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Pippa Middleton’s father-in-law under investigation in France over suspected rape PARIS - The father-in-law of Pippa Middleton, whose sister Kate is married to Britain’s Prince William, has been placed under formal investigation over suspected rape of a minor, a court source told Reuters on Friday.

David Matthews, who is the father of Pippa Middleton’s husband James Matthews, was arrested on Tuesday by the Juvenile Protection Brigade (BPM) and formally put under investigation for suspected rape of a minor under his authority, said the source, confirming a report on radio Europe 1.

Paris prosecutors arrested Matthews during a visit to France, and later released him and placed him under judicial control, the source said. The source did not say when he was released. French police can hold suspects 24 or 48 hours in such cases.

The source said the alleged rape took place in 1998-99. Europe 1 reported that a complaint was filed in 2017.

Reuters could not immediately reach Matthews nor any spokespeople or lawyers for him.

Being placed under judicial control means that prosecutors have attached certain conditions to his release or imposed certain limits on who he can meet or where he can go. The source did not say what conditions had been attached in Matthews’ case.

Pippa Middleton came to national attention in Britain as the maid of honour at her sister’s royal wedding to William in 2011. Her own lavish wedding to James Matthews last May was one of the most widely reported social events of the year, attended by William and his brother Harry, grandsons of Queen Elizabeth. (rtr)

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R20 Founder and former California state governor Arnold Schwarzenegger

Schwarzenegger says “I’m back” after recovery from heart surgery

CALIFORNIA - Actor and former bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger underwent heart surgery to replace a valve that was originally replaced 20 years ago, waking up with the words “I’m back” in a twist on his catchphrase, a spokesman said on Friday.

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David Matthews (right) waves to well-wishers at the wedding of his son James Matthews and Pippa Middleton at St Mark’s Church in Englefield, Britain, May 20, 2017.

The original replacement pulmonic valve, which Schwarzenegger received in 1997, outlasted its life expectancy, so the former California governor chose to have valve replacement by catheter, spokesman Daniel Ketchell said in a statement on Twitter.

He was recovering and in stable condition at Cedars-Sinai hospital in

Los Angeles, the statement said.

The 70-year-old Schwarzenegger “is awake and his first words were actually ‘I’m back,’” Ketchell said.

Schwarzenegger’s character famously says “I’ll be back” in his breakthrough role in the 1984 movie “The Terminator.”

Born in Austria, Schwarzeneg-

ger won the Mr. Universe bodybuilding contest five times and Mr. Olympia seven times before turning to acting, starring in action movies such as “Conan the Barbarian” and “Commando.”

He then went into politics, and was elected governor of California as a Republican in 2003 and 2006. (rtr)

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28m apply for 90,000 jobs at Indian Railways

At least 28 million people have applied for a job with Indian Railways after its latest nationwide recruitment drive. The world’s 10th largest employer is offering 90,000 positions across the country to prospective engine drivers and other workers.

An extension to the deadline for applications in the last week has resulted in a surge of applications for the positions worth between £200 and £220 per month.

Around nine million are thought to have applied in the last five days as Saturday’s closing date approached. Around 26,000 assistant train driver jobs have been advertised along with nearly 63,000 other posts such as porters or metal workers.

Candidates must be between 18 and 31, according to the 57-page application form, must undertake a written or online exam and must prove

their identity to prevent fraud.

India is currently facing an employment crisis and getting a job in the huge state-owned firm offers a guaranteed income. Many positions come with family accommodation.India’s rail network - which manages 75,000 miles of track, employs 1.3 million people and carries 8.2 billion passengers a year - is undergoing a massive modernisation programme to bring it up to date. Much of the shape of the existing network dates from colonial times, which severely restricts train speeds and reliability.In 2013, when Prime Minister

Narendra Modi was campaigning for office, he promised to create 10 million new jobs in India.

In the last hours before the deadline on Saturday, Mr Modi’s BJP party tweeted that a further 20,000 jobs would be available as part of the recruitment round. (rtr) News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http:// radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.

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The garbage is pilling up on the beach

MANGUPURA —The Badung Environment and Sanitation Agency (DLHK) has once again become busy with cleaning up marine debris and garbage which has covered the beaches of Badung – as seen on Kuta Beach and Kedonganan Beach on Sunday (Apr 1). Heavy equipment and hundreds of personal were involved in cleaning up these two beaches recently.

Head of DLHK Badung, Putu Eka Merthawan, said that there was not as much garbage on the beaches as there had previously been and that

most of the debris was in the from of branches washed ashore by the large waves of the last few days. “Kuta and Kedonganan Beaches were hot by

large waves carrying with them marine debris”, he said.

Mertawan added that he could not say how long there would continue to

be such marine debris washing up on shore but that because thi area is an important tourist destination it is important to remain alert to the situation.

Heavy equipment and hundreds of officers have therefor being deployed.

“A total of 500 officers are ready to make the beaches clean again”, he concluded.

During the last five months of “marine debris season”, DLHK Badung managed to collect a total of 10,500 tons or the equivalent of 2,400 trucks of marine debris (garbage and branches) from the beaches. Marine debris is washed ashore due to the influence of the West monsoon that has been blowing since November 2017. (kmb23)

600 units of subsidized houses remain from 2017

DENPASAR —In 2018, the price of subsidized houses rose 10 percent from IDR 141.7 million to IDR 148.5 million.

However, a total of 600 units of subsidized houses built in 2017 with a price of IDR 141.7 million are still left.

Secretary of the Bali Chapter of the Indonesia Real Estate (REI), Tino Wijaya, said the latest price according to the circular has been delivered to the implementing banks. “So, our banking colleagues have started applying new prices for subsidized houses in Bali”, he said recently.

However, the Ministry of Public Work and Housing is still referring to the price from 2017 for the stock of ready units from 2017. “So, the houses built in 2017 that have not been sold yet will be sold at the old price”, he explained. The new price for 2018 is intended for the units built in 2018.

There are 600 units of houses that were built in 2017 that have yet to be handed over. One of the reasons for this is that the verification process of consumer data by the banks was delayed due to the many recent holidays making it hard to meet for the signing of the sales deeds. “So, some documents that should have been completed in 2017 are still pending and the transactions are taking place in 2018” said Wijaya adding that the 600 units of remaining units are located in Singaraja, Negara and Tabanan.

Wijaya also said that he recognized that there is increasing interest from developers because several districts will be developed. Along with West Bali, developers are also targettng eastern Bali in areas like Gianyar, Klungkung and Bangli.

He is also still in the process of coordinating with the local government and explained that

because they are in the process of changing the head of the region, there have been delays in the issuing of technical licenses. They are theres for looking for land and developing new land in the meantime so that when the new regional head has been elected they can support the subsidized housing.

Developers have already started building with new prices in 2018. “As soon as the price is lowered by the Ministry of Public Works and Housing, our colleagues will immediately build units in 2018”, he said.

With the new price, he added that the building specifications will be upgraded as well. “As developers, we want our customers to be satisfied. With the new slightly higher prices, consumers will be getting better quality buildings than before”, he said.

The houses built in 2017 were built to be semi-finished, but

those built in 2018 will be fully finished. “In 2017 the houses were not finished 100 percent – especially the interiors”, he added.

There has also been an increase in public interest in 2018 thanks to the widespread information campaign conducted by the Public Works and Housing banking. Many people were not aware of the subsidized housing program. In addition to the national bank of mortgage loans (KPR) dealers, the Bank BPD Bali has now started to finance subsidized mortgage loans in Singaraja.

Branch Manager of BTN Denpasar Office, Agung Komang Tri Martha W, explained that in 2017, the program was not fully running yet due to certain obstacles such as the the issuing of certificates.

Another obstacle was the issuing of subsidized housing price

changes with various requirements. “Technically, the Ministry of Public Works and Housing has many requirements. For instance, the iron specifications must be set and the building must be ready before credit is granted, so a win-win solution is to continue using the 2017 pattern but the price should not go up”, he said.

In 2018, subsidized housing with new prices can be implemented, however the developers need to meet the requirements.

The iron specification or example has changed from type 10 to type 8 and before the houses can be handed over, they need to be ready to love in with water and electricity.

The houses built in 2017 do not meet the specifications for 2018. “The developers are still finishing up the old stock and these houses will still be sold at eh old process of IDR 141.7 million”, he said. (kmb42)

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The Rebranding of DevinSky Hotel Seminyak

On Friday, 23 March 2018, DevinSky Hotel Seminyak held a rebranding event which previously has been announced the new Hotel name on 19 January 2018. Through event namely “Rebranding of DevinSky Hotel Seminyak” which celebrated at BLU Sky Restaurant-BarLounge by DevinSky Hotel Seminyak, management invited many travel agent online and offline, corporates, media and

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blogger/influencer to attended on this event.

At a glance, in 2014 DevinSky Hotel Seminyak firstly named Devin Sky Villa after that joining under Golden Tulip management and renamed to be Golden Tulip Devins Seminyak. Here after, in 2018, the owner and internal management decided to release from Golden Tulip management and continuing with own management system.

Along with that decision, the management ensures to fix maintaining the quality of its service and facilities while also continuing to explore new ways to please our guests. Eventually, the management is looking forward to continuing the pleasant relationship with all of the tourism stakeholders under the new brand of DevinSky Hotel Seminyak in the coming days and future.

DevinSky Hotel Seminyak is

a 4-star hotel with the concept “Your Luxurious and Modern Stay in Seminyak” features 108 elegant and spacious guestrooms with luxurious interiors and modern styling from Superior, Deluxe, Jacuzzi Suite and Private Pool Suite, and exclusive 2 levels Penthouse Suite.

Located in a very private culde-sac off Jalan Petitenget, one of Seminyak’s key thoroughfares, and within all the famous

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boutiques, galleries, cafe, restaurants, and nightlife that line this upscale resort area. Guests may enjoy the great range of treatments at Nari Spa with its special Aquatonic facility, as well as fascinating sunset views at BLU Sky Restaurant-Bar-Lounge and from the captivated rooftop pool.

International standard facilities with a touch of warm local hospitality and services complement our guests experience.

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Rocket science: will Inmarsat’s wi-fi in the sky pay off?

LONDON - A satellite company wants to bring reliable internet to airline passengers worldwide. But some investors don’t seem to be buying it.

Inmarsat’s mission to bring wi-fi to passenger jets did instill great faith in some fund managers. But competition has become fierce as cheap financing funded an explosion of new capacity in the sky, and the worry is the project will not be as lucrative as once hoped.

It is also difficult to model the payoff from Inmarsat’s big investments. Broker Berenberg put the firm’s spend in recent years on four of its Global Xpress high-bandwidth global mobile network satellites at about $1.6 billion.

Inmarsat, established in 1979 to enable ship-to-shore communication and distress calls, has reduced its dividend to plough money into wi-fi for the world’s airlines.

Its shares have slumped some 60 percent in the last two years more than rivals SES and Eutelsat - to their lowest since late 2008.

The company promises higher quality broadband internet than its competitors and seamless connectivity, convinced that far more passengers will sign up if they get what they’ve paid for - a connection that stays strong and doesn’t cut out.

But sceptics note free wi-fi is now commonplace on the ground - from coffee shops to airports - and consumers could expect the same for in-flight connectivity (IFC) once the novelty wears off.

It would not be the first time a communications company spent heavily on infrastructure only to see the promised returns evaporate because of weak pricing power.

“They never get off the treadmill of capex,” said Eric Moore, an income fund manager at Miton. Moore looked at Inmarsat lots of times but says he has always been “a bit phobic”.

The bullish case for Inmarsat lies in its focus on mobility.

When Inmarsat’s equipment aboard a moving plane goes out of range of one of its satellite beams, it quickly finds the next. Some services can struggle to provide a smooth handover.

Inmarsat’s Chief Executive Rupert Pearce said on March 9 that the company had about 30 percent of the IFC market, with systems on 1,300 aircraft due to go into service over the next two years.

“We have established a strong presence from which to move forward and become the market leader,” he said as the company presented annual results.

More than 80 airlines offer in-flight wi-fi, said Routehappy, which provides information on flight amenities, in January.

On some aircraft, Turkish Airlines offers free wi-fi to certain customers - those flying in business class, for example. Passengers in economy class pay $9.99 per hour for the service, or $14.99 for a 24-hour package.

Emirates offers 20 MB of wi-fi for free. On Norwegian , free wi-fi is available on many flights. (rtr)

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Staff at satellite communications company Inmarsat work in front of a screen showing subscribers using their service throughout the world, at their headquarters in London, Britain March 25, 2014.

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Maintaining the light of life in the digital age

Book launch for Jean Couteau’s Myth, Magic and Mystery in Bali This year, Bali was once again rated amongst the very best tourist destinations in the world and even as the top destination by one large online site. To anyone who has visited the Island of the Gods this comes as no surprise as there seems to be no end of things to refresh the spirit, mind and body on this island of a thousand temples. Although there are all manner of tourist facilities from the most luxurious to the most simple and ample beautiful places to visit and interesting things to do, it is not easy to explain just what it is that makes Bali so enjoyable.

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TESS, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, is shown in this conceptual illustration obtained by Reuters on March 28, 2018. NASA plans to send TESS into orbit from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket set for blastoff sometime between April 16 and June on a two-year mission.

NASA intensifying search for planets orbiting stars beyond solar system

CALIFORNIA - The search for worlds circling stars far beyond our solar system will intensify in the coming weeks with NASA’s launch of a spacecraft scientists hope will enlarge the known catalog of so-called exoplanets believed capable of supporting life.

NASA plans to send the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS, into orbit from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket set for blast-off on April 16 on a two-year, $337-million mission.

The latest NASA astrophysics endeavor is designed to build on the work of its predecessor, the Kepler space telescope, which discovered the bulk of some 3,500 exoplanets documented during the past 20 years, revolutionizing one of the newest fields in space science.

NASA expects TESS to detect thousands more previously unknown worlds, perhaps hundreds of them Earth-sized or “super-Earth”-sized -- no larger than twice as big as our home planet.

Such worlds are believed to stand the greatest chance of having rocky surfaces or oceans, and are thus considered the most promising candidates for the evolution of life, as opposed to gas giants similar to Jupiter or Neptune.

Astronomers said they hope to end up with about 100 more rocky exoplanets for further study.

The new probe will take about 60 days to attain its highly elliptical, first-

of-a-kind orbit that will loop TESS between Earth and the moon every two and a half weeks. Kepler’s positioning system broke down in 2013 about four years after its launch, and though scientists found a way to keep it operational it has nearly run out of fuel.

“So it’s perfect timing that we’ll be launching TESS to continue the great activity of looking for planets around stars other than our sun and thinking about what it might mean for life in the universe,” Paul Hertz, NASA’s director of astrophysics, told reporters at a news briefing in Washington on Wednesday.

