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2cm NEWS MAKER Aristocrat Morihiro Hosokawa May Be Japan's Next Premier MORIHIRO Hosokawa, aristocratic leader of the party that holds the key to formation of Japan's next government, looks set to follow in his grandfather's footsteps and become prime minister. Senior executives of the seven opposition parties hoping to form a coalition government after the inconclusive July 18 elec- tion named Hosokawa on Thursday as their candidate for the top political job, NHK public television reported. It is a remarkable turnaround for Hosokawa, scion of a me- diaeval samurai family and former provincial governor, who launched the centre-right, anti-corruption Japan New Party (JNP) barely one year ago. Riding a wave of public anger over entrenched corruption in the long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), the JNP came from nowhere to win 36 seats in the 511-seat Lower House in the recent election. The LDP lost its majority. Parliament convenes next week to choose a successor to lame duck Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa. Pragmatic, Cautious Politician In the post-general election horse-trading, Hosokawa, 55, has shown himself a pragmatic and cautious politician, skilfully using his modest parliamentary base to wring maximum conces- sions from larger parties. The Japan Renewal Party, led by LDP defector Tsutomu Hata, the leftist Socialists and three other parties trying to build a non- LDP coalition willingly acceded to Hosokawa's demand for a com- mitment to sweeping political reforms once in power. The demand was a condition by Hosokawa and an allied group, the Harbinger New Party, for joining any coalition. The promised reforms include stiff anti-corruption laws, a ban on political donations by private firms and introduction of a sim- pler electoral system that would reduce candidates' need for la- vish campaign spending. Earlier this week, Hosokawa turned down an LDP offer to join it in a coalition. Battered a string of financial defections, the won LDP was only 223 seats in the general election, and was hoping the JNP agree to bail it out its Ironically, Hosokawa once served two six-year terms as a Libe- ral Democrat in the Upper House. In those days he belonged to the LDP faction led by former premier Kakuei Tanaka, whose name became synonymous with Japan's pork-barrel politics. Soft-Spoken Liberal A soft-spoken liberal, Hosokawa wants more transparency in parliament, greater consumer rights, more diversified educa- tion, less military spending and more money for aid and the environment. He calls his plan Japan's "Third Opening", following the 1868 Meiji Restoration, when feudal Japan broke centuries of self- imposed isolation, and the 1945 U.S. occupation. Born on January 14, 1938, Hosokawa worked for five years as a reporter for the daily Asahi Shimbun. Apart from his years in parliament, he also served a dozen years as governor of Kuma- moto prefecture on the main southern island, Kyushu. There, Hosokawa was compelled to swallow bitter pills from the over-centralised bureaucracy. "You need a written permit from Tokyo bureaucrats to move a bus stop just to metres in Kumamoto," he said. Hosokawa insists that the privile ureaucrats enjoy, and the business deals they control, are at the heart of the corruption infecting Japan's cash-consuming political system. His maternal grandfather, Prince Fumimaro Konoe, served as prime minister in 1937-1939 and 1940-41. (Reuter). Halaman 10 Bali Post A Stranger At Home I LOOKED up at the bars' neon sign. It read My Kuta' and it flashed on and off, the way some of them do. I eyeballed the place slowly, the bar looked mo- dern, chrome pedestrals suppor- ted glass bar-counter with neon tubes. Behind this the wall was filled with back-of-bar accesso- ries, stacked glasses, cocktail shakers, drink dispensers and exotic looking bottles. I strode up to the counter and sat down on a stool. The barman looked me over. He then said, "Mister, don't I know you? You look mighty fami- liar". I shook my head replied in Eng- lish. "I don't think so." The barman scratched his chin. "I do know you. You have been here before, haven't you? Now what's your name? Don't tell me, I'll get it in a moment. Ayu." "It's not Ayu." a "No, Ayu." The barman called to young woman seated nearby. Changing to Indonesian, he said, "Ayu, help this Japanese guy." "Oh," Ayu rose from her seat. "Ah." I rose in mine and beamed at the beauty now heading in my direction. She was short and tanned and young and lovely. She wore the "little dress" that all men know and drool about. "This is Ayu," said the barman. "I'm Wayan, by the way." "Pleased to meet you, Ayu." I va- cated my stool and steered her to it. She was indeed lovely. She took my hand in hers. She didn't release it. "Hello," said Ayu. "Can I buy you a drink?" I main- tained the eye contact. "Sure." Ayu said in a heavily accented English. She crossed her long slim legs with slow erotic deliberation. I bit my lip. As if on cue, Wayan reappeared. I ordered two drinks. "So Ayu," I smiled upon the beau- tiful woman, "exactly what do you do?" Wayan pushed two drinks across the counter. "What do I do?" Ayu ran her to- ngue lightly about her sensous lips. "I will do anything you want for a price, Mister." I didn't know what to think. I loo- ked up, Wayan grinned and win- ked at me. I gave him 5000 ru- piah for the drinks and left. I was puzzled. "What has this place turned into," I thought. Un- til then, I had never seen any prostitute in Bali, let alone being aproached by one. My world was different, then. And now, ten years later, they are after me. I am not a boy anymore. Bali has become a strange place. It is all very familiar yet strange at the same time. Dramatic Change Kuta Beach for example has changed dramatically. I remem- ber the beach, the surf, the streets of Kuta. I remember the days when I used to be taken there for a swim. There were no prostitutes, no pestering, not- hing, peace. Now as soon as I step Japanese Married To British Peer into Kuta, all kinds of 'goods' are offered to