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Governor considers issuing moratorium in South Bali Page 6 16 Pages Number 39 8 th Year e-mail: [email protected]online: http://www.internationalbalipost.com. http://epaper.internationalbalipost.com. Price: Rp 3.000,- I N T E R N A T I O N A L DPS 23 - 32 WEATHER FORECAST Wednesday, February 24, 2016 News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2my- radio.com or live video streaming at http://radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali. Greek police remove migrants from Macedonian border as more land in Piraeus Page 13 China may be installing new radar on South China Sea outposts-think tank Page 8 Bayern’s unstoppable force faces Juve’s immovable defence SINGARAJA — A micro hydro power plant (PLTM) has started being built in the Muara River, in Sambangan village, Sukasada. The power- plant is being built by PT. Panji Muara Raya (PMR) that was first established in North Bali.. Micro power is considered eco-friendly as it does not use gasoline, diesel or gas but instead relies solely on renewable energy by using water power to rotate turbine engines. The electrical energy generated by the micro- hydro dam will be 2 megawatts Project Manager, Endang Supriadi, explained that the permit for the project was first given to them in 2012 and was extended for the construction that started again in April 2015. The project also has a document from the Environmental Management Effort and Environmental Monitoring Effort (UKL-UPL) Number: 660.1/ 95.a /Rek.UKL-UP /KLH / 2012. “The torrential river water is diverted into our channel to generate turbines. The water is then returned to the river flow. We are using water along 500 meters of the river that is not used by farmers to irrigate their paddy fields, which is why we were granted permission to build”, said Surpiadi on Sunday (Feb. 21) accompanied by Public Relations of PT. Panji Muara Raya (PMR), I Nyoman Sumerta. Supriadi explained that the use of iron pipes facilitates the flow of water through the turbine that will provide enough power for 2,000 families. The electricity gener- ated by the micro power plant will be sold to PLN. Similar micro hydro projects have been widely applied in Sumatra, and most of the cities on the Island of Java, including Yogyakarta. “We are very seri- ous about maintaining the ecosystem of the environments. This is the first pilot project in North Bali. The windmill turbine contains a moving dynamo that uses the same principles as dynamo driven bicycle lights. In this case, the water functions to turn the turbine, passing through iron pipes, and then the water output is returned to the stream in a clean condition without pollution” he explained. Micro... continued on page 2 “We must consider various factors and we discuss the matter with the In- donesia Hotel and Restaurant Associa- tion (PHRI) and the Indonesia Tourism Industry Board (GIPI), for example. The KADIN’S recommendations are not enough” said the governor from his office on Monday (Feb22). Governor Pastika added that he has written to the Investment Coor- dinating Board (BKPM) regarding the moratorium. In essence, both domestic and foreign investment in the construction of star hotel in South Bali must be stopped. “But, they (investors—Ed) go directly to the districts. That’s the problem -that they do not pass through the BKPM. If they went through the BKPM, they would surely have been stopped” he explained. Chairman of the Bali House of Representatives, Nyoman Adi Wiryatama, agrees that South Bali is already crowded with tourist ac- comodations. First micro hydro power plant in North Bali, generating 2 MW of electricity DENPASAR - Governor of Bali, Made Mangku Pastika, said that he is still considering issuing a moratorium on the construction of new tourist accomodations in South Bali, as was proposed the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) Bali. The issue, he said, needs to be further discussed with other tourism related parties One of the hotels in Jimbaran area. Governor of Bali, Made Mangku Pastika, said that he is still considering issuing a moratorium on the construction of new tourist accomodations in South Bali IBP/File
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Bayern’s unstoppable force faces Juve’s immovable defence
NEW YORK - Pop star Kesha’s former music producer on Monday said allegations that he had raped the singer were lies, and hit back at a “trial by Twitter” backed by some of music’s biggest names over Ke-sha’s bid to extricate herself from a recording contract.
Dr. Luke, whose real name is Lukasz Gottwald, posted a series of tweets saying that people support-ing Kesha’s claims of sexual assault against him were “getting behind an allegation only - motivated by money.”
“I didn’t rape Kesha and I have never had sex with her. Kesha and I were friends for many years and she was like my little sister,” the producer said.
“But lives can get ruined when there’s a rush to judgment before all the facts come out ... It’s sad that she would turn a contract negotiation into something so horrendous and untrue,” he added.
Anger and sympathy for the “Tik Tok” singer swelled after a New York judge ruled on Friday that Ke-sha, 28, could not be released from her six-album recording contract with Sony Music.
Kesha claimed in a 2014 lawsuit that Dr. Luke raped and emotionally manipulated her. Dr. Luke coun-
tersued and both cases have yet to come to trial.
Singer Taylor Swift has donated $250,000 to Kesha to help her finan-cial needs, while Lady Gaga, Kelly Clarkson, Miley Cyrus and Ariana Grande are among hundreds who have posted messages on Instagram and Twitter to the fast-growing #FreeKesha campaign.
“Most important for Kesha, is that these beautiful, powerful women are standing behind her, letting the world see how power-ful the truth is!” Kesha’s mother, Pebe Sebert, posted on Twitter on Sunday.
Dr. Luke’s attorney, Christine Lepera, on Monday accused the singer and her legal team of con-ducting a “trial by Twitter, using a vicious smear campaign to ruin his reputation.”
She said the allegations in Ke-sha’s lawsuit are “outright lies that have been advanced to extort a con-tract renegotiation and money.”
Lepera said Kesha, who burst on the music scene in 2009, was “already ‘free’ to record and release music without working with Dr. Luke as a producer if she doesn’t want to.”
“Any claim that she isn’t ‘free’ is a myth,” Lepera said. (rtr)
DiCaprio’s fifth acting Oscar nomination, for his role as a fur trapper bent on revenge in “The Revenant,” will prove the charm, awards pundits say, and crown the actor’s transformation from teen heartthrob to Hollywood heavy-weight.
“There are cases when a par-ticular actor is seen as overdue, and this year it’s definitely Leonardo DiCaprio,” said Dave Karger, chief correspondent of movie website Fandango.
“What is great is that he is going to win for the right performance,”
Karger said.Twenty years after his first Oscar
nomination as a blue-eyed teen in “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape,” Di-Caprio, 41, has swept every major prize in the long Hollywood awards calendar for his role as taciturn Hugh Glass, who is left for dead in the wilderness after being mauled by a bear.
The actor carries the two-and-a-half hour film, which was shot in sub-zero temperatures over seven months, despite barely speaking after the bear rips out his character’s throat.
“He’s really good in the film. It’s not like a throwaway award because of his career. I would be really stunned if he doesn’t win,” said Variety reporter Tim Gray.
DiCaprio has tried for years to shake off his image as the young man who sent women swooning in the 1990s with “Titanic” and “Ro-meo + Juliet,” even as he partied on yachts with a string of supermodel girlfriends.
In “The Revenant”, the swag-gering star of “The Wolf of Wall Street” and the smooth charmer of “The Great Gatsby” are barely recognizable under a greasy mane, straggly beard and frostbitten face. Ironically, his very appearance may have boosted his Oscar prospects. (rtr)
From heartthrob to Hollywood heavyweight, Leo DiCaprio is Oscar-bound
IN a rollercoaster movie awards season with no clear favorite in the Oscars best picture race, there is one sure bet - Leonardo DiCaprio, one of the world’s biggest celebrities, will finally take home the best actor statuette on Sunday.
Leonardo DiCaprio
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Producer Dr. Luke accuses Kesha supporters of ‘trial by Twitter’
Pop star Kesha’s former music producer Dr. Luke (right) on Monday said allegations that he had raped the singer were lies, and hit back at a “trial by Twit-ter” backed by some of music’s biggest names over Kesha’s bid to extricate herself from a re-cording contract.IBP/net
SINGARAJA — A micro hydro power plant (PLTM) has started being built in the Muara River, in Sambangan village,
Sukasada. The power-plant is being built by PT.
Panji Muara Raya (PMR) that was first established in North Bali.. Micro power is considered eco-friendly as it does not use gasoline, diesel or gas but instead relies solely on renewable energy by using water power to rotate turbine engines. The electrical energy generated by the micro-
hydro dam will be 2 megawattsProject Manager, Endang Supriadi,
explained that the permit for the project was first given to them in 2012 and was extended for the construction that started again in April 2015. The project also has a document from the Environmental Management Effort and Environmental Monitoring Effort (UKL-UPL) Number: 660.1/ 95.a /Rek.UKL-UP /KLH / 2012. “The torrential river water is diverted into our channel to generate turbines. The water is then returned to the river flow. We are using water along 500 meters of the river
that is not used by farmers to irrigate their paddy fields, which is why we were granted permission to build”, said Surpiadi on Sunday (Feb. 21) accompanied by Public Relations of PT. Panji Muara Raya (PMR), I Nyoman Sumerta.
Supriadi explained that the use of iron pipes facilitates the flow of water through the turbine that will provide enough power for 2,000 families. The electricity gener-ated by the micro power plant will be sold to PLN. Similar micro hydro projects have been widely applied in Sumatra, and most of the cities on the Island of Java,
including Yogyakarta. “We are very seri-ous about maintaining the ecosystem of the environments. This is the first pilot project in North Bali. The windmill turbine contains a moving dynamo that uses the same principles as dynamo driven bicycle lights. In this case, the water functions to turn the turbine, passing through iron pipes, and then the water output is returned to the stream in a clean condition without pollution” he explained.
Micro...
continued on page 2
“We must consider various factors and we discuss the matter with the In-donesia Hotel and Restaurant Associa-
tion (PHRI) and the Indonesia Tourism Industry Board (GIPI), for example. The KADIN’S recommendations are
not enough” said the governor from his office on Monday (Feb22).
Governor Pastika added that he has written to the Investment Coor-dinating Board (BKPM) regarding the moratorium. In essence, both domestic and foreign investment in the construction of star hotel in South Bali must be stopped. “But, they (investors—Ed) go directly
to the districts. That’s the problem -that they do not pass through the BKPM. If they went through the BKPM, they would surely have been stopped” he explained.
Chairman of the Bali House of Representatives, Nyoman Adi Wiryatama, agrees that South Bali is already crowded with tourist ac-comodations.
First micro hydro power plant in North Bali, generating 2 MW of electricity
DENPASAR - Governor of Bali, Made Mangku Pastika, said that he is still considering issuing a moratorium on the construction of new tourist accomodations in South Bali, as was proposed the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) Bali. The issue, he said, needs to be further discussed with other tourism related parties
One of the hotels in Jimbaran area. Governor of Bali, Made Mangku Pastika, said that he is still considering issuing a moratorium on the construction of new
tourist accomodations in South Bali
IBP/File
Micro power plants do not use open drains but instead use pipes of a particular height so as to make the flow of water more swift and accelerate the spin of the turbine wheel, he explained. “If there is no delay in the schedule, we should be operational by July 2016. Cur-rently, the water storage ponds are ready and we are working on the river dam, intake duct, water pipes, turbines”, said Supriadi.
damages roads.PT. PMR has caused the roads
access between was Sambangan and Panji villages to be temporarily inaccessible. Sambangan villagers are being asked to be patient until the technical development of PT. PMR’s project is finished and the
road that has been damaged by their heavy trucks can be repaired. Panji village will be compensated for the inconvenience of having the road between Mekar Sari and Mandul hamlet severly dsmaged. Com-pensation worth IDR 60 million a year will be given in three phases, with IDR 20 million a month every four months.
“In the past, the upper area of Sambangan could not be reached. After being hardened with con-crete along 350 meter with the width of 4 meter and thickness of 10 centimeters, the road is pass-able. We will address people’s complaint. Now, it is impossible for us to repair the road entirely because the project is still in progress. Just wait for comple-tion of the project and we will immediately repair the damaged caused ot the road by our trucks”, said Supriadi. (kmb34)
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EvEry Temple and Shrine has a special date for it an-nual Ceremony, or “ Odalan “, every 210 days according to Balinese calendar, including the smaller ancestral shrine which each family possesses. Because of this practically every few days a ceremony of festival of some kind takes place in some Village in Bali. There are also times when the entire island celebrated the same Holiday, such as at Galungan, Kuningan, Nyepi day, Saraswati day, Tumpek Landep day, Pagerwesi day, Tumpek Wayang day etc.
The dedication or inauguration day of a Temple is consid-ered its birth day and celebration always takes place on the same day if the wuku or 210 day calendar is used. When new moon is used then the celebration always happens on new moon or full moon. The day of course can differ the religious celebration of a temple lasts at least one full day with some temple celebrating for three days while the celebration of Besakih temple, the Mother Temple, is never less than 7 days and most of the time it lasts for 11 days, depending on the importance of the occasion.
The celebration is very colorful. The shrine are dressed with pieces of cloths and sometimes with brocade, sailings, decorations of carved wood and sometimes painted with gold and Chinese coins, very beautifully arranged, are hung in the four corners of the shrine. In front of shrine are placed red, white or black umbrellas depending which Gods are worshipped in the shrines.
In front of important shrine one sees, besides these umbrellas soars, tridents and other weapons, the “umbul-umbul”, long flags, all these are prerogatives or attributes of Holiness. In front of the Temple gate put up “Penjor”, long bamboo poles, decorated beautifully ornaments of young coconut leaves, rice and other products of the land. Most beautiful to see are the girls in their colorful attire, carry-ing offerings, arrangements of all kinds fruits and colored cakes, to the Temple. Every visitor admires the grace with which the carry their load on their heads.
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The Head of the Bangli Public Works, I.B. Wediatmika, explained that lately mainly dur-ing dry season a number of areas in Kintamani such as the village of Suter, Batudinding Abang, Abang Songan and upper area of Trunyan often get difficulty in obtaining clean water. On this condition, the proposal of lift-ing water from Lake Batur emerged. It was responded positively by the district govern-ment. As a form of seriousness, this year will be made the assessment. “This year we will examine it,” he said recently.
As an illustration, the height of the lake water to Abang Songan village approxi-mately reaches 200 meters. If the study has been completed, it will be resumed with the making of detailed engineering design (DED) to be proposed to central govern-ment. “Having been proposed, the central government will certainly examine it again,” he explained. Earlier, he mentioned that the lifting of water is estimated to cost IDR 10 billion.
Deputy Chairman of the Bangli House of Representatives, I Nyoman Basma, said on Monday (Feb. 22) that the initiative of the dis-trict government to study the lifting of water from Lake Batur is a positive measure. “We very much appreciate to the district govern-
ment for the effort to harness the lake water in order to overcome the water crisis in some areas. Hopefully, it will be serious,” he said.
This legislator from Suter village also mentioned that the clean water shortages are increasingly more serious when dry season arrives. To meet daily needs, people are forced to purchase water at quite expensive price. This condition also causes soaring expenditure. “Rainy season is preferable because people can still take advantage of rainwater. When dry season arrives, we have to purchase,” he said.
He added that fulfillment of clean water in the long term can only be resolved by utilizing the water of Lake Batur. In the surrounding area, there is no potential of water sources. “We have no springs, so that we only rely on lake water,” he said. This Golkar politi-cian added if later on the utilization of Lake Batur water requires a considerable cost, local government is expected to communicate with provincial and central government.
