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4cm 8 SEPTEMBER 1992 NEWS MAKER Bali Post/Ist Mereka protes karena otes alu, camat baru pun da- Camat dan petugas lain, berbekal pada SK Guber B No. 140/1986, yang an- n menyatakan bahwa ta- sebut adalah tanah yang uk dalam kawasan hutan gga, sementara kopi yang di lahan mereka meru- tanaman yang tumbuh gguh, kami menghormati Dernur itu, tetapi dengan cami membantah bahwa pi kami tidak tumbuh de- endiri," kata petani. SK uga menyatakan bahwa mereka termasuk dalam an hutan, juga dibantah. a berpedoman kepada i Kantor Badan Perta- Nasional (BPN) Lombok yang menyatakan bahwa tu adalah tanah GG. "Jika ag lahan kami termasuk an hutan penyangga, Da lantas hutan-hutan di nya yang termasuk dalam ehutanan NTB sebagai penyangga, kok telah di- an sertifikatnya?" tanya a sembari menunjukkan ah bukti. k 1987 sampai 1990, atas katan warga dengan pe- ah, terjadi kontrak kerja. antara lain, setelah habis k kerja, petani mau me- kan ladang mereka yang mbung ke Hal. 13, kol.4) Milyar rugi pencemaran nama i, kata penggugat lewat hukumnya Lafat Akbar, mesti ditanggung renteng tiga tergugat. Selain itu, gat juga minta kepada agar ketiga orang itu di- an meminta maaf melalui massa selama tiga puluh rturut-turut. an Alwan Wijaya dan Drs. K menggugat balik Sri- las'ud dan Ikram, karena dirugikan dan dicemar- ma baiknya oleh ketiga at. Sebab ketiga orang ini mnya menggugat Alwan dan Drs. Nur AK ke peng- juga berkisar pada pence- nama baik. Srinate, dan Ikram, sama seperti merasa keberatan dican- n dalam buku kuning. ya ketiga orang itu meng- gugatan ke Pengadilan Mataram. Akan tetapi, gugat malas menggugat Sidang akan digelar kem- Oktober. (063). pihak produksi pelayanan, pe tan wisata bahari, usaha an pariwisata dan pening- sumber daya manusia sapta pesona. Salah satu ksanaan yang sedang di- akan ialah mengadakan an untuk meningkatkan umber daya manusia. tihan yang sedang ber- antara lain, pelatihan ka- Hotel Melati bidang ako- i dan bidang makanan minuman sebanyak empat tan selama dua minggu elatihan pengelola Hotel serta pelatihan pema- Batu angkatan selama satu (060). yat Wahyanto AN NG- !! Chinfo Bill Clinton Clinto Chin Widens Lead Over Bush New York- Democrat Bill Clintonn widened his lead over President George Bush in the latest Time magazine/CNN poll on Saturday, a survey that also showed little impact if Ross Perot revives his -run for the U.N. presidency. The poll, the first since reports of the possibility Perot would renew his third-party candidacy, put Clinton's lead at 49 per cent to 37 per cent over Bush without Perot. If Perot, the Texas billionaire whose name is on all 50 state ballots, activates hs campaign the poll said he would receive just 17 per cent, with Clinton at 43 per cent and Bush at 32 per cent. With an inactive Perot campaign, the independent drew 13 per cent, with 44 per cent for Clinton[and 32 per cent for Bush. The poll showed strong negative feelings about Perot, who dropped out of the rce in July, with 25 per cent viewing him favou- .rably and 46 per cent with an unfavourable impressiom. A month ago, the same survey had Clinton leading 46 per cent to 40 per cent. The survey was conducted between Tuesday and Thursday and asked 848 likely votes their opinion. It had a sampling error of 3 per cent. Perot said on Tuesday he made mistake by out declaring for president in July and is meeting with supporters on Monday to decide on a course of astion. (Ant). Election Could Delay Qantas Sale Sydney- Australian Finance Minister Ralph Willis Said Sunday that a federal election next year might delay the government's sale of Qantas Airways Ltd. -Willis said in a television inter- view, however, that he expected the sale of Qantas to be comple- ted by the end of the 1992/93 fi- nancial year ending June 30. An election is due to be held by mid-1993. "I guess if decisions in relation to the float of the remaining equity hadn't all been made by the time the election was called, then the float probably be put off until after election," Willis said. Qantas merged with government-owned Australian Airlines on September 14. (Rtr). Bali Post/Rtr. MELLOR AND WIFE-Former Heritage Minister David Mellor lea- ves his south London home with his wife Judith September 25. Mel- lor, September 24, resigned after a stream of tabloid coverage of an extra-marital affair and involvement in a High Court libel case. SENIN, 28 SEPTEMBER 1992 Bali Post Iran And UAE Try To Resolve Gulf Island Row Abu Dhabi - Iran and the United Arab Emirates were meeting on Sunday to resolve a row over a strategic Gulf island that threatened to plunge the world's major oil-producing region into new crisis. Gulf diplomats said they ex- pected tough talking at the mee- ting of senior forestry officials from the two countries on conflic- ting claims to the island of Abu Musa, half-way across the Gulf. The venue for the talks was kept secret and there was no im- mediate information whether the meeting had begun. The conflict erupted six months ago when Iran expelled some foreigners who operated es- sential services for the UAE go- vernment, effectively forcing many islanders to move to the mainland for lack of health, edu- cational and other services. Iran has since cited security concerns for its actions on Abu Musa, which lies about 50 km from the shores of both states and close trait of Hormuz, the gate- way to the Gulf and channel for much of the world's oil trade. Tehran, which has long accu- sed Washington of mischief- making and trying to isolate Iran in the Gulf, says the dispute was fanned by the United States and its Western allies in a bid to maintain their military presence ment to hold the talks was a in the region. 