TESS, roughly the size of a refrigerator with solar-panel wings, is equipped with four special cameras to survey 200,000 stars that are relatively near the sun and thus among the brightest in the sky, seeking out those with planets of their own.

Like Kepler, TESS will use a detection method called transit photometry, which looks for periodic, repetitive dips in the visible light from stars caused by planets passing, or transiting, in front of them.

But unlike Kepler, which fixed its glare on stars within a tiny fraction of the sky, TESS will scan the majority of the heavens for shorter periods and

focus much of its attention on stars called red dwarfs, which are smaller, cooler and longer-lived than our sun.

One reason is red dwarfs have a high propensity for Earth-sized, presumably rocky planets, making them potentially fertile ground for closer examination, said David Latham, TESS science director for the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.

Also because red dwarfs are so small, and their planets orbit more closely than the Earth does to the sun, the dip in light from a planetary transit of a red dwarf is more pronounced compared with a larger star, Latham said. “It’s easier to find interesting planets around smaller stars,” he said.

Measuring dips in starlight can determine the exoplanet’s size and orbital path. Further observations from ground telescopes can supply its mass and ultimately the planet’s density and composition -- whether largely solid, liquid or gas.

Martin Still, the TESS program scientist for NASA, said more than 50 rocky, Earth- or super-Earth-sized planets have previously been identified, and NASA expects to increase that number through the new mission. (rtr)

When asked what he thinks makes Bali so appealing to so many people, tourist transport service provider and painter Pak RInula responded by saying: “Here we call it tasku (divine vibration) I think it is because so many Balinese people are focused on maintaining the light of life that people just feel good here”.

Although many visitors may choose to visit Bali simply for the ease of general enjoyment offered by the tourism sector here, the unparalleled popularity of this island as a tourist destination is more likely thanks to what locals refer to as “tasku” - this vibration that touches the heart but which cannot itself be seen.

Within the present context of massive commercial development taking place in Bali as a bid to draw even more visitors to this enchanted island, it is perhaps worth exploring what “maintaining the light of life” looks like is practice. Because, apart from the intrinsic value of taksu itself -without this light, it is unlikely that fancy hotels and high tech amusement alone will be able to compete for the interest of tourists.

Exploring this unique aspect of Bali is exactly what French writer, art critique and cultural investigator Jean Couteau has been doing for over 30 years. Art is clearly an important aspect of life in Bali as it relates to religious customs and general world view, however it is perhaps less the end product

that attracts tourists and more the reason that so much art is produced here that in fact attracts visitors.

It is these unseen aspects of art in Bali that Jean Couteau has been exploring and putting into beautifully strung together words for the last 3 decades.

Amongst many other written works, Couteau has been writing a monthly column for Bali Now magazine for the last ten years. PT. Phoenix Communications Publisher Alistari Spiers approached him with the idea of putting together a book of these writings as a way to share some of this valuable insight with a broader readership. Myth Magic and Mystery In Bali is the title of the book that brings together 25 of these articles along with photographs by Ida Bagus Putra Adnyana and paintings by I Ketut Budiana that together provide an invaluable glimpse into “how the light of life” is maintained in Bali and also how it is challenged.

During the official book launch of Myth Magic and Mystery in Bali that took place on March 27th at Sudakara Art Space in Sanur, accompanied by an exhibition of photographs and paintings, Alistair Spiers explained that: “Bali Now chose to put together a relatively small book so that many people could have access to insight into fundamental aspects of Bali that may not be accessible to the casual visitor”. Bali Now, he said, generally seeks to portray the

distinct culture of Bali in a way that promotes the unique values of the people of this island as the this is what makes Bali such a popular tourist attraction.

After a beautiful Balinese welcome dance performed by some of Sudamala Villa & Suite’s staff, and a short compelling film of a brief reading from Jean Couteau’s new book, the author was invited to the stage to share a few words.

With his characteristic passion, charm, wit, insight and clever turns of phrase, Couteau explained that his love and appreciation for this island and it’s people is tainted by a growing fear that something essential could be lost to the digital age. “While communications technology has a lot to offer, by it’s very nature it relies on iconic representation to convey an unfathomable depth and wealth of knowledge and wisdom that can only really be conveyed through direct contact. Although these icons may serve their own purpose, there is the danger of in fact being empty of meaning. I fear that in the next 50 years, much of the knowledge, wisdom, depth and beauty of Balinese culture could be lost. Over the years I have enjoyed countless interactions with all kinds of people from all over the island - from Javanese street vendors to Brahmin families, from educated intellectuals to toiling famers, from great artists to humble artisans and many others besides. It is through

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these interactions, that often took place in casual settings like small village cafes or street side benches, that I have come to know some of the myths, magic and mystery that make this island so enchanting.

This is my very small way of ensuring that some of this wealth that I have been blessed to encounter is transmitted to others and hopefully serves to inspire further exploration of and appreciation for this fasci-

nating world we know as Bali”.

Jean Couteau’s Myth, Magic and Mystery in Bali is available online and the accompanying exhibition of paintings by legendary Balinese painter and sculptor I Ketut Budiana and photographs by renown Balinese photographer Ida Bagus Putra Adnyana will be on display at Sudakara Art Space, Jl. Sudamala no 20, Sanur until April 28th.(kmb)

Two foreigners involved in drug cases rehabilitated Local drug courier asks for penalty relief

DENPASAR —Last week, two foreigners involved in drug cases received sentences from a panel of judges at the Denpasar District Court. The verdict shocked many people, especially as the defendants were foreigners one of whom had even tried to escape arrest.

The first case involved a 32 year-old Australian tourist named Baker Joshua James who was lucky enough to only be sentenced to re-

habilitation and was freed due to his psychiatric disorder. He was given a yellow card based on the fact that he had been certified as mentally ill by Bangli Mental Hospital and Sanglah Hospital and physician Deny Tong.

Another foreign defendant, 30 year old Malaysian tourist Chan Heng Joon was also sentenced to rehabilitation. A 39 local resident named Hery Hermawan who was charged for being a drug courier

was however sentenced to 13 years in prison. Accompanied by his legal counsel, Benny Hariono, on Wednesday (Mar. 28), he begged for leniency.

He pleaded guilty and express regret for his having tried to sell 5 kg of drugs. Hermawan who lives on Jalan Gunung Rinjani, Tegal Kerta, West Denpasar appealed to the judges for a shorter sentence.

“I beg for leniency”, he pleaded

reasoning that he has a son who is his dependant and that he deeply regrets his actions.

Prosecutor Dipa Umbara however stood by his decision of a 13 year sentence minus the detention period. The defendant is also required to pay a fine of IDR 1 billion with subsidiary of six months in jail. Hermawan was charged under Article 111 paragraph (2) of Law No.35/2009 on Narcotics.

He was arrested by officers of the National Narcotic Agency (BNNP) Bali on Monday, (Oct. 16, 2017) at approximately at 10:00 on Jalan Pura Demak, Denpasar. He is guilty of transporting five 1,000 gram packs of dried cannabis leaves, The defendant obtained the cannabis from someone named Saiful who resides in Medan and was to be sent to Wahyu Hidayat in Mataram , Lombok. (kmb37)

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North Bali airport development

PHRI Buleleng asks for definite decision

Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Tourism Najib Balala unveils the headstone of Sudan, the last male northern white rhino, at the Rhino Cemetery at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Laikipia National Park, Kenya March 31, 2018.

SINGARAJA - Prolonged uncertainty about the development of the international airport in sub-district of Kubutambahan, has led tourism businesses in the area to request that a finale decision be made on the matter. The ongoing uncertainty has also made some people question whether there are political interests involved in the delay – particularly with regards to the upcoming elections.

Chairman of Indonesia Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI) of Buleleng, Dewa Ketut Suardipa, said on Sunday (Apr. 1), that developing the potential of tourism in the region requires the support of infrastructure including the airport, which would make it much easier for tourists to visit Buleleng.

Suardipa has therefor requested that the central and regional governments provide the public with a definitive answer about the plan immediately. The PHRI does not want discussion of the airport plan to go on indefinitely.

Moreover, not not ago central government officials released a statement saying that the airport plan had been cancelled but not long after that another statement emerged saying that the airport would in fact be built and that the ground breaking ceremony was scheduled to take place in August 2018.

“We want a definite decision to be made, so that this does not turn into a contentious issue with prolonged uncertainty and hesitation. If the airport is going to be built, we would like to have a final decision announced. We are hoping that the airport will be built as it will certainly help to boost tourism in our region”, he said.

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Ngurah Rai International Airport. Another airport will be developed in the nort part of Bali.

Suardipa who was formerly Chief of the Pemaron Consultative Board (BPD), for the subdistrict of Buleleng, also said that the construction of the airport requires a lot of investment as well as studies by experts.

The local community and tourism business owners in the area have submitted a request for this from related agencies.

Another important project is the construction of a shortcut road from between

Singaraja and Bedugul. Suardipa also asked for confirmation regarding this project, particularly regarding the firth and sixth points on the road (Wanagiri Village- Gitigit Village, in the subdistrict of Sukasada).

The road that currently links Singaraja and Bedugul is steep and winding and prone to traffic accidents. The new shortcut road would be both safer and allow tourists from southern Bali to reach the North more

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quickly.

“We are also asking for a a decision regarding this project so that discussions can move to certainty. In our opinion a shorter trip to the North will attract tourists and investors to Buleleng. Given that the current road is winding, prone to accidents and takes travellers a long time to reach the north, we ask that the shortcut road project be finalized”, said Suardipa. (kmb38)

Bali Strait crossing closed for North Bali airport would impact 1.5 hours due to bad weather on tourism in Bangli NEGARA - Bad weather occurred in the Strait of Bali on Sunday afternoon (Apr. 1). Rain and fog caused limited visibility so the Ferry Management Unit (UPP) harbourmaster decided to postpone the crossings between Ketapang and Gilimanuk for 1. 5 hours. As a result, there were long line ups in Gilimanuk Harbour as heavy rains starting around 15:35 were accompanied by fog and darkened skies. A number of ship captains reported limited visibility so the harbourmaster decided to wait for the weather to clear before allowing other ships to make the crossing.

Head of the Ferry Management Unit III Gilimanuk, Nyoman Suyan-

tha, confirmed that bad weather had caused a delay in the crossings so as to avoid collisions at sea and ships deviated from their routes. The crossing service was shut down at 15:45.

Suyantha explained that the delay was for the safety of everyone and that ships were requested to anchor in safety. After 1. 5 hours the crossing service was opened again at 17:15. Although the delay did not last very long, vehicles travelling from Bali through Gilimanuk Harbour started to pile up in the harbour parking lot. The line-up of buses and private cars extended out to the maneuver terminal but as the service resumed the line-ups quickly shortened. (kmb26)

BANGLI - Many hope that the airport in North Bali will be built soon as it will contribute to boosting toursim in buleleng and neighbouring districts including Bangli.

Chairman of the Bali Chapter of the Indonesia Hotels and Restaurants Association (PHRI), Ketut Mardjana, recently said that the construction of the airport in Buleleng is very feasible and that he hopes that it will in fact be realized as it will greatly contribute to balance economic inequities in Bali. Currently economic development is focused in the south of Bali.

“If the airport is built in North Bali there will be balance between Borth Bali and South Bali”, he said on

Sunday (Apr.1), explaining that it will allow more tourists to access North Bali.

This will indirectly have a positive impact on Bangli as tourists will cross this area on their way to the south. Tourist destination in Kintamani for example will also have more tourists visiting.

“The airport will not only have a positive impact on Bangli but also on Karangasem and Negara”, he added.

This former President Director of PT Pos Indonesia also said that the hopes the provincial and district governments continue to work towards developing infrastructure – especially roads in the region as

this helps to support the growth of the local economy.

Regent of Bangli, I Made Gianyar, when met in the Parliament Hall recently, said that he and the community of Bangli are eager for the airport in Buleleng to be built as it will render Bangli less isolated. Ideally, he said the airport would be located in Eastern Buleleng.

“Bangli is not accessible by any inter-provincial road the way that Jembrana, Gianyar, Tabanan and Karangasem are. We are kind of located on a dead- end lane. If the airport was located in East Buleleng then Bangli would become more accessible. (kmb40)

NANYUKI - The death of the world’s last male northern white rhinoceros this month led a Kenyan government official to declare anyone caught possessing ivory should be sentenced to life in prison.

“Ivory belongs to elephants and rhinos,” said Najib Balala, Kenya’s tourism minister, during a memorial service held at Ol Pejeta Conservancy on Saturday for Sudan, the 45-year-old rhino, who died 11 days ago.

Wildlife officials at Ol Pejeta, about 250 kilometres (155 miles) north of Nairobi, put down the

rhino on March 19 because of rapid deterioration in his health.

Sudan is survived by the last two females of his species, his 27-year-old daughter Najin and 17year-old granddaughter Fatu. The only hope for preserving their species is through in vitro fertilisation using their eggs and stored semen, according to Ol Pejeta.

Thousand of southern white rhinos still roam sub-Saharan Africa, but decades of rampant poaching have drastically cut the number of northern whites. Poachers could sell northern white rhino horns for $50,000 per kilo, making them more valuable than gold.

Kenya had 20,000 rhinos in the 1970s, falling to 400 in the 1990s.

It now has 650, almost all of them black rhinos.

“We are going to change our laws so that anyone caught with ivory will be jailed for life,” Balala said.

Kenya introduced tough wildlife-protection laws in 2013 in an attempt to stop highly lucrative ivory smuggling, mainly to Asia, which has led to the slaughter of thousands of rare and endangered animals.

Those found guilty of ivory trafficking already face a life sentence.

But the minimum sentence for possessing it is just five years.

After a court sentenced a Kenyan man to 20 years in jail for possessing ivory, the top prosecutor sought for the punishment to be

changed to a life sentenced. The convicted man’s appeal is still in the courts.

The slaughter of endangered animals in Africa for profit continues, but there is ever greater awareness of the bloody cost of ivory, and more international action to stop the trade.

In a move with major implications for the illegal wildlife trade from Africa, China banned ivory sales in December. The country is the world’s largest importer and end user of elephant tusks. (rtr)

U.S., S.Korea kick off annual joint military exercises after month-long delay

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South Korea and the United States kicked off their annual joint military exercises on Sunday after they were delayed by about a month for the Winter Olympics and to help create conditions for a resumption of talks between North and South Korea.

SEOUL - South Korea and the United States kicked off their annual joint military exercises on Sunday after they were delayed by about a month for the Winter Olympics and to help create conditions for a resumption of talks between North and South Korea.

