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Lawyers for MyuranSukumaran and Andrew Chan,members of the so-called “BaliNine” gang of heroin smugglers,lodged the appeal to the country’sSupreme Court via the Denpasardistrict court on Bali, pleading forthe right to life which is guaran-teed by the constitution.

“We filed a judicial review aswe consider this case is againstbasic rights which are guaranteedin our constitution,” one of theirlawyers Todung Mulya Lubis toldreporters at the Denpasar districtcourt.

“It’s true that they should bepunished, but not the death pen-alty. We are seeking to have it re-duced to a 20-year jail term,”Lubis added.

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Teenagers sing while playing with water during a musical performance to commemorate the 65th Indonesian IndependentDay in Badung River, Bali on Sunday, August 15th 2010. Many events and competitions are being held in the river to com-memorate the Independent day as well as to promote environment conservation.

Australians on death rowlaunch final appeal in Indonesia

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One of the “Bali Nine” defendants, Myuran Sukumaran, is wait-ing to enter the court.

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DENPASAR - Two Australian drug smugglers on death rowin Indonesia launched a final appeal against their sentenceson Friday, seeking to have them reduced to 20-year jail terms.

Sukumaran and Chan were con-victed over an attempt in 2005 tosmuggle 8.3 kilograms (18 pounds)of heroin into Australia from theIndonesian holiday island of Bali.

Five other “Bali Nine” members— Martin Stephens, MatthewNorman, Si Yi Chen, MichaelCzugaj and Thanh Nguyen — areserving life sentences.

Lubis said that the judges shouldtake into consideration the two con-victs’ contribution in teaching fel-low inmates at Kerobokan prison inDenpasar.

“They have taught fellow inmatesskills such as operating computersand art painting. In this case they aresupporting the government’s reha-bilitation programme for prisoners,”he added.

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Denpasar (Bali Post)—Commemoration of the 65th Anni-

versary of the RI is important to be usedas a moment to organize the life as anation and state into a better direction.Spirit of the Independence of the RIshould be able to drive us to do morepatterned programs in improving thefate of society being less fortunate interms of economic aspect, improvingthe quality of human resources and ac-cessibility to education.

Aside from eradicating poverty, theunemployment problems should besearched for its solutions. In that con-text, the spirit of philanthropy shouldbe developed in years to come. It wasrevealed by Deputy Head of Bali HouseIda Bagus Putu Sukarta and a lecturerof the Hindu University of Indonesia(Unhi) Denpasar, Wayan Budi Utama,last Friday (Aug 13).

Ida Bagus Sukarta added that theproblems faced by community like pov-erty needed finding its solutions by en-hancing the economic improvementprograms targeting the regions of pov-erty. Commemoration of the 65th Anni-versary of the RI denoted a right mo-ment to make the program more strate-gic to improve the fate of the poor. Theproblems faced by society should beresolved as good as possible so peoplecould be truly “independent” economi-cally. In other words, with the freedomof community from economic issues,poverty and unemployment in Balicould be minimized. “Celebration of theIndependence Day is an important mo-ment to restructure the life of the na-tion and state heading for the better onethan in the previous years, based on theconcept of Tri Kaya Parisudha andother values of indigenous wisdom ofBali,” said Ida Bagus Sukarta. In the

One of tourists that complain overthe trashes is Gerome from Australia.The guy who comes frequently toPadangbai since 16 years ago statedthat trashes in Padangbai are very dis-turbing. He said that lots of his friendsalso complaining the same thing butnever get any reaction from Padangbaipeople. ‘’I’m already complainingabout the trashes to the government butnever get reaction. They always saidthat they will call me back but just stopthere,” he said.

Gerome very disappointed with thesituation in Padangbai because everytimes he gets there, the place get dirtier.He said that if the situation keep goingson, tourists will not come to Padangbai.‘’It’s such a same if Padangbai will notget any tourists because the view is fan-tastic and tourists like to go there forwater sports activities.”

Related to the protests submitted bya number of foreign tourists, VillageHead of Padangbai, Kadek ArisSuyasa, last Friday (Aug 13), atPadangbai said that such trashes werenot thrown by local people. However,

Gianyar (Bali Post)—Graffiti action performed by

vandalistic artists at the area ofKebo Iwa Terminal Stadium madethe Regent of Gianyar TjokordaOka Artha Ardhana Sukawati in-furiated. The regent added thatsuch graffiti action on the wall ofpublic place certainly denoted anact that was not praiseworthy.Aside from making it appear dirty,the action was very rude and more-over those drawings and writingswere not very nice to see.

This complaint was conveyed byTjok Ace as Chairman of the Advi-sory Panel of the Gianyar Scouting,last Friday (Aug 13) in front of hun-dreds of scouting members under-taking the clean up against graffitiat the Kebo Iwa Terminal Stadium,

Foreign tourists complainForeign tourists complainForeign tourists complainForeign tourists complainForeign tourists complainas Padangbai Beachas Padangbai Beachas Padangbai Beachas Padangbai Beachas Padangbai Beachscattered by trashesscattered by trashesscattered by trashesscattered by trashesscattered by trashesAmlapura (Bali Post)—

A number of foreign tourists enjoying holidays on the Padangbai Beach, Karangasem, com-plained related to dirty beach within the past few days. It was kindled by trashes scatteringaround the beach because such condition made tourists uncomfortable when they were sunbath-ing or enjoying marine attraction.

they were trashes washed away fromlocal coastal area and waters nearby.

Such trashes routinely happenedevery year especially during the sea-son of wind blowing fast from the southalong with the ocean currents. Ordi-narily, they were not inorganic trashesor plastic wastes, but generally in theform of algae washing away from riv-ers or sea algae. River algae or hyacinthtrashes were alleged to have beenwashed away several days before, aspreviously it rained heavily in someareas. “Those trashes just last for fewdays and later they will be destroyedand sank into the seabed. We do hopetourists could understand because it wasthe influence of nature and beyond thehuman control,” he said.

Aris Suyasa added that the pilingtrashes on the Padangbai Beach werealso caused by condition as the coastalarea was in the form of gulf. Addition-ally, trashes were also taken by thewinds and ocean currents to Padangbai,and finally they were hard to go outbecause the condition of the bay shore.

When asked if there was no effort

to mobilize local residents throughmutual assistance for cleaning thetrashes, Aris Suyasa said to have con-ducted monthly trash cleanup under thesea, coastal area and on land. Suchmutual assistance involved the stake-holders (those having interests in thesanitation of Padangbai area), such asthe circles of hotels and diving guides.

The underwater trashes werecleaned by a group of volunteers con-sisting of fishermen and diving tour-ism practitioners. Divers cleaned upthose trashes, especially plastic trashescaught in the coral reefs. Even, thecleanup was done until outside thePadangbai Cove like the Blue Lagoon.

Meanwhile, local residents and stu-dents that could not dive, they cleanedup trashes on the beach. Then, atten-dants of clean up service of the villagewere assigned to clean the trashes eachafternoon around the Padangbai Vil-lage. The village itself had two atten-dants of clean up service. “We hire twosweepers and paid them at IDR 300,000each per month taken from the villagefunds,” he said. (kmb18/013)

Graffiti action by artists makes Tjok Ace infuriatedGianyar. Tjok Ace gave appreciationto the scouting activities at that time.It was very positive action to fostera love to the environment. “As aBalinese granted with extraordinarynature, I do expect the awareness ofall parties to collectively maintainthe environment,” he explained.

Similarly, the regent invited theentire community, particularly thosebeing over creative to scribble on thewalls, to stop their action. It wouldbe better if the creativity at hand wasdistributed properly in the rightplace, because other than fosteringthe creativity it could be profitable.“Graffiti action on the walls done bysome over creative individuals willcertainly go very detrimental tomany people and it is far from theaesthetics. Let us learn to love the

environment by giving contributionto maintain the sanitation andbeauty,” said the Regent called tolove the art.

Meanwhile, in the clean up ser-vice to the graffiti conducted by thevandalistic artists, hundreds ofscouting members from the level ofCub Scouting, Boy Scouting, Var-sity Scouting and Coach across theGianyar Quarter held a clean up ser-vice en masse against the graffiti onthe wall of Ciung Wanara Stadium.

Chairman of Gianyar Quarter, IGusti Ngurah Wijana, said the imple-mentation of such an action posed areal measure toward the nature andenvironment. The action could beused as a means to improve the senseof caring in maintaining, loving andcaring the environment. (kmb16)

Interpreting the Independencecelebration of the RILife of the nation should be getting better

meantime, he also considered the mo-ment important to be made into spiritin order residents progressively couldmore love and respect their domesticproducts.

Likewise, nationalism was importantto be consolidated. The endeavor toundertake the improvement on the qual-ity of education would result in im-provement of human resources andstrengthening the identity or characterof the nation. This needed practicing.With a good quality and having a strongidentity, our human resources would beable to compete against the others inthe era of globalization.

A lecturer of Hindu University ofIndonesia, Wayan Budi Utama, said at65 years old of the Indonesian Indepen-dence, we apparently still left a fairlyhigh level of poverty and increasinglydifficult public access to affordable edu-cation. In the other side, religious edu-cation seemed to have not created amaximal social piety in our society. Thiswas discernible from the increasingsense of individualism and the narrow-ing of social sensitivity. Therefore, itwould become our common task in fill-ing this independence in the future bydeveloping a spirit of philanthropy inthe society. The emergence of schooldropouts—disability to continue to col-lege education—also indicated that lo-cal economy has not been so good.

In this regard, the spirit of philan-thropy namely helping the others inneed should be raised or promoted inthe society. It included in the empa-thy to those requiring assistance forcontinuing education. Through thisspirit, it was expected that quality ofBali human resources would increasealong with the tight competition in theglobal era. (08)

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A grand daughter attends to Ketut Liyer, 95, the Balinesespiritual guru who featured in Elizabeth Gilbert’s best-sell-ing memoir “Eat Pray Love” as he recovers from heart ail-ment and bladder surgery at a hospital in Denpasar inIndonesia’s resort island of Bali on August 12, 2010.

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Archeological protectionthrough maintenance, preserva-tion and conservation, eventhrough reconstruction as well,has turned to be an internationalproblem not only today, but actu-ally in the future. Such matterswere indicated by the activities ofUNESCO as an international in-stitution, who concerned with themost important of world culturalheritage e.g. archeological re-mains. UNESCO have done a lotof excellent work, which need areasonable budgets, expert, equip-ment etc. and the best example isthe safeguarding of Brobudurtemple. As the UNESCO member,our governments are concernedand responsible to protect ourmonuments for our national inter-est, such as Brobudur temple.

Based on the developmentof archaeological studies and therelated studies especially in fieldof archaeological protection, nowsuch problems is a technical mat-ter and besed on scientific consid-eration. Facing such problem ,Indonesian government have donea number of works e.g the safe-guarding of borobudur tample {incooperation with {UNESCO},Prambanan tample ,Demakmosque, and other tamples in Balinamely Pura Besakih ,PuraMengening , Pura Pegulingan ,Pura Taman Sari etc. In this case,our government as one of theASEAN countries have carriedout a coordinate programmersthrough SPAFA (Sub project ofarchaeology and fine art) to findout the effective ways and meansdealing with the problems of ar-chaeological protection .

Discussing the archaeo-logical protection in Bali, it shouldbe remembered that Bali, even avery small island, but has a lot ofarchaeological monuments, whichmost of them belonged to livingmonuments. Among them are anumber of Hindu tample, spreatednearly in the whole island, as wellas Hindu stastues , inscription etc.As the holy monuments for Ba-linese society, so the Balinesehave the responsibility to take caretheir monuments as their religiousfunction Officially, archaeologicalprotection in Bali is done by BaliOffice for Preservation of ar-chaeological and Historical Heri-tage (Kantor Bali Suaka pening-gelang Sejarah dan PurbakalaBali) in coordialnation and corpo-ration with the local governmentand local people as well. This of-fice have done a lot of archaeo-logical reconstruction, but not yetcovered the whole of them, be-cause of the limited budgets etc.