He also affirmed that water is not only vital to the community, but also for livestock and agricultural sector. “Water is not only important to the community. Other sectors will also be subject to the impact,” he concluded. (kmb45)
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The project of micro hydro power plant is starting in Buleleng
Overcoming clean water crisis
This year, utilization of Lake Batur water assessed
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Lake Batur in Kintamani, Bangli
BANGLI - The lifting of water from Lake Batur to overcome water shortages in some areas in Kintamani continues to be finalized by local government through the Bangli Public Works. As a form of seriousness, this year it will be followed up with the assessment.
14 InternationalTechnologyWednesday, February 24, 2016 3International Bali News Wednesday, February 24, 2016
A merger could either be blocked outright or conditioned on signifi-cant divestitures after a lengthy and disruptive review period that would
destroy shareholder value, United Tech said.
Merger discussions between the two U.S.-based multinationals
are not currently active, and there have been no recent meetings among lawyers or bankers on any specifics, a source familiar with the matter said.
A merger of the two firms would create a behemoth with combined sales of more than $90 billion, a company responsible for a huge
amount of equipment on com-mercial airliners, ranging from jet engines to airplane cockpits and landing gear.
Such a deal would likely draw opposition from plane makers such as Airbus and Boeing Co, as well as the Pentagon, since the companies also make parts for key weapons programs, including Lockheed Martin Corp’s F-35 program.
“If you put these two compa-nies together, they would build the plane from tip to tail,” said a source. “There’s just no way that Boeing and Airbus would ever ac-cept that.”
United Tech was reluctant to shed higher-margin commercial aerospace units that would likely be required to secure government approval, another source said.
CNBC first reported on the talks earlier on Monday. Honeywell declined to comment on the report. Pentagon officials had no immedi-ate comment.
Jeff Bialos, a law partner with Sutherland Asbill & Brennan and a former senior Pentagon official, said any combination would spark a serious antitrust review given over-lapping business in areas ranging from engines to avionics.
“If this were to go forward, it
would get significant U.S. govern-ment scrutiny,” said Bialos. “This kind of a deal could well result in some kind of material divesti-ture.”
The sources said the government was unlikely to approve a merger of this scale in a presidential election year, which meant the process could likely drag on for 18 to 24 months.
Some analysts and antitrust ex-perts said the deal could ultimately be approved if the parties agreed to some big divestitures, since there are other competitors, and if they enlisted the backing of their biggest customers.
“We think a merger would un-lock significant synergies,” said S&P Capital IQ analyst Jim Cor-ridore in a note to clients.
Peter Carstensen, who teaches antitrust at the University of Wis-consin Law School, said that the deal would likely win antitrust approval unless there was “a very substantial expression of concern by the airplane manufacturers.”
Shares of United Technologies, which makes Pratt & Whitney jet engines and Otis elevators, closed up 4.6 percent Monday. Shares of Honeywell, a maker of aerospace parts and climate control systems, fell 2 percent. (rtr)
MONTREAL - After six years of negotiations over U.N. green-house gas regulations, the aerospace industry dodged the threat of spend-ing billions of dollars to re-engineer airplanes.
The industry got help from European and Russian negotiators, who successfully argued that the standards should not render newer, more efficient planes obsolete, ac-cording to three people familiar with the U.N. talks in Montreal this month.
The latest planes from compa-nies such as Boeing Co and Airbus Group SE - which cost tens of bil-lions of dollars to develop - will meet the new emissions standards.
European negotiators also led an effort to forge a compromise exempting older, fuel-guzzling aircraft from the standards until 2028 - five years longer than a competing proposal pushed by U.S. negotiators, according to U.S. and European sources with direct knowledge of the talks.
The new rules - criticized as
too lenient by environmentalists - were adopted by U.N.’s aviation agency, the Montreal-based Inter-national Civil Aviation Organiza-tion. ICAO has no direct power to craft or enforce regulations but facilitates negotiations over standards that become manda-tory for the agency’s 190 member countries.
The stakes are high. A 2012 ICAO paper predicted that inter-national aviation emissions would increase 68 percent between 2010 and 2020, from 390 megatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent to 654 megatonnes.
Projections for how much the ICAO rules will lower carbon emissions vary widely. The White House estimates they would reduce as much as 650 million tonnes of carbon dioxide between 2020 and 2040 - or the equivalent of taking 140 million cars off the road during the same period.
Environmental advocates argued the new standards will do little to lower emissions, especially with
air traffic expected to double over 15 years, according to ICAO pro-jections. ICAO did not make any public estimate of carbon emis-sions that the new standards would eliminate.
The rules merely ratified what manufacturers were already doing, said Daniel Rutherford, an avia-tion specialist for the International Council on Clean Transportation, a non-profit group that closely fol-lowed the ICAO talks.
“ICAO has recommended tar-gets that new models will eas-ily pass and that won’t require improvements from older, less efficient models until well after they’ll be out of production any-way,” he said.
Negotiators are not permitted to talk to the media under ICAO rules governing the talks, but three officials with knowledge of the talks spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity.
Concerns about industry and economic impact drove the com-promise, according to U.S. and
European officials. More stringent standards could have cost the in-dustry huge amounts of money. A single new engine, for instance, can cost billions of dollars to design and certify.
“The negotiation was not com-pletely detached from commercial considerations,” a European diplo-matic source acknowledged.
U.S. negotiators met resistance on pushing for a quicker phase-out of less efficient planes, according to an American official familiar with the talks.
“There was definitely a high bar to getting agreement on a 2023 production cutoff,” the U.S. of-ficial said.
Supporters of the new rules say they will ensure that companies continue building on efficiencies gained in plane makers’ latest gen-eration of jets, such as the Boeing 737 MAX and the A320neo.
“This is the same conversation we have on all standards,” said one negotiator involved in the talks. “What is the balance between
pushing industry along without breaking industry by pushing them too far?”
Boeing spokeswoman Jessica Kowal said the company supports the ICAO standard “because it is ambitious in terms of CO2 emis-sions reduction, it is aligned with customer needs for increasing fuel efficiency, and it’s technologically achievable in an industry with a long lead time.”
A spokesman said Thursday that Airbus supports the new standards and continues to invest in “reduc-ing fuel burn, emissions and noise significantly.”
Both companies declined to comment on efforts they may have made to advocate for a specific out-come in the talks, which included negotiators from 22 nations.
Airbus, Boeing and their engine manufacturers have invested tens of billions of dollars in new technology to save fuel, which also cuts carbon emissions. Such efforts accelerated during a decade of relatively high oil prices. (rtr)
Airline manufacturers escape threat of big costs from new U.N. climate standards
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A view of the corporate sign outside the Honeywell International Automation and Control Solutions manufacturing plant in Golden Valley, Minnesota, in a January 28, 2010 file photo. Honeywell International Inc and United Technologies Corp have held talks about a merger, CNBC reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the situation. A deal would create a company with combined sales of more than $90 billion.
United Tech says a deal with Honeywell would face major challenges
MINNESOTA - United Technologies Corp on Monday dis-closed merger talks with fellow aerospace component supplier Honeywell International Inc but said a deal would “face insur-mountable regulatory obstacles.”
Rewidiasa and his 25 year old wife Srimadi, along with their three children (the oldest of whom is five years old), live in an uninhabitable house. They are susceptible to be-ing bitten by mosquitos because the walls of their house are made of dried coconut leaves and the leaky roof means that their house gets flooded when it rains.
Rewidiasa and his family live in this 3 square meter house that stands on a 50 square meter plot of land that belongs to his parents. Outside Rewidiasa’s house there is a small bamboo gazebo where they sometimes rest on a shredded mat. Despite the negligible conditions of his house, Rewidiasa has been living there since he got married
5 years ago and his parents can do little more to help him, given the poverty that they too live in. Be-cause Rewidiasa does not always catch much fish, he cannot build a proper house.
When met at his house on Sun-day (Feb. 21), Rewidiasa explained that when the weather is bad, he dares not go out to sea, and often he can only provide rice for his wife and kids. Luckily, he said, generous people often help him to makes ends meets. He dreams of being able to build a livable and comfortable house but he does not feel very hopeful about being able
to do that. “As a fisherman, my in-come is erratic. Of course I would like to at least be able to repair my house, but since I am so short of money, I have no choice but to live in a house like this” he said.
Every night Rewidiasa and his family sleep on a shredded mat on their gazebo or in the house with woven dried coconut leaf walls. Ei-ther way the children are invariably bitten by so many mosquitos that they look like they have the measles. “Sometimes I feel such pity for my children -especially the youngest who is often cold. When it rains our house is flooded”, he admitted.
REwidiasa’s wife, Srimadi, does her best to supplement her husbands income by selling palm leaf pushes but this does little to alleviate their poverty as the pouches are only in demand during religious holiday. Despite these difficult condition, Srimadi remains strong and fights hard to survive.
“We do not feel desperate and as parents we keep trying to support our family in any way that we can. Hopefully, we will continue to be bestowed with heath and there will be some assistance form the govern-ment” said Srimadi while soothing her toddler. (mud)
BANGLI - The government of Bangli district planning to relo-cate souvenir merchants into the Geopark art market in Kintamani is never realized. Until now, the mer-chants are still allowed to peddle their goods freely to visitors in the area of Penelokan. On the other hand, the second floor and some parts of the third floor of the local market have been left vacant since the market was completed.
The Head of the Bangli Industry
and Trade Agency, Nengah Sudibya, said on Monday (Feb. 22) that the relocation of souvenir merchants into the Geopark art market will be carried out simultaneously with the relocation of roadside merchants at Penelokan into the forest area behind the Geopark art market. Related to this plan, Sudibya said that his agency is still waiting for certainty when the forest land area of ??4,100 square meters behind the Geopark art market begins to
be occupied. “Currently, we are still waiting
when the forest land can be occu-pied. When it is ready to be occu-pied, we will relocate the merchants simultaneously. The merchants at roadside market will be relocated to the back of the art market, while souvenir merchants into the art market,” he explained.
According to Sudibya, if his agency only relocates the souvenir merchants, they will certainly not
want to because they still see their colleagues are still peddling at roadside. Thus, the agency planned to relocate them simultaneously. He added that the merchant arrange-ment at Penelokan does not only involve the Industry and Trade Agency, but also other agencies such as the Regional Development Planning Board (Bappeda) and the Culture and Tourism Agency.
As the observation on Sunday, since the souvenir merchants have
not been relocated the second floor of the Geopark art market remains empty so far. Likewise, the third floor of the market used to hold an exhibition a few months ago is now partially empty. Some spaces are used to display handicraft products but the door is locked. According to a resident, the items on display by the Industry and Trade Agency is kept by its employees but only opens on Monday through Saturday. (kmb40)
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Rewidiasa’s house is made of dried coconut leaves.
Rewidiasa’s house is made of dried coconut leaves.
BULELENG - Many fishermen in Buleleng still live under the poverty line and one of the reasons that traditional fisher-men in North Bali tend to remain poor is that their fish catches are inconsistent. Gede Rewidiasa is a 26 year old resident of Penyumbahan hamlet, Les, Tejakula who is experiencing such conditions.
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JERUSALEM - Israeli army bulldozers on Tuesday demolished the homes of two Palestinians who killed five people in attacks in the occupied West Bank and Israel last year, the military said.
Mohammed al-Haroub shot at cars near an Israeli settlement bloc in the West Bank on Nov. 20, the military said, killing an Israeli, an American student and a Palestinian.
On the same day, Raed Masalmeh stabbed and killed two Israelis in a Tel Aviv office building, according to the military. Both alleged assailants were arrested.
Bulldozers tore through Haroub’s home in the village of Dir Samt and Masalmeh’s house in Dura, both in the West Bank.
Israeli officials say such demolitions could deter other Palestinians from launching attacks in a wave of stabbings, shootings and car ram-mings that have killed 28 Israelis and a U.S. citizen since October.
Palestinians and international critics call the destruction of family homes collective punishment. Local residents said the demolition displaced 12 of Haroub’s relatives. It was not immediately known how many people lived in Masalmeh’s house.
In the past five months, Israeli security forces have killed at least 168 Palestinians, 111 of whom Israel says were assailants, while most others were shot dead during violent anti-Israeli protests.
The recent violence has been stoked by various factors, including a dispute over Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosque compound and the failure of several rounds of peace talks to secure the Palestinians an independent state in Israeli-occupied territory.
Palestinian leaders have said that with no breakthrough on the horizon, desperate youngsters see no future ahead. Israel says young Palestinians are being incited to violence by their leaders and by Isla-mist groups calling for Israel’s destruction. (rtr)
The Asian Maritime Transparen-cy Initiative at Washington’s Center for Strategic and International Stud-ies said the images showed that con-struction of facilities at Cuarteron Reef appeared nearly complete and that the artificial island now covered an area of about 52 acres (210,500 square meters).
“Two probable radar towers have been built on the northern portion of the feature, and a number of 65-foot (20-meter) poles have been erected across a large section of the south-ern portion,” the report said.
“These poles could be a high-frequency radar installation, which would significantly bolster China’s ability to monitor surface and air traffic across the southern portion of the South China Sea.”
China’s foreign and defense min-istries did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The report said the images
showed that China appeared to have constructed a buried bunker and lighthouse on the northern portion of the feature, a helipad, communications equipment and a quay with a loading crane.
The report, which based its analysis on satellite images from January and February, said China already had significant radar cover-age of the northern part of the South China Sea given its mainland instal-lations and in the Paracel Islands to the northwest of the Spratlys.
Both the U.S. and Vietnam last week expressed concern at China’s deployment of advanced surface-to-air missiles on the Paracels.
A high frequency radar on Cuar-teron Reef would increase China’s ability to monitor sea and air traffic coming north from the Malacca Straits and other important chan-nels, the report said.
It also pointed to “probable”
radars at Gaven, Hughes and John-son South Reefs in the Spratlys as well as helipads, and to possible gun emplacements at the former two features.
China previously operated radars on Fiery Cross but the latest instal-lations would give it far more ex-tensive coverage, regional military analysts said.
The report comes a day before a visit to the United States by China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi, at which U.S. concerns about China’s assertive territorial claims will be high on the agenda. China’s Foreign Ministry said its military deployments in the South China Sea were no different from U.S. deployments on Hawaii.
U.S. State Department spokes-man Mark Toner said Washington would “press China to de-escalate and stop its militarization” in the South China Sea.
China claims most of the South China Sea, through which more than $5 trillion in global trade pass-es every year. Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, the Philippines and Taiwan have rival claims. (rtr)
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Recent satellite images show China may be installing a high-frequency radar system in the Spratly Islands that could significantly boost its ability control the disputed South China Sea.
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Palestinians warm themselves by a fire as they sit in front of the rubbles of Palestinian Raed Masalmeh’s home after it was demolished by Israeli army in the West Bank town of Dura, south of Hebron February 23, 2016. Israeli army bull-dozers on Tuesday demolished the homes of two Palestin-ians who killed five people in attacks in the occupied West Bank and Israel last year, the military said. Raed Masalmeh stabbed and killed two Israelis in a Tel Aviv office building, according to the military.