The Foal Eagle field exercise, which usually involves combined ground, air, naval and special operations troops, will continue for a month. The computer-simulated Key Resolve will be held for two weeks starting in mid-April.

A Pentagon spokesman said in March the two joint drills would involve about 23,700 U.S. troops

and 300,000 South Korean forces.

Military officials in Seoul have said the scale of the exercises would not go beyond those seen in previous years.

The Foal Eagle and Key Resolve exercises are usually held every year around March but they were postponed this year until after the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics and Paralympics, which started in February and ended last month.

North Korea, which has traditionally accused both South Korea and the United States of practising invading the North during joint military drills, has remained quiet on the issue.

In March, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un told a visiting South Korean delegation in Pyongyang that he “understands” the situation regarding the joint drills, according to South Korea’s National Security Office head Chung Eui-yong, who had led the delegation.

The joint exercises come roughly a month ahead of an April 27 summit between the two Koreas, their first in more than a decade.

Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in are widely expected to discuss denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula and improvement of inter-Korean relations at the summit. (rtr)

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BUSINESS Cuba quashes rumors currency unification around corner

HAVANA - Cuba’s central bank on Thursday quashed rumors that it would withdraw one of the Communist-run island’s two currencies from circulation over the weekend, after nervous Cubans had rushed in recent days to exchange their CUCs for pesos.

The date for the start of the much-anticipated process of socalled “monetary unification” has not yet been determined, the bank added in a statement published by state-run media.

“In the last few days the number of people seeking to change CUCs into pesos at bank offices and CADECAs (exchange bureaus) has risen,” the central bank said.

“This is due to the false information that in the next few days the CUC will be withdrawn from circulation.”

For more than two decades, two currencies have circulated in Cuba: the peso in which most wages are paid and local goods priced, and the CUC used in the tourism industry, foreign trade and upscale eateries and stores carrying imported goods.

Neither are legal tender outside the country, which exchanges them at different rates depending on the nature of the transaction, complicating accounting, the evaluation of performance and trade for state companies.

Plans adopted by the Communist Party in 2011 under Raul Castro’s leadership to improve the performance of the ailing Sovietstyle economy by introducing market mechanisms included currency unification. The peso, it said, would remain and the CUC would become history.

However, it did not give a timeframe for the transition. Castro said in December last year the reform could no longer be delayed, sparking speculation it might be announced before he was due to step down as president on April 19.

Castro will remain party chief until 2021.

The central bank on Thursday recalled the party’s decision at its last congress to guarantee bank deposits in accounts in foreign currencies, CUCs and pesos. (rtr)

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Kamasan Painting Comes with a Message of Life

Kamasan painting has been familiar in the ears of Balinese people. This artwork has long been a wealth of Klungkung district. Apart from its classical appearance, this painting is rich in puppet and animal stories. It is really meaningful. At Kamasan village can be found many centers of the painting activities. There are also galleries where a number of works created by the artists have been displayed since several years ago. It applies classic colors of red and brownish perfectly combined. Some paintings offer a jungle feel following a pre-established pattern. They look very lively and beautiful to look at.

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A labourer works on coils of steel wire at a steel wholesale market in Beijing, China, January 17, 2012.

China says protectionist moves will mean shutting door on the country

BEIJING - China wants to share its development opportunities with other countries, but protectionism will mean closing the door into China, the country’s top diplomat said, amid a festering trade dispute with the United States.

A man holds Cuban Pesos (CUP) and Cuban Convertible Pesos (CUC) while posing for a photograph at a produce market in Havana, Cuba March 29, 2018.

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U.S. President Donald Trump’s move last week to slap up to $60 billion in tariffs on some Chinese imports has since provoked a warning from Beijing that it could retaliate with duties of up to $3 billion of U.S. imports.

Speaking at a regional forum in Vietnam’s capital Hanoi on Friday, Chinese State Councillor Wang Yi said the country’s reform and opening up policy will neither be changed nor be affected by any external factors, China’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Saturday.

“China’s reform and opening up is in line with the interests of the Chinese people, and will also

benefit other countries,” the statement cited Wang as saying, adding China will provide an even better investment environment for foreign companies.

“Opening up should work both ways. China opens itself to other countries and hopes others will be open to China,” he said, without mentioning any countries by name.

While friction and disputes over trade are normal, what is important is to work for reasonable solutions through equal consultations in line with laws and rules, Wang added.

“Any unilateral or protectionist measures are an approach against the trend of the history, will go

nowhere and will see their own interests undermined,” he said.

“Protectionism equals shutting the door into China, and they will suffer the consequences of their actions. Both time and facts will prove it.”

China has repeatedly promised to open its economy further, but many foreign companies continue to complain of unfair treatment.

China warned the United States on Thursday not to open Pandora’s Box and spark a flurry of protectionist practices across the globe, even as Beijing pointed to U.S. goods that it could target in the deepening Sino-U.S. trade dispute. (rtr)

The work is not just an expression of the art but there is a message of life. What is scratched is not a common thing. It presents a series of pictures depicting a number of characters contained in the story. One of the themes is heroic attractions on the battlefield.

It’s like giving a moral message. It is adopted from various stories, such as Mahabharata and Ramayana epic. Occasionally, the artists also express his idea inspired by animal or tantric tales.

The painter Mangku Muriati Mura said that in the midst of the art development, the appearance of other paintings is very possible. Nevertheless, he does not get dissolved in that situation. His great desire to maintain the art is believed to have emerged since the kingdom era that will not fade over the times.

The norms are not neglected. Everything is still followed. “We still preserve them all,” he said, not long ago.

This painting is not solely concerned with aesthetics but more than it, where it also offers strong philosophical values. His work is

combined with religious elements or teachings quoted from the palm-leaf manuscripts.

“We must understand the meaning, not just some scratches,” he said.

Another painter, Kadek Natha, explained that in harmony with the development of times, Kamasan paint coloring began to use acrylic because natural materials are increasingly difficult to obtain. How-

ever, the classic impression never fades.

It remains to looks sharp and has divine inspiration. “Pere is one of natural dyes, a kind of stone obtained from Sakenan. Its color is yellowish brown, but now many painters have switched from this color,” he explained.

Profession as painter has been pursued since he was in elementary school. His works

have been widely sold. The price is fantastic and comparable to the complexity. “There is a painting sold for IDR 9 million, even more.

The cheaper is also available,” he said. His paintings are no longer just scratched on canvas, but many of them have been used as hotel room ornaments. “Many hotels ask me to paint in classical style,” said Natha. (kmb)

Some Myths Related to Tanah Lot Attraction

Having a promenade together with partner to witness the beauty of Tanah Lot tourist attraction will surely be impressive. Moreover, walking hand in hand while pass-

ing through every sturdy coral rock will certainly bring in very sweet memories. Fading sunlight at the nightfall as if gave the spirit to strengthen the affection. Unfor-

tunately, Tanah Lot retains a myth and taboo for couples taking their girlfriend of boyfriend to visit the place of worship.

“Do not bring your girlfriend or boyfriend to Tanah Lot Temple” is the sentence often expressed by the elders on this Island of the Gods.

Many Balinese people believe if unmarried couples have vacation or dating to Tanah Lot Temple will cause the relationship not to last longer or immediately break up. If the prohibition is violated, the relationship with the boyfriend or girlfriend is believed not to last long. It will become not harmonious leading to be separated.

Although being difficult to prove, believe it or not, Balinese people especially young couples strongly believe in the myth. They never want to bring their partner to

Tanah Lot Temple. Merely walking in the area of ??Tanah Lot area is commonly done by young couples.

“The myth does not apply to married couples,” said Jero Niti, Public Relations of Tanah Lot attraction.

In the current modern era, explained Jero Niti, the myth remains to be trusted by the Hindu community in Bali, unlike tourists coming to visit with girlfriend or boyfriend. Does the myth also apply to them? “Tourists rarely care about it whether they are with a girlfriend or not. They certainly do not know whether they will break up or not,” she said.

Another myth is related to the holy snake living in the coral cave.

The snake is believed to be the guardian of the temple securing people away from the threat of evil and destruction. It is said if

there will be a natural disaster or disaster, the snake will show a sign through the emergence of the king or queen of the red sea snake. Balinese people believe if this sacred snake often moves to Tanah Lot temple at night to keep the purity of the temple.

Meanwhile, there is also a myth of holy water serving as remedy for looking young. The spring is located beneath of the Tanah Lot Temple. The spring coming out of the temple wall is believed to make people ageless. Thus, many Balinese people wish to pray or just use the water to wash their face.

“Although the story on the myth of Tanah Lot Temple continues to circulate, tourists continuously come to the attraction located at Beraban village, Kediri, Tabanan,” said Jero Niti. (kmb)

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Syrian army command says it has regained most of eastern Ghouta

AMMAN - The Syrian army command said on Saturday it had regained most of the towns and villages in eastern Ghouta and was pressing its military operations in the last rebel bastion of Douma.

In a televised statement, the Syrian army spokesman said the weeks-long military campaign had now brought security to the Syrian capital, Damascus, and also secured its main links to other parts of the country, stretching north and all the way to the Iraqi border to the east.

A last group of fighters and families had earlier left the main towns of Jobar, Zamalka, Arbeen and Ain Tarma after the fall of other towns, leaving only the city of Douma still in rebel hands.

Footage on state television showed top army commanders entering by the same route the rebel convoys had used to leave.

Tens of thousands of people have now evacuated once-bustling towns in the suburbs east of the capital, which had nearly 2 million people before the start of the conflict and were major commercial and industrial hubs.

The army command said military operations were continuing in the outskirts of the city of Douma, controlled by the Jaish al-Islam rebel group, the last patch of eastern Ghouta still held by insurgents.

Douma’s fall would seal the rebels’ worst defeat since 2016, driving them from their last big stronghold near the capital, and would also carry potent symbolism. The town was the main centre of street protests in the Damascus suburbs against President Bashar al-Assad’s rule that ignited the conflict seven years ago.

The army said hundreds of rebels had been killed in the ferocious offensive.

The opposition says a relentless air campaign was waged in which the army used napalm, chlorine and incendiary bombs to demoralize rebels by targeting civilian areas.

The rebels say the indiscriminate bombing forced them to capitulate and agree to surrender deals that force them either to make peace or leave to rebel-held areas after weeks of bombing and sieges that prevented food from reaching the enclaves.

The Syrian army has repeatedly said regaining control over rebel-held suburbs would stop rocket attacks on the capital.

They deny that many civilians were killed in bombardments that rescuers and residents say reduced whole neighbourhoods to rubble in densely populated areas where at least 350,000 people lived.

Defence analysts say a major goal of the campaign was to complete a security belt around the capital, where for years rebels dug into an elaborate network of tunnels and well- fortified positions had resisted countless offensives to seize the enclave.

President Assad said recently securing eastern Ghouta, which was the soft belly of the heavily defended capital, had foiled plots by his foreign enemies to topple him.

“The gains have been achieved after units of the army eliminated hundreds of terrorists, their headquarter and their fortifications,” the army statement said.

Douma is surrounded by government forces, many of whom were elite forces from the Republican Guards and special army units, who have been amassing troops in recent days and threatening to storm the city if the rebels do not agree to leave.

Tens of thousands of civilians remain in Douma, which is the largest urban centre in the enclave, facing worsening humanitarian conditions. (rtr)

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A man walks with his bicycle at a damaged site in the besieged town of Douma, Eastern Ghouta, in Damascus, Syria March 30, 2018.

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Don`t be easily deceived by swarm of flying issues: Jokowi

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U.S. President Donald Trump arrives at Palm Beach International Airport, Florida, U.S. for the Easter weekend at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach March 29, 2018.

Trump tells advisers he wants U.S. out of Syria -senior officials

MALANG - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) calls on the people not to be easily deceived by the swarm of flying issues seeking to instill pessimism.

“Ours is a very big nation, but often we are not aware of it.

From the beginning Indonesia has been a big nation with its diversity and this is a gift from God,” Jokowi said at the Malang Islamic University, East Java, on Thursday.

Addressing General Study on “Islam of Archipelago and Integrity of the Unitary State of The Republic of Indonesia to bring to reality Peaceful Indonesia, Jokowi said Indonesia has become a reference for study of “unity in diversity”.

“Indonesia has become a reference by other countries because of the success of the nation in fostering the principle of unity in diversity,” he said.

He said, as a keynote speaker, Indonesia is made up of 714 tribes with 1,100 local languages, larger than most other countries.

He said the larger a nation the more challenges it would face, but a big nation should not falter and get pessimistic in facing any problem.

“Don`t let yourself be provoked by unfounded issues like Indonesia to be disintegrated, communism and foreign henchmen,” he said.

Earlier this month, Jokowi`s most potential rival facing the forthcoming presidential election Prabowo Subianto issued a controversial statement that Indonesia would cease to exist in 2030.

The general chairman of the Gerindra Party, quoting a fiction, predicted the dissolution of the country in the next 12 years. (ant)

meeting in Kuwait of the global coalition against Islamic State.

The decision to freeze the funds was in line with Trump’s declaration during a speech in Richfield, Ohio, on Thursday, where he said it was time for America to exit Syria.

A spokesperson for the White House’s National Security Council said that “in line with the President’s guidance, the Department of State continually reevaluates appropriate assistance levels and how best they might be utilized, which they do on an ongoing basis.”

Trump is spending Easter weekend at his Palm Beach, Florida, estate.

“We’ll be coming out of Syria, like, very soon,” Trump said on Thursday, based on allied victories against Islamic State

militants.

“Let the other people take care of it now. Very soon, very soon, we’re coming out,” Trump said.

“We’re going to get back to our country, where we belong, where we want to be.”

Trump’s comments came as France said on Friday it could increase its military presence in Syria to bolster the U.S.-led campaign.

While the Pentagon has estimated that Islamic State has lost about 98 percent of the territory it once held in Iraq and Syria, U.S. military officials have warned that the militants could regain the freed areas quickly unless they are stabilized.

Trump still needs to be convinced of that, said the U.S. officials with knowledge of the NSC meeting. (rtr)

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Government assures supply, price stability of basic needs

WEST PALM BEACH - President Donald Trump has told advisers he wants an early exit of U.S. troops from Syria, two senior administration officials said on Friday, a stance that may put him at odds with U.S. military officials who see the fight against Islamic State as nowhere near complete.

A National Security Council meeting is set for early next week to discuss the U.S.-led campaign against Islamic State in Syria, according to U.S. officials familiar with the plan.

Two other administration officials confirmed a Wall Street Journal report on Friday that said Trump had ordered the State Department to freeze more than $200 million in funds for recovery efforts in Syria while his administration reassesses Washington’s role in the conflict there.

Trump called for the freeze after reading a news report that the U.S. had recently committed an additional $200 million to stabilize areas recaptured from Islamic State, the paper said.

