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Oprah Winfrey sheds portion of Weight Watchers stock

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Media mogul Oprah Winfrey sold a portion of her holdings in Weight Watchers International Inc, the former talk show host’s production company Harpo Inc said on Tuesday.

A portion of the shares were donated to Winfrey’s foundation and she will retain over 75 percent of her holdings in the weight management company, Harpo said in a statement. Winfrey will not sell additional shares this year, it added.

“I am deeply committed to Weight Watchers and continue to see a bright future for the company,” said Winfrey, who is continuing in her role as board member, adviser and spokesperson.

In 2015, Winfrey joined Weight Watchers’ board and took a 10-percent stake in the company, with options to buy more. Weight Watchers’ stock have gained more than eight times in value since she bought into the company. (rtr) Cast member Oprah Winfrey poses at the premiere of “A Wrinkle in Time” in Los Angeles, California, U.S., February 26, 2018.

Actress Cynthia Nixon may challenge Cuomo for New York governor: report NEW YORK - Cynthia Nixon, a liberal activist and a star of the hit television series “Sex and the City,” is considering a run for governor of New York, challenging incumbent Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic primary, NY1 television said on Tuesday, citing unidentified sources.

The actress has begun assembling staff, including two veterans of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s election team, NY1 said. Cuomo and de Blasio, both Democrats, have been politically estranged for years.

“Many concerned New Yorkers

have been encouraging Cynthia to run for office, and as she has said previously, she will continue to explore it,” Nixon’s publicist, Rebecca Capellan, said in a statement. “If and when such a decision is made, Cynthia will be sure to make her plans public.”

The primary is Sept. 13 and the general election Nov. 6. Cuomo, 60, the son of late New York Governor Mario Cuomo, is seeking his third term this year. In his 2014 reelection, a primary challenger with little name recognition, Zephyr Teachout, won roughly 34 percent of the vote to Cuomo’s 62 percent, leading to speculation that Cuomo,

a moderate, might be vulnerable to a challenge from a well-funded progressive.

Nixon, 51, starred in the HBO television series from 1998 to 2004 about four women in New York City, playing the part of attorney Miranda Hobbes. The show later led to two feature films.

Asked on Tuesday about a possible challenge from Nixon, Cuomo told reporters on a conference call, “On people who may or may not run for governor on both sides of the aisle, that’s up to them and we’ll deal with it as the campaign progresses.” (rtr)

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No husband, no home: Kenyan women face eviction when marriage ends

KAPSABET - S itting in her half-stocked chemist on the outskirts of Kapsabet, a sleepy farming town in the Kenyan highlands, Joselyn Jelimo, watched pensively as people walked, cycled and rode motorbikes to and from the nearby market. Jelimo was not troubled by the lack of customers but by the loss of her home, which her husband forced her and their two children to leave when they separated five years ago. He now lives in the house with another woman.

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“We were married for 13 years and I didn’t expect him to do such a thing,” she told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. Kenya has one of Africa’s most progressive constitutions, guaranteeing equal rights to own property, but culture often takes precedence, leaving thousands of women at risk of homelessness and poverty.

Less than five percent of title deeds are held jointly by men and women or by women alone, according to the Federation of Women Lawyers in Kenya (FIDA), an advocacy group.

Jelimo bought the half-acre plot in Kapsabet with a 300,000 shilling ($2,956) loan, but she allowed her

husband to register it in his name as he was the one who negotiated with the seller, she said. Local officials some of whom were women - could not persuade Jelimo’s husband to allow her to return to the house.

“They told me: ‘This is a family affair. Go and settle those issues at home’,” 36-year-old Jelimo said.

One district officer told Jelimo that her husband was “so handsome any woman would admire to have him”, she said. Jelimo has not gone to court because she hears that it is expensive and she is too poor to hire a lawyer.

EQUITABLE ACCESS In the lush green hills of the Great

Rift Valley, women in headscarves with toddlers tied to their backs toil in the midday sun to grow food for their families and local markets. The World Bank estimates that women run more than three-quarters of Kenya’s farms. But men are the traditional decision-makers and landowners among Nandi farmers and herders. Women are regarded as inferiors, like children, Jelimo said.

Attitudes are changing slowly.

Women won about eight local leadership positions in Nandi County in 2017, compared to one seat in the 2013 elections. But this has done little to help women bridge the gulf between cultural traditions and recent equality laws. Kenya’s 2010

constitution promises equitable access to land and to eliminate gender discrimination in law, customs and practices related to property.

There has been little action on the ground, said Karin Fueg deputy director for UN Women in Kenya.

“We need to raise the awareness,” she said. “Access to information is an issue and also the old question of mindsets and cultural stereotypes.”

A Land Registration Act, introduced in 2012, provides for joint ownership and gives wives a legal right to land held in their husbands’ names, according to FIDA. In addition, the 2013 Matrimonial Property Act gives divorced women joint rights over property they lived on and owned with their husbands and prevents any land transfer without their consent.

But many women are unaware of these rights. Most believe they can only own land by buying it them-

selves. Men often evict women from shared property, taking advantage of their ignorance and the inaccessibility of the courts, experts say.

“Despite the fact that the constitution stipulates that women can own land, our people have not yet accepted that,” said 27-yearold Nancy Chemutai, one of six women elected to Nandi’s county assembly.

“They feel that women are still weak and cannot get title deeds to own land ... (If) you are a hardworking lady, you can go buy land somewhere else but not here.” (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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BTB optimistic to reach its 6.5 million target for foreign tourists

DENPASAR - The Bali Tourism Board (BTB) said it is optimistic it would reach the target to attract 6.5 million foreign tourist to visit Bali this year. With Mount Agung looking peaceful there would be no cause discouraging or canceling visits to Bali by tourists this year. Many foreign tourist cancelled visits to Bali last year because of repeated eruptions of the volcano disrupting flight schedules to and from Denpasar.

However, despite continued reports of Mount Agung`s rumblings, Bali recorded a healthy growth of 15.62 percent to 5.69 million visits by foreign tourists or 769,802 visits higher than 4.92 million in the previous year. Stronger growth of 21.8 percent year-on-year was recorded in the number of foreign tourist arrivals in the whole country to 14.04 million that year.

“The number of foreign tourist arrivals in Bali even exceeded the target of 5.5 million ,” head of the provincial Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) Adi Nugroho said earlier.

The rise has bolstered the confidence of the government, and tourism industrialists over the future of tourism in the country, which lies in the ring of fire. “The Bali`s target is around 40 percent of the country`s target for foreign tourist arrivals of 17 million set for this year,” chairman of BTB Ida Bagus Agung Partha Adnyana said here on Monday.

BTB will organize visit abroad to promote Bali tourism in cooperation with the tourism industrialists. The business players in the tourism sector from the regency of Badung plan to visit Berlin to take part in tourism promotion at an international tourism exhibition in that German city from March 7-11 this year.

More potentials market for Indonesian tourism include China, Australia and India. Partha said the promotion is necessary to fully recover Bali`s tourism sector after the damage cause by repeated eruption by Mount Agung mainly

toward the end of 2017.

He appreciated the initiative of the government in inviting foreign ambassadors to visit Bali especially the regency of Karangasem , the hardest hit by the eruptions. “It was a brilliant strategy that the foreign ambassador could see for themselves that Bali is safe in general,” he said. Garuda Indonesia has opened new routes linking Denpasar and Xian

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and Zhengzhou of China and plans to open more new routes between Bali and Indian cities.

International airlines such as Emirates Airlines announced recently the opening of new route for direct flights between Dubai and Auckland of New Zealand with transit in Bali.

Earlier the airline already opened direct flights between Bali and Dubai. (rtr)

DAY OF SILENT AT H SOVEREIGN BALI

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Tourist are enjoying their time in Tanah Lot Temple

Angkasa Pura I to speed up expansion of Bali Airport

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DENPASAR - State-owned airport operator PT Angkasa Pura I has started work to expand the International Airport of I Gusti Ngurah Rai, Bali, to be completed ahead of the annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank to take place in Bali in October this year.

Thousands of delegates from all over the world are to take part in the big meeting.

According to General Manager of the branch of PT Angkasa Pura I at the Ngurah Rai airport Yanus Suprayogi, around 17,000 delegates including 34 heads of state from 189 countries will attend the meeting.

Yanus said on the sidelines of the 54th anniversary commemo-

ration of the company here on Saturday, the expansion project, which is estimated to cost around Rp2.2 trillion is expected to be fully completed before October, 2018.

He said the fund is used for the expansion of a number of facilities such as the aprons in the western and eastern sides of the airport. The VIP I and VIP II terminals in the western side of the airport would be moved to the eastern side near the international cargo terminal. The headquarter of Base Operation of the Ngurah Rai military air base will also be relocated to be close to the new VIP terminals for security reason.

Currently work is in the phase of building new apron in the eastern side of the airport now 1.76 percent completed. The eastern apron will

be expanded to accommodate four more wide bodied aircraft and in the western side of the airport, the parking area would expanded to be able to accommodate six more units of wide bodied aircraft.

Yanus said additional parking lots are urgent as the airport could not yet meet the demand from around 70 domestic and international airlines serving flights to Bali.

The capacity of the domestic and international terminals and the runway in one of busiest airport in the country is adequate at present.

With limited land space, expansion of the airport would be through reclamation of the beach land in the western side of the airport covering around 48 hectares. (ant)

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Celebrate the holy Nyepi day – the day of silence – at H Sovereign Bali, because it is a unique day to be celebrated, something that cannot be found anywhere else in the world. After whole year filled with a hustle bustle of city, glittering of lights and sounds, and now the Island of God will shut down for 24-hours. It reminds us to always remainquiet and in peaceful rhymes.

A day before Nyepi Day is called ‘Pangrupukan’, where Balinese people gathered in the street and the celebrations are enlivened with ‘Ogoh-Ogoh’ parade. Ogoh-Ogoh is a demonic statue made from

bamboo and paper, it reflecting malevolent elements and at the end of the parade; all of these evil spirits are driven away by burning the Ogoh-Ogoh.

The day after Ogoh-Ogoh parade is called Nyepi Day – Silence Day – All the public places are closed, no transportation is allowed, everyone must be stayed at home and not allowed to do some activities, even to work, travel or go outside their home. Lights and sounds will remain off. All of these rules must be obeyed by all people who happen stay in Bali, with no exception.

Embrace the serenity of Nyepi Day at H Sovereign, if you are happen to travel to Bali during Nyepi period, H Sovereign Bali offers perfect getaway to enjoy the tranquility Nyepi night in Bali. Experience the 2 nights stay in one of well-appointed Deluxe Room, make your Nyepi stay more festive with number of inclusions. Starting from a lavish selection of daily breakfast in Kitchen Meliwis Restaurant, one time lunch and dinner on Nyepi Day, Free Wi-Fi throughout the hotel, Free access to Rooftop Pool, Gymnasium, Sauna, Jacuzzi

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Models take a walk through wintry woods for Chanel

PARIS - Chanel wrapped up its models in leaf-motifed prints on Tuesday, celebrating autumn as it recreated a misty forest inside Paris’s Grand Palais.

On the final day of Paris Fashion Week, the Chanel show featured some impractical attire for a winter’s hike, from golden over-theknee boots to a little black slip dress worn by 16-year-old model-of-themoment Kaia Gerber.