China may be installing new radar on South China Sea outposts-think tank
WASHINGTON - Recent satellite images show China may be installing a high-frequency radar system in the Spratly Islands that could significantly boost its ability control the disputed South China Sea, a U.S. think tank reported on Monday.
Israel razes West Bank homes of two Palestinian assailants-army
GIANYAR - Booming dengue patients occurs in the emergency room of Sanjiwani Hospital. This condition occurs due to the increase in dengue patients since the past few days, while until Monday (Feb. 22) a number of patients were not handled yet.
As observation on Monday afternoon, the booming dengue patients were seen to have been full in the hallway and the Sanji-wani Hospital emergency room. The number of incoming patients continued, whereas the patients in need of hospitalization have not got treatment room.
“Yes, many dengue patients have not got treatment rooms yet, so that many of them are unable to get into the room. If the patient continues to increase, probably they
will be treated in the hallway first, including if there are patients to be referred to another hospital,” said Pande Sri, the attending physician at the emergency room of Sanji-wani Hospital who was on duty on Monday.
She recognized the increase in dengue patients has been hap-pening since Thursday (Feb. 18) before the celebration of Kuningan. Until Monday, Pande Sri claimed to have no time to count the total incoming dengue patients. “Wow, I have not had time to count. In short, there are many patients as can be seen from the piles of green bundles,” she pointed to a pile of green bundles, marking if they are dengue patients.
Due to so many dengue pa-tients, during her working shift
she estimated there are more than 20 dengue patients entering during the day. On that account, she has not been able to ascertain the total number of dengue patients entering Sanjiwani Hospital on the day. “We cannot ascertain the number within a day. To sum up, there are more than 20 (dengue—Ed) patients. During my shift there are dozens,” he explained.
Managing Director of Sanjiwani Hospital, Ida Komang Upeksa, when confirmed separately ac-knowledged there have been boom-ing dengue patients at emergency room of Sanjiwani Hospital since Sunday (Feb. 21). But he made sure that such condition can still be resolved because yesterday there were dozens of inpatients having been allowed to go home.
“Yes, indeed there is a booming in the emergency room. Pursuant to our data, on Sunday there were 79 incoming dengue patients. Today (Monday—Ed) until noon reached 20s incoming dengue patients. This figure has a great chance to grow,” he said.
Nevertheless, Upeksa ensured that dengue patients in the emer-gency room on Monday have been able to get into treatment rooms. At least there were 40 in-patients hav-ing been allowed to go home. Re-spectively in the Nakula-Sahadewa Room there were about 26 patients. Then, in Arjuna Room there were about 10 patients and Astina Room about two patients. “I am confident that today (Monday—Ed) patients in emergency room can enter,” he said.
He explained the delays to some patients in the emergency room happened due to the administration for inpatients having been allowed to go home was still processed by their family. The patients were still waiting for shuttle to return home. “The patients allowed to go home are mixed. It means that they were previously treated for different types of illnesses,” he said.
Based on his data, the increase in dengue patients coming into Sanjiwani Hospital actually began last month. But the considerable increase has occurred since the past few days. In addition, his manage-ment was also helped by four health centers having provided hospital-ization service. Thus, it reduces the burden of Sanjiwani Hospital in such conditions. (kmb)
MANGUPURA - For fear that the es-tuary at Mati River might overflow from the buildup garbage and mud sediment, the government of Badung has alerts its staff to keep 24 hour watch on the river during the rainy season. In the past, the over-silting of the river bed, caused Kuta to be flooded.
According to Irrigation Division Head, A.A. Gede Dalem, the mud sedimentation will be dredged up from the river in the neighbour-hood of Pata Sari, Kuta soon, so as to prevent the river from becoming too shallow to hold rainwater.
“Heavy equipment is available on site 24 hours a day to clean up marine debris because when it rains, lots of garbage and mud is car-ried downstream”, said A.A. Gede Dalem on Sunday (Feb. 21).
The government, he said has been giving serious attention to keeping the estuary of Mati River clear so that it will not be vile as before. Moreover, the regent is determined to continue the development of long storage (strengthening of river walls). As previously reported, there is a construction project for the Mati River estuary valued at around IDR 47 billion. So far, the construction of long storage has been accomplished along 500 meters.
“Which means there is still 1.2 km more left that has not been fixed. We will therefore be co-ordinating with the Bali-Penida River Agency as they are the ones who have the authority to deal with the matter” he explained.
Aside from resuming the long storage proj-ect, A.A. Dalem will also build water pumps on Jalan Kunti in Kuta subdistrict. “Currently, the pump can control water discharge on Jalan Kartika Plaza, Jalan Nakula and Jalan Dewi Sri. At the same time, the strengthening walls of Mati River on Jalan Dewi Sri have been made” he explained. He mentioned that the walls of Mati River on Jalan Dewi Sri are old and filled with holes. A program for fixing the holes will be proposed in the 2016 budget amendment. (kmb27)
Booming, dengue patients at emergency room of Sanjiwani Hospital
Mati River guarded 24/7
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For fear that the estuary at Mati River might overflow from the buildup garbage and mud sediment, the government of Badung has alerts its staff to keep 24 hour watch on the river during the rainy season.
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While businesses’ assessment of their current situation improved, their outlook for the next half-year was significantly worse. Economist Carsten Brzeski at ING-DiBa called the read-ing a “wake-up call.”
“Global events have finally reached German companies’ boardrooms,” he wrote in an email research note.
The survey indicated German ex-ecutives share worries about the global economy that have sent financial mar-kets lower recently. China’s economy is slowing down, with unpredictable con-sequences for the rest of the world, while low oil and commodity prices have hit emerging market economies that supply much of the world’s growth these days.
The Ifo index is valued as a leading indicator, meaning it is a guide to where the economy is going in the months ahead. Germany, the biggest economy in the 19-country euro currency union, is currently enjoying low unemploy-ment of 4.5 percent and steady growth amounting to 0.3 percent in the fourth quarter of last year. While exports have slowed, spending by consumers and the government has picked up.
The survey is based on monthly responses from about 7,000 firms in Germany, Europe’s biggest economy.(ap)
LONDON — Almost 200 busi-ness leaders set out the case Tues-day for Britain to stay in the Euro-pean Union, warning of a risk to investment and jobs if the country opts to leave the 28-nation bloc in a national vote this June.
In a letter published in The
Times, the leaders say business “needs unrestricted access” to the European market in order to grow and invest.
“We believe that leaving the EU would deter investment, threaten jobs and put the economy at risk,” the letter said. “Britain will be
stronger, safer and better off re-maining a member of the EU.”
Signatories include CEOs at over a third of the country’s biggest busi-nesses. They include Bob Dudley of BP, Royal Dutch Shell’s CEO Ben van Beurden and Burberry CEO Christopher Bailey.
The chiefs of Heathrow and Gat-wick chiefs also signed. However, there were some notable absentees, including the bosses of Tesco and Barclays. The letter was organized with the support of Prime Minister David Cameron’s office.
Matthew Elliott, chief executive
of the Vote Leave campaign, said the letter provides further evidence that “panic seems to be spreading” at Cameron’s office.
“The only way to take back con-trol of our economy to help British businesses to flourish is to Vote Leave,” he said.(ap)
SYDNEY — Mining giant BHP Billiton reported on Tuesday a half year net loss of $5.67 billion and warned that the current period of weak commodity prices would be prolonged. The result for the six months through De-cember 2015 was down 233 percent from the $5.35 billion the Anglo-Australian company posted for the same period a year earlier.
Underlying profit for the latest half year fell 92 percent to $412 million as lower commodity prices cut $7.8 bil-lion in earnings.
The Melbourne, Australia-based company slashed its interim dividend to 16 cents per share, from 62 cents a year ago. It said it was revising its progres-sive dividend policy to ensure increased financial flexibility.
“While we were prepared for lower prices across our commodities, we now believe the period of weaker prices and higher volatility will be prolonged,” the miner said in a statement.
BHP reported a net profit of $1.9 billion for the 12 months to June 30, 2015. That was down from $13.8 billion a year earlier. Revenue was down 22 percent to $52 billion.
Miners such as BHP are under increasing pressure as a slowdown in China’s economy results in lower demand for key commodities, such as iron ore and coal.(ap)
Business leaders urge Britain to stay in EU
Mining giant BHP Billiton posts
$5.7 billion half year loss
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A logo for mining company BHP Billiton adorns a sign outside the Perth Convention Centre where their annual general meeting was being held in Perth, Western Australia, in this November 19, 2015 file photo.
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A plant belonging to Germany’s largest drugmaker Bayer is seen in Leverkusen in this January 30, 2013 file photo. Bayer is expected to report Q4 results this week.
Worries about global economy send German optimism lower
BERLIN — A key indicator of where the German economy is headed fell for the third month in a row as fears take hold about global growth. The Ifo institute said Tuesday that its closely watched confidence index fell to 105.7 points for February from 107.3 last month. Economists had forecast a smaller slip to 106.8.
“We urged President Jokowi (Joko Widodo) to stop the revision effort because seeing the draft revi-sion it will only weaken (KPK),” Catholic priest Benny Susetyo said at a meeting of inter-faith figures on corruption here on Sunday.
He said pressures from the pub-lic should make the President stop the revision and meet his promise that the government is committed to fighting corruption.
To deal with the current emer-gency caused by corruption Susetyo
said strong will from the leader to eradicate corruption and reject any effort to weaken the effort is needed.
The chairman of Islamic organi-zation Muhammadiyah, Hajriyanto Y Tohari said he suspected that the President might have a hidden agenda by allowing the people to be involved in a polemic over the KPK law revision.
“I suspect there is a hidden
agenda behind him allowing people to have a polemic over the revision issue. Will he let the people to continue with it,” he said.
In view of that he called on the President to not allow the people to be in the polemic any longer by immediately stating whether or not he agrees with it.
The decision to include the KPK law revision into the national
legislation program this year is a joint decision of the government and DPR and so the President must show his firm stand by asking for the postponement of the discussion, not allowing the DPR to discuss and making the DPR to be the scape-goat, he said.
The DPR was initially scheduled to discuss the revision on Feb. 18 but it later decided to postpone until Feb. 23.(ant)
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A man enters a house at a densely polulated neighborhood in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016. Indone-sia’s capital was approaching 10 million people according to the most recent census data.
JAKARTA - The Jakarta provincial gov-ernment has installed 1,000 units of CCTV cameras, scattered all over the capital city, out of its target of 6,000 CCTVs, the Jakarta governor has stated.
“To date, 1,000 units of CCTV cameras have been installed in Jakarta. We have set a target to install 6,000 units of CCTV by the end of this year,” Jakarta governor Ba-suki Tjahaja Purnama said here on Monday (Feb 22).
Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, better known as Ahok, further said the additional CCTVs in Jakarta were being installed on the polices request so that all activities in the capital can be monitored properly.
“The installation of CCTV in all areas of Jakarta was undertaken at the request of the police. We have been trying to increase the number of CCTV units,” the governor explained.
Ahok also wished that the entire public transport operating in the capital city should also be equipped with surveillance cameras. “To date, only Transjakarta buses have been equipped with CCTV,” he pointed out.(ant)
JAKARTA - The National Po-lice (Polri) confirmed on Monday the arrest of a suspected terrorist in Cisauk, some 30 kilometers west of Jakarta.
“The anti-terror police squad Densus 88 has arrested a suspected terrorist linked to members of ter-rorist groups who were arrested in several cities earlier. The 39-year-old suspected terrorist, identified
by his initials as DA, is a private employee,” Head of the Public Information Bureau at the National Police Headquarters, Brigadier General Agus Rianto, said here on Monday.
Densus 88 believed that DA is linked to a terrorist group in the East Java city of Malang.
One of the terrorist groups is Abu Gar group, he said.
“Members of the group were involved in a bomb attack in Ci-manggis in 2005. Since then, we have developed our investigation,” he said.
The anti-terror squad is tracking down pieces of evidence and inves-tigating the role of DA and connec-tion to the other suspected terrorists who were arrested earlier.
On Sunday, six suspected ter-
rorists were shifted to the Kelapa Dua Mobile Brigade Command Station in Jakarta from the Mo-bile Brigade Command Station of Detachment B of the East Java Provincial Police at Ampeldento, Malang district.
The suspected terrorists have been identified as Abu Gar alias Badrodin, Ridho, Romli, Rudi alias Cimot and Handoko. An-
other suspected terrorist, identi-fied as Aidin Suryana alias Aji alias Abu Zilan, was arrested later.
Chief of the Malang district police, Adjunct Senior Commis-sioner Yudo Nugroho, confirmed that Densus 88 arrested another suspected terrorist, bringing to six the number of suspected terrorists brought to Jakarta.(ant)
Police confirm arrest of suspected terrorist
Religious figures urge president to stop revision of KPK law
JAKARTA - A number of religious figures have urged Presi-dent Joko Widodo to stop efforts to revise the law on Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) by the House of Representa-tives (DPR).
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However, according to Wiry-atama this does not necessarily mean that a moratorium should be imposed.
“We just need to be more selec-tive and not simply apply a mora-torium, without looking at which areas are already saturated and which ones are not. South Bali is certainly crowded with intolerable traffic”, he said.
Wyriatama added that tariff wars continue to create losses for every-one including business, the govern-ment as well as hotel employees. He suggested that standards should be applies especially with regards to the price of hotel rooms.
“For example, a three-star hotel could be set at IDR1 million night. If the hotels choose to rent their rooms for IDR 500,000 , then we could impose taxes for a room rate of IDR 1 million as a way to dis-courage them from renting rooms
for too cheap. We expect attention to be given to setting standard room rates as well as being more slective in issuing permits”, said this former regent of Tabanan.
Besides, he also warned districts / municipality leaders not to only think about the interests of their respective regions but to give some thought to the development of tour-ist accommodation development throughout Bali.
Kadin Bali has already sent a letter to President Joko Widodo re-questing that a moratorium be issued for the cessation and prohibition of building tourist accommodations in South Bali – particularly, Badung and Denpasar. Kadin Bali presented a number of reasons underlying the proposal for a 10 year moratorium. Among the reasons given were; insufficient road infrastructure and its supporting facilities, lack of clean water, and inability to manage waste and garbage. The least of all the reasons being the tariif war over hotel room rates that drives down overall value. (kmb32)
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ATHENS - Greek police started removing migrants from the Greek-Macedonian border on Tuesday after additional passage restrictions imposed by Macedonian authorities left hundreds stranded while more were ferried from islands to Greece’s main Piraeus port.
The migrants had squatted on rail lines in the Idomeni area on Monday after attempting to push through the border to Macedonia, angry at delays and additional restrictions in crossing. They were expected to be taken to relocation camps inside Greece.
Greek police and empty buses had entered the area before dawn, a Reuters witness said. In one area seen from the Macedonian side of the border, about 600 people had been surrounded by Greek police, the witness said.
There were an estimated 1,200 people at Idomeni, in their vast majority Afghans or individuals without proper travel documents. A crush developed there on Monday after Macedonian authorities demanded additional travel documentation, including passports, for people crossing into their territory.
