinese community faced severe discrimination for decades during the Suharto dictatorship. But the minority is now poised for a new milestone, with Jakarta soon to get its first ethnic Chinese governor.

After Muslim-majority Indone-sia threw off authoritarian rule, the minority group which had played little role in the country’s political life began to win more freedoms and greater acceptance.

Sixteen years after watching anti-Chinese rioters loot and burn Jakarta as Suharto’s 32-year rule came to a chaotic end, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama is now set to take over as the leader of the capital.

His ethnicity is not the only thing that sets him apart from the majority of Indonesians -- Purnama, currently Jakarta’s deputy governor, is also a Christian.

The 48-year-old will become only the second Christian leader of the capital when he takes over from Joko Widodo, the current governor, who was elected president last month.

Purnama, known by his nickname Ahok, will automatically become governor in the coming weeks when Widodo steps down.

“Indonesia has undergone extraor-dinary progress since the Suharto days,” Benny Setiono, co-founder of the Chinese-Indonesian Association, one of the main group’s representing the minority, told AFP.

“Who ever thought that a Chinese and Christian man like Ahok could become Jakarta governor?”

His minority status makes him a political outsider like Widodo, a former furniture exporter who is Indonesia’s first leader without deep roots in the autocratic Suharto era.

But the tall, bespectacled politi-cian promises a starkly different style. While Widodo, known by his nickname Jokowi, took a gentle, per-suasive approach, Purnama is famed for his angry outbursts at bumbling officials.

He makes no apologies for his hard-nosed attitude and his sup-porters believe he can shake up a notoriously bloated, inefficient bureaucracy.

Despite some suspicion towards a non-Muslim figure when he was elected deputy governor in 2012, Purnama’s tough style and his cam-paign for transparency in a graft-ridden nation has helped him win strong public support.

“This is how I have been for

a long time,” he told AFP as he dashed past journalists at city hall early one morning, adding he would “let the public judge” whether his strategy was effective or not.

Purnama was born into a wealthy family on Belitung island in western Indonesia, and studied geology at university in Jakarta, before returning to his village and going into business.

It is a common route for Indo-nesia’s ethnic Chinese. Particularly during authoritarian rule, private enterprise was a sphere where they faced fewer restrictions, and many prominent tycoons in the Suharto era were from the minority.

When one of his projects ran into trouble with local officials, Purnama became so disillusioned that he almost moved abroad, and was only persuaded to stay by his father, who urged him to use his talents to help those less fortunate than himself.

He entered local politics in 2004, and was elected to the na-tional parliament in 2009, where he met Widodo.

While he may differ in style from Widodo, Purnama has pledged to continue his predecessor’s pro-grammes, including widening ac-cess to healthcare and education for the poor, and improving the traffic-choked city’s public transport.

For Indonesia’s ethnic Chinese, who make up just over one percent of a population of around 250 mil-lion, Purnama’s rise shows just how far the country has come since the Suharto era, when they were targeted by discriminatory laws.

They included closing Chinese schools and banning Chinese-lan-guage publications, and encourag-ing ethnic Chinese to change their names to ones that sounded more Indonesian.

The start of Suharto’s dictator-ship in the 1960s did not bode well for the minority, with a bloody massacre of hundreds of thou-sands of alleged communist party members.

Since then the situation is much improved -- some discriminatory laws have been repealed and Pur-nama’s rise to the top job in Jakarta is just the latest sign of the group’s improving fortunes.

“Nothing is impossible. Who knows, maybe Indonesia will one day have a president who is ethnic Chinese?” said Setiono from the Chinese-Indonesian Association.

The Law and Human Rights Ministry’s Spokesman, Akbar Hadi Prabowo, said on Sunday that 71,919 prisoners had received type I sentence remissions.

At the same time, the other 2,549 prisoners who received the sentence reduction could directly walk free as they had completed their sen-tence tenure.

“The 2,549 prisoners who re-ceive type II remission are now free as their sentences have been completed,” said Akbar.

Most of the remissions were giv-en to convicted criminals in West Java Province, where 11,369 pris-oners got the remissions of whom 374 people had been released.

The second largest number of remissions went the Capital City of Jakarta’s 6,945 prisoners, of whom 205 inmates could walk free directly.

East Java Province saw the third largest remissions granted to 6,802 prisoners. Some 325 inmates re-ceived type II remissions.

“The sentence reduction given given to the inmates ranges from one to six months,” said Akbar.

In the 2013 Indonesia’s Inde-pendence Day, the government had also given remissions to 67,349 convicted criminals with 2,197 of them were directly released.

In 2012, total 58,595 prisoners were given remissions and 2,246 among them were released.

The Government of Indonesia gives the remissions to either adult inmates or children prisoners, par-ticularly those who had received the coaching programs, behaved well and orderly.

The Ministry of Law and Human Rights had tightened tightened the requirements for granting of remis-

sions through amendment of Gov-ernment Regulation (PP) Number 33/99 to PP Number 28/2006 and then PP 99/2012.

In latest regulation, the ministry added some conditions for granting remission and parole for convicted criminals of drugs, terrorism, cor-ruption, and trans-national crimes.

Remissions to be granted for those cases must pass the correc-tional observers team and are based on recommendations from the cor-rectional agency.

Based on data on August 15, 2013, the convicted criminals who lived behind bars reached 162,964 people, while the maximum ca-pacity of prisons is only 109,011 people.

The government believes that the remission and parole are effective in putting to an end the prison’s over capacity.

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JAYAPURA - The armed sepa-ratist group has disturbed an In-donesian independence ceremony in Tiom of Lanny Jaya District of Papua by opening fires from a distant place on Sunday, Aug 17, 2014.

“However, the incident claimed no casualties because they opened fires from a distant area,” an anony-mous source told on Sunday.

According to the source, the reading of the proclamation text during the independence ceremony in Tiom proceeded solemnly de-spite the shooting.

The shooting sound in distance did not affect the Indonesian In-dependence Day ceremony. The security officers have pursued them to the Popome District area.

There was no immediate official statement from security officers following the shooting incident in Tiom.

Jakarta set for first ethnic Chinese governor

Armed group disturbs Independence Day ceremony

Indonesian President Susi-lo Bambang Yudhoyono, right, presents the national Red-White flag to a bearer to be hoisted during a cer-emony commemorating the country’s independence day at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sun-day, Aug. 17, 2014. The Government of Indonesia through the Law and Hu-man Rights Ministry has given remissions to 74,468 prisoners across the coun-try on the occasion of the 69th anniversary of Indone-sia’s Independence Day.

Government gives sentence remissions to 74,468 prisoners

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JAKARTA - The Government of Indonesia through the Law and Human Rights Ministry has given remissions to 74,468 prisoners across the country on the occasion of the 69th anniversary of Indonesia’s Independence Day.

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HONG KONG — Tens of thou-sands of people, many wearing red as a sign of their patriotism to China, took part in a demonstration march in Hong Kong on Sunday to protest a planned civil disobedience campaign by pro-democracy activ-ists in the city.

Demonstrators braved wilting heat to participate in the rally, which was organized by a pro-Beijing group. Many carried ban-ners or shouted slogans saying they wanted to “oppose” the Occupy Central with Love and Peace pro-democracy movement, while others waved Chinese flags. Some, how-ever, seemed to be not quite certain what they were protesting.

Occupy Central’s organizers have sparked political turmoil in Hong Kong and unease in Beijing with their plan to rally at least

10,000 people to freeze the special-ly administered Chinese financial hub’s central business district if the government fails to come up with satisfactory democratic reforms.

