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NEW YORK — There’s a “SpongeBob” musical in the works but the music is no kiddie stuff. Nick-elodeon said Monday it will produce the world premiere of “The Sponge-Bob Musical” in Chicago next sum-mer with original songs from John Legend, David Bowie, Cyndi Lauper, Dirty Projectors, The Flaming Lips, T.I., Plain White T’s, They Might Be Giants, Lady Antebellum, Panic! At the Disco, and Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler and Joe Perry.

It is co-conceived and directed by Tina Landau with a book by Kyle

Jarrow and music supervision by Tom Kitt. The show will play Chicago’s Oriental Theatre starting June 7 with an eye to Broadway. Producers call it “a rousing tale of a simple sea sponge who faces the unfathomable. It’s a cel-ebration of unbridled hope, unexpected heroes, and pure theatrical invention.”

Kids’ material has made the leap to stage before, including “The Addams Family,” ‘’Annie” and “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown.” And writer, director and producer Adam McKay is currently working on an “Archie” musical. (ap)

“Definitely a very big deal for me. You know, I can’t believe it’s 10 years already, but we definitely have to celebrate this year,” the singer said during an interview Monday. “There are a few things I have in mind, so you’ll have wait on that, but don’t think I’m forgetting because this means a lot to me that I made it to 10 years.”

Rihanna released her debut album, “Music of the Sun,” in 2005. The 27-year-old has released seven albums, launched multiple Top 10 hits and won eight Grammy Awards.

This year she’s dropped three singles, including the Top 5 hit “FourFiveSeconds,” and says she’s busy working on her eighth album.

“New album is going really, really great. We have recorded a lot of songs and I can’t wait to finish and put it out. That’s my next step,” she said.

Rihanna made the comments at Macy’s in down-town Brooklyn at the launch of her new fragrance called Ri Ri. Feverish fans screamed inside the packed store, singing her lyrics to past hits and dancing wildly as one of her songs blasted from from speakers.

“I know I made a great decision coming to Brook-lyn because Brooklyn fans are on another level,” she said. “They are full of energy and they’re loud and I like that. They’re going to turn up in here today.”

The singer said Ri Ri is the first of a new trilogy of fragrances. She’s had more than a half dozen other fragrances in the past.

“I intentionally wanted to do something fun, something that made you feel young, flirty, you know, cute,” she said with a smile. “It’s like a brand new pair of shoes. (ap)

LOS ANGELES — The faith-based family drama “War Room” outshone its competition despite a relatively quiet release, taking the second place spot with $11.4 million from only 1,135 locations. The PG-rated film lost the top spot to “Straight Outta Compton,” which is still playing in over 3,000 theaters, but flew past its modest $3.5 million budget on a rela-tively limited number of screens.

Other new releases didn’t fare so well. Warner Bros.’ electronic dance music drama movie “We Are Your Friends” bombed with only $1.8

million, making it one of the worst openings of all time for a film in wide release. Starring Zac Efron, “We Are Your Friends” cost a modest $6 mil-lion to produce, but Warner Bros. only spent $2 million to acquire it.

The Owen Wilson thriller “No Escape” opened in fourth with modest $8.1 million from weekend. The Wein-stein Company film has earned $10.2 million since its Wednesday opening. “Straight Outta Compton,” meanwhile, celebrated its third weekend at No. 1 with $13.1 million, bringing its domes-tic total to $134 million. (ap)

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Rihanna excited to celebrate 10 years in music industry

NEW YORK — Rihanna says she’s thrilled to have had a decade-long career in music and she plans on celebrating the feat at some point this year.

John Legend, David Bowie to write for ‘SpongeBob Musical’

‘Compton’ dominates, Efron movie flops

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This photo provided by Universal Pictures shows, Aldis Hodge, from left, as MC Ren, Neil Brown, Jr. as DJ Yella, Jason Mitchell as Eazy-E, O’Shea Jackson, Jr. as Ice Cube and Corey Hawkins as Dr. Dre, in the film, “Straight Outta Compton.” The movie released in U.S. theaters on Friday, Aug. 14, 2015.

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Thai prime minister says main suspect in bombing arrested

The masses of workers came from three labor union confed-erations: the Indonesian Workers Union Confederation (KSPI) under Siad Ibal, the All Indonesian Work-ers Union Confederation (KSPSI) under Andi Gani, and the All In-donesian Laborers Confederation (KSBSI) under Mudhofir.

They “besieged” the Presidential Palace and urged the government to fulfill their 10-point demands, which included lowering the prices

of basic necessities and fuel oil.The demonstrators voiced their

objection to the layoffs carried out by employers on grounds of the ru-piah depreciation and the economic slowdown.

They also rejected the influx of foreign workers into the country and urged to annul the requirement for foreign workers to master the Indonesian Language.

Regarding wages in 2016, the workers demanded a minimum

increase of 22 percent from the previous minimum wage in a bid to increase their purchasing power.

They also rejected the Govern-ment’s Draft Regulation on Wages, which is only based on inflation and gross domestic income.

The demonstrators also de-manded a revision in the decent living standard, which has become the basis for the formulation of the wages of workers and an increase from 60 points to 84 points.

The workers also sought a revi-sion in the Pension Assurance of the Social Security Management Agency for Employment (BPJS Ketenagakerjaan). They demanded

that the workers should be provided similar pension benefits as those of-fered to civil servants and not merely Rp300 thousand per month.

Regarding the performance of the Social Security Management Agency for Health (PBJS Keseha-tan), the demonstrators urged the agency to improve its services and eliminate the INA CBGs (Indo-nesia Case-Based Group) system and Health Minister’s Regulation No. 59/2014, which leads to low hospital tariffs.

The laborers rejected a hike in the BPJS Kesehatan premium pay, calling on the government to in-crease the amount of budget for the

recipients of the premium payment assistance (PBI) to Rp30 trillion.

They also demanded the dis-solution of the Industrial Relations Court (PHI) by revising Law No. 2/2004. They viewed the PHI as serving only as a graveyard for workers.

Bali’s leaders need to empower the supporting dev-o t e e s (pengempon) of the this islands temples,

particularly Besakih, instead of sac-rificing the sanctity of the island

of the Gods, by prioritizing the interests of those wishing to make a profit.

Practical interests guided by financial gains alone will

only destroy Bali. “What is hap-pening today? Everything seems

to be made easy and everything is for sale. Even our temples are being sold

for financial gain. Let us reflect on what we have been doing for last few years and what we have achieved, and whether there is something wrong,” said busi-nessman, I Gusti Kade Djaya Wirata in a discussion held at Besakih Ashram, held as part of the celebra-tions of Bali Post’s 67th anniversary.

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Indonesian trade union supporters march towards the Presidential Palace in Jakarta September 1, 2015. Tens of thou-sands of workers protested on Tuesday against job cuts and called for higher wages raising pressure on the govern-ment as it struggles to kickstart an economy growing at its slowest in six years.

Demonstrators “besiege” presidential palace

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JAKARTA - Thousands of laborers grouped under the In-donesian Workers Movement (GBI) staged a long march from Bank Indonesia traffic circle to the Presidential Palace to voice their demands on Tuesday.

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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 considered 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, decora-tions 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.

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Saturday, September 12, 7 PM, Opening “111” exhibition by Aboedt ArtTuesday, September 14, 8 PM, Movie screening of Old Bali’s movie by Aboedt ArtThursday, September 17, 8 PM, Movie screening entitled “Nga ben Dulu dan Sekarang” by Aboedt ArtSaturday, September 19, 7.30 PM, Nusantara live musicTuesday, September 22, 7 PM, Human is Alien video projections on Bamboo installation with live music by Planet BambooThursday, September 24, Movie screening entitled “Bali Sehar ian, Dulu dan Sekarang” by Aboedt ArtSaturday, September 26, Movie screening entitled “Upacara Yadnya Bali, Dulu dan Sekarang” by Aboedt ArtSunday, September 27, Opening of Painting and Artwork Interior 2015 Exhibition with culinary bazaar.Monday, September 28, Sketches painting and interior product exhibitionTuesday, September 29, Talkshow guided by Wayan Suardika (Bali Arts) followed by sketches demoWednesday, September 30, Sketches painting by Budiana and interior painting exhibitionThursday, October 1, Sketches painting and interior painting exhibitionFriday, October 2, Sketches painting and interior painting exhibitionSaturday, October 3, Closing ceremony of Sketches painting and interior product exhibition

The ACMI Assosciation (I Love In-donesian Cuisine), headed by William Wongso and Santi Sherad, presenting Rahung Nasution and friends to share their culinary experiences through ‘culinary sharing’ sessions and food tasting! Visitors were treated to a step by step preparation and tasting with foods originating from Aceh, Batak, Yogaya, Manado and host, Bali. Visi-tors were even able to buy the localised cuisines at the venue.

A variety of international cuisines such as Japanese, Thai, Italian and Western Food were also available on site to spice up the event. There was also Coffee Stop, a coffee stand specialising in high quality, locally sourced coffee beans. Also available were the Kaki Lima Stalls, prepared by Taman Bhagawan, which pro-vided several traditional Indonesian finger food which took us back to our childhood days, such as the various fried items, cotton candy, traditional cakes, barbequed corn and also mini pancakes. Classic Indonesian favou-rites like soto mie, sate ayam, siomay and a choice of es teler, es cendol and es doger.

Highlight of Jazz Market by The Sea 2015’s Culinary Journey was that Taman Bhagawan partnered up with Suwe Ora Jamu for this festival, to launch a new product, which was a tra-ditional Jamu called Paon Jamu with a chic and up-to-date packaging, in Jamu Pavillion. Paon Jamu is available for purchase in Paon Doeloe Restaurant in Taman Bhagawan from 10.00 – 22.00 (Central Indonesia Time).

On the main stage, Tohpati Bertiga, Raisa and Kunto Aji’s performances were well received and enjoyed by audiences, on each separate night. Tohpati Bertiga charmed audiences with its unique Progressive Jazz rock sound, while Raisa gave her young, hysterical fans and audiences an un-forgettable performance. The cool, al-ways happy yet collected singer Kunto Aji, closed off Jazz Market by The Sea with his hit single, and also gave his fans a surprise treat by coming down from stage taking selfie and singing for his fans who embraced him with delight. Other surprises include col-laborations from legendary Balinese musicians, Balawan, with Kunto Aji, right after Balawan’s performance of its traditional, classic sounds. Dialog Dini Hari, the Balinese band who has garnered quite a fanbase in Jakarta, performed on the very last day.

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TANJUNG BENOA - The fifth annual Jazz Market by The Sea which was held from 14-16 Au-gust 2015, was officially closed with a huge success. Organisers aimed to inspire visitors through music, the arts, culture and the Indonesian tradition and were met with great success with an elaborate programme and musical performances in this annual event held in Taman Bhagawan, Tanjung Benoa-Nusa Dua. The theme for this year was ‘Indonesian Festivities and Culinary Journey’ and the venue was packed with a total 6.070 visitors during the 3 day event.

This event also became a pro-motional platform for locally made products from young creatives in the market stalls of Jazz Market by The Sea. Some of the products on display and sale were colourful, recycled or-naments, affordable and locally made Indonesian clothing and uniquely produced traditional bags, furnitures, home decorations, the many differ-ent items you might need for parties or weddings, right up to gardening items.

For visitors who wished to enjoy

a special weekend with your family, Jazz Market by The Sea provides the kids with facilities and allowing them to play on the green lawn and also join in the traditional games which have been organised, such as cracker-eating competitions, marbles and ‘giring balon’ amongst others. The kids are free to roam around and get to know the animals which were specially provided Bali Zoo and Bali Bird Park better and upclose. The fun just simply never stops and there’s something for everyone in this wonderful venue.

“Besakih villagers cannot handle large scale ceremonies alone and require the support of all Balinese Hindus,” said the Chief of Besakih customary village, I Wayan Gunatra.

Gunatra expects only the best for the sad kahyangan temple in terms of the preservation of the sanctity of the temple and surrounding areas at all times. The sanctity of the temple cannot be ensured by Besakih customary villag-ers alone, but requires the support of everyone, from religious leaders to thinkers and Hindu experts.

“In this case, help is needed to inform Besak-ih villagers about the current issue of the inclu-sion of Besakih in the KSPN (national tourism strategic area—Ed). Basically our community needs to be informed so that Hindus at Besakih and Hindus from other areas all understand the issue very clearly,” he continued.

Gunatra expected to receive information about the implications of inclusion in the KSPN from the 11 KSPN Assessment Team that had previously been established by the Governor of Bali, so that the Besakih villagers could fully understand the situation. If the area of Besakih is to be strengthened, the villagers of Besakih need to be strengthened first. It will be very dangerous if Besakih villagers are not fully informed about issues related to inclusion on the KSPN.

In the meantime, I Putu Anom, Secretary of the 11 KSPN Assessment Team established by the Governor of Bali, explained that his team had recommended that Mount Agung, Besakih and surrounding areas be removed from the designated area KSPN because inclusion would present a legal conflict.

If Besakih is included in the KSPN, its pri-mary function as a sacred area will be turned into tourism as its primary function. “This is profit-oriented. We are worried if the area’s function changes from sacred area to tourism area, Besakih will become commercialized. It

Based on Wirata’s experience, this na-tion is generally poor at building external networks. Often we don’t pay enough attention to small things, and don’t seem capable of taking advantage of opportuni-ties that are in plain sight. This nation is not serious, which makes it hard for us to compete internationally.

“I was appointed as part of a delegation sent to Ottawa, Canada and to Australia for training. But after coming home, none of us were put to good use. Networks were not been established during the New Order era nor are they in the present reformation era. Networks are what allow us to develop but this is not happening,” he said.

In fact, continued Djaya Wirata, even though it’ seems like a simple thing, establishing networks can be extraordi-narily powerful. We should not let large capital interests destroy the networks that were built up by our ancestors hundreds of years ago. In other words, the leading figures of Bali need to sit down together to take a good hard look at all major inves-tors that wish to enter this island.

“For example Udayana University, is in a position to talk about the possible impacts of the Benoa Bay project, because they conducted clear studies on the matter. But why is it going ahead anyway? Why are we so easily dazzled by money? In our business association, many people from outside of Bali say that Bali is different. So, perhaps the study cannot be done in an ordinary way, as there are special things that need to be taken into consideration. We also need to have the courage to speak out in the national arena so that Bali can be well maintained,” he said.

Two senior figures of the Tabanan

Palace, I Gusti Ngurah Putra and I Gusti Bagus Suryadi, also expect the sacred areas of Bali such as Besakih Temple to be protected from investors targeting these areas for profit. If Besakih is really dam-aged, then Bali will be destroyed.

“Besakih is a sacred area that must not be turned into a hotel or a golf course,” said Ngurah Putra.

Bagus Suryadi added that Balinese people should have a sense of belonging, a sense of responsibility and sense of being Hindu. When viewed in terms of historical, philosophical and other aspects, Balinese people have an extraordinary responsibility to care for Besakih.

“If Besakih is made impure, the island of Bali will be damaged,” he said.

Suryadi went on to say that the sup-porting devotees of Besakih Temple are local customary villagers. However, the pengider-ider of sad kahyangan temples are found in each county and municipality, so that temples are not only sacred areas but also hold a great culture together.

“What does pedharman mean? It is the fortress of Balinese clans that preserve Besakih. It is a strong fortress that allows Bali to remain secure,” he added.

Related to the inclusion of Besakih in the national tourism strategic area (KSPN), Bagus Suryadi said that if high priests or sulinggih, temple priests and the people do not agree with its inclusion, why is it allowed to be included? And he also questioned the performance of the Council of Bali Representatives (DPD) of the Central House of Representatives who seem to only be talking high-falutantly whereas they need to be listening to and fighting for the aspirations of Balinese people. (kmb32)

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Hindus prayed at Besakih Temple during “Betara Turun Kabeh” ritual ceremony. Bali’s leaders need to empower the supporting devotees (pengempon) of the this islands temples, particularly Besakih, instead of sacrificing the sanctity of the island of the Gods, by prioritizing the interests of those wishing to make a profit.

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Chief of Besakih customary village, I Wayan Gunatra

Besakih area residents need to be informed about the KSPN

The role of Besakih customary village is admittedly very simple; the village is in charge of physically preserving Besakih Temple in order to ensure that it is not touched by things which ought not touch it. On particular occasions, the local cus-tomary villagers also carry out their tasks as supporting devotees or pangemong of the temple. They perform devotional works ranging from small to large scale ceremonies.

will be easy for investors interested in turning a profit to come into this area. Espeicially since coastal areas have already run out,” he said.

Anom added that officials have always stressed that the KSPN management can be run by the local government. In other words, local government can reject proposals from the central government for the construction of facilities if they are not in accordance with Balinese customs and/or culture. But in this case, the local government has proved itself to unable to regulate the Besakih area.

“We must not be lulled by the promises of inclusion in the KSPN. We may obtain IDR 5 billion by sacrificing the sacred area. But what does the IDR 5 billion mean? Just take some bil-lions from our hotel and restaurant tax instead. Let us not mistake our feet for our head. Bali tourism must apply the Hindu concept known as satyam or truth, shivam or sacredness, sun-daram or beauty, not other concepts that do not serve us,” he said. (kmb32)

3Wednesday, September 2, 2015 14 InternationalInternational Bali NewsTechnology Wednesday, September 2, 2015

Circular face: The S2 is the first Samsung smartwatch with a circular design, and the company says the watch’s frame will rotate to help users access apps and notifications. It’s not a new shape for smart-watches — Motorola and LG make circular frames, too.

Style: The S2 will come in two styles — classic and modern — with various colors and bands.

Phone requirement: Apple Watch requires an iPhone, and the S2 will likely require an Android device from Samsung. Some models will have 3G cellular capabilities that let them do more without the phone nearby. The 3G models will likely cost more and won’t include a service plan, which is typically $5 to $10 a month in the U.S. when added to a phone plan.

Battery life: The S2 promises two to three days of battery life, com-pared with Apple Watch’s 18 hours.

The move thrusts Google on to Apple’s turf in an attempt to boost the lackluster sales of watches running on its Android Wear software. The program uniting the devices running on different operating systems is be-ing released Monday in Apple’s app store.