Some countries used by migrants as a corridor into wealthier northern Europe are imposing restrictions on passage, prompting those further down the chain to impose similar restrictions for fear of a bottleneck in their own country.
But there are concerns at what may happen in Greece, where an influx continues unabated to its islands daily from Turkey. On Tuesday morning, a further 1,250 migrants arrived in Athens by ferry from three Greek islands.
“It’s a difficult management exercise. I don’t know if the plan-ning is adequate. The flows are increasing, more ships are coming,” Piraeus mayor Yannis Moralis told Mega TV during a visit at the port’s station where migrants had gathered.
He said the port’s terminals were full, mostly with women and children. “It’s a difficult situation, not only for Piraeus but for the country as well.”
Some of the migrants had bus tickets to Idomeni, but it was unclear if they would be permitted to travel north from Athens. (rtr)
THE HAGUE — A commuter train derailed after slamming into a crane which was crossing the tracks early Tuesday in the eastern Netherlands, killing one person and injuring six others, local emergency services said.
The accident around 9 a.m. (0800 GMT) left the train’s four carriages lying on their sides on or
near the rails outside the town of Dalfsen, 125 kilometers (78 miles) east of Amsterdam.
The crash happened at a rail crossing, according to Prorail, the company that manages the Dutch railway network. Investigators were heading to the scene to establish the exact cause of the crash.
Local security services said in a
tweet that one person was confirmed dead, two injured people were hospi-talized and four more were treated at the scene and released.
Dalfsen mayor Han Noten told Dutch broadcaster NOS that there were not many passengers on the train, which was traveling between the eastern cities of Emmen and Zwolle. (ap)
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An Afghan man holds a baby as Afghan migrants who try to reach a camp next to the Greek-Macedonian border are blocked by Greek police in order to prevent a bottleneck, as Macedonia has closed its borders with Greece for Afghan migrants, near the village of Idomeni, Greece, February 22, 2016.
Greek police remove migrants from Macedonian border as
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In this image from video, emergency services attend the scene after a commuter train derailed after slamming into a crane which was crossing the tracks early Tuesday Feb. 23,
2016, near to Dalfsen, about 125 kilometers (78 miles) east of Amsterdam, in the eastern Netherlands. The crash left at least one person dead and injured many others, according to
a report from local emergency services.
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BARCELONA - Triple Formula One world champion Lewis Ham-ilton completed the equivalent of nearly 2-1/2 race distances on what he said ranked as his best ever start to pre-season testing on Monday.
The Mercedes driver completed a whopping 156 laps at the Circuit de Catalunya -- where the Spanish Grand Prix lasts for 66 -- to eclipse the mileage of all his rivals as the new cars hit the track for the first time.
Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel, who was fastest overall and 0.470 of a second quicker than the 31-year-old Briton, did 69 laps in total.
“Today is just a real show of just how amazing this team is,” said Hamilton. “From as far as I can remember, and I’ve been driving a long time, I’m certain this is the most impressive first day I’ve had,” he added.
“If you look back at the first days I’ve had in 2013 and maybe 2014, I had those glitches with the brakes so it’s nice to have a clean day without any issues with the car. Really just go above and beyond.”
Hamilton, champion in 2014 and 2015 with Mercedes, had completed a race distance by lunchtime and told reporters anxious for first im-pressions that the car felt just like last year’s dominant one.
Mercedes won 16 of 19 races last year, taking both the driver and constructor titles, and have triumphed in 32 of the last 38 grands prix.
Valtteri Bottas was third quickest in a Mercedes-powered Williams in the morning but Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo ended the day in that position with the Finn fourth.
McLaren’s Jenson Button re-vived optimism at his Honda-
powered team with 84 largely trouble-free laps in a refreshing change from a dismal 2015 when the former champions finished ninth out of 10.
There was also a hint of change at the slower end with backmark-ers Manor, now using Mercedes engines, quicker than Renault and newcomers Haas and German rookie Pascal Wehrlein also doing more laps.
Renault’s British rookie Jolyon Palmer, whose former Lotus team were taken over by the carmak-er in December, was last on the timesheets.
Despite the strong showing, Hamilton - who has won the past two championships and is aiming to become the first Briton to win four world titles - said the season starting in Australia on March 20 would be tough. (rtr)
On May 9, more than 54 million people in the Philippines will vote for a president, vice-president, 300 lawmakers and thousands of local government posts.
Pacquiao, who has courted controversy with com-ments against gays and same-sex marriage, is running for one of 12 vacant seats in the Senate, the upper house of parliament.
Pacquiao, a former eight division world champion, said he will make his final ring appearance on April 9 in Las Vegas against Bradley, the reigning WBO welterweight champion.
Walden Bello, a former congressman, has asked the election commission to investigate whether the bout gives Pacquiao undue advantage at the polls because of high-profile advertising and publicity surrounding the boxing match.
Chairman Andres Bautista told reporters his com-mission would discuss Pacquiao’s case on Tuesday.
A left-wing politician and a rival of Pacquiao for one of the Senate seats, Bello said he did not want the commission to disqualify the boxer and urged Pacquiao to postpone the fight.
“Postponement is an option for Manny if he wants to continue running for Senator,” Bello said.
There was no immediate comment from Pacquiao. Boxing experts said it will be difficult to postpone the match because the two sides had signed a contract.
Last week, the world’s largest sportswear-maker, Nike Inc, ended its sponsorship deal with Pacquiao after the Filipino boxer described gays as “worse than animals”.
Pacquiao remains popular in the Philippines, where opinion polls rank him 8th among four dozen candidates running for Senate seats. (rtr)
Pacquiao election rival calls for Bradley fight to be halted
Hamilton enjoys best ever start to testing
REUTERS/Sergio Perez
Mercedes Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain drives his new Mercedes W07 hybrid F1 car during the first test-ing session ahead of the upcoming season at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Montmelo, Spain, February 22, 2016.
MANILA - The Philippine election com-mission will decide on Tuesday whether a boxing match between Manny Pacquiao, who is standing in May’s vote, and American wel-terweight champion Timothy Bradley violates polling rules.
REUTERS/Janis Alano/Files
Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao, who is running for Senator in the May 2016 national elections, speaks to sup-porters during the start of elections campaigning in Mandaluyong city, Metro Manila in this February 9, 2016 file photo.
KARANGASEM - People in Batudawe village in Kubu, Karangasem, east Bali, call this site Rumah Pohon, or the tree houses. Constructed on a 6,000 square meter plot of land, the beautifully constructed tree houses are only accessible by an elevated bamboo suspension bridge.
Built by Komang Sakrana, a native of Temega village in Tirtagangga, the prop-erty was intended to be a family retreat.
The dry, arid land was neglected for several years before he came up with the idea to build tree houses for his family.
With no architectural or design back-ground, Sakrana began drawing the design and built the tree houses using bamboo as the main building material.
“Bamboo is light and durable. Main-tenance is easy and inexpensive,” he explained.
Bamboo is widely used now in many parts of the world as an earthquake-resistant material. After building the tree houses, water was another challenge. Karangasem is one of the island’s driest areas with limited water resources.
Sakrana’s unique tree houses have gained popularity among young people in Bali and around 50 to 100 people visit every day. “One day, we welcomed 3,000 visitors,” he said.Far from being com-mercial, Sakrana only wants to build tree houses to make people happy and be grate-ful to nature. (IBP/net)
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Mueller and Lewandowski have scored a remarkable 56 goals be-tween them in all competitions this season but in Tuesday’s Champions League last-16 round they will be up against a Juve rearguard which has kept nine successive clean sheets.
It is one of many reasons why the tie at the Juventus Stadium is likely to be a titanic duel between the champions and leaders of Italy’s Serie A and Germany’s Bundesliga, even though Juve could lose top spot should Napoli beat AC Milan on Monday.
Both are unbeaten in all competi-tions since early December and both have exactly the same record in their last 10 matches -- nine wins and one draw.
Bayern’s last reverse, one of only two all season for Pep Guardiola’s outfit, was against Borussia Mo-enchengladbach on Dec. 5 while Juventus have not been beaten since they lost 1-0 at Sevilla in the Cham-pions League on Dec. 8.
There will also be a return to savour for Bayern midfielder Arturo Vidal, back at the club he helped to four Serie A titles in a row, while Juve striker Mario Mandzukic is also in line to face his former team mates.
“We know that Bayern are one of the three best teams in the world, but we’re playing at home and Juventus Stadium will give us a real boost,” said Juventus defender Andrea Barzagli. “Every team has its weak-
nesses and it’s our job to find them.Vidal has already promised he
will not celebrate if he scores and told Gazzetta dello Sport that he was relishing the prospect of facing Paul Pogba in midfield.
VERY COMPACTThe teams last met in the quarter-
finals of the same competition three seasons ago, when Bayern won both legs 2-0. Since that second leg, Juventus have played 16 European home games without defeat.
Overall, Juventus and Bayern have met eight times with only two wins for Juventus -- the last in 2005. Former Bayern forward Miroslav Klose summed up the difficulties facing the Bavarians.
“I know from my own experience that it’s very, very hard to score against Juve,” said Klose who now plays in Serie A with Lazio.
“They’re very compact and their
defence is very organised even when they lose possession but they also have great quality in the centre and up front. “You don’t want to go a goal down against them, that just makes it even harder.”
He added: “Bayern might make it difficult for Juve in their own half with aggres-sive pressing. They have to disrupt their build-up play and be quick on the break. This is Juve’s weakness if you can call it one after so many wins.” (rtr)
MILAN - Francesco Totti was left out of AS Roma’s squad for Sunday’s Serie A match against Pal-ermo after the talismanic playmaker complained about a lack of playing time in a television inter-view.
Coach Luciano Spal-letti said he had been left with no option but to drop the 39-year-old after his comments on Saturday and Totti was left to watch Roma’s 5-0 win, their fifth consecutive league vic-tory, from the stands.
“It was just a moment of anger on his part, but I have to manage a group and maintain order,” Spal-letti told cable television network Mediaset Premi-um after the game. “He’s a great champion and de-serves respect but so does everyone else, otherwise
anyone can say what they want at any time.”
Spalletti said the epi-sode would be forgotten and Totti would be back in training from Mon-day.
“Francesco was with us before the match and will train again tomorrow, it was just a moment of anger and discomfort which is understandable.” Totti has missed three months of the season with a thigh muscle injury but told Rai television on Saturday that he had recovered and was ready to play.
“I want to play,” he said. “I’m fit and if I am left out of the team now, it’s a technical decision.
“I don’t like being on the bench, I understand that I have to play less at my age but to finish my ca-
reer like this is t o u g h f o r s o m e -
one who h a s g i v e n
s o m u c h t o Roma.”
Asked about his re-lationship with Spalletti, who replaced Rudi Garcia in January, Totti replied: “With him, it’s good morn-ing and good night and nothing else.
“I had hoped that he would have said to my face the things I’ve been read-ing in the newspapers.”
Totti scored his 300th competitive goal for them against Sassuolo in Sep-tember. That was his only goal of the season so far and he made only one fur-ther appearance, against Carpi on Sept. 26. (rtr)
SHREWSBURY — Man-chester United beat Shrewsbury by an unexpectedly easy 3-0 in the fifth round of the FA Cup on Monday and gave under-fire manager Louis van Gaal at least three days’ breathing space.
On Thursday, United has a must-win Europa League match against unheralded Danish side FC Midtjylland. In the FA Cup, United will host West Ham in the quarterfinals in three weeks.
At the New Meadow, in front of almost 10,000 fans, the 11-time FA Cup winners never looked in danger against third-tier Shrews-bury — the lowest-ranked team left in the cup — with 75 percent possession and 26 to 3 shots. Chris Smalling, Juan Mata, and Jesse Lingard scored.
“Everybody shall say it is against Shrewsbury Town and Manchester United has to win but we have seen very difficult results in the FA Cup, not always the top team is winning,” Van Gaal said. “So we have done it fantastically, I have congratu-lated my players, I was very pleased, but now we have to beat Midtjylland. ... We are still in three competitions.”
Widespread media specula-tion said Van Gaal was fighting for his job after losing to Midtjyl-land 2-1 in the Europa League last-32 first leg last week, which followed losing to relegation-threatened Sunderland 2-1 in the English Premier League.
In a crucial week for the Dutch coach, United also hosts Arsenal in the Premier League on Sunday. Of United’s ward of injuries, David De Gea might be back for Midtjylland or Arsenal, Van Gaal said.
Un i t ed cap t a in Sma l l -ing opened the scoring with a shot into the ground which was deflected and looped past Shrewsbury goalkeeper Jayson Leutwiler.
Mata effectively ended the game in first-half stoppage time after the hosts conceded a dangerous free kick right at the edge of the area after Zak Whitbread was adjudged to have fouled Anthony Martial. Mata’s left-foot strike curled the ball in over the wall, with the keeper not moving.
Lingard added a third on the hour in a simple but effective move after Mata, a key presence throughout the match, drew the ball back for Ander Herrera, who sent in a teasing cross. Lingard
stretched to half-volley the ball into the net from close range.
This was the first competitive match between the teams: United beat Shrewsbury 8-1 in a friendly in 2000.
Van Gaal will take some en-couragement from the attitude of United’s away fans. Heavily critical of their team after the defeat to Midtjylland, the sup-porters were loud and happy throughout the match, replacing last week’s rage-filled expletives with chants of “We’re going to Wembley.” (ap)
ZURICH — Sepp Blatter’s long-awaited book about his life at FIFA is expected to be published within days. The website of Swiss publisher Werd & Weber has said “Sepp Blatter: Mission Football” will cost 49 Swiss francs (US$49) and will be available in February.
Blatter previously said it would be a photograph-led book with anecdotes about his 40 years at FIFA, including as president since 1998.
“Despite the success, Blatter repeat-edly had to put up with harsh reviews and prejudices,” the publisher’s pre-view said. “In this richly illustrated book, Sepp Blatter tells how he learned to deal with the hostility.” The 300-page, hardcover book was written by his spokesman, Thomas Renggli.
On Tuesday, Blatter should receive the verdict of his appeal to FIFA against an eight-year ban for conflicts of interest. Blatter hopes to be cleared of wrongdoing so he could host the FIFA presidential election meeting on Friday to pick his successor.
Blatter and one-time election favor-ite Michel Platini, the UEFA president, were banned by the FIFA ethics com-mittee in December over a “disloyal payment” of $2 million to the former France great in 2011.
Both men claim they had a verbal agreement for FIFA to pay Platini ad-ditional salary for his work as Blatter’s presidential adviser from 1999-2002. FIFA ethics prosecutors have counter-appealed to seek life bans for both men. (ap)
LONDON - Coin-throwing fans marred the FA Cup for the second con-secutive day on Sunday with Chelsea supporters under fire after an incident during their 5-1 defeat of Manchester City on Sunday.
Television replays showed coins landing on the pitch near City’s players who were celebrating David Faupala’s first half equaliser.
“I was aware of it and I like to face the facts. We condemn it and I condemn it strongly and Chelsea will react. Those people must not come in to the stadiums,” manager Guus Hid-dink told reporters.