After the former British colony came back under Chinese control in 1997, it was allowed to keep a high degree of autonomy over its own affairs and Western-style civil liberties unseen on the mainland, al-though an elite pro-Beijing commit-tee picks the city’s leader. Beijing has promised that starting in 2017, Hong Kong voters can choose the leader, but insists candidates be vetted by the committee, which democracy activists reject.

“Occupy Central is an extreme way of protest,” said Terence Chung, a company manager who joined Sunday’s march. “Using legal ways to express opinions is all right. If it comes to an irratio-nal protest, social order will be

disrupted.” The Alliance for Peace and Democracy held the rally to cap its monthlong anti-Occupy petition campaign. But tactics used to mo-bilize supporters raised questions about whether demonstrators knew why exactly they were marching.

Pro-establishment trade unions or professional groups, for ex-ample, urged members to join. People who recently moved to Hong Kong from mainland China were also offered cheap day tours of the city, with stops that included lunch, a museum visit and the anti-Occupy march, according to local news reports.

“I don’t understand what Oc-cupy Central is for,” said a 54-year-old construction worker, who gave only his surname, Siu, and turned out with his daughter. When asked why he joined the rally, he would only say that it was because he had some free time.

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NAIROBI — The Kenyan government over the weekend said it will bar passengers traveling from three West African countries hit by the Ebola outbreak, closing a debate in East Africa’s economic powerhouse about whether the national airline was exposing the country to the deadly disease. The suspension is effective midnight Tuesday for all ports of entry for people traveling from or through Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia, said Kenya’s Health Ministry. Nigeria was not included in the ban, which also allows entry to health professionals and Kenyans returning from those countries.

“This step is in line with the recognition of the extraordinary measures urgently required to contain the Ebola outbreak in West Africa,” the Health Ministry said. It cited the World Health Organization’s recent statement that the magnitude of the Ebola outbreak has been underestimated.

Following the government’s announcement Saturday, Kenya Airways said it would suspend flights to Liberia and Sierra Leone. Kenya Airways, a major transport provider in Africa, has wrestled with the decision whether to continue flying to West Africa during the Ebola outbreak. Its suspension of flights is an abrupt reversal of its announcement Friday that it would continue flying.

Social commentators, medical experts and Kenyan politicians said they feared the airline was putting profits ahead of prudence, and that KQ, as the airline is known, would spread Ebola. The airline flies more than 70 flights a week to West Africa, but chief executive Titus Naikuni told a news con-ference Friday that airline’s flight decisions had nothing to do with money. He said flights actually help to contain the Ebola outbreak by transporting medical staff, supplies and equipment to West Africa.

But doctors representing the Kenya Medical Association had asked Kenya Airways to suspend flights to the four countries affected by Ebola “until things stabilize.” Members of parliament also called on the carrier to halt its West African operations.

Several airlines have already suspended flights to Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia, including British Airways, Emirates Airlines, Arik Air and ASKY Airlines. Nigeria became the fourth Ebola-affected country late last month after a Liberian-American man sick with the disease flew to Lagos on an ASKY flight and infected several people before he died.

Officials in Cameroon, which borders Nigeria, announced Friday it would suspend all flights from all four Ebola-affected countries. Korean Air announced on Thursday it would temporarily halt its service to Kenya despite the fact there are no cases of Ebola in the country.

The World Health Organization has denounced the travel bans. The virus has a low transmission risk during air travel, since it is spread via bodily fluid and is not airborne, said Isa-belle Nuttall, di-rector of the orga-nization’s Global Capacity Alert and Response . Her s t a t emen t came a day after the organization classified Kenya as a h igh- r i sk country for Ebola transmission, cit-ing its status as a regional transport hub.

“When deci-sions are made by airline companies, they have to take into consideration their perceived risk and the real eco-nomic impact on countries that are already affected by a disease they have to control,” Nuttall said Thurs-day in Geneva.

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SAO PAULO — Leaders of a Brazilian party that lost its presi-dential candidate in a plane crash have chosen his running mate to stand in his place, officials said Saturday, creating a new challenge to President Dilma Rousseff’s re-election.

Former Environment Minister Marina Silva, who made a strong run in Brazil’s last presidential election, will replace the late Edu-ardo Campos on the Socialist Party ticket. Campos was killed Wednes-day when his small plane smashed

into a residential area in the city of Santos.

Ricardo Young, a Sao Paulo city councilman and close associate of Silva, said he took part in a Friday meeting in which party leaders told Silva they want her to run, and she accepted.

“The party has some internal procedure it wants to follow to an-nounce it, but the main leadership has confirmed it,” Young said.

The party’s leader in the senate, Rodrigo Rollemberg, told the O Globo newspaper that Silva had been chosen and the party was now working on choosing her running

mate.Silva, 56, is a party outsider who

joined Campos’ ticket last year only after she failed to obtain enough signatures to register her own party for the race. However, she has a wide following and earned close to 20 percent of the votes in the 2010 elections. An evangelical Christian, Silva was a close associate of envi-ronmental activist Chico Mendes, who was murdered in 1988.

Silva and many other politicians were traveling Saturday to Recife in northeastern Brazil, where Campos was born and where his funeral was planned for Sunday.

Brazil party replacing candidate who died in crash

Kenya to bar travelers from Ebola-hit countries

Tens of thousands of people gather at Hong Kong’s Victoria park to join a protest march to op-pose a planned civil dis-obedience campaign by pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2014.

Tens of thousands stage Hong Kong

pro-gov’t rally

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A health worker, left, helps a colleague with his personal protection equipment before dealing with individuals suspected of suffer-ing from the Ebola virus in Monrovia, Liberia, Saturday, Aug. 16, 2014.

Yet the New York Fed also said that loans to borrowers with shoddy credit, also known as subprime lending, still make up a smaller proportion of total auto loans than before the Great Recession.

Federal banking regulators have raised concerns in recent months over the rapid increase in subprime auto loans. Such loans could lead to more defaults, harming banks and consumers. Auto loans are also packaged into securities and sold to investors, like mortgage loans. That could amplify the impact of any rise in auto loan defaults.

This spring, banking regulators at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency said that “signs of increasing risk are evident” in auto lending. They found that lenders are making larger car loans. As a result, the size of car loans in default has increased in the past two years.

General Motors said last week that the Justice Department is in-vestigating its financing arm over its subprime lending practices.

Still, the New York Fed report stops short of recommending spe-cific steps. In a separate post on its website, New York Fed economists

said they would “continue to moni-tor” the issue.

Banks and other lenders issued $101 billion in new auto loans in the April-June quarter, according to the quarterly report on household debt. Total outstanding auto loans rose to $905 billion in the second quarter.

Auto loans are the third-largest source of Americans’ debt, after mortgages and student loans. Mort-gage debt actually declined in the second quarter to $8.1 trillion while student debt rose to $1.12 trillion. Americans have $669 billion on their credit cards.

Mortgage lending weakened in the second quarter to the slowest pace in 14 years. That includes both mortgages for purchase and refi-nancing. Banks have significantly tightened their credit standards for mortgage loans since the recession. Home sales have also leveled off this year.

The Fed’s data shows that the dollar amount of subprime auto loans — defined as loans to bor-rowers with credit scores below 620 — has nearly doubled since 2010. For borrowers in the two most credit-worthy categories — defined as those with scores above 720 —

auto lending has risen by only about one-third.