In case of protecting thearchaeological monuments inBali, Bali Office for Preservationof archaeological and Historical

Head of the Bali Education Agency,I Wayan Suasta, did not reject such anincrease in the number of dropouts inBali over the past year. Viewed fromthe level of education, he said, the high-est dropout rates occurred in the el-ementary education reaching 863people, followed by secondary educa-tion (455), senior high education (352)and vocational high (228). It was saidthat the dominant factor causing morethan a thousand students dropped outof school in Bali was economic rea-son. It meant the majority of the drop-out students came from poor families.Beyond that, there were also studentsforced to leave school because theirsettlement was far from the location ofeducation facilities/schools. Besides, itwas also triggered by a number of otherfactors such as low parental awarenessto send their children to school. “Es-pecially for senior high/vocational highschool students, we have got a reportfrom Regency/City Education Agencythat some of them were forced to dropout of school because they got marriedat early age,” he said.

To anticipate the growing number

Mangupura (Bali Post)—Ninety six hectares of coral reef

in Jimbaran area is in bad condition.Other than caused by human activi-ties such as withdrawal of coral reeffor decoration materials, use ofchemicals for capturing fish, thedamage to coral reefs becoming theunderwater tourist attraction, ac-cording to the Regent of Badung,AA Gede Agung, was also causedby anchor release.

“Out of the seven zones of coralreefs in Badung region, the exist-ence of coral reefs in Jimbaran, es-pecially Kedonganan ranked theworst. This condition is due to im-proper anchor release to the coralreefs, so when taken out the coralreefs get caught. As a result, thecoral reefs will be broken and dead,”explained AA Gede Agung on theplacement of 40 artificial reefs andcoral transplantation in Nusa Dua.Preserving the coral reefs becomingthe habitat of marine life such asfish, shrimp, crabs and others tobreed, according to AA GedeAgung, required the public attentionfor the sake of realizing the eco-friendly tourism.

“The idea of Nusa Dua commu-

Rate of dropout studentsRate of dropout studentsRate of dropout studentsRate of dropout studentsRate of dropout studentsin Bali increasesin Bali increasesin Bali increasesin Bali increasesin Bali increasesDenpasar (Bali Post)—

High dropout rates seem to have become a classical problem for the education field in Bali.Based on recent data collected by Bali Post from the Bali Education Agency (Disdikpora), lastFriday (Aug 13), Bali in fact retained 1,898 dropout students for elementary education, juniorhigh, senior high and vocational high school. The rate collected by the end of 2009 in fact boostedif compared to the number of dropouts in 2008 amounted to 1,613 people. In other words, theincrease of dropouts throughout Bali Province within the past year reached 285 students.

of dropout rate due to economic rea-son, he said, the Bali Provincial Gov-ernment further strengthened the imple-mentation of the Nine-Year Compul-sory Education program and pioneeredthe 12-Year Compulsory Educationprogram. To complete the funding ofthe School Operational Assistance(BOS) disbursed by the central govern-ment to elementary and junior highschool students, Bali Provincial Gov-ernment has allocated an additionalfund to the School Operational Assis-tance (BOS). “In the Regional Budget2010, Bali Provincial Government al-located IDR 10.74 billion more forcompanion funding of elementaryschool and IDR 8.79 billion more for acompanion of junior high school. Later,each elementary school student is en-titled to get BOS fund worth IDR25,000 per year and junior high schoolat IDR 50,000 per year,” he said whileadding that the number of elementarystudents in Bali currently amounted to429,882 and junior high school to171,592 students.

Meanwhile, to counteract the in-creasing rate of dropouts in the level of

senior high/ vocational high school, hesaid, the Bali Provincial Governmenthad allocated a budget worth IDR57.29 billion more. Such a fund wouldbe disbursed for all senior high andvocational high schools belonging tostate/private school in Bali in the formof Operational Support of Education(BOP) to 76,771 high school studentsand 53,180 vocational high school stu-dents in Bali. In details, every studentof senior high school (SMA) was allo-cated IDR 400,000 per year, while vo-cational high school (SMK) studentsgot IDR 500,000 per year.

“With the imbursement of BOP,Bali Provincial Government hoped allpeople of Bali at least can be educatedup to senior high/vocational highschool eligibly because of the educa-tion cost has been subsidized by gov-ernment. Especially for students fromthe level of elementary, junior high andsenior high/vocational high schoolcoming from poor families, Bali Pro-vincial Government also provides sub-sidies for education in the form ofscholarships to poor students,” he as-serted. (kmb13)

Condition of 96 hectares of coralreefs in Jimbaran bad

nity in creating eco-friendly tourismshould be made into example byother parts of the Badung Regency.This effort must be continued to un-dertake. One of the ways is by plac-ing artificial reefs and coral trans-plantations,” he said.

Nevertheless, the overall condi-tion of coral reefs in Badung as dis-closed by the number one man inBadung was in good condition.“Technically, there will be zoning inorder the existing marine ecosystemsare not annoyed. In addition, thepersons that have damaged the coralreefs will also be convicted,” headded.

Except for Jimbaran, the BadungAnimal Husbandry and MaritimeServices also reported that conditionof coral reef at Benoa area to NusaDua having the extent of 228 hect-ares was in moderate condition;Pemingen-Geger area covering 75hectares in good condition;Sawangan area covering 58 hectaresin excellent condition; Kutuh-Ungasan area covering 168 hectaresin good condition; Pecatu area cov-ering 394 hectares in moderate con-dition; and Tuban-Kuta area cover-ing 309 hectares in moderate condi-

tion. “We’ve been doing supervisionto the ships releasing the anchor.Because, the damage occurred doesnot only harm the surrounding en-vironment, but also had an impacton the tourism sector,” he said.

Director of the Bali Tourism De-velopment Corporation (BTDC)Made Mandra previously stated thatcondition of many ocean floors inBali remained dirty so their waterswere quite apprehensive.

“As a result of damaged ecosys-tems, lots of fishes died, like sharks,turtles and other endangered species.In response to the condition, we in-vite all parties to take care and re-solve the damage marine ecosys-tems, particularly the undersea habi-tat where widely found plastictrashes, so many coral reefs andother marine biota can live health-ily,” he said.

According to him, the destructionof undersea nature along the NusaDua area was not too severe. Nev-ertheless, the efforts to reducetrashes washed away from the estu-aries required continuous move-ment, especially the wider commu-nity participating in the clean upservices. (par)

Archeologicalprotection in Bali andthe role of the society

Heritage has given a technicalguidance to the local people for re-constructing their monuments andfinancial support as well. As thegovernments have a very limitedbudget for these works, and as theowner of the living monuments, sothe Balinese people have their re-ligious tasks and responsibility toprotect sacred monuments. In Baligenerally each village have threevillage temples named PuraKyayangan Tiga e.g PuraPuseh,Pura Desa (sometime com-bined with Pura Bale Agung ) andPura dalem. Among them are be-longed to archaeological monu-ments and frequently in thesetemple a number of archaeologi-cal monuments are preserved suchas statues, inscription etc. It isimportant to note here that theunity of the Balinese society istightly bounded by the villagetemples and social organization.

Based on religious reasons,actuality Balinese society has astrong spirit to keep their monu-ments in a well condition as holymonuments. Since a very longtime the Balinese people havemaintained and restored theirmonuments in a very traditionalways, based on their own religiouswill and spirit, and for this purposethey collected the materials, evenreasonable money from the villagemembers. The village members,especially the skilled members(Balinese, undagi) did the resto-ration and led by the village leader,without any payment (Balinese,ngayah). This mutual model ofworks named gotong royong isone of the Indonesian spirits,which has been developed sincethe early time until today.

It is a remarkable fact sincethe early time Balinese peoplehave done the archeological pro-tection in their traditional ways,which really should be regardedas a community based conserva-tion. The most important meaningof these facts is the Balinese havedone their religious task, whichstill continued from one genera-tion to next generation and still re-tained until today. Therefore thesefacts indicated that the Balinesepeople from time to time haveplayed important role for pro-tecting their archeologicalmonuments, for worshippingtheir ancestor’s spirit, the HinduTrinity as well as their local dei-ties. It is hoped that this religioustraditions should be keep inpeople’s mind and increased,now and in the near future for thesafeguarding the archeologicalmonuments and its cultural val-ues. Through this way it is hopedthat our cultural identity could bepreserved in the people’s mindfor facing the forthcoming mod-ern world. (BTN)

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“Oil is no longer flowing into theGulf,” said Obama, speaking at aregional US Coast Guard headquar-ters. “But I’m here to tell you thatour job is not finished, and we arenot going anywhere until it is.”

Obama said that he wanted to de-liver the message directly to resi-dents of the Gulf Coast, which hehas visited four times since an Aprilexplosion on a BP-leased oil rigtriggered the disaster.

“I made a commitment in my vis-its here that I was going to stand withyou... until you have fully recoveredfrom the damage that has been done.And that is a commitment my ad-

Agence France Presse

ISLAMABAD – UN chief BanKi-moon on Sunday urged theworld to quicken aid for up to 20million people hit by Pakistan’sworst humanitarian crisis as heflew in to visit areas ravaged byrecord floods. The United Nationshas appealed for 460 million dol-lars to deal with the immediate af-termath of the floods but haswarned that billions will be re-quired in the long term with vil-lages, businesses, crops and infra-structure wiped out.

Pakistan’s weak civilian gov-ernment has appealed to the inter-national community to help it copewith the challenges of a crisis thatPrime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilanihas compared to the 1947 partitionof the sub-continent.

Ban arrived on a Pakistan AirForce jet at Chaklala air base,sweeping into talks with Gilani andPresident Asif Ali Zardari, beforeflying over some of the worst af-fected areas of central provincePunjab.”I’m here also to urge theworld community to speed up their

Associated Press Writer

TOKYO – Japan’s new liberalprime minister shunned a visit to ashrine that has outraged Asian neigh-bors for honoring war criminals,breaking from past governments’ tra-dition and instead apologizing Sundayfor the suffering World War II caused.Members of the now-opposition Lib-eral Democratic Party, which ruledJapan nearly continuously since theend of the war, made a point by carry-ing out their own trip to YasukuniShrine in Tokyo on the 65th anniver-sary of the end of World War II.

The Shinto shrine — a spectacu-lar building with sweeping roofs anda museum in its grounds that glori-fies kamikaze pilots — has set offcontroversy by honoring the 2.5million Japanese war dead, includ-ing Class A war criminals such as

AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa

Visitors in Japanese Imperial army and navy uniforms enter YasukuniShrine, which honors Japan’s war dead, including convicted war crimi-nals, during a ceremony marking the 65th anniversary of the end ofWorld War II, in Tokyo, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010.

Japan PM shuns shrine, apologizes at WWII ceremonyHideki Tojo, Japan’s wartime primeminister who was executed in 1948.

Among those who visitedYasukuni was LDP leader SadakazuTanigaki and former Prime MinisterShinzo Abe. About 40 legislatorswent to the shrine, but none fromPrime Minister Naoto Kan’s Cabinet,according to Japanese media reports.

Kan leads the Democratic Party,which took power last year afterwinning elections on promises ofgreater transparency and grass-rootsdemocracy. It is the first time sincethe end of World War II that the en-tire Japanese Cabinet has avoidedvisiting Yasukuni on Aug. 15, theday Japan surrendered in the war.

“We caused great damage and suf-fering to many nations during thewar, especially to the people of Asia,”Kan told a crowd of about 6,000 atan annual memorial service for the

war dead at Budokan hall in Tokyo.“We feel a deep regret, and we

offer our sincere feelings of condo-lence to those who suffered and theirfamilies,” he said. “We renew ourpromise to never wage war, and wepromise to do our utmost to achieveeternal world peace and to never re-peat again the mistake of war.”

Among those listening to Kan’swords were Emperor Akihito,whose father Hirohito announcedthe surrender 65 years ago in a ra-dio broadcast — the first time theJapanese public had heard the realvoice of the emperor, who had beenrevered as a living god to justifyimperial expansion.