The funding was announced by departing Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in February at a

Food items sold in one of the markets in Jakarta.

JAKARTA - The government has assured the stability of price and supply of basic necessities to meet the demand, especially during the fasting month of Ramadan in May.

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi)

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Trade Minister Enggartiasto Lukita held a meeting with stakeholders on the adequacy of basic necessities, here, on Wednesday.

“Ahead of Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr, the price would be stable.

I called on all stakeholders, who have the opportunity to get maximum profit for 11 months, to reduce (the profit) by lowering the price.

We must bring a smile on the faces of housewives while entering Ramadan,” Lukita noted.

The commodities that would be under the ministry`s surveillance

include rice, sugar, cooking oil, meat, egg, and chicken meat. For rice supply, the government would not hesitate to release stock from the State Logistic Agency (Bulog) when the price starts to hike.

He added that rice price would be maintained and would not exceed its ceiling price.

The government has set the rice ceiling price at Rp9,450 per kilogram for medium quality rice and Rp12,800 per kilogram for premium rice in Java, Lampung, South Sumatra, Bali, West Nusa

Tenggara, and Sulawesi.

“This is not a market operation, but basically, we penetrate the market to maintain the supply. All traders in traditional market must sell Bulog rice in accordance with the HET,” he explained.

A data of the Trade Ministry showed that the average price of medium rice as of Wednesday has reached Rp10,918 per kilogram, and sugar at Rp12,372 per kilogram.

Cooking oil price was recorded at Rp11,416 per kilogram, meat at Rp117,690 per kilogram, chicken meat at Rp31,486 per kilogram, and eggs at Rp23,199 per kilogram. (ant)

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North Korea will take part in next two Olympics: IOC chief Bach

Odyssey Submarine

AMLAPURA - Odyssey is a touring submarine, operated

by Submarine Safaris Asia, Ltd. which takes passengers to see and admire the underwater realm of Amuk Bay, near Candidasa. The battery-powered submarine carries up to 36 passengers in its single air-conditioned compartment. The tours can be enjoyed by all ages, especially those looking to enjoy the underwater beauty of tropical marine life, but do not have the expertise or diving experience, or simply don’t want to bother getting wet. Prior to boarding, a team of instructors brief passengers on safety instructions as life jackets are distributed. From the shore, a boat transports guests to the sub.

Photos are taken on the deck before climbing down through the top hatch and removing the vests.

Inside, wide chairs are lined up through the centre of the vessel.

The smooth operating batterypowered submarine carries up to 36 passengers in its single air-conditioned compartment. Side portholes enable passengers to view the marine life at depths of over 40m.

The submarine ride is a fun feature for families, as kids get to match the types of fish with the posters inside the cabin. Usually included in the tours are hotel transfers, a barbecue lunch, and the 45min submarine ride, as well as safety equipment and guides. The submarine dive location is just north of the Padang Bai turnoff on the road to Candidasa, in the eastern part of the island, featuring a clean, black-sand beach with a mountainous backdrop. During the submerged vessel’s usual route around Amuk Bay, the underwater

views are alive with bright and colourful tropical fish, corals, and occasional stingrays and sea turtles.

Along the journey, you will pass coral plantations that are part of a coral regeneration project to maintain the reef and marine habitat in the area.

dive certificate with a photo taken prior to the dive as a souvenir. The submarine is battery operated and runs smooth and silent, posing minimum threat to the surrounding marine environment. The 17m-long

vessel is fully air-conditioned and features soft music during the dives, providing a calm ride for the passengers as they admire the underwater beauty through the porthole windows. (net)

Good to Know From the centre of Denpasar, Kuta or Sanur, Amuk Bay can be reached in two hours. It makes for an easy day trip, or as part of an East Bali exploration, as it is on the way to Amed – another favourite retreat in the island’s east.

After each dive, passengers enjoy a barbecue lunch back at shore at a dedicated Wantilan restaurant, with freshly grilled seafood and Indonesian and local cuisine. Each passenger is awarded a submarine

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Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James (23) drives to the basket against New Orleans Pelicans forward Anthony Davis (23) during the second half at Quicken Loans Arena.

LeBron breaks Jordan’s double-digit points streak record

BEIJING - North Korea will take part in the next two Olympic Games in Japan and China, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach said on Saturday after meeting North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang.

Bach traveled to Pyongyang on Thursday in a visit that comes after North Korea’s participation in the Pyeongchang Winter Games helped ease tensions over the Korean peninsula.

Speaking to reporters at Beijing airport upon his return, Bach said North Korea will participate in the 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo and the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing.

“This commitment was fully supported by the supreme leader of the DPRK in a very open and fruitful discussion I had with him yesterday,” Bach said, using the country’s formal name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

“The IOC will make a proposal for a potential joint march or potential other joint activities for Tokyo and then maybe also for Beijing at the appropriate time,” he added.

The North’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said Bach told Kim the trip was to “express the most heartfelt thanks” to North Korea’s leader for helping make February’s the Pyeongchang

Winter Olympics a Games that were “symbolic of peace.”

Athletes from North and South Korea marched under a unified peninsula flag at the opening ceremony in Pyeongchang, and the two Koreas have seen a significant thaw in tensions since.

KCNA said Kim expressed thanks for the IOC’s support and for cooperating with North Korea “regardless of any political climate and conditions”.

He said he hoped that the IOC’s relationship with the North’s Olympic Committee would continue to develop favorably and expected cooperation in developing and improving sport in North Korea, the report added.

An official from South Korea’s Unification Ministry said it was aware of the KCNA’s report but declined to comment further.

Bach had accepted North Korea’s invitation in February, and told Reuters at the time that he saw sports as a way to reduce political tensions.

After Kim made a surprise trip this week to Beijing to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping, his engagement with the international community has sparked speculation he may try to meet other leaders ahead of summits with South Korean President Moon Jae-in and United States President Donald Trump. (rtr)

CLEVELAND - With a first-quarter dunk against the New Orleans Pelicans on Friday night, LeBron James recorded his 867th consecutive regular-season game with at least 10 points, breaking Michael Jordan’s all-time record.

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The home crowd gave James a raucous standing ovation as he saluted the fans and handed the game ball to a staff member to take to the locker room.

“Any time I’m in the same group as the greats of this game, that’s very humbling knowing where I come from,” James told ESPN’s Adam Schefter after the game. “I grew up 30 minutes south of here (Akron, Ohio) where statistics were not for us, and not for me. So for me to continue to be an inspiration to the youth and be able to do what I do on the floor, it means a lot for me in that sense.”

James tied the record Wednesday on MJ’s own court, against the

Jordan-owned Charlotte Hornets.

Jordan’s streak spanned from March 25, 1986, during his second season in the league, to Dec. 26, 2001, which was 26 games into his first season with the Washington Wizards after spending the previous three years in retirement. It came to an end with Jordan scoring six points in 25 minutes on 2-for-10 shooting in a 27-point loss to the Indiana Pacers.

The last time James failed to score at least 10 points in a game was Jan. 5, 2007, when he had eight points in 43 minutes on 3-for-13 shooting against the Milwaukee Bucks. Now a 15-year veteran, he was in his fourth NBA season at the time. James has twice kept his

streak alive with exactly 10 points, once in October 2007 and once this past January.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ranks third all-time with a 787-game streak than ran from December 1977 to December 1987. The nextlongest active streak belongs to James Harden, with 258 games.

During his streak, James has twice scored fewer than 10 points in a playoff game, both times with the Miami Heat. He tallied eight points in Game 4 of the NBA Finals in 2011 and seven in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals in 2014.

Jordan never finished a playoff game with fewer than 10 points. (rtr)

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International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, in this undated photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang March 31, 2018.

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West Ham boss Moyes hails Mario’s instant impact

Alli rewards Pochettino’s faith with timely double

LONDON - Dele Alli answered his critics in timely and emphatic fashion with two second-half goals as Tottenham Hotspur won 3-1 at Chelsea in the Premier League on Sunday. The 21-year-old attacking midfielder has come under scrutiny this season for a string of diving accusations while his form has dipped below that of the last campaign when he scored 22 goals for Tottenham in all competitions.

He failed to start either of England’s friendlies against the Netherlands and Italy during the international break but in his 100th Premier League game for Tottenham, he showed exactly what makes him so dangerous.

Christian Eriksen’s piledriver had cancelled out Alvaro Morata’s opener for Chelsea before Alli, who was quiet in the first half when he was mocked by the home fans, took centre stage in deadly fashion. In the 62nd minute he showed impeccable timing to beat Chelsea’s offside trap and take down England team mate Eric Dier’s high through ball with one delicate touch before firing past Willy Caballero with his second.

Four minutes later he showed quick feet to fire home from close range after a goalmouth scramble, sealing his side’s first win at Stamford Bridge for 28 years. It was his first league brace since Tottenham’s home win over Chelsea last season and took his season’s haul to 12 in all competitions. The result sent his side eight points clear of the Blues in the race for a top-four finish.

Manager Mauricio Pochettino said he had complete faith in Alli, despite the negativity surrounding him of late. “He’s a great talent and I have no doubts about him,” Pochettino said. “Young players need room to breathe. There’s pressure on their shoulders. It’s more about the expectation being so high.

“Very pleased for Dele because it’s been a tough period for him. But there is no doubt about his talent and character.” Pochettino was also asked whether Alli’s confidence had been affected by not playing for England last week when Manchester United’s Jesse Lingard earned praise in his position.

“No, it did not affect him, he is a fighter,” he said. “We have to help him if he doesn’t play for the national team. We have to help him win the trust and confidence of the national manager. That’s the only way to do it.”

Alli’s second-half display will earn the headlines but Tottenham again showed their strength in depth as, without leading scorer Harry Kane, they battled back to taste victory at Stamford Bridge for the first time since 1990. With seven games remaining they are in a strong position to qualify for the Champions League for the third season running and leave Chelsea to contemplate Europa League football.

“It was a massive win,” Pochettino said. “But it would be wrong to think it’s done.” Chelsea manager Antonio Conte said his side paid for not being clinical. “We played well in the first half especially but only scored once,” he told reporters. “We should have been 2-0 or 3-0 but instead conceded the goal in the last minute of the first half and that created a problem in the mind and our confidence.”

Asked if Chelsea could still make the top four, the Italian said: “I don’t know. We must be realistic. The teams ahead of us are going very fast.

Today we had a great chance to close the gap but we lost the chance.”(rtr)

Tottenham’s Dele Alli celebrates scoring their second goal REUTERS/Peter Nicholls

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Joao Mario

Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri reacts REUTERS/Massimo Pinca

Key absences unlikely to ruffle Juventus coach Allegri

MILAN - Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri will have to reshuffle his side again for Real Madrid’s visit on Tuesday, yet it is all water off a duck’s back for one of Europe’s master tacticians. In just under four seasons at Juve, Allegri, who will be unable to call on suspended defender Medhi Benatia and midfielder Miralem Pjanic, has shown himself to have an uncanny knack of switching formations between and often during matches.

Juventus, who host Real in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final, have won three successive Italian league and cup doubles and reached two Champions League finals under Allegri’s pragmatic leadership.

During that period, Allegri has repeatedly and successfully managed to rebuild his side after the departures of key players such as Andrea Pirlo, Arturo Vidal, Carlos Tevez, Paul Pogba and Leonardo Bonucci. Bonucci’s departure at the end of last season meant the breakup of the formidable BBC defence, which also featured Giorgio Chiellini and Andrea Barzagli.

But Morocco defender Benatia has stepped ably into the gap and the defence remains as miserly as ever, conceding only one goal in Serie A since the start of the year. In the last few months, Allegri has fielded a 3-5-2 formation, a 4-2-3-1, a 4-3-3 and a 4-1-4-1, all proving equally

effective. Rather than emphasising fight and commitment, the 50-yearold likes to talk about the importance of “interpreting the moment” and “administering the match”.

He says his team enjoys defending as much as trying to score goals and said last year that good defending is “as beautiful as a great attacking move”. One of his most recent masterstrokes was in the second leg of the last-16 tie against Tottenham Hotspur when Allegri altered the course of the game with two changes in a minute.

Juve were losing 1-0, and trailing 3-2 on aggregate, when Allegri replaced defensive midfielder Blaise Matuidi with left back Kwadwo Asamoah, then one minute later brought on right back Stephan Lichtensteiner for central defender Benatia.

The complexion of the game changed immediately, Juventus scored two quick goals and, despite

being on the back foot for most of the two-leg tie, went through to the last eight 4-3 on aggregate.

Allegri was similarly successful on Saturday when, with his side drawing 1-1 against AC Milan, he introduced winger Juan Cuadrado on the hour against AC Milan.

Barely 15 minutes later, the Colombian, returning after threemonth injury-enforced absence, scored to set his side on the way to a 3-1 win, heading in at the far post from Sami Khedira’s cross.

Khedira, who had been greeted with a few jeers when he reappeared for the second half of the match, scored the third and, typically, Allegri praised the German for his tactical nous.

“He’s an international class player and he is intelligent,” he said. “I like to have him on the pitch as knows when to raise the drop the rhythm, and he knows how to read the moment of the match.”(rtr)

IBP/net

West Ham United manager David Moyes has hailed Joao Mario for making an immediate impact at the club but is yet to take a decision on whether the club will sign the midfielder on a permanent deal at the end of the season. Portugal international Mario, who arrived at West Ham from Inter Milan in a January loan move, scored his first goal in Saturday’s crucial 3-0 victory over Southampton in the Premier League.

“To come to the Premier League (in January) and perform is not easy,” Moyes told British media. “What goes amiss is that he’s a real hard worker, covers the ground, gives us some other things as well. “He brings a little bit of flair, good on the ball, a bit of natural talent. What we’ve needed from him — when (Manuel Lanzini) was injured in January — was to give us a goal, or an assist, and today he came up with the goods.”

Asked if there was a possibility of keeping Mario’s beyond the current campaign, Moyes said: “I wouldn’t

Man City want “historic” title win v United - De Bruyne

Manchester City want to give their supporters a “historic” day by clinching the Premier League title against bitter rivals Manchester United, their midfielder Kevin de Bruyne said.

Pep Guardiola’s City face the mouthwatering prospect of being crowned league champions for the third time since 2012 if they beat United at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday.

“We are going to relish this position,” De Bruyne told British media.

“These are the games you play the whole season for. It would be wonderful, something different – you know how it goes between them, you know the history, so it would be historic,” the Belgian added.

“The sooner we do it, the better.

Then we can focus on other games.

It’s a tough run. We play Liverpool, United, Liverpool again and then Tottenham (Hotspur). It’s pretty impressive, eh?” City cruised to a 3-1

victory over Everton on Saturday to maintain their 16-point advantage at the top of the table.