The automakers’ financing arms account for most of the increase in subprime loans. In the second quarter, the dollar value of their subprime loans was triple that of the banks. Economists at the New York Fed said that loans by auto

financing companies are much more likely to become delinquent than those by banks.

Still, auto lending to credit-worthy borrowers has also jumped, the report said. As a result, just 22.2 percent of auto loans were subprime in the second quarter. That is still below the 25 to 30 percent that

existed before the recession.And the percentage of auto loans

that were 90 days or more overdue was 3.3 percent in the second quar-ter, the same as in the first quarter. That compares to 3.4 percent of mortgages that were overdue, 10.9 percent of student loans, and 7.8 percent of credit cards.

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HONG KONG — Hong Kong cut its forecast for the economy on Friday after quarterly growth fell to its lowest in nearly two years on a sharp drop in spending by Chinese tourists.

The southern Chinese financial cen-ter’s economy expanded a “mere” 1.8 percent in the April-June quarter over the year before, the government said. That’s down from 2.6 percent in the first quarter and the slowest since the third quarter of 2012.

As a result, the government cut its annual growth forecast to 2-3 percent from 3-4 percent. It cited a “distinct slackening in tourist spending of late” and slowing domestic demand that have become “new sources of uncertainty.”

The government said there was near double-digit growth in the number of Chinese tourists during the quarter but that was not enough to offset the drop in their average spending.

The weak growth performance underscores the outsize influence of mainland Chinese visitors on the former British colony’s economy.

The city of 7 million received 41 mil-lion mainland Chinese last year or about three-quarters of its total visitors.

They’ve been known to spend lav-ishly on everything from baby powder to gold jewelry and luxury apartments, but the spending drop reflects how they’ve tightened their belts during the recent economic slowdown and ongoing corruption crackdown in the world’s No. 2 economy.

HK economy slows as China tourists spend less

In this Oct. 2, 2013 photo, a Chinese tourist carries bags after shopping near a money change shop in Hong Kong. Hong Kong cut its forecast for the economy on Friday after quarterly growth fell to its lowest in nearly two years on a sharp drop in spending by Chinese tourists.

US auto loans soar to highest in 8 yearsAssociated Press

WASHINGTON — U.S. auto loans jumped to the highest level in eight years this spring, fueled by a big increase in lending to risky borrowers, according to a report by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

AP Photo/David Zalubowski, FileIn this Aug. 27, 2006 file photo, a trio of unsold 2006 Buick Rainier sports utility vehicles sits in front of a Buick dealership in the southeast Denver suburb of Lone Tree, Colo. U.S. auto loans jumped to the highest level in eight years this spring, fueled by a big increase in lending to risky borrowers, according to a report by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Bali Post

DENPASAR - Large amount of rubbish in a number of rivers in Denpasar makes the efforts to normalize the river flow difficult. Each day, the rubbish collected in the rivers reaches 18 trucks. If the rubbish is not cleaned up, it can clog the streams and causes flood to people’s homes.

The Irrigation Division Head of the Denpasar of Public Works, I Gusti Ngurah Putra Sanjaya, said the dredging effort and normalization of river in Denpasar was worked on manually using hoe and shovel. “We use totally six dump trucks. Four trucks are used to transport dredging materials, while two others used to transport rubbish taken out from the nets installed,” he explained.

Each day, the officers could collect and transport the river (tukad) rubbish up to 18 trucks. Most of the rubbish was taken from the Tukad Badung, Tukad Mati and Tukad Rangda. To perform the dredging and normalization, his party involved about a hundred personnel divided into six groups.

Putra Sanjaya revealed the rubbish littering the river sourced from people who deliberately disposed rubbish into the river. Without being handled, the rubbish could cause river silting and obstruct the river flow. “The officers have been deployed to make dredging and normalization before the rainy season starting this September,” he added.

To anticipate flooding, his party had also made six new drainage projects at a number of flooding critical points. “In addition to rubbish, flooding is also caused by fewer rainwater catchment areas so that it needs to expand and create new drainage,” he explained.

New drainage had just been made on Jalan Pucuk Kesiman Kertalangu worth IDR 618 million, Jalan Subak Dalem (IDR 1.082 billion), Jalan Tukad Banyusari Panjer (IDR 1.170 billion), Pemecutan Kelod village (IDR 1.404 billion), Penatih village (IDR 853 million) and Peguyangan Kangin (IDR 571 million).

“Some drainage projects have been completed such as the one on Jalan Pucuk Kesiman Kertalangu, Jalan Tukad Banyusari Panjer and Jalan Subak Dalem. Meanwhile, the remaining projects are still in the process. No later than August 18, they will have been completed in accordance with the contract agree-ment,” he explained. (dwa)

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SINGARAJA - Overflowing water of Lake Tamblingan at Mun-duk Village, Banjar Subdistrict, Buleleng, reminds us of the many temples surrounding the sacred lake. One of the temples also sub-merged in the disaster is the Gubug or Pegubugan Temple located on the west side of Lake Tamblingan.

Indeed, the Gubug Temple is inseparable from the issues of water, either the tangible water or transcendental water. In the temple, thousands of farmers in Tabanan and Buleleng Regency rely on their invocation in order their rice fields can persistently be irrigated and be fertile all the times so that they can

have a great harvest.Supporting devotees of the tem-

ple are those belong to Catur Desa consisting of the Munduk, Gobleg, Umajero and Gesing Customary Village. They believe if the Gubug Temple is the central temple of dozens of temples located on the shores of Lake Tamblingan. Those temples are the Tajun, Ulun Danu, Endek, Bukit Temple and a number of bebaturan temples (menhir) such as the Pengukiran, Pengukusan, Mbang, Sang Hyang Kangin, Sang Hyang Kauh and the Naga Loka Temple. All of the temples are lo-cated around the Lake Tamblingan, precisely on the slopes of the hill or right at the edge of the lake. Mean-while, if connected to Batur Temple

in Bangli, the Gubug Temple is also considered to be the purusha (cosmic man) while Batur is the pradhana (cosmic woman).

Gubug Temple is the easiest to be found because of its location at the edge of the lake near the Munduk Customary Village. This temple is quite unique because it has two different Meru shrines. One of the Meru shrines was built and worshipped by subak mem-bers from Tabanan Regency, while another was built and venerated by devotees belonging to Catur Desa. “Its history is unknown why two Meru shrines were built within the same temple area,” said the Chief of Munduk Customary Village, Nengah Ika.

According to Nengah Ika, there were 63 subak organizations in Tabanan worshipping the Gubug Temple that regularly organized pakelem (animal sacrifice) ritual in the temple and Lake Tamblingan. Based on the oral information from the ancestors, the farmers in Tabanan considered the Lake Tam-blingan the water vessel of Tabanan or headspring of Tabanan farmers. On that account, on the pujawali or temple anniversary of the Gubug, residents of Tabanan Regency sup-ported by Tabanan Government always teamed up with residents of Catur Desa to organize the ritual.

Since it is the central to temple located around the Lake Tamblin-gan, pujawali of the temple is car-

ried out in marathon way. It falls on dark moon of the first month in Balinese calendar (around June-July). Meanwhile, on full moon of the second month the devotees organize melasti procession to Penaung River. Then, on full moon of the third month they organize a ritual at Raganta and culmina-tion of the ceremony falls on full moon of the fourth month in the temples located on the shores of Lake Tamblingan centered in the Gubug Temple. Afterward, on the next dark moon devotees organize melasti procession to Labuan Aji Temple. Ultimately, the series of all rituals come to an end with maayu-ayu ritual on full moon in the fifth month. (kmb)

Gubug Tamblingan Temple Headspring of farmers in Tabanan and Buleleng

River rubbish reaches 18 trucks each day

IBP/Yudi KarnaediLarge amount of rubbish in a number of rivers in Denpasar makes the efforts to normalize the river flow difficult. Each day, the rubbish collected in the rivers reaches 18 trucks.