Akihito, who has never visitedYasukuni, led a moment of silenceat noon, bowing deeply before astage filled with yellow and whitechrysanthemums.

REUTERS/Pete Souza-The White House/Handout

U.S. President Barack Obama and his daughter Sasha swim at Alligator Point in Panama City Beach,Florida, August 14, 2010.

Obama, daughter swim inObama, daughter swim inObama, daughter swim inObama, daughter swim inObama, daughter swim inGulf in act of reassuranceGulf in act of reassuranceGulf in act of reassuranceGulf in act of reassuranceGulf in act of reassuranceAgence France Presse

PANAMA CITY - US President Barack Obama and his daughter have taken a dip in the Gulf of Mexicoin an attempt to reassure Americans that, despite a massive oil spill, its waters remain safe for tourists. Thepresident, First Lady Michelle Obama, and their younger daughter, Sasha, traveled to this Florida pan-handle city to talk to local officials and business leaders, and highlight the region’s tourist attractions.

ministration is going to keep,” hesaid. And Obama also demanded thatBP speed up processing of compen-sation claims, saying that “any de-lays — by BP or by those managingthe new fund — are unacceptable.”

Earlier this week BP made its firstdeposit into the 20-billion-dollarGulf of Mexico oil disaster fund in-tended to compensate thousands ofresidents and businesses hit by thelargest maritime oil spill of all time.During the height of the spill Obamaurged his fellow Americans to con-tinue taking vacations in the region,famous for its sugar-white beaches,and heavily dependent on tourism.

Obama later went for a swim withSasha at Panama City Beach, awayfrom the public and press cameras,with only an official photo of the pair— heads bobbing just above the wa-ter line — issued by the White House.

While the image might go far toreassure Americans that Gulf watersare safe, Obama had stressed he wouldtake a presidential plunge in private.

The last time Obama, who isphysically fit, was photographedswimming without a shirt was inDecember 2008, shortly before hetook office. The pictures werebroadly circulated and used on thecover of news magazines.

AFP/Farooq Naeem

Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik (2L) and Foreign MinisterShah Mahmood Qureshi (R) listen as UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (C) addresses the media at Chaklala Airbase in Rawalpindi.

UN chief urges world tospeed up Pakistan aid

assistance to the Pakistani people,”he told reporters.

He said he would report back tothe UN General Assembly firstthing this week and “we will try tomobilise all necessary assistanceand remember that the whole worldis behind the people of Pakistan inthis time of trial”.

Ban later flew over devastatedareas in Punjab, the breadbasket ofPakistan, and met survivors at arelief camp in Muzaffargarh, wherepeople are now returning after theflood danger passed, local officialssaid. Around a quarter of the coun-try appears to have been affectedby the flooding, officials estimate.

Some of the worst-hit areas are inthe volatile northwest, where Talibanmilitants have been locked in fight-ing with Pakistani troops, and thewealthiest and agriculturally mostimportant areas of Punjab and Sindh.

Fresh foods hit the southwest-ern province of Baluchistan over-night, devastating hundreds of vil-lages and causing tens of thousandsto flee, said Sher Khan Bazai, thecommissioner in the town ofJaffarabad.

Hotel Activities Monday, August 16, 2010 5International

Australian Consulate GeneralJalan Tantular 32 Renon DenpasarPhone: +62 361 241118Fax: +62 361 221195 (General) +62 361 241120 (Immigration)

Royal Danish & NorwegianMimpi Resort Jimbaran, BaliPhone +62.361.701 070

The Czech RepublicJalan Pengembak No. 17 Sanur, BaliPhone +62.361.286 465

France Consulate AgencyJalan Merta Sari Gang II No. 8 Sanur, BaliPhone +62.361.285 485

The Federal Republic of GermanyJalan Pantai Karang No 17 Sanur, BaliPhone +62.361.288 535

The Republic of HungaryJalan By Pass No 219 Sanur, BaliPhone +62.361.287 701

Italian ConsulateJalan By Pass Ngurah Rai Jimbaran, BaliPhone +62.361.701 005

Honorary Consulate of MexicoJalan Mohamad Yamin 1 A, Renon, Denpasar, BaliPhone +62.361.223 266

Honorary Consulate of The NetherlandsJalan Raya Kuta 127, BaliPhone +62.361.761 506

Praja Taxi : (0361) 289090Bali Taxi : (0361) 701111Ngurah Rai Taxi : (0361) 724724Pan Wirthi Taxi : (0361) 723366Komotra Taxi : (0361) 758855

TAXIS

IMIGRATION

Denpasar

There are 4 major hospitals usually used by foreigners -Denpasar General Hospital(RSUP Sanglah), Kasih Ibu Hospital, Rumah SakitWongaya and Rumah Sakit Dharma Husada.

RSUP Sanglah is the main provincial public hospital. Itsfacilities have improved since the emergency ward had beenbuilt in 1991. Difficult/critical cases would not become aproblem anymore since it has complete equipments. It islocated on Jl. KesehatanSelatan 1 Sanglah Denpasar with :Phone : 227 911 – 15Fax : 226 363

Kasih Ibu Hospital is a private hospital which caters forless serious cases such as diarrhea, intestinal disorders, ane-mia, asthma and minor accidents. Kasih Ibu is also equippedto care for pregnant women. This hospital is located on Jl.Teuku Umar 120 Denpasar.Phone : 223 036Fax : 268 690.

Rumah Sakit Wongaya (Public Hospital; Psychiatric Unit)Jl. Kartini, Denpasar.Phone : 222 142.

HOSPITALHonorary Consulate of SpainKomplek Istana Kuta Galleria Blok Vallet 2 No 11. JalanPatih Jelantik Kuta, BaliPhone +62.361.769 286

USA Consulate AgencyJalan Hayam Wuruk No. 188 Denpasar, BaliPhone +62.361.222 426

Consulate General of JapanJalan Raya Puputan No. 170 Renon, Denpasar, BaliPhone +62.361.227 628

Honorary Consulate of BritishJalan Tirta Nadi No. 20 Sanur, BaliPhone +62.361.270 601

Swiss and Austria ConsulateJalan Patih Jelantik, Komplek Pertokoan IstanaGalleriaPhone +62.361.751 735

Honorary Consulate of BrazilJalan Legian No. 186, BaliPhone +62.361.757 775

Honorary Consulate of ThailandJalan Raya Puputan Renon 81, Denpasar, BaliPhone +62.361.263 310

Embassy of IndiaJalan Raya Puputan Renon 42-44, Denpasar, BaliPhone +62.361.241 978

Honorary Consulate of Sweden anf FinlandSegara Village Hotel, Jalan Segara Ayu, Sanur, BaliPhone +62.361.282 223

Honorary Consulate of MalaysiaAlam Kulkul Boutique Resort, Jalan Pantai Kuta, BaliPhone +62.361.752 520

IBP

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The Private Spa Wellness Cen-tre has been engineered as an opu-lent wellness facility where per-sonal indulgence takes on a wholenew meaning. A choice of sevenexclusive treatment rooms and high-end spa facilities such as vitalitypool, steam room and Far Sauna areavailable. The Private Spa WellnessCentre is also one of the first spasin the world to feature hydrother-mal biotherapy treatment, whichpromotes fitness and health resto-ration. The bio-charge supplied bythis Water Energy System will helpreinforce the body’s immune sys-tem and increase overall energy.

The spa menu is tailored by ex-perts, with 50 years of combined ex-perience in the industry to create aspa ritual beyond pampering. Thecore menu consists of Stress Pre-vention Delights, including bodywork, body care, traditional thera-pies, and signature rituals, as well

The private spa wellness center opens this summeras Beauty Fashion that include fa-cial care, nail care, and pulse lighthair removal services as well asunique Wellness section with Biothermal Hydrotherapy, Chakra bal-ancing, LED light Chromotherapyand energy levels diagnosis. Facialtreatments will be performed usingresult-based products, such as theaward-winning Pevonia Botanicaskin care line and Banyu Spa natu-ral products specially engineered inthe on site laboratory.

The Private Spa Wellness Centrestrives to become the icon of the spaindustry in Bali and beyond. Thisspa is the turn-key project of ThePrivate Spa Corporation, a hub ofexpertise covering all aspects of aSpa development, from the initialconceptualizing until the final deliv-ery of specially crafted spa treat-ments and equipments.

In The Private Spa Wellness Cen-ter, luxury comes in environmentallyfriendly. Minimizing its carbon foot-print, The Private Spa Corporationkeeps 90% of the productions cre-ated in Bali. The furniture and ac-cessories are manufactured usingrecycled woods, stones, glass andterrazzo, while the water used for thevichy shower is also recycled.

The people behind this phenom-enal health and beauty Sanctuary areIan Lyons, Fabrice Garrigues andErika Dewi. Ian Lyons is the Chair-man of The Private Spa Corporation,

an expert in energy physics andcrystal hydro technology, carryingmore than 27 years of experience inhydrotherapies and alternativemedicines in energy fields. FabriceGarrigues is the Managing Directorof The Private Spa Corporation and

the strategic backbone of the company,while Erika Dewi as Manager of Op-erations is a qualified master in tradi-tional therapies, specializing inaromatherapy product manufacturingand training.

“With a dedicated team of healers,

craftsmen and designers ready andeager to bring the best result basedspa services, I believe the openingof The Private Spa Wellness Centerheralds a new and exciting era forBali as the Spa capital of the world,”claims Fabrice Garrigues. *

Monday, August 16, 20106 News

“At the moment it looks like itcould be a hung parliament,”Michele Levine, chief executive ofthe Roy Morgan polling group, toldAFP on Sunday.

The latest Roy Morgan poll,which surveyed close to 1,000 vot-ers across the country on Saturday,found centre-left Labor had the sup-port of 51 percent of voters and theright-leaning Liberal/National coa-lition some 49 percent.

Former lawyer Gillard has con-ceded that she is heading into oneof the tightest races in the nation’shistory, after a Nielsen poll releasedSaturday put her ahead 53 to 47 per-cent and a Newspoll found shewould just scrape into government.

“I’m keenly aware that as we gointo the final week, if today’s pollsare right, then Mr Abbott could endup prime minister by the end of thenext Saturday,” 48-year-old Gillardsaid ahead of Monday’s campaignlaunch. Polling in recent weeks hasfound that Labor is losing groundagainst Abbott, an unlikely chal-lenger nicknamed the “Mad Monk”who only became opposition leaderlast year after bruising party infight-ing on climate change.

Levine said voters appeared un-easy about Gillard’s brutal wrestingof power from her former leader

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Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, left, signs her autographs for apprentices and construc-tion workers during the campaign trail in Sydney, Australia, Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. Australians willgo to the polls on Saturday, Aug. 21, 2010 to vote in the federal election.


SYDNEY – Australia was Sunday heading for a knife-edge election, with no party streakingahead in opinion polls with less than a week to go, raising the prospect of the first hung parliamentin 70 years. As Labor Prime Minister Julia Gillard, the first woman to lead the country, battles anenergised conservative opposition headed by the plain-speaking Tony Abbott, polls predict thatthe August 21 contest could go down to the wire.

Kevin Rudd in her own party coupin late June.

“That really plagued the whole ofthe Labor Party’s first few weeks,”Levine said. “There’s a clear indica-tion, in both our national polling andour marginal seat polling, that thereis a move to the coalition,” she added.Although the candidates are starklydifferent — Welsh-born Gillard is acareer woman who has never mar-ried or had children while Abbott isa conservative family man who oncetrained to become a Catholic priest— the campaign has been criticisedas uninspiring.

Labor is leaning heavily on itsperformance during the global finan-cial crisis — arguing that its massivestimulus package kept the economyout of recession and saved tens ofthousands of jobs.

It is promising to develop infra-structure — including a high-speednational broadband Internet network— and improve Sydney’s congestedrail links if reelected.

On climate change — a key factorin the 2007 election which sawLabor’s Rudd topple conservativeprime minister John Howard, endinghis 11-year-rule — Gillard has repeat-edly said she believes climate changeis real and wants to put a price on car-bon emissions.