Until now, Android watches only worked with smartphones powered by Android software, just as the Apple Watch is de-signed to be tethered exclusively to the iPhone.

Google’s new app, though, will enable the latest Android watches to link with the iPhone so people can quickly glance at their wrists for directions, fitness information and notifications about events, emails and Facebook updates.

The devices still won’t be able to be tied together in a way that will allow the Android watches to communicate with all the other apps that a user might have installed on the iPhone.

That roadblock is likely to discourage many iPhone own-ers from defecting from Apple to buy an Android watch unless Google eventually finds a way to overcome the obstacle, said IDC analyst Ramon Llamas.

For now, the Android watches are most likely to appeal to iP-hone owners reluctant to spend a lot of money on a device that remains more of a novelty than an essential gadget.

Google expects the prices of Android watches compatible with the iPhone to range from $100 to

$400. Apple, which has a long history of demanding premium prices for its products, sells most of its watches for $350 to $1,000, though its luxury models cost more than $10,000.

Android watches aren’t going to be bought by “the fan boys and fan girls that have to have abso-lutely everything with an Apple logo on it,” Llamas said. “We are talking about going after people who are open to other possibili-ties with what they can do with their devices.”

Although Apple was a late entrant into the smartwatch mar-ket, the company quickly surged to the front of the pack after its April release.

About 4 million Apple Watches were sold during the three months ended in June to command three-fourths of the worldwide smart-watch market, based on estimates from the research firm Strategy Analytics. The combined sales of Android watches made by various device makers during the same period totaled 600,000 units for an 11 percent market share. Samsung watches running on Tizen software grabbed most of the rest of the market with a 7.5 percent share.

Google is hoping the next wave of Android Wear watches will help to shift the tide in its favor. The upcoming Android watches that will work with the iPhone include the Asus Ze-nWatch 2 and the Huawei Watch. LG Electronics already makes an Android Watch, the $300 Ur-

NEW YORK — Samsung is juicing up its smartwatch with a circular face and more battery life than the Apple Watch, but it’s unknown how many apps will be available for it.

The limited selection of apps is one of the main challenges facing Samsung’s smartwatches. They have been around for longer than the Apple Watch but haven’t gen-erated as much interest or sales.

Samsung’s newest, the Gear S2, faces competition not just

from Apple but also from a variety of manufacturers using Google’s Android Wear software. Accord-ing to IDC, Apple was the No. 2 maker of wearable devices in the April-June quarter, with a 20 percent worldwide market share, behind the Fitbit and its fitness trackers at 24 percent. Samsung was fifth with 3.3 percent.

So far, outside app developers have focused their efforts instead on the Apple Watch and Android Wear watches. Samsung’s watches

use their own operating system, Tizen, which means extra work adapting apps for them.

Samsung promised a variety of apps designed for the new watch’s circular face, but it didn’t provide details. The company said demos of the new apps will come Thursday at the IFA tech show in Berlin.

The Korean electronics com-pany didn’t announce a price or release date Monday for the S2. (ap)

AP Photo/Eric Risberg

In this Aug. 21, 2015, a new Android Wear smartwatch that is compatible with the Apple iPhone is displayed at Google’s offices in San Francisco. Google is introducing an application that will connect Android smartwatches with Apple’s iPhone, escalating the rivals’ battle to strap their technology on people’s wrists.

Google tries to woo iPhone owners with Android watch app

SAN FRANCISCO — Google is introducing an application that will connect Android smartwatches with Apple’s iPhone, escalating the rivals’ battle to strap their technology on people’s wrists.

bane, that’s compatible with the iPhone. Working with the new app, the Android smartwatches will be compatible with iPhones

dating back to the 5, as long as their operating systems have been updated to at least iOS 8.2.

“This is a shrewd move by

Google to expand its potential market,” Llamas said. “There is only so much space available on each wrist.” (ap)

DETAILS Samsung unveils circular smartwatch, but are apps available?

“The people of Indonesia should try as much as possible to travel within Indonesia as a way to get to know the na-ture and culture of the nation, as an act of patriotism and to encourage the love of domestic products. Local tourism businesses also need to reduce the amount of products that are imported and served to visitors, again to keep money circulating within Indoneisa’s borders,” he explained.

According to Anom, maximizing the use of local products not only keeps money in-country, but also helps increase the production of domestic products -as long as their quality meets existing standards. That way not only will locals be attracted by local products but so will visi-tors from abroad.

“Foreign visitors, especially those whose economic conditions are improving, will certainly have a greater purchasing power in buying Indonesian products, and In-donesian tourism will also benefit by more tourists coming to Indonesia for these products,” he added.

Nevertheless, said Anom, the government still needs to continuously intensify tourism promotion through vari-ous means including branding, websites, direct promotion missions, cooperation with foreign agencies as well as by taking advantage of Indonesian embassies and consulates. Ambassadors and consulates of Indonesia must also actively promote tourism as well as local Indonesian products.

“These products must be up to international standards so that when they are promoted, tourists will not be disap-pointed when they come to Indonesia. With an increase in foreign tourist arrivals to Indonesia, obviously the amount of foreign currencies entering the country will also in-crease,” he said. (kmb32)

NUSA PENIDA - Paluang Temple in Nusa Penida, Klung-kung, has a unique feature. Two of the shrines in the temple are shaped like cars, one a VW Beetle, the other a JEEP. Palu-ang Temple’s priest, Jro Mangku Sutawan, said that he does not know the exact history of the Paluang Temple but added that local residents believe that Ida Ratu Gede Sakti Hyang Mame dwells in the temple with the four-wheeled car-like vehicles. Moreover, every piodalan or temple anniversary, some of the supporting devotees fall into trance and request a car-shaped shrine to be made.

“Since people frequently fall into this trance, the car-shaped shrines are created. However, nobody knows when the temple was first made,” he explained.

Chief of the Dwi Kukuh Les-

tari customary village, I Wayan Partana elaborated on Jro Mang-ku Sutawan’s explanation saying that Paluang Temple’s piodalan or temple anniversary falls on Saniscara (Saturday) Kliwon Krulut and that the supporting devotees of the Paluang Temple amount to 105 households. In the area of Paluang Temple there is also Segara Temple but only Paluang temple has two car-shaped shrines (of different sizes).

“The uniqueness of this tem-ple has becomes an attraction for pilgrims and other visitors who come to see the car-shaped shrines. There are visitors almost every day,” he said.

Paluang temple is located in the southern part of Nusa Penida, in Karangdawa hamlet, Bungamekar and recently drew the attention of the Regent of

Klungkung, I Nyoman Suwirta. Accompanied by the headman of Nusa Penida, I Ketut Sukla, Re-gent Suwirta came to pray there on the anniversary of the temple on Sunday (Aug. 30).

As a resident of Nusa Penida, Regent Suwirta was deeply im-pressed by the temple and as-sessed that it could become a destination for spiritual tourism in Nusa Penida. The Regent added however that he was sad to see the road leading to the temple so badly damaged.

The road is in fact damaged all the way from Pondokaha to Karangdawa and Regent Suwirta hopes that the road to Aluang Temple will be priorotiesed for improvements. “This road should be given priority to facilitate smooth access to the temple as a spiritual tourism destination,” he explained. (kmb)

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Domestic tourists flocked in Kuta Beach during holiday season. On Monday (Aug. 31), I Putu Anom, Chairman of the Indonesian Tourism Intellectuals Association (ICPI), Bali Chapter, conveyed that the government of Indonesia is asking its citizens both government officials and the public, to minimize their trips overseas so as to keep money in the country.

Indonesians urged to travel within the country

DENPASAR - On Monday (Aug. 31), I Putu Anom , Chairman of the Indonesian Tourism Intellectuals Association (ICPI), Bali Chapter, conveyed that the government of Indonesia is asking its citizens both government officials and the public, to minimize their trips overseas so as to keep money in the country.

Nusa Penida Unique temple has car-shaped shrine

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Paluang Temple in Nusa Penida, Klungkung, has a unique feature. Two of the shrines in the temple are shaped like cars, one a VW Beetle, the other a JEEP.

TEHRAN, Iran — The head of Iran’s elite Revo-lutionary Guard said Tuesday that the U.S. is still the “Great Satan,” regardless of the nuclear deal struck with Americans and world powers over the Islamic Republic’s contested nuclear program.

The comments by Gen. Mohammad Ali Jafari, reported by the official Guard website, said that “the enmity against Iranian nation by the U.S. has not lessened and it has been increased.”

“We should not be deceived by the U.S.,” Jafari reportedly said. “It wants to infiltrate into Iran, resort-ing to new instruments and method.”

The Guard and hard-liners remain suspicious of the U.S., even as authorities look over the historic accord that curbs Iran’s nuclear program in return to lifting economic sanctions.

Earlier Tuesday, Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi, the head of powerful Iran’s Experts Assembly, which oversees the nation’s Supreme Leader and institu-

tions under his supervision, also said the nuclear deal will not alter Iran’s foreign policy toward the United States.

“The Islamic Republic of Iran considers the U.S. its No. 1 enemy,” Yazdi said. “If you try to discover the root of the sedition that is happening around us today, you will identify U.S. as its main supporter.”

His remarks echo those earlier made by Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. But while Khamenei hasn’t said whether he supports the nuclear deal, he has praised the work of the country’s negotiators.

Meanwhile Tuesday, the state news agency IRNA quoted Tehran’s police chief, Gen. Hossein Sajedinia, as saying his officers detained several people for distributing apparel bearing the flags of the U.S., Israel and Britain, as well as items bearing Satanic symbols. Such crackdowns on Western items are common in Iran.(ap)

Around 1,000 people waved tickets, clapping, booing and hiss-ing, and shouting “Germany! Ger-many!” outside the station. Later they sat down, staring at a police blockade erected at the entrance. Hungarian authorities closed the train station altogether, then re-opened it but barred entry to the migrants. About 100 police in hel-mets and wielding batons guarded the station. Dozens of migrants who were inside were forced out.

The decision to bar the migrants from westbound trains was a re-versal from the previous day, when Hungary and Austria let trainloads of undocumented migrants leave for Germany, a violation of EU rules they now have little power to enforce.

The arrival of hundreds of thou-sands of migrants has confounded Europe, which has eliminated bor-der controls for travel between 26 countries of its Schengen area but requires those seeking asylum to remain in the country where they first arrive until their applications are processed.

The vast majority of refugees fleeing violence and other migrants escaping poverty first arrive on Europe’s southern and eastern edges but are determined to press on and seek asylum in richer and more generous countries further north and west. Hungary is on a major overland transit route from

the Middle East and Africa through Greece and the Balkans to Ger-many. More than 140,000 people have crossed into Hungary from Serbia this year alone.

European leaders want the EU to do more to organise the unprec-edented influx, help separate those deserving asylum from those who can be safely sent home and share the burden of accepting them across the 28-nation bloc. German Chan-cellor Angela Merkel said refugees with valid asylum claims should be distributed among EU countries according to their capacity to host them.

“For those refugees who are being persecuted or have fled war, there should be a fair distribution in Europe based on the economic strength, productivity and size of each country,” she told a joint news conference in Berlin with Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy.

For now, however, there is no mechanism in place to distribute refugees or to enforce the so-called “Dublin rules”, which require asy-lum seekers to apply in the first EU country where they arrive. Berlin said the Dublin rules must still be enforced.

“Whoever comes to Hungary must get registered there and go through the asylum procedure there,” a German Interior Ministry spokesman said. German Labour Minister Andrea Nahles said the

influx of refugees and migrants would mean an additional 240,000-460,000 people would be entitled to German social benefits next year, costing the government 3.3 billion euros ($3.7 billion).

WHERE SHOULD WE GO?For Hungary, the main entry

point for those arriving in the EU over land across the Balkans, the crisis has prompted the government to reinforce the border with a razor wire fence and deploy thousands of extra police. Faced with the enor-mous pressure of thousands upon thousands of migrants arriving in Budapest, Hungary let them board westbound trains on Monday before unexpectedly shuttering the train station again on Tuesday morning.

Government spokesman Zol-tan Kovacs, when asked why the railway terminus was closed, said Hungary was trying to enforce EU law, which requires anyone who wishes to travel within Europe to hold a valid passport and a Schen-gen visa.

Marah, a 20 year-old woman from Aleppo, Syria, said her family had bought six tickets for a RailJet train that was scheduled to leave for Vienna at 9 a.m. on Tuesday. “They should find a solution,” she told Reuters. “We are thousands here, where should we go?”

The crisis has polarised Europe, which, on the one hand, is com-mitted to the principle of provid-ing refuge for those in danger, but on the other hand has a growing sector of public opinion that be-lieves too much immigration drives down wages and dilutes national

cultures.Thousands of migrants have

drowned this year attempting to reach Europe across the Mediter-ranean Sea in rickety vessels, while the perils of the overland part of the journey were hammered home when 71 people were found dead in an abandoned truck in Austria last week.

Political parties that oppose immigration have gained ground across Europe, not least in Hungary itself, where Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s ruling centre-right Fidesz party has struck a combative tone. Antal Rogan, the party’s parliament caucus leader, said on Tuesday “the very existence of Christian Europe” was under threat.

“Would we like our grandchil-dren to grow up in a United Europe-

an Caliphate? My answer to that is no,” Rogan told the pro-government daily Magyar Idok. Orban’s chief of staff, Janos Lazar, told a parliamen-tary committee that immigration must be controlled tightly.

“I do not think Hungary would need a single immigrant from Africa or the Middle East,” Lazar said. “Europe must use its own human resources fundamentally and if it wants an immigration policy it must be regulated and controlled.”

“In the past decade ... a leftist view has dominated the European Commission and the European Parliament, that the way to de-velop Europe was through allow-ing everyone in and accepting everyone without checks, rules and controls.”(rtr)

Bali News International4 Wednesday, September 2, 2015 Wednesday, September 2, 2015 13International RLDWMigrants protest as Hungary shutters Budapest train station

BUDAPEST/BERLIN - Hundreds of angry migrants demonstrated outside Budapest’s Eastern Railway Terminus on Tuesday demanding they be allowed to travel on to Germany, as European Union asylum rules came close to collapse under the strain of unprecedented mi-gration.

REUTERS/Marko DjuricaMigrants, hoping to cross into Hungary, walk along a highway near the village of Horgos in Serbia, towards the border it shares with Hungary September 1, 2015.

Iranian Guard chief says US ‘still the Great Satan’

Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via APIn this picture released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivers a speech during a meeting in Tehran, Monday, Aug. 17, 2015. Khamenei is saying the fate of a historic nuclear deal with world powers is still unclear as lawmakers in both the Islamic Republic and the U.S. review it.

TABANAN - When crossing Jalan Pantai Kedungu, in Tegal Antugan hamlet, Nyitdah, in Kediri, there is sign near the small river

there that prohibits littering. Sadly, the location stacked with the piles of garbage composed of plastic refuse, household waste and such.

50 year old Deputy hamlet chief of Tegal Antugan, I Nengah Suatra, 50, said that garbage has accumu-lated here over the last two months.

“It happened recently -within the past two months or so. The ham-let authorities appealed to local residents not to dump there garbage there by posting a warning sign but it is being ignored,” he said.

Suatra said that this indicates that public awareness about envi-ronmental hygiene is still lacking. The hamlet authorities then inter-vened by burning the garbage that had been dumped by the river by local residents: “In order for it not to keep piling up. I myself always burn the garbage,” he said.

He did not know for sure who started dumping their garbage there not whether it is local residents or people from elsewhere.

Suatra admitted that Nyitdah hamlet does not have garbage dis-posal facilities. Village authorities have received proposals to have a special garbage tank built but they do not have budget for this yet and also there are constraints in terms of actual location. “The roads in Nyitdah hamlet are narrow, so it is hard to place a garbage tank any-where” he said.

So far, the garbage transportation services of the Tabanan Sanitation and Landscaping Agency (DKP) do not reach this area, so residents either burn their garbage or toss it into the streams. “If the garbage is dumped on the roadside, it must have been started by one person and then others followed. No one ever disposed of their garbage not eh roadside before,” he said.

Meanwhile, Head of the Ta-banan Sanitation and Landscaping Agency, Wayan Sugatra, said that Nyitdah hamlet, falls outside of the area serviced by the DKP. “Pres-ently it falls outside of our service area, but if people need the DKP’s help, we are ready to oblige, in ac-cordance with Regional Bylaws,” he said.

Sugarta added that people out-side of the DKP service area can make a special request for service for special events like after a reli-gious ceremony or other activities that result in an accumulation of garbage. This service is known as on call garbage transportation service. (kmb24)

DENPASAR - After an inmate was rushed to Sanglah Hospital after allegedly being a victim of violence last week, information about another commotion -suspected of involving a group, again occurred at Kerobokan Prison. On Monday (Aug. 31), Chief of Kerobokan Prison, Sujonggo, however denied rumours that the commotion involved groups. The incident that afflicted the wounded victim was a fight between two people. “There is no clash between mass organizations. It only happened between two people,” he confirmed via phone.

It is said that the commotion involved Komang Adi Wibawa, an occupant of block D convicted in a drug abuse case, and Bari, from Block C who was convicted for a case involving violence. Chief of the Kerobokan Prison said that initially Komang and Bari were taunting each other and eventually a fight broke out at about 4pm.

As a result of the incident, Komang Adi received injured to the head, hands and legs. He has been rushed to Sanglah Hospital for medical treatment. Chief of Kerobokan Prison added that Sanglah Hospital has stated that the victim recurring well after having re-ceived treatment. Therefor, Komang Adi should have been allowed to return to the jail that day, however, his family begged to let him stay in hospital until he was closer to full recovery before being returned to the prison. “He was returned to the prison on Monday,” said Sujonggo.

The prison CHief added that the incident did not lead to another legal case. Peace mediation measure between the inmates have been taken.. Now, everything is okay. “It’s safe anyway and nothing more has happened,” he said.