A Chelsea spokesman said the club would work with police to identify the
culprits and ban them from games.“We condemn such idiotic and
dangerous behaviour,” the spokes-man added. “If we can identify those responsible we will ban them from Stamford Bridge.
“It’s worth noting it’s a criminal offence too and we will support any police prosecution if we can identify, along with the police, those individuals responsible for that behaviour today.”
On Saturday, West Bromwich Al-bion midfielder Chris Brunt labelled some of the club’s own fans “disgust-ing” after he was cut under the left eye by a coin thrown from the away end after a 3-1 defeat at second-tier Reading. (rtr)
REUTERS/Giampiero Sposito
Roma’s Francesco Totti in action against Raman Chibsah (R) of Frosinone
Roma’s Totti dropped after interview
Bayern Mu-nich’s Robert Lewandowski
celebrates a goal against FC
Augsburg.
Bayern’s unstoppable force faces Juve’s immovable defence
NOt much has thwarted the predatory instincts of Bayern Mu-nich’s thomas Mueller and Robert Lewandowski this season but even that dynamic duo will have their work cut out to pierce the rock-solid Juventus defence on tuesday.
AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, file
FILE - In this Dec. 21, 2015 file photo suspended FIFA President Sepp Blatter attends a news conference in Zurich, Switzerland, after he has been banned for 8 years from all football related activities.
Sepp Blatter’s book about life at FIFA
published this month
Hiddink condemns coin-throwing Chelsea fans Manchester United’s
Jesse Lingard cel-ebrates after scoring
during the English FA Cup fifth round soc-cer match between Shrewsbury Town
and Manchester United at Greenhous Meadow stadium in
Shrewsbury, England, Monday,
Feb. 22, 2016.
Man U dispatch Shrewsbury 3-0 in FA Cup
AP Photo/Rui Vieira
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Mueller and Lewandowski have scored a remarkable 56 goals be-tween them in all competitions this season but in Tuesday’s Champions League last-16 round they will be up against a Juve rearguard which has kept nine successive clean sheets.
It is one of many reasons why the tie at the Juventus Stadium is likely to be a titanic duel between the champions and leaders of Italy’s Serie A and Germany’s Bundesliga, even though Juve could lose top spot should Napoli beat AC Milan on Monday.
Both are unbeaten in all competi-tions since early December and both have exactly the same record in their last 10 matches -- nine wins and one draw.
Bayern’s last reverse, one of only two all season for Pep Guardiola’s outfit, was against Borussia Mo-enchengladbach on Dec. 5 while Juventus have not been beaten since they lost 1-0 at Sevilla in the Cham-pions League on Dec. 8.
There will also be a return to savour for Bayern midfielder Arturo Vidal, back at the club he helped to four Serie A titles in a row, while Juve striker Mario Mandzukic is also in line to face his former team mates.
“We know that Bayern are one of the three best teams in the world, but we’re playing at home and Juventus Stadium will give us a real boost,” said Juventus defender Andrea Barzagli. “Every team has its weak-
nesses and it’s our job to find them.Vidal has already promised he
will not celebrate if he scores and told Gazzetta dello Sport that he was relishing the prospect of facing Paul Pogba in midfield.
VERY COMPACTThe teams last met in the quarter-
finals of the same competition three seasons ago, when Bayern won both legs 2-0. Since that second leg, Juventus have played 16 European home games without defeat.
Overall, Juventus and Bayern have met eight times with only two wins for Juventus -- the last in 2005. Former Bayern forward Miroslav Klose summed up the difficulties facing the Bavarians.
“I know from my own experience that it’s very, very hard to score against Juve,” said Klose who now plays in Serie A with Lazio.
“They’re very compact and their
defence is very organised even when they lose possession but they also have great quality in the centre and up front. “You don’t want to go a goal down against them, that just makes it even harder.”
He added: “Bayern might make it difficult for Juve in their own half with aggres-sive pressing. They have to disrupt their build-up play and be quick on the break. This is Juve’s weakness if you can call it one after so many wins.” (rtr)
MILAN - Francesco Totti was left out of AS Roma’s squad for Sunday’s Serie A match against Pal-ermo after the talismanic playmaker complained about a lack of playing time in a television inter-view.
Coach Luciano Spal-letti said he had been left with no option but to drop the 39-year-old after his comments on Saturday and Totti was left to watch Roma’s 5-0 win, their fifth consecutive league vic-tory, from the stands.
“It was just a moment of anger on his part, but I have to manage a group and maintain order,” Spal-letti told cable television network Mediaset Premi-um after the game. “He’s a great champion and de-serves respect but so does everyone else, otherwise
anyone can say what they want at any time.”
Spalletti said the epi-sode would be forgotten and Totti would be back in training from Mon-day.
“Francesco was with us before the match and will train again tomorrow, it was just a moment of anger and discomfort which is understandable.” Totti has missed three months of the season with a thigh muscle injury but told Rai television on Saturday that he had recovered and was ready to play.
“I want to play,” he said. “I’m fit and if I am left out of the team now, it’s a technical decision.
“I don’t like being on the bench, I understand that I have to play less at my age but to finish my ca-
reer like this is t o u g h f o r s o m e -
one who h a s g i v e n
s o m u c h t o Roma.”
Asked about his re-lationship with Spalletti, who replaced Rudi Garcia in January, Totti replied: “With him, it’s good morn-ing and good night and nothing else.
“I had hoped that he would have said to my face the things I’ve been read-ing in the newspapers.”
Totti scored his 300th competitive goal for them against Sassuolo in Sep-tember. That was his only goal of the season so far and he made only one fur-ther appearance, against Carpi on Sept. 26. (rtr)
SHREWSBURY — Man-chester United beat Shrewsbury by an unexpectedly easy 3-0 in the fifth round of the FA Cup on Monday and gave under-fire manager Louis van Gaal at least three days’ breathing space.
On Thursday, United has a must-win Europa League match against unheralded Danish side FC Midtjylland. In the FA Cup, United will host West Ham in the quarterfinals in three weeks.
At the New Meadow, in front of almost 10,000 fans, the 11-time FA Cup winners never looked in danger against third-tier Shrews-bury — the lowest-ranked team left in the cup — with 75 percent possession and 26 to 3 shots. Chris Smalling, Juan Mata, and Jesse Lingard scored.
“Everybody shall say it is against Shrewsbury Town and Manchester United has to win but we have seen very difficult results in the FA Cup, not always the top team is winning,” Van Gaal said. “So we have done it fantastically, I have congratu-lated my players, I was very pleased, but now we have to beat Midtjylland. ... We are still in three competitions.”
Widespread media specula-tion said Van Gaal was fighting for his job after losing to Midtjyl-land 2-1 in the Europa League last-32 first leg last week, which followed losing to relegation-threatened Sunderland 2-1 in the English Premier League.
In a crucial week for the Dutch coach, United also hosts Arsenal in the Premier League on Sunday. Of United’s ward of injuries, David De Gea might be back for Midtjylland or Arsenal, Van Gaal said.
Un i t ed cap t a in Sma l l -ing opened the scoring with a shot into the ground which was deflected and looped past Shrewsbury goalkeeper Jayson Leutwiler.
Mata effectively ended the game in first-half stoppage time after the hosts conceded a dangerous free kick right at the edge of the area after Zak Whitbread was adjudged to have fouled Anthony Martial. Mata’s left-foot strike curled the ball in over the wall, with the keeper not moving.
Lingard added a third on the hour in a simple but effective move after Mata, a key presence throughout the match, drew the ball back for Ander Herrera, who sent in a teasing cross. Lingard
stretched to half-volley the ball into the net from close range.
This was the first competitive match between the teams: United beat Shrewsbury 8-1 in a friendly in 2000.
Van Gaal will take some en-couragement from the attitude of United’s away fans. Heavily critical of their team after the defeat to Midtjylland, the sup-porters were loud and happy throughout the match, replacing last week’s rage-filled expletives with chants of “We’re going to Wembley.” (ap)
ZURICH — Sepp Blatter’s long-awaited book about his life at FIFA is expected to be published within days. The website of Swiss publisher Werd & Weber has said “Sepp Blatter: Mission Football” will cost 49 Swiss francs (US$49) and will be available in February.
Blatter previously said it would be a photograph-led book with anecdotes about his 40 years at FIFA, including as president since 1998.
“Despite the success, Blatter repeat-edly had to put up with harsh reviews and prejudices,” the publisher’s pre-view said. “In this richly illustrated book, Sepp Blatter tells how he learned to deal with the hostility.” The 300-page, hardcover book was written by his spokesman, Thomas Renggli.
On Tuesday, Blatter should receive the verdict of his appeal to FIFA against an eight-year ban for conflicts of interest. Blatter hopes to be cleared of wrongdoing so he could host the FIFA presidential election meeting on Friday to pick his successor.
Blatter and one-time election favor-ite Michel Platini, the UEFA president, were banned by the FIFA ethics com-mittee in December over a “disloyal payment” of $2 million to the former France great in 2011.
Both men claim they had a verbal agreement for FIFA to pay Platini ad-ditional salary for his work as Blatter’s presidential adviser from 1999-2002. FIFA ethics prosecutors have counter-appealed to seek life bans for both men. (ap)
LONDON - Coin-throwing fans marred the FA Cup for the second con-secutive day on Sunday with Chelsea supporters under fire after an incident during their 5-1 defeat of Manchester City on Sunday.
Television replays showed coins landing on the pitch near City’s players who were celebrating David Faupala’s first half equaliser.
“I was aware of it and I like to face the facts. We condemn it and I condemn it strongly and Chelsea will react. Those people must not come in to the stadiums,” manager Guus Hid-dink told reporters.
A Chelsea spokesman said the club would work with police to identify the
culprits and ban them from games.“We condemn such idiotic and
dangerous behaviour,” the spokes-man added. “If we can identify those responsible we will ban them from Stamford Bridge.
“It’s worth noting it’s a criminal offence too and we will support any police prosecution if we can identify, along with the police, those individuals responsible for that behaviour today.”
On Saturday, West Bromwich Al-bion midfielder Chris Brunt labelled some of the club’s own fans “disgust-ing” after he was cut under the left eye by a coin thrown from the away end after a 3-1 defeat at second-tier Reading. (rtr)
REUTERS/Giampiero Sposito
Roma’s Francesco Totti in action against Raman Chibsah (R) of Frosinone
Roma’s Totti dropped after interview
Bayern Mu-nich’s Robert Lewandowski
celebrates a goal against FC
Augsburg.
Bayern’s unstoppable force faces Juve’s immovable defence
NOt much has thwarted the predatory instincts of Bayern Mu-nich’s thomas Mueller and Robert Lewandowski this season but even that dynamic duo will have their work cut out to pierce the rock-solid Juventus defence on tuesday.
AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, file
FILE - In this Dec. 21, 2015 file photo suspended FIFA President Sepp Blatter attends a news conference in Zurich, Switzerland, after he has been banned for 8 years from all football related activities.
Sepp Blatter’s book about life at FIFA
published this month
Hiddink condemns coin-throwing Chelsea fans Manchester United’s
Jesse Lingard cel-ebrates after scoring
during the English FA Cup fifth round soc-cer match between Shrewsbury Town
and Manchester United at Greenhous Meadow stadium in
Shrewsbury, England, Monday,
Feb. 22, 2016.
Man U dispatch Shrewsbury 3-0 in FA Cup
AP Photo/Rui Vieira
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BARCELONA - Triple Formula One world champion Lewis Ham-ilton completed the equivalent of nearly 2-1/2 race distances on what he said ranked as his best ever start to pre-season testing on Monday.
The Mercedes driver completed a whopping 156 laps at the Circuit de Catalunya -- where the Spanish Grand Prix lasts for 66 -- to eclipse the mileage of all his rivals as the new cars hit the track for the first time.
Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel, who was fastest overall and 0.470 of a second quicker than the 31-year-old Briton, did 69 laps in total.
“Today is just a real show of just how amazing this team is,” said Hamilton. “From as far as I can remember, and I’ve been driving a long time, I’m certain this is the most impressive first day I’ve had,” he added.
“If you look back at the first days I’ve had in 2013 and maybe 2014, I had those glitches with the brakes so it’s nice to have a clean day without any issues with the car. Really just go above and beyond.”
Hamilton, champion in 2014 and 2015 with Mercedes, had completed a race distance by lunchtime and told reporters anxious for first im-pressions that the car felt just like last year’s dominant one.
Mercedes won 16 of 19 races last year, taking both the driver and constructor titles, and have triumphed in 32 of the last 38 grands prix.
Valtteri Bottas was third quickest in a Mercedes-powered Williams in the morning but Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo ended the day in that position with the Finn fourth.
McLaren’s Jenson Button re-vived optimism at his Honda-
powered team with 84 largely trouble-free laps in a refreshing change from a dismal 2015 when the former champions finished ninth out of 10.
There was also a hint of change at the slower end with backmark-ers Manor, now using Mercedes engines, quicker than Renault and newcomers Haas and German rookie Pascal Wehrlein also doing more laps.
Renault’s British rookie Jolyon Palmer, whose former Lotus team were taken over by the carmak-er in December, was last on the timesheets.
Despite the strong showing, Hamilton - who has won the past two championships and is aiming to become the first Briton to win four world titles - said the season starting in Australia on March 20 would be tough. (rtr)
On May 9, more than 54 million people in the Philippines will vote for a president, vice-president, 300 lawmakers and thousands of local government posts.
Pacquiao, who has courted controversy with com-ments against gays and same-sex marriage, is running for one of 12 vacant seats in the Senate, the upper house of parliament.
Pacquiao, a former eight division world champion, said he will make his final ring appearance on April 9 in Las Vegas against Bradley, the reigning WBO welterweight champion.
Walden Bello, a former congressman, has asked the election commission to investigate whether the bout gives Pacquiao undue advantage at the polls because of high-profile advertising and publicity surrounding the boxing match.
Chairman Andres Bautista told reporters his com-mission would discuss Pacquiao’s case on Tuesday.
A left-wing politician and a rival of Pacquiao for one of the Senate seats, Bello said he did not want the commission to disqualify the boxer and urged Pacquiao to postpone the fight.
“Postponement is an option for Manny if he wants to continue running for Senator,” Bello said.
There was no immediate comment from Pacquiao. Boxing experts said it will be difficult to postpone the match because the two sides had signed a contract.
Last week, the world’s largest sportswear-maker, Nike Inc, ended its sponsorship deal with Pacquiao after the Filipino boxer described gays as “worse than animals”.
Pacquiao remains popular in the Philippines, where opinion polls rank him 8th among four dozen candidates running for Senate seats. (rtr)
Pacquiao election rival calls for Bradley fight to be halted
Hamilton enjoys best ever start to testing
REUTERS/Sergio Perez
Mercedes Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain drives his new Mercedes W07 hybrid F1 car during the first test-ing session ahead of the upcoming season at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Montmelo, Spain, February 22, 2016.
MANILA - The Philippine election com-mission will decide on Tuesday whether a boxing match between Manny Pacquiao, who is standing in May’s vote, and American wel-terweight champion Timothy Bradley violates polling rules.