But the storied French brand’s latest autumn/winter collection also included more cosy looks, from quilted trousers and fur ponchos to coats with feathered cuffs, and even a chic balaclava - a recurring item on catwalks from Milan to New York in recent weeks.

Chanel’s famed tweed suits made an appearance, some with longer, narrow skirts for the winter months. And long coats with leafy patterns in combinations of blues and pinks, and others in green with hints of orange, were among the show stealers.

Guests including actress Keira

Knightley and singer Lilly Allen crouched on benches cut from logs in the glass-domed Grand Palais exhibition hall, which was made to resemble a forest complete with musty smelling leaves and moss on the runway.

The privately owned label is known for its over-the-top displays, which have included a mini-Eiffel tower, a set featuring cliffs and a waterfall, and a Chanel-branded rocket which lifted off from the catwalk.

Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld, sporting a full white beard along with his trademark ponytail and sunglasses, made a brief appearance to wave to the crowd on Tuesday.

The prolific 84-year-old also collaborates with Italian label Fendi, part of the LVMH stable of brands, which presented its show in February.

Paris Fashion Week closes the season of style presentations that have whipped through New York, London and Milan.

February shows are predominantly focused on womenswear for the coming autumn to winter season, though some brands are experimenting by showing menswear at the same time,

or offering spring clothes for immediate sale as they try to chase younger customers used to shopping online.

Long the capital of the fashion world, Paris also got a fresh fash-

ion boost on Monday from French President Emmanuel Macron, who invited established designers and up and coming figures to a gala and appealed to more foreign brands to move to France. (rtr)

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There is no Nyepi Package, except for added value

MANGUPURA — The Bali Hotel Association (BHA) confirmed that there is no Nyepi Package. However, there is an added value.

Chairman of the BHA, Ricky Putra, said there is indeed no Nyepi Package. The packages made by BHA look like Nyepi Package because it coincides with Nyepi Day. It is made on the grounds that guests may not check in or check out March 17 coinciding with the Nyepi. So, they should stay at hotel for two or three days.

“We are trying to educate our guests because there is no flight on March 17. There are guests asking for checking in on March 16 and checking out on March 17. Obviously it cannot be done. Besides, there are also guests requesting to check in on March 17 and check out on March 18, surely this cannot be done. On that account, it is then made the package of 2 or 3 nights. Currently, we even have a lot of packages,” he explained not long ago.

Before and after Nyepi, there is no change of room rates, but there is an added value. Room rates remain as on usual days. But on Nyepi guests get additional benefits.

“For example, guests are usually given breakfast only, but on Nyepi they are given additional lunch and dinner as it is not possible for them to leave hotel for lunch or dinner.

Probably, it is misinterpreted as Nyepi Package, actually it is an added value,” he said.

There are two types of guest namely business and leisure guests.

Business guests with Nyepi will lose two days. However, for lei-

sure guests, Nyepi is a moment to provide an education and an opportunity to see Balinese culture.

On Nyepi, BHA members must comply with the rules and regulations where the hotel is located.

They must reduce noises and activities outside the hotel. “Guests are not allowed to go to the beach,” he said. On that account, there is no special attraction to be performed on Nyepi.

The moment of Nyepi affects the hotel occupancy rate. He admitted that hotel occupancy rate before and during Nyepi is the same, there is no an increase. The occupancy averagely reaches 45-60 percent.

“We do not hope there is an increase with the Nyepi package et cetera,” he said.

According to him, the domestic market is even more attractive on Nyepi. Many guests are interested to see the traditions and customs in Bali like the tradition of parading ogoh-ogoh (papiér mâché demon).

If guests want to get such an experience, they should stay for 2-3 nights since it is not possible for guests to check in on March 16 and check out on March 17.

Aside from domestic guests, the composition of tourists staying in Bali on Nyepi Day is dominated by Asian, European, and Australian tourists. Asian tourists reach 30-40 percent, domestic (5-8 percent), Australian (3-4 percent) and European (5 percent).

Even if there are expatriates wishing to spend the night at hotel, he thought it is fine. They would like to enjoy the day off despite with limitations of Nyepi. (kmb42)

The waters of Nusa Penida in recent years have become the target of tourism.

Dubbed with ‘The Blue Paradise Island’

Waters of Nusa Penida besieged by garbage

SEMARAPURA — The waters of Nusa Penida in recent years have become the target of tourism. It becomes a mainstay of local government to mine regionally generated revenue (PAD). However, in the middle of it, the garbage dump is inevitable. Moreover, the condition has spread in social media in the form of video.

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Nyepi is a moment to provide an education and an opportunity to see Balinese culture.

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Head of the Klungkung Environment and Land Agency, Anak Agung Kirana, did not dismiss it.

However, he affirmed the organic and inorganic waste does not only originate from the Klungkung district, both mainland and Nusa Penida islands. “This garbage also drifted from other regions, not from Klungkung alone,” he said.

Indeed, it is difficult to handle due to limitations of equipment and officers. All this time, the measure taken just cleaned up the coastal areas by involving local community and tourism players. Moreover, tourist accommodation has been required to do waste management independently. “For the sea, we will try

to observe. We will do cleanup in cooperation with the KKP,” he said.

He added the waste management should also be carried out from the upstream area. Similarly, it should involve other districts. “This must be handled together, not only by Klungkung,” he added.

Head of the Waters Conservation Area (KKP) of Nusa Penida, Komang Kariawan, conveyed the garbage in the waters of The Blue Paradise Island regularly happening every year coincides with rainy season and tidal waves. One of them is at Manta Point.

He also admitted the difficulty to handle or it can be said to be overwhelmed. “Commonly, it widely happens in March and August. Beach cleanup has been done regularly every day by the officers. Meanwhile, at sea is only organized at particular time manually.

There are not special workers handling the garbage.

Many of this garbage are drifted,” he explained. Pursuant to the research results, the waste has not disrupted marine biota. Nevertheless, the handling measures must be carried out. “There should be a joint movement to handle this,” he concluded. (kmb45)

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To overcome traffic jam on Jalan Kartini

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Joint team makes dissemination to market merchants

DENPASAR — Congestion and comfort problems on Jalan Kartini due to the existence of Public Market get the attention from many parties. Therefore, the Denpasar municipality in cooperation with various sectors continues to coordinate in an effort to ensure the security and comfort of the city. One of them is by conducting dissemination and education through the joint team consisting of the elements of Police Authority, Denpasar Transportation Agency, Denpasar Municipal Police, North Denpasar Subdistrict and Headman of Dauh Puri Kaja on Wednesday (Mar. 7) in the area of Jalan Kartini, Denpasar.

Present on the occasion were the Division Head of Control and Operation of Denpasar Transportation Agency, Ketut Sriawan, Deputy Chief of Denpasar Police Traffic Affairs, I Gede Sumedra, North Denpasar Sub-district Head, I Wayan Lodera, Headman of Dauh Puri Kaja, Nyoman Gede Risnawan, public figures and other related institutions.

Division Head of Control and Operations of the Denpasar Transportation Agency, I Ketut Sriawan, when interviewed amid the dissemination explained that it has been carried out for a long time in an effort to overcome traffic congestion in the city of Denpasar. The dissemination to assertive action has been intensively implemented at some points of congestion.

“However, people just obey the appeal when there are officers on duty. When left behind, the same thing will repeat again. Thus, we expect public awareness and all parties to maintain the comfort together,” he said.

Further, he explained the market

on Jalan Kartini area, Wangaya Klod, is one of the effects of the Badung Market arrangement remaining under progress following the fire incident not long ago.

That’s why the merchants choose an adjacent location to prevent the existing customer from being confused. “This is still in the process of arrangement. To provide facilities for merchants in Badung Market, we utilize the existing land, but still keep the comfort so as not to disturb public facilities and highway traffic,” he explained.

Sriawan added that currently his institution with the joint team will carry out the guarding and security starting at 14:00 through 19:00. So, it can maintain the comfort and security of the community both homeowners and road users. “We have coordinated with all parties to hamlet chief to always supervise and give an understanding regarding the existence of the Public Market while not disturbing the security and comfort of the community,” he concluded.

Deputy Chief of Denpasar Police Traffic Affairs, I Gede Sume-

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China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi attends a news conference during the National People’s Congress (NPC), China’s parliamentary body, in Beijing, China March 8, 2018.

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The dissemination to assertive action has been intensively implemented at some points of congestion. dra, said that his institution strongly supports the dissemination of the Regional Regulation and Traffic Law in order to create public security, order and comfort. The dissemination will continue to be implemented until the creation of harmony between all stakeholders, especially the merchants and the community so the process does not violate the rules. “This

cross-sector coordination is very good and needs to be implemented maximally, especially in creating law-awareness society not to sell on the sidewalks and carry out parking on the roads causing congestion and disruption to public safety and comfort,” he explained.

One of the residents of Wangaya Klod, Anom Jaya, admitted to deeply appreciate to the measure of

the joint team that has been willing to implement dissemination. In the future, he hoped the monitoring and mentoring could be resumed to create an orderly and safe atmosphere in Denpasar. “We hope this can be implemented continuously along with provision of guidance and direction so that what the community and merchants do will not overlap,” he concluded. (kmb12)

Buleleng airport not completely cancelled

World Bank makes joint study with Udayana University

DENPASAR — World Bank’s study related to the airport development plan in Buleleng is questioned

by Governor of Bali, Made Mangku Pastika. He claimed to have never been involved in the talk about the research conducted by the World Bank. Pastika actually had scheduled a meeting with Coordinating Minister for Marine Affairs, Luhut Binsar Panjaitan, in Jakarta on Friday (Mar. 9) to ask for an explanation.

However, he finally decided to call directly Minister Luhut, on Wednesday (Mar. 7).

“I have delivered to him that we have not been involved in the discussion by the survey institute. So, we have to be asked first. Why do we want to make an airport in the north, why do we not want to increase the

capacity of Ngurah Rai? Surely, there is a reason,” said Pastika when giving a press statement at the gubernatorial meeting room, last Wednesday.

From direct talks with Minister Luhut, Pastika just learned if the study or survey conducted by World Bank was in cooperation with the Udayana University. Results of the study submitted to the Minister Luhut are temporary. In other words, the Buleleng airport plan cannot be declared to have been entirely canceled.

“Survey by the World Bank is made in cooperation with Udayana University. So far, it has not yet been presented. Next week, I will be invited with the House of Representatives to Jakarta to listen to their presentations and our arguments. So,

it can be said we will challenge,” he explained.

According to Pastika, the results of the interim study do not only declare if the Buleleng airport is not feasible but the provincial plan to make railroads around Bali is not feasible because it will disturb the beauty of Bali. Meanwhile, what provincial government means is a tourism train.

The plan considered feasible is even to make terminal of roro ship from Banyuwangi to North Bali. Actually, more logistics are needed for Southern Bali. Then, there is a plan of developing highway from Southern Bali to Northern Bali is by breaking through hills / mountains or making tunnels.

“Probably, they have not yet known exactly about our culture. It is impossible to do in Bali making

tunnels in the belly of the mountain,” he explained.