De Bruyne felt the team delivered a sublime display at Goodison Park and the Belgian playmaker is hopeful they can deliver a similar performance at Liverpool in the first leg of Champions League quarter-final on Wednesday. City’s only league defeat this season came at Anfield where they conceded three goals in nine second-half minutes as Liverpool won 4-3.

“It’s the Champions League, the quarter-final, it is all or nothing. You have two games, so hopefully we will go there, do our thing and have a good game,” De Bruyne added. “I think in last game against Liverpool we had a spell of 10 minutes where we lost the control... otherwise I think we did alright.

“In the end it was 4-3, it happens,

you learn about these things, and I think we know we have to control it better. Let’s see if we can control it better, do these things properly.(rtr)

Kevin de Bruyne

IBP/net

want to even comment... because I won’t make any decisions or even look at it (yet). I’ll take my time and see what we’ve got.”

Moyes also lauded fullback Arthur Masuaku, who made his first appearance after serving a six-game suspension for spitting at an opponent during the FA Cup loss to Wigan Athletic in January.

“We’ve missed his natural balance; whether you see him as a left back, left wing back, left winger, he’s a little bit of all of them at different times in the game,” the manager added.

“In a way, I think he has benefited from his time off, because we’ve used that time to practice his finishing, his crossing and he’s positionally a little bit better... although it was six games it felt like six months we were missing him.” The win over Southampton lifted the Hammers to 14th place, five points above the relegation zone with seven matches remaining.(rtr)

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West Ham boss Moyes hails Mario’s instant impact

Alli rewards Pochettino’s faith with timely double

LONDON - Dele Alli answered his critics in timely and emphatic fashion with two second-half goals as Tottenham Hotspur won 3-1 at Chelsea in the Premier League on Sunday. The 21-year-old attacking midfielder has come under scrutiny this season for a string of diving accusations while his form has dipped below that of the last campaign when he scored 22 goals for Tottenham in all competitions.

He failed to start either of England’s friendlies against the Netherlands and Italy during the international break but in his 100th Premier League game for Tottenham, he showed exactly what makes him so dangerous.

Christian Eriksen’s piledriver had cancelled out Alvaro Morata’s opener for Chelsea before Alli, who was quiet in the first half when he was mocked by the home fans, took centre stage in deadly fashion. In the 62nd minute he showed impeccable timing to beat Chelsea’s offside trap and take down England team mate Eric Dier’s high through ball with one delicate touch before firing past Willy Caballero with his second.

Four minutes later he showed quick feet to fire home from close range after a goalmouth scramble, sealing his side’s first win at Stamford Bridge for 28 years. It was his first league brace since Tottenham’s home win over Chelsea last season and took his season’s haul to 12 in all competitions. The result sent his side eight points clear of the Blues in the race for a top-four finish.

Manager Mauricio Pochettino said he had complete faith in Alli, despite the negativity surrounding him of late. “He’s a great talent and I have no doubts about him,” Pochettino said. “Young players need room to breathe. There’s pressure on their shoulders. It’s more about the expectation being so high.

“Very pleased for Dele because it’s been a tough period for him. But there is no doubt about his talent and character.” Pochettino was also asked whether Alli’s confidence had been affected by not playing for England last week when Manchester United’s Jesse Lingard earned praise in his position.

“No, it did not affect him, he is a fighter,” he said. “We have to help him if he doesn’t play for the national team. We have to help him win the trust and confidence of the national manager. That’s the only way to do it.”

Alli’s second-half display will earn the headlines but Tottenham again showed their strength in depth as, without leading scorer Harry Kane, they battled back to taste victory at Stamford Bridge for the first time since 1990. With seven games remaining they are in a strong position to qualify for the Champions League for the third season running and leave Chelsea to contemplate Europa League football.

“It was a massive win,” Pochettino said. “But it would be wrong to think it’s done.” Chelsea manager Antonio Conte said his side paid for not being clinical. “We played well in the first half especially but only scored once,” he told reporters. “We should have been 2-0 or 3-0 but instead conceded the goal in the last minute of the first half and that created a problem in the mind and our confidence.”

Asked if Chelsea could still make the top four, the Italian said: “I don’t know. We must be realistic. The teams ahead of us are going very fast.

Today we had a great chance to close the gap but we lost the chance.”(rtr)

Tottenham’s Dele Alli celebrates scoring their second goal REUTERS/Peter Nicholls

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Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri reacts REUTERS/Massimo Pinca

Key absences unlikely to ruffle Juventus coach Allegri

MILAN - Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri will have to reshuffle his side again for Real Madrid’s visit on Tuesday, yet it is all water off a duck’s back for one of Europe’s master tacticians. In just under four seasons at Juve, Allegri, who will be unable to call on suspended defender Medhi Benatia and midfielder Miralem Pjanic, has shown himself to have an uncanny knack of switching formations between and often during matches.

Juventus, who host Real in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final, have won three successive Italian league and cup doubles and reached two Champions League finals under Allegri’s pragmatic leadership.

During that period, Allegri has repeatedly and successfully managed to rebuild his side after the departures of key players such as Andrea Pirlo, Arturo Vidal, Carlos Tevez, Paul Pogba and Leonardo Bonucci. Bonucci’s departure at the end of last season meant the breakup of the formidable BBC defence, which also featured Giorgio Chiellini and Andrea Barzagli.

But Morocco defender Benatia has stepped ably into the gap and the defence remains as miserly as ever, conceding only one goal in Serie A since the start of the year. In the last few months, Allegri has fielded a 3-5-2 formation, a 4-2-3-1, a 4-3-3 and a 4-1-4-1, all proving equally

effective. Rather than emphasising fight and commitment, the 50-yearold likes to talk about the importance of “interpreting the moment” and “administering the match”.

He says his team enjoys defending as much as trying to score goals and said last year that good defending is “as beautiful as a great attacking move”. One of his most recent masterstrokes was in the second leg of the last-16 tie against Tottenham Hotspur when Allegri altered the course of the game with two changes in a minute.

Juve were losing 1-0, and trailing 3-2 on aggregate, when Allegri replaced defensive midfielder Blaise Matuidi with left back Kwadwo Asamoah, then one minute later brought on right back Stephan Lichtensteiner for central defender Benatia.

The complexion of the game changed immediately, Juventus scored two quick goals and, despite

being on the back foot for most of the two-leg tie, went through to the last eight 4-3 on aggregate.

Allegri was similarly successful on Saturday when, with his side drawing 1-1 against AC Milan, he introduced winger Juan Cuadrado on the hour against AC Milan.

Barely 15 minutes later, the Colombian, returning after threemonth injury-enforced absence, scored to set his side on the way to a 3-1 win, heading in at the far post from Sami Khedira’s cross.

Khedira, who had been greeted with a few jeers when he reappeared for the second half of the match, scored the third and, typically, Allegri praised the German for his tactical nous.

“He’s an international class player and he is intelligent,” he said. “I like to have him on the pitch as knows when to raise the drop the rhythm, and he knows how to read the moment of the match.”(rtr)

IBP/net

West Ham United manager David Moyes has hailed Joao Mario for making an immediate impact at the club but is yet to take a decision on whether the club will sign the midfielder on a permanent deal at the end of the season. Portugal international Mario, who arrived at West Ham from Inter Milan in a January loan move, scored his first goal in Saturday’s crucial 3-0 victory over Southampton in the Premier League.

“To come to the Premier League (in January) and perform is not easy,” Moyes told British media. “What goes amiss is that he’s a real hard worker, covers the ground, gives us some other things as well. “He brings a little bit of flair, good on the ball, a bit of natural talent. What we’ve needed from him — when (Manuel Lanzini) was injured in January — was to give us a goal, or an assist, and today he came up with the goods.”

Asked if there was a possibility of keeping Mario’s beyond the current campaign, Moyes said: “I wouldn’t

Man City want “historic” title win v United - De Bruyne

Manchester City want to give their supporters a “historic” day by clinching the Premier League title against bitter rivals Manchester United, their midfielder Kevin de Bruyne said.

Pep Guardiola’s City face the mouthwatering prospect of being crowned league champions for the third time since 2012 if they beat United at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday.

“We are going to relish this position,” De Bruyne told British media.

“These are the games you play the whole season for. It would be wonderful, something different – you know how it goes between them, you know the history, so it would be historic,” the Belgian added.

“The sooner we do it, the better.

Then we can focus on other games.

It’s a tough run. We play Liverpool, United, Liverpool again and then Tottenham (Hotspur). It’s pretty impressive, eh?” City cruised to a 3-1

victory over Everton on Saturday to maintain their 16-point advantage at the top of the table.

De Bruyne felt the team delivered a sublime display at Goodison Park and the Belgian playmaker is hopeful they can deliver a similar performance at Liverpool in the first leg of Champions League quarter-final on Wednesday. City’s only league defeat this season came at Anfield where they conceded three goals in nine second-half minutes as Liverpool won 4-3.

“It’s the Champions League, the quarter-final, it is all or nothing. You have two games, so hopefully we will go there, do our thing and have a good game,” De Bruyne added. “I think in last game against Liverpool we had a spell of 10 minutes where we lost the control... otherwise I think we did alright.

“In the end it was 4-3, it happens,

you learn about these things, and I think we know we have to control it better. Let’s see if we can control it better, do these things properly.(rtr)

Kevin de Bruyne

IBP/net

want to even comment... because I won’t make any decisions or even look at it (yet). I’ll take my time and see what we’ve got.”

Moyes also lauded fullback Arthur Masuaku, who made his first appearance after serving a six-game suspension for spitting at an opponent during the FA Cup loss to Wigan Athletic in January.

“We’ve missed his natural balance; whether you see him as a left back, left wing back, left winger, he’s a little bit of all of them at different times in the game,” the manager added.

“In a way, I think he has benefited from his time off, because we’ve used that time to practice his finishing, his crossing and he’s positionally a little bit better... although it was six games it felt like six months we were missing him.” The win over Southampton lifted the Hammers to 14th place, five points above the relegation zone with seven matches remaining.(rtr)

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International

North Korea will take part in next two Olympics: IOC chief Bach

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Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James (23) drives to the basket against New Orleans Pelicans forward Anthony Davis (23) during the second half at Quicken Loans Arena.

LeBron breaks Jordan’s double-digit points streak record

BEIJING - North Korea will take part in the next two Olympic Games in Japan and China, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach said on Saturday after meeting North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang.

Bach traveled to Pyongyang on Thursday in a visit that comes after North Korea’s participation in the Pyeongchang Winter Games helped ease tensions over the Korean peninsula.

Speaking to reporters at Beijing airport upon his return, Bach said North Korea will participate in the 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo and the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing.

“This commitment was fully supported by the supreme leader of the DPRK in a very open and fruitful discussion I had with him yesterday,” Bach said, using the country’s formal name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

“The IOC will make a proposal for a potential joint march or potential other joint activities for Tokyo and then maybe also for Beijing at the appropriate time,” he added.

The North’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said Bach told Kim the trip was to “express the most heartfelt thanks” to North Korea’s leader for helping make February’s the Pyeongchang

Winter Olympics a Games that were “symbolic of peace.”

Athletes from North and South Korea marched under a unified peninsula flag at the opening ceremony in Pyeongchang, and the two Koreas have seen a significant thaw in tensions since.

KCNA said Kim expressed thanks for the IOC’s support and for cooperating with North Korea “regardless of any political climate and conditions”.

He said he hoped that the IOC’s relationship with the North’s Olympic Committee would continue to develop favorably and expected cooperation in developing and improving sport in North Korea, the report added.

An official from South Korea’s Unification Ministry said it was aware of the KCNA’s report but declined to comment further.

Bach had accepted North Korea’s invitation in February, and told Reuters at the time that he saw sports as a way to reduce political tensions.

After Kim made a surprise trip this week to Beijing to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping, his engagement with the international community has sparked speculation he may try to meet other leaders ahead of summits with South Korean President Moon Jae-in and United States President Donald Trump. (rtr)

CLEVELAND - With a first-quarter dunk against the New Orleans Pelicans on Friday night, LeBron James recorded his 867th consecutive regular-season game with at least 10 points, breaking Michael Jordan’s all-time record.

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“Any time I’m in the same group as the greats of this game, that’s very humbling knowing where I come from,” James told ESPN’s Adam Schefter after the game. “I grew up 30 minutes south of here (Akron, Ohio) where statistics were not for us, and not for me. So for me to continue to be an inspiration to the youth and be able to do what I do on the floor, it means a lot for me in that sense.”

James tied the record Wednesday on MJ’s own court, against the

Jordan-owned Charlotte Hornets.

Jordan’s streak spanned from March 25, 1986, during his second season in the league, to Dec. 26, 2001, which was 26 games into his first season with the Washington Wizards after spending the previous three years in retirement. It came to an end with Jordan scoring six points in 25 minutes on 2-for-10 shooting in a 27-point loss to the Indiana Pacers.

The last time James failed to score at least 10 points in a game was Jan. 5, 2007, when he had eight points in 43 minutes on 3-for-13 shooting against the Milwaukee Bucks. Now a 15-year veteran, he was in his fourth NBA season at the time. James has twice kept his

streak alive with exactly 10 points, once in October 2007 and once this past January.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ranks third all-time with a 787-game streak than ran from December 1977 to December 1987. The nextlongest active streak belongs to James Harden, with 258 games.

During his streak, James has twice scored fewer than 10 points in a playoff game, both times with the Miami Heat. He tallied eight points in Game 4 of the NBA Finals in 2011 and seven in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals in 2014.

Jordan never finished a playoff game with fewer than 10 points. (rtr)

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International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, in this undated photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang March 31, 2018.

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Syrian army command says it has regained most of eastern Ghouta

AMMAN - The Syrian army command said on Saturday it had regained most of the towns and villages in eastern Ghouta and was pressing its military operations in the last rebel bastion of Douma.

In a televised statement, the Syrian army spokesman said the weeks-long military campaign had now brought security to the Syrian capital, Damascus, and also secured its main links to other parts of the country, stretching north and all the way to the Iraqi border to the east.

A last group of fighters and families had earlier left the main towns of Jobar, Zamalka, Arbeen and Ain Tarma after the fall of other towns, leaving only the city of Douma still in rebel hands.

Footage on state television showed top army commanders entering by the same route the rebel convoys had used to leave.

Tens of thousands of people have now evacuated once-bustling towns in the suburbs east of the capital, which had nearly 2 million people before the start of the conflict and were major commercial and industrial hubs.

The army command said military operations were continuing in the outskirts of the city of Douma, controlled by the Jaish al-Islam rebel group, the last patch of eastern Ghouta still held by insurgents.

