Tomorrow (23/1) Tionghoa people believed world is entering Chinese New Year 2563. This year is Water Dragon year as it is convinced to bring prosperity for us. The coming of Chinese New Year (CNY) 2563 is welcoming happily by Chinese people. Any kinds of preparation had done like one in Griya Kongco Dwipayana Tanah Kilap Denpasar yesterday.

Some people looked preparing offerings to pray together to welcome New Year ’s Eve (22/1). Big candles and large lantern also had set up. Some Buddhists also was cleaning some Gods and Goddess statues. Surrounding environment of this temple also looks clean. The leader of Griya Kongco Dwipayana I.B. Adnyana said the preparation of welcoming CNY had almost done. According to him, massive pray will hold on Sunday’s midnight and it will accommodate barongsai show.

Barongsai is the sign of bad luck repellent and a pray for prosperity and a better life. Further CNY is coming with Siwaratri night as it is a great moment to contemplate. He also said Barongsai is a sign to repel bad luck and begging for prosperity. Furthermore it is a great moment to change ourselves to be better. It can start by our leaders so they can be a good example for their people.

CNY also hoped to tight solidarity between other religions to create peaceful life. In the other side same activities also appeared in Cao Fuk Mio Temple on Kargo Taman Street, Denpasar. The huge lanterns had set up while old lanterns also had replaced with the new ones to give a new hope and illuminate the Buddhists. Gods and Goddess statues also had cleaned up. In front of the temple gate, there are a couple of sugarcane bar with Bali cultural style to sign peaceful family relationship. When Imlek day arrives, children are usually using red clothes with dragon or hong bird pictures. Besides clothes, your houses will decorated by lanterns and candles. The one of great tradition is sharing angpao. Angpao signed energy transfer or lucky transfer from married people to the children. “The most important is not the money but also its meaning,” said him.

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“We viewed this plan as an important act due to the increasing number of elder people in Bali,” said head of Bali Provincial Public Relationship Bureau, Ketut Teneng in Denpasar.

After accompanied the Governor Made Mangku Pastika meeting head of Bali Provincial Elderly Commission, Agung Arnawa, he said that the bulding would be build in the area of Wredatama Orphanage in East Denpasar.

“Physically it will in shape of big pavilion to be able to accommodate large number of elderly for them doing their activities,” Teneng said.

He considered that elderly needs more attention and appreciation. It can be done with us provides them representative facilities that suit their hobby, which finally able to give them happiness.

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Head of Denpasar Traffic Agency, Commissary Bima Arya Viasa SIK, informed it.

The traffic closure to Kuta Beach are through Sunset Road – Raya Kerobokan then Sunset Road – Mertanadi, Sunset Road – Kunti Road, Sunset Road – Nakula Road. Some of them will be closed and directed to Seminyak Kuta. Meanwhile, Patih Jelantik Road – Legian will be closed to the Ground Zero, Dewa Ruci cross road closed and diverted to Setiabudi Road and traffic light Kuta closed and reroute to Kuta.

“Yesterday, we gave brochures to people according this traffic closing. We also enforce 157 polices officers for safeguards,” he explained.

Before closing the road at 04.00 pm, he explained that Denpasar Police Officer will cleaning the parking area starting from Legian Raya Street, Kuta Beach Street, Melasti Street, Dewi Sartika Street and Singosari Street.
“Latter, around 04.00 all road to Kuta will be closed,” he explained.

Bima said that the road directly headed to Kuta Beach will only through one gate only that is through By Pass Ngurah Rai Kuta, at the Dewa Ruci cross road precisely the Patung Kuda traffic ligh in Tuban where people will further find where to park their vehicle along the road. That is why for people who want to celebrate New Year in Kuta Beach, they will be directed to Imam Bonjol Street and parked their vehicles at central parking then walk to Kuta Beach.

The police had prepared the parking area centralized in three locations. They are at Central Parking Kuta, formerly Morning Market and Trisakti Field in Kuta. In securing the New Year night, Bali Police has enforced hundreds of their personnel from all forces, as if in drugs division, reskrim Samapta and traffic division.