Chief SUjonngo confirmed that a sharp weapon was found in the prison during an inspection of the prison blocks. Instruments made of wood and stone were found in Blcoks C and D. A pieces of scissors, a chisel and a screwdriver were found in another block. (kmb37)

Kerobokan Prison rowdy with fights again

IBP/FileOne of the guard in Kerobokan Prison. Chief of Kerobokan Prison, Sujonggo denied rumours that the com-motion involved groups. The incident that afflicted the wounded victim was a fight between two people.

Lack of garbage disposal facilities

Residents dispose of garbage at roadside

IBP/Wira SanjiwaniThe garbage is pilling up on the Jalan Pantai Kedungu, Tegal Antugan hamlet, Nyitdah village, Kediri subdistrict, Tabanan

PYONGYANG — Street stalls that offer North Koreans a place to spend — or make — money on everything from snow cones to DVDs are flourishing in Pyongyang and other North Korean cities, modest but growing forms of private commerce in a country where capitalism is officially anathema.

In sharp contrast to the common but semi-clandestine activities of old women hawking loose cigarettes on city backstreets or farmers selling their produce in makeshift fruit stands along highways, the kiosks appear to have the support of some important backers and are both conspicuous and spreading fast.

Near Pyongyang’s main train station, for example, a hamburger stand is doing good business. A few blocks away is a kiosk that stocks buns and bakery goods. Other kiosks sell flowers, soft drinks and junk food. Since it’s summer now, the big items are snow cones and ice cream, affordably priced at less than 1 U.S. dollar.

In the winter, it’s roasted chestnuts, sweet potatoes and hot drinks.

Most of the kiosks are decidedly small-time. But fancy ones associated with well-established restaurants or state-approved enterprises are also multiplying, which could suggest the Pyongyang status quo may be trying to tap into, or even develop, the nascent domestic consumer market.

The first street stalls appeared about a decade ago in the capital, organized by the state on holidays to provide citizens with subsidized treats — often in exchange for government-

issued coupons — as a show of the leadership’s largesse. But following a broader experiment with allowing the stalls to grow in 2012, the 100th anniversary of the birth of North Korea’s founder, Kim Il Sung, they have mushroomed in number and variety.

Pyongyang’s acceptance of their spread may have been inevitable. North Korea’s nanny-state system was severely damaged by the coun-try’s economic crisis and famine in the 1990s, prompting many North Koreans to sell whatever they could on the black market, either for cash or food, just to survive.

Kiosks and the growth of private enterprise in general since then is seen by North Korea watchers as evidence of how the lean years changed people’s attitudes toward relying on the state, spurring a kind of grassroots entre-preneurism.

Officials still frown on market-style capital-ism, which they see as an anomaly and a poten-tial threat to their old-style centralized, state-run economy. Without their tacit approval, however, the stalls and larger quasi-official marketplaces that have also become a fixture in most cities would not be allowed to operate as openly as they do. It is widely believed by outside observ-ers that bribes and corruption play a role.

In the larger markets, most of which are kept from the prying eyes of foreigners, stalls are leased to individual sellers who are then allowed to hawk their wares and haggle with customers over prices, creating an atmosphere that is very similar to public markets in other countries.

Though state-issue coupons are still in use,

most transactions at the kiosks are done in cash — local currency for the most part.

Andray Abrahamian of Choson Exchange, a Singapore-based nonprofit group that works with North Koreans on a wide-range of business and entrepreneurial projects, said it’s not clear whether the spread of the kiosks is due more to individual initiative or to the involvement of

state-owned enterprises.Either way, he said, the kiosks are a positive

sign of innovation. He said that if they work in a manner similar to state-sanctioned mar-kets, where sellers give the state a cut but are basically able to run their own show, they are “a great opportunity for the entrepreneurially minded.” (ap)

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They say ECB President Mario Draghi will likely use his news conference Thursday to underline the bank’s willingness to increase its efforts, if needed, to push up stubbornly weak inflation or limit any damage from the economic troubles in China.

The stimulus program is slated to run through September 2016, in monthly purchases of 60 billion euros of government and corporate bonds. The effort, called quantita-tive easing, or QE, pumps newly printed money into the economy. It

is aimed at raising a rate of inflation that is so low as to provoke fears about the health of the economy.

Yet the impact of the ECB’s pro-gram remains unclear. Despite ma-jor tail winds from low oil prices, a weak euro and massive central bank stimulus, the eurozone’s economic recovery remains tepid.

On the upside, banks are lending a bit more to companies. Draghi made it clear at the time the stimulus program was announced in January that it could be extended beyond September 2016 if inflation doesn’t

convincingly head higher. He may stress that willingness again when he speaks after a Thursday meeting of the bank’s governing council. Some, however, aren’t ruling out more con-crete action at the meeting.

Analysts at financial services group Nomura said they expected the ECB to take no new steps. But they added that “the risk of further ECB action. has clearly increased.”

ECB action, now or at coming meetings, could mean an exten-sion of the stimulus program out to March 2017, Nomura analysts Nick Matthews and Norbert Aul wrote. They said the ECB could also make smaller tweaks, such as reviewing technical limits on its bond purchase that would open the way for expanding them.

Pushing newly printed money

into an economy can raise inflation, make credit more available and in theory support growth and jobs. It has been tried by the U.S. Federal Reserve, the Bank of England and the Bank of Japan.

More ECB stimulus — or the expectation of it — could help keep the euro’s exchange rate down

against the dollar and help exports, one of the most important effects of bond-buying programs.

No change is expected in the bank’s benchmark interest rate, held at a record low of 0.05 percent since Sept. 10, 2014. The bank has said that’s as close to zero as it can go. (ap)

The negative side:

l Inflation is stuck at a low 0.2 percent, the latest figures showed Monday.l The latest survey of economic confidence — combining business and consumer outlooks — ticked up slightly in August for the euro-zone. But it increased in only 11 of the 19 euro countries. In seven of them, it fell, including the biggest, Germany. One country, Ireland, did not report data.l Unemployment remained high at 11.1 percent in the second quarter, while growth was modest at 0.3 percent.

Wobbly euro economy may get bigger push from central bank

FRANKFURT, Germany — When is a trillion euros not enough? Could be soon, in Europe’s shaky economy. Analysts are already talk-ing about when and how the European Central Bank might extend its 1.1 trillion-euro ($1.2 trillion) stimulus program that has been running for the past six months in an attempt to boost the modest recovery in the 19 countries that use the euro.

Street stalls show shifting face of North Korean economy

AP Photo/Dita AlangkaraIn this Aug. 16, 2015 photo, people queue up and have their meals at a food kiosk in Pyongyang, North Korea. Street stalls that offer North Koreans a place to spend - or make - money on everything from snow cones to DVDs are flourishing in Pyongyang and other North Korean cities, modest but growing forms of private commerce in a country where capitalism is officially anathema.

BATAM - The haze from forest and bush fires disrupted numerous flights from several cities in Sumatra Island such as Palembang, Pekanbaru, Padang, and Medan to Batam Island, Tuesday morning, the Hang Nadim International Airport authority revealed.

Among the commercial flights delayed as a result of the reduced visibility were Citilink’s QG-930 and Lion Air’s JT-957, JT-3238, and JT-827, Head of the Hang Nadim International Airport’s Public Affairs Division, Suwarso, stated on Tuesday.

“A Wings Air flight bound for Tanjungkarang in Lampung Province is also delayed,” he noted, adding that the thick smog, which had caused low visibility, had also disrupted

two flights from Jambi Prov-ince to Batam Island in Riau Islands Province on Monday.

The flights were Lion Air’s JT-139 and Nam Air’s IN 9886, he remarked.

The reduced visibility, which has delayed flights at several prime airports in Su-matra Island, including Batam, Singapore’s closest neighbor, is due to the impact of forest and bush fires in provinces such as South Sumatra and Jambi.

The National Disaster Miti-gation Agency (BNPB) has even pledged to deploy an MI-171 helicopter for conducting a water bombing mission in Jambi on Tuesday due to an increase in the number of forest and bush fires in the province. (ant)

The two Asian giants have both sent envoys to lobby Indonesian officials over the past two weeks, each sweetening the terms of their bid for the contract worth about $5 billion.

Analysts believe that whoever wins will likely become the front runner for other high-speed rail projects coming up in Asia over the coming years, including one linking Kuala Lumpur and Singapore.

A cabinet-level committee led by chief economic minister Darmin Nasution will recommend on Wednesday which country should build the rail line between the capital, Jakarta, and textile hub of Bandung, Nasution said.

President Joko Widodo is ex-pected to announce the winner within days.

“Indonesia is leaning towards China because their proposal is less financially burdensome on the Indo-nesian government and because the issue of safety has been adequately addressed,” a government source told Reuters.

A second government source said Indonesia wanted to strike a balance between the two powers in handing out high-profile infra-structure projects. Japan already

holds contracts to build Jakarta’s mass rapid transit system and the biggest coal-fired power plant in the region.

Both sources declined to be identified due to the diplomatic sensitivity of the issue for Jakarta and the economic stakes. Japan is Indonesia’s second-largest inves-tor, while China is its top trading partner.

“We have two partners and it will be good if we can maintain both of them. We have to be smart when taking this decision,” Luky Eko Wuryanto, Indonesia’s deputy minister of infrastructure and re-gional development, told Reuters on Friday after meeting China’s ambassador to Indonesia.

The 150-km (94-mile) rail line should cut the journey between Jakarta and Bandung to 35 minutes from about three hours. Trains are expected to reach speeds of more than 300 km (188 miles) per hour.

Indonesia hopes to extend the line later to connect Jakarta with the city of Surabaya.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe last week sent an envoy to offer a more attractive deal ahead of Monday’s deadline, which was Japan’s second revision in two

weeks.Japan’s late manoeuvring brought

protests from China, which said it was unfair Japan had been allowed to submit a new offer so close to the deadline, a minister said.

China had sweetened its offer earlier in August. Japan initially believed it had won the contract

after completing a more than $3 million feasibility study, but in March Widodo invited other offers in order to get the best deal.

“This is a tight competition between China and Japan, and the more competitive the better,” Rizal Ramli, Indonesia’s chief maritime minister, told reporters. “What is

important is that it benefits our people.” China is offering a 73.92 trillion rupiah ($5.27 billion) loan with a 50-year tenure and an interest rate of 2 percent in U.S. dollars.

Japan is offering a 60.14 trillion rupiah repayable over 40 years at an interest rate of 0.1 percent in yen, with a 10-year grace period. (rtr)

JAKARTA - Indonesia is looking to increase its current pledges on cutting emissions growth, a senior government adviser said on Monday, with a final decision likely by mid-September.

Home to the world’s third-largest tropical forests, and the biggest palm oil producer, Indonesia will have a key role at the United Nation’s Paris climate conference late this year, which is designed to reach a plan to reduce global warming.

“We intend to increase the contri-bution and we will do so,” Rachmat Witoelar, President Joko Widodo’s special envoy for climate change, told Reuters. “But we have to figure out the timeline.”

Indonesia is among the world’s biggest greenhouse gas emitters because of deforestation, peatland degradation and forest fires.

Southeast Asia’s largest economy

is under international pressure to curb deforestation and the destruction of carbon-rich peatlands and forests that many palm oil and mining companies say they need for expansion.

Under Widodo’s predecessor Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, the country imposed a moratorium on clearing forest under a $1-billion climate deal with Norway, and com-mitted to curb emissions growth by 26 percent by 2020 or up to 41 percent with cash and other support from rich nations.

Witoelar, who was in the same role under Yudhoyono and is a for-mer minister for the environment, was unable to give a figure on how much higher the emission targets may go, but said a 10-day consultation with stakeholders would soon begin with a final decision likely by mid-September.

Indonesia had cut its emissions

growth beyond 13 percent at the half way stage of the current target time-line, he said, adding that geothermal power and public transport projects would help it reach 26 percent by 2020.

Widodo, who took office in Octo-ber, has set ambitious infrastructure targets including a five-year plan to add an additional 35,000 megawatts of power capacity to the current 50,000 megawatts.

As the biggest exporter of thermal coal, the majority of these plants will likely be coal-powered, and last week Widodo was at the launch of the construction of Southeast Asia’s largest coal-fired power plant in central Java.

“Even with that (power plant), we can fulfill,” added Witoelar, speaking at his Jakarta offices after meeting Widodo to discuss the Paris confer-ence agenda. (rtr)

Indonesia looks to increase emissions cut pledge

Haze disrupts flights at Batam Airport

Indonesia favouring China over Japan in railway bid

REUTERS/Darren WhitesideA passenger train crosses the Chikubang bridge as it travels from the city of Bandung to Jakarta near Padalarang, West Java, Indonesia August 25, 2015. Indonesia is leaning towards China over Japan in an aggressive bidding battle to build the Southeast Asian nation’s first high-speed railway, two government sources involved in making the decision said.

JAKARTA - Indonesia is leaning towards China over Japan in an aggressive bidding battle to build the Southeast Asian nation’s first high-speed railway, two government sources involved in making the decision said.

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Prayuth said officials knew from their investigation that people in-volved in the bombing were about to flee the country and had traced the man to Aranyaprathet district in Sa Kaeo, a major crossing point to Cam-bodia. The prime minister described the man as a piece in a jigsaw puzzle that would connect various parts of the case, which included a bomb that exploded harmlessly in a river next to a busy pier in Bangkok the day after the shrine blast.

It was not immediately known if the arrested man is the person who was seen in a security video wearing a yellow T-shirt and leaving a back-pack at the shrine shortly before the blast there. Prayuth warned against speculating about the arrested man until more information is learned.

He said it would be great if the suspect is the man they are seeking, “So we will know who they are, where they came from, who’s behind this.” “Don’t say just yet it’s about this and that. It could affect interna-tional affairs,” he said. “We have to do a lot of tests, fingerprints. If he is the guy, he is the guy.”

The blast at the Erawan Shrine was unprecedented in the Thai capital, where smaller bombs have been employed in domestic political violence over the past decade, but not in an effort to cause large-scale casualties.

Security officials on Saturday arrested a man during a raid on a Bangkok apartment that contained some bomb-making materials, and Thai military authorities have been interrogating him. He has been linked to the shrine bombing, but the authorities have not yet released his name or nationality.

Arrest warrants were issued Mon-day for two more suspects, a Thai woman and a man of unknown nationality, after a raid Sunday on a second apartment found more bomb-making materials. Relatives of the woman who had rented the second apartment told authorities that she is innocent and is now in Turkey, mar-ried to a Turkish man.

No one has publicly claimed responsibility for the attack, spark-ing an array of theories about who might be behind it. Police have sug-

gested that the suspects were part of a people-smuggling group who held a grudge against Thai authorities.

Speculation has grown that the suspect might be part of a group seek-ing to avenge Thailand’s forced repa-triation of ethnic Uighurs to China in July. Prayuth on Monday linked the two theories, suggesting the bombers might have been involved in smug-gling Uighurs out of China.

Uighurs are related to Turks, and Turkey is home to a large Uighur community. The Erawan Shrine is especially popular with Chinese tour-ists, feeding the idea that it could be a target for people who believe the Uighurs are oppressed by China’s government. Beijing says some Uighurs are Islamist terrorists, and among them is a group that has been smuggled out of China to join Islamic State fighters in Syria.

The suspect arrested Saturday had a Turkish passport, though Thai authorities say it was fake. At his apartment, they seized at least 11 passports that appeared to be Turk-ish, among more than 200 passports in all. (ap)

MANILA — The Committee to Protect Journalists urged Philippine President Benigno Aquino III on Tuesday to act to stop attacks against the press in the country after three journalists were killed recently. Shawn Crispin, the group’s Southeast Asia representative, said in a statement the killings show “how the lack of progress in ending impunity has em-boldened those bent on silencing the press in the Philippines.”

Over the past two weeks, unidenti-fied gunmen killed radio broadcasters Cosme Maestrado and Teodoro Es-canilla and columnist and publisher Gregorio Ybanez.

The Philippine media watchdog Center for Media Freedom and Re-sponsibility says if all three murders were determined to be work-related, the number of journalists killed in the country would rise to 150 since democracy was restored following the ouster of dictator Ferdinand Marcos in 1986.

“We call on President Benigno Aquino to give top priority to swiftly resolving these egregious cases,” Crispin said. “Until Aquino demon-strates his government is serious about ending the onslaught, the killings will inevitably continue.” Presidential spokesman Herminio Coloma has condemned the attacks and said the police have been tasked to find the killers.

Maestrado, who tackled corrup-tion and abuse of power in his radio program in DXOC station in southern

Ozamiz City, was shot multiple times outside a shopping center about two hours after closing his morning pro-gram on Aug. 27. Maestrado, who had the word “corruption” promi-nently tattooed on one of his arms, was popular for his hard hitting commentaries, radio station manager Remegio Bonustro said. “He was a good man, kind-hearted and helped many people. His cry is for change,” Bonustro said.

On Aug. 19, Escanilla, who is also a spokesman of the human rights group Karapatan in Sorsogon province and has been critical of alleged abuses by the military in his radio commentaries, was shot at the door of his home.

A day earlier, newspaper colum-nist and publisher Ybanez, who was also a board member of an electric cooperative in Davao province, was gunned down as he was about to enter his home in southern Tagum City. Police also are looking into a dispute among board members of the electric cooperative board as a motive in the killing.

Philippine National Police Director General Ricardo Marquez has said the police are giving “priority concern” to the attacks and formed separate special investigation groups to handle each of the cases.

The Philippines has one of the world’s highest rates of unsolved media killings. The CPJ says the Phil-ippines is the third most deadly place for journalists in the world after Iraq and Syria. (ap)

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This combination of file images released by the Royal Thai Police shows a sketch and a closed circuit television image of the main suspect in a bombing that killed a number of people at the Erawan shrine in downtown Bangkok, on Monday, Aug. 17, 2015.

Thai prime minister says main suspect in bombing arrested

BANGKOK — Thailand’s prime minister said Tuesday that authorities have arrested a man they believe is the main suspect in a bombing at a shrine in central Bangkok two weeks ago that killed 20 people. Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said the man is a foreigner and was arrested in eastern Thailand near the Cambodian border. He described him as the main person in the bombing but did not directly say he is suspected of actually planting the bomb.