Pastika added the airport in Buleleng is an old aspiration having been carried in the Regional Regulation (Perda) No.16/009 on Provincial Spatial Layout Plan (RTRWP) of Bali. As recent development, there have been two companies conducting pre-feasibility study namely Airport Kinesis Canada (AKC) / PT. BIBU and PT Pembangunan Bali Mandiri (Pembari). Both companies have submitted to the central government to obtain the location determination permit (Penlok). But until now, there is no certainty about it because no beauty contest is held. Actually, the location determination license is required to prepare the environmental impact analysis (AMDAL) and con-

duct a feasibility study before finally the selected company gets license of implementation.

When confirmed separately, Chairman of Commission III of the Bali House of Representatives, I Nengah Tamba, said the airport development was to create an equal economy and balance between South Bali and North Bali. It can be realized with the development of infrastructure, where one of which is the airport in Buleleng. Lately, media widely published that Minister Luhut canceled the plan because it is considered not feasible.

“Where is the letter? This has made the condition uncomfortable and restless. Commission III will pursue this to the Ministry,” he said. (kmb42)

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China warns of “necessary response” in event of trade war with U.S.

BEIJING - China will respond as necessary in the event of a trade war with the United States, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Thursday, while warning that such a war would only harm all sides.

U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to establish tariffs of 25 percent on imported steel and 10 percent on imported aluminium this week, but the White House has said there could be a 30-day exemption for Mexico and Canada and some other countries based on national security. Such a move aims to counter cheap imports, especially from China, that Trump says undermine U.S. industry and jobs.

Trump’s administration has faced growing opposition to the tariffs from prominent congressional Republicans and business officials worried about their potential impact on the economy.

Trade tension with the United States has jumped to the top of the list of risks facing China this year, Zhou Hao, senior emerging markets economist at Commerzbank, told the Reuters Global Markets Forum this week, and its latest data showed exports surging

44.5 percent in February from a year earlier. Wang, speaking on the sidelines of an annual meeting of China’s parliament, said China and the United States did not have to be rivals, and history showed that trade wars were not the correct way to resolve problems.

“Especially given today’s globalisation, choosing a trade war is a mistaken prescription. The outcome will only be harmful,” Wang said.

“China would have to make a justified and necessary response,” he said.

Wang said China had a long way to go on its path of modernisation, and that it “will not and need not displace the United States”.

Trump addressed trade with China in tweets on Wednesday, demanding that it lay out plans for reducing its trade surplus with the United States by $1 billion, which appeared to have been raised dur-

ing a meeting with a top Chinese official last week.

“China has been asked to develop a plan for the year of a One Billion Dollar reduction in their massive Trade Deficit with the United States,” Trump tweeted, without saying where the message had been conveyed.

In the tweet, Trump mistakenly referred to a deficit where China runs a surplus. It was also not clear if he meant that amount, which would only be about 0.27 percent of the record $375.2 billion goods trade surplus China had with the United States last year.

Trade tensions between the world’s two largest economies have risen since Trump took office in 2017, and although China only accounts for a small fraction of U.S. steel imports, its massive industry expansion has helped produce a global glut of steel that has driven down prices. (rtr)

TOKYO - Japan is seeking proposals for a new advanced jet fighter based on an existing Western aircraft and wants American and British cooperation to help kick-start development of the project, which is estimated to cost around $40 billion, three sources said.

Japan this month issued a third request for information (RFI) to defence companies, seeking proposals for the new aircraft, dubbed the F-3.

Unlike the first two requests, this one went only to foreign companies in the United States and Europe, with a separate, more detailed document delivered to London and Washington, according to the sources, who have direct knowledge of the requests.

“Japan expects specific proposals for designs based on existing aircraft,” said one of the sources. The two previous RFIs did not attract any detailed proposals, he added.

The requests for a design based on existing aircraft and the separate documents sent to the British and U.S. governments have not been previously reported.

The sources declined to be identified because they are not authorised to speak to the media.

Existing airframes Japan could use include the F-35 Lightning II stealth jet built by Lockheed Martin Corp or Boeing Co’s F/A-18E/F Super Hornet; and the Eurofighter Typhoon, manufactured by a European consortium including BAE Systems Plc. Japan’s last domestically produced jet fighter, the F-2, which entered service in 2000, was built jointly by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and Lockheed Martin based on the U.S. F-16 multi-role fighter. As Japan’s leading fighter maker, MHI, which built the World War Two-era A6M Zero, would anchor the Japanese share of the F-3 project.

“We are considering domestic development, joint development and the possibility of improving existing aircraft performance, but we have not yet come to any decision,” a Ministry of Defense representative said.

Building Japan’s next-generation fighter based on a foreign aircraft already in service could save money, but come at the expense of advanced features like stealthy shaping. Neither the Typhoon nor Super Hornet are designed to be near-invisible to radar.

Lockheed Martin, Boeing and BAE Systems, Britain’s largest defence company, were not immediately available for comment.

Japan’s approaches to the U.S. and British government come as Washington considers its replacement for the F-22 Raptor. Britain, which has sought closer security ties to Japan, including cooperation on developing other defence equipment, may eventually need a fighter to succeed the Typhoon.

Japan, which is buying the radarevading F-35 stealth jet to modernize its air defences in the face of growing Chinese military strength, wants to introduce a separate air superiority fighter in the 2030s to help deter intrusions into its airspace.

Japan has so far struggled to come up with its own design for a new aircraft, raising a question mark over the country’s first jet fighter program since the F-2.

Japan will need begin preliminary talks with Washington soon if it wants to include anything substantial about the F-3 in the new five-year defence equipment plan, which begins in April 2019. Details on that plan will be released at the end of the year, another of the sources said.

Although some defence ministry officials and lawmakers have lobbied for a domestically made aircraft to help sustain Japan defence companies hurt by increased spending on U.S. gear, finance officials have questioned whether that is cost effective.

Opting for international cooperation should lower the cost of a new jet by expanding the number of users, spreading the unit cost beyond Japan’s air force.

Mitsubishi Heavy tested a prototype stealth jet in 2016, the ATD-X or X-2, which cost the Japanese government $350 million to develop. (rtr)

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BUSINESS In China, retailers cash in on “she” economy for Women’s Day

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The arrangement of Kumbasari Park and Badung Market has been completed. The inaugural ceremony coincided with full moon of the eight month in Balinese calendar falling on Wednesday (Jan. 31). Mayor of Denpasar, I.B. Rai Dharmawijaya Mantra, inaugurated the Kumbasari Park marked by signing of inscription and putting animal sacrifice into the flow of Badung River. Today, the area becomes a new tourist attraction for the local community and tourists.

more than cosmetics and shoes.

The number of women who bought running outfits rose over 13 times in the last 12 months, while spending on boxing gloves by women soared 75 percent, according to a separate Alibaba report.

Alibaba did not immediately respond to a request for comment on criticism by women’s rights activists on the focus on Women’s Day sales by retailers. The drive

by Chinese companies is not only focused on consumer goods.

To entice increasingly healthconscious women, Alibaba is this year for the first time collaborating with private hospitals to offer around 50 percent off vaccines for human papilloma virus (HPV), the sexually transmitted disease.

“NOT TALKING ABOUT WOMEN’S RIGHTS’?

Despite women’s growing importance to China’s economy, they still lack equality of opportunity in business and politics, according to women’s rights activists. Chinese women earn 22 percent less than men per month, with the gap being wider in higher level positions, which are more often occupied by men, the Chinese jobs website Zhaopin said in a report. Only a quarter of Chinese lawmakers are women.

“The mainstream of Chinese

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A boy looks at cargo ships passing along the Pearl River in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, August 6, 2014. society has not talked about real women’s rights issues on International Women’s Day for a long time,” said Xiao Meili, a wellknown feminist activist.

“They don’t even dare use the three words ‘funujie’,” she said, referring to the original name of “Women’s Day” in China, which has connotations of working women.

“They always say ‘Queen’s Day’ or ‘Goddess Day’, as if this is the day when everyday women finally have the chance to be doted on.

It’s just consumerist feminism,” added Xiao.

Instead of shopping, Chinese women should take action to combat sexual harassment as part of a Chinese #MeToo-style movement, the Beijing-based Feminist Voices

group, said on the popular Chinese social media app WeChat.

Chinese students, professors and women’s rights activists have been calling for more to be done to stamp out sexual harassment on college campuses, after a viral public accusation of sexual harassment was made by a graduate of Beijing’s Beihang University against her former professor. (rtr)

Asian shares find solace in hopes of smaller Trump tariffs

TOKYO - Asian shares found relief on Thursday as fears about a global trade war amid U.S. President Donald Trump’s push to introduce protectionist tariffs were tempered by signs the move could include exemptions for key partners. European shares were also seen rising, with spread-betters expecting Germany’s Dax to rise 0.2 percent, France’s Cac to gain 0.3 percent and Britain’s FTSE to open flat.

MSCI’s broadest index of AsiaPacific shares outside Japan rose 1.0 percent, while in Japan the Nikkei gained 0.5 percent. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng led the region with rise of 1.4 percent after China posted surprisingly strong trade data for the first two months of the year. On Wall Street, the S&P 500 ended down just 0.05 percent at 2,726.8 after an initial loss of almost one percent, with tech shares being a major bright spot.

They erased most losses as White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders told a media briefing that the impending hefty U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminium imports could exclude Canada, Mexico and a clutch of other countries.

That soothed worries about the prospect of more aggressive trade measures after the departure of Trump’s top economic adviser Gary Cohn.

“Concerns about the U.S. tariff

should ease today following the comments from the White House,” said Masahiro Ichikawa, senior strategist at Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management.

“Still the issue will continue to hang over in the markets. Investors need to see exactly what steps Trump will take and what retaliatory actions other countries will take in coming days.” A White House official said on Wednesday Trump plans to offer Canada

and Mexico a 30-day exemption from planned tariffs on steel and aluminium imports, which could be extended based on progress in NAFTA talks.

Trump was expected to sign a presidential proclamation to establish the tariffs during a ceremony on Thursday, but a White House official said later it could slide into Friday because documents had to be cleared through a legal process. (rtr)

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Make Badung River into a River Walk

BEIJING - Chinese retailers are cashing in on International Women’s Day, offering coupons and discounts on sportswear, cosmetics and healthcare to get women to spend more, dubbing the day “Queens’ Day” and “Goddesses’ Day”. Across the globe, women are hosting workshops, protests and dinner parties to celebrate the women’s rights movement and press for progress on gender equality.

But in China, the day was dominated by sales campaigns from online retailers, a trend that has angered women’s rights activists who want to reclaim the day as an opportunity to make progress on issues like combating sexual harassment. One gym pushed memberships by saying “it only takes three months to become a queen”, while Alibaba encouraged shoppers to “give life to your women-power”.

The women-targeted market, or the so-called “she economy”, a term coined by China’s education ministry in 2007, is expected to account for $700 billion by 2019, according to the Chinese securities firm Guotai Junan.

“If you look at how companies are thinking about their ad spending, how they think about product selection, probably they are thinking, 70 to 75 percent of our spending really needs to be targeted directly at women,” said Ben Cavender, Shanghai-based principal at China Market Research Group.

Women spent 64 percent more in 2017 than in 2015, with a majority of purchases made in major cities such as Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, according to a report

by Alibaba , which controls the largest share of retail e-commerce sales in China. Purchases were

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Mayor Rai Mantra accompanied by the Chairman of the Commission III of the Denpasar House of Representatives, Eko Supriadi, also spread 10,000 tilapia fingerlings in the flow of Badung River along with relevant agency heads in the city government of Denpasar.

