District OCPD Asst Comm Mohd Zani Che Din said that the woman, believed to be of Thai descent, went towards the patrol car as it was at a traffic light junction in Sri Damansara in Selangor at around 10.15am Thursday (Oct 11).

“The woman called for help and the police called for an ambulance to take her to the Sg Buloh Hospital.

“The on-duty D11 (Sexual, Women and Child Investigations Division) investigating officer has been sent to the hospital to gather further information,” he said when contacted.

The amount spent by those who received plastic surgeries in Korea last year was almost four times higher than the figure for the same medical procedures in 2012.

Compared to 2016, 968 more foreign nationals visited Korea last year for plastic surgeries, while the total number of foreign patients who visited the country for medical treatments dropped by 6.5 per cent from 2016-2017.

The medical fees for plastic surgeries also accounted for 33.6 per cent of the total medical spending by foreign patients last year.

Those who visited cosmetic and dermatology clinics accounted for 23.2 per cent of all foreigners who visited Korea for medical reasons in 2017.

Among all plastic surgeries, orthognathic surgery, a corrective jaw surgery, was the most expensive, costing 17 million won. Other costly procedures included breast augmentation (9.2 million won), liposuction (5.6 million won), and rhinoplasty (5.3 million won).

Foreign patients also received double eyelid surgery, which costs about 2.2 million won, and hair transplant procedures, with each surgery costing about 4.8 million won. Those who came to Korea to receive cosmetic treatments or procedures on average spent 4.4 million won per person, the largest amount among all foreign patients.

Those who received noncosmetic, general surgical procedures, such as knee surgeries, on average spent 2.9 million won per person, while those who visited pediatric clinics spent 2.7 million won. Those who visited neurosurgeons spent 1.95 million won each.

A total of 397,882 foreigners received medical treatments in Korea last year, and together they spent 639.9 billion won in medical fees.

The reasons for the great love are given in two video clips for the late King produced by Thanachote Pimelapthanabrun, or Champ, a 14-year-old student at Assumption College Thonburi.

Champ said he named the first video, “The King in the Heart of the People,” saying he wanted people around the globe to know why Thai people love HM King Rama IX.

For the second video clip, “Sufficient Economy,” Thanachote said he wanted the world to learn about the concept of the King’s Sufficiency Economy Theory, which has helped Thai people to live a balanced life and to be able to sustain themselves.

“The King created this concept because he wanted his people to have good lives and because he cared for his people,” he said.

Both videos were made last year with Thanachote taking on the roles of producer and narrator. He created his own English subtitles for the viewers.

Two pilots, a special “wellness” menu and more than seven weeks’ worth of film and television entertainment were expected to accompany travellers on the 16,700-kilometre (10,400-mile) journey to the Big Apple.

Singapore Airlines Flight SQ22 will use the long-range Airbus A350-900ULR, configured to carry 161 passengers — 67 in business class and 94 in premium economy.

For the flight crew — which also includes two first officers and a 13-strong cabin contingent — the work load will be broken up, the airline said, with every person getting a mandatory minimum four hours’ rest.

For those not packing a weighty novel (or two), there will be 1,200 hours of audio-visual entertainment to choose from.

Dining options will include dishes the airline says have been selected to promote well-being in the skies, with organic dishes on the menu.

The cabin has higher-than-normal ceilings, larger windows and lighting designed to reduce jet lag — all part of an effort to lessen the stresses that can accompany almost a day on a plane.

“Research has shown that hydration and food intake are important factors (to consider), such as avoiding foods that cause gas or bloating as well as excessive alcohol,” Rhenu Bhuller, a healthcare expert at consultancy Frost & Sullivan, told AFP.

“The biggest concern is Deep Vein Thrombosis from a combination of sitting for too long and also from dehydration,” said Gail Cross, an associate consultant at the National University Hospital in Singapore.

– ‘Race between airlines’ –

The twin-engine plane that will make the journey uses a modified system that burns 25 percent less fuel compared to other aircraft of a similar size, Airbus said.

The flight from the city-state to Newark Airport can take up to 18 hours and 45 minutes under normal weather conditions, but the pilots will have something in reserve in an aircraft capable of flying more than 20 hours non-stop.

