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hans erke buat ng- rs- da- -no ast UD ara ара asil ut- V te- 91 in- ta- ta- an hi a- in NEWS MAKER Yasser Arafat. Arrives In Indonesia PALESTINE Liberation Organisation chairman Yasser Ara- fat arrived in Indonesia on Friday to brief the head of the world's largest Moslem population on his historic peace agreement with Israel. Although a regular visitor to Indonesia, it was the first time Arafat had been greeted as a head of state, replete with national anthems and military salute. He was welcomed by Defence Mi- nister Edi Sudradjat and later met President Soeharto. He arrived from Thailand where Prime Minister Chuan Leek- pai earlier on Friday pledged full support to the PLO and said he was ready to recognise a future Palestinian state. Under the peace agreement, Israeli forces will withdraw from the Gaza Strip and the West Bank town of Jericho by January 13 next year. Palestinians in the rest of the West Bank will also have a measure of self-rule. Arafat is on a tour of Asian and European supporters of the PLO to brief them on the agreement. Indonesia has welcomed the deal but has remained cautious about opening ties with Israel. Several thousand Moslems last Sunday rallied to condemn the accord as a sellout, but leaders of the protest promised not to disrupt Arafat's visit. Indonesia under Soeharto has kept a tight lid on fundamenta- lism for fear of local unrest. Arafat was due to leave for Turkey on Saturday after briefing Soeharto, chairman of the Non-Aligned Movement which has long lobbied on the PLO's behalf. (Rtr). Imelda Marcos. Runs Out Of Luck In Manila Court FORMER Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos, who rose from poverty to become the country's most powerful woman, once des- cribed her life as a fairy tale -- like 'Cinderella' and 'Alice in Won- derland' combined. "The realities of the life of Marcos and Imelda are stranger than fiction," she said. On Friday the fairy tale had a nightmare ending when the woman accused with her late husband Ferdinand of looting bil- lions of dollars from the treasury was jailed for 18 years for corruption. Imelda Marcos, 64, walked free pending an appeal, but the conviction ended a string of legal victories for her. Quoting from Christian scriptures in a church after the ver- dict, she declared: "God of justice, fight my fight. Declare me innocent... deliver me from lying and evil men." The convictions on two counts of corruption mark a seven year low for the woman who became notorious for the 1,000 pairs of shoes and bulletproof bra she left behind when she and her hus- band were overthrown in 1986. The Marcos family tried to stage a display of their political power earlier this month when they brought home the embalmed remains of the former president, who died in exile in Hawaii in 1989. Over-optimism Predictions that up to million loyalists would flock to Marcos's northern home town of Batac proved wildly over-optimistic when only a few thousands turned up. Many Filipinos hoped they had seen the end of the Marcos saga when they hounded the couple into exile during the popular re- volt which ended their 20-year grip on power. Imelda Marcos and her husband were widely condemned du- ring their years in exile as tyrants who helped reduce the Philip- pines to paupery, But the nation's wrath was not enough to permanently clip the wings of a woman dubbed the "Iron Butterfly" for her steely for- mer beauty and ruthless determination. Refusing to accept that history had passed her by, Marcos re- turned from exile in 1991 and ran for president in last year's elections, finishing fifth out of seven candidates. But if Friday's convictions withstand appeal, she will be ban- ned from standing for public office ever again. She still faces do- zens more cases. To many Filipinos, Marcos's extravagant living, typified by shopping sprees around the world, symbolised the excesses of a family accused along with associates of looting billions of dollars from the economy during their rule. When the Marcoses fled the presidential palace in 1986 by helicopter, she left behind 1,200 pairs of shoes, 500 gowns, 300 bras and 71 pairs of sunglasses. One bra was bulletproof, while a pair of the shoes was desig- ned to light up for disco dancing. When asked about the wealth amassed by people around her, Marcos replied: "Some people are smarter than others." (Reuter) Sabtu Paing, 25 September 1993 Bali Post English Corner Japan Hope For Friendly Hosokawa-Clinton Meeting Tokyo- When Morihiro Hosokawa meets Bill Clinton on Monday, he will doubtless be hoping the two men's mutual commitment to small government will count for more than the big U.S. trade deficit with Japan. Rookie Prime Minister Hoso- kawa leaves for a quick visit to New York at the weekend. He is to address the United Nations General Assembly and meet the U.S. president before heading home late on Monday. Japanese officials expect Clin- ton to go easy on Japan's new lea- der, whose fragile coalition ous- ted the