This is to preserve the ecosystem of Badung River. Rai Mantra also provided groceries to 140 officers of clean river program (Prokasih), 105 flushing officers and 40 gatekeepers symbolically.

He said the arrangement is meant to make the river clean and transform it into a River Walk concept (a place to walk on the river bank).

“Badung River can now be used as a recreation place and have economic impact and educate the public about cleanliness of the future with the increase of self-awareness. So, the river will not be made into a place to dispose of garbage,” he said Arrangement of the Badung River, explained Rai Mantra, is meant to encourage people to keep the river clean and not to litter. This does not only transform them to look beautiful, but also makes something that has the potential, as in Bindu River and Tukad River. Now, they become a new potential and special attraction.

Onwards, the river arrangement will continuously be done by paying attention to the entire river flow that allows to be reorganized.

If possible, they will be made river transportation such as small boats to further facilitate the transportation of river recreation. Besides, it will facilitate the community to traditional markets connected to the river. “So, this River Walk can be used as a potential of water in all aspects, whether the economic, education, transportation and health aspect. It makes something useless into something valuable,” said Rai Mantra.

Acting Head of the Denpasar Public Works and Spatial Agency, Nyoman Ngurah Jimmy Sidarta, revealed the arrangement of river banks in essence can change the behavior of people who consider the river as a garbage dump. “With this arrangement, people are expected to no longer throw garbage into the river. Additionally, they can take advantage of the river banks for positive activities,” he explained. (kmb)

Yeh Mekoos, Spiritual Attraction at Soka Village

Once upon a time, try visiting Yeh Mekoos (springs with a loud voice) located at Soka customary village, Penebel, Tabanan. It is very close to Jatiluwih tourist attraction or about 50 km and about 1.5 hours’ drive from Denpasar. This tourist attraction exudes a positive aura, so it is often chosen as a spiritual destination.

The object is located on the southern side, the edge of paddy field of the village. The landscape is very beautiful, consisting of stretches of rice terraces like Jatiluwih. The air is cool because it is rich with plants, so that exuding a lot of oxygen. This spiritual venue is right under the Soka’s parking lot approximately 50 meters from the village road. Unfortunately, the road to the object has not got any attention, so the terrain is quite difficult and steep.

It is called Yeh Mekoos because it has a very loud voice over the sound of another river. Sometimes, the sounds are heard from long distance due to being swift and fast. So, the surrounding people call it Yeh Mekoos. Its large and clear water is not only used to irrigate paddy fields, but is also used to meet the clean water need of the community through the Municipality Waterworks (PDAM) in Tabanan.

Yeh Mekoos is taken advantage as a place to melukat (physical and spiritual purificatory rite) by the Hindu community. Apart from the people of Tabanan, they are also often used by people from Badung, Denpasar and Buleleng. Yeh Mekoos is believed to have the quality of curing all kinds of diseases, mainly broken bones. Therefore, when bathing, people will always

put offerings. “Yeh Mekoos is also a beji (place to purify sanctified effigies) for the people of Soka village,” said Ni Nyoman Surini, the owner and operator.

Surini admitted that Yeh Mekoos has not become a tourist attraction visited by many guests. So far, visitors are only people wishing to invoke healing that often take a bath or pray at this spring.

As the means, people just bring along some offerings in the form of canang sari and pejati to do the purificatory rite. “People that are going to have purificatory rite or invoke a healing are not charged.

They just put canang sari with unspecified sincere donation,” she added.

On holy days such as kliwon, full moon, new moon and tumpek, Yeh Mekoos is crowded with people. The atmosphere will become

more crowded on the piodalan or temple anniversary falling every six months precisely on Sunday (Redite Ukir), the day after Tumpek Landep. “Honestly, I have not seen

any foreign tourists doing purificatory rite here. So far, they are only local people that usually come alone or with family and friends,” concluded Surini. (kmb)

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California governor says Trump administration waging war against state

SACRAMENTO - California Governor Jerry Brown on Wednesday accused President Donald Trump’s administration of declaring war on the most populous U.S. state, after the Justice Department sued to stop policies that protect illegal immigrants against deportation.

The Democratic governor made the charge shortly after Attorney General Jeff Sessions intensified the Republican administration’s confrontation with California. In a speech in the state capital, Sessions accused California of obstructing federal immigration enforcement efforts and vowed to stop the state’s defiance.

Sessions addressed a law enforcement group in Sacramento, a day after the Justice Department filed suit against California, Brown and the state’s Democratic attorney general over so-called sanctuary policies that shield illegal immigrants.

“California absolutely, it appears to me, is using every power it has - powers it doesn’t have - to frustrate federal law enforcement. So you can be sure I’m going to use every power I have to stop them,” Sessions, the top U.S law enforcement officer, said in his speech.

Brown called the attorney general’s trip to California a political stunt and his description of California’s laws a lie.

“Like so many in the Trump administration, this attorney general has no regard for the truth,” Brown told

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reporters, adding that the laws were crafted with input and support from California police chiefs. “This is basically going to war against the state of California.”

Brown in October signed into law a bill that prevents police from inquiring about immigration status and curtails law enforcement cooperation with immigration officers.

Sessions said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents carry out federal law and that “California cannot forbid them or obstruct them in doing their jobs.”

“In recent years, the California legislature has enacted a number of laws designed to intentionally obstruct the work of our sworn immigration enforcement officers, to intentionally use every power the legislature has to undermine the duly-established immigration law of America,” Sessions told a California Peace Officers Association conference.

The lawsuit, filed late on Tuesday in federal court in Sacramento, takes aim at three state laws passed last year that the Justice Department contends violates the U.S. Constitution and the supremacy of federal law over state law.

Trump has made fighting illegal immigration a signature issue, first as a candidate and now as president. Part of that effort involves a Justice Department crackdown on primarily Democratic-governed cities and states that Sessions calls “sanctuaries” that protect illegal immigrants from deportation. (rtr)

Britain says former Russian spy poisoned with nerve agent SALISBURY - A nerve agent was used to deliberately poison a former Russian double agent and his daughter, Britain’s top counter-terrorism officer said on Wednesday, in a case that threatens to further damage London’s ties with Moscow.

Sergei Skripal, once a colonel in Russia’s GRU military intelligence service, and his 33-year-old daughter, Yulia, were found slumped unconscious on a bench outside a shopping centre in the southern English city of Salisbury on Sunday afternoon.

Both remain critically ill and a police officer who attended the scene is also in a serious condition in hospital.

“This is being treated as a major incident involving attempted murder by administration of a nerve agent,” London Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley told reporters. “I can also confirm that we believe the two people originally who became unwell were targeted specifically.”

Rowley said government scientists had identified the specific nerve agent but he would not say what it was because it was part of the investigation. He also declined to give any details about how it was administered to Skripal, 66, and his daughter.

England’s chief medical officer said the incident posed a low risk to the wider public but anyone feeling unwell was advised to seek medical advice.

While Rowley would not say any more about the investigation, a U.S. security source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the main line of police inquiry was that Russians may have used the substance against Skripal in revenge for his treachery.

Skripal betrayed dozens of Russian agents to British intelligence before his arrest by Russian authorities in 2004.

He was sentenced to 13 years in prison in 2006 after a secret trial and in 2010 was given refuge in Britain after being exchanged for Russian spies caught in the West as part of a Cold War-style spy swap at Vienna airport.

On Tuesday, British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said if Moscow were behind the incident then Britain could look again at sanctions and take other measures to punish Russia, which he cast as a “malign and disruptive” state.

Russia denied any involvement, scolded Johnson for “wild” comments and said anti-Russian hysteria was being whipped up intentionally to damage relations with London.

“It’s very hard not to assess this (speculation) as provocative black PR designed to complicate relations between our two countries,” Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told reporters in Moscow on Wednesday.

“NEED TO DETER RUSSIA”

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U.S. President Donald Trump announces that the United States will impose tariffs of 25 percent on steel imports and 10 percent on imported aluminum during a meeting at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 1, 2018.

Malcolm Sperrin, a professor at the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine, said nerve agents could cause heart failure, respiratory arrest, twitching or spasms.

“I’m not aware of a nerve agent having been used in this way previously,” he said.

Britain has specifically drawn parallels with the 2006 murder of ex-KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko who was killed with the radioactive polonium-210 in London.

A previous British inquiry said Russian President Vladimir Putin probably approved the murder of Litvinenko, who died after drinking green tea laced with the rare and very potent radioactive isotope at London’s Millennium Hotel.

Russia denied involvement in the death of Litvinenko, which the British inquiry said had been hatched by the Federal Security Service (FSB), main successor to the Soviet-era KGB. Litvinenko’s murder sent Britain’s ties with Russia to what was then a post-Cold War low. Relations suffered further from Russia’s annexation of Crimea and its military backing for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. (rtr)

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Sinking shoreline threatens coastal communities in Indonesia

MUARA GEMBONG - Nur Anisa Rahmadani has to wade through shin-deep seawater to get to her primary school in Pantai Bahagia village on the north coast of Indonesia’s Java island. Almost every day, the sea, which used to lap the shore a few kilometres away, floods her schoolyard and classrooms – clear evidence of the threat that Java’s sinking coastline poses to millions of people. (Click http://reut.rs/2H9r3CY to see a picture package about Indonesia’s sinking coastline)

Experts say Pantai Bahagia, or “Happy Beach”, and scores of other villages and towns along the shoreline are being inundated because of a grim combination of man-made environmental destruction and climate change.

“On the one hand, we face climate change that causes sea levels to rise,” said I Nyoman Suryadiputra, director of the Wetlands International Indonesia conservation group. At the same time, he said, the extraction of groundwater for use in big cities like the capital, Jakarta, is causing the subsidence of land along the coast.

Roughly 40 percent of Jakarta is below sea level and a new sea wall has had to be built in a bid to hold back the waves. Still, large areas in the north of the city are regularly inundated, forcing businesses to pile up sandbags for protection while food stalls feed the hungry with water sloshing around their feet.

Hundreds of kilometres to the east, in the seaside town of Demak, residents prop up their fridges and televisions on concrete blocks to keep them out of the murky water that flows into their homes during high tides. Some have simply abandoned their homes as the sea creeps closer.

BENEFITS OF MANGROVES

Indonesia, an archipelago of thousands of islands, has about 81,000 km (50,000 miles) of coastline, making it particularly vulnerable to climate change. It is also home to more than a fifth of the world’s mangrove forests, which naturally help keep the tides out. But only 3 million hectares of mangroves remain, down from nearly double that three decades ago, according to Wetlands International.

For years, coastal communities have chopped down the mangrove forests to clear the way for fish and shrimp farms, and for rice fields. In some places, hundreds of metres of coast that used to be lined with mangroves have now been swallowed up by the sea. The government has scrambled to work with environmental groups to replant mangroves, build dykes and relocate some people.

But many residents, mostly poor fishermen and vendors, are either reluctant to leave their old family homes or simply have nowhere to go further inland on crowded Java.

“I hope to be able to move, but my family has lived here for decades.

Where can I go?” said Udin, a 30-year old fisherman in Pantai Bahagia, 90 km (56 miles) east of Jakarta.

Udin said he has had to raise his wooden house higher on its stilts twice in recent years. Nearby, the tides are slowly claiming the village mosque and cemetery. “Only some of us are aware of the benefits of mangroves. There needs to be more collective responsibility,” Udin said.