Douma’s fall would seal the rebels’ worst defeat since 2016, driving them from their last big stronghold near the capital, and would also carry potent symbolism. The town was the main centre of street protests in the Damascus suburbs against President Bashar al-Assad’s rule that ignited the conflict seven years ago.

The army said hundreds of rebels had been killed in the ferocious offensive.

The opposition says a relentless air campaign was waged in which the army used napalm, chlorine and incendiary bombs to demoralize rebels by targeting civilian areas.

The rebels say the indiscriminate bombing forced them to capitulate and agree to surrender deals that force them either to make peace or leave to rebel-held areas after weeks of bombing and sieges that prevented food from reaching the enclaves.

The Syrian army has repeatedly said regaining control over rebel-held suburbs would stop rocket attacks on the capital.

They deny that many civilians were killed in bombardments that rescuers and residents say reduced whole neighbourhoods to rubble in densely populated areas where at least 350,000 people lived.

Defence analysts say a major goal of the campaign was to complete a security belt around the capital, where for years rebels dug into an elaborate network of tunnels and well- fortified positions had resisted countless offensives to seize the enclave.

President Assad said recently securing eastern Ghouta, which was the soft belly of the heavily defended capital, had foiled plots by his foreign enemies to topple him.

“The gains have been achieved after units of the army eliminated hundreds of terrorists, their headquarter and their fortifications,” the army statement said.

Douma is surrounded by government forces, many of whom were elite forces from the Republican Guards and special army units, who have been amassing troops in recent days and threatening to storm the city if the rebels do not agree to leave.

Tens of thousands of civilians remain in Douma, which is the largest urban centre in the enclave, facing worsening humanitarian conditions. (rtr)

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A man walks with his bicycle at a damaged site in the besieged town of Douma, Eastern Ghouta, in Damascus, Syria March 30, 2018.

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Don`t be easily deceived by swarm of flying issues: Jokowi

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Trump tells advisers he wants U.S. out of Syria -senior officials

MALANG - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) calls on the people not to be easily deceived by the swarm of flying issues seeking to instill pessimism.

“Ours is a very big nation, but often we are not aware of it.

From the beginning Indonesia has been a big nation with its diversity and this is a gift from God,” Jokowi said at the Malang Islamic University, East Java, on Thursday.

Addressing General Study on “Islam of Archipelago and Integrity of the Unitary State of The Republic of Indonesia to bring to reality Peaceful Indonesia, Jokowi said Indonesia has become a reference for study of “unity in diversity”.

“Indonesia has become a reference by other countries because of the success of the nation in fostering the principle of unity in diversity,” he said.

He said, as a keynote speaker, Indonesia is made up of 714 tribes with 1,100 local languages, larger than most other countries.

He said the larger a nation the more challenges it would face, but a big nation should not falter and get pessimistic in facing any problem.

“Don`t let yourself be provoked by unfounded issues like Indonesia to be disintegrated, communism and foreign henchmen,” he said.

Earlier this month, Jokowi`s most potential rival facing the forthcoming presidential election Prabowo Subianto issued a controversial statement that Indonesia would cease to exist in 2030.

The general chairman of the Gerindra Party, quoting a fiction, predicted the dissolution of the country in the next 12 years. (ant)

meeting in Kuwait of the global coalition against Islamic State.

The decision to freeze the funds was in line with Trump’s declaration during a speech in Richfield, Ohio, on Thursday, where he said it was time for America to exit Syria.

A spokesperson for the White House’s National Security Council said that “in line with the President’s guidance, the Department of State continually reevaluates appropriate assistance levels and how best they might be utilized, which they do on an ongoing basis.”

Trump is spending Easter weekend at his Palm Beach, Florida, estate.

“We’ll be coming out of Syria, like, very soon,” Trump said on Thursday, based on allied victories against Islamic State

militants.

“Let the other people take care of it now. Very soon, very soon, we’re coming out,” Trump said.

“We’re going to get back to our country, where we belong, where we want to be.”

Trump’s comments came as France said on Friday it could increase its military presence in Syria to bolster the U.S.-led campaign.

While the Pentagon has estimated that Islamic State has lost about 98 percent of the territory it once held in Iraq and Syria, U.S. military officials have warned that the militants could regain the freed areas quickly unless they are stabilized.

Trump still needs to be convinced of that, said the U.S. officials with knowledge of the NSC meeting. (rtr)

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Government assures supply, price stability of basic needs

WEST PALM BEACH - President Donald Trump has told advisers he wants an early exit of U.S. troops from Syria, two senior administration officials said on Friday, a stance that may put him at odds with U.S. military officials who see the fight against Islamic State as nowhere near complete.

A National Security Council meeting is set for early next week to discuss the U.S.-led campaign against Islamic State in Syria, according to U.S. officials familiar with the plan.

Two other administration officials confirmed a Wall Street Journal report on Friday that said Trump had ordered the State Department to freeze more than $200 million in funds for recovery efforts in Syria while his administration reassesses Washington’s role in the conflict there.

Trump called for the freeze after reading a news report that the U.S. had recently committed an additional $200 million to stabilize areas recaptured from Islamic State, the paper said.

The funding was announced by departing Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in February at a

Food items sold in one of the markets in Jakarta.

JAKARTA - The government has assured the stability of price and supply of basic necessities to meet the demand, especially during the fasting month of Ramadan in May.

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Trade Minister Enggartiasto Lukita held a meeting with stakeholders on the adequacy of basic necessities, here, on Wednesday.

“Ahead of Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr, the price would be stable.

I called on all stakeholders, who have the opportunity to get maximum profit for 11 months, to reduce (the profit) by lowering the price.

We must bring a smile on the faces of housewives while entering Ramadan,” Lukita noted.

The commodities that would be under the ministry`s surveillance

include rice, sugar, cooking oil, meat, egg, and chicken meat. For rice supply, the government would not hesitate to release stock from the State Logistic Agency (Bulog) when the price starts to hike.

He added that rice price would be maintained and would not exceed its ceiling price.

The government has set the rice ceiling price at Rp9,450 per kilogram for medium quality rice and Rp12,800 per kilogram for premium rice in Java, Lampung, South Sumatra, Bali, West Nusa

Tenggara, and Sulawesi.

“This is not a market operation, but basically, we penetrate the market to maintain the supply. All traders in traditional market must sell Bulog rice in accordance with the HET,” he explained.

A data of the Trade Ministry showed that the average price of medium rice as of Wednesday has reached Rp10,918 per kilogram, and sugar at Rp12,372 per kilogram.

Cooking oil price was recorded at Rp11,416 per kilogram, meat at Rp117,690 per kilogram, chicken meat at Rp31,486 per kilogram, and eggs at Rp23,199 per kilogram. (ant)

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BUSINESS Cuba quashes rumors currency unification around corner

HAVANA - Cuba’s central bank on Thursday quashed rumors that it would withdraw one of the Communist-run island’s two currencies from circulation over the weekend, after nervous Cubans had rushed in recent days to exchange their CUCs for pesos.

The date for the start of the much-anticipated process of socalled “monetary unification” has not yet been determined, the bank added in a statement published by state-run media.

“In the last few days the number of people seeking to change CUCs into pesos at bank offices and CADECAs (exchange bureaus) has risen,” the central bank said.

“This is due to the false information that in the next few days the CUC will be withdrawn from circulation.”

For more than two decades, two currencies have circulated in Cuba: the peso in which most wages are paid and local goods priced, and the CUC used in the tourism industry, foreign trade and upscale eateries and stores carrying imported goods.

Neither are legal tender outside the country, which exchanges them at different rates depending on the nature of the transaction, complicating accounting, the evaluation of performance and trade for state companies.

Plans adopted by the Communist Party in 2011 under Raul Castro’s leadership to improve the performance of the ailing Sovietstyle economy by introducing market mechanisms included currency unification. The peso, it said, would remain and the CUC would become history.

However, it did not give a timeframe for the transition. Castro said in December last year the reform could no longer be delayed, sparking speculation it might be announced before he was due to step down as president on April 19.

Castro will remain party chief until 2021.

The central bank on Thursday recalled the party’s decision at its last congress to guarantee bank deposits in accounts in foreign currencies, CUCs and pesos. (rtr)

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Kamasan Painting Comes with a Message of Life

Kamasan painting has been familiar in the ears of Balinese people. This artwork has long been a wealth of Klungkung district. Apart from its classical appearance, this painting is rich in puppet and animal stories. It is really meaningful. At Kamasan village can be found many centers of the painting activities. There are also galleries where a number of works created by the artists have been displayed since several years ago. It applies classic colors of red and brownish perfectly combined. Some paintings offer a jungle feel following a pre-established pattern. They look very lively and beautiful to look at.

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A labourer works on coils of steel wire at a steel wholesale market in Beijing, China, January 17, 2012.

China says protectionist moves will mean shutting door on the country

BEIJING - China wants to share its development opportunities with other countries, but protectionism will mean closing the door into China, the country’s top diplomat said, amid a festering trade dispute with the United States.

A man holds Cuban Pesos (CUP) and Cuban Convertible Pesos (CUC) while posing for a photograph at a produce market in Havana, Cuba March 29, 2018.

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U.S. President Donald Trump’s move last week to slap up to $60 billion in tariffs on some Chinese imports has since provoked a warning from Beijing that it could retaliate with duties of up to $3 billion of U.S. imports.

Speaking at a regional forum in Vietnam’s capital Hanoi on Friday, Chinese State Councillor Wang Yi said the country’s reform and opening up policy will neither be changed nor be affected by any external factors, China’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Saturday.

“China’s reform and opening up is in line with the interests of the Chinese people, and will also

benefit other countries,” the statement cited Wang as saying, adding China will provide an even better investment environment for foreign companies.

“Opening up should work both ways. China opens itself to other countries and hopes others will be open to China,” he said, without mentioning any countries by name.

While friction and disputes over trade are normal, what is important is to work for reasonable solutions through equal consultations in line with laws and rules, Wang added.

“Any unilateral or protectionist measures are an approach against the trend of the history, will go

nowhere and will see their own interests undermined,” he said.

“Protectionism equals shutting the door into China, and they will suffer the consequences of their actions. Both time and facts will prove it.”

China has repeatedly promised to open its economy further, but many foreign companies continue to complain of unfair treatment.

China warned the United States on Thursday not to open Pandora’s Box and spark a flurry of protectionist practices across the globe, even as Beijing pointed to U.S. goods that it could target in the deepening Sino-U.S. trade dispute. (rtr)

The work is not just an expression of the art but there is a message of life. What is scratched is not a common thing. It presents a series of pictures depicting a number of characters contained in the story. One of the themes is heroic attractions on the battlefield.

It’s like giving a moral message. It is adopted from various stories, such as Mahabharata and Ramayana epic. Occasionally, the artists also express his idea inspired by animal or tantric tales.

The painter Mangku Muriati Mura said that in the midst of the art development, the appearance of other paintings is very possible. Nevertheless, he does not get dissolved in that situation. His great desire to maintain the art is believed to have emerged since the kingdom era that will not fade over the times.

The norms are not neglected. Everything is still followed. “We still preserve them all,” he said, not long ago.

This painting is not solely concerned with aesthetics but more than it, where it also offers strong philosophical values. His work is

combined with religious elements or teachings quoted from the palm-leaf manuscripts.

“We must understand the meaning, not just some scratches,” he said.

Another painter, Kadek Natha, explained that in harmony with the development of times, Kamasan paint coloring began to use acrylic because natural materials are increasingly difficult to obtain. How-

ever, the classic impression never fades.

It remains to looks sharp and has divine inspiration. “Pere is one of natural dyes, a kind of stone obtained from Sakenan. Its color is yellowish brown, but now many painters have switched from this color,” he explained.

Profession as painter has been pursued since he was in elementary school. His works

have been widely sold. The price is fantastic and comparable to the complexity. “There is a painting sold for IDR 9 million, even more.

The cheaper is also available,” he said. His paintings are no longer just scratched on canvas, but many of them have been used as hotel room ornaments. “Many hotels ask me to paint in classical style,” said Natha. (kmb)

Some Myths Related to Tanah Lot Attraction

Having a promenade together with partner to witness the beauty of Tanah Lot tourist attraction will surely be impressive. Moreover, walking hand in hand while pass-

ing through every sturdy coral rock will certainly bring in very sweet memories. Fading sunlight at the nightfall as if gave the spirit to strengthen the affection. Unfor-

tunately, Tanah Lot retains a myth and taboo for couples taking their girlfriend of boyfriend to visit the place of worship.

“Do not bring your girlfriend or boyfriend to Tanah Lot Temple” is the sentence often expressed by the elders on this Island of the Gods.

Many Balinese people believe if unmarried couples have vacation or dating to Tanah Lot Temple will cause the relationship not to last longer or immediately break up. If the prohibition is violated, the relationship with the boyfriend or girlfriend is believed not to last long. It will become not harmonious leading to be separated.

Although being difficult to prove, believe it or not, Balinese people especially young couples strongly believe in the myth. They never want to bring their partner to

Tanah Lot Temple. Merely walking in the area of ??Tanah Lot area is commonly done by young couples.

“The myth does not apply to married couples,” said Jero Niti, Public Relations of Tanah Lot attraction.

In the current modern era, explained Jero Niti, the myth remains to be trusted by the Hindu community in Bali, unlike tourists coming to visit with girlfriend or boyfriend. Does the myth also apply to them? “Tourists rarely care about it whether they are with a girlfriend or not. They certainly do not know whether they will break up or not,” she said.

Another myth is related to the holy snake living in the coral cave.

The snake is believed to be the guardian of the temple securing people away from the threat of evil and destruction. It is said if

there will be a natural disaster or disaster, the snake will show a sign through the emergence of the king or queen of the red sea snake. Balinese people believe if this sacred snake often moves to Tanah Lot temple at night to keep the purity of the temple.

Meanwhile, there is also a myth of holy water serving as remedy for looking young. The spring is located beneath of the Tanah Lot Temple. The spring coming out of the temple wall is believed to make people ageless. Thus, many Balinese people wish to pray or just use the water to wash their face.

“Although the story on the myth of Tanah Lot Temple continues to circulate, tourists continuously come to the attraction located at Beraban village, Kediri, Tabanan,” said Jero Niti. (kmb)

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PHRI Buleleng asks for definite decision

Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Tourism Najib Balala unveils the headstone of Sudan, the last male northern white rhino, at the Rhino Cemetery at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Laikipia National Park, Kenya March 31, 2018.

SINGARAJA - Prolonged uncertainty about the development of the international airport in sub-district of Kubutambahan, has led tourism businesses in the area to request that a finale decision be made on the matter. The ongoing uncertainty has also made some people question whether there are political interests involved in the delay – particularly with regards to the upcoming elections.