Singapore Airlines originally flew the route for nine years using the gas-guzzling, four-engine A340-500 before abandoning it in 2013 because high oil prices made the service unprofitable.

But the carrier is hoping that the introduction of more fuel-efficient planes will set cash registers ringing even as crude prices soar above $80.

Thursday’s flight will top the current longest direct link between cities — Qatar Airways Flight 921 from Auckland to Doha, which takes 17 hours 40 minutes.

“It’s turning out to be a race between a few airlines eyeing the longest routes inter-continentally,” said Shukor Yusof of aviation consultancy Endau Analytics.

“They are hoping to capitalise and exploit a very niche market,” he told AFP.

Facing increasingly strong competition in recent years, Singapore Airlines has consolidated its low-fare subsidiaries and is strengthening its premium segment.

“Ultra-long haul services comprise an important component of that strategy,” an airline spokesman told AFP.

The company is the first airline in the world to operate the A350-900ULR plane. It received the first aircraft in September. Six more are due for delivery by the end of the year.

“We are optimistic about the demand for non-stop services to the US,” the spokesman said.

The 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia’s Bali and Java islands in the early hours, jolting residents awake and sending them rushing into the streets.

Some attendees in Bali for the International Monetary Fund and World Bank annual meetings this week evacuated their hotels as the quake shook the island.

“I felt the quake for at least 30 seconds and I panicked. At first I didn’t want to go out but then I decided to leave,” Katharina Sudiyono, an Indonesian attendee at the summit, told AFP.

    Peter Jacobs, head of the Indonesian Central Bank’s IMF-World Bank taskforce, said delegates in Bali’s Nusa Dua district for the summit were quickly informed of the situation.

“Many summit participants woke up and asked questions, but we immediately sent out information to them that there had been an earthquake and the impact in Nusa Dua,” he told AFP.

There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries in Bali and the summit proceeded Thursday uninterrupted.

“We send our condolences to those affected by the earthquake. Here in Bali, the earthquake has not caused significant damage nor any disruption to the meetings,” an IMF spokesman said.

The conference centre was designed to withstand seismic events, and participants had been told to remain there in the event of a quake.

In case of tsunami risk, attendees would be evacuated to a nearby building.

Holidayers in the island’s popular tourist districts also rushed into the streets as buildings swayed.

“Wow, that was really strong and it lasted a long time,” said one woman who took refuge in a hotel parking lot in Nusa Dua, a few kilometres from where the IMF and World Bank are holding their meetings.

Others in Nusa Dua, south of Bali’s main international airport, also panicked.

“The quake was very big. I immediately woke up and took my little kids out of the house,” Ni Komang Sudiani told AFP.

“All my neighbours were also running, said the mother of two.

– Volatile archipelago –

Dwikorita Karnawati, the head of Indonesia’s geophysics agency who was also in Nusa Dua for the IMF summit, said no tsunami warning was issued.

“I felt the quake too,” she told AFP. “We are also still gathering data from our team in East Java.’

In East Java, three people were crushed to death in their sleep when the quake brought down buildings in Sumenep district and sent people fleeing their homes.

“Everybody panicked and the entire village ran outside. We have never experienced an earthquake as strong as last night,” Zainurrohman, a 21-year-old from the district told AFP.

“We stayed outside until dawn,” he said. Many Indonesians go by one name.

The tremor’s epicentre was in the Bali Sea around 40 kilometres (25 miles) off the eastern end of Java island, according to the United States Geological Survey.

The tremor comes after a 7.5-magnitude quake and subsequent tsunami struck off the Indonesian island of Sulawesi last month — around 1,000 kilometres northeast of the latest quake’s epicentre — killing more than 2,000 people.

Thousands more remain missing since the twin disaster ravaged the city of Palu and surrounding areas. The search for the dead is expected to end Thursday.

A string of earthquakes in Lombok in eastern Indonesia killed more than 550 people over the summer.

Indonesia, one of the most disaster-prone nations on earth, straddles the so-called Pacific “Ring of Fire”, where tectonic plates collide and many of the world’s volcanic eruptions and earthquakes occur.

“I hope this experience inspires people to start living for others,” Narongsak said. “That would be a game changer for the world.”

Narongsak was speaking after receiving the 2018 Game Changer of the Year award at a ceremony hosted by Asia Society.