The outspoken and gaffe-proneAbbott, a former Rhodes scholar andminister in the Howard government, hasmeanwhile vowed to cut governmentspending to reduce national debt and“stop the boats” of asylum seekers.

Political analyst ClementMacintyre said while it was an his-toric vote because it was the first timeAustralians have a chance to vote fora party led by a woman, the campaignhas been lacklustre.

“While the polling is so close bothsides are conscious that one mistakecould cost office and they are lessbold and adventurous,” Macintyre,who is head of politics at the Univer-sity of Adelaide, told AFP.

The last time Australia faced ahung parliament was in September1940 when the United AustraliaParty/Country Party coalition and thecombined Labor parties each won 36seats, leaving the balance of powerwith two independents.

Haydon Manning, head of politicsat Flinders University in South Aus-tralia, said a similar result in 2010 wasunlikely, but Saturday’s electioncould leave the Greens holding thebalance of power in the upper house.

“As a consequence ... whoeverforms government in the lower house,will have to go cap in hand frequentlyto negotiate with the Greens,” he said.


LOURDES, France – A bombscare forced the evacuation of theRoman Catholic sanctuaries in theFrench pilgrimage destination ofLourdes on Sunday as 30,000 wor-shippers celebrated the Feast ofthe Assumption. “A bomb warn-ing was received at the police sta-tion, announcing that four bombswere going to go off at around3.00pm in the sanctuaries,” thesite’s press officer Pierre Adias


JERUSALEM – The Israeli mili-tary says it is removing a concretebarrier erected nine years ago to pro-tect a Jewish neighborhood inJerusalem from Palestinian gunfire.

The neighborhood of Gilo is lo-cated in southern Jerusalem on landcaptured by Israel in 1967 along withthe rest of east Jerusalem and the ad-jacent West Bank. The removal is asign of the relative calm that has

Thousands evacuatedin Lourdes bomb scare

(AFP/Pascal Pavani)

Pilgrims queue to visit the Grotto of the Apparitions, also calledGrotto of Massabielle as part of the Assumption festivities inthe Sanctuary of Our Lady in the French southwestern city ofLourdes.

told AFP just before 2.00pm (1200GMT).

“We’re trying to evacuate theshrines and to prevent those peoplewho left to have lunch from comingback in. This is proceeding calmly,”he said.

On August 15, Catholics celebratethe Virgin Mary’s ascent to heaven,and Lourdes — a southern Frenchtown where the faithful believe theVirgin Mary appeared in a vision 152years ago — is a popular site to markthe event.

In sign of calm, Israelremoves gunfire barrier

(AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

An Israeli army crane loads a part of a concrete wall in the Jew-ish neighborhood of Gilo in Jerusalem, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010.

taken hold in the West Bank. Thewall was erected in 2001, at theheight of Israeli-Palestinian vio-lence. It was meant to protect Giloresidents from Palestinian militantsfiring from a nearby West Bank vil-lage.

An Israeli military statement Sun-day said the wall was removed be-cause of “a reduced security threat”and increased cooperation betweenIsraeli and Palestinian securityforces.

Monday, August 16, 2010 7Indonesia TodayInternational

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JAKARTA - Infotainment pro-grams broadcast on televisionscontribute to the increasing num-ber of divorces as many youngcouples tend to emulate the behav-ior of celebrities, an official said.

“About 80 percent of divorcesof young couples married for fiveyears were due to the influence ofinfotainment programs,” DirectorGeneral for Islamic Mass Guid-ance Nasaruddin Umar said hereon Saturday.

He made the remarks afteropening a national exemplaryfamily and religious office (KUA)

AFP PHOTO / Bay ISMOYO

Carrying several Indonesian flags athalf-mast, the group comprising mostlyChristians prayed and sang hymns.

“The president and the govern-ment have violated constitutionalrights of minority groups to freelypractise their religion,” rally coordi-nator Judianto Simanjuntak told AFP.

“They yielded to pressure by theMuslim groups and allowed churchesto be closed and attacks to continue.We ask the president to be respon-sible and guarantee religious free-dom,” he added.

Indonesian rights group SetaraInstitute for Democracy and Peace inJuly said there were 28 cases of reli-gious freedom violations from Janu-ary to July, up from 17 for the whole


KUPANG - A group of illegal mi-grants escaped from an Indonesiandetention centre Friday and was be-lieved to be heading for Australia,where boatpeople are a hot issueahead of elections next week, an of-ficial said.

Local immigration office head IGusti Ngurah Rai said the 21 fromAfghanistan, Iraq and Iran wereamong 44 people who ran away fromthe detention centre in Kupang, East

AntaraJAKARTA - The government

should immediately find a solutionto or a way-out of traffic congestionbecause it is now hampering invest-ment, particularly in goods distribu-tion, a chamber official said.

“Investors are suffering big lossesdue to delays in transportation oftheir goods to or from ports,” chair-man of the Indonesian Chamber ofCommerce and Industry (Kadin) forcommunications affairs Chris

Antara

CIAMIS - A total of 525 housesin four villages in Pamarican sub dis-trict, Ciamis district, are now inun-dated by floodwater but the disasterclaims no casualties, a rescuer said.

Chairman of the Tarun DisasterAlert Group Ade Deni said here onSaturday that the floods were causedby the overflowing of CikembangRiver after rain showered the regionssince Friday.

He said that heavy rains continuedto fall until almost midnight on Fri-

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JAKARTA - Hundreds of Indonesians held a prayer vigil in Jakartaon Sunday urging President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to stop at-tacks by radical Islamists on Christian churches.

of 2008 and 18 in 2009.The violations — mostly by

radical Muslim groups — includedforced closure of churches and at-tacks such as torching and damag-ing churches, it said.

Human Rights Watch early thismonth called on Yudhoyono to re-peal laws that it says have givenextremists from the dominant reli-gious group the legal space tolaunch violent attacks on people ofother faiths and sects.

Indonesia’s constitution explicitlyguarantees freedom of religion and thecountry of some 240 million people,80 percent of whom are Muslim, hasratified the International Covenant onCivil and Political Rights.

Indonesian Christian women shout slogans during a protest againstattacks on churches in Jakarta on August 15, 2010. Hundreds ofIndonesians held a prayer vigil in the capital Jakarta urging Presi-dent Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to stop attacks on Christianchurches, which the protesters and a report by the Setara Institutefor Democracy and Peace blame on radical Muslim groups.

Floods inundate 525houses in Ciamis

day had caused the river to sud-denly overflow its banks andcaused floods that inundated thehouses of local people in the fourvillages.

“The floods peaked at 7 am onSaturday,” Ade said.

The floods caused residents toevacuate to higher places but by theevening on Saturday, they have be-gun to return to their homes.

“When the floods peaked at 7am, all residents evacuated but nowthey have been returning to theirrespective houses,” he said.

Traffic jams hamper investment

Infotainment programs blamedfor surge in divorces

contest. Infotainment is a popularterm for soft news or informationwhich entertains viewers.

Nasrudin said the increase in thenumber of divorces at present hadcaused concerns because the num-ber of divorces over the last ten yearshas been showing an upward trend.

About one million couples get mar-ried annually but those who divorcedreached 200 thousand couples per an-num. The figures were collected fromKUA offices throughout the country.

He said the risks of the increas-ing number of divorces included arise in the number of young widowswhich could disturb others’ hus-bands, neglected children and an in-

crease in the number of unregis-tered marriages.

Unregistered marriages wouldincrease because relativelywealthy husbands are interested inmarrying young widows, and as aresult their children are not regis-tered in their family cards becausethey have no birth certificates.

Nasarudin said that the ministryof religious affairs through his di-rectorate general was doing its bestto put things in the matter in order.

This means that all marriages,divorces, reconciliations, birthsand deaths must be registered.This was merely intended to makethe identities of all citizens clear. Illegal migrants head for

Australia after Indonesia escapeKanter said here on Saturday.

Chris said goods dispatches fromJakarta’s industrial zones to TanjungPriok port or the other way roundneeded hours before they could ar-rive at their destinations. Because oftraffic jams the dispatch of goodswhich could actually be done twice,could only be done once.

“Investors have not yet voiced theircomplaints but I am sure that someinvestors who had planned to operatein Indonesia eventually canceled their

plans due to the traffic congestion,”Kanter said. He said that every yearabout 3,000 new motor vehicle docu-ments (STNKs) were issued, both forfour- and two-wheel vehicles, inJakarta. Thus, the number of four-wheel vehicles totaled 90,000 unitsand two-wheel vehicles two million.

Kanter said the government shouldtherefore speed up the operations oftoll road access from industrial areasto Tanjung Priok port so that the flowof goods could be smoothed.

Nusa Tenggara province.Officials managed to arrest 23

of the migrants in Kupang town.“The 21 people may have left to

Australia using different boats,” hetold AFP.

“Some witnesses said that sevenmigrants had rented a boat and leftthis morning to Australia,” headded.

Indonesia has been a key stag-ing point for people smugglers tak-ing migrants on the perilous seajourney south to Australia.

8 InternationaMonday, August 16, 2010

Bali Today

Head of Badung Government Tour-ism Office (Disparda), I MadeSubawa, last Friday (Aug 13), said thefour tourism villages in Badung con-sisted of Pangsan Village, Baha Vil-lage, Bongkasa Pertiwi Village andKapal Village. Among the four vil-lages, only Pangsan Village had al-ready been equipped with accommo-dation facilities. “Only Pangsan Vil-lage has provided with accommoda-tion facilities so it is ready for sale.Meanwhile, other three villages havenot had accommodation facility espe-cially cottage,” he said.

According to Subawa, the devel-opment of tourist accommodation fa-cilities in the village was hindered bycapital matter. Until recently, there hadno been any public capital invested forthe construction of tourist huts in three

Antara

DENPASAR - China rankedthird after Australia and Japanas a source country of foreigntourists visiting Bali in the firsthalf of 2010 with 98,258 tour-ists, up slightly from 97,930 ayear earlier.

All but one Chinese tour-ist in the first semester came toBali by direct flights from theircountry, Head of the Bali Pro-vincial Statistics Office IdaKomang Wisnu said on Satur-day.

Chinese tourists weremade up of 8.33 percent of theoverall tourist arrivals in Baliin the first half of 2010 reach-ing 1,180,118, a 10.23 percentincrease compared to the sameperiod last year.

He said six out of top tensource countries of foreign

Antara

DENPASAR - Bali may beentrusted with the task of host-ing the 8th World Choir Games(WCG) in 2014, a local govern-ment offficial said.

“This international eventwill involve a very large num-ber of participants from manycountries around the world,” IPutu Suardhika, the head of theBali provincial administration’spublic relations and protocolaffairs bureau, said here Friday.

He said, hopefully, theevent would further improvethe image of Bali, including itstourism, as well as Indonesia’sin general in the eyes of the in-ternational community.

“Bali vice GovernorAAN Puspayoga received ateam from the Culture andTourism Ministry that gave of-ficial explanations about theplanned international event,”Putu Suarhika said.

According to the Cultureand Tourism Ministry team ledby Nur Muslim, the Indonesiangovernment had conveyed anoffer to host the 8th WorldChoir Games to the “InterkulturFoundation Germany”.

“In the offer, Jakarta and

Tourism villagesin Badung, onlyone ready for Sale

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Tourists looking at a Banyan tree on Bongkasa Village, one of tourism villages that prepared byBadung regency to be tourism objects. Out of the four tourism villages prepared by BadungRegency Government, only one of them is ready for sale. Major obstacle encountered in thedevelopment of tourism village is in the form of capital.

Bali Post

MANGUPURA — Out of the four tourism villages prepared by Badung Regency Govern-ment, only one of them is ready for sale. Major obstacle encountered in the development oftourism village is in the form of capital.

villages. In addition, Subawa stated,Badung Regency Government wouldbe “more selective” in issuing the in-vestment license for tourism village.

