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Indonesia Signals
Modest Changes in
Property Ownership
Rules for Foreigners.
Expectations
that the promised
changes in property
ownership rules in
Indonesia would open
wide the doors to
expatriate property
purchases appear to
have been overly
optimistic for those predicting would allow retirees to
a 1,000% increase in property finance up to 50% of a property
sales to foreigners. purchase for a maximum
The Jakarta Post repayment period of 3 years.
reports that the new
regulations will only slightly To be continue to Page 2
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absolute prohibition against Kuta Weekly
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limiting purchases of landed Page
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579 Badung Hotels and Restaurants Tax Delinquent
Many Bali Hotels and
Restaurant Failing to Remit
11% Development Tax.
Radar Bali says that 579
hotels and restaurants in the
Badung regency of Bali are
suspected of having
m i s a p p r o p r i a t e d t h e 11 %
development tax applied to all
hotel and restaurant bills. As a
result, officials estimate some
Rp. 87 billion (US$8.53 million) is
at risk.
The Secretary of the
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Badu
n g T a x
Service, Anak
Agung Gede
Arimayun,
told the press
that of the
1,615 hotels
a n d Auctioneers say the world's most
restaurants
registered in
the regency
as potential
tax object,
896 are listed
as hotels and 719 as restaurants.
From the 896 hotel on the
tax roll 524 (58%) have
outstanding tax bills with 55 (6%)
more are listed as bankrupt. 465
(64%) of the 719 restaurants are
also in tax arrears. Meanwhile,
221 restaurants are now listed as
bankrupt.
Continued from page 1
The Minister said that those
purchasing an apartment for
investment purposes would not be
allowed to use bank credits to
conclude a purchase, required
instead to pay cash.
Foreshadowing more confusion
ahead for foreigners desirous of
purchasing land in Indonesia, a
property consultant from
Cushman and Wakefield, Arief
Rahardjo, warned that it will prove
difficult to distinguish between
those purchasing land for
investment purposes and those
seeking a personal residence.
Teguh Satria, Chairman of
Real Estate Indonesia (REI), is
apparently unhappy with the lack
of opportunities the new rules will
provide to foreign property
purchasers. Saying the new rules
are "unclear," Satria complained,
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The failure of the hotels
and restaurants to pay the 11%
hotel and restaurant tax
represents a mis-allocation of
money collected from the public
which should, according to law,
be set aside and paid in the
shortest possible period to tax
authorities.
"the criteria of elderly or
retiree and the considerations
behind the plan are not clear
yet." He felt the low cost of
property in Indonesia made cash
purchases by foreigners easy,
but questioned if those wishing
to purchase an apartment for
personal occupancy would be
allowed three years credit.
The new regulations
were rumored to allow for 70
years ownership for those
foreigners allowed under the
new regulations to purchase
property in Indonesia. This now
appears in question, with Satria
saying the lease period tenure
will not be for 70 years, as was
originally hoped.
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expensive postage stamp, a one-
of-its-kind issue printed in
Sweden in 1857, has been sold at
an auction in Geneva to an
international consortium.
One of the rarest known
stamps, the "Treskilling Yellow", or
three-shilling stamp, was issued by
mistake during a print run of eight-
skilling stamps, which are yellow.
The three-skilling was
normally green.
Stamp auctioneers David
Feldman did not disclose the identity
of the buyers, nor the price paid for it.
The last time it was sold, in
1996, it fetched 2.88 million Swiss
Roulette winner takes on Crown casino
A WOMAN who won $3600 on a
spin of the roulette wheel at
Crown only to have her
winnings paid to another
punter is taking the casino to
court.
The woman placed a
$100 chip on a number of the
roulette wheel last week but did
not realise the croupier paid her
winnings to a man until that
person had left the table.
"I just can't believe I have
been treated like that," Marites
Martin said.
She said despite raising
the problem with Crown staff
after the incident on Thursday
night the casino was refusing to
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World's most expensive stamp
francs ($3 million) at auction.
The auctioneers say the
stamp remains the world's most
expensive.
A Swedish schoolboy
stumbled upon the "Treskilling
Yellow" in 1885 while rummaging for
stamps to sell on for pocket money.
Since then it has passed
through the hands of a series of stamp
collectors, as well a German
aristocrat and a Belgian tycoon.
"The consortium members
bought the stamp after deeming that it
was a solid investment in these times
of crisis," they added in a statement.
George Washington book
case closed after 221 years
New York's oldest library can
finally fill a gap left on its shelves two
centuries ago when George
Washington borrowed a book and
failed to bring it back.
The first US president took
The Law of Nations by Emer de Vattel
from the New York Society Library on
pay up and she has now
lodged a civil action with the
Victorian Civil and Administrative
Tribunal.
Ms Martin said she was not
an experienced gambler and did
not realise the extent of her
winnings when the large amount
of chips appeared on the roulette
table.
She said she was
confused but, with just three
players at the table at the time, the
croupier should have realised it
was her bet and winnings.
Instead, the croupier
asked who the winnings were to
be paid to and another man,
described as being an onlooker
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October 5, 1789 and, like
many a less illustrious borrower, did
not remember to return it, the library
said in a statement.
"The book was not
returned, nor any overdue book fine
paid," the statement said. "This was
a well-kept secret at the library for
years."
In 1789 the library shared a
building with the US government,
which was then based in lower
Manhattan. Members of congress,
the government and the president
were regular visitors.
Washington can rest in
peace, though: the museum at
Mount Vernon, Virginia, his family
home, "offered to replace Vattel's
Law of Nations with another copy of
the same edition" upon learning of
the missing tome.
The book was replaced at a
ceremony on Wednesday.
claimed the winnings.
Ms Martin said a review
of video footage by the pit boss
had backed up her story.
She said she returned to
the casino the following day and
believed she again saw the man
but no action was taken.
Crown spokesman Gary
O'Neill said he could not
comment on the case as it was
due to go before the courts but
said the casino was still
r e v i e w i n g t h e m a t t e r.
Procedures for resolving bet
disputes at Crown are approved
by the Victorian Casino and
Gaming Authority.