“All will be centralized in Kuta, as under instruction from Bali Head Police that all officers should get down to the street and secure the New Year night in Bali,” he said.

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Head of Human Resource, Social and Transmigration Agency of Denpasar, Made Erwin Suryadarma said that the stand dedicated to give massage treatment for those who needed it from the blind people.

“They are professional since they had been thought long and given training in this field that they dare to give the treatment. And their ability is not far left from that of normal people,” said formerly Denpasar head of Public Relationship and Protocol.

According to him, the stand has been open since Wednesday and there are tens’ of people who used their service. Most of them just want to try their service but some seriously consider having the treatment for their blood circulation.

“There are many people who use their service. It also due to their experience in this field,” he said.

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“There are so many of Singapore Tourism Agent who wishes for their cruises anchoring at Tanah Ampo Port,” said Karangasem Regent, I Wayan Geredeg in Amlapura.

The regent also invited directly by the agent. In previous conversation made, the Regent received an offer from tourism travelling agent in Singapore to anchoring 440 units of their cruises per year or averagely 2 ships every day with 2,000-3,000 passenger capacity per unit.

“Cruise Port in Singapore is no longer able to accommodate all cruises make them taken interest with our port here,” the regent said after leading a ceremony to celebrate Mother Day yesterday.

In 2011, Tanah Ampo Port has been visited by 8 units cruises that transporting the jetsetter.

“Most of the cruises came from Europe and US. Today we are proposed to accommodate tourists from Asia due to the change of behavior from high-class tourist tendency, from boarding plan onto cruise,” he said while accompanied by his Vice, I Made Sukerana.

Moreover, those tourists all this time have been interested with the natural beauty of Bali. Therefore, the regent asked for the rice field and mountainous area around the port, located in Ulakan Village, Manggis District of Karangasem Regency keep maintained.

“We cannot shifting the function of rice field around this area as well as the mountain areas. We need to keep it green and become tourist attraction,” he said.

Yet, he was optimist that the offer came from Singapore becoming unacceptable concerning the limited supported facilities in Tanah Ampo.

Besides, Karangasem Regional Government also given full privilege by the central government to manage the port, which located one kilometer away from Padang Bai-Lombok Port.

“We are ready to continuing the development of this port if the government has given us the full right, in which it has initiated from President Yudhoyono himself for us coordinated with Transportation Department,” he said.

The port initially built using State Expense and Revenue Budgetary, Bali Provincial Expense and Revenue Budgetary and Karangasem Expense and Revenue Budgetary. Central government responsible for the path on sea to the port, Bali Provincial Government on the dock, and Karangasem government is the one responsible to provide 2.5 hectare.

“We can categorized the port development to be finished since it had visited by many cruises still it has not final since the ships could not docking perfectly and still need pontoon,” said Wayan Geredeg.

He also said that Tanah Ampo Port can solve fatigue sense at Benoa Harbor. “Benoa dedicated for cargo and passenger. Tanah Ampo specialized with cruise,” he said.

The regent viewed the importance of Tanah Ampo since all this time there is no cruise port in Indonesia.

“Such in Semarang and Surabaya is a general port that visited by cruise meanwhile Tanah Ampo specifically projected as cruise port with international standard,” he said.

Tanah Ampo Port will become the main supporting sector for tourism in Bali, especially concerning 1 tourism objects in Karangasem, among them are Besakih Temple, Laut Kubu Park and Mount Agung.

“Moreover with nowadays regulation that will combine tourism with creative economic and surely Tanah Ampo will surely feel the benefit to develop local prosperty,” Wayan Geredeg said.

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He said the minimum wage in Denpasar this year is about Rp1,191,500. According to Erwin, the employee wage increases after related side did a survey about price in the market. “Survey that held by Labor Council had meant to fix proper life stock,” said him. Erwin said besides base on price survey, the UMK increase is also considered the labor’s wage in other regency/city.