1971 Pact The UAE saw the action as ef- fective annexation and says it contravened a 1971 pact that al- lowed Iran to garrison troops on the island while the sheikhdom of Sharjah, one of the seven UAE emirates, maintained jurisdic- tion over the rest. Arab world has rallied the UAE against its much bigger and more powerful neig- hbour amid charges in the Arab media that Iran's Islamic leaders were pursuing an expansionist policy in the Gulf similar to the late Shah of Iran. The UAE has also revived its claim to the Greaesser Tumbs, two islands close to Iran that were controlled by the UAE sheikhdom of Ras al-Khaimah until they were invaded and ta- ken over by the Shah in 1971.. Neither sides conceded sove- reignty over Abu Musa under the 1971 pact and both say they ne- ver relinquish their claims. The diplomats said the agree- breakthrough. It signalled neit- her Arabs nor Iranians wanted the row to get out of hand and re- vive Arab-Iranian rivalries that reached their height during the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war, they ad- ded. The diplomats said the best hope was for a return to the sta- tus quo before the Iranian action in March but this meant a diffi- cult search for a face-saving for- mula for Tehran. They said statements from Tehran had made it clear that Iran would not concede. Even on the eve of the talks Iranian Majlis (parliament) speaker Ali Akbar Nateq-Nuri was insisting Abu Musa's security was an Iranian responsibility. "Talks will be tough..., a UAE foreign ministry official said on Saturday. But reflecting the desire to see progress, Iran's UAE Ambassa- dor Hassan Aminian said: "It will be resolved after all. We will clear it after all, afteations." (Reuter). U.N. Should Escort Refugee Convoys Zagreb- European Community media- tor Lord Owen said on Saturday there was an overwhelming case for escortig refugee connvoys out of danger in Bosnia- Herzegovina, even though this was aiding "ethnic cleansing". "We have to put the lives of people first," said Owen, who with U.N. envoy Cyrus Vance vi- sited the northern town of Banja Luka on Friday to investigate re- ports of atrocities. Vance said the suspended air- lift of relief supples for Sarajevo should be resumed as a matter of rugency. "We cannot afford to lose anot- her day," he told a news confe- rence in the Croatian capital. The two envoys said they had received clear evidence from reli- gious leaders in Banja Luka and from the victims themselves of large scale ethnic cleansing in Bosnia. "Today we heard as well eye- witness accounts of what happe- ned at Travnik on the battle li- nes, where 3,000 to 4,000 people crossed over," Owen said. "After the people were relea- sed from the buses, shots were fi- red. There was systematic shel- ling of the land across which they had to cross. A strong man wept when he watched happening. though they are involved in ethic cleansing." Capacitin Owen said that to escort the re- fugee convoys "we have to have the capacity to do the escorting (and) the forces of the Uited Na- tions are already overstretched. "But we will take this up with the highest authorities to see what can be done." The United Nations has 14,000 peace-keeping troops in Croatia and 1,500 in Bosnia, mainly around Sarajevo, monito- ring heavy weapons and escor- ting relief aid. About 6,000 more troops are due in Bosnia next month but none has so far been allocated to protecting refugees. Owen was asked whether he adn Vance were under pressure from the Bosnian government to recommed the use of force stop et- hnic cleansing. "I don't know whether that is how it will be done," he replied. "This (ethnic cleansing) is often going on not under the control of even the political leaders.... or even some of the military leaders." He added that he and Vance had heard disturbing accounts of air attacks in areas where vic- this tims of ethnic cleansing had fled. "I am not connvinced you need Serious difficultion to abandon the patient negotia- "There are also very serious di- tion ways... but I do think there is fficulties in getting humanita- an overwhelming case, as the rian assistance to these people, U.N. has already accepted, for which is compounded by air at- escorting these convoys even tacks on the roads. "There is no question that this sort of thing cannot be allowed to go on," Owen said. In a sign that the envoys regar- ded rump Yugoslava, consisting of Serbia and Montenegro, as the key to the atrocities, he told reporters: "Almost certainly we will be going to Belgrade very soon. We will be taking these matters up at the very highest levels to see what ca be done to alleviate the situation." The air bridge to Sarajevo was suspended after an Italian relief plane was shot down on Septem- ber 3, killing its crew of four. U.N. High Commisioner for Refugees Sadako Ogat last week recommended the resumption fo flights but her office later admit- ted that guarantees from the combatants of security for the planes beng were not implemented. Up to 20 countries provided planes and crews for the airlift between the end of June and its suspension but none has so far proved willing to start flying again. Despite this, Vance told the news conference: "Let me stress the extreme ru- gency of resuming the Sarajevo airlift. Every day's delay costs another 200 tonnes of food and ot- her humanitarian assistance. This is simply irreplaceable. The land convoys can help, but they cannot fill the gap of what is lost daily by the failure to resume the air flights. (Rtr). In Cambodia, A Kinder, Gentler Japan? Phnom Penh The Japanese are returning to Cambodia bearing shovels, not samurai swords. The legacy of World War Two hangs heavy over the soldiers joi- ning the United Nations peace mission, the first Japanese ground forces sent overseas since the surrender of the Empire's army in August 1945. The development highlights Cambodia as the place where Japan is taking steps to play a role on the world political stage more in line with its economic might, and where it hopes to show a kinder, gentler forces. "We cannot forget the war, of rived in Cambodia this week--the course. But our younger genera- first of a 600-strong engineer tion want to make a contingent--seemed painfully contribution." aware of the significance of their mission. During the Gulf War, some U.S.politicians criticised Japan for paying the bills but not doing much else. "The Gulf War started a big de- bate for us," the diplomat said. "For Japan it is not so easy to send troops abroad." Asian countries with bitter- ness of their occupation by Empe- ror Hirohito's warriors bridie at the thought of a reborn Japanese military. Japanese history books Only a few years ago the issue of Japanese history textbooks that were less than honest about Japan's military expansionism sparked protests in China and South Korea. Tokyo made unprecedented di- plomatic efforts during the tor- tuous negotiations that resulted in a peace accord last October between the warring Cambodian factions and launched the U.N.'s best peacekeeping mission. More recent story of "comfort- The head of the United Na- women"--women forced into tions Transitional Authority in prostitution to serve Japanese Cambodia, Yasushi Akashi, is a troops--emerged to embarrass Japanese. Tokyo and reopen old wounds. And Tokyo is expected to pick The move to send a Self- up a large part of the work of re- building the devastated country- -a contribution of as muschas $200 million out of an $880 mil- lion package over the next few "This is a test case for us,"a Ja- panese diplomat told Reuters. years. A Japanese officer, Mayor Ike- gawa, said his men hoped to prove to both the Japanese peo- ple and other Asians that this was a new force one had reason to fear. They will set to work repairing roads and bridges. "Please, come and see what we do," Ikegawa said. The Khmer Rouge guerrilla English Corner WY. SUNDRA BATUAN.92. de Halaman 5 Ramayana 21: Out On The Battlefield RAMA, thus, was on the slopes thus, saved our lives. This is why, a cliff. Stabbing, beating and also the bearer of the famous of Mount Suwela, preparing his O my Lord, we suggest that you onslaught on Alengka, which live in harmony with the king would reunite him with his belo- Rama. Give him back his wife, ved Sita. But Rama was a man of and ask for his mercy. He is gene- wisdom, and he would avoid the rous, and will certainly forgive fight ever he could. One last time you. Only then will you be secure, he tried. Having caught spies on and the sure lord of your land." the slope of the mountain, he offe- But Rawana, blinded by his in- red them their life, but told them ner enemies, refused their advice to report to the king Rawana and and told them angrily to prepare summon him to surrender, with for the war. And war it was to be, his wife Sita. And so they did. despite another messenger, the Once they arrived in Alengka, noble Anggada. And, so, war it they immediately went for an au- was, despite all the portent of dience, and, throwing themsel- death. ves at the feet of Rawana, they The Alengka demons were cou- addressed him these words: rageous warriors. Holding their "O Rawana my Lord, you are weapons, they were resolved to our king and a lord of the world, fight. To them, the monkeys were but your power is nothing if com- to be fireflies throwing themsel- pared to Rama. He has a moneky ves into the fire of their death. army which not only covers all And so it was. The monkeys were the slopes of Mount Suwela, but like a sea, coming from the east, which is ceaselessly crossing on the