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He said the strong police re-sponse was precipitated by two events. People who had broken into a barbecue restaurant and taken position on the roof overlooking approaching police was one stra-tegic concern and another involved a man who flashed a handgun and appeared in the middle of the street as armored vehicles approached the crowd of protesters.

Johnson said someone also fired at a patrol car, but no officers were injured. Hundreds of other protest-ers left peacefully before the curfew took effect in Ferguson, where 18-year-old Michael Brown was fatally shot on Aug. 9. The shooting has prompted protests, unrest and claims of civil rights violations.

But remaining protesters —

chanting “No justice! No curfew!” — refused to leave the area. As five armored tactical vehicles ap-proached the crowd, officers spoke through a loudspeaker: “You are in violation of a state-imposed curfew. You must disperse im-mediately. Failure to comply, may result in arrest.” As officers put on gas masks, a chant from the distant crowd emerged: “We have the right to assemble peacefully.”

A moment later, police began fir-ing canisters into the crowd of pro-testers. Highway Patrol Spokesman Lt. John Hotz initially said police only used smoke, but later told The Associated Press that they also fired tear gas canisters. Jayson Ross, who was leading the protesters toward police before the canisters were

fired, said: “They got guns. We got guns. We are ready.”

Gov. Jay Nixon on Saturday de-clared a state of emergency in Fer-guson. The curfew announcement came after tensions again flared in Ferguson late Friday night. Earlier that day, local police identified the officer who shot Brown as Darren Wilson and released documents and video footage alleging that Brown had robbed a convenience store just before he was shot. Police said Wilson was unaware Brown was a suspect when he encountered him walking in the street with a friend. Nixon said the U.S. Department of Justice is widening its civil rights investigation of the shooting.

Missouri State Highway Patrol Capt. Ron Johnson, who is in charge of security in Ferguson, said 40 FBI agents were going door-to-door in the neighborhood starting Saturday, talking to people who might have seen or have informa-tion about the shooting.

Brown’s death ignited several days of clashes with furious pro-testers. Local officers faced strong criticism for their use of tear gas and rubber bullets against protesters.

Associated Press

SEOUL — Pope Francis made a new gesture of outreach to China and North Korea on Sun-day, saying he “earnestly” hopes to improve relations and insisting that the Catholic Church isn’t coming in as a “conquerer” try-ing to take away the identity of others.

Francis outlined his priorities for the Catholic Church in Asia during a meeting of the region’s bishops Sunday, urging them to listen to people of different cul-tures but still remain true to their own Catholic identity.

“In this spirit of openness to others, I earnestly hope that those countries of your continent with whom the Holy See does not yet enjoy a full relationship may not hesitate to further a dialogue for the benefit of all,” he said.

Then deviating from his text, he added: “I’m not talking here only about a political dialogue, but about a fraternal dialogue,” he said. “These Christians aren’t coming as conquerors, they aren’t trying to take away our identity.” He said the important thing was to “walk together.”

The comments appeared to be a clear reference to China, which severed diplomatic relations with the Holy See in 1951. But they could also apply to North Korea, where the church is under tight government control and is not recognized by the Vatican. There are similarly no diplomatic rela-tions between Pyongyang and the Vatican.

Francis has already broken ground with Beijing on his first Asian trip by sending greetings to President Xi Jinping when he flew through Chinese airspace. He also sent Xi a letter after the two of them were elected within hours of one another in March 2013, and received a reply.

China cut relations with the Vatican after the Communist Party took power and set up its own church outside the pope’s authority. China persecuted the church for years until restoring a degree of religious freedom and freeing imprisoned priests in the late 1970s. The Vatican under then-Pope Benedict XVI sought to improve ties by seeking to unify the state-sanctioned church with the underground church still loyal to Rome.

AP Photo/Charlie RiedelA law enforcement officer watches Sunday, Aug. 17, 2014, as tear gas is fired to disperse a crowd pro-testing the shooting of teenager Michael Brown last Saturday in Ferguson, Mo.

Police deploy tear gas to impose Ferguson curfewAssociated Press

FERGUSON, Missouri — Seven people were arrested early Sunday morning as police used smoke and tear gas to impose a curfew in a St. Louis suburb where a black teen walking down the street had been shot by a white police officer. Missouri State Highway Patrol Capt. Ron Johnson also said one person was critically wounded after being shot and police are seeking the shooter. Johnson defended his depart-ment’s strong strategic response that came after a midnight to 5 a.m. curfew took hold in Ferguson, Missouri.

Pope urges “fraternal” dialogue with China, others

AP Photo/Gregorio BorgiaPope Francis arrives on the popemobile to celebrate a mass and the beatification Paul Yun Ji-Chung and 123 martyr companions at Gwanghwamun Door in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, Aug. 16, 2014.

Bali Post

SEMARAPURA - Recent bad weather condition in the area of Klungkung did not only affect local fisherman. However, it also affected fish boiling activities at Kusamba village, Dawan subdistrict. As usual the fish boiling activity was bustling, but later it was deserted because no fish could be processed. Moreover, the fish supply com-monly brought in from outside Bali did not come. However, the fish supply from outside Bali did not guarantee if the fish boiling players could purchase it as the price was

not affordable or too expensive.The condition of the fish boil-

ing at Kusamba was truly devoid of activity. From a total of 72 units of fish boiling kitchen, only 10 units remained active. Moreover, the active ones only operated for a half day to process fish to make it still survive. The remaining could only wait for fish supply from local fishermen at Kusamba, Nusa Penida and Karangsem region. Small amount of fish catch of fishermen had caused the price of fish to in-crease drastically. Commonly each fish was purchased at IDR 4,000. However, under bad weather con-

dition and minimal fish catch, the selling price of fish at the fishermen level rose to IDR 6,000 each.

“Nowadays, the boiling fish business brings in fish supply from Java, while the remaining small amount from Karangsem. Since last month, the fish in Kusamba and Nusa Penida has been deserted,” said one of the fish boiling workers, Nengah Wati.

According to Wati, the adverse weather condition occurred lately also affected the price increase of frozen fish sold in the market. On regular days, frozen fish on sale at fish boiling center was at IDR 4,000, but

due to recent bad weather the price of frozen fish increased to IDR 8,000 each. In addition, the deserted fish boiling activity also affected the labor income. Many of the labor looked to laze due to lack of fish supply to be sold at the fish boiling center. Even, due to such fish crisis their daily in-come also decreased. “On the whole, we can earn IDR 80,000 each day, but now only get IDR 20,000, sir,” said one of the fish boiling workers lethargically, Nengah Tida.

According to Tida, the current number of fish boiling workers reached about 60 people in normal weather conditions and a lot of fish

stock was available. Those working in the fish boiling center could take odd jobs. Some transported boiled fish, while some others helped handle the firewood in the fish boiling fireplace. However, within the erratic weather condition, Tida worried about the reduction of his income. Moreover, the fish supply both the frozen and regular fish had declined, including the price of frozen fish having gone up in the market. “We just hope the fish supply at the fish boiling center can increase. As a result, all workers can work again to support their family,” said Nengah Tida. (119)

“If we highlight more frequently, they will increasingly exist. We

do hope that Balinese people can improve security by implementing

mandatory reporting within 1 x 24 hours. The more frequently they are highlighted, more and more people will be curious and more people want to peruse. As a result, they are getting greater,” said Benny.