Indeed investors were allowed toenter into tourism village. From theregulatory side, Disparda Badung ac-tually had been preparing permit forcottages. Each household would begiven permission a license with a maxi-mum of 5 cottage rooms. However,Disparda Badung would not give per-mission to investors holding the capi-tal. However, permission would onlybe given to landowners or the localcommunity.

“Owner of capital only serves asdeveloper. It is intended as a guaran-tee that local people could really ben-efit from the development of tourismvillage program,” he said.

Not only that, to build an accom-modation of tourism village, thebuilding leased should be real Ba-linese building equipped with its Ba-linese style landscape. “The buildingshould apply sikut satak or Balinese-style architectural measurement ac-companied with Balinese landscap-ing garden,” he asserted.

Subawa further explained that thedevelopment of tourism villages wasselected because during all this timecirculation of money in the tourismindustry was very good. However, thecirculation of money only ended atthe hand of the owner that mostly con-sisted of investors from outside Balior overseas. Besides, the core nodeand essence of Balinese tradition layin agricultural areas located in thecountryside. (ded)

China ranks 3rd asBali’s source offoreign tourists

tourists saw an increase in thenumber of their citizens visitingBali in the January-June 2010period, while the number of tour-ist arrivals from the other fourdeclined.

The number of tourist ar-rivals from Australia rose 53.89percent to 278,049 from180,686, The Netherlands 40.53percent to 36,082 from 25,676,Taiwan 13.10 percent to 65,589from 57,994, Singapore 55.36percent to 41,483 from 26,702,Britain 2.19 percent to 38,526from 37,701, and China 0.33percent to 98,258 from 97,930.

Meanwhile, the number oftourist arrivals from Japan fell22.29 percent to 119,772 from154,071, Malaysia 6.23 percentto 69,251 from 73,853, SouthKorea 5.81 percent to 59,384from 63,045, and France 7.67percent to 42,211 from 45,716.

Bali possibly to host8th world choir games

Bali were mentioned as the pos-sible venue for the event, andhopefully, the choice will fall onBali. Bali is in principle readyand willing to support and hostthe WCG 2014 event. If the ‘Is-land of Gods’ gets the opportu-nity to host the WCG it will cer-tainly reap many benefits fromit,” Putu said.

The benefits would in-clude orders to meet the con-sumption needs of 110.000people, provide 250 tourismbuses, 250,000 hotel rooms andaircraft tickets for the festival’sguests.

Bali deserved to be cho-sen as the host, according toPutu Suardhika, because theprovince was the ultimate tour-ism destination for Indonesiansas well as foreigners. Besides,Bali also has appropriate facili-ties for the games, apart from theattractions of its unique cultureand arts.

“The types of choir thatwill compete in the internationalfestival are gospel, folk, pop,and jazz vocal groups. It willalso feature a dance competi-tion. The conpetition categoriesare for children, adolescents,women, men, and mixedgroups,” Putu Suardhika added.

Balinese Culture

Monday, August 16, 2010 9al

C.045 ibp

Ingredients

* 4 c Long-grain rice

* 8 Shallotsor 1 small onion

* 4 Redchillis or 2 tspchilli -powder and2 tsp paprika

* 4 tbVegetable oil

* Salt * 2 ts Sweet soya sauce * 2 ts Tomato ketchup

DirectionsThe name Nasi Goreng means simply ‘fried rice’, and

it is really a collective description of an indefinite numberof slightly differing dishes. You can vary the trimmingsand garnishes to suit your taste; but even the mostelaborate Nasi Goreng is quick to make. It is aparticularly good luncheon dish.

Boil the rice a good long time before you intend to fryit; you can fry freshly boiled rice, but the Nasi Gorengwill be better if the boiled rice is allowed to cool. Twohours is a satisfactory interval. Leaving the rice to coolovernight, however, gives less good results-the rice hastime to go dry and stale. An important point to note hereis that rice for Nasi Goreng must be cooked with theleast possible quantity of water; this prevents it frombecoming too soft. For 1 cup of rice, use 1 cup of water.Assuming you have now got your cool, boiled rice,proceed like this: slice the shallots or onion, seed andslice the chilli (or pound the shallots and chilli together ina mortar). Heat the oil in a wok; it makes no difference,by the way, whether you use oil, fat, or butter. Saute theshallots and chilli for a minute or so, and season withsalt, soya sauce, and tomato ketchup. Put in all the rice,and stir it continuously until it is well heated: this will take5 to 8 minutes. Serve in a good large dish, generouslygarnished with sliced cucumber, tomatoes, fried onions,and Krupuk. (http://asiarecipe.com)

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DENPASAR - Japanese touristsare expected to be back to Bali fol-lowing the opening of Jakarta-To-kyo direct flights by PT Garuda In-donesia as of August 31, 2010.

“I am sure after Garuda opensthe Jakarta -Tokyo flights, it willincrease the number of Japanesetourists coming to the island,” saidDewa Nyoman Putra, a tourismobserver in Denpasar on Thursday.

He admitted that Garuda hasbeen serving flights from Denpasarto various cities in Japan like

Ingredients

* 100 gram cloud ear mushroom, soaked in hotwater until soft, then drained

* 1 egg, beaten * 125 ml medium thick coconut milk from ¼

coconut * banana leaves Spice Paste Ingredients: * 10 red chilies * 10 bird shit chilies (prik kii nuu) * 7 small shallots * 3 small cloves garlic * 5 candlenuts * 2 tomatoes * 1 cm fresh galangal (langkuas) * 1 tsp. salt * 1 tsp. palm sugar or brown sugar

DirectionsSlice the mushroom in 1 cm lengths and mix together

with the egg, santan and the spice paste blend.

Devide the mixture among 20 packets made ofbanana leaves. Fold the ends of the packets and seal.

Steam the packets for about 25 minutes until done.Remove and set aside. Broil the packets over mediumheat until liquid has evaporated. (http://asiarecipe.com)

Japanese tourists expected to be back to BaliNagoya three times a week and toOsaka five times a week.

Meanwhile, Garuda Airlines hasalready served flights fromDenpasar to Tokyo everyday. It willincrease choices for Japanese tour-ists to come to Bali. So, it increasesflights from Japan to Indonesia.

The presence of many airlineswould not automatically cause anincrease in the number of tourists toBali. It also followed regular tour-ism promotion to various touristplaces in Japan.

The quality of services must beimproved from the first time tour-

ists arrive at Bali’s airport, stay athotels or until they visit tourism ob-jects, said Dewa Nyoman.

Dewa Nyoman as a Bali tourismworld practitioner also said that com-fort and safety are absolutely neces-sary for tourists.

According to information fromthe Bali tourism office, during thefirst half of 2009, the number ofJapanese tourists visiting Balidropped 22.29 percent from 154.071in 2010, he said.

The decline was due to the globaleconomic crisis that also hit thecountry.

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Japanese couple taking their picture in Kuta Beach. Japanese tourists are expected to be backto Bali following the opening of Jakarta-Tokyo direct flights by PT Garuda Indonesia as of Au-gust 31, 2010.

Nasi Goreng(Fried Rice)Yield: 2 servings

Steamed Mushroom Wraps(Pepes Jamur Kuping)

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Kehen Temple is a beautiful Hindutemple located in foothills, south part ofBangli Regency and it is about 45 Kmfrom Denpasar town. Inside of this templeare, there is Panyimpenan Temple build-ing keep 3 inscriptions which is relatingto its contents and temple existence. It isstrategically located in the high land, sowe can see the beautiful view. It is a fa-mous temple in Bali and many visitorsfrom foreign country has visited it.

The existence of the inscription atKehen Temple can be explained as fol-lows:

* Kehen Temple Inscription ‘A’ is men-tioning the existence of 3 sanctums thoseare Hyang Api, Hyang Tanda, and HyangKarimama

* Kehen Temple Inscription ‘B’ from11 century is mentioning the empire func-tionary that is the Senapati Kuturan puKandara and it elaborate with the anath-ema words in oath

* The Inscription from 13 century (year1204 M) is mentioning Hyang Kehen andHyang Wukir. At the moment HyangKehen is equal to Kehen Temple andHyang Wukir is Puncak Bukit BangliTemple.http://i783.photobucket.com/

Kehen Temple* It is one of Monarchic Temple, The

temple under the aegis of king while cer-emony execution and construction is de-livered to local countryside custom

* As a sanctum which is used as a altar(oath) for empire functionary who dis-loyal to his obligation will incur theSapata or very horrible anathema. Thefunction of Kehen Temple as sanctum inexecution of oath ceremony is supportedby the existence of a circumlocutory can-ister by 4 dragon tails which is called can-ister Sarpantaka. Nowadays, the canisteris placed in a building in form of Gedong

* Worshiping supremacy Siwa God inthe form of Eka Dasa Rudra utilizes torequest the godsend to the good humanlife and universe for blessing of fertile life,secure, prosperous and peaceful.

The structure of Kehen Temple yard isarranged to have a terrace and it showsthe existence of tradition megalithicwhich is continued as a symbol from theexistence of mount that is one of the fer-tility sources. The temple festival can bedivided into 2 types those are PiodalanCeremony which is executed every 6month, that is on Wednesday KeliwonSinta (Balinese Calendar) and NgusabaCeremony which is executed every 5years.

Monday, August 16, 2010 11

BUSINESS


WASHINGTON - The IMF askedMalaysia Friday to take “decisive”action on reforms under a model pro-gram aimed at revamping a controver-sial four-decade-old affirmative actionpolicy.

Malaysian Prime Minister NajibRazak announced in March a “NewEconomic Model” or NEM, aimed atreforming elements of the policyfavouring the country’s majority eth-nic Malays in a bid to boost economiccompetitiveness.

Details of the reform program, in-cluding its timing, have not been an-nounced yet.

The Washington-based Interna-tional Monetary Fund said Friday itwas looking forward to the NEM’srollout.

In a report after annual consulta-tions between the IMF executive boardand the Malaysian government, thefund acknowledged the “ambitious vi-sion” of Najib’s administration for afar-reaching economic transformationover the longer term.

The board directors “agreed that thecomprehensive structural reformagenda, at the heart of the New Eco-nomic Model, holds out promise offaster and inclusive growth,” the re-port said.

“Directors looked forward to a de-cisive effort and sustained momentumin implementing this agenda,” it said.

They also called for an “effectivecommunication strategy” to forge“broad public support” for these ef-forts.

“Further gradual liberalization ofproduct and labor markets will helpexploit policy complementarities, en-courage private investment and har-ness the benefits of reform,” the re-port said.

The Federal Open MarketCommittee’s decision Tuesday tomaintain rates at zero to 0.25 per-cent, a policy adopted since De-cember 2008, was adding to uncer-tainty over US economic recoveryprospects, said Thomas Hoenig,president of the Federal ReserveBank of Kansas City.

“As much as I want short-termimprovement, I am mindful of pos-sible longer-term consequences ofzero interest rates and further eas-ing actions,” Hoenig said at a com-munity gathering in Nebraskastate.

“Zero rates during a period ofmodest growth are a dangerousgamble,” he said.

Hoenig is the only one of theFOMC’s 10 members who has atall its meetings this year votedagainst the decision to keep inter-est rates extraordinarily low for an“extended period.”

“Rather than improve economicoutcomes, I worry that the FOMC


TOKYO - Japan Prime MinisterNaoto Kan said Saturday he wouldmonitor closely the strength of the yenand hinted at holding talks with the cen-tral bank chief amid the recent rise ofthe unit, Jiji Press reported.

“I want to continue to closely watch”currency market moves, Kan wasquoted by Jiji as telling reporters afterthe dollar hit a 15-year low of 84.73yen before easing earlier this week.

The greenback rose back above the86-yen level on news that Japanese of-ficials showed concern over the unit’sstrength, which poses a threat to theexport sector driving Japan’s fragileeconomic rebound.

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Americans hold up “I want to work” placards as they join a protest of several thousand peopledemanding jobs outside City Hall in Los Angeles on August 13, 2010.