Chairman of Indonesia Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI) of Buleleng, Dewa Ketut Suardipa, said on Sunday (Apr. 1), that developing the potential of tourism in the region requires the support of infrastructure including the airport, which would make it much easier for tourists to visit Buleleng.

Suardipa has therefor requested that the central and regional governments provide the public with a definitive answer about the plan immediately. The PHRI does not want discussion of the airport plan to go on indefinitely.

Moreover, not not ago central government officials released a statement saying that the airport plan had been cancelled but not long after that another statement emerged saying that the airport would in fact be built and that the ground breaking ceremony was scheduled to take place in August 2018.

“We want a definite decision to be made, so that this does not turn into a contentious issue with prolonged uncertainty and hesitation. If the airport is going to be built, we would like to have a final decision announced. We are hoping that the airport will be built as it will certainly help to boost tourism in our region”, he said.

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Ngurah Rai International Airport. Another airport will be developed in the nort part of Bali.

Suardipa who was formerly Chief of the Pemaron Consultative Board (BPD), for the subdistrict of Buleleng, also said that the construction of the airport requires a lot of investment as well as studies by experts.

The local community and tourism business owners in the area have submitted a request for this from related agencies.

Another important project is the construction of a shortcut road from between

Singaraja and Bedugul. Suardipa also asked for confirmation regarding this project, particularly regarding the firth and sixth points on the road (Wanagiri Village- Gitigit Village, in the subdistrict of Sukasada).

The road that currently links Singaraja and Bedugul is steep and winding and prone to traffic accidents. The new shortcut road would be both safer and allow tourists from southern Bali to reach the North more

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“We are also asking for a a decision regarding this project so that discussions can move to certainty. In our opinion a shorter trip to the North will attract tourists and investors to Buleleng. Given that the current road is winding, prone to accidents and takes travellers a long time to reach the north, we ask that the shortcut road project be finalized”, said Suardipa. (kmb38)

Bali Strait crossing closed for North Bali airport would impact 1.5 hours due to bad weather on tourism in Bangli NEGARA - Bad weather occurred in the Strait of Bali on Sunday afternoon (Apr. 1). Rain and fog caused limited visibility so the Ferry Management Unit (UPP) harbourmaster decided to postpone the crossings between Ketapang and Gilimanuk for 1. 5 hours. As a result, there were long line ups in Gilimanuk Harbour as heavy rains starting around 15:35 were accompanied by fog and darkened skies. A number of ship captains reported limited visibility so the harbourmaster decided to wait for the weather to clear before allowing other ships to make the crossing.

Head of the Ferry Management Unit III Gilimanuk, Nyoman Suyan-

tha, confirmed that bad weather had caused a delay in the crossings so as to avoid collisions at sea and ships deviated from their routes. The crossing service was shut down at 15:45.

Suyantha explained that the delay was for the safety of everyone and that ships were requested to anchor in safety. After 1. 5 hours the crossing service was opened again at 17:15. Although the delay did not last very long, vehicles travelling from Bali through Gilimanuk Harbour started to pile up in the harbour parking lot. The line-up of buses and private cars extended out to the maneuver terminal but as the service resumed the line-ups quickly shortened. (kmb26)

BANGLI - Many hope that the airport in North Bali will be built soon as it will contribute to boosting toursim in buleleng and neighbouring districts including Bangli.

Chairman of the Bali Chapter of the Indonesia Hotels and Restaurants Association (PHRI), Ketut Mardjana, recently said that the construction of the airport in Buleleng is very feasible and that he hopes that it will in fact be realized as it will greatly contribute to balance economic inequities in Bali. Currently economic development is focused in the south of Bali.

“If the airport is built in North Bali there will be balance between Borth Bali and South Bali”, he said on

Sunday (Apr.1), explaining that it will allow more tourists to access North Bali.

This will indirectly have a positive impact on Bangli as tourists will cross this area on their way to the south. Tourist destination in Kintamani for example will also have more tourists visiting.

“The airport will not only have a positive impact on Bangli but also on Karangasem and Negara”, he added.

This former President Director of PT Pos Indonesia also said that the hopes the provincial and district governments continue to work towards developing infrastructure – especially roads in the region as

this helps to support the growth of the local economy.

Regent of Bangli, I Made Gianyar, when met in the Parliament Hall recently, said that he and the community of Bangli are eager for the airport in Buleleng to be built as it will render Bangli less isolated. Ideally, he said the airport would be located in Eastern Buleleng.

“Bangli is not accessible by any inter-provincial road the way that Jembrana, Gianyar, Tabanan and Karangasem are. We are kind of located on a dead- end lane. If the airport was located in East Buleleng then Bangli would become more accessible. (kmb40)

NANYUKI - The death of the world’s last male northern white rhinoceros this month led a Kenyan government official to declare anyone caught possessing ivory should be sentenced to life in prison.

“Ivory belongs to elephants and rhinos,” said Najib Balala, Kenya’s tourism minister, during a memorial service held at Ol Pejeta Conservancy on Saturday for Sudan, the 45-year-old rhino, who died 11 days ago.

Wildlife officials at Ol Pejeta, about 250 kilometres (155 miles) north of Nairobi, put down the

rhino on March 19 because of rapid deterioration in his health.

Sudan is survived by the last two females of his species, his 27-year-old daughter Najin and 17year-old granddaughter Fatu. The only hope for preserving their species is through in vitro fertilisation using their eggs and stored semen, according to Ol Pejeta.

Thousand of southern white rhinos still roam sub-Saharan Africa, but decades of rampant poaching have drastically cut the number of northern whites. Poachers could sell northern white rhino horns for $50,000 per kilo, making them more valuable than gold.

Kenya had 20,000 rhinos in the 1970s, falling to 400 in the 1990s.

It now has 650, almost all of them black rhinos.

“We are going to change our laws so that anyone caught with ivory will be jailed for life,” Balala said.

Kenya introduced tough wildlife-protection laws in 2013 in an attempt to stop highly lucrative ivory smuggling, mainly to Asia, which has led to the slaughter of thousands of rare and endangered animals.

Those found guilty of ivory trafficking already face a life sentence.

But the minimum sentence for possessing it is just five years.

After a court sentenced a Kenyan man to 20 years in jail for possessing ivory, the top prosecutor sought for the punishment to be

changed to a life sentenced. The convicted man’s appeal is still in the courts.

The slaughter of endangered animals in Africa for profit continues, but there is ever greater awareness of the bloody cost of ivory, and more international action to stop the trade.

In a move with major implications for the illegal wildlife trade from Africa, China banned ivory sales in December. The country is the world’s largest importer and end user of elephant tusks. (rtr)

U.S., S.Korea kick off annual joint military exercises after month-long delay

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South Korea and the United States kicked off their annual joint military exercises on Sunday after they were delayed by about a month for the Winter Olympics and to help create conditions for a resumption of talks between North and South Korea.

SEOUL - South Korea and the United States kicked off their annual joint military exercises on Sunday after they were delayed by about a month for the Winter Olympics and to help create conditions for a resumption of talks between North and South Korea.

The Foal Eagle field exercise, which usually involves combined ground, air, naval and special operations troops, will continue for a month. The computer-simulated Key Resolve will be held for two weeks starting in mid-April.

A Pentagon spokesman said in March the two joint drills would involve about 23,700 U.S. troops

and 300,000 South Korean forces.

Military officials in Seoul have said the scale of the exercises would not go beyond those seen in previous years.

The Foal Eagle and Key Resolve exercises are usually held every year around March but they were postponed this year until after the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics and Paralympics, which started in February and ended last month.

North Korea, which has traditionally accused both South Korea and the United States of practising invading the North during joint military drills, has remained quiet on the issue.

In March, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un told a visiting South Korean delegation in Pyongyang that he “understands” the situation regarding the joint drills, according to South Korea’s National Security Office head Chung Eui-yong, who had led the delegation.

The joint exercises come roughly a month ahead of an April 27 summit between the two Koreas, their first in more than a decade.

Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in are widely expected to discuss denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula and improvement of inter-Korean relations at the summit. (rtr)

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Rocket science: will Inmarsat’s wi-fi in the sky pay off?

LONDON - A satellite company wants to bring reliable internet to airline passengers worldwide. But some investors don’t seem to be buying it.

Inmarsat’s mission to bring wi-fi to passenger jets did instill great faith in some fund managers. But competition has become fierce as cheap financing funded an explosion of new capacity in the sky, and the worry is the project will not be as lucrative as once hoped.

It is also difficult to model the payoff from Inmarsat’s big investments. Broker Berenberg put the firm’s spend in recent years on four of its Global Xpress high-bandwidth global mobile network satellites at about $1.6 billion.

Inmarsat, established in 1979 to enable ship-to-shore communication and distress calls, has reduced its dividend to plough money into wi-fi for the world’s airlines.

Its shares have slumped some 60 percent in the last two years more than rivals SES and Eutelsat - to their lowest since late 2008.

The company promises higher quality broadband internet than its competitors and seamless connectivity, convinced that far more passengers will sign up if they get what they’ve paid for - a connection that stays strong and doesn’t cut out.

But sceptics note free wi-fi is now commonplace on the ground - from coffee shops to airports - and consumers could expect the same for in-flight connectivity (IFC) once the novelty wears off.

It would not be the first time a communications company spent heavily on infrastructure only to see the promised returns evaporate because of weak pricing power.

“They never get off the treadmill of capex,” said Eric Moore, an income fund manager at Miton. Moore looked at Inmarsat lots of times but says he has always been “a bit phobic”.

The bullish case for Inmarsat lies in its focus on mobility.

When Inmarsat’s equipment aboard a moving plane goes out of range of one of its satellite beams, it quickly finds the next. Some services can struggle to provide a smooth handover.

Inmarsat’s Chief Executive Rupert Pearce said on March 9 that the company had about 30 percent of the IFC market, with systems on 1,300 aircraft due to go into service over the next two years.

“We have established a strong presence from which to move forward and become the market leader,” he said as the company presented annual results.

More than 80 airlines offer in-flight wi-fi, said Routehappy, which provides information on flight amenities, in January.

On some aircraft, Turkish Airlines offers free wi-fi to certain customers - those flying in business class, for example. Passengers in economy class pay $9.99 per hour for the service, or $14.99 for a 24-hour package.

Emirates offers 20 MB of wi-fi for free. On Norwegian , free wi-fi is available on many flights. (rtr)

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Maintaining the light of life in the digital age

Book launch for Jean Couteau’s Myth, Magic and Mystery in Bali This year, Bali was once again rated amongst the very best tourist destinations in the world and even as the top destination by one large online site. To anyone who has visited the Island of the Gods this comes as no surprise as there seems to be no end of things to refresh the spirit, mind and body on this island of a thousand temples. Although there are all manner of tourist facilities from the most luxurious to the most simple and ample beautiful places to visit and interesting things to do, it is not easy to explain just what it is that makes Bali so enjoyable.

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TESS, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, is shown in this conceptual illustration obtained by Reuters on March 28, 2018. NASA plans to send TESS into orbit from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket set for blastoff sometime between April 16 and June on a two-year mission.

NASA intensifying search for planets orbiting stars beyond solar system

CALIFORNIA - The search for worlds circling stars far beyond our solar system will intensify in the coming weeks with NASA’s launch of a spacecraft scientists hope will enlarge the known catalog of so-called exoplanets believed capable of supporting life.

NASA plans to send the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS, into orbit from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket set for blast-off on April 16 on a two-year, $337-million mission.

The latest NASA astrophysics endeavor is designed to build on the work of its predecessor, the Kepler space telescope, which discovered the bulk of some 3,500 exoplanets documented during the past 20 years, revolutionizing one of the newest fields in space science.

NASA expects TESS to detect thousands more previously unknown worlds, perhaps hundreds of them Earth-sized or “super-Earth”-sized -- no larger than twice as big as our home planet.

Such worlds are believed to stand the greatest chance of having rocky surfaces or oceans, and are thus considered the most promising candidates for the evolution of life, as opposed to gas giants similar to Jupiter or Neptune.

Astronomers said they hope to end up with about 100 more rocky exoplanets for further study.

The new probe will take about 60 days to attain its highly elliptical, first-

of-a-kind orbit that will loop TESS between Earth and the moon every two and a half weeks. Kepler’s positioning system broke down in 2013 about four years after its launch, and though scientists found a way to keep it operational it has nearly run out of fuel.

“So it’s perfect timing that we’ll be launching TESS to continue the great activity of looking for planets around stars other than our sun and thinking about what it might mean for life in the universe,” Paul Hertz, NASA’s director of astrophysics, told reporters at a news briefing in Washington on Wednesday.

TESS, roughly the size of a refrigerator with solar-panel wings, is equipped with four special cameras to survey 200,000 stars that are relatively near the sun and thus among the brightest in the sky, seeking out those with planets of their own.

Like Kepler, TESS will use a detection method called transit photometry, which looks for periodic, repetitive dips in the visible light from stars caused by planets passing, or transiting, in front of them.

But unlike Kepler, which fixed its glare on stars within a tiny fraction of the sky, TESS will scan the majority of the heavens for shorter periods and

focus much of its attention on stars called red dwarfs, which are smaller, cooler and longer-lived than our sun.

One reason is red dwarfs have a high propensity for Earth-sized, presumably rocky planets, making them potentially fertile ground for closer examination, said David Latham, TESS science director for the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.

Also because red dwarfs are so small, and their planets orbit more closely than the Earth does to the sun, the dip in light from a planetary transit of a red dwarf is more pronounced compared with a larger star, Latham said. “It’s easier to find interesting planets around smaller stars,” he said.

Measuring dips in starlight can determine the exoplanet’s size and orbital path. Further observations from ground telescopes can supply its mass and ultimately the planet’s density and composition -- whether largely solid, liquid or gas.

Martin Still, the TESS program scientist for NASA, said more than 50 rocky, Earth- or super-Earth-sized planets have previously been identified, and NASA expects to increase that number through the new mission. (rtr)

When asked what he thinks makes Bali so appealing to so many people, tourist transport service provider and painter Pak RInula responded by saying: “Here we call it tasku (divine vibration) I think it is because so many Balinese people are focused on maintaining the light of life that people just feel good here”.

Although many visitors may choose to visit Bali simply for the ease of general enjoyment offered by the tourism sector here, the unparalleled popularity of this island as a tourist destination is more likely thanks to what locals refer to as “tasku” - this vibration that touches the heart but which cannot itself be seen.

Within the present context of massive commercial development taking place in Bali as a bid to draw even more visitors to this enchanted island, it is perhaps worth exploring what “maintaining the light of life” looks like is practice. Because, apart from the intrinsic value of taksu itself -without this light, it is unlikely that fancy hotels and high tech amusement alone will be able to compete for the interest of tourists.