long-dominant Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in August. "They understand that this is a new administration and this is their first meeting (since Hoso- kawa took office)," a foreign mi- nistry official told Reuters. "The most important thing is to con- firm that the two countries are going to work together. Some analysts say Hosokawa can expect a friendly meeting with Clinton following two recent Japanese moves to boost domes- tic demand -- Tuesday's cut in the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) key len- ding rate to a record low of 1.75 percent and last week's $57 bil- lion government economic stimu- lus package. "I think we'll see the start of a six-month honeymoon between Japan and the U.S.," said Ken- neth Courtis, chief economist for Deutsche Bank Group in Tokyo. Current Account Surplus Japan's growing current ac- count surplus -- which looks set this year to top 1992's record $117.55 billion is behind the tense trades between the two na- tions and has caused much of the yen's near 20 percent surge since January. Hosokawa, like Clinton a for- mer southern state governor, took power with a mandate to clean up the cash-driven political corruption bequeathed Japan by 38 years of LDP rule. His coalition of conservatives, centrists and socialists immedia- tely came under heavy pressure --not least from Washington - to act boldly to fire up a stalled eco- nomy that is in increasing danger of spiralling downward and to cut a trade surplus that just keeps growing. Scion of a mediaeval samurai clan and a one-time member of the LDP faction built by former prime minister and money- politics master Kakuei Tanaka, Hosokawa has made political, economic and bureaucratic re- form the pillars of his coalition platform. Last Thursday the coalition government announced a $57 bil- lion package centred on cutting red tape and passing on windfall benefits of the strong yen to consumers. Then, on Tuesday, the BOJ cut its official discount rate by 75 ba- sis points to an historic low of 1.75 percent, goaded into action by growing concern the economy was about to slide. U.S. Officials Pleased While economists say it will take a long time before deregula- tion actually benefits the eco- nomy, some U.S. officials are pleased Hosokawa is at least ma- king a start. "He's making all the right noi- ses," one U.S. source said. Hosokawa told parliament on Tuesday Japan would do what was needed to ensure economic growth and to open its markets. He said he would urge the United States to do its bit by cutting its budget deficit and making itself more competitive. U.S. officials and Japanese bu- sinessmen, however, want Hoso- kawa's government to do more. Both were disappointed last week's package included no early income tax cuts, which they have sought to stimulate sluggish con- sumer spending. The finance ministry opposes cutting income tax without also raising the current three percent consumption tax, a policy of rapan that officials hope Hoso- kawa can avoid a direct discus- sion with Clinton on whether To- kyo should set a target for cutting its swollen current account sur- plus. Japan rejected a U.S. de- mand for such a target when the two countries agreed on a new bi- lateral economic agenda in July. Since then, Japanese busines- smen, fearful the strong yen will erode already slumping profits, have urged the government to re- consider. Comments by Foreign Minister Tsutomu Hata last week suggested Tokyo was softe- ning its opposition to doing so. THANK YOU SYDNEY OLYMPICS - Construction workers make final adjustments to a stage at Circular Quay where an estimated 100,000 people gather at Halaman 5 Bali Post/Reuter 4,20 am September 24 local, to hear that Sydney has won the rights to host the 2000 Olympics. Since then, however, a number Historical Development Of Balinese Painting (Part II) of ministers including Hosokawa and Hata have rejected setting any target which could be cons- trued as a pledge to Washington. "Japan will make efforts to help reduce its current account surplus," Hosokawa told the Lo- wer House. "But it (the surplus) is a result of free economic acti- vity and cannot be resolved by structural changes in one coun- try alone." (Reuter) Wild Bears Lie Low To Survive SPAIN'S last brown bears, hidden deep in the Cantabrian mountains, are too shy to be a tourist attraction. They have to be to survive. They should have been out at dawn, feeding on blueberries around the tree-line, but the only traces of their presence after a chilly morning vigil were two- day-old droppings and stones overturned to get at the grubs underneath. "It's the most timid ones that have survived," said Javier Na- ves, a biologist who has spent 12 years studying Spain's last will brown bears. Naves knows their lairs, the places where they are likely to feed in the early morning and the rocks on which they could be slee- ping at dusk, but he has not seen one since June. The bears are practically im- possible to photograph. "They'll come within 20 metres of people who are