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Thursday - Footy Show, Start 9.30pm

FRIDAY Essendon VS W. Bulldogs 6.30pm D r a g o n s V S E e l s 5.30pm
W.Tigers VS Warriors 7.30pm
SATURDAY Geelong VS Melbourne 12 noon Sharks VS Broncos 3.30pm
Collingwood VS B. Lions 5.00pm Cowboys VS Sea Eagles 9.00pm
SUNDAY W.C. Eagles VS C.F. Carlton 12 noon Storm VS Bulldogs 12noon
Freo VS N. Melbourne 3.30pm
SUPER 14 FINAL - Stormers VS Bulls @11.00pm
FORMULA 1 *Saturday, Qualifying @ 6.45pm
*Sunday, Main Race @ 7.00pm

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Bali The Right Way
G'day
again folks I
write with yet
another week
passing us
b y, a n d
unfortunately
my Pies having a terrible loss last Friday
night to the Mighty Cats, and boy, aint I glad
I didn't get a two to one shot at that !!!!. The
way my tips are going, I think I might just tip
completely opposite to who I think will win,
as it might pick my tally up a little, Anyhow
Karn the Pies.
I did hear a very funny story this
week about a fellow Australian who is on
the island as a holiday maker for the usual
14 day run. With a few little green bottles
under his belt he has stumbled across a
local bar in Kuta full of delicious treats. As it
happens one of these little treats has been
more than willing to keep him buying drinks
till the wee hours and after some apparent
negotiation, he has escorted his new prize
back to his room. The fact he didn't know
which way was up aside (That means really
pissed Ken) on arrival to the reception of
his hotel, security has asked the young lady
for some identification as she isn't a paying
guest, this is standard for a decent
establishment. With this the fellow has
gone into a fit of rage slurring “this is a
terrible attack at his personal rights” and
that they don't have any need to be
interfering with his plans. Clearly his beer
goggles had altered his ability to hold a
sane conversation and his one eyed friend
was now driving this party. After many
swear words and a huge dummy spit, he
has stormed up to his room with his catch.
Anyhow as it would happen, about
25 minutes later the young maiden, who,
mind you, was as sober as a judge, comes
walking down the stairs ready to leave as
her work here is done, the funny thing is
she is carrying a very large sack that she
didn't have before. With this security has
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asked to inspect the bag and after
threats of instant police assistance,
should they require, she hands the bag
over. Surprise surprise, the bag is filled
with a laptop computer, mobile phone, a
DVD player, the bloke's camera, his gold
bracelet and rings, his wallet amongst
other high value items. Needless to say
the head of security is called and an
attempt is made to wake our dummy
spitting holiday maker, and after several
buckets of cold water and a slap about
the face, is woken to check that he has
actually given these gifts to her which
turns out he hasn't. How embarrassed
would he have felt? I had to laugh when I
heard this as again, the opportunistic
nature of the crime is standard in heavily
trafficked major tourist destinations
worldwide. The fact that some people
make it easier for thieves to get away
with it is another story altogether.
I guess the moral to the story, is
that hotel security is employed to protect
us, while we are here, not to hinder us
and when they ask someone for
identification, they are acting in our best
interest. Remember punters, as I have
said many many times, we are all a long
way from home and need to keep our
guard up at all times.
Oh I hope you all enjoy your week
in magnificent Bali, don't wake with too
many hang over's, and above all else
stay safe. By the way does anyone
know the address of that little treat shop
in Kuta???
Until next week, enjoy.
ALAISJ..................
Kuta Weekly
I was axed for being annoying, says former Packer yacht
crewman
AS an employee on James
Packer's Arctic P, you either
sink or swim.
Canadian IT expert
Nicholas Sangineto sank. And he
is so disappointed at being kicked
off the boat that he's lifted the lid on
the secret world of the Packer
super yacht, complete with a list of
rules aimed at not upsetting the big
boss.
The rules are clear: If you
whinge you will walk the plank.
The gambling and media
tycoon has banned "negativity" on
the 88m converted ice-breaker.
New crew, required to sign
confidentiality agreements, are
handed a two-page copy of ship
guidelines.
The guidelines explain
that the needs of the ship's
billionaire owner are "often very
demanding".
If crew members act
"negatively" or "complain", they
can be immediately dismissed by
the skipper.
"The Boss is extremely
private - the movement and
operation of the yacht should not
be discussed with anyone ... if this
concerns you in any way or you
are inclined to gossip, do not join,"
the document said.
"Anyone having 'that's not
my job' type attitude is asked to
leave, making way for someone
having a team approach."
Mr Sangineto, who was
hired through a shipping agency,
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survived a week on board The rank structure includes
the Arctic P. a skipper, chief mate, chief
He travelled from Quebec engineer, chief steward and head
to Auckland last month to work for chef. Senior staff have private
Arctic P skipper Russell Pugh. cabins.
"I came to work as an The Arctic P was bought by
electronics and IT analyst," Mr Mr Packer's late father Kerry in
Sangineto said.
1995.
"They flew me out but after The family spent $20 million
a few days onboard I was told that
upgrading the work vessel into a
my services were no longer luxury toy, complete with a cinema,
required because the crew did not
helipad and swimming pool.
like me and I wasn't fitting in." In 2006, US magazine
The 36-year-old, who is
Power And Motor Yacht listed Arctic
currently unemployed, said he P as the 15th largest private vessel
could not believe he had been fired
in the world.
so quickly.
"I am in shock that I
travelled all that way and then
they told me to pack my bags,"
Mr Sangineto said.
"I do not think I am
annoying. They did not give me
any proper reasons. I just do
my job and they sack me. I can't
believe a billionaire would act
like that."
Mr Pugh said that he
could not comment but denied
that there had been any
wrongdoing.
There are 38 crew
members on the boat, who
work on a three-month rotating
roster.
The Arctic P, which is
believed to be en route to
Greece, adheres to the whims
of the boss.
Crew come from the
UK, New Zealand, Australia,
Austria, Germany, Sri Lanka
and India.
According to the strict
guidelines, they cannot smoke
cigarettes onboard or use
recreational drugs.
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Man's wedding dress revenge angers ex-wife
A devastated
husband dumped by
his wife of 12 years is
using her wedding
dress to exact his
bizarre revenge.
Arizona man
Kevin Cotter says his
former high school
sweetheart told him he
could do "whatever the
**** you want" with the
garment after she
walked out on him last
July — so he undertook a
mission to find 101 wacky uses
for it.
His tally currently stands
at 21 after employing the dress
for a variety of applications
including straining pasta,
polishing his soccer boots,
playing tug-of-war with his
brother's dog and making a Star
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birth to their two
young children does not
see the funny side.