AP Photo/Aaron Favila

Philippine President Benigno Aquino III, center left, smiles beside new Philippine Navy Flag-Officer-in-Command, Rear Adm. Caesar Taccad, center right, as they look at two armed Agusta Westland (AW) 109 helicopters during the change-of-command ceremonies at Philippine Navy headquarters in Manila, Philippines Monday, Aug. 10, 2015.

Press group urges Philippines to protect journalists

They also urged President Joko Widodo to replace Manpower Minister Hanif Dhakiri as the min-ister had never taken any action in cases that involved laborers.

Finally, the demonstrators

called for the elimination of mod-ern slaveries by enacting the Law on the Protection of Household Servants. If their demands were not met, the KSPI will organize a nationwide strike. (ant)

Demonstrators...

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SANUR - Le Mayeur Museum was established by a Belgium artist, Le Mayeur de Merpres. It is about 200 meters to the north of The Grand Bali Beach Hotel, Sanur. Museum Le Mayeur is easily found, located right on the beachfront in Sanur.

The compound features structures in Balinese architecture that houses well over eighty artworks categorized into five different collections based on the mediums that Le Mayeur used, such as hardboard, plywood, canvas and paper. Most of the paintings in his collection feature bare-breasted women, and not all were the results of inspiration in Bali, as he had trav-elled the world prior to calling the island his home.

Le Mayeur de Merpres (1880–1958) arrived in Bali in 1932. Three years later, he met and married the beautiful Legong dancer Ni Polok when she was just 15. They lived in this compound, which houses the museum, when Sanur was still a quiet fishing village. After the artist’s death, Ni Polok lived in the

house until she died in 1985.The house is an interesting example of Balinese-

style architecture – notice the beautifully carved window shutters that recount the story of Rama and Sita from the Ramayana.

Despite security (some of Le Mayeur paintings have sold for US$150,000) and conservation prob-lems, almost 90 of Le Mayeur’s paintings are dis-played inside the museum in a naturalistic Balinese interior of woven fibres. Some of Le Mayeur’s early works are impressionist paintings from his travels in Africa, India, the Mediterranean and the South Pacific. Paintings from his early period in Bali are romantic depictions of daily life and beautiful Balinese women – often Ni Polok. The works from the 1950s are in much better condition, displaying the vibrant colours that later became popular with young Balinese art-ists. Look for the haunting black-and-white photos of Ni Polok.

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Given his last chance to keep alive a 10-year streak of winning at least one grand slam title, 14-times major winner Nadal schooled the 18-year-old Coric over the first two sets. But Coric responded with his best tennis and broke the Spaniard in the 10th game of the third set to send the match to a hard-fought fourth set. The Spaniard finally prevailed thanks to a service break on a forehand service return winner in the seventh game.

“It’s a very happy moment

for me,” said Nadal, returning to Flushing Meadows for the first time since his 2013 U.S. Open triumph after missing last year with a wrist injury. “Last year was very hard not having chance to being back in one of my favorite tournaments.”

Nadal avenged a 6-2 7-6 loss to Coric last year at Basel in his only previous encounter with the up-and-coming Coric, who at number 33 is the youngest player in the world’s top-50. “I think I played great. The

first two sets I played a very high level of tennis,” said Nadal, who served brilliantly over the first two sets and in the fourth.

“Then I get a little bit tired. I was sweating a lot. “He is a great player and has an amazing future.” Coric, who reached the semi-finals this year in Dubai and Nice, leads all teenagers with 22 wins this season on the ATP Tour, nine more than Alexander Zverev of Germany.

“It was the first time in my life on such a big court,” said Coric, who two years ago won the U.S. Open junior title. “I played a solid match, so very good.” Nadal next meets Diego Schwartzman of Argentina, a 6-3 6-2 6-2 winner over Swedish qualifier Elias Ymer. (rtr)

Carlos Sainz Jr feels he is enduring a frustrating period of his rookie Formula 1 campaign following a run of four consecu-tive retirements. Sainz has been let down by car problems in Aus-tria, Britain, Hungary, and most recently Belgium.

At Spa his STR10 encountered an electrical fault on the formation lap, forcing Sainz back into the pits just prior to the start.

Although the team were able to get Sainz back out on track, when he rejoined he was two laps down, with the call made to eventually retire him 11 laps from the end to save engine mileage. Following other electrical issues at Spielberg and Silverstone, and a fuel pres-sure problem at the Hungaroring, Sainz said: “It’s obviously a big frustration, four consecutive races in the points, four consecutive retirements.

“Austria I was P9 when I retired, Silverstone P8, Hungary P5 or P6, and Belgium I started P10, and with everything that hap-pened, without doing nothing spe-cial, I would have finished P7.

“When things like this happen you need to stay positive, think that at least in my rookie season these retirements are not coming from me, just things that have nothing to do with me. “But it’s another missed opportunity, so as you can imagine, big frustration for me already.

“At the end it will just make me stronger, character building as you say in your language, and we’ll come back stronger in Monza [for the Italian Grand Prix].”

Sainz is happy with how is performing despite the lack of re-sults, and he has no concerns that what has transpired will affect his future with the team. “I have this big frustration, but it only takes one day to get it out of the way,” added Sainz.

“That’s because so far this year I have been pretty happy with what I have achieved, like Saturday in Spa, which was a big day for me, to get into Q3 with a couple of very good laps. “In the end the team knows this perfectly, Red Bull knows this, so I’m not very worried.” (rtr)

Pirelli has completed its investigation into the cause of Sebastian Vettel’s Formula 1 tyre blowout in the Belgian Grand Prix and will reveal the findings this weekend at Monza. Four-time world champion Vettel described Pirelli’s performance as “unacceptable” in the wake of his 200mph accident on the penultimate lap of the race at Spa.

Ferrari was attempting a one-stop strat-egy, with Vettel changing from softs to mediums on lap 14 and then running to the finish on lap 43.

But the German’s right-rear tyre failed when he was fending off the Lotus of Ro-main Grosjean for third place.

Ahead of the Italian Grand Prix, where

the tyre compounds will be a step softer this year with the medium and soft in use, Pirelli chief Paul Hembery said: “We have finalised the investigation into Sebastian Vettel’s tyre at Spa. Was Vettel right to attack Pirelli? “Detailed conclusions from the technical analysis will be presented at Monza.”

In the wake of the Belgian GP, Hembery

said Vettel’s incident was down to wear, adding he was “surprised” Ferrari tried to do one stop when every other team did two or three.

It followed a high-speed blow out for Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg during second practice, with the German demanding rapid action from Pirelli before Monza. (net)

Pirelli completes Belgian GP investigation

Sainz Jr’s bad luck in recent F1 races ‘a big frustration’

REUTERS/Yves HermanToro Rosso Formula One driver Carlos Sainz Jr. of Spain drives during a free practice session ahead of the weekend’s Belgian F1 Grand Prix in Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, August 21, 2015.

Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY SportsRafael Nadal of Spain after winning a point to set up match point against Borna Coric of Croatia on day one of the 2015 US Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.

Nadal flashes old form in win over Coric

NEW YORK - Rafa Nadal showed flashes of his top form under the lights at Arthur Ashe Stadium to beat young Croat Borna Coric 6-3 6-2 4-6 6-4 and close Day One at the U.S. Open tennis championships on Monday. The first two sets brought a vintage performance on a sultry night from Nadal, who has dropped to world number eight in what has been a lackluster season for the 29-year-old Spaniard.

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Real Madrid and United had finally appeared to reach an agree-ment on the transfer on Monday after talks that dragged on for sev-eral weeks, but local media said the clubs failed to register the new con-tract with the Spanish league offices before midnight local time.

So much for British punctuality. Or was it a failure by the Span-ish club, which had to convince goalkeeper Keylor Navas to make the move to Manchester as part exchange?

Neither club officially com-mented by early Tuesday, and nobody was taking the blame for the bizarre breakdown that quickly became the object of fan derision and mockery.

With the teams and La Liga stay-ing quiet, speculation quickly spread as to why the deal fell through. There was talk about United taking too long to send in the paperwork, and even about technical difficul-ties with the file that contained the contract. Some also talked about a possible calculated delay by Real Madrid to try to save money, as De Gea is on the final year of his contract with United and can leave on a free transfer at season’s end if he’s not sold.

But reports said it was the move of Navas to England that delayed the deal. The agreement on De Gea was finalized, but reaching an under-

standing with the Costa Ri-can goalkeeper was more com-plicated.

Spanish news-paper Marca said Navas, who had been reluc-tant to leave Real Madrid, arrived at the Santiago Bernabeu with his agent to finalize details of the contract with United just minutes before the midnight deadline. They reportedly wanted some changes made and they couldn’t be finalized on time.

Real Madrid fans had been praising Navas recently, while many criticized the club’s decision to try to sign De Gea. The crowd at the San-tiago Bernabeu on Saturday loudly chanted Navas’ name after he saved a penalty in the 5-0 rout of Real Betis in the Spanish league.

It was unclear whether the clubs could or would appeal to league authorities or FIFA in an attempt to push the deal through. The English transfer window remained open through Tuesday.

If it can’t be done, it will create a difficult situation for the De Gea, who could be forced to

MILAN — Juventus signed midfielders Hernanes and Mario Lemina on a busy final day of Eu-rope’s transfer window for the four-time defending champion, which is off to its worst ever Serie A start.

Hernanes joined from rival Inter Milan in an 11-million euro ($12.3 million) transfer — plus up to a further 2 million euros in sporting-related bonuses — and signed a three-year contract.

The 30-year-old Hernanes, who has scored 40 goals in Serie A for Lazio and Inter, was the playmaker Juventus was looking for after at-tempts to sign Julian Draxler and Axel Witsel fell through.

Lemina, who turns 22 on Tues-day, moved from Marseille on a loan deal with the option to buy for 9.5 million euros ($10.7 million) plus up to 1 million in bonuses. Paolo De Ceglie and Mauricio Isla went the other way, also on loan.

Key midfielders Arturo Vidal and Andrea Pirlo left Juventus in the offseason, moving to Bayern Munich and New York City FC. Forward Carlos Tevez also left,

along with young talent Kingsley Coman.

Juventus, which also brought in Mario Mandzukic, Paulo Dybala, Sami Khedira and Simone Zaza during the summer, lost its opening two Serie A matches for the first time in its history.

Inter was also active on the final day and completed moves for Roma forward Adem Ljajic (loan) as well as midfielder Felipe Melo (per-manent) and defender Alex Telles (loan) from Galatasaray.

Inter coach Roberto Mancini worked with both Melo and Telles during his spell in charge of Gal-atasaray.

Elsewhere, much-travelled AC Milan forward Alessandro Matri was on the move again, joining Lazio on loan. It was his fourth such move since Milan bought him back from Juventus in 2013.

The 31-year-old since had spells at Fiorentina, Genoa and Juventus — where he scored the winning goal in extra time in a 2-1 victory over Lazio in last season’s Italian Cup final. (ap)

FRANKFURT — Awash in cash, Wolfsburg broke its club transfer record by signing Ger-many midfielder Julian Draxler from Schalke on the final day of the European transfer window Monday.

Draxler signed a five-year deal estimated at 35 million euros ($39.25 million), which would make it the second biggest trans-fer inside the Bundesliga after Mario Goetze’s 37 million-euro ($41.5-million) move to Bayern from Dortmund two years ago.

Schalke director Horst Heldt gave no details but said it was the richest transfer in the club’s history.

In other deadline-day moves, Bayer Leverkusen signed Mexico striker Javier Hernandez to a three-year contract from Man-chester United, which also sent Adnan Januzaj on loan to Borus-sia Dortmund.

German media estimate that Wolfsburg collected about 100 million euros ($112.15 million) for Kevin de Bruyne and Ivan

Manchester City captain Vin-cent Kompany refuses to get carried away by his team’s strong start to their Premier League campaign and expects usual con-tenders like Chelsea to bounce back after stuttering early in the season.

City have won all their four games this season, scoring 10 goals and conceding none, while champions Chelsea have four points from as many games, including a 3-0 loss to the Sky Blues.

“I’m trying generally not to care (about Chelsea’s start). I’m

focused on ourselves. Teams like Chelsea, Arsenal ... the big teams will always come back so it’s a matter of time,” the 29-year-old Belgian said at BX Brussels, the football club he set up in 2013.

City finished eight points be-hind Chelsea last season, despite scoring 83 goals, the highest in the league.

“For me, to have a season like last season wasn’t acceptable and I’ve done what I’ve always know when times were tough,” Kompany said.

“I just got back to basics, worked even harder and I’ve

come back stronger. Right now, what I see in this team which I haven’t seen -- probably ever -- is just a level of focus.

“It’s probably because most of us have got so much to deal with in the past 12 months. Ev-eryone knows we cannot afford ourselves a mental rest until we’ve finished the job,” the Belgium international skipper added.

Table-topper Manchester City travel to Selhurst Park to face second-placed Crystal Palace, who beat Chelsea 2-1 on Satur-day, on Sept. 12. (rtr)

MANCHESTER — Manchester United was set to make French forward Anthony Martial the most expensive teenager

in world football after a chaotic day of transfer dealings at Old Trafford that also saw Javier Hernandez and Adnan

Januzaj offloaded.The French Football Federation said Monday that

Martial, the 19-year-old Monaco player who has been compared to France great Thierry Henry, was granted permission to leave France’s national squad to sign a contract at United.

Reports in the French and English media said Martial could cost United 36 million pounds ($55.5 million), a hefty fee for a player who has started only 29 games and was just called up by France for the first time ahead of upcoming friendlies against Serbia and Portugal. Martial, who signed a new contract at Monaco this summer until 2019, would surpass Paris Saint-Germain’s Lucas Moura as the costliest teenager in the history of the game.

United’s overhaul under manager Louis van Gaal gathered pace with the sale of Mexico striker Javier Hernandez to Bayer Leverkusen on a three-year deal, while attacking midfielder Adnan Januzaj was sent on loan to Borussia Dortmund for the season and back-up goalkeeper Anders Lindegaard left for West Bromwich Albion.

United was also negotiating with Real Ma-drid for the sale of goalkeeper David de Gea, who is yet to play this season because he hasn’t been in the right frame of mind amid specula-tion about his future. However, by the time the transfer window closed in Spain, a deal had yet to be announced.

The 20-time English champions are tak-ing a gamble on Martial after scoring just three goals in their opening four matches

o f the Premier League season, raising doubts about the strength of their attacking options. Wayne Rooney has been used by Van Gaal as a lone striker but h a s n ’ t scored in the league since April 4. The only other striker in Van Gaal’s squad now is youngster James Wilson.

For the second straight year, United is turning to Monaco to solve its striker shortage in the final hours of Europe’s summer transfer window. Twelve months ago, it was Radamel Falcao. This time, it’s Martial.

Martial can play as a winger or as a central striker, and has played at all youth levels for France. He scored nine goals in 35 league matches last season and is widely regarded as one of the brightest young players in French football alongside Lyon’s Nabil Fekir.

With his speed, technical skills and penchant for cutting in from the left, Martial has many of the same attributes as Henry — France’s record goalscorer and a Premier League great from his time at Arsenal.

Martial joined Monaco from Lyon in 2013 for 5 million euros and blossomed last season, relegating veteran Dimitar Berbatov to the bench toward the end of the campaign.

“He approached (France coach) Didier Deschamps for authori-zation to go to England to sign a contract with Manchester United there,” a FFR statement said about Martial. “In these exceptional circumstances, the coach accepted the request of the player.”

Martial is due to link up again with the France squad at its Clairfontaine base near Paris on Tuesday.

A loan move for Falcao didn’t turn out well for United, with the Colombia striker scoring four goals in 29 appearances. United

rejected the opportunity to sign Falcao on a permanent basis and also sold Robin van Persie this offseason. The transfer

window closes in England on Tuesday. (ap)

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Hernanes

MILAN - Poland winger Jakub Blaszczykowski has joined Fioren-tina on loan from Borussia Dort-mund, ending an eight-year spell at the Bundesliga club.

“Kuba is not only a good footballer but a wonderful person,” Dortmund sporting director Michael Zorc told his club’s website (www.bvb.de) on Monday. “For him it is important to

get plenty of match practice in the run-up to Euro 2016.”

A cruciate knee ligament injury has restricted him to 29 appearances in the last two seasons and he has

struggled to regain his place in the team after returning to fitness.

The 29-year-old made 197 Bundesliga appearances for Dort-mund following his move from

Wisla Krakow in 2007, helping them win successive titles in 2011 and 2012. Blaszczykowski has scored 14 goals in 70 matches for Poland. (rtr)

Dortmund winger Blaszczykowski joins Fiorentina on loan

Juventus sign Hernanes and Lemina on transfer deadline day

Cautious Kompany expects Chelsea, Arsenal to bounce back

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Julian Draxler

Wolfsburg snatches Germany midfielder Draxler from Schalke

Perisic, who joined Manchester City and Inter Milan, respec-tively.

Draxler, who was on Germa-ny’s World Cup winning squad in Brazil last year, is expected to fill the gap left by de Bruyne’s depar-ture. Wolfsburg also confirmed the arrival of Brazil defender Dante from Bayern Munich. Dante signed a three-year deal.

At the same time, Wolfsburg released attacking midfielder Aaron Hunt, who signed a three-year contract with Hamburger SV.

S ch a lk e t o o k mid f i e ld e r Pierre-Emile Hoejbjerg on loan from Bayern Munich until the end of the season

Elsewhere, Dortmund signed Januzaj on loan until the end of the season, while Bayer Le-verkusen sent Australia striker Robbie Kruse to Stuttgart, also on loan.

Mainz took Colombian striker Jhon Cordoba on a season-long loan from Granada, with an op-tion for a more permanent deal.

South Korea midfielder Koo Ja-cheol returned to Augsburg on a two-year a deal. Koo played for Augsburg on loan from Wolfs-burg three years ago. He returned to Wolfsburg and was then sent to Mainz at the start of 2014. (ap)

Man United set to sign Martial on hectic day of transfers

David De Gea during

training

What happened? De Gea stays put after missed deadline

MADRID — The deadline arrived, but the an-nouncement never did. In a surreal ending to the transfer window in Spain, the much-anticipated move of Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea to Real Madrid never materialized. The clubs report-edly struck a deal, but the expected announcement never came, apparently because the paperwork wasn’t submitted on time.