North, the west and the Lord, who would wish to oppose the city of Lengka, uproarious, the bridge. It is only a fool, O my South, completely surrounding slashing. They succeeded in brea- snake-arrow, an harbinger of king the advance of the monkey, death and deceit. although these jumped, scrat- Upon his arrival at the battle- ched and bit. field, Meghanada saw the de- Then the monkey heroes, upon mons in uproar, running to and Rama's order, came to the fore of fro, fleeing in front of the roaring the fight, the brave Anggada, the heroes. All of the resting were one swift Nala, and, foremost among by one slain, their throats slit all, the white hero Hanoman. open by the blood-sucking mon- They in their turn cut, stabbed, keys. The sun had now set, and discharged their missiles, splat- the forces of darkness could be tering blood, severing the necks called to rescue. Meghanada pul- of their foes, smashing open in- led out his bow and shot it, sen- testines. They killed and killed, ding the monkeys running in the advancing against the forces of face of countless dragon coming evil. And one by one, all the bra- out of his arrow. But the arrows ves of the demons' camp died at pursued them, winding around the hand of the hero warriors, Mi- their writhing bodies and bin- traghna, Wirupaksa, and many ding them helpless. Seeing the others. They were all but defea- monkeys defeated, Laksmana ted, pushed further back until and Rama advanced to the batlle. they had to take refuge in the Meghanada them and sent bastions of the city. them his arrows, hitting them and binding them from shoulder Meghanada's arrow to the legs. All their joints were But Rawana had not spent all sore as if crushed. They were po- such powerful ennemies. As for valiant, their fur shining. They his forces. He had a son, Megha- werless, defeated by the evil de- the king Rama, we are going to be were the indomitable power of nada, who not only was versed in mon. Rawana would vanguish. killed, but he forbade it, and, the sea. But the demons were like the affairs of magic, but who was Jean Couteau. faction, always of the lookout for Main-Danube Canal Opens To Protests And Praise a scapegoat in their efforts to obs- truct the peace process, have not missed the opportunity for laun- ching a propaganda. Their propaganda radio accu- sed Akashi of representing the interest of Japanese busines- smen as part of plan for the eco- nomic conquest of Cambodia. Japanese Business Presence In fact the Japanese business presence is small at present, with Singaporean, Thai and Hong Defence Force contingent to Kong entrepreneurs leading the Cambodia also caused furious de- way. bate at home, with many Japa- Companies C. Itoh and Maru- nese fearful of a rise of militarism beni have representative offices and wanting to stick with the here, principally advance opera- Constitution" drawn up after tions, but the premier-league Ja- World War Two. panese trading house are still The Japanese officers who ar- holding back. (Rtr). Mellor Bows Out With Jibe At "Amoral Press" London- He had himself offered to re- David Mellor, forced to resign sign in January after an embar- his cabinet post in disgrace over a rassing appearance singing a folk sex scandal, humbly admitted on song in an Irish TV chat show Friday he was to blame for his hours after Irish guerrillas killed downfall but decried what be cal- seven protestant workers in a led amoral and "Rambo-style" re- roadside bomb attack in Nor- "porting in the British press. Mellor, appearing before par- liament to explain his thern Ireland. Britain's tabloid press had wa- tabloid readers. Nurembergs, Germany - The last link in a 3,500 km in- land waterway from the North Sea to the Black Sea was opened on Friday, drawing protests from conservationists and praise from politicians. kia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria and Ukraine. lovakia and Hungary, came out East, and offered an alternative Germany, Austria, Czechoslova- strongly in favour of canalising to overcrowded roads and limited the last free-flowing stretch of rail capacity. the Danube in Hermany, the Da- "After a start-up phase, traffic nube in Germany, the 70 km bet- could reach seven to eight million Streibl said the canal was a ween Straubing and Vilshofen. tonnes a year," he said. "symbol of emerging Europe" and Shippers have said that navi- Max Streibl, Premier of the could make an essential contri- About 100 demonstrators gat- gation problems on the upper German state of Bavaria, said bution to forging economic links hered in Nuremberg, where the reaches of the Danube could im- the canal was "a sign of opti- with the states of Eastern new Main-Danube Canal was of pede the movement of goods mism, progress and confidence." Europe. ficially opened, to criticise its along the new canal and harm its The hopes of many people rested construction as a "gigantic di- chances of commercial success. on it, including those in the for- European Community Tran- sruption of the environment." Krause said the canal was not mer Yugoslavia. sport Commissioner Kared van But