Despite the nearly daily flood at her school, 10-year old Rahmadani and her classmates are undeterred. “I stay in school and keep up my spirits up because I want to pursue my ambition of being a lecturer,” she said. (rtr)

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Fishermen repair their wooden boat as children play soccer near a new construction of a concrete sea wall in Cilincing district of Jakarta, Indonesia, August 22, 2017.

Ministry finds 360 Tumblr accounts to contain pornography

JAKARTA - Indonesia`s Communication and Informatics Ministry has found more than 360 accounts in microblogging platform Tumblr that contained pornography. “We found more than 360 accounts following reports from the public on pornography contents

in Tumblr,” the ministry`s Director General for Informatics Application Semuel Abrijani Pangerapan said here on Wednesday.

Based on the finding, the ministry has sent an e-mail on February 28 to notify Tumblr about it. A team has given the social networking

website a two-day deadline to clean its platform from pornographic contents.

However, the microblogging platform has failed to respond to the demand, and so the ministry has blocked eight Tumblr Domain Name Systems (DNS) on March

5. “Until the application provider responded to the demand, the DNS would remain blocked,” Semuel said.

The ministry has opened the chance for normalization of the website, on condition that the provider would adhere to the reg-

ulation. “As long as the platform conduct the cleaning and meet other requirements for handling negative content, and agree to adhere to the regulation, of course it will become our consideration for normalization,” Semuel said. (ant)

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Lempad House

GIANYAR - Lempad House is one of the most famous houses in Bali Island. The house is named after I Gusti Nyoman Lempad, a renowned artist in the 20th century.

Lempad was best known for his prowess in creating ink drawings of Balinese Hinduism legends. He also made drawings of mythical creatures well known to the Balinese people.

To sample some of his works, visitors need to tour the house located on Jl. Raya Ubud. This street

is easy to locate as it is the main street, and is close to the famous Nomad restaurant.

Through the archway, you will be able to glimpse a couple of homes on the property that house intricate pieces of art. Art lovers will appreciate the detail paid to these master pieces and many pieces you view will be available for sale.

Make sure you tour the Chinese block that was used for the purposes of mixing ink and marvel at how the relics have been well-preserved.

Daniel Ricciardo of Red Bull during testing.

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You will also get to see masterpieces by other prominent artists which are housed here. Visitors should note that this is not a complete museum of Lempad’s work, as most of his work is housed in other museums. There are however a few pieces remaining here.

There is no entry fee to visit Lempad House, but just note that Lempad’s family still lives in residence, so make sure to remain respectful of the property whilst you are visiting. (net)

BARCELONA - Daniel Ricciardo showed Red Bull’s pace on Wednesday by lapping Barcelona’s Formula One circuit faster than anyone since the track was reconfigured in 2007.

The Australian’s time of one minute 18.047 seconds on the new hypersoft Pirelli tyres lit up the timing screens on the second day of the final pre-season test at the Circuit de Catalunya.

The time was more than a second quicker than Lewis Hamilton’s 2017 Spanish Grand Prix pole position of 1:19.149 for Mercedes, and also quicker than any lap in last year’s winter testing. Track records set in testing are deemed unofficial.

Four-times world champion Hamilton, who was fastest last week, was second on the timesheets with a lap 0.043 seconds slower on the ultrasoft tyres with Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel third.

“There’s three quick teams and there’s no doubt that Red Bull are

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“There’s clearly no doubt about that... there’s still some blurriness, it’s still not possible to say for sure whether we’ve got our nose in front of them or they’ve got their nose in front of us.

“But you can say it’s close.”

Vettel, who did 171 laps on Tuesday when he was fastest, was drafted in for the morning after team mate Kimi Raikkonen felt unwell.

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The team detected an oil leak and decided to change the Renault engine, costing the Spaniard several hours of much-needed track time.

“Even when you have a small problem, the world is watching,” said McLaren’s executive director Zak Brown of a stoppage that revived painful memories of the now-terminated Honda partnership with its regular engine failures.

“We know what the issues are, they’re all easily fixed,” added the American.

“Of course you’d like to do more laps but we don’t think we have any problems. So we’re not concerned.”

The season starts in Australia on March 25. (rtr)

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CALIFORNIA - Former world number one Maria Sharapova lost her second consecutive first round match with a 6-4 6-4 defeat to Japan’s Naomi Osaka at the BNP Paribas Open in California on Wednesday.

Sharapova, who returned to tennis last April following a 15-month doping ban, continued to struggle to find form this season as she dug herself into an early hole and never fully recovered.

Now ranked 41st in the world, Sharapova fought back from early breaks in both sets but ultimately came up short on the key points in a performance that saw her commit six double faults and lose five service games to her 20-year-old opponent.

“I knew (Sharapova) would fight for everything because I’ve watched her since I was little,” world number 44 Osaka said in a courtside interview after winning the first meeting between the pair.

“I was just really honored to play her.”

A two-time champion at Indian Wells, Sharapova won the Tianjin Open in October for her first triumph since returning to the WTA Tour, but has not come close to challenging for a tournament victory since.

In earlier action, American teenager Amanda Anisimova recorded her first top-level victory with a 6-2 6-2 thrashing of Pauline Parmentier.

The 16-year-old’s poised and polished performance came in stark contact to the dismal display of Canadian Eugenie Bouchard, who was humbled 6-3 6-4 by American qualifier Sachia Vickery.

Anisimova, the junior women’s U.S. Open champion, was stronger than the 32-year-old Parmentier in every facet of the game on the slow hard court in Indian Wells.

“It’s very exciting. I’ve worked really hard for this so I’m proud of myself,” Anisimova told Tennis Channel, adding that adjusting to the senior ranks had been more mental than physical. (rtr)

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LONDON - Former Ferrari chief designer Nikolas Tombazis has joined Formula One’s governing body, the International Automobile Federation (FIA), to work with teams on future technical regulations.

An FIA spokesman said Tombazis, whose Formula One career includes stints with former champions Benetton and McLaren, had been appointed head of technical matters for single-seater racing.

“He will also contribute to the strategic vision of the F1/F2/F3/F4 technical and sporting regulations and be the contact point for Formula One teams...regarding current and future technical regulations.”

He takes the place vacated by Marcin Budkowski, a Polish-born aerodynamicist who also previously worked for Ferrari and McLaren, who resigned in September and subsequently joined Renault.

Tombazis started out with Benetton in 1992, where he became chief aerodynamicist at a time when Michael Schumacher was driving for the team.

After moving to Ferrari in 1997, he became McLaren’s Project Chief Director in 2005 and then returned to Maranello as chief designer in 2006. Most recently he worked with the now-defunct Manor team. (rtr)

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Sp rt Higuain, Dybala stun Spurs to send wily Juve through

LONDON - There is simply no substitute for experience in the highest tier of European football as Juventus proved by coming back from the abyss to beat Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 and reach the Champions League quarterfinals on Wednesday. The Italians, finalists in two of the last three seasons, were outplayed

by Spurs in a 2-2 first-leg draw in Turin and were on the ropes at Wembley but goals by Argentine strike duo Gonzalo Higuain and Paulo Dybala in three minutes sent them through 4-3 on aggregate.

Son Heung-min’s first-half goal had Spurs in control and dreaming of a famous scalp but they paid for two defensive lapses as their 17-match unbeaten run came to an end. Higuain, who scored twice in the first leg, levelled in the 64th minute before Dybala burst clear of a static Spurs defensive line to curl the winner past Hugo Lloris.

Tottenham will rue missed chances and Harry Kane’s last-minute header against the post but Massimiliano Allegri’s streetwise Juve side proved they are still one of the toughest of European nuts to crack.

“In less than three minutes we conceded two goals

- two big mistakes - and that is why we are out,” Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino told reporters.

“In both legs we deserved more. “We played fantastic football until that first goal and we dominated. Of course we are very disappointed but it is part of growing. We will keep going.”

Giorgio Chiellini, part of a Juve back-four packing 175 Champions League appearances, said experience had been key. “We said keep calm and the chance will arrive,” he said. “Experience is important and we used ours tonight.”

Son was given the nod ahead of Erik Lamela on the left side of Tottenham’s attack and fully justified Pochettino’s faith as he ran Juve’s defence ragged before halftime.His stinging shot tested Juve’s 40-year-old keeper Gianluigi Buffon in the third minute and another lightning burst into the box ended with Chiellini making a crucial block.

Kane should have scored his 36th goals of the season in the 14th minute when Dele Alli played him in but the England striker fired into the side-netting.

It was not one-way traffic, though, and the hosts had an enormous let-off shortly after Kane’s miss when Douglas Costa drove into the area and was tripped by Jan Vertonghen.

Juve’s furious players surrounded Polish referee Szymon Marciniak who opted against pointing to the spot despite replays confirming Vertonghen had taken Costa’s legs and not the ball.

CONFUSED BUFFON

Reuters/John Sibley

Juventus’ Paulo Dybala celebrates scoring their second goal Action Images via Reuters/ John Sibley

Son drove a left-foot shot wide when he should have scored but his persistence finally broke the deadlock in the 39th minute courtesy of a slice of fortune. Kieran Trippier picked out Son with a low cross and despite completely missing the ball with his right foot it cannoned off his standing left leg and dinked over the confused Buffon.

It was only the third goal Juve had conceded in 12 games - all against Tottenham - and left them needing to score twice to stay in the competition. Dybala missed the first leg with injury and was largely anonymous at Wembley - his first sight of goal not arriving until just past the hour when he drove wildly over.

It was a warning Tottenham failed to heed. A minute later Higuain sparked the tie back into life when he stuck out a leg to touch home Sami Khedira’s knockdown.

Tottenham were stunned and two minutes later their defence tried to squeeze up and Dybala was played through on goal, calmly advancing before curling past Lloris.

Christian Eriksen and Son both went close to an equaliser before Kane’s last-minute header bounced against the post, the ball rolling agonisingly along the line before being cleared.

Juventus held on to record their first knockout win against an English club in the competition in five attempts. “Winning here was not easy but we did it and I’m really proud of this team,” Higuain said. “Once again we showed great character.”(rtr)

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Arnold to return as Australia coach after World Cup SYDNEY - Graham Arnold will succeed Dutchman Bert van Marwijk as Australia coach after the World Cup in Russia and look to guide the Socceroos to a fifth successive appearance at the 2022 global showpiece in Qatar. A stal-

wart of Australian soccer, the Sydney FC coach returns for a second stint in the top job, having led the national team for a year after Guus Hiddink stepped down following the 2006 World Cup in Germany.

Van Marwijk will hold the reins

in Russia as part of a short-term deal struck in the wake of Ange Postecoglou’s shock resignation in November after securing the team’s qualification via an intercontinental playoff.

The Dutchman brings plenty of

Action Images via Reuters/Jason Cairnduff

Manchester City’s Gabriel Jesus receives treatment from the physio after sustaining an injury

Guardiola bemoans pointless possession of “really poor” Man City

MANCHESTER - Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola labelled his team’s second-half performance against Basel as “really, really poor” and said their possession play had been largely pointless in their 2-1 Champions League defeat on Wednesday. City advanced to the quarter-finals 5-2 on aggregate thanks to their 4-0 first-leg win in Switzerland, but while Guardiola fielded a weakened side at the Etihad Stadium he was still unhappy with his team’s first home loss in over a year.