FOR THIS WEEK
Jl. Poppies I, Pasar Agung, Kuta, Bali
"I wish all the best
Ph : (0361) 761 464, Fax : (0361) 755 998
to Kevin and hope he
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seeks counselling to deal
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with his anger and
resentment," the Daily Mail
reported Mr Cotter's Friday, 28 May 2010
unnamed ex-wife as
A F L
saying.
"His determination, 6.30 pm Essendon VS W. Bulldogs
along with his family's
Wars-inspired scarecrow
support, to continue with this
in his yard. N R L N R L
He even painted the white
fabric with a bright red "Go Cats"
endeavour after his children and
I have asked him to stop is
incomprehensible."
5.30 pm Dragons VS Eels 7.30 pm w. Tigers VS Warriors
slogan and waved it as a banner at
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Mr Cotter has refused to
a university gridiron game.
abandon his mission and has
And while he claims the
even asked his readers to
exercise was intended as
humorous "therapy" for his broken
suggest more peculiar uses for Friday Night Roast Seee 17
the dress.
g
Start 6pm onward Pa
heart, the woman who wore the
dress over a decade ago and gave
Saturday, 29 May 2010
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12.00 pm Geelong VS Melbourne 5.00 pm B. Lions VS Collingwood
N R L A F L
3.30 pm Sharks VS Broncos 9.00 pm Cowboys VS Sea Eagles
Sunday, 30 May 2010
12.00 pm A
Carlton VS Eagles
F L
NRL NRL
2.00 pm Rabbitohs VS Panthers 12.00 pm Storm VS Bulldogs
3.00pm A F
Freo VS North Melbourne
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Forget dogs, letterboxes now
danger for posties
Posties, long the target of canines, are now worried
about losing their fingers to technological advances.
They say the top of a delivery worker's index finger
was severed recently by the sharp edge of a spring-
tensioned letterbox flap at Keswick in Adelaide.
The worker's finger got trapped by the spring-
tensioned flap and was pushed hard against a sharp brass
edge, severing the top.
Australia Post says spring-tensioned letterbox
flaps are common in newer models.
Communications manager Joshua Zugajev is
urging householders to help posties survive their daily runs. Airport Transfer - Touring - Sightseeing
"Removing or disabling the spring in your letterbox
is very straightforward and can be done with a pair of pliers,"
Shopping - Overnight Breaks - Equipment Hire
he said. Hotels / Villas - Home Care
"You can simply bend the spring back so it doesn't
put pressure on the flap, or completely remove it." Jl Danau Tamblingan 31. Sanur - Bali
Posties will make a special delivery in coming days, Ph. 0361 8519902 or 081 3377 99544
writing to householders with spring-tensioned letterbox flaps
to tell them of the potential danger and asking them to email :
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Bali Officials Want Both the
People of Bali and the Island's
Monkeys on Best Behavior
during U.S. Presidential Visit
in Late June 2010.
While the exact date for
U.S. President Barack Obama's
visit to Bali in late June remains a
mystery, the regency of Badung
in Bali is busily preparing for the
brief stopover of America's Chief
Executive. The Ulawatu area on
the island's southern peninsula
is getting a spruce up in
anticipation of Obama's arrival.
No doubt included on the list of
preparatory steps are ways to
keep the U.S. First Family,
Secret Service and presidential
entourage safe from the
notoriously naughty monkeys
that populate the sacred temple
at Uluwatu. Adept at trading food
for just snatched cameras, pens,
glasses and any other loose
articles snatched from visitors,
the Uluwatu monkeys collect
enough booty in an average day
to stock a large pawn shop.
I m a g i n e t h e
pandemonium and world
headlines that would result if one
of the Uluwatu monkeys
grabbed the weapon of a secret
service officer or, heaven forbid,
the legendary briefcase
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Waiting for Obama
containing the codes to
launch Armageddon that always
follow just a few steps behind the
U.S. President?
On a more mundane and
less speculative level, the Regent
of Badung, Anak Agung Gde
Agung, told the Bali Post of his
appreciation to members of the
public working to ensure a cordial
welcome is extended to Barack
Obama. Insisting that Bali must
present a united cultural front to
welcome Obama, he urged the
airport, hotels and every element
that comes in contact with the U.S.
President to use the opportunity to
showcase Balinese culture. In
specific terms, Agung hopes the
President and his large entourage
will see Balinese costumes, enjoy
Bali's rich cuisine and encounter
the Balinese sign of welcome
(respect shown the placement of
the hand across the chest) as part
of their welcome to Bali.
Badung's regent said the
welcome of the U.S. President will
include special welcoming
billboards featuring the U.S. and
Indonesian Presidents in the exit
lanes of Bali's Ngurah Rai
International Airport, and large flag
displays for both Indonesia and
the U.S.A..
In addition to any efforts to
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'Infectionately' Yours
More than 7,000 HIV/AIDS
tame the monkeys, the
Sufferers Living in Bali.
Uluwatu temple area is being
The Jakarta Post reports
repaved and the local population
that the National Commission on
is being asked to support the
HIV/AIDS (KPAN) and the
planned visit to their corner of the
Indonesian Ministry of Health
island.
count 7.317 confirmed HIV/AIDS
"I hope Obama will not
sufferers living in Bali.
only come to Uluwatu as a
Most of those afflicted
tourist, but also encounter the
with the disease are classified as
special ambient of the sacred
sex workers with 41.2% (3,017)
temple by witnessing the daily
of the total thought to have
religious rituals of the Balinese
contracted HIV/AIDS from
carried out there," explained
intimate contact with sex
Agung. In conjunction with the
workers. The customers of Bali's
planned visit, special offerings
sex trade are estimated to have,
and rituals are now in motion to
in turn, infected 668 partners and
seek continued harmony
children.
between Indonesian and the
HIV/AIDS activist Putu
U.S.A.
Utami said: "The number of
Agung has even devised
partners infected with HIV is
a strategy for dealing with the
increasing drastically. This
recalcitrant primates that
should be seriously anticipated."
exercise hegemony over the
Those infected through
Uluwatu temple. The regencies
leader has suggested the
monkey's be "paid off" through Bali Tax Men to Target Two-Car Garages?
the presentation of large
Bali Eyeing a Progressive Tax
amounts of food to the troupes of
to Penalize People Owning
monkeys in the three days prior
Multiple Motor Vehicles.
to Obama's visit. If Agung's plan
Bali's administrators are
to distract the monkeys fails,
considering introducing a
extra guards will be placed at the
progressive tax that will affect
site to help keep the "snatch and
people owning more than one
run" monkeys a respectable
motor vehicle.
distance from the group of official
Bisnis Bali, quoting Gusti
visitors.