me, some of which ille- gal. The above encounter with Ayu is probably the most subtle sales technique I am likely to en- counter. Most of the time the sa- lesmanship will more be open and direct. On another occasion, I was even chased by two prostitu- tes, not because I had not paid them, but simply because they were just trying to sell me their services. Sometimes I wonder if I look that desparate. I suppose it is not their fault, they just want to make money and I happen to be there and look like a desperate tourist. Tourist, that is what I am considered to be now. To be exact I am generally described as a Japanese tourist. I haven't got the foggiest idea how they came to that conclusion about my racial origin. Eurosian is the "race group" which I be- long, part Caucasian and part Oriental/Asian. To be exact I am what you would get if you mix French and Indonesian together, with a drip of Chinese (1/8th). Due to my Indonesian origin as well as having lived in Bali throughout my childhood, I would call Indonesia my home and yet now I am regarded as a tourist. Wherever I go people would stare at me or sometimes try to sell me souvenirs, souve- nirs from nome! I have become a stranger in a strange land. Charles Couteau English Corner SAYA SANGAT SUKA DENGAN LELAKI DEPANG! BIER ARA RANDA RENDENG 1. I am very fond of Japanese guys! 20 000 PENGE WISKI BRENDY 2. Why, she doesn's know the man is of mixed race of a French father and a Javanese mother. She think the guess is a Japanese. entering high society. Studying British Society Staff in expensive shopps were very rude but, when saw her An Outsider In Both Countries and cheque bock their att IT is rare for the Japanese to renounce their nationality but Toshi Marks did it after she mar- ried a British peer. But it failed to win her wide ac- ceptance among Britons, leaving the talented academic caught between her native country and her adopted homeland, not com- pletely at home in either and with a critical eye for both. This unusual insight into the two cultures inspired two books she has publiched in Japanese. Marks is now a professor of Ja- panese at Essex University and the editor of a forthightly new- spaper for Japanese in Britain. She could return to Japan but chooses to stay here. "Life here is less convenient and poorer in material terms," she explains in her book "Adult Britain and Child Japan." "But the spirit of mutual help lives on, as it once did in Japan. That is the biggest reason why I stay here." Born in Tokyo in 1936, Marks graduated in politics and econo- mics from the elite Waseda Uni- versity in Tokyo and came to do research at the London School of Economics in 1971. In 1976, she married Lord Marks of Broughton, grandson of the founder of the Marks and Spencer chain of stores. They had an amicable divorce in 1985. They have no children. London flat, she said that she did so end any trace of suspicion that she would run away to Japan with the family money in the event anything happened to her husband. She said that in giving up the nationality she was treated as a traitor. "Japanese think deeply that only Japanese should have Japanese nationality. Race and culture have to be identical." Japanese could accept their compatriots losing their nationa- Loosing Japanese lity as a result of war, but for her nationality. to voluntarily give it up was seen Most Japanese women keep as almost a crime, she said. their nationality even if they marry foreigners because they feel that, whatever happens, Japan is home they can go back to." Marks gave it up after she married. In a interview in her The sacrifice did not mean marks was accepted by British society. She recalled being snub- bed and ignored by upper class mothers who were expecting Lady Marks to be British, as well as numerous other slegihts after Which one do you prefer, Jip or Sedan? name tude changed completely. Remaining a humble student and academic would have given her a quieter and more peaceful life. "I am not accepted anywhere. That is one merit and demerit of being a foreigner," she said. She said she enjoyed not belonging to anything, giving her a mobility and change to better study Bri- tish society. In 1991 she took a sabbatical, enabling her to spend three months in Japan -- instead of her normal two or three weeks a year -- and again get to know her na- tive country in depth. She was shocked and disap- pointed by what she felt was ram- pant materialism and money cul- ture, excessive working hours and the poor quality of life des- pite the nation's wealth. "Japanese can choose to work less if they have something else to do but they do not.... The only value is money and how much you earn," she said. Rich-poor She said that when she was a child the gap between rich and poor was greater but that people were judged as good or bad regar- dless of their income. "Japanese have lost their tra- ditional morality but have not got Western moralit. They are not sure which way they are going," she said. She said that elderly people in Japan, although they had enough to live on, were particu- larly unhappy. Expecting to be part of a large family as they were in their chil- dhood, they have to live alone, which they cannot accept. "They do not know what to do." However, Marks has received letters saying that she should re- turn home to look after her 83-year-old mother. "As a divor- ced daughter, I should go back -- that is the traditional idea." (Reuter). LENGE JUMAT, 30 JULI 1993 BADAH...,SING TAWANGA PRANAKAN, BAPAKNE FRANCIS MEMEKNE JAWA. NE KADENA TAMIU DEPANG! EH..C.CCC $6 10 BAB SADHA IMMEDIATELY REQUIRED Surya Beach Hotel seeking the following: 1. Personnel Manager 2. Front Office Manager 3. Chief Engineer 4. Assistant Accounting Manager 5. Cost Control 6. Restaurant Supervisor 7. Stewarding Supervisor 8. Recreation Supervisor 9. Engineering Supervisor All candidates must have the following qualifications: 1. Minimum 3 years experience in a similar position. 2. Good proficiency of written and spoken English. 3. Hardworking, adaptable and has initiative. 4. 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