City completed 978 passes, the most recorded by a side in a Champions League match since such statistics began being recorded in 2003, but Guardiola was not impressed. “The first half was quite good but in the second half we forgot to attack, we forgot to play. When we pass the ball we do it to move through the opponents to attack - just to pass the ball for itself is nothing and the second half was really really poor,” Guardiola told reporters.

“It is not easy to play with a 4-0 lead. We tried, we spoke about that

and I think what we showed in the first half we showed we wanted to win the game. We created a lot of chances and we were good. “But after 1-1 in the second half, it didn’t happen. We just passed for itself and when that happens, that is not football,” he added.

The result ended a 36-game unbeaten run for City at the Etihad Stadium in all competitions and the Spaniard acknowledged that his team selection had impacted Wednesday’s outcome.

“You will find all the clubs in the world when you make six or seven changes, always the team is not the same,” he said. “That’s why I insisted to start well and we did well in the first half. In the second half we just passed the ball to pass the ball. It was everything slowly, without rhythm.”

Guardiola did have some positive words for 17-year-old English midfielder Phil Foden, who delivered a confident display in a rare start. “He was good. In the second half, with Leroy (Sane), he was the only one who tried to be aggressive.” (rtr)

At least 30 injured after police pepper spray fans - reports SAO PAULO - At least 30 Brazilian soccer fans were injured at a local derby between Sport and Santa Cruz on Wednesday after supporters seeking to avoid a terracing confrontation were pepper sprayed by police, local media reported.

TV Globo showed dozens of fans being treated by medical personnel on the grass surrounding the pitch. There were no reported fatalities, but local

media websites said between 30-60 people had been injured.

The incident occurred after Santa Cruz supporters ran down the terracing to avoid a clash between an officer pursuing a fan who lit a flare.

The Pernambuco state championship match, which was not halted while the fans were being treated, ended 1-1. (rtr)

international experience to the job but Australia’s soccer federation made little secret of their desire for another home-grown coach, like Postecoglou, to take the Socceroos through the next World Cup cycle.

Graham’s first major assignment will be to plot the side’s defence of its Asian Cup title in the United Arab Emirates next January.

The 54-year-old led Australia to a disappointing quarter-final exit at the regional showpiece held in Southeast Asia 11 years ago and drew criticism after publicly questioning his squad’s motivation.

“I learnt a hell of a lot from my mistakes in 2007. I can’t hide from the fact of that. But I know that I’m a completely different person today, 10 years on,” the former Socceroos striker told reporters in Sydney on Thursday.

“I’ve learnt so much in the last 10 years and I’ve had such good mentors so if I have any issues I can speak to those types of people, and at the same time you never stop learning.” Replaced as head coach by another Dutchman in Pim

Verbeek in 2007, Arnold remained on board as an assistant through Australia’s next World Cup qualification phase and their appearance at the 2010 finals in South Africa.

Arnold, who scored 19 goals in 56 appearances for the Socceroos in the 1980s and 90s, then kicked off a hugely successful coaching career at club level, turning the underdog Central Coast Mariners into A-League champions in 2012-13.

He became the league’s first coach to claim championships at different clubs when he led Sydney to their third title last year after winning a record number of games during the regular season.

Arnold, who was heavily backed to eventually replace Postecoglou, will hope to deliver the leagueleading Sky Blues another championship before signing off in May. “It feels like I have never left (the Socceroos),” he said. “I know what the job is about, I know it’s not an easy job, a tough job... but I feel I’m definitely ready for the job.”(rtr)

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Sp rt Higuain, Dybala stun Spurs to send wily Juve through

LONDON - There is simply no substitute for experience in the highest tier of European football as Juventus proved by coming back from the abyss to beat Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 and reach the Champions League quarterfinals on Wednesday. The Italians, finalists in two of the last three seasons, were outplayed

by Spurs in a 2-2 first-leg draw in Turin and were on the ropes at Wembley but goals by Argentine strike duo Gonzalo Higuain and Paulo Dybala in three minutes sent them through 4-3 on aggregate.

Son Heung-min’s first-half goal had Spurs in control and dreaming of a famous scalp but they paid for two defensive lapses as their 17-match unbeaten run came to an end. Higuain, who scored twice in the first leg, levelled in the 64th minute before Dybala burst clear of a static Spurs defensive line to curl the winner past Hugo Lloris.

Tottenham will rue missed chances and Harry Kane’s last-minute header against the post but Massimiliano Allegri’s streetwise Juve side proved they are still one of the toughest of European nuts to crack.

“In less than three minutes we conceded two goals

- two big mistakes - and that is why we are out,” Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino told reporters.

“In both legs we deserved more. “We played fantastic football until that first goal and we dominated. Of course we are very disappointed but it is part of growing. We will keep going.”

Giorgio Chiellini, part of a Juve back-four packing 175 Champions League appearances, said experience had been key. “We said keep calm and the chance will arrive,” he said. “Experience is important and we used ours tonight.”

Son was given the nod ahead of Erik Lamela on the left side of Tottenham’s attack and fully justified Pochettino’s faith as he ran Juve’s defence ragged before halftime.His stinging shot tested Juve’s 40-year-old keeper Gianluigi Buffon in the third minute and another lightning burst into the box ended with Chiellini making a crucial block.

Kane should have scored his 36th goals of the season in the 14th minute when Dele Alli played him in but the England striker fired into the side-netting.

It was not one-way traffic, though, and the hosts had an enormous let-off shortly after Kane’s miss when Douglas Costa drove into the area and was tripped by Jan Vertonghen.

Juve’s furious players surrounded Polish referee Szymon Marciniak who opted against pointing to the spot despite replays confirming Vertonghen had taken Costa’s legs and not the ball.

CONFUSED BUFFON

Reuters/John Sibley

Juventus’ Paulo Dybala celebrates scoring their second goal Action Images via Reuters/ John Sibley

Son drove a left-foot shot wide when he should have scored but his persistence finally broke the deadlock in the 39th minute courtesy of a slice of fortune. Kieran Trippier picked out Son with a low cross and despite completely missing the ball with his right foot it cannoned off his standing left leg and dinked over the confused Buffon.

It was only the third goal Juve had conceded in 12 games - all against Tottenham - and left them needing to score twice to stay in the competition. Dybala missed the first leg with injury and was largely anonymous at Wembley - his first sight of goal not arriving until just past the hour when he drove wildly over.

It was a warning Tottenham failed to heed. A minute later Higuain sparked the tie back into life when he stuck out a leg to touch home Sami Khedira’s knockdown.

Tottenham were stunned and two minutes later their defence tried to squeeze up and Dybala was played through on goal, calmly advancing before curling past Lloris.

Christian Eriksen and Son both went close to an equaliser before Kane’s last-minute header bounced against the post, the ball rolling agonisingly along the line before being cleared.

Juventus held on to record their first knockout win against an English club in the competition in five attempts. “Winning here was not easy but we did it and I’m really proud of this team,” Higuain said. “Once again we showed great character.”(rtr)

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Arnold to return as Australia coach after World Cup SYDNEY - Graham Arnold will succeed Dutchman Bert van Marwijk as Australia coach after the World Cup in Russia and look to guide the Socceroos to a fifth successive appearance at the 2022 global showpiece in Qatar. A stal-

wart of Australian soccer, the Sydney FC coach returns for a second stint in the top job, having led the national team for a year after Guus Hiddink stepped down following the 2006 World Cup in Germany.

Van Marwijk will hold the reins

in Russia as part of a short-term deal struck in the wake of Ange Postecoglou’s shock resignation in November after securing the team’s qualification via an intercontinental playoff.

The Dutchman brings plenty of

Action Images via Reuters/Jason Cairnduff

Manchester City’s Gabriel Jesus receives treatment from the physio after sustaining an injury

Guardiola bemoans pointless possession of “really poor” Man City

MANCHESTER - Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola labelled his team’s second-half performance against Basel as “really, really poor” and said their possession play had been largely pointless in their 2-1 Champions League defeat on Wednesday. City advanced to the quarter-finals 5-2 on aggregate thanks to their 4-0 first-leg win in Switzerland, but while Guardiola fielded a weakened side at the Etihad Stadium he was still unhappy with his team’s first home loss in over a year.

City completed 978 passes, the most recorded by a side in a Champions League match since such statistics began being recorded in 2003, but Guardiola was not impressed. “The first half was quite good but in the second half we forgot to attack, we forgot to play. When we pass the ball we do it to move through the opponents to attack - just to pass the ball for itself is nothing and the second half was really really poor,” Guardiola told reporters.

“It is not easy to play with a 4-0 lead. We tried, we spoke about that

and I think what we showed in the first half we showed we wanted to win the game. We created a lot of chances and we were good. “But after 1-1 in the second half, it didn’t happen. We just passed for itself and when that happens, that is not football,” he added.

The result ended a 36-game unbeaten run for City at the Etihad Stadium in all competitions and the Spaniard acknowledged that his team selection had impacted Wednesday’s outcome.

“You will find all the clubs in the world when you make six or seven changes, always the team is not the same,” he said. “That’s why I insisted to start well and we did well in the first half. In the second half we just passed the ball to pass the ball. It was everything slowly, without rhythm.”

Guardiola did have some positive words for 17-year-old English midfielder Phil Foden, who delivered a confident display in a rare start. “He was good. In the second half, with Leroy (Sane), he was the only one who tried to be aggressive.” (rtr)

At least 30 injured after police pepper spray fans - reports SAO PAULO - At least 30 Brazilian soccer fans were injured at a local derby between Sport and Santa Cruz on Wednesday after supporters seeking to avoid a terracing confrontation were pepper sprayed by police, local media reported.

TV Globo showed dozens of fans being treated by medical personnel on the grass surrounding the pitch. There were no reported fatalities, but local

media websites said between 30-60 people had been injured.

The incident occurred after Santa Cruz supporters ran down the terracing to avoid a clash between an officer pursuing a fan who lit a flare.

The Pernambuco state championship match, which was not halted while the fans were being treated, ended 1-1. (rtr)

international experience to the job but Australia’s soccer federation made little secret of their desire for another home-grown coach, like Postecoglou, to take the Socceroos through the next World Cup cycle.

Graham’s first major assignment will be to plot the side’s defence of its Asian Cup title in the United Arab Emirates next January.

The 54-year-old led Australia to a disappointing quarter-final exit at the regional showpiece held in Southeast Asia 11 years ago and drew criticism after publicly questioning his squad’s motivation.

“I learnt a hell of a lot from my mistakes in 2007. I can’t hide from the fact of that. But I know that I’m a completely different person today, 10 years on,” the former Socceroos striker told reporters in Sydney on Thursday.

“I’ve learnt so much in the last 10 years and I’ve had such good mentors so if I have any issues I can speak to those types of people, and at the same time you never stop learning.” Replaced as head coach by another Dutchman in Pim

Verbeek in 2007, Arnold remained on board as an assistant through Australia’s next World Cup qualification phase and their appearance at the 2010 finals in South Africa.

Arnold, who scored 19 goals in 56 appearances for the Socceroos in the 1980s and 90s, then kicked off a hugely successful coaching career at club level, turning the underdog Central Coast Mariners into A-League champions in 2012-13.

He became the league’s first coach to claim championships at different clubs when he led Sydney to their third title last year after winning a record number of games during the regular season.