busy with eve- ryday tasks like chopping wood or ploughing, but if you try to sneak up on them they are off like a shot," he said. Nearly all the published pho- tos of bears have been taken in captivily. A film crew spent three weeks in the Somiedo Natural Park and shot three minutes of ussable footage. Bears Survival Bears used to roam the whole of the Iberian peninsula but now survive only in two isolated parts of the Cantabrian mountains in the north with a handful too few to be a sustainable popula- tion on the French side of the Pyrenees. Naves, who has spent months tracking and plotting the Canta- brian bears, estimates ther are between 70 and 90 left in Spain. The only others in Western Eu- rope are in the Abruzzo moun- tains in Italy. "I think the population is shrinking. Then years ago almost twice as many females were bree- ding. Now there are only about six sets of cubs in the Cantabrian mountains. Females with cubs are the ea- siest to find. The males, which weigh up to 200 kg (440 pounds), tend to lead solitary lives and are live up to 25 years in th bears can females produce two or three cubs about every three years. Like most wild animals, man is their worst enemy. Naves and his fellow resear- chers from Oviedo University be- lieve about 30 have been shot by poachers, trapped, snared or poi- soned since 1980. Endangered Animals Bears, like the Iberian lynx and the Pyrenean goat, are enda- but wolves, wild boar and cha- ngered and therefore protected mois abound among the peaks overlooking Span's north coast. "People don't usually go out with the aim of shooting a bear, Naves said, "but if they are sit- ting waiting for a deer and a bear appears they'll kill it. Police have seized several bear pelts in the are in recent years. A man was almost jailed for mur- der when civil guards found a sal- ted corpse in a barrel. He was let off with a fine once he proved what looked like a human hand was a bear paw. Conservationists in Austrias province are trying to persuade hunting associations to expel member who kill endangered animals but the region has a strong hunting tradition and there is a widespread feeling that bears, like wolves, are dangerous and therefore fair game. THE Dutch intervention in 1906 greatly changed the origi- nal conditions of artistic crea- tions. When faced with such a di- rect foreign impact, Art usually has two alternatives: either its regresses, or it regenerates. It did both in Bali, a strange but never- theless typically Balinese dialec- tic' of opposites. Creativity soon died out in Kamasan, the tradi- tional center of Balinese pain- ting, while on the contrary burst out where foreign painters took a share of the mutative process un- der way! By one of those quirks of colo- nial history, it was from Ubud that the influence of foreign ar- tists and the revival of Balinese art (in particular painting) spread. island. But these were colonial times, and even their allies were forbid- den warfare by the new Dutch overlods. As a result, it was exlu- cively to the Arts that the Princes of Ubud turned to in their search for prestige and glory. Pillars of Balinese Culture Ubud, left intact throughout the Dutch invasion and, further- more, spared from the rapid eco- nomic changes by reason of its re- lative isolation, became one of the pillars of traditional Balinese culture. An ironic side effect of co- lonial intrigue!! And thus, as the subjugated Bali in turn subjugated the world by the show of its arts and cul- ture, it was quite naturally which first caught the eye of Ubud, untaouched and friendly, those most eager observers of the Balinese scene: the artists, and foremost among them, the painters. ters discovered Bali - Nieuwen- kamp, Maurice Stevens, Son- nega, etc - but it was only to use it ass source of 'image'. Their artis- tic influence was little more than that of the colonial merchants, soldiers or missionaries whose steps they followed. As these were mainly buyers, they contri- buted to the banalisation of Bali- nese art production, while remai- ning of little influence toward its creative process. Artistic Process With the coming of Walter Spies (1895-1942) foreign artists for the first time became active participants in the Balinese ar- tistic process. Settling in Ubud in 1927 at the request of Cokorde Gede Raka Sukawati, this perceive the creative potential German artist was the first to stemming from the growing con- tact of Bali with the outside world, and the first to give the Balinese most creative artists new means and direction. His life talented, musician, writer, polyg- prepared him for this role: multi- ted painter. His paintings were Bear attacks are rare only three or four in memory and those almost exclusively when death" of Badung and Klung- The Puputan "battles to the humans have approached a mot- kung, in 1906 and 1908 respecti her with cubs Bonelib uvely, while distroying the power Indid in Vegetarian of those kingdoms, left the prin- rally vegetarian, eating spring of Gianyar, and newly enriched Cantabrian bears