WASHINGTON - The lone dissenter on the US Federal Reserve’s policy-making body lashedout Friday at its decision to keep interest rates at virtually zero percent, warning such a policycould boomerang.

is inadvertently adding to ‘uncer-tainty’ by taking such actions,” heargued, citing previous recessions.

The US economy began grow-ing in the middle of last year af-ter a brutal recession but expan-sion has moderated in recentmonths, raising the prospect of theeconomy contracting again inwhat many call a double-dip re-cession.

Analysts said the remarks byHoenig, the longest-serving of theFederal Reserve’s 12 district bankpresidents, were an unusuallyscathing attack on US monetarypolicy by a FOMC member.

“I have to say that I have never,in nearly 20 years of watching theFed, seen a speech quite like thisfrom a member of the FOMC,” re-marked analyst Stephen Stanley ofPierpont Securities.

“Within the constraints of howFederal Reserve officials operate,I would call this a scathing cri-tique of monetary policy now and

over the last 10 years.”Hoenig said the recession that

struck the US economy in Decem-ber 2007 was not caused by highinterest rates “but by low ratesthat contributed to excessive debtand leverage among consumers,businesses and government.”

He said he agreed that the Fed-eral Reserve needed to keep itspolicy rate accommodative butpointed out that the economy now“is improving and is growing” ata rate faster than the last two re-coveries.

“We need to get off of the emer-gency rate of zero, move rates upslowly and deliberately. This willalign more closely with theeconomy’s slow, deliberate recov-ery so that policy does not lag therecovery.

“In trying to use policy as acure-all, we will repeat the cycleof severe recession and unemploy-ment in a few short years by keep-ing rates too low for too long.”

Japan’s PM to watch closelystrength of yen: Jiji

Kan also voiced hope of holdinga meeting with Bank of Japan gov-ernor Masaaki Shirakawa on foreignexchange rates, saying: “I have notdecided when and how, but want tohave necessary forms of communi-cations.”

Finance Minister Yoshihiko Nodahas earlier said he wanted the Bank ofJapan to “cooperate” more with thegovernment to tackle the rising yen, ina sign of fresh pressure on the bodyfrom officials.

For every one-yen rise in thecurrency’s value against the dollar,companies can lose tens of billions ofyen earned overseas when repatriated,threatening a sector that Japan dependson to offset its weak domestic picture.

IMF asks Malaysia to take”decisive” action on reforms

Najib, who came to office last year,said the New Economic Model wasdesigned to boost growth, create ahigh-quality workforce, and attractbadly needed foreign investment.

The model also aims to stemMalaysia’s “brain drain” with mea-sures to retain skilled professionals,and make markets more competitiveby phasing out price controls and sub-sidies.

The affirmative action policy whichhands Malays privileges in housing,education and business has beencriticised as uncompetitive and im-properly benefiting the elites.

Under the planned changes to thepolicy, the government will seek toraise the income levels of all disad-vantaged groups, rather than focusingsolely on ethnic Malays, the dominantethnic group in the Southeast Asiannation.

Najib’s reforms face oppositionfrom conservative Malay rightsgroups.

The country has sizeable ethnicIndian and Chinese minorities, whomostly deserted Najib’s ruling coali-tion in 2008 elections.

The IMF also said that Malaysia’snear-term growth prospects were fa-vorable.

The economy was projected to ex-pand by 6.7 percent in 2010 but growthis expected to moderate to 5.3 percentin 2011, the IMF report said.

It also said that IMF staff feltMalaysia’s ringgit currency appearedto be “weaker than its equilibriumlevel in real effective terms.”

The IMF executive board, accord-ing to the report, agreed with the Ma-laysian authorities’ view that a stron-ger ringgit could boost over time therole of domestic demand as a growthdriver and promote a shift towardhigher-value added industries.

Entertainment InternationalMonday, August 16, 201012

“Eat Pray Love”, based on a novelof that name by Elizabeth Gilbert,is the story of a recent divorcee,played by Roberts, who travels toItaly, India and Bali, rediscoveringthrough each place her inner peace.

The 42-year-old Roberts came to

Reuters

LOS ANGELES – Woody and his pals have elbowedaside the green ogre, with Disney/Pixar’s “Toy Story3” climbing above Paramount/DreamWorks’ “Shrek 2”to become the top-grossing animated film worldwide.

Walt Disney Studios announced Friday that “Toy”has taken in $920 million at the global box office, top-ping “Shrek’s” $919.8 million. Globally, it’s Disney’sfourth-highest-grossing film, trailing two of the install-ments in the “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise andTim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland.”

The 3D toon also has crossed the $400 million markdomestically, the second Disney film to hit that level,after 2006’s “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’sChest,” which took in $423 million domestically.

In 1995, Pixar launched the “Toy Story” franchise,with its central characters of Woody, Buzz Lightyearand their fellow toys.

Released June 18, “Toy Story 3,” directed by LeeUnkrich, recorded Pixar’s highest-grossing opening


LOS ANGELES - Zsa ZsaGabor, the ageing Hollywoodglamor queen known for her mul-tiple marriages and tabloid-mag-netic lifestyle, was recovering Sat-urday from more surgery, this timefor blood clots, a spokesman said.The latest surgery came just twodays after Gabor, 93, was releasedfrom a California hospital follow-ing complications from a fall.

“Her doctors told us it was a fairlyroutine procedure, that it wasn’tsomething to panic over,” a statementread from Ed Lozzi, who representsGabor’s only daughter, ConstanceFrancesca Hilton, whom she hadwith hotel magnate Conrad Hilton.

Gabor also underwent surgeryafter a bad fall on July 17 whenshe broke her hip. A serial mar-rier, famous cop slapper and Hol-lywood star of yore — fell from


NEW YORK – Acclaimed US jazz singer Abbey Lincoln, who wasalso a dedicated civil rights activist, has died at the age of 80, her familysaid. Lincoln died Saturday in a nursing home in New York, accordingEvelyn Mason, her niece.

No cause was given, but she had been in failing health. Lincoln builta career as an actress and singer in the late 1950s and 1960s. She stoppedsinging during the 1970s, but returned to the stage years later.

Her first album, “Affair ... a Story of a Girl in Love” was released in1956 and became an immediate success. That same year she appearedin her first film, “The Girl Can?t Help It.”

Lincoln became active in the civil rights movement after marrying in1962 drummer Max Roach, who was a bebop pioneer with an interest inprogressive causes. One of the highlights of her career was the 1968 roman-tic comedy “For Love of Ivy,” where she starred opposite Sidney Poitier.

Julia Roberts toJulia Roberts toJulia Roberts toJulia Roberts toJulia Roberts toreceive award at Sanreceive award at Sanreceive award at Sanreceive award at Sanreceive award at SanSebastian film festSebastian film festSebastian film festSebastian film festSebastian film festAgence France Presse

MADRID – US actress Julia Roberts, star of Hollywood blockbusters, will receive an award for hermovie career at next month’s film festival in San Sebastian in northern Spain, organisers said Saturday.Roberts will also attend the film fest to promote her latest movie “Eat Pray Love” by US director RyanMurphy and co-starring Spanish actor Javier Bardem, which is an official entry in the competition.

fame for her role in the 1990 movie“Pretty Woman” and spent a decadebecoming one of Hollywood’sfavourite box office draws and high-est paid actresses.

She won an Oscar for best actressin 2001 for “Erin Brockovich”. In

recent years she has taken sometime off from acting to get marriedand give birth to three children.

She will receive the award for herfilm career on September 20. Previ-ous winners since 1987 have includedBritish actor Sir Ian McKellen, USactors Glenn Ford and Bette Davis,and US directors Francis FordCoppola and Woody Allen. The SanSebastian International Film Festivalruns from September 17 to 25.

US actress Julia Roberts, pictured on August 10, will receive anaward for her movie career at next month’s film festival in SanSebastian in northern Spain, organisers said Saturday.AFP/Getty Images/File/Michael Loccisano

Zsa Zsa Gabor undergoessurgery for blood clots

her bed at her posh Bel Air, Cali-fornia home last Saturday whenshe reached for a ringing phonewhile watching her favorite televi-sion show, “Jeopardy.”

The Hungarian-born actress andformer beauty queen was left par-tially paralyzed and wheelchair-bound after a 2002 car accident.She also had a stroke in 2005.

Her lengthy film career includesspots in a dozen films and televi-sion series, including John Huston’s1952 “Moulin Rouge” and the 1958film noir “Touch of Evil” by OrsonWelles. She lent her voice to sev-eral animated films and TV series.

But the platinum blonde is es-pecially known for her flamboyantlifestyle, legal troubles, nine mar-riages and a propensity to call justabout everyone “darling” with herdistinctive accent. She immigratedto the United States with her lateactress sisters Eva and Magda.

AFP PHOTO/FILES/Mark RALSTON

(FILES) Photo dated August 11, 2010 shows actress Zsa Zsa Gaborin the back of an ambulance as she returned to her home afterbeing discharged from the UCLA hospital in Bel Air, Los Angeles.

“Toy Story 3” top-grossing animated film of all time

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A scene from the movie “Toy Story 3”

weekend, taking in $109 million in North America, andwas the 11th Disney/Pixar title to debut in the No. 1 posi-tion on its opening weekend of wide release. The moviewill be released on Blu-ray and DVD November 2.

Jazz singer Abbey Lincoln dies at 80

US Jazz singer Abbey Lincoln performs at the Concert ForHurricane Relief at Lincoln Center, New York City, in September

2005. The acclaimed singer, who was also a dedicated civil rightsactivist, has died at the age of 80, her family said. AFP/Getty Images/File/Brad Barket

International Monday, August 16, 2010 13Life Style

“Its intended use is to fertilise andsupport ideas that can improve soci-ety, so we should spread it wisely,”the earnest, bespectacled promoter of“radical philanthropy” told AFP inan interview. As Singapore celebrates45 years of independence this month,it takes pride in its transformationinto one of Asia’s richest societies,and the idea of sharing wealth is gain-ing broader support.

A report by the Boston Consult-ing Group in June said Singaporehad the highest concentration of USdollar millionaire households in theworld, with 11.4 percent of familiesowning investable assets in sevenfigures or higher.

Donations to charitableorganisations grew from 381 million


PARIS – French scientists saythey have settled a question that haslong divided Champagne lovers:How best to pour the bubbly? Atan angle, not straight down. Thescientists at the University ofReims say pouring bubbly at aslant, as you would a beer, pre-serves more of the tiny gas bubblesthat improve the drink’s flavor andaromas.

The study — “On the Losses ofDissolved CO2 During Cham-pagne Serving” — appears thisweek in the Journal of Agriculturaland Food Chemistry, a U.S. publi-cation.

The researchers say they lookedat two ways of pouring Cham-pagne: the “traditional” method,with the liquid poured vertically tohit the bottom of the Champagneflute; and the “beer-like way,” ex-ecuted by tilting the glass and gen-tly sliding in the Champagne.

They say the study matters notjust to Champagne drinkers but toglassmakers. They note that theindustry is researching a “new gen-eration” of Champagne glassesspecially designed to control therelease of carbon dioxide, the gasthat gives the drink its sparkle.

The researchers used bottles of2008 vintage from CooperativeNogent l’Abbesse to examine howthe two methods of pouring af-fected the release of CO2.

They said they used two waysto measure the amount of CO2 ineach pouring, and tested bottleschilled to varying degrees. the re-sult: Champagne poured like beerretained more gas than Champagnepoured to create a head of“mousse,” or foam. And the colderthe bottle, the less gas was lost, thestudy found.

It did not say whether profes-sional tasters were called in to con-firm their findings, and none of thesix researchers could be reachedfor comment. But their expertiseappears formidable: They’reFrench, their university is in the


ATLANTA – Cooking chicken onthe grill this summer? Be careful.Poultry is still the leading culprit infood poisoning outbreaks, health of-ficials said Thursday. Chicken, turkeyand other poultry accounted for 17percent of the food-borne illness out-breaks reported to the government.Beef and leafy vegetables were closebehind, at 16 percent and 14 percent.

The report from the Centers forDisease Control and Prevention cov-ers outbreaks in 2007. Poultry wasalso the No. 1 source of outbreaksin 2006.