REUTERS/Janis Alano/Files
Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao, who is running for Senator in the May 2016 national elections, speaks to sup-porters during the start of elections campaigning in Mandaluyong city, Metro Manila in this February 9, 2016 file photo.
KARANGASEM - People in Batudawe village in Kubu, Karangasem, east Bali, call this site Rumah Pohon, or the tree houses. Constructed on a 6,000 square meter plot of land, the beautifully constructed tree houses are only accessible by an elevated bamboo suspension bridge.
Built by Komang Sakrana, a native of Temega village in Tirtagangga, the prop-erty was intended to be a family retreat.
The dry, arid land was neglected for several years before he came up with the idea to build tree houses for his family.
With no architectural or design back-ground, Sakrana began drawing the design and built the tree houses using bamboo as the main building material.
“Bamboo is light and durable. Main-tenance is easy and inexpensive,” he explained.
Bamboo is widely used now in many parts of the world as an earthquake-resistant material. After building the tree houses, water was another challenge. Karangasem is one of the island’s driest areas with limited water resources.
Sakrana’s unique tree houses have gained popularity among young people in Bali and around 50 to 100 people visit every day. “One day, we welcomed 3,000 visitors,” he said.Far from being com-mercial, Sakrana only wants to build tree houses to make people happy and be grate-ful to nature. (IBP/net)
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However, according to Wiry-atama this does not necessarily mean that a moratorium should be imposed.
“We just need to be more selec-tive and not simply apply a mora-torium, without looking at which areas are already saturated and which ones are not. South Bali is certainly crowded with intolerable traffic”, he said.
Wyriatama added that tariff wars continue to create losses for every-one including business, the govern-ment as well as hotel employees. He suggested that standards should be applies especially with regards to the price of hotel rooms.
“For example, a three-star hotel could be set at IDR1 million night. If the hotels choose to rent their rooms for IDR 500,000 , then we could impose taxes for a room rate of IDR 1 million as a way to dis-courage them from renting rooms
for too cheap. We expect attention to be given to setting standard room rates as well as being more slective in issuing permits”, said this former regent of Tabanan.
Besides, he also warned districts / municipality leaders not to only think about the interests of their respective regions but to give some thought to the development of tour-ist accommodation development throughout Bali.
Kadin Bali has already sent a letter to President Joko Widodo re-questing that a moratorium be issued for the cessation and prohibition of building tourist accommodations in South Bali – particularly, Badung and Denpasar. Kadin Bali presented a number of reasons underlying the proposal for a 10 year moratorium. Among the reasons given were; insufficient road infrastructure and its supporting facilities, lack of clean water, and inability to manage waste and garbage. The least of all the reasons being the tariif war over hotel room rates that drives down overall value. (kmb32)
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ATHENS - Greek police started removing migrants from the Greek-Macedonian border on Tuesday after additional passage restrictions imposed by Macedonian authorities left hundreds stranded while more were ferried from islands to Greece’s main Piraeus port.
The migrants had squatted on rail lines in the Idomeni area on Monday after attempting to push through the border to Macedonia, angry at delays and additional restrictions in crossing. They were expected to be taken to relocation camps inside Greece.
Greek police and empty buses had entered the area before dawn, a Reuters witness said. In one area seen from the Macedonian side of the border, about 600 people had been surrounded by Greek police, the witness said.
There were an estimated 1,200 people at Idomeni, in their vast majority Afghans or individuals without proper travel documents. A crush developed there on Monday after Macedonian authorities demanded additional travel documentation, including passports, for people crossing into their territory.
Some countries used by migrants as a corridor into wealthier northern Europe are imposing restrictions on passage, prompting those further down the chain to impose similar restrictions for fear of a bottleneck in their own country.
But there are concerns at what may happen in Greece, where an influx continues unabated to its islands daily from Turkey. On Tuesday morning, a further 1,250 migrants arrived in Athens by ferry from three Greek islands.
“It’s a difficult management exercise. I don’t know if the plan-ning is adequate. The flows are increasing, more ships are coming,” Piraeus mayor Yannis Moralis told Mega TV during a visit at the port’s station where migrants had gathered.
He said the port’s terminals were full, mostly with women and children. “It’s a difficult situation, not only for Piraeus but for the country as well.”
Some of the migrants had bus tickets to Idomeni, but it was unclear if they would be permitted to travel north from Athens. (rtr)
THE HAGUE — A commuter train derailed after slamming into a crane which was crossing the tracks early Tuesday in the eastern Netherlands, killing one person and injuring six others, local emergency services said.
The accident around 9 a.m. (0800 GMT) left the train’s four carriages lying on their sides on or
near the rails outside the town of Dalfsen, 125 kilometers (78 miles) east of Amsterdam.
The crash happened at a rail crossing, according to Prorail, the company that manages the Dutch railway network. Investigators were heading to the scene to establish the exact cause of the crash.
Local security services said in a
tweet that one person was confirmed dead, two injured people were hospi-talized and four more were treated at the scene and released.
Dalfsen mayor Han Noten told Dutch broadcaster NOS that there were not many passengers on the train, which was traveling between the eastern cities of Emmen and Zwolle. (ap)
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An Afghan man holds a baby as Afghan migrants who try to reach a camp next to the Greek-Macedonian border are blocked by Greek police in order to prevent a bottleneck, as Macedonia has closed its borders with Greece for Afghan migrants, near the village of Idomeni, Greece, February 22, 2016.
Greek police remove migrants from Macedonian border as
more land in Piraeus
1 person dead after train hits crane on Dutch crossing
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In this image from video, emergency services attend the scene after a commuter train derailed after slamming into a crane which was crossing the tracks early Tuesday Feb. 23,
2016, near to Dalfsen, about 125 kilometers (78 miles) east of Amsterdam, in the eastern Netherlands. The crash left at least one person dead and injured many others, according to
a report from local emergency services.
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BUSINESS
While businesses’ assessment of their current situation improved, their outlook for the next half-year was significantly worse. Economist Carsten Brzeski at ING-DiBa called the read-ing a “wake-up call.”
“Global events have finally reached German companies’ boardrooms,” he wrote in an email research note.
The survey indicated German ex-ecutives share worries about the global economy that have sent financial mar-kets lower recently. China’s economy is slowing down, with unpredictable con-sequences for the rest of the world, while low oil and commodity prices have hit emerging market economies that supply much of the world’s growth these days.
The Ifo index is valued as a leading indicator, meaning it is a guide to where the economy is going in the months ahead. Germany, the biggest economy in the 19-country euro currency union, is currently enjoying low unemploy-ment of 4.5 percent and steady growth amounting to 0.3 percent in the fourth quarter of last year. While exports have slowed, spending by consumers and the government has picked up.
The survey is based on monthly responses from about 7,000 firms in Germany, Europe’s biggest economy.(ap)
LONDON — Almost 200 busi-ness leaders set out the case Tues-day for Britain to stay in the Euro-pean Union, warning of a risk to investment and jobs if the country opts to leave the 28-nation bloc in a national vote this June.
In a letter published in The
Times, the leaders say business “needs unrestricted access” to the European market in order to grow and invest.
“We believe that leaving the EU would deter investment, threaten jobs and put the economy at risk,” the letter said. “Britain will be
stronger, safer and better off re-maining a member of the EU.”
Signatories include CEOs at over a third of the country’s biggest busi-nesses. They include Bob Dudley of BP, Royal Dutch Shell’s CEO Ben van Beurden and Burberry CEO Christopher Bailey.
The chiefs of Heathrow and Gat-wick chiefs also signed. However, there were some notable absentees, including the bosses of Tesco and Barclays. The letter was organized with the support of Prime Minister David Cameron’s office.
Matthew Elliott, chief executive
of the Vote Leave campaign, said the letter provides further evidence that “panic seems to be spreading” at Cameron’s office.
“The only way to take back con-trol of our economy to help British businesses to flourish is to Vote Leave,” he said.(ap)
SYDNEY — Mining giant BHP Billiton reported on Tuesday a half year net loss of $5.67 billion and warned that the current period of weak commodity prices would be prolonged. The result for the six months through De-cember 2015 was down 233 percent from the $5.35 billion the Anglo-Australian company posted for the same period a year earlier.
Underlying profit for the latest half year fell 92 percent to $412 million as lower commodity prices cut $7.8 bil-lion in earnings.
The Melbourne, Australia-based company slashed its interim dividend to 16 cents per share, from 62 cents a year ago. It said it was revising its progres-sive dividend policy to ensure increased financial flexibility.
“While we were prepared for lower prices across our commodities, we now believe the period of weaker prices and higher volatility will be prolonged,” the miner said in a statement.
BHP reported a net profit of $1.9 billion for the 12 months to June 30, 2015. That was down from $13.8 billion a year earlier. Revenue was down 22 percent to $52 billion.
Miners such as BHP are under increasing pressure as a slowdown in China’s economy results in lower demand for key commodities, such as iron ore and coal.(ap)
Business leaders urge Britain to stay in EU
Mining giant BHP Billiton posts
$5.7 billion half year loss
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A logo for mining company BHP Billiton adorns a sign outside the Perth Convention Centre where their annual general meeting was being held in Perth, Western Australia, in this November 19, 2015 file photo.
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A plant belonging to Germany’s largest drugmaker Bayer is seen in Leverkusen in this January 30, 2013 file photo. Bayer is expected to report Q4 results this week.
Worries about global economy send German optimism lower
BERLIN — A key indicator of where the German economy is headed fell for the third month in a row as fears take hold about global growth. The Ifo institute said Tuesday that its closely watched confidence index fell to 105.7 points for February from 107.3 last month. Economists had forecast a smaller slip to 106.8.
“We urged President Jokowi (Joko Widodo) to stop the revision effort because seeing the draft revi-sion it will only weaken (KPK),” Catholic priest Benny Susetyo said at a meeting of inter-faith figures on corruption here on Sunday.
He said pressures from the pub-lic should make the President stop the revision and meet his promise that the government is committed to fighting corruption.
To deal with the current emer-gency caused by corruption Susetyo
said strong will from the leader to eradicate corruption and reject any effort to weaken the effort is needed.
The chairman of Islamic organi-zation Muhammadiyah, Hajriyanto Y Tohari said he suspected that the President might have a hidden agenda by allowing the people to be involved in a polemic over the KPK law revision.
“I suspect there is a hidden
agenda behind him allowing people to have a polemic over the revision issue. Will he let the people to continue with it,” he said.
In view of that he called on the President to not allow the people to be in the polemic any longer by immediately stating whether or not he agrees with it.
The decision to include the KPK law revision into the national
legislation program this year is a joint decision of the government and DPR and so the President must show his firm stand by asking for the postponement of the discussion, not allowing the DPR to discuss and making the DPR to be the scape-goat, he said.
The DPR was initially scheduled to discuss the revision on Feb. 18 but it later decided to postpone until Feb. 23.(ant)
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A man enters a house at a densely polulated neighborhood in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016. Indone-sia’s capital was approaching 10 million people according to the most recent census data.
JAKARTA - The Jakarta provincial gov-ernment has installed 1,000 units of CCTV cameras, scattered all over the capital city, out of its target of 6,000 CCTVs, the Jakarta governor has stated.
“To date, 1,000 units of CCTV cameras have been installed in Jakarta. We have set a target to install 6,000 units of CCTV by the end of this year,” Jakarta governor Ba-suki Tjahaja Purnama said here on Monday (Feb 22).
Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, better known as Ahok, further said the additional CCTVs in Jakarta were being installed on the polices request so that all activities in the capital can be monitored properly.
“The installation of CCTV in all areas of Jakarta was undertaken at the request of the police. We have been trying to increase the number of CCTV units,” the governor explained.
Ahok also wished that the entire public transport operating in the capital city should also be equipped with surveillance cameras. “To date, only Transjakarta buses have been equipped with CCTV,” he pointed out.(ant)
JAKARTA - The National Po-lice (Polri) confirmed on Monday the arrest of a suspected terrorist in Cisauk, some 30 kilometers west of Jakarta.
“The anti-terror police squad Densus 88 has arrested a suspected terrorist linked to members of ter-rorist groups who were arrested in several cities earlier. The 39-year-old suspected terrorist, identified
by his initials as DA, is a private employee,” Head of the Public Information Bureau at the National Police Headquarters, Brigadier General Agus Rianto, said here on Monday.
Densus 88 believed that DA is linked to a terrorist group in the East Java city of Malang.
One of the terrorist groups is Abu Gar group, he said.
“Members of the group were involved in a bomb attack in Ci-manggis in 2005. Since then, we have developed our investigation,” he said.
The anti-terror squad is tracking down pieces of evidence and inves-tigating the role of DA and connec-tion to the other suspected terrorists who were arrested earlier.
On Sunday, six suspected ter-
rorists were shifted to the Kelapa Dua Mobile Brigade Command Station in Jakarta from the Mo-bile Brigade Command Station of Detachment B of the East Java Provincial Police at Ampeldento, Malang district.
The suspected terrorists have been identified as Abu Gar alias Badrodin, Ridho, Romli, Rudi alias Cimot and Handoko. An-
other suspected terrorist, identi-fied as Aidin Suryana alias Aji alias Abu Zilan, was arrested later.
Chief of the Malang district police, Adjunct Senior Commis-sioner Yudo Nugroho, confirmed that Densus 88 arrested another suspected terrorist, bringing to six the number of suspected terrorists brought to Jakarta.(ant)
Police confirm arrest of suspected terrorist
Religious figures urge president to stop revision of KPK law
JAKARTA - A number of religious figures have urged Presi-dent Joko Widodo to stop efforts to revise the law on Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) by the House of Representa-tives (DPR).
Jakarta sets target to install 6,000 CCTV cameras
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JERUSALEM - Israeli army bulldozers on Tuesday demolished the homes of two Palestinians who killed five people in attacks in the occupied West Bank and Israel last year, the military said.
Mohammed al-Haroub shot at cars near an Israeli settlement bloc in the West Bank on Nov. 20, the military said, killing an Israeli, an American student and a Palestinian.
On the same day, Raed Masalmeh stabbed and killed two Israelis in a Tel Aviv office building, according to the military. Both alleged assailants were arrested.
Bulldozers tore through Haroub’s home in the village of Dir Samt and Masalmeh’s house in Dura, both in the West Bank.
Israeli officials say such demolitions could deter other Palestinians from launching attacks in a wave of stabbings, shootings and car ram-mings that have killed 28 Israelis and a U.S. citizen since October.
Palestinians and international critics call the destruction of family homes collective punishment. Local residents said the demolition displaced 12 of Haroub’s relatives. It was not immediately known how many people lived in Masalmeh’s house.
In the past five months, Israeli security forces have killed at least 168 Palestinians, 111 of whom Israel says were assailants, while most others were shot dead during violent anti-Israeli protests.
The recent violence has been stoked by various factors, including a dispute over Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosque compound and the failure of several rounds of peace talks to secure the Palestinians an independent state in Israeli-occupied territory.
Palestinian leaders have said that with no breakthrough on the horizon, desperate youngsters see no future ahead. Israel says young Palestinians are being incited to violence by their leaders and by Isla-mist groups calling for Israel’s destruction. (rtr)
The Asian Maritime Transparen-cy Initiative at Washington’s Center for Strategic and International Stud-ies said the images showed that con-struction of facilities at Cuarteron Reef appeared nearly complete and that the artificial island now covered an area of about 52 acres (210,500 square meters).