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return to United despite having been

dropped from the t eam by manager Louis van Gaal as the talks dragged on. Van Gaal had said the Spanish goalkeeper had his heart set on a move back to his hometown. (ap)

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Real Madrid and United had finally appeared to reach an agree-ment on the transfer on Monday after talks that dragged on for sev-eral weeks, but local media said the clubs failed to register the new con-tract with the Spanish league offices before midnight local time.

So much for British punctuality. Or was it a failure by the Span-ish club, which had to convince goalkeeper Keylor Navas to make the move to Manchester as part exchange?

Neither club officially com-mented by early Tuesday, and nobody was taking the blame for the bizarre breakdown that quickly became the object of fan derision and mockery.

With the teams and La Liga stay-ing quiet, speculation quickly spread as to why the deal fell through. There was talk about United taking too long to send in the paperwork, and even about technical difficul-ties with the file that contained the contract. Some also talked about a possible calculated delay by Real Madrid to try to save money, as De Gea is on the final year of his contract with United and can leave on a free transfer at season’s end if he’s not sold.

But reports said it was the move of Navas to England that delayed the deal. The agreement on De Gea was finalized, but reaching an under-

standing with the Costa Ri-can goalkeeper was more com-plicated.

Spanish news-paper Marca said Navas, who had been reluc-tant to leave Real Madrid, arrived at the Santiago Bernabeu with his agent to finalize details of the contract with United just minutes before the midnight deadline. They reportedly wanted some changes made and they couldn’t be finalized on time.

Real Madrid fans had been praising Navas recently, while many criticized the club’s decision to try to sign De Gea. The crowd at the San-tiago Bernabeu on Saturday loudly chanted Navas’ name after he saved a penalty in the 5-0 rout of Real Betis in the Spanish league.

It was unclear whether the clubs could or would appeal to league authorities or FIFA in an attempt to push the deal through. The English transfer window remained open through Tuesday.

If it can’t be done, it will create a difficult situation for the De Gea, who could be forced to

MILAN — Juventus signed midfielders Hernanes and Mario Lemina on a busy final day of Eu-rope’s transfer window for the four-time defending champion, which is off to its worst ever Serie A start.

Hernanes joined from rival Inter Milan in an 11-million euro ($12.3 million) transfer — plus up to a further 2 million euros in sporting-related bonuses — and signed a three-year contract.

The 30-year-old Hernanes, who has scored 40 goals in Serie A for Lazio and Inter, was the playmaker Juventus was looking for after at-tempts to sign Julian Draxler and Axel Witsel fell through.

Lemina, who turns 22 on Tues-day, moved from Marseille on a loan deal with the option to buy for 9.5 million euros ($10.7 million) plus up to 1 million in bonuses. Paolo De Ceglie and Mauricio Isla went the other way, also on loan.

Key midfielders Arturo Vidal and Andrea Pirlo left Juventus in the offseason, moving to Bayern Munich and New York City FC. Forward Carlos Tevez also left,

along with young talent Kingsley Coman.

Juventus, which also brought in Mario Mandzukic, Paulo Dybala, Sami Khedira and Simone Zaza during the summer, lost its opening two Serie A matches for the first time in its history.

Inter was also active on the final day and completed moves for Roma forward Adem Ljajic (loan) as well as midfielder Felipe Melo (per-manent) and defender Alex Telles (loan) from Galatasaray.

Inter coach Roberto Mancini worked with both Melo and Telles during his spell in charge of Gal-atasaray.

Elsewhere, much-travelled AC Milan forward Alessandro Matri was on the move again, joining Lazio on loan. It was his fourth such move since Milan bought him back from Juventus in 2013.

The 31-year-old since had spells at Fiorentina, Genoa and Juventus — where he scored the winning goal in extra time in a 2-1 victory over Lazio in last season’s Italian Cup final. (ap)

FRANKFURT — Awash in cash, Wolfsburg broke its club transfer record by signing Ger-many midfielder Julian Draxler from Schalke on the final day of the European transfer window Monday.

Draxler signed a five-year deal estimated at 35 million euros ($39.25 million), which would make it the second biggest trans-fer inside the Bundesliga after Mario Goetze’s 37 million-euro ($41.5-million) move to Bayern from Dortmund two years ago.

Schalke director Horst Heldt gave no details but said it was the richest transfer in the club’s history.

In other deadline-day moves, Bayer Leverkusen signed Mexico striker Javier Hernandez to a three-year contract from Man-chester United, which also sent Adnan Januzaj on loan to Borus-sia Dortmund.

German media estimate that Wolfsburg collected about 100 million euros ($112.15 million) for Kevin de Bruyne and Ivan

Manchester City captain Vin-cent Kompany refuses to get carried away by his team’s strong start to their Premier League campaign and expects usual con-tenders like Chelsea to bounce back after stuttering early in the season.

City have won all their four games this season, scoring 10 goals and conceding none, while champions Chelsea have four points from as many games, including a 3-0 loss to the Sky Blues.

“I’m trying generally not to care (about Chelsea’s start). I’m

focused on ourselves. Teams like Chelsea, Arsenal ... the big teams will always come back so it’s a matter of time,” the 29-year-old Belgian said at BX Brussels, the football club he set up in 2013.

City finished eight points be-hind Chelsea last season, despite scoring 83 goals, the highest in the league.

“For me, to have a season like last season wasn’t acceptable and I’ve done what I’ve always know when times were tough,” Kompany said.

“I just got back to basics, worked even harder and I’ve

come back stronger. Right now, what I see in this team which I haven’t seen -- probably ever -- is just a level of focus.

“It’s probably because most of us have got so much to deal with in the past 12 months. Ev-eryone knows we cannot afford ourselves a mental rest until we’ve finished the job,” the Belgium international skipper added.

Table-topper Manchester City travel to Selhurst Park to face second-placed Crystal Palace, who beat Chelsea 2-1 on Satur-day, on Sept. 12. (rtr)

MANCHESTER — Manchester United was set to make French forward Anthony Martial the most expensive teenager

in world football after a chaotic day of transfer dealings at Old Trafford that also saw Javier Hernandez and Adnan

Januzaj offloaded.The French Football Federation said Monday that

Martial, the 19-year-old Monaco player who has been compared to France great Thierry Henry, was granted permission to leave France’s national squad to sign a contract at United.

Reports in the French and English media said Martial could cost United 36 million pounds ($55.5 million), a hefty fee for a player who has started only 29 games and was just called up by France for the first time ahead of upcoming friendlies against Serbia and Portugal. Martial, who signed a new contract at Monaco this summer until 2019, would surpass Paris Saint-Germain’s Lucas Moura as the costliest teenager in the history of the game.

United’s overhaul under manager Louis van Gaal gathered pace with the sale of Mexico striker Javier Hernandez to Bayer Leverkusen on a three-year deal, while attacking midfielder Adnan Januzaj was sent on loan to Borussia Dortmund for the season and back-up goalkeeper Anders Lindegaard left for West Bromwich Albion.

United was also negotiating with Real Ma-drid for the sale of goalkeeper David de Gea, who is yet to play this season because he hasn’t been in the right frame of mind amid specula-tion about his future. However, by the time the transfer window closed in Spain, a deal had yet to be announced.

The 20-time English champions are tak-ing a gamble on Martial after scoring just three goals in their opening four matches

o f the Premier League season, raising doubts about the strength of their attacking options. Wayne Rooney has been used by Van Gaal as a lone striker but h a s n ’ t scored in the league since April 4. The only other striker in Van Gaal’s squad now is youngster James Wilson.

For the second straight year, United is turning to Monaco to solve its striker shortage in the final hours of Europe’s summer transfer window. Twelve months ago, it was Radamel Falcao. This time, it’s Martial.

Martial can play as a winger or as a central striker, and has played at all youth levels for France. He scored nine goals in 35 league matches last season and is widely regarded as one of the brightest young players in French football alongside Lyon’s Nabil Fekir.

With his speed, technical skills and penchant for cutting in from the left, Martial has many of the same attributes as Henry — France’s record goalscorer and a Premier League great from his time at Arsenal.

Martial joined Monaco from Lyon in 2013 for 5 million euros and blossomed last season, relegating veteran Dimitar Berbatov to the bench toward the end of the campaign.

“He approached (France coach) Didier Deschamps for authori-zation to go to England to sign a contract with Manchester United there,” a FFR statement said about Martial. “In these exceptional circumstances, the coach accepted the request of the player.”

Martial is due to link up again with the France squad at its Clairfontaine base near Paris on Tuesday.

A loan move for Falcao didn’t turn out well for United, with the Colombia striker scoring four goals in 29 appearances. United

rejected the opportunity to sign Falcao on a permanent basis and also sold Robin van Persie this offseason. The transfer

window closes in England on Tuesday. (ap)

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MILAN - Poland winger Jakub Blaszczykowski has joined Fioren-tina on loan from Borussia Dort-mund, ending an eight-year spell at the Bundesliga club.

“Kuba is not only a good footballer but a wonderful person,” Dortmund sporting director Michael Zorc told his club’s website (www.bvb.de) on Monday. “For him it is important to

get plenty of match practice in the run-up to Euro 2016.”

A cruciate knee ligament injury has restricted him to 29 appearances in the last two seasons and he has

struggled to regain his place in the team after returning to fitness.

The 29-year-old made 197 Bundesliga appearances for Dort-mund following his move from

Wisla Krakow in 2007, helping them win successive titles in 2011 and 2012. Blaszczykowski has scored 14 goals in 70 matches for Poland. (rtr)

Dortmund winger Blaszczykowski joins Fiorentina on loan

Juventus sign Hernanes and Lemina on transfer deadline day

Cautious Kompany expects Chelsea, Arsenal to bounce back

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Wolfsburg snatches Germany midfielder Draxler from Schalke

Perisic, who joined Manchester City and Inter Milan, respec-tively.

Draxler, who was on Germa-ny’s World Cup winning squad in Brazil last year, is expected to fill the gap left by de Bruyne’s depar-ture. Wolfsburg also confirmed the arrival of Brazil defender Dante from Bayern Munich. Dante signed a three-year deal.

At the same time, Wolfsburg released attacking midfielder Aaron Hunt, who signed a three-year contract with Hamburger SV.

S ch a lk e t o o k mid f i e ld e r Pierre-Emile Hoejbjerg on loan from Bayern Munich until the end of the season

Elsewhere, Dortmund signed Januzaj on loan until the end of the season, while Bayer Le-verkusen sent Australia striker Robbie Kruse to Stuttgart, also on loan.

Mainz took Colombian striker Jhon Cordoba on a season-long loan from Granada, with an op-tion for a more permanent deal.

South Korea midfielder Koo Ja-cheol returned to Augsburg on a two-year a deal. Koo played for Augsburg on loan from Wolfs-burg three years ago. He returned to Wolfsburg and was then sent to Mainz at the start of 2014. (ap)

Man United set to sign Martial on hectic day of transfers

David De Gea during

training

What happened? De Gea stays put after missed deadline

MADRID — The deadline arrived, but the an-nouncement never did. In a surreal ending to the transfer window in Spain, the much-anticipated move of Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea to Real Madrid never materialized. The clubs report-edly struck a deal, but the expected announcement never came, apparently because the paperwork wasn’t submitted on time.

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return to United despite having been

dropped from the t eam by manager Louis van Gaal as the talks dragged on. Van Gaal had said the Spanish goalkeeper had his heart set on a move back to his hometown. (ap)

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SANUR - Le Mayeur Museum was established by a Belgium artist, Le Mayeur de Merpres. It is about 200 meters to the north of The Grand Bali Beach Hotel, Sanur. Museum Le Mayeur is easily found, located right on the beachfront in Sanur.

The compound features structures in Balinese architecture that houses well over eighty artworks categorized into five different collections based on the mediums that Le Mayeur used, such as hardboard, plywood, canvas and paper. Most of the paintings in his collection feature bare-breasted women, and not all were the results of inspiration in Bali, as he had trav-elled the world prior to calling the island his home.

Le Mayeur de Merpres (1880–1958) arrived in Bali in 1932. Three years later, he met and married the beautiful Legong dancer Ni Polok when she was just 15. They lived in this compound, which houses the museum, when Sanur was still a quiet fishing village. After the artist’s death, Ni Polok lived in the

house until she died in 1985.The house is an interesting example of Balinese-

style architecture – notice the beautifully carved window shutters that recount the story of Rama and Sita from the Ramayana.

Despite security (some of Le Mayeur paintings have sold for US$150,000) and conservation prob-lems, almost 90 of Le Mayeur’s paintings are dis-played inside the museum in a naturalistic Balinese interior of woven fibres. Some of Le Mayeur’s early works are impressionist paintings from his travels in Africa, India, the Mediterranean and the South Pacific. Paintings from his early period in Bali are romantic depictions of daily life and beautiful Balinese women – often Ni Polok. The works from the 1950s are in much better condition, displaying the vibrant colours that later became popular with young Balinese art-ists. Look for the haunting black-and-white photos of Ni Polok.

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Given his last chance to keep alive a 10-year streak of winning at least one grand slam title, 14-times major winner Nadal schooled the 18-year-old Coric over the first two sets. But Coric responded with his best tennis and broke the Spaniard in the 10th game of the third set to send the match to a hard-fought fourth set. The Spaniard finally prevailed thanks to a service break on a forehand service return winner in the seventh game.

“It’s a very happy moment

for me,” said Nadal, returning to Flushing Meadows for the first time since his 2013 U.S. Open triumph after missing last year with a wrist injury. “Last year was very hard not having chance to being back in one of my favorite tournaments.”

Nadal avenged a 6-2 7-6 loss to Coric last year at Basel in his only previous encounter with the up-and-coming Coric, who at number 33 is the youngest player in the world’s top-50. “I think I played great. The

first two sets I played a very high level of tennis,” said Nadal, who served brilliantly over the first two sets and in the fourth.

“Then I get a little bit tired. I was sweating a lot. “He is a great player and has an amazing future.” Coric, who reached the semi-finals this year in Dubai and Nice, leads all teenagers with 22 wins this season on the ATP Tour, nine more than Alexander Zverev of Germany.

“It was the first time in my life on such a big court,” said Coric, who two years ago won the U.S. Open junior title. “I played a solid match, so very good.” Nadal next meets Diego Schwartzman of Argentina, a 6-3 6-2 6-2 winner over Swedish qualifier Elias Ymer. (rtr)

Carlos Sainz Jr feels he is enduring a frustrating period of his rookie Formula 1 campaign following a run of four consecu-tive retirements. Sainz has been let down by car problems in Aus-tria, Britain, Hungary, and most recently Belgium.

At Spa his STR10 encountered an electrical fault on the formation lap, forcing Sainz back into the pits just prior to the start.

Although the team were able to get Sainz back out on track, when he rejoined he was two laps down, with the call made to eventually retire him 11 laps from the end to save engine mileage. Following other electrical issues at Spielberg and Silverstone, and a fuel pres-sure problem at the Hungaroring, Sainz said: “It’s obviously a big frustration, four consecutive races in the points, four consecutive retirements.

“Austria I was P9 when I retired, Silverstone P8, Hungary P5 or P6, and Belgium I started P10, and with everything that hap-pened, without doing nothing spe-cial, I would have finished P7.

“When things like this happen you need to stay positive, think that at least in my rookie season these retirements are not coming from me, just things that have nothing to do with me. “But it’s another missed opportunity, so as you can imagine, big frustration for me already.

“At the end it will just make me stronger, character building as you say in your language, and we’ll come back stronger in Monza [for the Italian Grand Prix].”

Sainz is happy with how is performing despite the lack of re-sults, and he has no concerns that what has transpired will affect his future with the team. “I have this big frustration, but it only takes one day to get it out of the way,” added Sainz.

“That’s because so far this year I have been pretty happy with what I have achieved, like Saturday in Spa, which was a big day for me, to get into Q3 with a couple of very good laps. “In the end the team knows this perfectly, Red Bull knows this, so I’m not very worried.” (rtr)

Pirelli has completed its investigation into the cause of Sebastian Vettel’s Formula 1 tyre blowout in the Belgian Grand Prix and will reveal the findings this weekend at Monza. Four-time world champion Vettel described Pirelli’s performance as “unacceptable” in the wake of his 200mph accident on the penultimate lap of the race at Spa.

Ferrari was attempting a one-stop strat-egy, with Vettel changing from softs to mediums on lap 14 and then running to the finish on lap 43.

But the German’s right-rear tyre failed when he was fending off the Lotus of Ro-main Grosjean for third place.

Ahead of the Italian Grand Prix, where

the tyre compounds will be a step softer this year with the medium and soft in use, Pirelli chief Paul Hembery said: “We have finalised the investigation into Sebastian Vettel’s tyre at Spa. Was Vettel right to attack Pirelli? “Detailed conclusions from the technical analysis will be presented at Monza.”

In the wake of the Belgian GP, Hembery

said Vettel’s incident was down to wear, adding he was “surprised” Ferrari tried to do one stop when every other team did two or three.

It followed a high-speed blow out for Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg during second practice, with the German demanding rapid action from Pirelli before Monza. (net)

Pirelli completes Belgian GP investigation

Sainz Jr’s bad luck in recent F1 races ‘a big frustration’

REUTERS/Yves HermanToro Rosso Formula One driver Carlos Sainz Jr. of Spain drives during a free practice session ahead of the weekend’s Belgian F1 Grand Prix in Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, August 21, 2015.

Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY SportsRafael Nadal of Spain after winning a point to set up match point against Borna Coric of Croatia on day one of the 2015 US Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.

Nadal flashes old form in win over Coric

NEW YORK - Rafa Nadal showed flashes of his top form under the lights at Arthur Ashe Stadium to beat young Croat Borna Coric 6-3 6-2 4-6 6-4 and close Day One at the U.S. Open tennis championships on Monday. The first two sets brought a vintage performance on a sultry night from Nadal, who has dropped to world number eight in what has been a lackluster season for the 29-year-old Spaniard.