Salmonella and other kinds of bac-teria caused about half of the out-breaks, the CDC said. Viruses — like

Lien founda-tion reportmanuals,shaped astombstonesare displayedon a field inSingapore onAugust 13,2010. Thereport de-scribescharitableactions thatneed to be andare beingtaken care ofby the founda-tion.

AFP PHOTO/ROSLAN RAHMAN

Philanthropy thrivingPhilanthropy thrivingPhilanthropy thrivingPhilanthropy thrivingPhilanthropy thrivingin newly rich Singaporein newly rich Singaporein newly rich Singaporein newly rich Singaporein newly rich SingaporeAgence France Presse

SINGAPORE - If you want to smell like roses and help the world’s less privileged people, part with someof that extra money and give it to Lee Poh Wah. “Philanthropic money is like manure. It smells if you havetoo much of it in the bank,” said the 40-year-old chief executive officer of the Lien Foundation, one ofSingapore’s most high-profile philanthropic organisations.

dollars (279 million US) in 2001 to687 million dollars (504 million US)last year, according to the NationalVolunteer and Philanthropy Centre(NVPC).

This includes foundations estab-lished by wealthy families includ-ing the Liens, whose patriarch LienYing Chow founded the OverseasUnion Bank.

Other wealthy Singaporean fami-lies who made their fortunes frombanking and trading have also set upfoundations involved in a wide rangeof activities.

Even middle-class Singaporeansare getting their hands dirty by doingvolunteer work, said Kevin Lee,NVPC director of sector development.

“Singapore’s volunteerism rate

has been rising over the past decade.It has risen from 9.3 percent in 2000to 16.9 percent in 2008. This 16.9percent, or 590,000 people, gave 45million hours of their time,” henoted. The NVPC’s Lee singled outthe younger generation for praise.

On weekends, schoolchildrenspread out across Singapore to so-licit donations for various charitiesfrom shoppers and commuters whofind it hard to say “no” to the youngfund-raisers.

“Youth volunteering in particularhas improved the most over theyears. At 23 percent, which excludescompulsory community service re-quired by schools, it is significantlyabove the national volunteerism rateof 16.9 percent.”

Poultry fingered as No. 1 food poisoning culpritnorovirus — caused about 40 percent,mushroom toxin or other chemicalagents were blamed for 7 percent.Parasites accounted for 1 percent.

Several things can cause an out-break. For example, an infected per-son might contaminate the food whilehandling it. A contaminated food maybe left out a room temperature forhours, allowing bacteria to multiply.It may not be cooked enough to killthe bacteria.

The CCD counted more than21,000 illnesses in about 1,100 out-breaks in 48 states and Puerto Rico.There were 18 deaths from food poi-soning.

It’s far from a complete picture,however. Experts estimates that onlyabout 5 percent of people who get

food poisoning are part of a recog-nized outbreak, which is a clusterof two or more cases. “It’s just thetip of the iceberg,” said MichaelDoyle, head of the University ofGeorgia’s food safety center.

An estimated 87 million cases offood-borne illness occur in theUnited States each year, including371,000 hospitalizations and 5,700deaths, according to an AssociatedPress calculation that combines aCDC formula with recent popula-tion estimates.

The CDC also closely tracksfood-borne illnesses in 10 states towatch for food poisoning trends. Itsreport for last year showed rates offood-borne illness have been hold-ing steady for the past five years.

Ap Photo/Jacques Brinon

Champagne is being poured‘beer-like way,’ achieved by tiltingthe glass and gently sliding theChampagne down its inside wallinto the flute, Thursday Aug. 12,2010 in Paris, to illustrate a theoryby French scientist from Reimsuniversity.

Champagne fizzics: Sciencebacks pouring sideways

heart of Champagne country, andlead researcher Gerard Liger-Belair, a professor of chemicalphysics, is the author of “Uncorked:The Science of Champagne,” abook that appeared in the U.S. in2004 to admiring reviews. Thestudy will be presented this monthin Boston at a meeting of the Ameri-can Chemical Society.

The verdict in favor of sideways-pouring came as no surprise toGuillaume Ranvier, the head offood and beverage at the Hyatt Re-gency Paris-Madeleine, whoseCafe M & Champagne Bar offersaround 30 different kinds of Cham-pagne from about $100 to $320 abottle. “But of course, when I poura glass of Champagne I pour it likethat,” he said.

Ranvier said the establishment’sbarman always pours Champagneinto a tilted glass to keep thebubbles in. Informed that topFrench researchers had deliveredscientific confirmation, Ranvierlaughed and said: “Great. I’ll tellthe barman when he gets back fromvacation.”

Monday, August 16, 201014 InternationalSport

Florent Malouda, who ended thegoal spree in the 90th minute, startedChelsea’s rout with a sixth-minutegoal after Baggies keeper Scott Carsonspilled Drogba’s tame free-kick.

Chelsea doubled their lead in the45th minute when Drogba scored afree-kick from 25 yards against a WestBrom side managed by former Bluesmidfielder Roberto di Matteo. Tenminutes after the break, Drogba madeit 3-0 when he forced home from closerange after John Terry’s goalboundheader from a corner was cleared.

England midfielder FrankLampard added a fourth goal in the63rd minute after good work byNicolas Anelka and Ashley Cole.Ivory Coast striker Drogba, who endedthe last Premier League season with ahat-trick against Wigan, completed histreble five minutes later with the aidof a shot deflected off Gabriel Tamas.

“I am very happy because weplayed a good game, we showed goodfootball,” said Chelsea manager CarloAncelotti, whose side came into thisgame on the back of a CommunityShield final loss to Manchester United.

Malouda added: “We are cham-pions and we have to improve whatwe did last season. We had a greatrecord and scored a lot of goals butit’s a new season and we have to workharder and be even better than lastyear.” Blackpool, promoted via theplayoffs, have been widely tipped togo straight back down, but the Tan-gerines were 3-0 up before half-time,with former Villa striker MarlonHarewood scoring twice.


MADRID - Sevilla came backfrom one goal down to defeatleague champions Barcelona 3-1in the Spanish Super Cup first legon Saturday.

Swedish international ZlatanIbrahimovic gave Barca the leadafter 20 minutes after being set-up by Maxwell. But Sevilla domi-nated the second half with Brazil-ian striker Luis Fabiano equalisingwith a fierce drive just after the


PARIS - Marseille midfielderHatem Ben Arfa has sworn hewill leave Marseil le forNewcastle even if it means notplaying for a season. The 23-year-old French internationalhas been told by the reigningchampions that he will not bereleased to play in the EnglishPremier league with ChrisHughton’s newly-promotedside.

But after staying away fromtraining on Thursday and Fridayand not travell ing toValenciennes for Saturday’sleague game, Ben Arfa toldL’Equipe newspaper he is readyto continue his strike action.

“It’s because the club offi-cials don’t give a damn aboutme that today I announce that Iam prepared to put my career on

AFP PHOTO/GLYN KIRK

Chelsea’s French midfielder Florent Malouda (L) scores the sixth goal past West Brom’s Englishgoalkeeper Scott Carson (R) during the English Premier League football match between Chelseaand West Bromwich Albion at Stamford Bridge in London, England on August 14, 2010.

Chelsea’s six appealChelsea’s six appealChelsea’s six appealChelsea’s six appealChelsea’s six appealproves too much for Baggiesproves too much for Baggiesproves too much for Baggiesproves too much for Baggiesproves too much for BaggiesAgence France Presse

LONDON - Didier Drogba scored a hat-trick as Chelsea began the defence of the EnglishPremier League title with a crushing 6-0 victory over West Bromwich Albion at Stamford Bridgeon Saturday. Victory left Chelsea on top of the table after an opening day that saw Blackpoolmark their first top-flight match in 39 years with a shock 4-0 win away to Wigan.

They went ahead in the 16thminute at Wigan’s DW Stadium whenCharlie Adam played in Harewood,whose cross was tapped in by GaryTaylor-Fletcher. Harewood then heldoff Antolin Alcaraz, before beatingChris Kirkland from more than 20yards for his first Premier League goalin two-and-a-half-years.

Two minutes before the break,Harewood tapped in after ElliotGrandin’s shot was parried. Then, 15minutes before full-time, AlexBaptiste made it 4-0 when his crossbeat Kirkland at the goalkeeper’s nearpost.

“I don’t think any of us in our wild-est, wildest dreams imagined we couldcome here and do something likethat,” Blackpool manager IanHolloway told Sky Sports. “I’m soproud of the lads and the work ethicthey showed.”

Aston Villa showed there was lifeafter Martin O’Neill with a 3-0 win athome to West Ham just days after theirformer manager’s resignation. En-gland goalkeeper Robert Green, play-ing his first senior match since hisWorld Cup blunder, helped give Villaa 15th minute lead when his poorpunch ultimately led to a goal fromStewart Downing.

Villa made it 2-0 when StiliyanPetrov headed in five minutes beforehalf-time. And in what could be aparting gift to Villa fans, before hispossible transfer to Manchester City,England midfielder James Milnermade it 3-0 after shooting powerfullyfrom Albrighton’s cut back in the

66th minute.In Saturday’s early kick-off En-

gland goalkeeper Joe Hart — chosenby Roberto Mancini ahead of ShayGiven — produced several fine savesto help big-spenders Manchester Citysecure a point in a goalless draw atTottenham.

But Everton’s United States goal-keeper Tim Howard gifted hostsBlackburn a 14th minute winner in a1-0 victory when he somehow droppeda cross into the path of Nikola Kalinic,who duly scored. Birmingham camefrom 2-0 down to draw 2-2 against 10-man Sunderland.

Darren Bent opened the scoring forhosts Sunderland with a 24th minutepenalty. But two minutes before thebreak, Sunderland captain LeeCattermole became the first player sent-off in the Premier League this seasonafter collecting two yellow cards.Sunderland went 2-0 up when SteveCarr looped a header into his own net.

However, late goals from ScottDann and Liam Ridgewell saw Bir-mingham draw. Wolves beat Stoke 2-1 after Kenwyne Jones, Stoke’s clubrecord eight million signing, limpedoff injured after just 14 minutes atMolineux.

They scored twice in two minuteslate in the first half, going aheadthrough a 20-yard strike from DavidJones before Steven Fletcher headedin a second.

But Stoke scored early in the sec-ond half through Abdoulaye Faye’sheader. Bolton and Fulham shared thepoints in a goalless draw.

Ben Arfa at oddswith Marseilleover transfer

hold if they do not accept the of-fer from Newcastle as agreed atthe start,” he said. “I am pre-pared not to play all season.

“I am not just a sack of dirtywashing or a piece of shit. I willdo what it takes and I willorganise myself to train physi-cally.”

Ben Arfa, who scored inFrance’s 1-2 loss to Norway ina friendly match last week alsohad harsh words for Marseillecoach Didier Deschamps sayingthat the pair did not hit it off.“When he talks to me I alwayshave the feeling that there issomething else going on insidehis head,” he said.

Marseil le have lost theiropening two league games andare currently joint bottom withDeschamps saying that all theoff-pitch disputes were not help-ing things.

Sevilla stun Barcain Spanish SuperCup first leg

(AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)

FC Barcelona’s Lionel Messi of Argentina, left, duels for theball with Sevilla’s Alvaro Negredo during their supercup firstleg match at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan stadium in Sevilla,Spain, Saturday, Aug. 14, 2010.

hour mark.Lionel Messi replaced

Ibrahimovic, but the great Argen-tine was upstaged by Mali veteranFreddie Kanoute whose two goalsgave Sevilla the advantage aheadof next Saturday’s second leg.

He put his team ahead in the 74thminute when he slipped the ball pastRuben Mino in the Barcelona goalfollowing a long ball from Negredo.Kanoute added the third in the 83rdminute with a header from a crossby Diego Perotti.

Monday, August 16, 2010 15International Sport

Evgeny Korotyshkin won the 100mbutterfly and Stanislav Donets the200m backstroke on a day rounded offby the Russian quartet claiming goldin the 4x200m freestyle relay.