During his inspection to the Head-quarters of the Buleleng Police, Benny explained that concerns and synergy among the community mem-bers were truly needed to narrow the ISIS movement. A simple method to

be taken was by applying compulsory reporting in the neighborhood com-munity, especially to newcomers. “Simply narrow their movement (ISIS—Ed) by applying strict rules on the neighborhood or even with the compulsory reporting of 1 x 24 hours, especially in boarding house, home stay and others,” he explained.

Furthermore, under direction of the National Police Chief, he also asked the media not to blow it up. It

was intended not to intrigue people and the media played an important role to narrow the ISIS movement. “They’re smart as well as have a great fund and want to exist. Well, one of the ways to make them exist is easy, where without being real-ized we have blown them up, so that we are exposed to provocation. The role of media largely determines the security of a region,” said Benny Mokalu. (kmb34)

Bali Post

BANGLI - A number of farmers in Kintamani, Ban-gli, are reluctant to harvest their citrus. Although the citrus has yellowed and is ready to harvest, the citrus having been the leading agricultural commodity of Kin-tamani was still ignored on the trees. It is intentionally carried out because the price of citrus at grower level has dropped to IDR 3,000 per kilogram.

Based on observation, most of the citrus orchards in Kintamani had been entering harvest period. Apparently their citrus had started to be mature and look yellow. Nevertheless, the citrus was abandoned on the trees.

According to one of the citrus farmers, Wayan Mada, such condition occurred because the price of citrus currently slumped to the price range of IDR 3,000 per kilogram. It was very different from last year, where the price of citrus in the same month was twice higher. Due to too inexpensive price, farmers were reluctant to harvest their citrus.

By and large, with this condition citrus farmers would be hit-or-miss. Citrus remaining on the trees would be left up to next two months. When the price had increase, it was the right time to harvest the citrus for sale.

Meanwhile, to maintain the citrus and keep it fresh for two months, farmers would normally take care of them by spraying every two weeks. “By all means, the spraying requires extra charges. As farmers, we are just like gambling. When the price goes up, at that time we can get profits,” he explained.

Although the citrus produced were still durable, the spraying with chemicals was acknowledged to have certain weaknesses. When harvested and weighed, the weight of citrus keeping for two months on the tree would usually slightly reduce. “Usually, the weight will reduce, but the level of sweetness will increase,” he said. (ina)

Fish boiling effort at Kusamba turns sluggish

Restrict ISIS without blowing it upBali Post

SINGARAJA - To prevent the spread of radicalism by militant groups coalesced into the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Chief of Bali Police, Albertus Julius Benny Mokalu, said that his party had conducted a meeting with the governor of Bali by involving the Indo-nesia Ulemas Council (MUI). One of the patterns utilized to prevent the ISIS from entering Bali was that he requested media not to blow it up through publication.

Price slumps, farmers let their citrus yellow on the trees

IBP/DayuThe orange is being left on the tree by the farmer due to the low price.

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SEMARAPURA - Tourist visit to tourism area of Nusa Penida, chiefly Nusa Gede, starts to turn crowded. Such condition has begun to ap-pear since the implementation of Nusa Penida Festival (NPF) in June coupled with the establishment of the Marine Protected Areas (KKP) of Nusa Penida. Unfortunately, the infrastructure on the island has not been adequate because most roads are still damaged.

Such condition can be seen at the location specified as tourist attrac-tions. Most visitors are foreigners. They get information about Nusa Gede from the internet and tour-ism services in Bali. A tourist from France, Remy, when met at the accommodation owned by county government, Thursday (Aug 14), admitted to be curious about the tourism atmosphere in Nusa Gede. On that account, he immediately came with his friend, Clara. Escort-ed by a tour guide after arriving on the island, he claimed to see differ-ent things. He said that Nusa Gede was like Bali 50 years ago, where pristine scenery could still be found, birds were left free in their habitat, coral reefs was well maintained and people were very friendly.

He was impressed with the charms of local nature. Unfortu-nately, he complained about the se-verely damaged road infrastructure. Such condition impressed if Nusa Penida was not ready to welcome tourist arrival. It was found almost at every corner of the region. Such condition, he said, was often com-plained by his fellow foreign travel-ers. He hoped the authorities could respond to the serious problem. Curiosity of travelers to condition of the Nusa Penida tourist destina-

tion should not be disrupted by the condition of road infrastructures. Indeed, the increasing tourist ar-rival to the Island of Nusa Gede had shown the impact on the local residential occupancy. One of the local hoteliers told if the increase virtually reached 50 percent.

In addition, the vehicle rental activity also increased. Even, lo-cal residents considered it a new business opportunity and they were busy to provide bike rental to look around Nusa Gede. Moreover, the rental cost of motorcycle per unit was quite expensive, reaching IDR 50,000 to IDR 100,000 per day.

Regent of Klungkung, Nyo-man Suwirta, also admitted that after the NPF implementation, his homeland was visited by many travelers. One of them could be seen at the accommodation owned by the Klungkung County in Nusa Gede. Even, he admitted to have a conversation with the foreign travelers assisted by their tourist guide during his visit to local area. Responding to the complaint about road infrastructure, it was not just actually the complaints of foreign travelers, but also the majority of Nusa Penida community.

However, his party had made the improvement of road infrastructure as the main agenda for the reform in Nusa Gede. So, the tourism sector could provide comfort for travelers. Other than infrastructures, his party would prepare qualified human re-sources to improve services and ac-cess to tourist attractions. The prod-uct of Nusa Gede was promising. Aside from the undersea charms, the region also offered unique local culture. He was optimistic to better develop the Nusa Gede than Nusa Lembongan having first developed. (kmb31)

Associated Press

BANGKOK — Experiencing a dramatic surge in tourism, Thailand has surpassed the United States in the number of hotels truly set on its beaches, according to a survey of more than 11,000 hotels in 109

countries released Friday.The Southeast Asian country

ranked first with more than 1,250 beachfront properties, followed by the United States with 1,016 and Mexico with 943. Spain, with 736, was fourth, trailed by the Philip-pines, Greece, Italy, Turkey, Egypt

and Sri Lanka, said the survey by the Beachfront Club, a website that maps and details seaside hotels around the world.

The Bangkok-based website de-fines true beachfront hotels as those directly on the beach or oceanfront with no road or traffic between the

rooms and the water.Thailand also ranked first for total

beachfront accommodations within a single beach destination. Its Samui Island has 270, ahead of Riviera Maya in Mexico with 250, Crete with 194 and Mallorca with 187.

Despite recent political violence,

tourist arrivals in Thailand have soared by 88 percent over the past five years to nearly 27 million in 2013, ranking it among the top 10 most visited countries in the world. Its shores face both the Pacific and Indian oceans with hundreds of islands in each.

Some carry potted plants or spades to break up the earth hardened by the summer sun, ea-ger to connect with their natural surroundings. They’re continuing an important cultural tradition that can be difficult to maintain for native people who, decades ago, left reservations for urban areas like Chicago, which now has one of the 10 largest native populations in the U.S.

“Even though we’re in the city, we’re not landless,” said Janie Pochel, 28, an instructor who identifies as Lakota and Cree.