Arnold, who was heavily backed to eventually replace Postecoglou, will hope to deliver the leagueleading Sky Blues another championship before signing off in May. “It feels like I have never left (the Socceroos),” he said. “I know what the job is about, I know it’s not an easy job, a tough job... but I feel I’m definitely ready for the job.”(rtr)

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Osaka too strong for Sharapova in California

Lempad House

GIANYAR - Lempad House is one of the most famous houses in Bali Island. The house is named after I Gusti Nyoman Lempad, a renowned artist in the 20th century.

Lempad was best known for his prowess in creating ink drawings of Balinese Hinduism legends. He also made drawings of mythical creatures well known to the Balinese people.

To sample some of his works, visitors need to tour the house located on Jl. Raya Ubud. This street

is easy to locate as it is the main street, and is close to the famous Nomad restaurant.

Through the archway, you will be able to glimpse a couple of homes on the property that house intricate pieces of art. Art lovers will appreciate the detail paid to these master pieces and many pieces you view will be available for sale.

Make sure you tour the Chinese block that was used for the purposes of mixing ink and marvel at how the relics have been well-preserved.

Daniel Ricciardo of Red Bull during testing.

Ricciardo breaks Barcelona track record in testing

You will also get to see masterpieces by other prominent artists which are housed here. Visitors should note that this is not a complete museum of Lempad’s work, as most of his work is housed in other museums. There are however a few pieces remaining here.

There is no entry fee to visit Lempad House, but just note that Lempad’s family still lives in residence, so make sure to remain respectful of the property whilst you are visiting. (net)

BARCELONA - Daniel Ricciardo showed Red Bull’s pace on Wednesday by lapping Barcelona’s Formula One circuit faster than anyone since the track was reconfigured in 2007.

The Australian’s time of one minute 18.047 seconds on the new hypersoft Pirelli tyres lit up the timing screens on the second day of the final pre-season test at the Circuit de Catalunya.

The time was more than a second quicker than Lewis Hamilton’s 2017 Spanish Grand Prix pole position of 1:19.149 for Mercedes, and also quicker than any lap in last year’s winter testing. Track records set in testing are deemed unofficial.

Four-times world champion Hamilton, who was fastest last week, was second on the timesheets with a lap 0.043 seconds slower on the ultrasoft tyres with Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel third.

“There’s three quick teams and there’s no doubt that Red Bull are

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“There’s clearly no doubt about that... there’s still some blurriness, it’s still not possible to say for sure whether we’ve got our nose in front of them or they’ve got their nose in front of us.

“But you can say it’s close.”

Vettel, who did 171 laps on Tuesday when he was fastest, was drafted in for the morning after team mate Kimi Raikkonen felt unwell.

McLaren’s Fernando Alonso was fourth fastest at the halfway point, with teams deciding not to break for lunch to make up for bad weather last week, and did 47 laps before pulling over with smoke coming

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The team detected an oil leak and decided to change the Renault engine, costing the Spaniard several hours of much-needed track time.

“Even when you have a small problem, the world is watching,” said McLaren’s executive director Zak Brown of a stoppage that revived painful memories of the now-terminated Honda partnership with its regular engine failures.

“We know what the issues are, they’re all easily fixed,” added the American.

“Of course you’d like to do more laps but we don’t think we have any problems. So we’re not concerned.”

The season starts in Australia on March 25. (rtr)

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CALIFORNIA - Former world number one Maria Sharapova lost her second consecutive first round match with a 6-4 6-4 defeat to Japan’s Naomi Osaka at the BNP Paribas Open in California on Wednesday.

Sharapova, who returned to tennis last April following a 15-month doping ban, continued to struggle to find form this season as she dug herself into an early hole and never fully recovered.

Now ranked 41st in the world, Sharapova fought back from early breaks in both sets but ultimately came up short on the key points in a performance that saw her commit six double faults and lose five service games to her 20-year-old opponent.

“I knew (Sharapova) would fight for everything because I’ve watched her since I was little,” world number 44 Osaka said in a courtside interview after winning the first meeting between the pair.

“I was just really honored to play her.”

A two-time champion at Indian Wells, Sharapova won the Tianjin Open in October for her first triumph since returning to the WTA Tour, but has not come close to challenging for a tournament victory since.

In earlier action, American teenager Amanda Anisimova recorded her first top-level victory with a 6-2 6-2 thrashing of Pauline Parmentier.

The 16-year-old’s poised and polished performance came in stark contact to the dismal display of Canadian Eugenie Bouchard, who was humbled 6-3 6-4 by American qualifier Sachia Vickery.

Anisimova, the junior women’s U.S. Open champion, was stronger than the 32-year-old Parmentier in every facet of the game on the slow hard court in Indian Wells.

“It’s very exciting. I’ve worked really hard for this so I’m proud of myself,” Anisimova told Tennis Channel, adding that adjusting to the senior ranks had been more mental than physical. (rtr)

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LONDON - Former Ferrari chief designer Nikolas Tombazis has joined Formula One’s governing body, the International Automobile Federation (FIA), to work with teams on future technical regulations.

An FIA spokesman said Tombazis, whose Formula One career includes stints with former champions Benetton and McLaren, had been appointed head of technical matters for single-seater racing.

“He will also contribute to the strategic vision of the F1/F2/F3/F4 technical and sporting regulations and be the contact point for Formula One teams...regarding current and future technical regulations.”

He takes the place vacated by Marcin Budkowski, a Polish-born aerodynamicist who also previously worked for Ferrari and McLaren, who resigned in September and subsequently joined Renault.

Tombazis started out with Benetton in 1992, where he became chief aerodynamicist at a time when Michael Schumacher was driving for the team.

After moving to Ferrari in 1997, he became McLaren’s Project Chief Director in 2005 and then returned to Maranello as chief designer in 2006. Most recently he worked with the now-defunct Manor team. (rtr)

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California governor says Trump administration waging war against state

SACRAMENTO - California Governor Jerry Brown on Wednesday accused President Donald Trump’s administration of declaring war on the most populous U.S. state, after the Justice Department sued to stop policies that protect illegal immigrants against deportation.

The Democratic governor made the charge shortly after Attorney General Jeff Sessions intensified the Republican administration’s confrontation with California. In a speech in the state capital, Sessions accused California of obstructing federal immigration enforcement efforts and vowed to stop the state’s defiance.

Sessions addressed a law enforcement group in Sacramento, a day after the Justice Department filed suit against California, Brown and the state’s Democratic attorney general over so-called sanctuary policies that shield illegal immigrants.

“California absolutely, it appears to me, is using every power it has - powers it doesn’t have - to frustrate federal law enforcement. So you can be sure I’m going to use every power I have to stop them,” Sessions, the top U.S law enforcement officer, said in his speech.

Brown called the attorney general’s trip to California a political stunt and his description of California’s laws a lie.

“Like so many in the Trump administration, this attorney general has no regard for the truth,” Brown told

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reporters, adding that the laws were crafted with input and support from California police chiefs. “This is basically going to war against the state of California.”

Brown in October signed into law a bill that prevents police from inquiring about immigration status and curtails law enforcement cooperation with immigration officers.

Sessions said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents carry out federal law and that “California cannot forbid them or obstruct them in doing their jobs.”

“In recent years, the California legislature has enacted a number of laws designed to intentionally obstruct the work of our sworn immigration enforcement officers, to intentionally use every power the legislature has to undermine the duly-established immigration law of America,” Sessions told a California Peace Officers Association conference.

The lawsuit, filed late on Tuesday in federal court in Sacramento, takes aim at three state laws passed last year that the Justice Department contends violates the U.S. Constitution and the supremacy of federal law over state law.

Trump has made fighting illegal immigration a signature issue, first as a candidate and now as president. Part of that effort involves a Justice Department crackdown on primarily Democratic-governed cities and states that Sessions calls “sanctuaries” that protect illegal immigrants from deportation. (rtr)

Britain says former Russian spy poisoned with nerve agent SALISBURY - A nerve agent was used to deliberately poison a former Russian double agent and his daughter, Britain’s top counter-terrorism officer said on Wednesday, in a case that threatens to further damage London’s ties with Moscow.

Sergei Skripal, once a colonel in Russia’s GRU military intelligence service, and his 33-year-old daughter, Yulia, were found slumped unconscious on a bench outside a shopping centre in the southern English city of Salisbury on Sunday afternoon.

Both remain critically ill and a police officer who attended the scene is also in a serious condition in hospital.

“This is being treated as a major incident involving attempted murder by administration of a nerve agent,” London Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley told reporters. “I can also confirm that we believe the two people originally who became unwell were targeted specifically.”

Rowley said government scientists had identified the specific nerve agent but he would not say what it was because it was part of the investigation. He also declined to give any details about how it was administered to Skripal, 66, and his daughter.

England’s chief medical officer said the incident posed a low risk to the wider public but anyone feeling unwell was advised to seek medical advice.

While Rowley would not say any more about the investigation, a U.S. security source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the main line of police inquiry was that Russians may have used the substance against Skripal in revenge for his treachery.

Skripal betrayed dozens of Russian agents to British intelligence before his arrest by Russian authorities in 2004.

He was sentenced to 13 years in prison in 2006 after a secret trial and in 2010 was given refuge in Britain after being exchanged for Russian spies caught in the West as part of a Cold War-style spy swap at Vienna airport.

On Tuesday, British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said if Moscow were behind the incident then Britain could look again at sanctions and take other measures to punish Russia, which he cast as a “malign and disruptive” state.

Russia denied any involvement, scolded Johnson for “wild” comments and said anti-Russian hysteria was being whipped up intentionally to damage relations with London.

“It’s very hard not to assess this (speculation) as provocative black PR designed to complicate relations between our two countries,” Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told reporters in Moscow on Wednesday.

“NEED TO DETER RUSSIA”

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U.S. President Donald Trump announces that the United States will impose tariffs of 25 percent on steel imports and 10 percent on imported aluminum during a meeting at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 1, 2018.

Malcolm Sperrin, a professor at the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine, said nerve agents could cause heart failure, respiratory arrest, twitching or spasms.

“I’m not aware of a nerve agent having been used in this way previously,” he said.

Britain has specifically drawn parallels with the 2006 murder of ex-KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko who was killed with the radioactive polonium-210 in London.

A previous British inquiry said Russian President Vladimir Putin probably approved the murder of Litvinenko, who died after drinking green tea laced with the rare and very potent radioactive isotope at London’s Millennium Hotel.

Russia denied involvement in the death of Litvinenko, which the British inquiry said had been hatched by the Federal Security Service (FSB), main successor to the Soviet-era KGB. Litvinenko’s murder sent Britain’s ties with Russia to what was then a post-Cold War low. Relations suffered further from Russia’s annexation of Crimea and its military backing for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. (rtr)

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Sinking shoreline threatens coastal communities in Indonesia

MUARA GEMBONG - Nur Anisa Rahmadani has to wade through shin-deep seawater to get to her primary school in Pantai Bahagia village on the north coast of Indonesia’s Java island. Almost every day, the sea, which used to lap the shore a few kilometres away, floods her schoolyard and classrooms – clear evidence of the threat that Java’s sinking coastline poses to millions of people. (Click http://reut.rs/2H9r3CY to see a picture package about Indonesia’s sinking coastline)

Experts say Pantai Bahagia, or “Happy Beach”, and scores of other villages and towns along the shoreline are being inundated because of a grim combination of man-made environmental destruction and climate change.