It was also a good day for the Italyteam which claimed their first twogolds of the competition through FabioScozzoli in the men’s 50m breast-stroke and Federica Pellegrini in thewomen’s 200m freestyle.

Korotyshkin kickstarted proceed-ings for Russia with victory in51.73sec, ahead of Dutchman JoeriVerlinden and Poland’s KonradCzerniak

“My plan was to swim a fast firstlap, about 24sec flat,” said the Rus-


CINCINNATI - Reigning USOpen champion Kim Clijsters and Rus-sian beauty Maria Sharapova advancedto the WTA Cincinnati Open final invery different fashion on Saturday.Belgian fourth seed Clijsters neededonly 12 minutes to reach Sunday’s titlematch of the two million-dollarhardcourt event after Serbia’s AnaIvanovic retired due to a left foot in-jury and left the court in tears.

Sharapova needed 2 1/2 hours todefeat Russian teen AnastasiaPavlyuchenkova 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 in the


SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Don’tblame LeBron James for leavingCleveland. Don’t fit him for a ringyet, either. That was the messageat the Hall of Fame on Friday,where James’ move to Miami wasa topic among this year’s inductionclass. With James joining DwyaneWade and Chris Bosh, the Heathave become a title favorite. ButKarl Malone is sticking with thereigning champions, and ScottiePippen isn’t even sure Miami willreach the NBA finals.

“I would say this: With the guysthey got, they’re going to be a hellof a team,” Malone said of theHeat. “I pick the Lakers.”

Malone also joked that formercoach and current ESPN analystJeff Van Gundy “must have hadsome red wine that night, a lot ofit,” when he predicted recently thatthe Heat could break Chicago’srecord of 72 wins set in 1995-96.Pippen, who played on that team,said the Heat need to start withsmaller expectations. “I’d like tosee them win a championshipfirst,” he said.

James was criticized for decid-ing to announce his free agency de-cision during an ESPN special,rather than inform the Cavaliersand his other suitors himself.Pippen agreed that wasn’t the bestchoice, but said there was nothingwrong with him leaving Ohio.

“I don’t know what all the griefwas about,” Pippen said. “No fans,no organization, no one can decidewhat a free agent can do or shoulddo or where he’s going to go, andthere’s no reason for anyone to

(AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

Russia’s team celebrate winning the gold medal in the Men’s4x200m freestyle relay at the Swimming European Champion-ships in Budapest, Hungary, Saturday, Aug. 14, 2010.

Russia strike treble Euro goldRussia strike treble Euro goldRussia strike treble Euro goldRussia strike treble Euro goldRussia strike treble Euro goldAgence France Presse

BUDAPEST - Russia claimed three gold medals at the European swimming championships onSaturday to leapfrog Britain and hosts Hungary to second place in the overall medals table behindFrance. With just Sunday left, France head the competition with 17 medals (six gold, six silver andfive bronze), but Russia have kept the pressure up and now have six gold, three silver and a bronze.

sian. “I finished as best I could becauseI was completely exhausted in the last10 metres.”

Donets made it double gold bypowering to a narrow win in the200m backstroke, finishing in 1min57.18sec, with Austrian MarkusRogan taking silver in 1:57.31 andFrenchman Benjamin Stasiliusbronze (1:57.37). “I had a strenuousprogramme here with the three back-stroke competitions, and am quitetired now,” admitted Donets. “But Iam very pleased that it was enoughto win the title.”

Daniil Izotov then anchored theRussian foursome to 4x200mfreestyle relay from Germany and

France. The Russian team completedthe 800m swim in 7:06.71, with theGermans at 1.42sec and the Frencha further 1.57 adrift.

“This was a really good relay,” saidIzotov. “That’s how we like it. Al-though the French had Yannick Agnelin their team that didn’t bother us.”

Italian Scozzoli wrapped up the50m breastroke in 27.38sec ahead ofRomanian Dragos Agache, withLennart Stekelenburg of the Nether-lands taking bronze. Scozzoli’s team-mate Pellegrini then claimed gold inthe women’s 200m freestyle in1:55.45, with German Silke Lippoktaking silver and Hungarian AgnesMutina bronze.

LeBron’s move OK,Heat no lock, say Hallinductees

hold a grudge against LeBron formaking that decision.”

Oscar Robertson also defendedJames, saying the free agents werejust taking advantage of the “OscarRobertson Rule.” Robertson, aspresident of the NBA Players As-sociation, filed a class-action law-suit against the league and its teamsthat the league settled in 1976, re-moving a team’s option to keep aplayer for life and opening the doorfor unrestricted free agency.

Malone spent nearly his entirecareer in Utah before joining apowerful Lakers team that hadShaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryantfor a last-ditch run at a title in2003-04. So he wasn’t going tocriticize James for bolting Cleve-land for a better shot on a betterteam — though he didn’t care forthe way it was done, either.

“That’s his decision. My deci-sion, when I left Utah, I went toL.A. to win a championship andhad an opportunity,” Malone said.“Him leaving, that’s him. I don’tknow what to tell you. The way itwent down, I’m not into that.”

Malone ended up getting hurtand the Lakers fell short, and hewarns that injuries could get in theHeat’s way. Pippen, meanwhile,thinks Miami’s size could be aproblem.

“There are a couple of teams inthe East that they’re going to haveto contend with, that they’re goingto have matchup problems with,”Pippen said. “You think of Boston,Orlando. I don’t see anybody thatthey can get to run up and downthe court with (Dwight) Howardright now and that’s a gamechanger.”

(AP Photo/Al Behrman)

Maria Sharapova, of Russia, reacts after winning the first setagainst compatriot Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova,in a semi finalmatch at the Cincinnati Open tennis tournament, Saturday, Aug.14, 2010, in Mason, Ohio.

Clijsters, Sharapova advanceto WTA Cincinnati final

other semi-final. Sharapova made 40unforced errors to 35 for her rival.Clijsters led 2-1 after breaking Ivanovicin the third game, but the showdown offormer world number ones would endafter only 25 points being played andwith the Serbian’s US Open hopes ingreat jeopardy.

Ivanovic hurt her left foot making aforehand return from the baseline andafter one more shot dropped her racketand doubled over in pain.

“I was very scared,” Ivanovic said.“All of a sudden on that one shot, I feltsomething crack a little bit. “Just on thatone forehand when I went to step

around it, I just felt like pain all of asudden, so much pain in my foot and Icouldn’t step on it anymore.”

Ivanovic limped to her chair andcalled for the trainer who taped the in-jured foot. But after the next point, aserve Ivanovic never challenged, shehalted the match and hobbled to the netwhere Clijsters embraced her and ad-vancing to her third final of the year.

“I tried bit of tape, but I could notput any weight on it and there was nopoint in me continuing,” Ivanovic said.Ivanovic, ranked 62nd, struggled witha right shoulder injury earlier this yearand was in only her third semi-final ofthe year, having yet to reach a final.

“I played some really great tennisand I was very excited about thismatch,” Ivanovic said. Clijsters madeher return to tennis last year at Cincin-nati after a two-year layoff to have afamily and went on to lift the US Opentrophy.

This year she missed nearly twomonths after a left foot injury that kepther out of the French Open. “It soundsvery similar to what I had with my leftfoot,” Clijsters said of Ivanovic’s injury.“I hope it’s not that bad.” Clijsters,ranked seventh, ran for half an hourafter the abbreviated match and prac-ticed to keep her form. “I was reallyinto it,” she said. “I felt I was movingwell, really well. My contact with theball was better than in previousmatches.” Pavlyuchenkova, 19,struggled with her serve after deeps runsin singles and doubles this week. “I’veplayed a lot of tennis,” Pavlyuchenkovasaid. “I had tough matches here. I wasjust getting tired.”

Pavlyuchenkova had a trainerwork on her right arm after the thirdgame, a delay that stretched 10 ex-tra minutes due to a lighting prob-lem. “It changed many things,”Sharapova said. “I really gave her achance to get back into the match.”

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The 23-year-old, who in an un-usual celebration got off his bikeand walked on to a neighbouringgolf course to take a putt which heneeded two to hole, beat home com-patriot and pole sitter Dani Pedrosaon a Honda while Australia’s formerworld champion Casey Stoner wasthird.

Lorenzo took the lead from polesitter Pedrosa on the first of the 22laps as five riders battled for the topthree in the opening exchanges in-cluding Stoner while nine-timechampion Valentino Rossi wasadrift in eighth. Italian AndreaDovizioso was the first of the frontfive to crack as he came to grief inthe middle of the track on the fourth

AFP PHOTO / MICHAL CIZEK

Jorge Lorenzo of Spain wheelies his Yamaha during a free prac-tice session of MotoGP in Czech Grand Prix in Brno on August14, 2010 in Brno ahead of the grand prix on August 15.

Lorenzo racksup magnificent

seventh winAgence France Presse

BRNO, Czech Republic - Spanish rider Jorge Lorenzo re-corded his seventh MotoGp victory of the season here on Sun-day riding his Yamaha to glory in the Czech Grand Prix.

lap and was extremely fortunate notto suffer a serious injury by being hitby one of the oncoming bikes.

The Repsol rider - winner this sea-son of the British MotoGp - resumedthe race but tailed off in last placeand eventually gave up the ghost andpulled into his stable.

“I don’t know exactly what hap-pened,” said the 24-year-old Italian,who was 125cc world champion in2004. “There was a lot of wind sothat explains the slower times outthere. I made one mistake as I reallypushed hard at the beginning to keepin touch with Lorenzo and Pedrosa.

“However, I am really angry be-cause the way the race has pannedout I think we would have been re-

ally challenging for second or thirdplace.”

Both Lorenzo and his compatriotPedrosa slowly started to open a gapon third placed American rookieBen Spies and Stoner, who was alsocast adrift by the young American.

The Spanish duo had a lead ofover four seconds over Spies andStoner while that pair had a size-able lead over a group includingfifth placed Rossi, who was somenine seconds adrift along withNicky Hayden with 12 laps to go.

Stoner stoically had stuck to histask and passed Spies to take thirdplace with 11 laps remaining and itwas at this point that Lorenzowound up the pressure on Pedrosaopening a gap of over a second onhim with 10 laps remaining.Pedrosa was unable to peg him backand Lorenzo ended up coasting tovictory and ever nearer to his firstMotoGp world title.

Elias stamps authority with Brno winTHE Gresini Moriwaki rider had been dis-

qualified from Friday practice at Brno for an il-legal test session last Sunday at Misano - his teamsimply hadn’t realised it wasn’t allowed - but hestill qualified third on the grid and led the fieldthrough turn one.

Former title leader Shoya Tomizawa movedahead at the end of the first lap, and some franticMoto2 racing followed before double 2010 win-ner Andrea Iannone - tenth at the end of lap one- took the lead on lap six,

When the Fimmco Speed Up rider began topull clear, a repeat of his dominant wins atMugello and Assen looked likely, but a deter-mined Elias reeled in the Italian - with RobyRolfo in tow.

Rolfo briefly took the lead before being cru-elly sidelined by a technical problem, leavingElias to build a 2.3sec victory margin over theremaining five laps.

And it wasn’t over Iannone. The #29 lost outto Catalunya winner Yuki Takahashi in the clos-ing stages, as the Tech 3 rider claimed his sec-ond podium of the season. Early leader Tomizawafaded back to tenth, while Thomas Luthi - whobegan round nine second in the points behindElias - was one place behind the Japanese in elev-enth.

Elias - who took the Gresini team’s 100thpodium today - is now 55 points ahead of newnearest rival Iannone, with Luthi down to third.

Home star Karel Abraham, who will movewith his team to MotoGP next year on a sixthsatellite Ducati, was not able to start the race af-ter his accident in qualifying.

AP Photo/Jens Meyer

Moto 2 Moriwaki rider Toni Elias from Spain cel-ebrates after winning the Grand Prix of Czech Re-public at the circuit in Brno, Czech Republic, Sun-day, Aug. 15, 2010.

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