Made Supartha, the chief of
income resources for the
provincial government of Bali,
said: "I estimate 20-30% of
vehicle owners will be impacted
by the progressive tax."
Supartha said the introduction of
a progressive vehicle tax was
provided under law No. 28 of
2009, regarding tax and
provincial retributions.
However, another
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sharing dirty needles in the mothers from passing
the disease on to their new born
consumption of intravenous
infants.
narcotics are put at 1,371 people.
The World Health
The latest survey noted
Organization (WHO) estimates a
increasing rates of infection
5% chance of mother-to-child
among intravenous drug users,
transmission of the disease
sex workers, customers of sex
during pregnancy, a 15% chance
workers and their partners,
of infection during the delivery
transvestites and prisoners.
process and a 10% chance of
A local HIV/AIDS
infection when infected mothers
researcher in Bali, Dewa Nyoman
breast-feed their children.
Wirawan, estimates that 22% of all
sex workers in Bali are
contagious.
The latest tally of
HIV/AIDS is almost twice the
number of sufferers reported in
January 2007, the last time a
survey count was conducted.
Bali's efforts to prevent the
further spread of HIV/AIDS is now
focused on preventing infection
through sexual transmission and
medical steps to prevent infected
provision of the 2009 law 400,000 vehicle would
prevents the introduction of such a be affected.
new tax before 2011. Bali's motor vehicle tax
Supartha said the collections during the first three
provincial authorities only serve months of 2010 increased 25%
as the executor of policies made in over the same period in 2009,
the nation's capital. Moreover, he amounting to 27.9% of the taxes
warned that the taxes applied for targeted for collection from Bali's
motor vehicles in Bali cannot be motorists for the entire fiscal year
out of step with motor vehicle of 2010.
taxes charged in other provinces
of Indonesia. To do so would only
perpetuate the number of non-Bali
license plates traveling Bali's
roads and highways.
Supartha estimates that
the number of vehicles in Bali
totals 1.6 million units. If 20-30%
of the vehicles fall under the
proposed new progressive tax,
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You Take the High Road and I'll Take the Low Road
Bali Officials Looking at
Changes in Parking and One-
Way Streets to Reduce Traffic
Congestion.
The government of Bali's
capital of Denpasar has tasked
its transportation department to
review traffic flows and patterns
to see if traffic congestion in
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South Bali can be
lessened by introducing
additional one-way streets
and parking rule changes
in some areas.
Any proposed
changes remain under
review and are subject to a
consultative process with
related government
agencies.
Among the changes
under consideration:
Prohibiting parking on
both sides of the street on
crowded, narrow roads. One
possible road listed for new
parking restrictions is Jalan
Sidakarya.
Altering the traffic flow
direction to one-way streets.
Jalan Gunung Agung, a road
which has long been under
consideration for one-way
status, but delayed due to a
lack of alternative roadways,
is once again being
scrutinized for one-way
status.
Changes in public
transportation routes to make
service more responsive to
changing housing and work-
place patterns in Bali.
One - Wa y S t r e e t s
Problematic in Bali
One of the contributing
factors to the difficulty of
resolving traffic congestion in
Bali is thge refusal blatant
refusal of locals to obey one-
way street postings. Local
motorcyclists traveling the
wrong directions on one-way
roads is a common
occurrence on the island.
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Bali Economic Update

Wisnu, said that the accounts for 65.58% of
island's economy grew 1.19% Bali's total economy, followed by the
in Q1 2010. Tourism was the primary sector (e.g. mining
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Bali by the Numbers: Strong
Growth in Bali's Economy and
Rising Per Capita Incomes
Restaurant Achieved in 2009.
Antara, the national news
Present this coupon agency, reports that Bali's economy
to is recovering nicely form the world
sector outside of tourism
shrank 1.07 % during the
same period. This sluggish
sub-sector of service sector is
linked to a downturn in
government spending.
Meanwhile, the
section chief of Publications and
Documentation in the Public
Relations section of the Bali
provincial government, I Ketut
Teneng, said that Bali's economy
grew by 5.33% in 2009, a figure
(manufacturing) at 15.56%.
Bali gross domestic product
totaled Rp. 57,579 trillion (US$6.3
billion) for 2009, increasing from Rp.
49,922 billion (US$5.4 billion) in
2008. This translated into a increase
in the per capita gross domestic
product for the Balinese to the level
of Rp. 16.2 million (US$1,7,60), and
increase of 14.08% over 2008.
Governor Pastika has
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Several Hotels Criticized for Polluting Bali's Ayung River
R a f t i n g
Operators Claim
Some Hotels are
Deliberately
Pumping their
Sewage into the
Ayung River.
According to
a report in NusaBali,
rafting operators on
Bali's Ayung river are
complaining that a
number of hotels
along the waterway
are threatening both
the environment and
the image of Bali as a
world tourism destination.
Ida Bagus Putra, a rafting
operator, told the press that he
and other rafting operators have
repeatedly been disappointed by
the continuing pollution by hotels
that populate the river's banks.
Putra, who is the operational
manager of Puri Rafting
Bongkasa, claims that the
pollution of the river is carried out
in a sub rosa fashion, with certain
hotels dumping sewage into the
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river during rainy periods
when the river flows strongest and
quickly flushes the evidence of
such misdeeds downstream.
Putra also alleges that a number
of hotels have installed dedicated
piping systems to disgorge
sewage into the river.
"The rafting operators
have often complained about this
problem. But there are still hotels
who are undeterred in polluting
the river," explained Putra.
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Putra said
that in order to
protect the
sustainability of
the Ayung river as
a tourism project,
all the hotels along
the Ayung river
must immediately
end polluting
practices and
protect their
surrounding
n a t u r a l
environment.
I n t h e
midst of the
pollution problem, business is
said to be on the increase for
rafting operator who businesses
dominated by customers from
China, South Korea, Taiwan and
Japan.
In efforts to improve
service and enhance safety on
the river rafting operators have
established five "Rescue Posts"
near parts of the river with the
strongest rapids and most prone
to mishaps. These posts are
manned by trained staff who
monitor the passing rafts,
prepared to lend assistance if
boats and their occupants get
into distress.
Rafting operators are
also now required to send
one empty rescue boat for
every group of five rafts
sailing down the river. The
"extra boat" is manned by
guides trained to lend
assistance whenever such
assistance is required.