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The charter was given by head committee of National Flora Week and Sanur Village Festival, Ida Bagus Gede Sidharta Putra when closed this even yesterday night.

I Made Kari, executive committee chairman of the record-breaking Indonesian Museum, said that his party is very happy with the enthusiasm of those bonsai lovers.

“We never expected that number of people registering their favorite bonsai was extremely high. From 1,000 targets we are able to make it 1,111 registered participants,” he said.

Secretary of Indonesia Bonsai Lover Club branch in Bali explained that the participants came from many areas in Indonesia, such as West Java, Middle Java, West Nusa Tenggara and East Java.

This event, Kari continued, was welcomed well by fans of ornamental plans as it proven by their eagerness to enliven the record-breaking.

Kari also said that number of transaction happened during this showcase also quite high as it involves hundreds of millions Rupiah.

Previously, chairman of Sanur Development Foundation, Ida Bagus Gede Sidharta Putra said that Indonesian Museum record breaking in Sanur had ran well. And thus given additional point for this year event,” he said.

According to him, in that event his party had accommodating all requests from all ornamental plants lover as it proven not only provide necessary facilities for bonsai lover only but also for orchids and roses.

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Bali has historical value for ASEAN. In this island formed several important agreements that had become important pillar for ASEAN cooperation development. In 1976 borne Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (TAC) or known as Bali Concord I. It set behavior pattern among countries’ members, especially in bringing peaceful means than violence.

As conveyed by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on his welcoming speech at ASEAN Summit in Nusa Dua.
“The spirit in TAC not only accepted by ASEAN members but also non-ASEAN as it resulted in 29 countries siding with TAC,” Mr. President explained.

President mentioned that for the second time, in 2003 Bali has once again recorded another history with with the birth of Bali Concord II. Through this Bali Concord II, ASEAN countries agreed to develop community based on three pillars that are, politic, economic and social culture.

“We are happy that post Bali Concord II, ASEAN then consent with ASEAN Charter that consolidate ASEAN as rule-based organization,” said the President.

President hopes that the 19th ASEAN summit will give birth to Bali Concord III, which able to mapping over a future road for ASEAN community to interact with nations’ global community.

“It precisely in harmony with ASEAN cooperation tradition. All this time we always open ourselves against outside world for instance, ASEAN dialog mechanism with our partner and in strategic forum as in ARF,” president said.

The spirit of this Bali Concord III is part of ASEAN ever-greater participation and contribution for world development has becoming full of peace and justified, democratic and prosper, including ASEAN active role to solve varied of fundamental issues recently,” President added.

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In the event attended by the chairman of ASEAN Supreme Audit Institution, President Yudhoyono stated that monetary transparency has become the main concern for Indonesia government.

It was the cause of good and charismatic government. “ASEANSAI will become one of the main factors the realization of prosperous ASEAN community,” said the President.

In this occasion, Mr. Presiden also conveyed another issue this country seriously faced that is corruption eradication and law enforcement.

Previously, before President Yudhoyono made speech, chairman of Republic Indonesia Audit Bureau, Hadi Poernomo had given his welcome speech to heads of Supreme Audit Institution, the member of ASEANSAI.

It has mentioned in Mr. President speech, that those heads of Audit Institution will sign an agreement to form ASEANSAI consists of Indonesia, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

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Head Documentation and Publication of Research and Development Center for Culture and Economy, Teguh Harisusanto stated that Bali traditional dance suggested to UNESCO is part of Bali dance lived since long ago and its existence spread all around Bali. Those traditional Bali dance proposed as part of representative list intangible culture heritage.

“We put the dance onto Representative list Intangible iculture heritage, it still under research in UNESCO, either it deserve or not to entering the next phase, ,“ said Teguh Harisusanto.

Harisusanto added that on 2013 targeted that all Indonesia suggestion to UNESCE would receive recognition. It is very important in preserving culture in Indonesia.

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