are gene- cely House of Ubud, powerbroker To be quite truthful, the invol- grass, blueberries, blackberries by victorious wars against seve- and other fruit in summer and ral neighboring principalties occur all of a sudden. During the vement of foreign artists did not predominantly nuts such ches. (against Negara in particular) as twenty years preceeding the Mid lot adventurer, he was also a gif- year, supplemented with insects Twenties numerous foreign pain- and occasionally meat if they come across a dead deer. the rest of the Their sweet tooth sometimes leads to conflict with humans. Austrian has a triving honey in- dustry and bears like to raid bee- hives despite positive walls or lo- cation on cliff ledges, traditional defence against sugar-hungry beasts. But damage caused by bears is negligible. one of the most powerful on the Rebel Russian Congress Is Told 7,000 Officers Moscow- Russia's rebel supreme legis- livestock a year in the area and emergency session after Presi- Wolves kill about 800 head of lature, meeting in a late-night wild boar trample millions of pe- dent Boris Yeltsin ordered its di- setas worth of crops, according to ssolution, was told early on Fri- data from the International day that 7,000 military officers Union for the Conservation of were ready to back it. Nature (IUCN). Bears can live alongside man. The Oviedo team's research shows they are repopulating parts of the western mountains, where there are more people but food supplies are plentiful, and are contracting in the more isola- ted eastern region. The western area, centred in the Somiedo Natural Park which has probably the highest concen- tration of bears in the area, is de- veloping fast and struggling cattle farmers are turning to less bear-friendly livelihoods. (Rtr). Market Embrace Sydney Olympic Euphoria Sydney- Australian stocks soares and the local dollar jumped on Friday as financial markets shared the euphoria surrounding Sydney's winning bid to stage the 2000 Olympics. The stock market's All Ordina- ries Index jumped to a high of 1,960.2, up 31.7 points or 1.6 per- cent, shortly after the opening be- fore settling back to 1,944.5, up 16 points, at 0130 GMT. "With the market up 30 points in the first five minutes it's ob- viously a very positive response," one broker said. The Australian dollar jumped about 30 points to a high of around US$0.6560 shortly after the announcement before set- tling back to $0.6539/44 by mid- morning. most from the winning Olympics Bank of Australia, said in a radio bid, pulling the overall stock interview. market higher. Private economists said the Shares in construction group greatest initial impact from the Leighton Holdings, which is ex- Olympics would be on local busi- pected to snare a large portion of ness confidence, considered a road and transport contracts missing link in the country's eco- around the Olympic site at Ho- nomic recovery. mebush, jumped to a high of A$2.55, up 46 cents from Thur- sday's close. The economic boost is expected to occur mostly after 1997, con- centrated heavily in transport, Property group Lend Lease construction and manufacturing Corp Ltd has been appointed pro- contracts in the state of New jects manager for certain spor- South Wales, Australia's econo- ting facilities, including the mic engine. aquatic centre and athletics sta- dium for the Sydney Games, in "It'll be a kick-start to the eco- contracts worth an estimated nomy," one currency analyst A$350 million ($227 million). said. "The economy could use this Its shares rose to an A$17.56 bit of confidence." high, up 86 cents. Australia is among the fastest Shares in building products growing economies in the Wes- giants, CSR Ltd, Boral Ltd and tern industrialised world, with Pioneer International Ltd, expec- annual growth running at 3.3 ted to gain contracts initially percent. But it is also burdened worth a total A$400 million ($260 by a high 11.1 percent jobless million), all soared. rate, representing about 960.500 unemployed people. Fahey's Expectation Consultants Peat Marwick said in a study that the lion's New South Wales Premier share of money from the Olym- John Fahey, speaking in Monte pics was expected to go to manu- Analysts said staging the 2000 Carlo after Sydney won the bid, factures and retailers which Olympics Games could be an eco- said he expected the Olympics to could get contracts worth about nomic windfall for Australia, inject about A$7.3 billion ($4.8 A$1.15 billion ($750 million) and where business confidence in low billion) into the economy, add A$1.24 billion ($810 million) and unemployment high. about 160,000 full and part-time respectively. "It should be a good jobs and boost tourism by some The Sydney games are expec- confidence-builder for the coun- 1.4 million people over time next ted to make a small profit, bri- try," Prime Minister Paul Kea- nging in revenues of A$975 mil- ting told reporters. Contractors, retail and buil- ding material stocks benefited "The currency jumped up on the euphoria," said Craig Grant, corporate