German Transport Minis- simply a technical masterpiece, The North Sea-Black Sea Miert said it could do a great deal ter Guenther Krause hailed the but held major economic and poli- route along the Rhine, the Main towards lifting the burden of building of the 171 km canal as a tical significance too. It opened and the Danube rivers takes in 10 goods traffic from the roads of Eu- successfull blend of economics up a new route to the Middle countries - the Netherlands, rope. (Rtr). and environment. Krause said 15 per cent of buil- ding costs had gone towards con- servation and landscaping work in the most sensitive stretches. The canal, running between Bamberg on the Main River and Kelheim on the Danube, has ta- ken 32 years to complete, al- though planning started as long ago as the 1920s. His swansong as minister for the arts, sports and the press pro- ved the political skills for which "Cheap and Sordid" cious stories about the royal fa- the former barrister was tipped "I was the author of my own mily based on photographs taken for higher office by trying to turn misfortunes," Mellor told a hus- by intruders and bugged telep- a moment of acute embarras- The project was almost halted hed House of Commons, admit- hone conversations. sment into a kind of moral vis- in the early 1980s because of wi- ting his affair with actress Anto- The ignominious departure tory. despread opposition to its finan- nia de Sancha looked "cheap and from office of the man dubbed Known as a supremely confi- cial costs, now totalling 7.8 bil- sordid" as it was served up in ti- "Minister for Fun", a close friend dent, event arrogant minister, he lion marks, and its environmen- tillating detail to the millions of and ally of Prime Minister John humbly apologised for the sorry tal impact, particularly on the Major, was greeted with obvious affair and hinted he was nobly Altmuehl Valley National Park But he questioned whether glee by the tabloids on Friday as a sacrificing himself the greater the southern end of the rou Speakers at the protest rally, resignation, made an apologetic ged an unrelenting was of attri- newspapers were "entitled to sign of their power to bring the good of his Conservative Party organised by the Greens and the and dignified exit as National tion against Mellor, whose bug, and buy and abuse and use mighty low "Party's over for Major's Mi- German Nature Conservation portfolio included responsibility methods therefore that are them- Heritage Secretary but couldn't for the media, after splashing sto- selves amoral or at best morally nister of Folly," crowed the Daily British explorer Captain Law- Federation, said the canal had resist a swipe at the newspapers ries in the summer about his neutral" in their quest to expose Star, while the Sun chimed he rence Oates, who decided to walk been built as a senseless compéti- which had exposed his indiscre- extra-marital fling with an ac- the moral weaknesses of public had gone "at last". off into a blizzard rather than tor to the railways. tions and sealed his fate. figures. slow down an antarctic expedi- They demanded a halt to the Mellor's Complain tion led by Robert Scott, was born next stage of work by the canal's Mellor noted the glee and said in his own London constituency state-controlled builders, a 10-year scheme to improve navi- this begged the question "do they of Putney. exercise power with responsibi- The Labour opposition says gation on the Danube. lity?", going on to complain of Mellor's decision to go was timed how reporters had camped out- to wipe Major's lacklustre perfor- side his house and pursued him mance in a debate on Thursday with a macho zeal "like in some about the sterling crisis off the Rambo film". front pages. (Reuter). He was succeeded by Peter Brooke, 58, an avuncular former Northern Ireland secretary with a shambling style but a sharp, methodical brain who made pro- 'gress in bringing the fueding Irish factions together before being dropped from his post in April. tress. As culture minister Mellor was He finally gave way on Thur- responsible for a study into the sday after fresh allegations he conduct of newspapers that ref- had holidays paid for by Arab lected concern the media had too friends, saying he had become too much freedom to delve into the li- much of an embarrassement to ves of private citizens and pub- the government, being assailed lish what they found. at the same time over its policies The process has been stepped on Europe and the economy. up following a barrage of sala- and his friend John Major. Mellor noted that well-known Krause's speech But Krause, speaking in front of 2,000 invited guests including politicians from Russia, Czechos- WILHELM DETTMER 5801300 Bali Post/Htr. MAIN DANUBE CANAL-Passenger and transport ships queue in front of an artificial water wall September 25 during the official opening ceremony of the Main-Danube Canal at Pierheim near Nurem- berg. After 71 years in the making, the new canal opens traffics, the final section in a 3,500 km (2,200 miles) artery from the North Sea to the Black Sea. Color Rendition Chart 2cm