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Two alliens
Two aliens landed in the Arizona 'Rubbish,' replied the cocky, young
desert near a gas station that was alien. He aimed his weapon and
closed for the night. They opened fire. There was a huge
approached one of the gas pumps explosion. A massive fireball roared
and the younger alien addressed it towards him and blew the younger
saying, "Greetings, Earthling. We alien off his feet and threw him in a
come in peace. Take us to your burnt, smoking mess about 200 yards
leader. away in a cactus patch
The gas pump, of course, didn't Half an hour passed. When he finally
respond regained consciousness, he refocused
The younger alien became angry at his three eyes, straightened his bent
the lack of response antenna, and looked dazedly at the
The older alien said, 'I'd calm down if older, wiser alien who was standing
I were you. over him shaking his big, green head.
The younger alien ignored the 'What a ferocious creature!' exclaimed
warning and repeated his greeting. the young, fried alien. 'He damn near
Again, there was no response. killed me! How did you know he was so
Pissed at the pump's haughty dangerous?'
attitude, he drew his ray gun and The older alien leaned over, placed a
said gruffly, "Greetings, Earthling. friendly feeler on his crispy friend and
We come in peace. Take us to your replied, 'If there's one thing I've learned
leader or I will fire!" during my intergalactic travels, you
The older alien again warned his never f*ck with a guy who can loop his
comrade saying, 'You probably don't penis over his shoulder twice and then
want to do that! I really think that will stick it in his ear.'
make him mad.'
HUSBAND IN CHARGE......
The husband had just finished reading a new book entitled, 'YOU CAN BE THE MAN OF YOUR
HOUSE'.
He stormed to his wife in the kitchen and announced, 'From now on, you need to know that
I am the man of this house and my word is Law.
You will prepare me a gourmet meal tonight and when I'm finished eating my meal, you
will serve me a sumptuous dessert.
After dinner, you are going to go upstairs with me and we will have the kind of sex that I
want. Afterwards you are going to draw me a bath so I can relax. You will wash my back
and towel me dry and bring me my robe. Then you will massage my feet and hands. Then
tomorrow, guess who's going to dress me and comb my hair?
The wife replied,
‘The f**kin' funeral director would be my first guess.'
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IT’S ALL ABOUT BALI
Bali Culture and Customs
Temple procession in BaliEach stage of
Balinese life is marked by a series of
ceremonies and rituals known as
Manusa Yadnya. They contribute to the
rich, varied and active life the average
Balinese leads.
Birth
The first ceremony of Balinese life
takes place even before birth. Another
ceremony takes place soon after the
birth, during which the afterbirth is
buried with appropriate offerings. The
first major ceremony takes place
halfway through the baby's first
Balinese year of 210 days.
Names
Basically the Balinese only have
four first names. The first child is
Wayan or Putu, the second child is
Made or Kadek, the third is Nyoman or
Komang and the fourth is Ketut. The
fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth
will be another Wayan, Made, Nyoman,
Ketut and Wayan again.
Childhood
The Balinese certainly love children
and they have plenty of them to prove it.
Coping with a large family is made
much easier by the policy of putting
younger children in the care of older
ones. After the ceremonies of
babyhood come ceremonies marking
the stages of childhood and puberty,
including the important tooth-filing
ceremony.
Marriage
Every Balinese expects to marry
and raise a family, and marriage takes
places at a comparatively young age.
Marriages are not, in general, arranged
as they are in many other Asian
communities although strict rules apply
to marriages between the castes.
There are two basic forms of marriage
in Bali - mapadik and ngorod. The
respectable form, in which the family of
the man visit the family of the woman
and politely propose that the marriage
take place, is mapadik. The Balinese,
however, like their fun and often prefer
marriage by elopement (ngorod) as the
most exciting option. Of course, the
Balinese are also a practical people so
nobody is too surprised when the
young man spirits away his bride-to-be,
even if she loudly protests about being
kidnapped. The couple go into hiding
and somehow the girl's parents, no
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matter how assiduously they search,
never manage to find her. Eventually the
couple re-emerge, announce that it is too
late to stop them now, the marriage is
officially recognized and everybody has
had a lot of fun and games. Marriage by
elopement has another advantage apart
from being exciting and mildly heroic it's
cheaper.
The Household
There are many modern Balinese
houses, but there are still a great number
of traditional Balinese homes. The
streets of Ubud; nearly every house will
follow the same traditional walled
design.
Men & Women
There are certain tasks clearly to be
handled by women, and others reserved
for men. Social life in Bali is relatively free
and easy. In Balinese leisure activities
the roles are also sex differentiated. Both
men and women dance but only men
play the gamelan. Today you do see
some women painters, sculptors, and
woodcarvers.
Community Life
Balinese have an amazingly active
and organized village life. You simply
cannot be a faceless nonentity in Bali.
You can't help but get to know your
neighbors as your life is so entwined and
interrelated with theirs.
Death & Cremation
There are ceremonies for every
stage of Balinese life but often the last
ceremony-cremation-is the biggest. A
Balinese cremation can be an amazing,
spectacular, colorful, noisy and exciting
event. In fact it often takes so long to
organize a cremation that years have
passed since the death. During that time
the body is temporarily buried. Of course
an auspicious day must be chosen for
the cremation and since a big cremation
can be very expensive business many
less wealthy people may take the
opportunity of joining in at a larger
cremation and sending their own dead
on their way at the same time.
Brahmans, however, must be cremated
immediately. Apart from being yet
another occasion for Balinese noise and
confusion it's a fine opportunity to
observe the incredible energy the
Balinese put into creating real works of
art which are totally ephemeral. A lot
more than a body gets burnt at the
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cremation. The body is carried from the
burial ground (or from the deceased's
home if it's an 'immediate' cremation)
to the cremation ground in a high,
multi-tiered tower made of bamboo,
paper, string, tinsel, silk, cloth, mirrors,
flowers and anything else bright and
colorful you can think of. The tower is
carried on the shoulders of a group of
men, the size of the group depending
on the importance of the deceased and
hence the size of the tower. The funeral
of a former rajah high priest may
require hundreds of men to tote the
tower.
A long the way to the cremation
ground certain precautions must be
taken to ensure that the deceased's
spirit does not find its way back home.
Loose spirits around the house can be
a real nuisance. To ensure this doesn't
happen requires getting the spirits
confused as to their whereabouts,
which you do by shaking the tower,
running it around in circles, spinning it
around, throwing water at it, generally
making the trip to the cremation ground
anything but a stately funeral crawl.