The garden project, known as Urban Ecology, is sponsored by the American Indian Center on the city’s North Side. The first garden began 10 years ago in front of the center and has grown to include two more gardens in the city, including one lining an embankment of the Union Pa-cific railroad. There, the group is working on growing an oak savannah, like the one that inhab-ited the area years ago.

“If we’re going to change kids’ ideas about who they are as native people, who they are as tribal people and what that means, we had to connect kids with land — and that began with plants,” according to project coordinator Eli Suzukovich III, who is also known as Little Shell in Chicago’s relatively small but tightknit native community. “We get them thinking about how that plant lives, its cultural significance, and then from that one plant would radiate out to the larger land context.”

The American Indian Center is one of a few organizations across

the country to plant gardens. The Indian Health Centers in Milwaukee and Detroit focus in part on teaching the community about healthier eating habits in the face of increased diabetes risks. Native Americans are twice as likely to be diagnosed with diabetes, according to data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health.

Detroit’s garden also focuses on cultural relevancy like the Chicago center’s garden, which was planted in hopes to bring back some remnants of life as it was on the reservation, where medicinal plants were more likely used and a trip to the pharmacy wasn’t necessary. Plants like blue flag, an iris, can be used for fevers and Echinacea can be used as a vitamin source.

Prompted by the federal Indian Relocation Act of 1956, many Native Americans left for bigger cities — such as Chicago — in search of better economic oppor-tunities. Some were successful in making a living in the city, while others weren’t and eventually went back to reservation life. Today, there are about 27,000 people of native descent living in Chicago, a city that ranks among the nation’s biggest populations of American Indians and Alaska Natives, according to the 2010 U.S. Census.

Suzukovich said the center hasn’t gotten any pushback for their gardens from the city, state or railroad company, and the reaction to the gardens has been positive.

Union Pacif ic spokesman

Mark Davis said the railroad has an agreement with the center for the use of the land. He added that the company grants access to property along a rail line on a “case by case basis,” saying safe-

ty is one of the considerations.Raven Roberts, 29, who iden-

tifies as Micmac, Potawatomi and Oneida, says she has heard younger people in the program getting excited when they know

what kind of traditional medicine the plants produce.

“So many things were taken from us,” she said, “and it’s kind of like we’re reclaiming our-selves and who we are.”

Native Americans connect to past through gardens

Thailand ranks No. 1 in beachfront hotels

Associated Press

CHICAGO — A train roars by as Native American children and instructors climb up a railroad embankment in Chicago, headed toward a barren patch of land that they’ll transform into a garden with edible and medicinal plants.

Associated Press

CARMEL, California — A rare 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO once owned by a famed racing driver and Olympic gold medalist has sold for $34.65 million.

Thursday’s sale at an auction in California dur-ing Monterey Car Week is believed to be a record public auction price for a classic car, topping the nearly $30 million paid for a Mercedes W196 last

year in England.The Los Angeles Times reports the $38 million

total price — including 10 percent buyer fees — is half of what experts said it could fetch. One ex-ample reportedly sold for $52 million in a private transaction.

The car is one of just 39 Ferrari GTOs produced and was once owned by racer and retired Olympic gold medal skier Henri Oreiller, who died after crashing it into a building.

AP Photo/Mario Suriani, File

In this March 13, 1990, file photo a landmark in racing car history, a 1962 Ferrari 250 Gran Turismo Berlinetta Competition “G.T.O.,” is displayed in Bridgehampton, New York.

‘62 Ferrari sold at auction for $34 million

The news came as more gory details emerged of the death of Sheila von Wiese Mack, including that her neck had been broken when she was killed.

The 62-year-old’s half-naked body was found Tuesday in a blood-stained suitcase in the boot of a taxi in front of the five-star St. Regis hotel in the upscale Nusa Dua resort area.

Her daughter, Heather Mack, 19, and daughter’s boyfriend, Tommy Schaefer, 21, who were staying with the victim at the hotel, were arrested the following day and named sus-pects in the case.

They fled the hotel shortly before the body was discovered. Police say they have strong evidence against the pair, and are leaning towards recommending a charge of pre-meditated murder, which carries a maximum penalty of death in Indonesia.

Under the Indonesian legal sys-tem, they would only be formally

charged once they appear in court.On Friday, a US Federal Bureau

of Investigation agent arrived to assist with the investigation, Bali police said.

“The FBI agent wanted to know about the developments of the po-lice investigation, and he will also provide back-up for us,” told chief of the Denpasar city police Snr. Comr. Djoko Hariutomo.

Meanwhile a doctor at the main hospital in the Balinese capital Denpasar said an autopsy had been completed on the victim Saturday.

Medics found she had a broken neck and nasal bone and died as-phyxiated, said doctor Ida Bagus Putu Alit.

He had previously said the wounds were consistent with Wiese Mack having put up a struggle.

The victim died on Tuesday before a wake-up call she had re-quested at 10:00 am (0200 GMT), the doctor added.

Bali police chief Benny Mokalu has said strong evidence, including CCTV footage and finger prints, means police are likely to seek a charge of premeditated murder against the pair.

The couple have refused to talk to Indonesian investigators and demanded representation from American lawyers.

Police have questioned six wit-nesses in the murder of Von Weise. “Six people have been questioned as witnesses to complete our inves-tigation,” said Djoko.

The six witnesses are among those who know about the discov-ery of the body believed to be that of the 64-year old American. They are a taxi driver, hotel staffers and security guards.

Although the suspects were foreign nationals, the police will handle the case according to the Indonesia law since the murder was committed in Indonesia, Djoko said.

IBP/Bagiarta

Before the sun sets, people of Nusa Penida already busy with works. Tourist visit to tourism area of Nusa Penida, chiefly Nusa Gede, starts to turn crowded. The infrastructure on the island has not been adequate because most roads are still damaged. Such condition can be seen at the location specified as tourist attractions.

With inadequate infrastructuresNusa Penida unready to

welcome tourist visit

FBI joins US tourist suitcase killing probe

Agence France-Presse/Antara

DENPASAR - An FBI agent has arrived on the Indonesian resort island of Bali to assist in an investigation into the killing of a US woman found stuffed in a suitcase at an exclusive hotel, police said Saturday.

AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati

Heather Mack, covering her face, is led to a hospital for a medical check by Indonesian police officers in relation to the death of her mother Sheila von Wiese-Mack in Bali, Indonesia, Fri-day, Aug. 15, 2014. The body of the 62-year-old American woman was found stuffed inside a suitcase on the Indonesian resort island of Bali, and authorities on Wednesday arrested her daughter and her daughter’s boyfriend in relation to the death, police said.

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EvEry Temple and Shrine has a special date for it annual Ceremony, or “ Odalan “, every 210 days according to Balinese calendar, including the smaller ancestral shrine which each family possesses. Because of this practically every few days a ceremony of festival of some kind takes place in some Village in Bali. There are also times when the entire island celebrated the same Holiday, such as at Galungan, Kuningan, Nyepi day, Saraswati day, Tumpek Landep day, Pagerwesi day, Tumpek Wayang day etc.

The dedication or inauguration day of a Temple is con-sidered its birth day and celebration always takes place on the same day if the wuku or 210 day calendar is used. When new moon is used then the celebration always happens on new moon or full moon. The day of course can differ the religious celebration of a temple lasts at least one full day with some temple celebrating for three days while the celebration of Besakih temple, the Mother Temple, is never less than 7 days and most of the time it lasts for 11 days, depending on the importance of the occasion.