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Prayuth said officials knew from their investigation that people in-volved in the bombing were about to flee the country and had traced the man to Aranyaprathet district in Sa Kaeo, a major crossing point to Cam-bodia. The prime minister described the man as a piece in a jigsaw puzzle that would connect various parts of the case, which included a bomb that exploded harmlessly in a river next to a busy pier in Bangkok the day after the shrine blast.

It was not immediately known if the arrested man is the person who was seen in a security video wearing a yellow T-shirt and leaving a back-pack at the shrine shortly before the blast there. Prayuth warned against speculating about the arrested man until more information is learned.

He said it would be great if the suspect is the man they are seeking, “So we will know who they are, where they came from, who’s behind this.” “Don’t say just yet it’s about this and that. It could affect interna-tional affairs,” he said. “We have to do a lot of tests, fingerprints. If he is the guy, he is the guy.”

The blast at the Erawan Shrine was unprecedented in the Thai capital, where smaller bombs have been employed in domestic political violence over the past decade, but not in an effort to cause large-scale casualties.

Security officials on Saturday arrested a man during a raid on a Bangkok apartment that contained some bomb-making materials, and Thai military authorities have been interrogating him. He has been linked to the shrine bombing, but the authorities have not yet released his name or nationality.

Arrest warrants were issued Mon-day for two more suspects, a Thai woman and a man of unknown nationality, after a raid Sunday on a second apartment found more bomb-making materials. Relatives of the woman who had rented the second apartment told authorities that she is innocent and is now in Turkey, mar-ried to a Turkish man.

No one has publicly claimed responsibility for the attack, spark-ing an array of theories about who might be behind it. Police have sug-

gested that the suspects were part of a people-smuggling group who held a grudge against Thai authorities.

Speculation has grown that the suspect might be part of a group seek-ing to avenge Thailand’s forced repa-triation of ethnic Uighurs to China in July. Prayuth on Monday linked the two theories, suggesting the bombers might have been involved in smug-gling Uighurs out of China.

Uighurs are related to Turks, and Turkey is home to a large Uighur community. The Erawan Shrine is especially popular with Chinese tour-ists, feeding the idea that it could be a target for people who believe the Uighurs are oppressed by China’s government. Beijing says some Uighurs are Islamist terrorists, and among them is a group that has been smuggled out of China to join Islamic State fighters in Syria.

The suspect arrested Saturday had a Turkish passport, though Thai authorities say it was fake. At his apartment, they seized at least 11 passports that appeared to be Turk-ish, among more than 200 passports in all. (ap)

MANILA — The Committee to Protect Journalists urged Philippine President Benigno Aquino III on Tuesday to act to stop attacks against the press in the country after three journalists were killed recently. Shawn Crispin, the group’s Southeast Asia representative, said in a statement the killings show “how the lack of progress in ending impunity has em-boldened those bent on silencing the press in the Philippines.”

Over the past two weeks, unidenti-fied gunmen killed radio broadcasters Cosme Maestrado and Teodoro Es-canilla and columnist and publisher Gregorio Ybanez.

The Philippine media watchdog Center for Media Freedom and Re-sponsibility says if all three murders were determined to be work-related, the number of journalists killed in the country would rise to 150 since democracy was restored following the ouster of dictator Ferdinand Marcos in 1986.

“We call on President Benigno Aquino to give top priority to swiftly resolving these egregious cases,” Crispin said. “Until Aquino demon-strates his government is serious about ending the onslaught, the killings will inevitably continue.” Presidential spokesman Herminio Coloma has condemned the attacks and said the police have been tasked to find the killers.

Maestrado, who tackled corrup-tion and abuse of power in his radio program in DXOC station in southern

Ozamiz City, was shot multiple times outside a shopping center about two hours after closing his morning pro-gram on Aug. 27. Maestrado, who had the word “corruption” promi-nently tattooed on one of his arms, was popular for his hard hitting commentaries, radio station manager Remegio Bonustro said. “He was a good man, kind-hearted and helped many people. His cry is for change,” Bonustro said.

On Aug. 19, Escanilla, who is also a spokesman of the human rights group Karapatan in Sorsogon province and has been critical of alleged abuses by the military in his radio commentaries, was shot at the door of his home.

A day earlier, newspaper colum-nist and publisher Ybanez, who was also a board member of an electric cooperative in Davao province, was gunned down as he was about to enter his home in southern Tagum City. Police also are looking into a dispute among board members of the electric cooperative board as a motive in the killing.

Philippine National Police Director General Ricardo Marquez has said the police are giving “priority concern” to the attacks and formed separate special investigation groups to handle each of the cases.

The Philippines has one of the world’s highest rates of unsolved media killings. The CPJ says the Phil-ippines is the third most deadly place for journalists in the world after Iraq and Syria. (ap)

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This combination of file images released by the Royal Thai Police shows a sketch and a closed circuit television image of the main suspect in a bombing that killed a number of people at the Erawan shrine in downtown Bangkok, on Monday, Aug. 17, 2015.

Thai prime minister says main suspect in bombing arrested

BANGKOK — Thailand’s prime minister said Tuesday that authorities have arrested a man they believe is the main suspect in a bombing at a shrine in central Bangkok two weeks ago that killed 20 people. Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said the man is a foreigner and was arrested in eastern Thailand near the Cambodian border. He described him as the main person in the bombing but did not directly say he is suspected of actually planting the bomb.

AP Photo/Aaron Favila

Philippine President Benigno Aquino III, center left, smiles beside new Philippine Navy Flag-Officer-in-Command, Rear Adm. Caesar Taccad, center right, as they look at two armed Agusta Westland (AW) 109 helicopters during the change-of-command ceremonies at Philippine Navy headquarters in Manila, Philippines Monday, Aug. 10, 2015.

Press group urges Philippines to protect journalists

They also urged President Joko Widodo to replace Manpower Minister Hanif Dhakiri as the min-ister had never taken any action in cases that involved laborers.

Finally, the demonstrators

called for the elimination of mod-ern slaveries by enacting the Law on the Protection of Household Servants. If their demands were not met, the KSPI will organize a nationwide strike. (ant)

Demonstrators...

PYONGYANG — Street stalls that offer North Koreans a place to spend — or make — money on everything from snow cones to DVDs are flourishing in Pyongyang and other North Korean cities, modest but growing forms of private commerce in a country where capitalism is officially anathema.

In sharp contrast to the common but semi-clandestine activities of old women hawking loose cigarettes on city backstreets or farmers selling their produce in makeshift fruit stands along highways, the kiosks appear to have the support of some important backers and are both conspicuous and spreading fast.

Near Pyongyang’s main train station, for example, a hamburger stand is doing good business. A few blocks away is a kiosk that stocks buns and bakery goods. Other kiosks sell flowers, soft drinks and junk food. Since it’s summer now, the big items are snow cones and ice cream, affordably priced at less than 1 U.S. dollar.

In the winter, it’s roasted chestnuts, sweet potatoes and hot drinks.

Most of the kiosks are decidedly small-time. But fancy ones associated with well-established restaurants or state-approved enterprises are also multiplying, which could suggest the Pyongyang status quo may be trying to tap into, or even develop, the nascent domestic consumer market.

The first street stalls appeared about a decade ago in the capital, organized by the state on holidays to provide citizens with subsidized treats — often in exchange for government-

issued coupons — as a show of the leadership’s largesse. But following a broader experiment with allowing the stalls to grow in 2012, the 100th anniversary of the birth of North Korea’s founder, Kim Il Sung, they have mushroomed in number and variety.

Pyongyang’s acceptance of their spread may have been inevitable. North Korea’s nanny-state system was severely damaged by the coun-try’s economic crisis and famine in the 1990s, prompting many North Koreans to sell whatever they could on the black market, either for cash or food, just to survive.

Kiosks and the growth of private enterprise in general since then is seen by North Korea watchers as evidence of how the lean years changed people’s attitudes toward relying on the state, spurring a kind of grassroots entre-preneurism.

Officials still frown on market-style capital-ism, which they see as an anomaly and a poten-tial threat to their old-style centralized, state-run economy. Without their tacit approval, however, the stalls and larger quasi-official marketplaces that have also become a fixture in most cities would not be allowed to operate as openly as they do. It is widely believed by outside observ-ers that bribes and corruption play a role.

In the larger markets, most of which are kept from the prying eyes of foreigners, stalls are leased to individual sellers who are then allowed to hawk their wares and haggle with customers over prices, creating an atmosphere that is very similar to public markets in other countries.

Though state-issue coupons are still in use,

most transactions at the kiosks are done in cash — local currency for the most part.

Andray Abrahamian of Choson Exchange, a Singapore-based nonprofit group that works with North Koreans on a wide-range of business and entrepreneurial projects, said it’s not clear whether the spread of the kiosks is due more to individual initiative or to the involvement of

state-owned enterprises.Either way, he said, the kiosks are a positive

sign of innovation. He said that if they work in a manner similar to state-sanctioned mar-kets, where sellers give the state a cut but are basically able to run their own show, they are “a great opportunity for the entrepreneurially minded.” (ap)

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They say ECB President Mario Draghi will likely use his news conference Thursday to underline the bank’s willingness to increase its efforts, if needed, to push up stubbornly weak inflation or limit any damage from the economic troubles in China.

The stimulus program is slated to run through September 2016, in monthly purchases of 60 billion euros of government and corporate bonds. The effort, called quantita-tive easing, or QE, pumps newly printed money into the economy. It

is aimed at raising a rate of inflation that is so low as to provoke fears about the health of the economy.

Yet the impact of the ECB’s pro-gram remains unclear. Despite ma-jor tail winds from low oil prices, a weak euro and massive central bank stimulus, the eurozone’s economic recovery remains tepid.

On the upside, banks are lending a bit more to companies. Draghi made it clear at the time the stimulus program was announced in January that it could be extended beyond September 2016 if inflation doesn’t

convincingly head higher. He may stress that willingness again when he speaks after a Thursday meeting of the bank’s governing council. Some, however, aren’t ruling out more con-crete action at the meeting.

Analysts at financial services group Nomura said they expected the ECB to take no new steps. But they added that “the risk of further ECB action. has clearly increased.”

ECB action, now or at coming meetings, could mean an exten-sion of the stimulus program out to March 2017, Nomura analysts Nick Matthews and Norbert Aul wrote. They said the ECB could also make smaller tweaks, such as reviewing technical limits on its bond purchase that would open the way for expanding them.

Pushing newly printed money

into an economy can raise inflation, make credit more available and in theory support growth and jobs. It has been tried by the U.S. Federal Reserve, the Bank of England and the Bank of Japan.

More ECB stimulus — or the expectation of it — could help keep the euro’s exchange rate down

against the dollar and help exports, one of the most important effects of bond-buying programs.

No change is expected in the bank’s benchmark interest rate, held at a record low of 0.05 percent since Sept. 10, 2014. The bank has said that’s as close to zero as it can go. (ap)

The negative side:

l Inflation is stuck at a low 0.2 percent, the latest figures showed Monday.l The latest survey of economic confidence — combining business and consumer outlooks — ticked up slightly in August for the euro-zone. But it increased in only 11 of the 19 euro countries. In seven of them, it fell, including the biggest, Germany. One country, Ireland, did not report data.l Unemployment remained high at 11.1 percent in the second quarter, while growth was modest at 0.3 percent.

Wobbly euro economy may get bigger push from central bank

FRANKFURT, Germany — When is a trillion euros not enough? Could be soon, in Europe’s shaky economy. Analysts are already talk-ing about when and how the European Central Bank might extend its 1.1 trillion-euro ($1.2 trillion) stimulus program that has been running for the past six months in an attempt to boost the modest recovery in the 19 countries that use the euro.

Street stalls show shifting face of North Korean economy

AP Photo/Dita AlangkaraIn this Aug. 16, 2015 photo, people queue up and have their meals at a food kiosk in Pyongyang, North Korea. Street stalls that offer North Koreans a place to spend - or make - money on everything from snow cones to DVDs are flourishing in Pyongyang and other North Korean cities, modest but growing forms of private commerce in a country where capitalism is officially anathema.

BATAM - The haze from forest and bush fires disrupted numerous flights from several cities in Sumatra Island such as Palembang, Pekanbaru, Padang, and Medan to Batam Island, Tuesday morning, the Hang Nadim International Airport authority revealed.

Among the commercial flights delayed as a result of the reduced visibility were Citilink’s QG-930 and Lion Air’s JT-957, JT-3238, and JT-827, Head of the Hang Nadim International Airport’s Public Affairs Division, Suwarso, stated on Tuesday.

“A Wings Air flight bound for Tanjungkarang in Lampung Province is also delayed,” he noted, adding that the thick smog, which had caused low visibility, had also disrupted

two flights from Jambi Prov-ince to Batam Island in Riau Islands Province on Monday.

The flights were Lion Air’s JT-139 and Nam Air’s IN 9886, he remarked.

The reduced visibility, which has delayed flights at several prime airports in Su-matra Island, including Batam, Singapore’s closest neighbor, is due to the impact of forest and bush fires in provinces such as South Sumatra and Jambi.

The National Disaster Miti-gation Agency (BNPB) has even pledged to deploy an MI-171 helicopter for conducting a water bombing mission in Jambi on Tuesday due to an increase in the number of forest and bush fires in the province. (ant)

The two Asian giants have both sent envoys to lobby Indonesian officials over the past two weeks, each sweetening the terms of their bid for the contract worth about $5 billion.

Analysts believe that whoever wins will likely become the front runner for other high-speed rail projects coming up in Asia over the coming years, including one linking Kuala Lumpur and Singapore.

A cabinet-level committee led by chief economic minister Darmin Nasution will recommend on Wednesday which country should build the rail line between the capital, Jakarta, and textile hub of Bandung, Nasution said.

President Joko Widodo is ex-pected to announce the winner within days.

“Indonesia is leaning towards China because their proposal is less financially burdensome on the Indo-nesian government and because the issue of safety has been adequately addressed,” a government source told Reuters.

A second government source said Indonesia wanted to strike a balance between the two powers in handing out high-profile infra-structure projects. Japan already

holds contracts to build Jakarta’s mass rapid transit system and the biggest coal-fired power plant in the region.

Both sources declined to be identified due to the diplomatic sensitivity of the issue for Jakarta and the economic stakes. Japan is Indonesia’s second-largest inves-tor, while China is its top trading partner.

“We have two partners and it will be good if we can maintain both of them. We have to be smart when taking this decision,” Luky Eko Wuryanto, Indonesia’s deputy minister of infrastructure and re-gional development, told Reuters on Friday after meeting China’s ambassador to Indonesia.

The 150-km (94-mile) rail line should cut the journey between Jakarta and Bandung to 35 minutes from about three hours. Trains are expected to reach speeds of more than 300 km (188 miles) per hour.

Indonesia hopes to extend the line later to connect Jakarta with the city of Surabaya.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe last week sent an envoy to offer a more attractive deal ahead of Monday’s deadline, which was Japan’s second revision in two

weeks.Japan’s late manoeuvring brought

protests from China, which said it was unfair Japan had been allowed to submit a new offer so close to the deadline, a minister said.

China had sweetened its offer earlier in August. Japan initially believed it had won the contract

after completing a more than $3 million feasibility study, but in March Widodo invited other offers in order to get the best deal.

“This is a tight competition between China and Japan, and the more competitive the better,” Rizal Ramli, Indonesia’s chief maritime minister, told reporters. “What is

important is that it benefits our people.” China is offering a 73.92 trillion rupiah ($5.27 billion) loan with a 50-year tenure and an interest rate of 2 percent in U.S. dollars.

Japan is offering a 60.14 trillion rupiah repayable over 40 years at an interest rate of 0.1 percent in yen, with a 10-year grace period. (rtr)

JAKARTA - Indonesia is looking to increase its current pledges on cutting emissions growth, a senior government adviser said on Monday, with a final decision likely by mid-September.

Home to the world’s third-largest tropical forests, and the biggest palm oil producer, Indonesia will have a key role at the United Nation’s Paris climate conference late this year, which is designed to reach a plan to reduce global warming.

“We intend to increase the contri-bution and we will do so,” Rachmat Witoelar, President Joko Widodo’s special envoy for climate change, told Reuters. “But we have to figure out the timeline.”

Indonesia is among the world’s biggest greenhouse gas emitters because of deforestation, peatland degradation and forest fires.

Southeast Asia’s largest economy

is under international pressure to curb deforestation and the destruction of carbon-rich peatlands and forests that many palm oil and mining companies say they need for expansion.

Under Widodo’s predecessor Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, the country imposed a moratorium on clearing forest under a $1-billion climate deal with Norway, and com-mitted to curb emissions growth by 26 percent by 2020 or up to 41 percent with cash and other support from rich nations.

Witoelar, who was in the same role under Yudhoyono and is a for-mer minister for the environment, was unable to give a figure on how much higher the emission targets may go, but said a 10-day consultation with stakeholders would soon begin with a final decision likely by mid-September.

Indonesia had cut its emissions

growth beyond 13 percent at the half way stage of the current target time-line, he said, adding that geothermal power and public transport projects would help it reach 26 percent by 2020.

Widodo, who took office in Octo-ber, has set ambitious infrastructure targets including a five-year plan to add an additional 35,000 megawatts of power capacity to the current 50,000 megawatts.

As the biggest exporter of thermal coal, the majority of these plants will likely be coal-powered, and last week Widodo was at the launch of the construction of Southeast Asia’s largest coal-fired power plant in central Java.

“Even with that (power plant), we can fulfill,” added Witoelar, speaking at his Jakarta offices after meeting Widodo to discuss the Paris confer-ence agenda. (rtr)

Indonesia looks to increase emissions cut pledge

Haze disrupts flights at Batam Airport

Indonesia favouring China over Japan in railway bid

REUTERS/Darren WhitesideA passenger train crosses the Chikubang bridge as it travels from the city of Bandung to Jakarta near Padalarang, West Java, Indonesia August 25, 2015. Indonesia is leaning towards China over Japan in an aggressive bidding battle to build the Southeast Asian nation’s first high-speed railway, two government sources involved in making the decision said.

JAKARTA - Indonesia is leaning towards China over Japan in an aggressive bidding battle to build the Southeast Asian nation’s first high-speed railway, two government sources involved in making the decision said.