Meanwhile, there's likely to be a priest
halfway up to tower, hanging on grimly
as it sways back and forth, and doing
his best to soak bystanders with holy
water. A gamelan sprints along behind,
providing a suitably exciting musical
accompaniment. Camera-toting
tourists get all but run down and once
again the Balinese prove that
ceremonies and religion are there to be
enjoyed. At the cremation ground the
body is transferred to a funeral
sarcophagus, this should be in the
shape of a bull for a Brahmana, a
winged lion for a Satria and a sort of
elephant-fish for a Sudra. These days,
however, almost anybody from the
higher castes will use a bull. Finally up
it all goes in flames funeral tower,
sarcophagus, body, the lot. The eldest
son does his duty by poking through
the ashes to ensure that there are no
bits of body left unburned. And where
does your soul go after your
cremation? Why, to a heaven which is
just like Bali!
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2010 Bali 9's masters.
The Bali Geckos 2010 Bali
9's masters Australian
Rules Football
tournament is again
being held at the Canggu
Club on Friday night the
11th and Saturday the
12th of June with a record
number of teams from
Asia and Australia
entering the competition
this year.
Asia's biggest ever
Aussie Rules event so far has
11 teams registered for the
tournament, including teams
from across Australia, as well
as East Timor and Dubai. A
number of other teams are
keen to join, with a projected
16 teams from six countries
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days, with the grand
expected to play in this
final being played under lights
year's tournament.
on Saturday.
2008/09 winners
Northern Territory Football
League club Waratahs are
again expected to put up a
strong showing with the Bali
Geckos, runners up in 2008/09
also expected to push again for
the coverted winners trophy.
The event sees teams
play following specially
modified 9-a-side rules, with
the inclusion that all players
must be over 35 years of age.
The event is endorsed by AFL
Masters, who are the governing
body for Masters rules football
in Australia. With the large
number of teams attending,
games will be played over two
Kuta Weekly
Sports Corner
Lohan ordered to wear alcohol monitoring bracelet
A SOBER-faced Lindsay
Lohan has been ordered by a
Los Angeles court to wear an
alcohol monitoring bracelet,
submit to a random drug test
once a week and attend
alcohol education classes.
The actress' lawyer,
Shawn Chapman Holley, tried to
soften some of the restrictions,
saying Lohan had a number of
upcoming photo shoots and
planned to shoot a movie in
Texas and the monitoring
bracelet “would interfere” with
both.
Ms Holley suggested
random alcohol and drug tests in
Texas.
But Los Angeles
County Superior Court
Judge Marsha Revel
rejected the suggestions,
and said Lohan, 23, must
wear the bracelet in order
to stay free on bond. She
also stressed the drug
test would be conducted
in Los Angeles, not
Texas.
Asked if she agreed to
the conditions, Lohan conferred
briefly with Ms Holley, who then
said they would accept the
judge's directions.
The judge warned Lohan
that failure to show up for a
Jamie Bunn, Danny Massa,
Jeremy Huston and John Monti
went swordfishing on Saturday,
off of the Point Everglades Inlet.
About 18 miles offshore, they
noticed a dead swordfish floating
in the water, being circled by a
mako shark.
The men decided to lasso
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random drug test would be
considered the same as a “dirty
test”. Lohan was ordered to be
fitted with the alcohol monitoring
bracelet within 24 hours.
When asked if she
understood the conditions, Lohan
said: “Yes your honor”. They only
words she spoke aloud.
Lohan arrived at the
Beverly Hills courthouse in a black
Escalade at 8.30 local time (1am
AEST). She was wearing a black
suit, white blouse with several
buttons open and dark glasses.
Her hair was dyed jet black.
After walking past waiting
hordes of paparazzi, Lohan
entered the building with her
lawyer. She looked straight
ahead, never smiling.
The troubled star was a
no-show at a scheduled court
appearance last week, which
resulted in an arrest warrant being
issued against her.
The warrant was
750 POUND SHARK
the dead fish and draw it up
against the boat, so they could get a
good look at the shark. Angry over the
loss of its food, it began biting the
boat's exhaust and propellers!
After much struggle, they
were able to get the shark gaffed and
tied. But after almost three hours, they
were unable to get it into the boat. “We
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withdrawn after Lohan's
representatives paid $10,000,
the standard 10 per cent of the
$100,000 bail set.
Lohan, who had been
promoting her film Inferno and
partying at the Cannes Film
Festival, insisted she did
everything in her power to return
home but claimed her passport
had been stolen from her hotel
room.
"I was stuck in Cannes. I
had my passport stolen so I had
no option but to stay there,"
Lohan said at the time.
"I was trying to find any
way to come back because I
knew I'd have to deal with
any repercussions and I
was very scared."
D u r i n g t h e
overnight hearing, Los
Angeles County Deputy
District Attorney Danette
Meyers requested Lohan
prove she had purchased
an airline ticket back from
Cannes. Ms Holley said she
would present the ticket to the
court.
Lohan was placed on
three years' probation and
ordered to complete an alcohol
rehabilitation program after
pleading guilty to cocaine use
and driving under the influence in
August 2007.
realized we had a fish well
north of 600 pounds when we
couldn't get it in the boat,” Bunn
said.
The four men decided to
just tie it to the back of the boat and
tow it into the marina, where it
weighed in at 748 pounds!
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RONALD MCDONALD ASKED TO RETIRE
Would the fast food world
come to a stop if Ronald
McDonald retired? Advocacy
groups and critics of the red-
haired clown could care less
and want the iconic figure to
hang them up. They believe that
the cartoon promotes
unhealthy eating, especially
amongst the nation's youth.
McDonald's Corp.'s
CEO Jim Skinner said
Thursday that there is no
way that is happening.
“the answer is no,”
Skinner told a room full of
shareholders who gathered
for a meeting at the company's
headquarters in Chicago.
“He is a force for good,”
Skinner said, adding that the
nearly 50-year-old clown is an
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ambassador for the
McDonald's brand and its Ronald
McDonald House Charities. “He
communicates effectively with
children and families around
balanced, active lifestyles. He
does not hawk food.”
Corporate Accountability
International, which describes
itself as a corporate abuse
watchdog, is leading the charge
for the retirement of Ronald
McDonald.
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“Ronald McDonald is a
pied piper drawing youngsters all
over the world to food that is high
in fat, sodium and calories,” said
Alfred David Klinger, a retired
Chicago physician who
volunteers with the organization.