foreign exchange dea- ler at Chase Manhattan Bank in Sydney. "People will certainly be looking at the economic implica- tions of the Olympics." Economic Windfall seven years. "It will provide that missing lion ($632 million) and genera- ingredient confidence," Bernie ting costs of A$960 million ($629 Fraser, governor of the Reserve million). (Rtr). The three men's statements were music to the ears of 638 pa- ncast over the continuing loyalty nicky deputies, increasingly dow- of army commanders, the Rus- sian government and the central bank to Yeltsin. Deputies earlier urged Yel- "My colleague and I have orga- tsin, who dissolved the leigisla- nised over 7,000 officers, who are ture on Tuesday, to "voluntarily House (parliament)," Viktor Ba- actions". on duty in and around the White stop his anti-constitutional rannikov, the legislature's clai- told deputies. There was no sign passed only in principle, was a ta- mant to the security ministry, The rambling resolution, so far of the officers. cit admission of weakness by the Congress which had earlier resol- president at all. ved not to recognise Yeltsin as Congress of People's Deputies, He was speaking after the which no longer recognises the authority of Yeltsin or his minis- ters, confirmed its own rival can- didates in the key security, de- fence and police ministry posts. Similar assurances of armed support came from the parlia- ment's defence and interior mi- nisters, Vladislav Achalov and Andrei Dunayev. mostly landscapes in naive com- position, and focused on varia- tions of light and shade. By a peculiar twist of fate, this re- markable man died victim of a Japanese submarine attack, as a prisoner of war bound for Australia. The other important figure of the time was the Dutch artist Ru- dolp Bonnet (1875-1978) who set- tled in Ubud in 1928. In contrast to Spies his artistic range did not go beyond drawing and painting, a classial artist who specialised in portraits, Italy remained for him the only "nation of the Arts". Fascinated by the manual dexte- rity of the Balinese, he never questioned the 'spirit' of their forms, his aim was to classify Ba- 1976). But his longevity made his linese art (interview December influence more apparent and du rable than that of spies, Occasionally other artist such as covarrubias and Theo Meyer also added their share of time it remained limited. (Giovanni Bretoni). Back It The phones are all dead in the building and there is no hot wa- ter. Rumours circulated that po- wer would also be cut off during But the contradictory resolu- houses only the smaller standing tion also confirmed the ousting of parliament, was fearful and servative rival, Vice-President Yeltsin and recognised his con- panicky. Alexander Rutskoi, as president. It also asked the prosecutor- general's office, police and secu- rity ministries to take measures against people involved in what it termed a coup by Yeltsin and his supporters. Yeltsin, who rejects the idea of simultaneous elections and refu- ses to negotiate with a legislature he says no longer exists, is unli- kely to jump at the Congress's bait. the session. During debate on the over- night resolution, wild proposals were aired which ranged from a hunger strike against Yeltsin's actions to moving parliament to another city. The Congress passed a sepa- rate appeal asking leaders of neighbouring ex-Soviet states He has called elections to a not to attend a Moscow summit new-style parliament for Decem- with Yeltsin on Friday afternoon Elections 'ber, to be followed by early presi- "until legal bodies of power were ended his onslaught -- effectively which he will run for another If "former president" Yeltsin dential elections next June in fully resolued". They invited the turning back the clock to before term. the dissolution announcement on Tuesday -- deputies pledged they would accept simultaneous elec- tions to parliament and the presidency. Legislature Mood leaders to visit them. Leaders of most Common- wealth of Independent States The mood of the ultra- members are already in Moscow conservative supreme legisla- in readiness for the summit and ture, camping out in the crowded have come out behind Yeltsin. White House which normally (Reuter) TOURISM ACTIVITIES BB Discotheque Celebrates Second Anniversary The 2nd Anniversary of Bintang Bali Discotheque was celebrated recently. Since its opening, BB Discotheque has always been a favo- rite discotheque, introducing the latest trends in music and program- mes. Various events were arranged during the 2nd Anniversary such as Cocktail and Snacks for all members followed by dance show and Fashion Extravaganza by professional models from Ajus Modelling, Wien Production, Riyon Agency. Countdown started at 12 at night by cutting a big cake by all models, watched by around 400 members who were joining the special events. The night was filled with fun and all members as well as the guests were dancing all night. Picture shows all members and guests watching dance performances presen- ted by Wien Production. (*). 4cm