Narongsak, now the governor of Phayao province, was Chiang Rai governor when 12 Mu Pa football players and their deputy coach went missing in Tham Luang cave in late June. He led the 17-day successful mission that caught global attention and dominated world headlines.

Narongsak was joined on stage by deputy coach Ekkapon Chantawong and one of the young footballers, Adul Sam-on.

Adul had earned international praise for his English-language skills during a conversation with two British divers who first found the group 10 days after they had gone missing, without food in the dark, cold and flooded cave. Ekkapon was also hailed for taking care of the boys and for his advice in helping them survive the ordeal.

The other Mu Pa members were attending the International Youth Games in Buenos Aires at the invitation of the International Olympic Committee. They will follow the three and take part in “Thanking the World” activities in New York.

In a panel talk hosted by Asia Society’s Tom Nagorski, Ekkapon told UPI news agency through an interpreter, “It is unbelievable that everybody, every person around the world, would come and rescue us. I would like to express my thanks and gratitude to everybody who helped us.”

Narongsak was quoted as saying that there was a lot of pressure on his shoulders. By the 10th day of the mission, people didn’t believe [the children] could be still alive.”

UPI reported that inside the cave, where the group may have been digging a tunnel to the outside world, Ekkapon began to meditate and taught the boys to do the same.

Ekkapon, a former Buddhist monk who guided the teens to stay calm, may have saved their lives, said the governor.

Adul, who has been the focus of media attention said on Tuesday, “I’m not special. I am just like anybody else.”

The same award was also presented to Indra Nooyi, the chairman and former CEO of PepsiCo, the heroes of Fukushima, and Dr Munjed al-Muderis, who has given injured men and women the gift of mobility.

They were Managing editor Nari Min, Editor in chief Kyaw Zaw Linn, and chief reporter Phyo Wai Win. They left Tamwe township courts before being brought to Insein Prison, Yangon.

Yangon Regional Government filed a lawsuit against them for the story published on October 8 which criticizes the controversial business ventures of Yangon Regional Government for wasting public money.

They were on Wedensday charged under Article 505 (b) of Myanmar’s Penal Code which does not allow for bail to be granted and carries a maximum punishment of two years imprisonment.

Myanmar stands 137th out of 180 countries in the 2018 World Press Freedom Index by Reporters Without Borders (RFS).

Recently, a number of users on Chinese social media platform Weibo discovered that their wearable fitness trackers can be used to detect the heartbeat of everyday items like toilet paper.

In a series of images, users who strapped their fitness trackers around a roll of toilet paper got readings like 71bpm (beats per minute) while a user with an Apple Watch got a reading of 69bpm.

One user tried it on a glass bottle and got a reading of 88bpm. A can of soft drink registered a reading of 97bpm.

Website Abacus posted a video on Oct 9 showing that the fitness tracker can also detect heartbeat in objects like a mug and even a banana.

Now before you go saving all the bananas from being eaten and toilet papers from being used, the Abacus site also provides an explanation.

Fitness trackers beam green light on the skin and then use the reflection to measure heart rate – the faster the heart beats, the faster the blood flows so more green light will be absorbed.

As objects can reflect light, it confuses the sensor as it’s designed to detect a pulse even when there isn’t one. So what you get is just a false reading. Phew.

The new regulation, issued by the Law and Human Rights Ministry on Sept. 18, stipulates that informants who provide tips to the authorities regarding possible graft will be awarded with an official certificate and paid up to Rp 200 million (US$13,137).

“We want people’s participation in the prevention and eradication of corruption,” the President said on Wednesday.

When asked about the budget for the award, Jokowi said that question should be referred to the Finance Minister.

According to Article 17 of the regulation, the financial incentive will be adjusted to the amount of state losses caused by the reported corrupt practices.

Meanwhile, those reporting bribery will be given a financial reward of up to Rp 10 million, depending on the amount of losses caused by the crime.

Informants are allowed to either submit a verbal or oral report of a possible graft. The report must contain the identity of the informant and an elaboration of facts related to the suspected graft.

The authorities will conduct a thorough verification to ensure the legitimacy of the report 30 days after it is submitted by the informant. In addition, authorities will also evaluate the informant’s role in uncovering the crime, the risk inherent to the report and the quality of the report.

If the report is deemed valid, the informant is subject to legal protection from the government.