“Two probable radar towers have been built on the northern portion of the feature, and a number of 65-foot (20-meter) poles have been erected across a large section of the south-ern portion,” the report said.
“These poles could be a high-frequency radar installation, which would significantly bolster China’s ability to monitor surface and air traffic across the southern portion of the South China Sea.”
China’s foreign and defense min-istries did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The report said the images
showed that China appeared to have constructed a buried bunker and lighthouse on the northern portion of the feature, a helipad, communications equipment and a quay with a loading crane.
The report, which based its analysis on satellite images from January and February, said China already had significant radar cover-age of the northern part of the South China Sea given its mainland instal-lations and in the Paracel Islands to the northwest of the Spratlys.
Both the U.S. and Vietnam last week expressed concern at China’s deployment of advanced surface-to-air missiles on the Paracels.
A high frequency radar on Cuar-teron Reef would increase China’s ability to monitor sea and air traffic coming north from the Malacca Straits and other important chan-nels, the report said.
It also pointed to “probable”
radars at Gaven, Hughes and John-son South Reefs in the Spratlys as well as helipads, and to possible gun emplacements at the former two features.
China previously operated radars on Fiery Cross but the latest instal-lations would give it far more ex-tensive coverage, regional military analysts said.
The report comes a day before a visit to the United States by China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi, at which U.S. concerns about China’s assertive territorial claims will be high on the agenda. China’s Foreign Ministry said its military deployments in the South China Sea were no different from U.S. deployments on Hawaii.
U.S. State Department spokes-man Mark Toner said Washington would “press China to de-escalate and stop its militarization” in the South China Sea.
China claims most of the South China Sea, through which more than $5 trillion in global trade pass-es every year. Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, the Philippines and Taiwan have rival claims. (rtr)
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Recent satellite images show China may be installing a high-frequency radar system in the Spratly Islands that could significantly boost its ability control the disputed South China Sea.
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Palestinians warm themselves by a fire as they sit in front of the rubbles of Palestinian Raed Masalmeh’s home after it was demolished by Israeli army in the West Bank town of Dura, south of Hebron February 23, 2016. Israeli army bull-dozers on Tuesday demolished the homes of two Palestin-ians who killed five people in attacks in the occupied West Bank and Israel last year, the military said. Raed Masalmeh stabbed and killed two Israelis in a Tel Aviv office building, according to the military.
China may be installing new radar on South China Sea outposts-think tank
WASHINGTON - Recent satellite images show China may be installing a high-frequency radar system in the Spratly Islands that could significantly boost its ability control the disputed South China Sea, a U.S. think tank reported on Monday.
Israel razes West Bank homes of two Palestinian assailants-army
GIANYAR - Booming dengue patients occurs in the emergency room of Sanjiwani Hospital. This condition occurs due to the increase in dengue patients since the past few days, while until Monday (Feb. 22) a number of patients were not handled yet.
As observation on Monday afternoon, the booming dengue patients were seen to have been full in the hallway and the Sanji-wani Hospital emergency room. The number of incoming patients continued, whereas the patients in need of hospitalization have not got treatment room.
“Yes, many dengue patients have not got treatment rooms yet, so that many of them are unable to get into the room. If the patient continues to increase, probably they
will be treated in the hallway first, including if there are patients to be referred to another hospital,” said Pande Sri, the attending physician at the emergency room of Sanji-wani Hospital who was on duty on Monday.
She recognized the increase in dengue patients has been hap-pening since Thursday (Feb. 18) before the celebration of Kuningan. Until Monday, Pande Sri claimed to have no time to count the total incoming dengue patients. “Wow, I have not had time to count. In short, there are many patients as can be seen from the piles of green bundles,” she pointed to a pile of green bundles, marking if they are dengue patients.
Due to so many dengue pa-tients, during her working shift
she estimated there are more than 20 dengue patients entering during the day. On that account, she has not been able to ascertain the total number of dengue patients entering Sanjiwani Hospital on the day. “We cannot ascertain the number within a day. To sum up, there are more than 20 (dengue—Ed) patients. During my shift there are dozens,” he explained.
Managing Director of Sanjiwani Hospital, Ida Komang Upeksa, when confirmed separately ac-knowledged there have been boom-ing dengue patients at emergency room of Sanjiwani Hospital since Sunday (Feb. 21). But he made sure that such condition can still be resolved because yesterday there were dozens of inpatients having been allowed to go home.
“Yes, indeed there is a booming in the emergency room. Pursuant to our data, on Sunday there were 79 incoming dengue patients. Today (Monday—Ed) until noon reached 20s incoming dengue patients. This figure has a great chance to grow,” he said.
Nevertheless, Upeksa ensured that dengue patients in the emer-gency room on Monday have been able to get into treatment rooms. At least there were 40 in-patients hav-ing been allowed to go home. Re-spectively in the Nakula-Sahadewa Room there were about 26 patients. Then, in Arjuna Room there were about 10 patients and Astina Room about two patients. “I am confident that today (Monday—Ed) patients in emergency room can enter,” he said.
He explained the delays to some patients in the emergency room happened due to the administration for inpatients having been allowed to go home was still processed by their family. The patients were still waiting for shuttle to return home. “The patients allowed to go home are mixed. It means that they were previously treated for different types of illnesses,” he said.
Based on his data, the increase in dengue patients coming into Sanjiwani Hospital actually began last month. But the considerable increase has occurred since the past few days. In addition, his manage-ment was also helped by four health centers having provided hospital-ization service. Thus, it reduces the burden of Sanjiwani Hospital in such conditions. (kmb)
MANGUPURA - For fear that the es-tuary at Mati River might overflow from the buildup garbage and mud sediment, the government of Badung has alerts its staff to keep 24 hour watch on the river during the rainy season. In the past, the over-silting of the river bed, caused Kuta to be flooded.
According to Irrigation Division Head, A.A. Gede Dalem, the mud sedimentation will be dredged up from the river in the neighbour-hood of Pata Sari, Kuta soon, so as to prevent the river from becoming too shallow to hold rainwater.
“Heavy equipment is available on site 24 hours a day to clean up marine debris because when it rains, lots of garbage and mud is car-ried downstream”, said A.A. Gede Dalem on Sunday (Feb. 21).
The government, he said has been giving serious attention to keeping the estuary of Mati River clear so that it will not be vile as before. Moreover, the regent is determined to continue the development of long storage (strengthening of river walls). As previously reported, there is a construction project for the Mati River estuary valued at around IDR 47 billion. So far, the construction of long storage has been accomplished along 500 meters.
“Which means there is still 1.2 km more left that has not been fixed. We will therefore be co-ordinating with the Bali-Penida River Agency as they are the ones who have the authority to deal with the matter” he explained.
Aside from resuming the long storage proj-ect, A.A. Dalem will also build water pumps on Jalan Kunti in Kuta subdistrict. “Currently, the pump can control water discharge on Jalan Kartika Plaza, Jalan Nakula and Jalan Dewi Sri. At the same time, the strengthening walls of Mati River on Jalan Dewi Sri have been made” he explained. He mentioned that the walls of Mati River on Jalan Dewi Sri are old and filled with holes. A program for fixing the holes will be proposed in the 2016 budget amendment. (kmb27)
Booming, dengue patients at emergency room of Sanjiwani Hospital
Mati River guarded 24/7
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For fear that the estuary at Mati River might overflow from the buildup garbage and mud sediment, the government of Badung has alerts its staff to keep 24 hour watch on the river during the rainy season.
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A merger could either be blocked outright or conditioned on signifi-cant divestitures after a lengthy and disruptive review period that would
destroy shareholder value, United Tech said.
Merger discussions between the two U.S.-based multinationals
are not currently active, and there have been no recent meetings among lawyers or bankers on any specifics, a source familiar with the matter said.
A merger of the two firms would create a behemoth with combined sales of more than $90 billion, a company responsible for a huge
amount of equipment on com-mercial airliners, ranging from jet engines to airplane cockpits and landing gear.
Such a deal would likely draw opposition from plane makers such as Airbus and Boeing Co, as well as the Pentagon, since the companies also make parts for key weapons programs, including Lockheed Martin Corp’s F-35 program.
“If you put these two compa-nies together, they would build the plane from tip to tail,” said a source. “There’s just no way that Boeing and Airbus would ever ac-cept that.”
United Tech was reluctant to shed higher-margin commercial aerospace units that would likely be required to secure government approval, another source said.
CNBC first reported on the talks earlier on Monday. Honeywell declined to comment on the report. Pentagon officials had no immedi-ate comment.
Jeff Bialos, a law partner with Sutherland Asbill & Brennan and a former senior Pentagon official, said any combination would spark a serious antitrust review given over-lapping business in areas ranging from engines to avionics.
“If this were to go forward, it
would get significant U.S. govern-ment scrutiny,” said Bialos. “This kind of a deal could well result in some kind of material divesti-ture.”
The sources said the government was unlikely to approve a merger of this scale in a presidential election year, which meant the process could likely drag on for 18 to 24 months.
Some analysts and antitrust ex-perts said the deal could ultimately be approved if the parties agreed to some big divestitures, since there are other competitors, and if they enlisted the backing of their biggest customers.
“We think a merger would un-lock significant synergies,” said S&P Capital IQ analyst Jim Cor-ridore in a note to clients.
Peter Carstensen, who teaches antitrust at the University of Wis-consin Law School, said that the deal would likely win antitrust approval unless there was “a very substantial expression of concern by the airplane manufacturers.”
Shares of United Technologies, which makes Pratt & Whitney jet engines and Otis elevators, closed up 4.6 percent Monday. Shares of Honeywell, a maker of aerospace parts and climate control systems, fell 2 percent. (rtr)
MONTREAL - After six years of negotiations over U.N. green-house gas regulations, the aerospace industry dodged the threat of spend-ing billions of dollars to re-engineer airplanes.
The industry got help from European and Russian negotiators, who successfully argued that the standards should not render newer, more efficient planes obsolete, ac-cording to three people familiar with the U.N. talks in Montreal this month.
The latest planes from compa-nies such as Boeing Co and Airbus Group SE - which cost tens of bil-lions of dollars to develop - will meet the new emissions standards.
European negotiators also led an effort to forge a compromise exempting older, fuel-guzzling aircraft from the standards until 2028 - five years longer than a competing proposal pushed by U.S. negotiators, according to U.S. and European sources with direct knowledge of the talks.
The new rules - criticized as
too lenient by environmentalists - were adopted by U.N.’s aviation agency, the Montreal-based Inter-national Civil Aviation Organiza-tion. ICAO has no direct power to craft or enforce regulations but facilitates negotiations over standards that become manda-tory for the agency’s 190 member countries.
The stakes are high. A 2012 ICAO paper predicted that inter-national aviation emissions would increase 68 percent between 2010 and 2020, from 390 megatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent to 654 megatonnes.
Projections for how much the ICAO rules will lower carbon emissions vary widely. The White House estimates they would reduce as much as 650 million tonnes of carbon dioxide between 2020 and 2040 - or the equivalent of taking 140 million cars off the road during the same period.
Environmental advocates argued the new standards will do little to lower emissions, especially with
air traffic expected to double over 15 years, according to ICAO pro-jections. ICAO did not make any public estimate of carbon emis-sions that the new standards would eliminate.
The rules merely ratified what manufacturers were already doing, said Daniel Rutherford, an avia-tion specialist for the International Council on Clean Transportation, a non-profit group that closely fol-lowed the ICAO talks.
“ICAO has recommended tar-gets that new models will eas-ily pass and that won’t require improvements from older, less efficient models until well after they’ll be out of production any-way,” he said.
Negotiators are not permitted to talk to the media under ICAO rules governing the talks, but three officials with knowledge of the talks spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity.
Concerns about industry and economic impact drove the com-promise, according to U.S. and
European officials. More stringent standards could have cost the in-dustry huge amounts of money. A single new engine, for instance, can cost billions of dollars to design and certify.
“The negotiation was not com-pletely detached from commercial considerations,” a European diplo-matic source acknowledged.
U.S. negotiators met resistance on pushing for a quicker phase-out of less efficient planes, according to an American official familiar with the talks.
“There was definitely a high bar to getting agreement on a 2023 production cutoff,” the U.S. of-ficial said.
Supporters of the new rules say they will ensure that companies continue building on efficiencies gained in plane makers’ latest gen-eration of jets, such as the Boeing 737 MAX and the A320neo.
“This is the same conversation we have on all standards,” said one negotiator involved in the talks. “What is the balance between
pushing industry along without breaking industry by pushing them too far?”
Boeing spokeswoman Jessica Kowal said the company supports the ICAO standard “because it is ambitious in terms of CO2 emis-sions reduction, it is aligned with customer needs for increasing fuel efficiency, and it’s technologically achievable in an industry with a long lead time.”
A spokesman said Thursday that Airbus supports the new standards and continues to invest in “reduc-ing fuel burn, emissions and noise significantly.”
Both companies declined to comment on efforts they may have made to advocate for a specific out-come in the talks, which included negotiators from 22 nations.
Airbus, Boeing and their engine manufacturers have invested tens of billions of dollars in new technology to save fuel, which also cuts carbon emissions. Such efforts accelerated during a decade of relatively high oil prices. (rtr)
Airline manufacturers escape threat of big costs from new U.N. climate standards
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A view of the corporate sign outside the Honeywell International Automation and Control Solutions manufacturing plant in Golden Valley, Minnesota, in a January 28, 2010 file photo. Honeywell International Inc and United Technologies Corp have held talks about a merger, CNBC reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the situation. A deal would create a company with combined sales of more than $90 billion.
United Tech says a deal with Honeywell would face major challenges
MINNESOTA - United Technologies Corp on Monday dis-closed merger talks with fellow aerospace component supplier Honeywell International Inc but said a deal would “face insur-mountable regulatory obstacles.”
Rewidiasa and his 25 year old wife Srimadi, along with their three children (the oldest of whom is five years old), live in an uninhabitable house. They are susceptible to be-ing bitten by mosquitos because the walls of their house are made of dried coconut leaves and the leaky roof means that their house gets flooded when it rains.
Rewidiasa and his family live in this 3 square meter house that stands on a 50 square meter plot of land that belongs to his parents. Outside Rewidiasa’s house there is a small bamboo gazebo where they sometimes rest on a shredded mat. Despite the negligible conditions of his house, Rewidiasa has been living there since he got married
5 years ago and his parents can do little more to help him, given the poverty that they too live in. Be-cause Rewidiasa does not always catch much fish, he cannot build a proper house.
When met at his house on Sun-day (Feb. 21), Rewidiasa explained that when the weather is bad, he dares not go out to sea, and often he can only provide rice for his wife and kids. Luckily, he said, generous people often help him to makes ends meets. He dreams of being able to build a livable and comfortable house but he does not feel very hopeful about being able
to do that. “As a fisherman, my in-come is erratic. Of course I would like to at least be able to repair my house, but since I am so short of money, I have no choice but to live in a house like this” he said.