“On the surface, Ronald is
there to give children
enjoyment in all sorts of
way with toys, games and
food. But Ronald McDonald
is dangerous, sending
insidious messages to
young people.”
The Boston
Organization has spent the
past two months mounting a
“Retire Ronald” campaign. So far
it has received support from
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Dockers' Johnson escapes with fine

Fremantle midfielder Michael Johnson has
been fined $500 after pleading guilty to
Prior handed out
references from
SUDOKU Last edition
possessing cocaine. Fremantle coach Mark
Perth Magistrates Court was told that Harvey and the chief
Johnson was seen by police in a city laneway executive Steve Rosich.
inhaling a substance in the early hours of May 16. Johnson, who
Johnson's lawyer John Prior submitted that was not required to
his client had already suffered because of the attend court, was also
widespread coverage of the incident and that he required to pay court
had been fined and suspended for six weeks by the costs of $119.
Dockers.
Moloney to fight bumping charge
Melbourne midfielder Brent Moloney will contest during the weekend.
the one-game suspension he received from the Other incidents in the Demons-Power clash
AFL match review panel. saw Jason Davenport accept a one-match ban, while Last edition
The Demons' one-point win over Port Jay Shulz copped a reprimand and 70.31 demerit
Adelaide in Darwin was soured when Moloney was points - both for striking Colin Garland. The answer will be publish
on the next week edition
banned for one Bulldogs hardman Barry Hall accepted a
round for $3,000 fine for holding Kangaroos opponent Scott

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making forceful Thompson in a headlock.
front-on contact Fremantle's Rising Star nominee Nathan
on the Power's Fyfe accepted a $900 sanction for making negligent Across
Tom Logan. contact with an umpire during the Dockers' 37-point
A five- win over the Swans at the SCG on Saturday. 1. Four-score and ten.
year record of Brendon Goddard was hit for $1,800 for (7)
good behaviour making similar contact with an official in St Kilda's
Down
8. Small eating house.
reduced the Sunday evening victory against West Coast at (6) 2. Soccer team. (6)
250 demerit Subiaco. 9. What some 3. Octogenarian. (6)
point penalty to
187.5, meaning
Richmond's Mitch
Farmer was reprimanded
companies are doing.
(7)
4. There are four in
forty. (4)
he will miss one and received 93.75 11. With 24, Confused 5. Tight fisted. (7)
game if his
appeal is
demerit points for striking
the Bombers' Michael
at.......... (5-3)
12. Comes before an
6. World Map Essay (5-
4)
unsuccessful. Hurley, while Magpie egg. (5)
Several Chris Days received the 14. Alone. (4)
7. High value block. (9)
10. Don't look it in the
other players same punishment for 15. Old cob. (5-3) mouth. (4-5)
have accepted
sanctions from
engaging in rough contact
with Geelong's Cameron
17. Come to eighteen.
(4-4)
12. Unlimited. (9)
13. Single thrift. (5-4)
incidents Ling. 18. Santa laugh minus 16. Uttering. (7)
occurring one. (4) 18. Loftier. (6)
20. Finger or toe. (5) 19. Dance or the music.
21. Final Job. (4-4) (6)
23. Quarters halved. (7) 22. Metric weight. (4)
24. See 11. (6)
25. Where moth and
rust doth ........ (7)
The answer will be publish on the next edition
or
visit www.kutatownhouses.com
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Eagles give more rest to Glass
West Coast Captain Darren
Glass will not line up for the
match against Carlton at
Docklands on Sunday.
Glass missed Sunday's
loss to the Saints with an
abdominal injury.
The club says he will be
rested again this week.
Goodwin announces AFL retirement
Adelaide Crows captain
Simon Goodwin has
announced his AFL career will
come to an end at the
culmination of the 2010
season.
G o o d w i n h a s
represented the Crows on 268
occasions since joining the club
Bombers working on Hall countermeasures
The tough task of marking
Western Bulldogs spearhead
Barry Hall in Friday night's big
AFL clash against Essendon
will fall to either veteran
Dustin Fletcher or talented
North rookie attacked in bar
North Melbourne rookie Alan
Obst has reported a nightclub nightclub while out with friends on
incident, which left him with Saturday night.
head injuries, to the police.
Obst was king hit twice with a cut lip and bruising on his
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West Coast's defence
performed soundly against the
Saints despite the absence of
Glass.
Eric MacKenzie held
Justin Koschitzke to just one goal
while Beau Wilkes and Will
Schofield also performed strongly.
Goalsneak Stephen Milne
via the 1996 preseason
draft.
The 33-year-old enjoyed
an extraordinary start to his
career, winning back-to-back
premierships in his first two years
as the Crows took the flag in 1997
and 1998.
He was elevated to the
captaincy position in 2008, and his
youngster Tayte Pears.
Bombers coach
Matthew Knights said on
Tuesday he did not expect
the umpires to over-
compensate in the wake of
last weekend's
controversial clash
between the Bulldogs and
North Melbourne.
Hall escaped
suspension for putting a headlock
on Scott Thompson after being
niggled by the Kangaroos' full-
back.
"Dustin and Tayte will
by a patron at a Melbourne
make any further comment as
The attack left Obst, 23, police deal with the matter.
Sports Corner
(three goals) was the
only Saints forward to have a
major impact, proving too elusive
for Patrick McGinnity and Sam
Butler.
St Kilda trailed by 17
points early in the third quarter
but stormed to victory with nine
of the final
Adelaide mired at 15th
attack their roles as they
see fit," Knights said.
"But what is important is
that the Western Bulldogs have
got five or six talented forwards,
whether it's (Daniel)
Giansiracusa, (Josh) Hill or
(Mitch) Hahn, they all must be
respected in their own way, it's
not just about Barry Hall."
The Bulldogs sit fourth on
the ladder with six wins from nine
matches while Essendon is 10th,
having won four games including
last Saturday's victory over
Richmond.
face.
The club has declined to
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Dragons refusing to panic
St George Illawarra coach Wayne
Bennett is confident his side can
stay at the top of the ladder
despite ongoing State of Origin
commitments and the loss of
front rower Dan Hunt for the
season.
In a simple warm-up
exercise before the Dragons' 22-14
defeat to Canberra in Wollongong
on Sunday, Hunt ruptured his
Achilles tendon despite having no
prior signs that the area was weak.
With absent New South
Wales bookend Michael Weyman
now the club's only experienced
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starting prop, the Dragons'
front row depth will be tested with the
likes of Jon Green, Trent Merrin and
Michael Greenfield now required to
step up.