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TEHRAN, Iran — The head of Iran’s elite Revo-lutionary Guard said Tuesday that the U.S. is still the “Great Satan,” regardless of the nuclear deal struck with Americans and world powers over the Islamic Republic’s contested nuclear program.

The comments by Gen. Mohammad Ali Jafari, reported by the official Guard website, said that “the enmity against Iranian nation by the U.S. has not lessened and it has been increased.”

“We should not be deceived by the U.S.,” Jafari reportedly said. “It wants to infiltrate into Iran, resort-ing to new instruments and method.”

The Guard and hard-liners remain suspicious of the U.S., even as authorities look over the historic accord that curbs Iran’s nuclear program in return to lifting economic sanctions.

Earlier Tuesday, Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi, the head of powerful Iran’s Experts Assembly, which oversees the nation’s Supreme Leader and institu-

tions under his supervision, also said the nuclear deal will not alter Iran’s foreign policy toward the United States.

“The Islamic Republic of Iran considers the U.S. its No. 1 enemy,” Yazdi said. “If you try to discover the root of the sedition that is happening around us today, you will identify U.S. as its main supporter.”

His remarks echo those earlier made by Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. But while Khamenei hasn’t said whether he supports the nuclear deal, he has praised the work of the country’s negotiators.

Meanwhile Tuesday, the state news agency IRNA quoted Tehran’s police chief, Gen. Hossein Sajedinia, as saying his officers detained several people for distributing apparel bearing the flags of the U.S., Israel and Britain, as well as items bearing Satanic symbols. Such crackdowns on Western items are common in Iran.(ap)

Around 1,000 people waved tickets, clapping, booing and hiss-ing, and shouting “Germany! Ger-many!” outside the station. Later they sat down, staring at a police blockade erected at the entrance. Hungarian authorities closed the train station altogether, then re-opened it but barred entry to the migrants. About 100 police in hel-mets and wielding batons guarded the station. Dozens of migrants who were inside were forced out.

The decision to bar the migrants from westbound trains was a re-versal from the previous day, when Hungary and Austria let trainloads of undocumented migrants leave for Germany, a violation of EU rules they now have little power to enforce.

The arrival of hundreds of thou-sands of migrants has confounded Europe, which has eliminated bor-der controls for travel between 26 countries of its Schengen area but requires those seeking asylum to remain in the country where they first arrive until their applications are processed.

The vast majority of refugees fleeing violence and other migrants escaping poverty first arrive on Europe’s southern and eastern edges but are determined to press on and seek asylum in richer and more generous countries further north and west. Hungary is on a major overland transit route from

the Middle East and Africa through Greece and the Balkans to Ger-many. More than 140,000 people have crossed into Hungary from Serbia this year alone.

European leaders want the EU to do more to organise the unprec-edented influx, help separate those deserving asylum from those who can be safely sent home and share the burden of accepting them across the 28-nation bloc. German Chan-cellor Angela Merkel said refugees with valid asylum claims should be distributed among EU countries according to their capacity to host them.

“For those refugees who are being persecuted or have fled war, there should be a fair distribution in Europe based on the economic strength, productivity and size of each country,” she told a joint news conference in Berlin with Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy.

For now, however, there is no mechanism in place to distribute refugees or to enforce the so-called “Dublin rules”, which require asy-lum seekers to apply in the first EU country where they arrive. Berlin said the Dublin rules must still be enforced.

“Whoever comes to Hungary must get registered there and go through the asylum procedure there,” a German Interior Ministry spokesman said. German Labour Minister Andrea Nahles said the

influx of refugees and migrants would mean an additional 240,000-460,000 people would be entitled to German social benefits next year, costing the government 3.3 billion euros ($3.7 billion).

WHERE SHOULD WE GO?For Hungary, the main entry

point for those arriving in the EU over land across the Balkans, the crisis has prompted the government to reinforce the border with a razor wire fence and deploy thousands of extra police. Faced with the enor-mous pressure of thousands upon thousands of migrants arriving in Budapest, Hungary let them board westbound trains on Monday before unexpectedly shuttering the train station again on Tuesday morning.

Government spokesman Zol-tan Kovacs, when asked why the railway terminus was closed, said Hungary was trying to enforce EU law, which requires anyone who wishes to travel within Europe to hold a valid passport and a Schen-gen visa.

Marah, a 20 year-old woman from Aleppo, Syria, said her family had bought six tickets for a RailJet train that was scheduled to leave for Vienna at 9 a.m. on Tuesday. “They should find a solution,” she told Reuters. “We are thousands here, where should we go?”

The crisis has polarised Europe, which, on the one hand, is com-mitted to the principle of provid-ing refuge for those in danger, but on the other hand has a growing sector of public opinion that be-lieves too much immigration drives down wages and dilutes national

cultures.Thousands of migrants have

drowned this year attempting to reach Europe across the Mediter-ranean Sea in rickety vessels, while the perils of the overland part of the journey were hammered home when 71 people were found dead in an abandoned truck in Austria last week.

Political parties that oppose immigration have gained ground across Europe, not least in Hungary itself, where Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s ruling centre-right Fidesz party has struck a combative tone. Antal Rogan, the party’s parliament caucus leader, said on Tuesday “the very existence of Christian Europe” was under threat.

“Would we like our grandchil-dren to grow up in a United Europe-

an Caliphate? My answer to that is no,” Rogan told the pro-government daily Magyar Idok. Orban’s chief of staff, Janos Lazar, told a parliamen-tary committee that immigration must be controlled tightly.

“I do not think Hungary would need a single immigrant from Africa or the Middle East,” Lazar said. “Europe must use its own human resources fundamentally and if it wants an immigration policy it must be regulated and controlled.”

“In the past decade ... a leftist view has dominated the European Commission and the European Parliament, that the way to de-velop Europe was through allow-ing everyone in and accepting everyone without checks, rules and controls.”(rtr)

Bali News International4 Wednesday, September 2, 2015 Wednesday, September 2, 2015 13International RLDWMigrants protest as Hungary shutters Budapest train station

BUDAPEST/BERLIN - Hundreds of angry migrants demonstrated outside Budapest’s Eastern Railway Terminus on Tuesday demanding they be allowed to travel on to Germany, as European Union asylum rules came close to collapse under the strain of unprecedented mi-gration.

REUTERS/Marko DjuricaMigrants, hoping to cross into Hungary, walk along a highway near the village of Horgos in Serbia, towards the border it shares with Hungary September 1, 2015.

Iranian Guard chief says US ‘still the Great Satan’

Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via APIn this picture released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivers a speech during a meeting in Tehran, Monday, Aug. 17, 2015. Khamenei is saying the fate of a historic nuclear deal with world powers is still unclear as lawmakers in both the Islamic Republic and the U.S. review it.

TABANAN - When crossing Jalan Pantai Kedungu, in Tegal Antugan hamlet, Nyitdah, in Kediri, there is sign near the small river

there that prohibits littering. Sadly, the location stacked with the piles of garbage composed of plastic refuse, household waste and such.

50 year old Deputy hamlet chief of Tegal Antugan, I Nengah Suatra, 50, said that garbage has accumu-lated here over the last two months.

“It happened recently -within the past two months or so. The ham-let authorities appealed to local residents not to dump there garbage there by posting a warning sign but it is being ignored,” he said.

Suatra said that this indicates that public awareness about envi-ronmental hygiene is still lacking. The hamlet authorities then inter-vened by burning the garbage that had been dumped by the river by local residents: “In order for it not to keep piling up. I myself always burn the garbage,” he said.

He did not know for sure who started dumping their garbage there not whether it is local residents or people from elsewhere.

Suatra admitted that Nyitdah hamlet does not have garbage dis-posal facilities. Village authorities have received proposals to have a special garbage tank built but they do not have budget for this yet and also there are constraints in terms of actual location. “The roads in Nyitdah hamlet are narrow, so it is hard to place a garbage tank any-where” he said.

So far, the garbage transportation services of the Tabanan Sanitation and Landscaping Agency (DKP) do not reach this area, so residents either burn their garbage or toss it into the streams. “If the garbage is dumped on the roadside, it must have been started by one person and then others followed. No one ever disposed of their garbage not eh roadside before,” he said.

Meanwhile, Head of the Ta-banan Sanitation and Landscaping Agency, Wayan Sugatra, said that Nyitdah hamlet, falls outside of the area serviced by the DKP. “Pres-ently it falls outside of our service area, but if people need the DKP’s help, we are ready to oblige, in ac-cordance with Regional Bylaws,” he said.

Sugarta added that people out-side of the DKP service area can make a special request for service for special events like after a reli-gious ceremony or other activities that result in an accumulation of garbage. This service is known as on call garbage transportation service. (kmb24)

DENPASAR - After an inmate was rushed to Sanglah Hospital after allegedly being a victim of violence last week, information about another commotion -suspected of involving a group, again occurred at Kerobokan Prison. On Monday (Aug. 31), Chief of Kerobokan Prison, Sujonggo, however denied rumours that the commotion involved groups. The incident that afflicted the wounded victim was a fight between two people. “There is no clash between mass organizations. It only happened between two people,” he confirmed via phone.

It is said that the commotion involved Komang Adi Wibawa, an occupant of block D convicted in a drug abuse case, and Bari, from Block C who was convicted for a case involving violence. Chief of the Kerobokan Prison said that initially Komang and Bari were taunting each other and eventually a fight broke out at about 4pm.

As a result of the incident, Komang Adi received injured to the head, hands and legs. He has been rushed to Sanglah Hospital for medical treatment. Chief of Kerobokan Prison added that Sanglah Hospital has stated that the victim recurring well after having re-ceived treatment. Therefor, Komang Adi should have been allowed to return to the jail that day, however, his family begged to let him stay in hospital until he was closer to full recovery before being returned to the prison. “He was returned to the prison on Monday,” said Sujonggo.

The prison CHief added that the incident did not lead to another legal case. Peace mediation measure between the inmates have been taken.. Now, everything is okay. “It’s safe anyway and nothing more has happened,” he said.

Chief SUjonngo confirmed that a sharp weapon was found in the prison during an inspection of the prison blocks. Instruments made of wood and stone were found in Blcoks C and D. A pieces of scissors, a chisel and a screwdriver were found in another block. (kmb37)

Kerobokan Prison rowdy with fights again

IBP/FileOne of the guard in Kerobokan Prison. Chief of Kerobokan Prison, Sujonggo denied rumours that the com-motion involved groups. The incident that afflicted the wounded victim was a fight between two people.

Lack of garbage disposal facilities

Residents dispose of garbage at roadside

IBP/Wira SanjiwaniThe garbage is pilling up on the Jalan Pantai Kedungu, Tegal Antugan hamlet, Nyitdah village, Kediri subdistrict, Tabanan

3Wednesday, September 2, 2015 14 InternationalInternational Bali NewsTechnology Wednesday, September 2, 2015

Circular face: The S2 is the first Samsung smartwatch with a circular design, and the company says the watch’s frame will rotate to help users access apps and notifications. It’s not a new shape for smart-watches — Motorola and LG make circular frames, too.

Style: The S2 will come in two styles — classic and modern — with various colors and bands.

Phone requirement: Apple Watch requires an iPhone, and the S2 will likely require an Android device from Samsung. Some models will have 3G cellular capabilities that let them do more without the phone nearby. The 3G models will likely cost more and won’t include a service plan, which is typically $5 to $10 a month in the U.S. when added to a phone plan.

Battery life: The S2 promises two to three days of battery life, com-pared with Apple Watch’s 18 hours.

The move thrusts Google on to Apple’s turf in an attempt to boost the lackluster sales of watches running on its Android Wear software. The program uniting the devices running on different operating systems is be-ing released Monday in Apple’s app store.

Until now, Android watches only worked with smartphones powered by Android software, just as the Apple Watch is de-signed to be tethered exclusively to the iPhone.

Google’s new app, though, will enable the latest Android watches to link with the iPhone so people can quickly glance at their wrists for directions, fitness information and notifications about events, emails and Facebook updates.

The devices still won’t be able to be tied together in a way that will allow the Android watches to communicate with all the other apps that a user might have installed on the iPhone.

That roadblock is likely to discourage many iPhone own-ers from defecting from Apple to buy an Android watch unless Google eventually finds a way to overcome the obstacle, said IDC analyst Ramon Llamas.

For now, the Android watches are most likely to appeal to iP-hone owners reluctant to spend a lot of money on a device that remains more of a novelty than an essential gadget.

Google expects the prices of Android watches compatible with the iPhone to range from $100 to

$400. Apple, which has a long history of demanding premium prices for its products, sells most of its watches for $350 to $1,000, though its luxury models cost more than $10,000.

Android watches aren’t going to be bought by “the fan boys and fan girls that have to have abso-lutely everything with an Apple logo on it,” Llamas said. “We are talking about going after people who are open to other possibili-ties with what they can do with their devices.”

Although Apple was a late entrant into the smartwatch mar-ket, the company quickly surged to the front of the pack after its April release.

About 4 million Apple Watches were sold during the three months ended in June to command three-fourths of the worldwide smart-watch market, based on estimates from the research firm Strategy Analytics. The combined sales of Android watches made by various device makers during the same period totaled 600,000 units for an 11 percent market share. Samsung watches running on Tizen software grabbed most of the rest of the market with a 7.5 percent share.

Google is hoping the next wave of Android Wear watches will help to shift the tide in its favor. The upcoming Android watches that will work with the iPhone include the Asus Ze-nWatch 2 and the Huawei Watch. LG Electronics already makes an Android Watch, the $300 Ur-

NEW YORK — Samsung is juicing up its smartwatch with a circular face and more battery life than the Apple Watch, but it’s unknown how many apps will be available for it.

The limited selection of apps is one of the main challenges facing Samsung’s smartwatches. They have been around for longer than the Apple Watch but haven’t gen-erated as much interest or sales.

Samsung’s newest, the Gear S2, faces competition not just

from Apple but also from a variety of manufacturers using Google’s Android Wear software. Accord-ing to IDC, Apple was the No. 2 maker of wearable devices in the April-June quarter, with a 20 percent worldwide market share, behind the Fitbit and its fitness trackers at 24 percent. Samsung was fifth with 3.3 percent.

So far, outside app developers have focused their efforts instead on the Apple Watch and Android Wear watches. Samsung’s watches

use their own operating system, Tizen, which means extra work adapting apps for them.

Samsung promised a variety of apps designed for the new watch’s circular face, but it didn’t provide details. The company said demos of the new apps will come Thursday at the IFA tech show in Berlin.

The Korean electronics com-pany didn’t announce a price or release date Monday for the S2. (ap)

AP Photo/Eric Risberg

In this Aug. 21, 2015, a new Android Wear smartwatch that is compatible with the Apple iPhone is displayed at Google’s offices in San Francisco. Google is introducing an application that will connect Android smartwatches with Apple’s iPhone, escalating the rivals’ battle to strap their technology on people’s wrists.

Google tries to woo iPhone owners with Android watch app

SAN FRANCISCO — Google is introducing an application that will connect Android smartwatches with Apple’s iPhone, escalating the rivals’ battle to strap their technology on people’s wrists.

bane, that’s compatible with the iPhone. Working with the new app, the Android smartwatches will be compatible with iPhones

dating back to the 5, as long as their operating systems have been updated to at least iOS 8.2.

“This is a shrewd move by

Google to expand its potential market,” Llamas said. “There is only so much space available on each wrist.” (ap)

DETAILS Samsung unveils circular smartwatch, but are apps available?

“The people of Indonesia should try as much as possible to travel within Indonesia as a way to get to know the na-ture and culture of the nation, as an act of patriotism and to encourage the love of domestic products. Local tourism businesses also need to reduce the amount of products that are imported and served to visitors, again to keep money circulating within Indoneisa’s borders,” he explained.

According to Anom, maximizing the use of local products not only keeps money in-country, but also helps increase the production of domestic products -as long as their quality meets existing standards. That way not only will locals be attracted by local products but so will visi-tors from abroad.

“Foreign visitors, especially those whose economic conditions are improving, will certainly have a greater purchasing power in buying Indonesian products, and In-donesian tourism will also benefit by more tourists coming to Indonesia for these products,” he added.

Nevertheless, said Anom, the government still needs to continuously intensify tourism promotion through vari-ous means including branding, websites, direct promotion missions, cooperation with foreign agencies as well as by taking advantage of Indonesian embassies and consulates. Ambassadors and consulates of Indonesia must also actively promote tourism as well as local Indonesian products.

“These products must be up to international standards so that when they are promoted, tourists will not be disap-pointed when they come to Indonesia. With an increase in foreign tourist arrivals to Indonesia, obviously the amount of foreign currencies entering the country will also in-crease,” he said. (kmb32)

NUSA PENIDA - Paluang Temple in Nusa Penida, Klung-kung, has a unique feature. Two of the shrines in the temple are shaped like cars, one a VW Beetle, the other a JEEP. Palu-ang Temple’s priest, Jro Mangku Sutawan, said that he does not know the exact history of the Paluang Temple but added that local residents believe that Ida Ratu Gede Sakti Hyang Mame dwells in the temple with the four-wheeled car-like vehicles. Moreover, every piodalan or temple anniversary, some of the supporting devotees fall into trance and request a car-shaped shrine to be made.

“Since people frequently fall into this trance, the car-shaped shrines are created. However, nobody knows when the temple was first made,” he explained.

Chief of the Dwi Kukuh Les-

tari customary village, I Wayan Partana elaborated on Jro Mang-ku Sutawan’s explanation saying that Paluang Temple’s piodalan or temple anniversary falls on Saniscara (Saturday) Kliwon Krulut and that the supporting devotees of the Paluang Temple amount to 105 households. In the area of Paluang Temple there is also Segara Temple but only Paluang temple has two car-shaped shrines (of different sizes).

“The uniqueness of this tem-ple has becomes an attraction for pilgrims and other visitors who come to see the car-shaped shrines. There are visitors almost every day,” he said.

Paluang temple is located in the southern part of Nusa Penida, in Karangdawa hamlet, Bungamekar and recently drew the attention of the Regent of

Klungkung, I Nyoman Suwirta. Accompanied by the headman of Nusa Penida, I Ketut Sukla, Re-gent Suwirta came to pray there on the anniversary of the temple on Sunday (Aug. 30).