The celebration is very colorful. The shrine are dressed with pieces of cloths and sometimes with brocade, sailings, decorations of carved wood and sometimes painted with gold and Chinese coins, very beautifully arranged, are hung in the four corners of the shrine. In front of shrine are placed red, white or black umbrellas depending which Gods are worshipped in the shrines.

In front of important shrine one sees, besides these umbrellas soars, tridents and other weapons, the “umbul-umbul”, long flags, all these are prerogatives or attributes of Holiness. In front of the Temple gate put up “Penjor”, long bamboo poles, decorated beautifully ornaments of young coconut leaves, rice and other products of the land. Most beautiful to see are the girls in their colorful attire, carrying offerings, arrangements of all kinds fruits and colored cakes, to the Temple. Every visitor admires the grace with which the carry their load on their heads.

Balinese Temple Ceremony


Calendar Event for August 9 through September 23, 2014

9 Aug Tumpek Kandang Pura Puseh GianyarPura Luhur Dalem Segening Kediri TabananPura Sang Hyang Tegal Tegalalang

10 Aug Purnama Sasih Karo Pura Gelap BesakihPura Dangkahyangan TabananPura Candi Goro Tianyar Kubu Karangasem

13 Aug Buda Cemeng Menail Pura Dalem Tarukan Linggih Pajenengan Ida Dalem Tarukan Cemenggaon SukawatiPura Penataran Dalem Ketut Pejeng Kaja GianyarPura Puseh Manakaji Peninjoan Tembuku BangliPura Kawitan Gusti Celuk Kapal MengwiPura Taman Limut Mas Ubud

14 Aug Kajeng Kliwon Uwudan 15 Aug Hari Bhatara Sri 19 Aug Hari Anggara Kasih Prebakat Pura Bukit Buluh Gunaksa KlungkungPura Tirtha Sudamala Bebalang BangliPura Paibon Pasek Bendesa Sawan BulelengPura Gunung Pengsong LombokPura Dalem Benawah GianyarPura Tengah TegalalangPura Panti Pasek Gelgel Gobleg Pupuan TabananPira Kawitan Tangkas Kori Agung Pagan DenpasarPura Hyanghaluh/Jenggala BesakihPura Tengkulak Siyut Tulikup GianyarPura Taman Sari UbudPura Batu Sari UbudPura Penataran Dalem Guliang BangliPura Pasek Dangka Guwang SukawatiPura Hyang Ayung Pabean Ketewel

Pura Penataran Badung Muntig Karangasem

20 Aug Pura Kawitan Puri Agung Dalem Tarukan Pejeng Tampak SiringPura Rambut Siwi JembranaPura Batu Bolong Canggu KutaPura Pasek Marga Klaci TabananPura Agung Pasek Dauh Waru NegaraPura Ratu Pasek Sangsit Sawan BulelengPira Pasek Tangkas Dharma Reang Gede TabananPura Desa Banyuning BulelengPura Srijong TabananPura Pucak Mundi Nusa PenidaPura Kahyangan Jagat Kancing Gumi Bali Petang Serongga Kelod GianyarPura Penataran Dalem Pencar Mas Ubud

21 Aug Pura Ida Bhatara Sakti Wawu Rauh Kali Anget Seririt Buleleng

3 Sep Buda Kliwon Ugu Pura Dalem Tarukan Pulasari Peninjoan BangliPura Pasek Gelgel Kaba-Kaba TabananPura Pemayun Banyuning Tengah BulelengPura Desa Kahyangan Tiga Seririt BulelengPura Agung Gunung Taro Tegalalang

9 Sep Purnama Sasih Ketiga Pura Gunung Sari Lombok NTBPura Kawitan Gajah Arya Para Tianyar kubu KarangasemPura Padharman Arya Telabah BesakihPura Bukit Mentik Batur KintamaniPura Dadya Agung Pasek Salahin Suwat Gianyar

10 Sep Pura Dangkahyangan Dalem Dukuh Kuda Sekaan Bangli

13 Sep Tumpek Wayang dan Kajengkliwon Uwudan Pura Majapahit JembranaBhatara Ratu Gede Celuk GianyarPura Bhatara Ratu Widyadari Cemenggaon SukawatiPura Panti Gelgel Sesetan DenpasarBhatara Ratu Alit dan Lingsir Singakerta UbudPura Pedarman Dalem Bakas BesakihPura Pamerajan Agung Dawan Klung-kungPura Padarman Dinasti Dalem Sri Aji Kresna Kepakisan BesakihPura Penataran Giri Purwo Tegal Delimo BanyuwangiPura Jala Shidi Amerta Juanda Surabaya

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SEMINYAK - SOS Supper Club at Anantara Seminyak Bali Resort & Spa has been recognised for offering one of the most outstanding restau-rant wine lists in the world with an Award of Excellence 2014 from Wine Spectator - a prestigious lifestyle magazine which focuses on wine and wine culture.

Wine Spectator’s Restaurant Wine List Awards recognise restaurants whose wine lists offer interesting selections, are appropriate to their cui-sine and appeal to a wide range of wine lovers. To qualify for an award, the list must present complete and accurate wine information, include vintages and appellations for all selections, as well as wines available by the glass.

Occupying the fourth floor rooftop of Anantara Seminyak Bali Resort & Spa, SOS Supper Club reveals a breathtaking panorama of pristine Seminyak Beach, the Indian Ocean’s rolling surf and Bali’s famous sunsets. Divided into three purpose designed lifestyle zones, the signature lounge bar entices guests to recline on over-sized daybeds as the sun sets to chill out DJ beats, while a unique event

and party venue boasts Bali’s only sky glass platform. Furthering the venue’s sumptuous diversity, a steak-house and seafood restaurant features a spacious al fresco dining deck with uninterrupted sea views.

Boasting a full display wine cellar, SOS Supper Club’s extensive wine list includes more than 100 labels at any given time. The state-of-the-art wine cellar features a fully air condi-tioned and sealed room that is kept below 12 degrees Celsius, providing excellent storage conditions for pre-mium wines. Enhancing the experi-ence for guests, the resort’s resident Wine Guru offers discerning wine tasting journeys, as well as expert recommendations for the perfect food and wine pairings.

“We are extremely proud of the range of amazing wines we offer at great value, and are constantly adding new wines to ensure that guests are spoilt for choice. Being honoured with Wine Spectator’s Award of Ex-cellence illustrates our passion and dedication to providing guests with the very best choice possible.” says Marcus Christiansen, Director of Food & Beverage at Anantara Semi-nyak Bali Resort & Spa.

SOS Supper Club receives award

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SEMARAPURA - Regent of Klungkung, Nyoman Suwirta, responded to public complaints against the presence of illegal shanties around the Ida I Dewa Agung Istri Kanya Cultural Hall, Klungkung. Amidst the celebration frenzies of the Independence Day of the RI at Puputan Klungkung Square, he inspected the presence of illegal shanties in the west of Cultural Hall. The regent asked the illegal shanties to be immediately dismantled because it kindled slum impression.

He asserted the area of illegal shanties actually posed a park-

ing lot when an activity was held in the Cultural Hall. Due to lack of discipline, the illegal traders quickly proliferated in the parking area. Such condition had lasted for more than a year. Traders set up illegal shanty using tarps and they were thronged by quite many local visitors every day. However, it frequently reaped people’s com-plaint because the Cultural Hall no longer reflected a cultured nuance. Most of them were only small trad-ers selling light meals and instant food. The majority of them were migrants, while a few others were from Klungkung.