However Bennett says his
side has the talent to cover Hunt's loss
and he is not worried about losing
such an important player.
"If it starts raining I'll have a
rain jacket with me, you just get on
with it, don't you," said Bennett, who is
missing another six players to Origin.
"We had 10 players missing
today so our depth's not at question,
we managed to fill up 10 places and
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"We're going to miss him
(Hunt) but at the moment he's the
only player we've got on the roster
that won't come back this year. If
that's the worst it gets for us for the
rest of the year we'll be OK."
Bennett was stunned by the
severity of the injury, given the
innocuous circumstance in which it
occurred.
"He went to push off the
line, he thought someone had
kicked him," Bennett said.
"He looked around to see
who had kicked him in the Achilles
and realised no-one had kicked him,
it'd just collapsed.
He's got a full tear there by
the look of it."
For the Raiders it was
another highly commendable
performance away from home and
continues their recent good run
against the merger side.
After struggling for so long
on the road, three out of their four
wins for this season have now been
away from Canberra Stadium.
"It wasn't a massive focus
for this year but I think some of those
games (lost away last year) we were
in them until the 75th minute and it's
about starting to learn from
mistakes," said Raiders coach
David Furner.
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Broncos bring Hannant home
Canterbury prop Ben
Hannant's wish to return to
Queensland has come true,
with Brisbane signing him to a
four-year deal from next
season.
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desperate to return to Queensland
for family reasons.
The Broncos announced
today that Hannant will return to
the club he has played 70 first-
grade games for.
Hannant said while it was a
tough decision to leave the
Bulldogs, he was determined to
move his young family home to
Queensland.
"At the end of the day we
had to make sure that we did the
right thing by both clubs and
myself," he said.
"It took a bit of time and
now it's finally all done.
"I'm very grateful to the
Bulldogs for showing their
patience and for giving me the
opportunity to be able to move on,
so it's I guess a good relief that it's
all done now."
This will be Hannant's third
stint at the Broncos, having started
playing there as a junior before
moving to the Sydney Roosters in
2005.
He returned to the Broncos
in 2006 but signed a three-year
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Sonny Bill offered All Blacks Cup berth
hom
New Zealand has made a
bid to lure rugby league e f r o m
convert Sonny Bill Williams France to
home with a view to play for a
including him in the All side in New
Blacks squad at next year's Zealand's
World Cup. provincial
where he went on to competition
"We've made an offer
become an international star. a n d h e
to Sonny Bill to come and play
"It is good to have Ben could be
rugby from July," New
back on our books," Broncos selected for
chief executive Bruno Cullen
said in a statement.
Zealand Rugby Union acting
chief executive Neil Sorensen
told local media.
the All
Blacks'
"He has spent
considerable time at the club in
recent years and he knows and
"We think he's a
special athlete. For a guy
end-of-year
t o u r , "appropriate" for his
Sorenson added.
fits into the Broncos' system
really well.
who's still relatively new to the
game his potential is
enormous. We're really keen
The NZRU would have
potential, Sorensen added.
"He's not being offered
to better the terms offered by ridiculous money," he said.
"He is a prop forward of
the highest quality and will be a
great asset to the Brisbane
for him to be part of our
environment."
Williams' club Toulon and
interest from the NRL, which he
The offer would bring left in 2008.
Broncos club."
The signing is a major
the 24-year-old Williams The offer was
coup for the Broncos, who
recently missed out on the
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signature of Hannant's Test front
row team-mate Petero
Civoniceva.
The 25-year-old, who is
currently nursing a knee injury,
said he was committed to
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The Bulldogs agreed to gravy
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after signing Melbourne Storm
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In addition, the Broncos
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Verbeek laments Socceroos' lucky escape
Socceroos coach Pim
Verbeek has issued a stern
warning to his "disappointing"
and "unprofessional" side after
a narrow 2-1 escape in its
farewell friendly against New
Zealand on Monday night.
Brett Holman scored with
virtually the final kick of the
match to give the Socceroos a
last-gasp victory in the World
Cup tune-up, but Australia's
performance lacked
creativity and
penetration for the
majority of the match.
The home side
was outplayed in the
first half, and even
though the key
objective for Verbeek
was giving his players
game time in a match
setting - the
Dutchman was
disappointed with the
display going forward.
V e r b e e k
slammed his charges'
performance, saying
that they were a
shadow of the team
he knew they could
be.
"No confidence,
there was no
communication,
everything they
normally do very well
was not there," he
lamented.
"[The] first 20 minutes we
[had] problems, it's clear.
"We expected the way the
New Zealand was playing, but
still, we couldn't have ... control.
"We couldn't kick the ball
the other team give so easily
away, and I think New Zealand
was very dangerous."
Verbeek said post-match
that if the Socceroos were
playing at the World Cup in
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three days, he would be
worried, "but we still have three
weeks."
"So we are still on track. As
far as I know, we have no injuries
and then we can fly on 27th," he
said.
"When we are in South
Africa, every player will be fit and
on the field, so that's a good
feeling."
He also expressed
disappointment in two senior
players for tackles on New
Zealand's Leo Bertos which
resulted in two yellow cards.
A two-footed challenge by
midfielder Vince Grella and
another a few minutes later from
Tim Cahill led to Bertos being
carried off on a stretcher.
Verbeek said they probably
deserved red cards.
"I cannot accept this, of
course, but the players know it
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should play the game," he
fumed.
"You can not afford to go
into whatever game and make
tackles like that.
"I can't find any reason
why you should do it. I'm very
disappointed in that and we are
lucky that it happened today,
but it should not ever happen
again in the upcoming six
weeks."
But he was
impressed with the New
Zealand players for not
retaliating.
"If I was on the field
on the other side,
probably I [would be a]
little bit mad, or angry,"
he admitted.
"So you could
expect something back.
That's what they
deserved, by the way,
and I think you can only
give the compliments
for New Zealand that
they behaved
themselves.
"They were very
professional, my
players were not."
Harry Kewell and
Mark Schwarzer were
the major absences for
Australia, and both
were rested as a
precautionary measure
as they recover from
injury, while Michael
Beauchamp and Dario Vidosic
were the best of the fringe
players.
Young gun Tommy Oar
was given a late run in his
second international
appearance, but the 18-year-
old barely had enough time to
make an impact despite
earning a yellow card for a
mistimed challenge in the 86th
minute.
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