As a resident of Nusa Penida, Regent Suwirta was deeply im-pressed by the temple and as-sessed that it could become a destination for spiritual tourism in Nusa Penida. The Regent added however that he was sad to see the road leading to the temple so badly damaged.

The road is in fact damaged all the way from Pondokaha to Karangdawa and Regent Suwirta hopes that the road to Aluang Temple will be priorotiesed for improvements. “This road should be given priority to facilitate smooth access to the temple as a spiritual tourism destination,” he explained. (kmb)

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Domestic tourists flocked in Kuta Beach during holiday season. On Monday (Aug. 31), I Putu Anom, Chairman of the Indonesian Tourism Intellectuals Association (ICPI), Bali Chapter, conveyed that the government of Indonesia is asking its citizens both government officials and the public, to minimize their trips overseas so as to keep money in the country.

Indonesians urged to travel within the country

DENPASAR - On Monday (Aug. 31), I Putu Anom , Chairman of the Indonesian Tourism Intellectuals Association (ICPI), Bali Chapter, conveyed that the government of Indonesia is asking its citizens both government officials and the public, to minimize their trips overseas so as to keep money in the country.

Nusa Penida Unique temple has car-shaped shrine

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Paluang Temple in Nusa Penida, Klungkung, has a unique feature. Two of the shrines in the temple are shaped like cars, one a VW Beetle, the other a JEEP.

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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 considered 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, decora-tions 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

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Saturday, September 12, 7 PM, Opening “111” exhibition by Aboedt ArtTuesday, September 14, 8 PM, Movie screening of Old Bali’s movie by Aboedt ArtThursday, September 17, 8 PM, Movie screening entitled “Nga ben Dulu dan Sekarang” by Aboedt ArtSaturday, September 19, 7.30 PM, Nusantara live musicTuesday, September 22, 7 PM, Human is Alien video projections on Bamboo installation with live music by Planet BambooThursday, September 24, Movie screening entitled “Bali Sehar ian, Dulu dan Sekarang” by Aboedt ArtSaturday, September 26, Movie screening entitled “Upacara Yadnya Bali, Dulu dan Sekarang” by Aboedt ArtSunday, September 27, Opening of Painting and Artwork Interior 2015 Exhibition with culinary bazaar.Monday, September 28, Sketches painting and interior product exhibitionTuesday, September 29, Talkshow guided by Wayan Suardika (Bali Arts) followed by sketches demoWednesday, September 30, Sketches painting by Budiana and interior painting exhibitionThursday, October 1, Sketches painting and interior painting exhibitionFriday, October 2, Sketches painting and interior painting exhibitionSaturday, October 3, Closing ceremony of Sketches painting and interior product exhibition

The ACMI Assosciation (I Love In-donesian Cuisine), headed by William Wongso and Santi Sherad, presenting Rahung Nasution and friends to share their culinary experiences through ‘culinary sharing’ sessions and food tasting! Visitors were treated to a step by step preparation and tasting with foods originating from Aceh, Batak, Yogaya, Manado and host, Bali. Visi-tors were even able to buy the localised cuisines at the venue.

A variety of international cuisines such as Japanese, Thai, Italian and Western Food were also available on site to spice up the event. There was also Coffee Stop, a coffee stand specialising in high quality, locally sourced coffee beans. Also available were the Kaki Lima Stalls, prepared by Taman Bhagawan, which pro-vided several traditional Indonesian finger food which took us back to our childhood days, such as the various fried items, cotton candy, traditional cakes, barbequed corn and also mini pancakes. Classic Indonesian favou-rites like soto mie, sate ayam, siomay and a choice of es teler, es cendol and es doger.

Highlight of Jazz Market by The Sea 2015’s Culinary Journey was that Taman Bhagawan partnered up with Suwe Ora Jamu for this festival, to launch a new product, which was a tra-ditional Jamu called Paon Jamu with a chic and up-to-date packaging, in Jamu Pavillion. Paon Jamu is available for purchase in Paon Doeloe Restaurant in Taman Bhagawan from 10.00 – 22.00 (Central Indonesia Time).

On the main stage, Tohpati Bertiga, Raisa and Kunto Aji’s performances were well received and enjoyed by audiences, on each separate night. Tohpati Bertiga charmed audiences with its unique Progressive Jazz rock sound, while Raisa gave her young, hysterical fans and audiences an un-forgettable performance. The cool, al-ways happy yet collected singer Kunto Aji, closed off Jazz Market by The Sea with his hit single, and also gave his fans a surprise treat by coming down from stage taking selfie and singing for his fans who embraced him with delight. Other surprises include col-laborations from legendary Balinese musicians, Balawan, with Kunto Aji, right after Balawan’s performance of its traditional, classic sounds. Dialog Dini Hari, the Balinese band who has garnered quite a fanbase in Jakarta, performed on the very last day.

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Surprise for the audience on this 5th awesome year

TANJUNG BENOA - The fifth annual Jazz Market by The Sea which was held from 14-16 Au-gust 2015, was officially closed with a huge success. Organisers aimed to inspire visitors through music, the arts, culture and the Indonesian tradition and were met with great success with an elaborate programme and musical performances in this annual event held in Taman Bhagawan, Tanjung Benoa-Nusa Dua. The theme for this year was ‘Indonesian Festivities and Culinary Journey’ and the venue was packed with a total 6.070 visitors during the 3 day event.

This event also became a pro-motional platform for locally made products from young creatives in the market stalls of Jazz Market by The Sea. Some of the products on display and sale were colourful, recycled or-naments, affordable and locally made Indonesian clothing and uniquely produced traditional bags, furnitures, home decorations, the many differ-ent items you might need for parties or weddings, right up to gardening items.

For visitors who wished to enjoy

a special weekend with your family, Jazz Market by The Sea provides the kids with facilities and allowing them to play on the green lawn and also join in the traditional games which have been organised, such as cracker-eating competitions, marbles and ‘giring balon’ amongst others. The kids are free to roam around and get to know the animals which were specially provided Bali Zoo and Bali Bird Park better and upclose. The fun just simply never stops and there’s something for everyone in this wonderful venue.

“Besakih villagers cannot handle large scale ceremonies alone and require the support of all Balinese Hindus,” said the Chief of Besakih customary village, I Wayan Gunatra.

Gunatra expects only the best for the sad kahyangan temple in terms of the preservation of the sanctity of the temple and surrounding areas at all times. The sanctity of the temple cannot be ensured by Besakih customary villag-ers alone, but requires the support of everyone, from religious leaders to thinkers and Hindu experts.

“In this case, help is needed to inform Besak-ih villagers about the current issue of the inclu-sion of Besakih in the KSPN (national tourism strategic area—Ed). Basically our community needs to be informed so that Hindus at Besakih and Hindus from other areas all understand the issue very clearly,” he continued.

Gunatra expected to receive information about the implications of inclusion in the KSPN from the 11 KSPN Assessment Team that had previously been established by the Governor of Bali, so that the Besakih villagers could fully understand the situation. If the area of Besakih is to be strengthened, the villagers of Besakih need to be strengthened first. It will be very dangerous if Besakih villagers are not fully informed about issues related to inclusion on the KSPN.

In the meantime, I Putu Anom, Secretary of the 11 KSPN Assessment Team established by the Governor of Bali, explained that his team had recommended that Mount Agung, Besakih and surrounding areas be removed from the designated area KSPN because inclusion would present a legal conflict.

If Besakih is included in the KSPN, its pri-mary function as a sacred area will be turned into tourism as its primary function. “This is profit-oriented. We are worried if the area’s function changes from sacred area to tourism area, Besakih will become commercialized. It

Based on Wirata’s experience, this na-tion is generally poor at building external networks. Often we don’t pay enough attention to small things, and don’t seem capable of taking advantage of opportuni-ties that are in plain sight. This nation is not serious, which makes it hard for us to compete internationally.

“I was appointed as part of a delegation sent to Ottawa, Canada and to Australia for training. But after coming home, none of us were put to good use. Networks were not been established during the New Order era nor are they in the present reformation era. Networks are what allow us to develop but this is not happening,” he said.

In fact, continued Djaya Wirata, even though it’ seems like a simple thing, establishing networks can be extraordi-narily powerful. We should not let large capital interests destroy the networks that were built up by our ancestors hundreds of years ago. In other words, the leading figures of Bali need to sit down together to take a good hard look at all major inves-tors that wish to enter this island.

“For example Udayana University, is in a position to talk about the possible impacts of the Benoa Bay project, because they conducted clear studies on the matter. But why is it going ahead anyway? Why are we so easily dazzled by money? In our business association, many people from outside of Bali say that Bali is different. So, perhaps the study cannot be done in an ordinary way, as there are special things that need to be taken into consideration. We also need to have the courage to speak out in the national arena so that Bali can be well maintained,” he said.

Two senior figures of the Tabanan

Palace, I Gusti Ngurah Putra and I Gusti Bagus Suryadi, also expect the sacred areas of Bali such as Besakih Temple to be protected from investors targeting these areas for profit. If Besakih is really dam-aged, then Bali will be destroyed.

“Besakih is a sacred area that must not be turned into a hotel or a golf course,” said Ngurah Putra.

Bagus Suryadi added that Balinese people should have a sense of belonging, a sense of responsibility and sense of being Hindu. When viewed in terms of historical, philosophical and other aspects, Balinese people have an extraordinary responsibility to care for Besakih.

“If Besakih is made impure, the island of Bali will be damaged,” he said.

Suryadi went on to say that the sup-porting devotees of Besakih Temple are local customary villagers. However, the pengider-ider of sad kahyangan temples are found in each county and municipality, so that temples are not only sacred areas but also hold a great culture together.

“What does pedharman mean? It is the fortress of Balinese clans that preserve Besakih. It is a strong fortress that allows Bali to remain secure,” he added.

Related to the inclusion of Besakih in the national tourism strategic area (KSPN), Bagus Suryadi said that if high priests or sulinggih, temple priests and the people do not agree with its inclusion, why is it allowed to be included? And he also questioned the performance of the Council of Bali Representatives (DPD) of the Central House of Representatives who seem to only be talking high-falutantly whereas they need to be listening to and fighting for the aspirations of Balinese people. (kmb32)

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Hindus prayed at Besakih Temple during “Betara Turun Kabeh” ritual ceremony. Bali’s leaders need to empower the supporting devotees (pengempon) of the this islands temples, particularly Besakih, instead of sacrificing the sanctity of the island of the Gods, by prioritizing the interests of those wishing to make a profit.

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Chief of Besakih customary village, I Wayan Gunatra

Besakih area residents need to be informed about the KSPN

The role of Besakih customary village is admittedly very simple; the village is in charge of physically preserving Besakih Temple in order to ensure that it is not touched by things which ought not touch it. On particular occasions, the local cus-tomary villagers also carry out their tasks as supporting devotees or pangemong of the temple. They perform devotional works ranging from small to large scale ceremonies.

will be easy for investors interested in turning a profit to come into this area. Espeicially since coastal areas have already run out,” he said.

Anom added that officials have always stressed that the KSPN management can be run by the local government. In other words, local government can reject proposals from the central government for the construction of facilities if they are not in accordance with Balinese customs and/or culture. But in this case, the local government has proved itself to unable to regulate the Besakih area.

“We must not be lulled by the promises of inclusion in the KSPN. We may obtain IDR 5 billion by sacrificing the sacred area. But what does the IDR 5 billion mean? Just take some bil-lions from our hotel and restaurant tax instead. Let us not mistake our feet for our head. Bali tourism must apply the Hindu concept known as satyam or truth, shivam or sacredness, sun-daram or beauty, not other concepts that do not serve us,” he said. (kmb32)

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NEW YORK — There’s a “SpongeBob” musical in the works but the music is no kiddie stuff. Nick-elodeon said Monday it will produce the world premiere of “The Sponge-Bob Musical” in Chicago next sum-mer with original songs from John Legend, David Bowie, Cyndi Lauper, Dirty Projectors, The Flaming Lips, T.I., Plain White T’s, They Might Be Giants, Lady Antebellum, Panic! At the Disco, and Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler and Joe Perry.

It is co-conceived and directed by Tina Landau with a book by Kyle

Jarrow and music supervision by Tom Kitt. The show will play Chicago’s Oriental Theatre starting June 7 with an eye to Broadway. Producers call it “a rousing tale of a simple sea sponge who faces the unfathomable. It’s a cel-ebration of unbridled hope, unexpected heroes, and pure theatrical invention.”

Kids’ material has made the leap to stage before, including “The Addams Family,” ‘’Annie” and “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown.” And writer, director and producer Adam McKay is currently working on an “Archie” musical. (ap)

“Definitely a very big deal for me. You know, I can’t believe it’s 10 years already, but we definitely have to celebrate this year,” the singer said during an interview Monday. “There are a few things I have in mind, so you’ll have wait on that, but don’t think I’m forgetting because this means a lot to me that I made it to 10 years.”

Rihanna released her debut album, “Music of the Sun,” in 2005. The 27-year-old has released seven albums, launched multiple Top 10 hits and won eight Grammy Awards.

This year she’s dropped three singles, including the Top 5 hit “FourFiveSeconds,” and says she’s busy working on her eighth album.

“New album is going really, really great. We have recorded a lot of songs and I can’t wait to finish and put it out. That’s my next step,” she said.

Rihanna made the comments at Macy’s in down-town Brooklyn at the launch of her new fragrance called Ri Ri. Feverish fans screamed inside the packed store, singing her lyrics to past hits and dancing wildly as one of her songs blasted from from speakers.

“I know I made a great decision coming to Brook-lyn because Brooklyn fans are on another level,” she said. “They are full of energy and they’re loud and I like that. They’re going to turn up in here today.”

The singer said Ri Ri is the first of a new trilogy of fragrances. She’s had more than a half dozen other fragrances in the past.

“I intentionally wanted to do something fun, something that made you feel young, flirty, you know, cute,” she said with a smile. “It’s like a brand new pair of shoes. (ap)

LOS ANGELES — The faith-based family drama “War Room” outshone its competition despite a relatively quiet release, taking the second place spot with $11.4 million from only 1,135 locations. The PG-rated film lost the top spot to “Straight Outta Compton,” which is still playing in over 3,000 theaters, but flew past its modest $3.5 million budget on a rela-tively limited number of screens.

Other new releases didn’t fare so well. Warner Bros.’ electronic dance music drama movie “We Are Your Friends” bombed with only $1.8

million, making it one of the worst openings of all time for a film in wide release. Starring Zac Efron, “We Are Your Friends” cost a modest $6 mil-lion to produce, but Warner Bros. only spent $2 million to acquire it.

The Owen Wilson thriller “No Escape” opened in fourth with modest $8.1 million from weekend. The Wein-stein Company film has earned $10.2 million since its Wednesday opening. “Straight Outta Compton,” meanwhile, celebrated its third weekend at No. 1 with $13.1 million, bringing its domes-tic total to $134 million. (ap)

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Rihanna excited to celebrate 10 years in music industry

NEW YORK — Rihanna says she’s thrilled to have had a decade-long career in music and she plans on celebrating the feat at some point this year.

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The masses of workers came from three labor union confed-erations: the Indonesian Workers Union Confederation (KSPI) under Siad Ibal, the All Indonesian Work-ers Union Confederation (KSPSI) under Andi Gani, and the All In-donesian Laborers Confederation (KSBSI) under Mudhofir.

They “besieged” the Presidential Palace and urged the government to fulfill their 10-point demands, which included lowering the prices

of basic necessities and fuel oil.The demonstrators voiced their

objection to the layoffs carried out by employers on grounds of the ru-piah depreciation and the economic slowdown.

They also rejected the influx of foreign workers into the country and urged to annul the requirement for foreign workers to master the Indonesian Language.

Regarding wages in 2016, the workers demanded a minimum

increase of 22 percent from the previous minimum wage in a bid to increase their purchasing power.

They also rejected the Govern-ment’s Draft Regulation on Wages, which is only based on inflation and gross domestic income.

The demonstrators also de-manded a revision in the decent living standard, which has become the basis for the formulation of the wages of workers and an increase from 60 points to 84 points.

The workers also sought a revi-sion in the Pension Assurance of the Social Security Management Agency for Employment (BPJS Ketenagakerjaan). They demanded

that the workers should be provided similar pension benefits as those of-fered to civil servants and not merely Rp300 thousand per month.

Regarding the performance of the Social Security Management Agency for Health (PBJS Keseha-tan), the demonstrators urged the agency to improve its services and eliminate the INA CBGs (Indo-nesia Case-Based Group) system and Health Minister’s Regulation No. 59/2014, which leads to low hospital tariffs.

The laborers rejected a hike in the BPJS Kesehatan premium pay, calling on the government to in-crease the amount of budget for the

recipients of the premium payment assistance (PBI) to Rp30 trillion.

They also demanded the dis-solution of the Industrial Relations Court (PHI) by revising Law No. 2/2004. They viewed the PHI as serving only as a graveyard for workers.

Bali’s leaders need to empower the supporting dev-o t e e s (pengempon) of the this islands temples,

particularly Besakih, instead of sac-rificing the sanctity of the island

of the Gods, by prioritizing the interests of those wishing to make a profit.

Practical interests guided by financial gains alone will

only destroy Bali. “What is hap-pening today? Everything seems

to be made easy and everything is for sale. Even our temples are being sold

for financial gain. Let us reflect on what we have been doing for last few years and what we have achieved, and whether there is something wrong,” said busi-nessman, I Gusti Kade Djaya Wirata in a discussion held at Besakih Ashram, held as part of the celebra-tions of Bali Post’s 67th anniversary.

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Indonesian trade union supporters march towards the Presidential Palace in Jakarta September 1, 2015. Tens of thou-sands of workers protested on Tuesday against job cuts and called for higher wages raising pressure on the govern-ment as it struggles to kickstart an economy growing at its slowest in six years.

Demonstrators “besiege” presidential palace

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JAKARTA - Thousands of laborers grouped under the In-donesian Workers Movement (GBI) staged a long march from Bank Indonesia traffic circle to the Presidential Palace to voice their demands on Tuesday.

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