Arriving at location, Regent Suwirta directly asked the traders

to obey the rules. Previously, his party had sent a letter to all the trad-ers to discontinue their activities at the parking lot. “Initially, we want them to realize if it is not a location for selling, but the parking lot,” he said. However, the reprimand of local government was not heeded by the traders. Instead the illegal traders were increasing in number up to tens of people. Such condition makes the parking area filled with illegal traders.

Chief of Klungkung Municipal Police, I Wayan Sucitra, admitted to have sent a letter as referred to by Regent Suwirta. In the reprimand letter, his party gave a deadline until Wednesday (Aug 13) to clean

up their own illegal shanty. “Un-fortunately, no traders closed and dismantled their shanty,” he said. Seeing the situation, the regent ordered relevant agencies to im-mediately put up caution and ban sign so that traders would no longer do selling at the location. If the ban sign was not addressed within the next few days, local government would act decisively and dismantle theirs by force in an attempt to en-force the rules.

Sucitra claimed that he was ready to carry out the instruction of the regent. “Currently, we are just waiting for the instruction from the regent,” he said. His party would soon put up the ban sign. Besides,

the Municipal Police had prepared the demolition to illegal shanties pursuant to the regent’s instruc-tion if the last reprimand was not heeded. “We are ready to do the demolition,” he affirmed.

Cultural Hall is located at the same area as the Puputan Square. All this time, condition of the square is less well organized. The area also functioned as a place of recreation and government activi-ties remains in shambles. Moreover, the presence of illegal shanties kindles slum impression. “We will re-arrange this square so as to qualify as a place of recreation. We have prepared the concept,” said the regent. (kmb31)

Before cutting the rice as the symbol of the anniversary, Satria Naradha gave a short speech. “I hope that with this anniversary, we can be the Indonesian Press and as the leader in giving mentality revolution to the nation,” he said.

Satria Naradha also stated that the press is needed by the country because it can control how the country being ruled by its president. He hopes that Bali Post can fight to save Bali’s environment and to revive the identity of Indonesia.

“By our effort through the press, we can revive the value of the nation from Bali. Nowadays, there are still efforts to damage the nature and culture of Bali,” he added. In addi-tion to the celebration, there were also other activities done to commemorate the anniversary such as releasing eight turtles in Mertasari Beach and photo exhibition.

The exhibition is carried out in Shankara Resto, , Jalan Danau Toba. No7, Sanur. There are 26 photos exhibited in the restaurants from the 63 nominees. The exhibition will last until August 26.

Bali Post also launched a new application which was Bali Post on gadget. The application will allow the readers to download Bali Post in the android based gadget and also IOS. It can be found in the play store. There is great hope that the new application will make the readers attracted to read more and knowing the latest news.(kmb30)

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The Director of Bali Post, Satria Nardha, cut the rice to commemorate the 66th Anniversary of Bali Post

66th Anniversary of Bali PostLeading to Mentality revolution

DEnPASAr - The celebration of the 66th An-niversary of Bali Post which was held on Saturday, August 16, 2014 was very crowded. It was started by praying in the Dalem Kertibuana Temple, joined by the entire employee including the Direc-tor of Bali Post, ABG Satria naradha.


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Chief of the Regional Council of the Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi), I Wayan Suardana, said the local people’s

rejection of the planned reclama-tion of the Balinese coasts had not received a response from President Susilo Bambang Yud-

hoyono. “This is evident by the issu-

ance of Presidential Regulation No. 51/2014 to replace Presiden-tial Regulation No. 45/2011 on Sarbagita Urban Spatial Layout Plan,” he said.

In essence, the issuance of the Presidential Regulation No. 51/2014 eliminated article 55, sub-article 5 of Presidential Regu-

lation No. 45/2011 declaring the Benoa Bay a conservation area, he said.

Through Presidential Regula-tion No. 51/2014, President Yud-hoyono also altered the coastal area of the Benoa Bay into a buffer zone to pave the way for the realization of the reclamation plan, he said.

“The fact that Presidential

Regulation No. 51/2014 has not been lifted, shows that President Yudhoyono has ignored the inter-ests of the Balinese people while rejecting the planned reclamation and giving priority to the interests of investors wishing to reclaim the Benoa Bay,” he said.

The rally drew the attention of tourists who were holidaying in the Benoa Bay. (kmb32)

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Thousands of Balinese coastal residents on jet skis and parasailing boats staged a rally in

the Benoa Bay on Friday to protest against the planned reclamation of the Balinese coasts.

Thousands protest against reclamation plan

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NUSA DUA - Thousands of Balinese coastal residents on jet skis and parasailing boats staged a rally in the Benoa Bay on Friday to protest against the planned reclamation of the Balinese coasts.Associated Press

LONDON — Daniel Radcliffe says he finds the concept of celebrity and the level of interest in the trivia of actors’ lives “weird.”

While promoting his first romantic comedy — “What If,” directed by Mi-chael Dowse —the 25-year-old British star was keen to keep the conversation away from his own love life. Radcliffe is rumored to be dating his “Kill your Darlings” co-star Erin Darke.

“People ask me about my relationship and I try to give a little away as possible,” Radcliffe explained. “People are dying in

the world, give time to that.”And yet despite his best efforts to keep

quiet about his personal life, the former Harry Potter star still finds himself tab-loid fodder.

“That gets turned into a story in itself,” he said. “’Oh, you’ve been really open about this.’ ‘No, I haven’t. I was just, like, trying to keep my mouth shut.’”

Radcliffe was happy, however, to talk about his career choices post-Harry Potter. Since leaving the boy wizard behind him, he has sought out challenging roles and embraced on-screen nudity.

Whether portraying beat poet Allen

Ginsberg in “Kill your Darlings,” or skinny-dipping in “What If,” Radcliffe joked that he wasn’t “intentionally” seeking out roles in which he can ap-pear naked.

Yet it all comes naturally now after a stint in “Equus” back in 2007 where he stood in the nude on stage night after night.

“Doing it on stage when I was 17 kind of makes you go ‘Meh’ about anything else after that,” he explained.

“What If” stars Radcliffe pining for his character’s best friend, played by actress Zoe Kazan. It opens Wednesday in the U.K.

“The next morning, you realize wow, it hurts!” says the actor, who turned 60 earlier this year.“Now my body tells me to slow down 30 percent and probably in another two years, 20 more, then 50 percent. So slowly, slowly, then I will tell the whole world, stop doing action.”

Chan may recognize it’s time to slow things down, but he didn’t let that stop him going all out for what he describe as his last “big” action movie — “Chinese Zodiac.” The action star

gives an acrobatic display in which he becomes a human torpedo on wheels, fights in the air while skydiving and engages in his trademark hand-to-hand combat and physical comedy.

“That’s not special effects, that’s not Iron Man, not Spider-Man, that’s the real Jackie Chan,” he says.

For his next movie, “Dragon Blade” with John Cusack and Adrien Brody, Chan has swapped the somersaults and leaping around for some good old-fashioned swordplay. And when it comes to future projects he says he will start to take the foot of the gas.

“Slowly, slowly I will let more people do it for me. Myself, I’ll only do the tight shot, close shot, otherwise the big wide shot, I’ll let someone else do it.”

Jackie Chan: It’s time to slow down

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LONDON — Action movie veteran Jackie Chan admits doing stunt work is “not like it used to be” as he no longer bounces back from big scenes.

Daniel Radcliffe finds interest in actors ‘weird’

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Police deploy tear gas to impose Ferguson curfew

Tens of thousands stage Hong Kong pro-gov’t rally


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