Exploring this unique aspect of Bali is exactly what French writer, art critique and cultural investigator Jean Couteau has been doing for over 30 years. Art is clearly an important aspect of life in Bali as it relates to religious customs and general world view, however it is perhaps less the end product

that attracts tourists and more the reason that so much art is produced here that in fact attracts visitors.

It is these unseen aspects of art in Bali that Jean Couteau has been exploring and putting into beautifully strung together words for the last 3 decades.

Amongst many other written works, Couteau has been writing a monthly column for Bali Now magazine for the last ten years. PT. Phoenix Communications Publisher Alistari Spiers approached him with the idea of putting together a book of these writings as a way to share some of this valuable insight with a broader readership. Myth Magic and Mystery In Bali is the title of the book that brings together 25 of these articles along with photographs by Ida Bagus Putra Adnyana and paintings by I Ketut Budiana that together provide an invaluable glimpse into “how the light of life” is maintained in Bali and also how it is challenged.

During the official book launch of Myth Magic and Mystery in Bali that took place on March 27th at Sudakara Art Space in Sanur, accompanied by an exhibition of photographs and paintings, Alistair Spiers explained that: “Bali Now chose to put together a relatively small book so that many people could have access to insight into fundamental aspects of Bali that may not be accessible to the casual visitor”. Bali Now, he said, generally seeks to portray the

distinct culture of Bali in a way that promotes the unique values of the people of this island as the this is what makes Bali such a popular tourist attraction.

After a beautiful Balinese welcome dance performed by some of Sudamala Villa & Suite’s staff, and a short compelling film of a brief reading from Jean Couteau’s new book, the author was invited to the stage to share a few words.

With his characteristic passion, charm, wit, insight and clever turns of phrase, Couteau explained that his love and appreciation for this island and it’s people is tainted by a growing fear that something essential could be lost to the digital age. “While communications technology has a lot to offer, by it’s very nature it relies on iconic representation to convey an unfathomable depth and wealth of knowledge and wisdom that can only really be conveyed through direct contact. Although these icons may serve their own purpose, there is the danger of in fact being empty of meaning. I fear that in the next 50 years, much of the knowledge, wisdom, depth and beauty of Balinese culture could be lost. Over the years I have enjoyed countless interactions with all kinds of people from all over the island - from Javanese street vendors to Brahmin families, from educated intellectuals to toiling famers, from great artists to humble artisans and many others besides. It is through

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these interactions, that often took place in casual settings like small village cafes or street side benches, that I have come to know some of the myths, magic and mystery that make this island so enchanting.

This is my very small way of ensuring that some of this wealth that I have been blessed to encounter is transmitted to others and hopefully serves to inspire further exploration of and appreciation for this fasci-

nating world we know as Bali”.

Jean Couteau’s Myth, Magic and Mystery in Bali is available online and the accompanying exhibition of paintings by legendary Balinese painter and sculptor I Ketut Budiana and photographs by renown Balinese photographer Ida Bagus Putra Adnyana will be on display at Sudakara Art Space, Jl. Sudamala no 20, Sanur until April 28th.(kmb)

Two foreigners involved in drug cases rehabilitated Local drug courier asks for penalty relief

DENPASAR —Last week, two foreigners involved in drug cases received sentences from a panel of judges at the Denpasar District Court. The verdict shocked many people, especially as the defendants were foreigners one of whom had even tried to escape arrest.

The first case involved a 32 year-old Australian tourist named Baker Joshua James who was lucky enough to only be sentenced to re-

habilitation and was freed due to his psychiatric disorder. He was given a yellow card based on the fact that he had been certified as mentally ill by Bangli Mental Hospital and Sanglah Hospital and physician Deny Tong.

Another foreign defendant, 30 year old Malaysian tourist Chan Heng Joon was also sentenced to rehabilitation. A 39 local resident named Hery Hermawan who was charged for being a drug courier

was however sentenced to 13 years in prison. Accompanied by his legal counsel, Benny Hariono, on Wednesday (Mar. 28), he begged for leniency.

He pleaded guilty and express regret for his having tried to sell 5 kg of drugs. Hermawan who lives on Jalan Gunung Rinjani, Tegal Kerta, West Denpasar appealed to the judges for a shorter sentence.

“I beg for leniency”, he pleaded

reasoning that he has a son who is his dependant and that he deeply regrets his actions.

Prosecutor Dipa Umbara however stood by his decision of a 13 year sentence minus the detention period. The defendant is also required to pay a fine of IDR 1 billion with subsidiary of six months in jail. Hermawan was charged under Article 111 paragraph (2) of Law No.35/2009 on Narcotics.

He was arrested by officers of the National Narcotic Agency (BNNP) Bali on Monday, (Oct. 16, 2017) at approximately at 10:00 on Jalan Pura Demak, Denpasar. He is guilty of transporting five 1,000 gram packs of dried cannabis leaves, The defendant obtained the cannabis from someone named Saiful who resides in Medan and was to be sent to Wahyu Hidayat in Mataram , Lombok. (kmb37)

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The garbage is pilling up on the beach

MANGUPURA —The Badung Environment and Sanitation Agency (DLHK) has once again become busy with cleaning up marine debris and garbage which has covered the beaches of Badung – as seen on Kuta Beach and Kedonganan Beach on Sunday (Apr 1). Heavy equipment and hundreds of personal were involved in cleaning up these two beaches recently.

Head of DLHK Badung, Putu Eka Merthawan, said that there was not as much garbage on the beaches as there had previously been and that

most of the debris was in the from of branches washed ashore by the large waves of the last few days. “Kuta and Kedonganan Beaches were hot by

large waves carrying with them marine debris”, he said.

Mertawan added that he could not say how long there would continue to

be such marine debris washing up on shore but that because thi area is an important tourist destination it is important to remain alert to the situation.

Heavy equipment and hundreds of officers have therefor being deployed.

“A total of 500 officers are ready to make the beaches clean again”, he concluded.

During the last five months of “marine debris season”, DLHK Badung managed to collect a total of 10,500 tons or the equivalent of 2,400 trucks of marine debris (garbage and branches) from the beaches. Marine debris is washed ashore due to the influence of the West monsoon that has been blowing since November 2017. (kmb23)

600 units of subsidized houses remain from 2017

DENPASAR —In 2018, the price of subsidized houses rose 10 percent from IDR 141.7 million to IDR 148.5 million.

However, a total of 600 units of subsidized houses built in 2017 with a price of IDR 141.7 million are still left.

Secretary of the Bali Chapter of the Indonesia Real Estate (REI), Tino Wijaya, said the latest price according to the circular has been delivered to the implementing banks. “So, our banking colleagues have started applying new prices for subsidized houses in Bali”, he said recently.

However, the Ministry of Public Work and Housing is still referring to the price from 2017 for the stock of ready units from 2017. “So, the houses built in 2017 that have not been sold yet will be sold at the old price”, he explained. The new price for 2018 is intended for the units built in 2018.

There are 600 units of houses that were built in 2017 that have yet to be handed over. One of the reasons for this is that the verification process of consumer data by the banks was delayed due to the many recent holidays making it hard to meet for the signing of the sales deeds. “So, some documents that should have been completed in 2017 are still pending and the transactions are taking place in 2018” said Wijaya adding that the 600 units of remaining units are located in Singaraja, Negara and Tabanan.

Wijaya also said that he recognized that there is increasing interest from developers because several districts will be developed. Along with West Bali, developers are also targettng eastern Bali in areas like Gianyar, Klungkung and Bangli.

He is also still in the process of coordinating with the local government and explained that

because they are in the process of changing the head of the region, there have been delays in the issuing of technical licenses. They are theres for looking for land and developing new land in the meantime so that when the new regional head has been elected they can support the subsidized housing.

Developers have already started building with new prices in 2018. “As soon as the price is lowered by the Ministry of Public Works and Housing, our colleagues will immediately build units in 2018”, he said.

With the new price, he added that the building specifications will be upgraded as well. “As developers, we want our customers to be satisfied. With the new slightly higher prices, consumers will be getting better quality buildings than before”, he said.

The houses built in 2017 were built to be semi-finished, but

those built in 2018 will be fully finished. “In 2017 the houses were not finished 100 percent – especially the interiors”, he added.

There has also been an increase in public interest in 2018 thanks to the widespread information campaign conducted by the Public Works and Housing banking. Many people were not aware of the subsidized housing program. In addition to the national bank of mortgage loans (KPR) dealers, the Bank BPD Bali has now started to finance subsidized mortgage loans in Singaraja.

Branch Manager of BTN Denpasar Office, Agung Komang Tri Martha W, explained that in 2017, the program was not fully running yet due to certain obstacles such as the the issuing of certificates.

Another obstacle was the issuing of subsidized housing price

changes with various requirements. “Technically, the Ministry of Public Works and Housing has many requirements. For instance, the iron specifications must be set and the building must be ready before credit is granted, so a win-win solution is to continue using the 2017 pattern but the price should not go up”, he said.

In 2018, subsidized housing with new prices can be implemented, however the developers need to meet the requirements.

The iron specification or example has changed from type 10 to type 8 and before the houses can be handed over, they need to be ready to love in with water and electricity.

The houses built in 2017 do not meet the specifications for 2018. “The developers are still finishing up the old stock and these houses will still be sold at eh old process of IDR 141.7 million”, he said. (kmb42)

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The Rebranding of DevinSky Hotel Seminyak

On Friday, 23 March 2018, DevinSky Hotel Seminyak held a rebranding event which previously has been announced the new Hotel name on 19 January 2018. Through event namely “Rebranding of DevinSky Hotel Seminyak” which celebrated at BLU Sky Restaurant-BarLounge by DevinSky Hotel Seminyak, management invited many travel agent online and offline, corporates, media and

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blogger/influencer to attended on this event.

At a glance, in 2014 DevinSky Hotel Seminyak firstly named Devin Sky Villa after that joining under Golden Tulip management and renamed to be Golden Tulip Devins Seminyak. Here after, in 2018, the owner and internal management decided to release from Golden Tulip management and continuing with own management system.

Along with that decision, the management ensures to fix maintaining the quality of its service and facilities while also continuing to explore new ways to please our guests. Eventually, the management is looking forward to continuing the pleasant relationship with all of the tourism stakeholders under the new brand of DevinSky Hotel Seminyak in the coming days and future.

DevinSky Hotel Seminyak is

a 4-star hotel with the concept “Your Luxurious and Modern Stay in Seminyak” features 108 elegant and spacious guestrooms with luxurious interiors and modern styling from Superior, Deluxe, Jacuzzi Suite and Private Pool Suite, and exclusive 2 levels Penthouse Suite.

Located in a very private culde-sac off Jalan Petitenget, one of Seminyak’s key thoroughfares, and within all the famous

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International standard facilities with a touch of warm local hospitality and services complement our guests experience.

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Pippa Middleton’s father-in-law under investigation in France over suspected rape PARIS - The father-in-law of Pippa Middleton, whose sister Kate is married to Britain’s Prince William, has been placed under formal investigation over suspected rape of a minor, a court source told Reuters on Friday.

David Matthews, who is the father of Pippa Middleton’s husband James Matthews, was arrested on Tuesday by the Juvenile Protection Brigade (BPM) and formally put under investigation for suspected rape of a minor under his authority, said the source, confirming a report on radio Europe 1.

Paris prosecutors arrested Matthews during a visit to France, and later released him and placed him under judicial control, the source said. The source did not say when he was released. French police can hold suspects 24 or 48 hours in such cases.

The source said the alleged rape took place in 1998-99. Europe 1 reported that a complaint was filed in 2017.

Reuters could not immediately reach Matthews nor any spokespeople or lawyers for him.

Being placed under judicial control means that prosecutors have attached certain conditions to his release or imposed certain limits on who he can meet or where he can go. The source did not say what conditions had been attached in Matthews’ case.

Pippa Middleton came to national attention in Britain as the maid of honour at her sister’s royal wedding to William in 2011. Her own lavish wedding to James Matthews last May was one of the most widely reported social events of the year, attended by William and his brother Harry, grandsons of Queen Elizabeth. (rtr)

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R20 Founder and former California state governor Arnold Schwarzenegger

Schwarzenegger says “I’m back” after recovery from heart surgery

CALIFORNIA - Actor and former bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger underwent heart surgery to replace a valve that was originally replaced 20 years ago, waking up with the words “I’m back” in a twist on his catchphrase, a spokesman said on Friday.

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David Matthews (right) waves to well-wishers at the wedding of his son James Matthews and Pippa Middleton at St Mark’s Church in Englefield, Britain, May 20, 2017.

The original replacement pulmonic valve, which Schwarzenegger received in 1997, outlasted its life expectancy, so the former California governor chose to have valve replacement by catheter, spokesman Daniel Ketchell said in a statement on Twitter.

He was recovering and in stable condition at Cedars-Sinai hospital in

Los Angeles, the statement said.

The 70-year-old Schwarzenegger “is awake and his first words were actually ‘I’m back,’” Ketchell said.

Schwarzenegger’s character famously says “I’ll be back” in his breakthrough role in the 1984 movie “The Terminator.”

Born in Austria, Schwarzeneg-

ger won the Mr. Universe bodybuilding contest five times and Mr. Olympia seven times before turning to acting, starring in action movies such as “Conan the Barbarian” and “Commando.”

He then went into politics, and was elected governor of California as a Republican in 2003 and 2006. (rtr)

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28m apply for 90,000 jobs at Indian Railways

At least 28 million people have applied for a job with Indian Railways after its latest nationwide recruitment drive. The world’s 10th largest employer is offering 90,000 positions across the country to prospective engine drivers and other workers.

An extension to the deadline for applications in the last week has resulted in a surge of applications for the positions worth between £200 and £220 per month.

Around nine million are thought to have applied in the last five days as Saturday’s closing date approached. Around 26,000 assistant train driver jobs have been advertised along with nearly 63,000 other posts such as porters or metal workers.

Candidates must be between 18 and 31, according to the 57-page application form, must undertake a written or online exam and must prove

their identity to prevent fraud.

India is currently facing an employment crisis and getting a job in the huge state-owned firm offers a guaranteed income. Many positions come with family accommodation.India’s rail network - which manages 75,000 miles of track, employs 1.3 million people and carries 8.2 billion passengers a year - is undergoing a massive modernisation programme to bring it up to date. Much of the shape of the existing network dates from colonial times, which severely restricts train speeds and reliability.In 2013, when Prime Minister

Narendra Modi was campaigning for office, he promised to create 10 million new jobs in India.

In the last hours before the deadline on Saturday, Mr Modi’s BJP party tweeted that a further 20,000 jobs would be available as part of the recruitment round. (rtr) News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http:// radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.