Every night Rewidiasa and his family sleep on a shredded mat on their gazebo or in the house with woven dried coconut leaf walls. Ei-ther way the children are invariably bitten by so many mosquitos that they look like they have the measles. “Sometimes I feel such pity for my children -especially the youngest who is often cold. When it rains our house is flooded”, he admitted.
REwidiasa’s wife, Srimadi, does her best to supplement her husbands income by selling palm leaf pushes but this does little to alleviate their poverty as the pouches are only in demand during religious holiday. Despite these difficult condition, Srimadi remains strong and fights hard to survive.
“We do not feel desperate and as parents we keep trying to support our family in any way that we can. Hopefully, we will continue to be bestowed with heath and there will be some assistance form the govern-ment” said Srimadi while soothing her toddler. (mud)
BANGLI - The government of Bangli district planning to relo-cate souvenir merchants into the Geopark art market in Kintamani is never realized. Until now, the mer-chants are still allowed to peddle their goods freely to visitors in the area of Penelokan. On the other hand, the second floor and some parts of the third floor of the local market have been left vacant since the market was completed.
The Head of the Bangli Industry
and Trade Agency, Nengah Sudibya, said on Monday (Feb. 22) that the relocation of souvenir merchants into the Geopark art market will be carried out simultaneously with the relocation of roadside merchants at Penelokan into the forest area behind the Geopark art market. Related to this plan, Sudibya said that his agency is still waiting for certainty when the forest land area of ??4,100 square meters behind the Geopark art market begins to
be occupied. “Currently, we are still waiting
when the forest land can be occu-pied. When it is ready to be occu-pied, we will relocate the merchants simultaneously. The merchants at roadside market will be relocated to the back of the art market, while souvenir merchants into the art market,” he explained.
According to Sudibya, if his agency only relocates the souvenir merchants, they will certainly not
want to because they still see their colleagues are still peddling at roadside. Thus, the agency planned to relocate them simultaneously. He added that the merchant arrange-ment at Penelokan does not only involve the Industry and Trade Agency, but also other agencies such as the Regional Development Planning Board (Bappeda) and the Culture and Tourism Agency.
As the observation on Sunday, since the souvenir merchants have
not been relocated the second floor of the Geopark art market remains empty so far. Likewise, the third floor of the market used to hold an exhibition a few months ago is now partially empty. Some spaces are used to display handicraft products but the door is locked. According to a resident, the items on display by the Industry and Trade Agency is kept by its employees but only opens on Monday through Saturday. (kmb40)
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Rewidiasa’s house is made of dried coconut leaves.
Rewidiasa’s house is made of dried coconut leaves.
BULELENG - Many fishermen in Buleleng still live under the poverty line and one of the reasons that traditional fisher-men in North Bali tend to remain poor is that their fish catches are inconsistent. Gede Rewidiasa is a 26 year old resident of Penyumbahan hamlet, Les, Tejakula who is experiencing such conditions.
Micro power plants do not use open drains but instead use pipes of a particular height so as to make the flow of water more swift and accelerate the spin of the turbine wheel, he explained. “If there is no delay in the schedule, we should be operational by July 2016. Cur-rently, the water storage ponds are ready and we are working on the river dam, intake duct, water pipes, turbines”, said Supriadi.
damages roads.PT. PMR has caused the roads
access between was Sambangan and Panji villages to be temporarily inaccessible. Sambangan villagers are being asked to be patient until the technical development of PT. PMR’s project is finished and the
road that has been damaged by their heavy trucks can be repaired. Panji village will be compensated for the inconvenience of having the road between Mekar Sari and Mandul hamlet severly dsmaged. Com-pensation worth IDR 60 million a year will be given in three phases, with IDR 20 million a month every four months.
“In the past, the upper area of Sambangan could not be reached. After being hardened with con-crete along 350 meter with the width of 4 meter and thickness of 10 centimeters, the road is pass-able. We will address people’s complaint. Now, it is impossible for us to repair the road entirely because the project is still in progress. Just wait for comple-tion of the project and we will immediately repair the damaged caused ot the road by our trucks”, said Supriadi. (kmb34)
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EvEry Temple and Shrine has a special date for it an-nual Ceremony, or “ Odalan “, every 210 days according to Balinese calendar, including the smaller ancestral shrine which each family possesses. Because of this practically every few days a ceremony of festival of some kind takes place in some Village in Bali. There are also times when the entire island celebrated the same Holiday, such as at Galungan, Kuningan, Nyepi day, Saraswati day, Tumpek Landep day, Pagerwesi day, Tumpek Wayang day etc.
The dedication or inauguration day of a Temple is consid-ered its birth day and celebration always takes place on the same day if the wuku or 210 day calendar is used. When new moon is used then the celebration always happens on new moon or full moon. The day of course can differ the religious celebration of a temple lasts at least one full day with some temple celebrating for three days while the celebration of Besakih temple, the Mother Temple, is never less than 7 days and most of the time it lasts for 11 days, depending on the importance of the occasion.
The celebration is very colorful. The shrine are dressed with pieces of cloths and sometimes with brocade, sailings, decorations of carved wood and sometimes painted with gold and Chinese coins, very beautifully arranged, are hung in the four corners of the shrine. In front of shrine are placed red, white or black umbrellas depending which Gods are worshipped in the shrines.
In front of important shrine one sees, besides these umbrellas soars, tridents and other weapons, the “umbul-umbul”, long flags, all these are prerogatives or attributes of Holiness. In front of the Temple gate put up “Penjor”, long bamboo poles, decorated beautifully ornaments of young coconut leaves, rice and other products of the land. Most beautiful to see are the girls in their colorful attire, carry-ing offerings, arrangements of all kinds fruits and colored cakes, to the Temple. Every visitor admires the grace with which the carry their load on their heads.
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The Head of the Bangli Public Works, I.B. Wediatmika, explained that lately mainly dur-ing dry season a number of areas in Kintamani such as the village of Suter, Batudinding Abang, Abang Songan and upper area of Trunyan often get difficulty in obtaining clean water. On this condition, the proposal of lift-ing water from Lake Batur emerged. It was responded positively by the district govern-ment. As a form of seriousness, this year will be made the assessment. “This year we will examine it,” he said recently.
As an illustration, the height of the lake water to Abang Songan village approxi-mately reaches 200 meters. If the study has been completed, it will be resumed with the making of detailed engineering design (DED) to be proposed to central govern-ment. “Having been proposed, the central government will certainly examine it again,” he explained. Earlier, he mentioned that the lifting of water is estimated to cost IDR 10 billion.
Deputy Chairman of the Bangli House of Representatives, I Nyoman Basma, said on Monday (Feb. 22) that the initiative of the dis-trict government to study the lifting of water from Lake Batur is a positive measure. “We very much appreciate to the district govern-
ment for the effort to harness the lake water in order to overcome the water crisis in some areas. Hopefully, it will be serious,” he said.
This legislator from Suter village also mentioned that the clean water shortages are increasingly more serious when dry season arrives. To meet daily needs, people are forced to purchase water at quite expensive price. This condition also causes soaring expenditure. “Rainy season is preferable because people can still take advantage of rainwater. When dry season arrives, we have to purchase,” he said.
He added that fulfillment of clean water in the long term can only be resolved by utilizing the water of Lake Batur. In the surrounding area, there is no potential of water sources. “We have no springs, so that we only rely on lake water,” he said. This Golkar politi-cian added if later on the utilization of Lake Batur water requires a considerable cost, local government is expected to communicate with provincial and central government.
He also affirmed that water is not only vital to the community, but also for livestock and agricultural sector. “Water is not only important to the community. Other sectors will also be subject to the impact,” he concluded. (kmb45)
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The project of micro hydro power plant is starting in Buleleng
Overcoming clean water crisis
This year, utilization of Lake Batur water assessed
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Lake Batur in Kintamani, Bangli
BANGLI - The lifting of water from Lake Batur to overcome water shortages in some areas in Kintamani continues to be finalized by local government through the Bangli Public Works. As a form of seriousness, this year it will be followed up with the assessment.
Governor considers issuing moratorium in South Bali
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Bayern’s unstoppable force faces Juve’s immovable defence
NEW YORK - Pop star Kesha’s former music producer on Monday said allegations that he had raped the singer were lies, and hit back at a “trial by Twitter” backed by some of music’s biggest names over Ke-sha’s bid to extricate herself from a recording contract.
Dr. Luke, whose real name is Lukasz Gottwald, posted a series of tweets saying that people support-ing Kesha’s claims of sexual assault against him were “getting behind an allegation only - motivated by money.”
“I didn’t rape Kesha and I have never had sex with her. Kesha and I were friends for many years and she was like my little sister,” the producer said.
“But lives can get ruined when there’s a rush to judgment before all the facts come out ... It’s sad that she would turn a contract negotiation into something so horrendous and untrue,” he added.
Anger and sympathy for the “Tik Tok” singer swelled after a New York judge ruled on Friday that Ke-sha, 28, could not be released from her six-album recording contract with Sony Music.
Kesha claimed in a 2014 lawsuit that Dr. Luke raped and emotionally manipulated her. Dr. Luke coun-
tersued and both cases have yet to come to trial.
Singer Taylor Swift has donated $250,000 to Kesha to help her finan-cial needs, while Lady Gaga, Kelly Clarkson, Miley Cyrus and Ariana Grande are among hundreds who have posted messages on Instagram and Twitter to the fast-growing #FreeKesha campaign.
“Most important for Kesha, is that these beautiful, powerful women are standing behind her, letting the world see how power-ful the truth is!” Kesha’s mother, Pebe Sebert, posted on Twitter on Sunday.
Dr. Luke’s attorney, Christine Lepera, on Monday accused the singer and her legal team of con-ducting a “trial by Twitter, using a vicious smear campaign to ruin his reputation.”
She said the allegations in Ke-sha’s lawsuit are “outright lies that have been advanced to extort a con-tract renegotiation and money.”
Lepera said Kesha, who burst on the music scene in 2009, was “already ‘free’ to record and release music without working with Dr. Luke as a producer if she doesn’t want to.”
“Any claim that she isn’t ‘free’ is a myth,” Lepera said. (rtr)
DiCaprio’s fifth acting Oscar nomination, for his role as a fur trapper bent on revenge in “The Revenant,” will prove the charm, awards pundits say, and crown the actor’s transformation from teen heartthrob to Hollywood heavy-weight.
“There are cases when a par-ticular actor is seen as overdue, and this year it’s definitely Leonardo DiCaprio,” said Dave Karger, chief correspondent of movie website Fandango.
“What is great is that he is going to win for the right performance,”
Karger said.Twenty years after his first Oscar
nomination as a blue-eyed teen in “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape,” Di-Caprio, 41, has swept every major prize in the long Hollywood awards calendar for his role as taciturn Hugh Glass, who is left for dead in the wilderness after being mauled by a bear.
The actor carries the two-and-a-half hour film, which was shot in sub-zero temperatures over seven months, despite barely speaking after the bear rips out his character’s throat.
“He’s really good in the film. It’s not like a throwaway award because of his career. I would be really stunned if he doesn’t win,” said Variety reporter Tim Gray.
DiCaprio has tried for years to shake off his image as the young man who sent women swooning in the 1990s with “Titanic” and “Ro-meo + Juliet,” even as he partied on yachts with a string of supermodel girlfriends.
In “The Revenant”, the swag-gering star of “The Wolf of Wall Street” and the smooth charmer of “The Great Gatsby” are barely recognizable under a greasy mane, straggly beard and frostbitten face. Ironically, his very appearance may have boosted his Oscar prospects. (rtr)
From heartthrob to Hollywood heavyweight, Leo DiCaprio is Oscar-bound
IN a rollercoaster movie awards season with no clear favorite in the Oscars best picture race, there is one sure bet - Leonardo DiCaprio, one of the world’s biggest celebrities, will finally take home the best actor statuette on Sunday.
Leonardo DiCaprio
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Producer Dr. Luke accuses Kesha supporters of ‘trial by Twitter’
Pop star Kesha’s former music producer Dr. Luke (right) on Monday said allegations that he had raped the singer were lies, and hit back at a “trial by Twit-ter” backed by some of music’s biggest names over Kesha’s bid to extricate herself from a re-cording contract.IBP/net
SINGARAJA — A micro hydro power plant (PLTM) has started being built in the Muara River, in Sambangan village,
Sukasada. The power-plant is being built by PT.
Panji Muara Raya (PMR) that was first established in North Bali.. Micro power is considered eco-friendly as it does not use gasoline, diesel or gas but instead relies solely on renewable energy by using water power to rotate turbine engines. The electrical energy generated by the micro-
hydro dam will be 2 megawattsProject Manager, Endang Supriadi,
explained that the permit for the project was first given to them in 2012 and was extended for the construction that started again in April 2015. The project also has a document from the Environmental Management Effort and Environmental Monitoring Effort (UKL-UPL) Number: 660.1/ 95.a /Rek.UKL-UP /KLH / 2012. “The torrential river water is diverted into our channel to generate turbines. The water is then returned to the river flow. We are using water along 500 meters of the river
that is not used by farmers to irrigate their paddy fields, which is why we were granted permission to build”, said Surpiadi on Sunday (Feb. 21) accompanied by Public Relations of PT. Panji Muara Raya (PMR), I Nyoman Sumerta.
Supriadi explained that the use of iron pipes facilitates the flow of water through the turbine that will provide enough power for 2,000 families. The electricity gener-ated by the micro power plant will be sold to PLN. Similar micro hydro projects have been widely applied in Sumatra, and most of the cities on the Island of Java,
including Yogyakarta. “We are very seri-ous about maintaining the ecosystem of the environments. This is the first pilot project in North Bali. The windmill turbine contains a moving dynamo that uses the same principles as dynamo driven bicycle lights. In this case, the water functions to turn the turbine, passing through iron pipes, and then the water output is returned to the stream in a clean condition without pollution” he explained.
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“We must consider various factors and we discuss the matter with the In-donesia Hotel and Restaurant Associa-
tion (PHRI) and the Indonesia Tourism Industry Board (GIPI), for example. The KADIN’S recommendations are
not enough” said the governor from his office on Monday (Feb22).
Governor Pastika added that he has written to the Investment Coor-dinating Board (BKPM) regarding the moratorium. In essence, both domestic and foreign investment in the construction of star hotel in South Bali must be stopped. “But, they (investors—Ed) go directly
to the districts. That’s the problem -that they do not pass through the BKPM. If they went through the BKPM, they would surely have been stopped” he explained.
Chairman of the Bali House of Representatives, Nyoman Adi Wiryatama, agrees that South Bali is already crowded with tourist ac-comodations.
First micro hydro power plant in North Bali, generating 2 MW of electricity
DENPASAR - Governor of Bali, Made Mangku Pastika, said that he is still considering issuing a moratorium on the construction of new tourist accomodations in South Bali, as was proposed the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) Bali. The issue, he said, needs to be further discussed with other tourism related parties
One of the hotels in Jimbaran area. Governor of Bali, Made Mangku Pastika, said that he is still considering issuing a moratorium on the construction of new