“On the one hand, we face climate change that causes sea levels to rise,” said I Nyoman Suryadiputra, director of the Wetlands International Indonesia conservation group. At the same time, he said, the extraction of groundwater for use in big cities like the capital, Jakarta, is causing the subsidence of land along the coast.

Roughly 40 percent of Jakarta is below sea level and a new sea wall has had to be built in a bid to hold back the waves. Still, large areas in the north of the city are regularly inundated, forcing businesses to pile up sandbags for protection while food stalls feed the hungry with water sloshing around their feet.

Hundreds of kilometres to the east, in the seaside town of Demak, residents prop up their fridges and televisions on concrete blocks to keep them out of the murky water that flows into their homes during high tides. Some have simply abandoned their homes as the sea creeps closer.

BENEFITS OF MANGROVES

Indonesia, an archipelago of thousands of islands, has about 81,000 km (50,000 miles) of coastline, making it particularly vulnerable to climate change. It is also home to more than a fifth of the world’s mangrove forests, which naturally help keep the tides out. But only 3 million hectares of mangroves remain, down from nearly double that three decades ago, according to Wetlands International.

For years, coastal communities have chopped down the mangrove forests to clear the way for fish and shrimp farms, and for rice fields. In some places, hundreds of metres of coast that used to be lined with mangroves have now been swallowed up by the sea. The government has scrambled to work with environmental groups to replant mangroves, build dykes and relocate some people.

But many residents, mostly poor fishermen and vendors, are either reluctant to leave their old family homes or simply have nowhere to go further inland on crowded Java.

“I hope to be able to move, but my family has lived here for decades.

Where can I go?” said Udin, a 30-year old fisherman in Pantai Bahagia, 90 km (56 miles) east of Jakarta.

Udin said he has had to raise his wooden house higher on its stilts twice in recent years. Nearby, the tides are slowly claiming the village mosque and cemetery. “Only some of us are aware of the benefits of mangroves. There needs to be more collective responsibility,” Udin said.

Despite the nearly daily flood at her school, 10-year old Rahmadani and her classmates are undeterred. “I stay in school and keep up my spirits up because I want to pursue my ambition of being a lecturer,” she said. (rtr)

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Fishermen repair their wooden boat as children play soccer near a new construction of a concrete sea wall in Cilincing district of Jakarta, Indonesia, August 22, 2017.

Ministry finds 360 Tumblr accounts to contain pornography

JAKARTA - Indonesia`s Communication and Informatics Ministry has found more than 360 accounts in microblogging platform Tumblr that contained pornography. “We found more than 360 accounts following reports from the public on pornography contents

in Tumblr,” the ministry`s Director General for Informatics Application Semuel Abrijani Pangerapan said here on Wednesday.

Based on the finding, the ministry has sent an e-mail on February 28 to notify Tumblr about it. A team has given the social networking

website a two-day deadline to clean its platform from pornographic contents.

However, the microblogging platform has failed to respond to the demand, and so the ministry has blocked eight Tumblr Domain Name Systems (DNS) on March

5. “Until the application provider responded to the demand, the DNS would remain blocked,” Semuel said.

The ministry has opened the chance for normalization of the website, on condition that the provider would adhere to the reg-

ulation. “As long as the platform conduct the cleaning and meet other requirements for handling negative content, and agree to adhere to the regulation, of course it will become our consideration for normalization,” Semuel said. (ant)

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BUSINESS In China, retailers cash in on “she” economy for Women’s Day

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The arrangement of Kumbasari Park and Badung Market has been completed. The inaugural ceremony coincided with full moon of the eight month in Balinese calendar falling on Wednesday (Jan. 31). Mayor of Denpasar, I.B. Rai Dharmawijaya Mantra, inaugurated the Kumbasari Park marked by signing of inscription and putting animal sacrifice into the flow of Badung River. Today, the area becomes a new tourist attraction for the local community and tourists.

more than cosmetics and shoes.

The number of women who bought running outfits rose over 13 times in the last 12 months, while spending on boxing gloves by women soared 75 percent, according to a separate Alibaba report.

Alibaba did not immediately respond to a request for comment on criticism by women’s rights activists on the focus on Women’s Day sales by retailers. The drive

by Chinese companies is not only focused on consumer goods.

To entice increasingly healthconscious women, Alibaba is this year for the first time collaborating with private hospitals to offer around 50 percent off vaccines for human papilloma virus (HPV), the sexually transmitted disease.

“NOT TALKING ABOUT WOMEN’S RIGHTS’?

Despite women’s growing importance to China’s economy, they still lack equality of opportunity in business and politics, according to women’s rights activists. Chinese women earn 22 percent less than men per month, with the gap being wider in higher level positions, which are more often occupied by men, the Chinese jobs website Zhaopin said in a report. Only a quarter of Chinese lawmakers are women.

“The mainstream of Chinese

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A boy looks at cargo ships passing along the Pearl River in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, August 6, 2014. society has not talked about real women’s rights issues on International Women’s Day for a long time,” said Xiao Meili, a wellknown feminist activist.

“They don’t even dare use the three words ‘funujie’,” she said, referring to the original name of “Women’s Day” in China, which has connotations of working women.

“They always say ‘Queen’s Day’ or ‘Goddess Day’, as if this is the day when everyday women finally have the chance to be doted on.

It’s just consumerist feminism,” added Xiao.

Instead of shopping, Chinese women should take action to combat sexual harassment as part of a Chinese #MeToo-style movement, the Beijing-based Feminist Voices

group, said on the popular Chinese social media app WeChat.

Chinese students, professors and women’s rights activists have been calling for more to be done to stamp out sexual harassment on college campuses, after a viral public accusation of sexual harassment was made by a graduate of Beijing’s Beihang University against her former professor. (rtr)

Asian shares find solace in hopes of smaller Trump tariffs

TOKYO - Asian shares found relief on Thursday as fears about a global trade war amid U.S. President Donald Trump’s push to introduce protectionist tariffs were tempered by signs the move could include exemptions for key partners. European shares were also seen rising, with spread-betters expecting Germany’s Dax to rise 0.2 percent, France’s Cac to gain 0.3 percent and Britain’s FTSE to open flat.

MSCI’s broadest index of AsiaPacific shares outside Japan rose 1.0 percent, while in Japan the Nikkei gained 0.5 percent. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng led the region with rise of 1.4 percent after China posted surprisingly strong trade data for the first two months of the year. On Wall Street, the S&P 500 ended down just 0.05 percent at 2,726.8 after an initial loss of almost one percent, with tech shares being a major bright spot.

They erased most losses as White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders told a media briefing that the impending hefty U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminium imports could exclude Canada, Mexico and a clutch of other countries.

That soothed worries about the prospect of more aggressive trade measures after the departure of Trump’s top economic adviser Gary Cohn.

“Concerns about the U.S. tariff

should ease today following the comments from the White House,” said Masahiro Ichikawa, senior strategist at Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management.

“Still the issue will continue to hang over in the markets. Investors need to see exactly what steps Trump will take and what retaliatory actions other countries will take in coming days.” A White House official said on Wednesday Trump plans to offer Canada

and Mexico a 30-day exemption from planned tariffs on steel and aluminium imports, which could be extended based on progress in NAFTA talks.

Trump was expected to sign a presidential proclamation to establish the tariffs during a ceremony on Thursday, but a White House official said later it could slide into Friday because documents had to be cleared through a legal process. (rtr)

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Make Badung River into a River Walk

BEIJING - Chinese retailers are cashing in on International Women’s Day, offering coupons and discounts on sportswear, cosmetics and healthcare to get women to spend more, dubbing the day “Queens’ Day” and “Goddesses’ Day”. Across the globe, women are hosting workshops, protests and dinner parties to celebrate the women’s rights movement and press for progress on gender equality.

But in China, the day was dominated by sales campaigns from online retailers, a trend that has angered women’s rights activists who want to reclaim the day as an opportunity to make progress on issues like combating sexual harassment. One gym pushed memberships by saying “it only takes three months to become a queen”, while Alibaba encouraged shoppers to “give life to your women-power”.

The women-targeted market, or the so-called “she economy”, a term coined by China’s education ministry in 2007, is expected to account for $700 billion by 2019, according to the Chinese securities firm Guotai Junan.

“If you look at how companies are thinking about their ad spending, how they think about product selection, probably they are thinking, 70 to 75 percent of our spending really needs to be targeted directly at women,” said Ben Cavender, Shanghai-based principal at China Market Research Group.

Women spent 64 percent more in 2017 than in 2015, with a majority of purchases made in major cities such as Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, according to a report

by Alibaba , which controls the largest share of retail e-commerce sales in China. Purchases were

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Mayor Rai Mantra accompanied by the Chairman of the Commission III of the Denpasar House of Representatives, Eko Supriadi, also spread 10,000 tilapia fingerlings in the flow of Badung River along with relevant agency heads in the city government of Denpasar.

This is to preserve the ecosystem of Badung River. Rai Mantra also provided groceries to 140 officers of clean river program (Prokasih), 105 flushing officers and 40 gatekeepers symbolically.

He said the arrangement is meant to make the river clean and transform it into a River Walk concept (a place to walk on the river bank).

“Badung River can now be used as a recreation place and have economic impact and educate the public about cleanliness of the future with the increase of self-awareness. So, the river will not be made into a place to dispose of garbage,” he said Arrangement of the Badung River, explained Rai Mantra, is meant to encourage people to keep the river clean and not to litter. This does not only transform them to look beautiful, but also makes something that has the potential, as in Bindu River and Tukad River. Now, they become a new potential and special attraction.

Onwards, the river arrangement will continuously be done by paying attention to the entire river flow that allows to be reorganized.

If possible, they will be made river transportation such as small boats to further facilitate the transportation of river recreation. Besides, it will facilitate the community to traditional markets connected to the river. “So, this River Walk can be used as a potential of water in all aspects, whether the economic, education, transportation and health aspect. It makes something useless into something valuable,” said Rai Mantra.

Acting Head of the Denpasar Public Works and Spatial Agency, Nyoman Ngurah Jimmy Sidarta, revealed the arrangement of river banks in essence can change the behavior of people who consider the river as a garbage dump. “With this arrangement, people are expected to no longer throw garbage into the river. Additionally, they can take advantage of the river banks for positive activities,” he explained. (kmb)

Yeh Mekoos, Spiritual Attraction at Soka Village

Once upon a time, try visiting Yeh Mekoos (springs with a loud voice) located at Soka customary village, Penebel, Tabanan. It is very close to Jatiluwih tourist attraction or about 50 km and about 1.5 hours’ drive from Denpasar. This tourist attraction exudes a positive aura, so it is often chosen as a spiritual destination.

The object is located on the southern side, the edge of paddy field of the village. The landscape is very beautiful, consisting of stretches of rice terraces like Jatiluwih. The air is cool because it is rich with plants, so that exuding a lot of oxygen. This spiritual venue is right under the Soka’s parking lot approximately 50 meters from the village road. Unfortunately, the road to the object has not got any attention, so the terrain is quite difficult and steep.

It is called Yeh Mekoos because it has a very loud voice over the sound of another river. Sometimes, the sounds are heard from long distance due to being swift and fast. So, the surrounding people call it Yeh Mekoos. Its large and clear water is not only used to irrigate paddy fields, but is also used to meet the clean water need of the community through the Municipality Waterworks (PDAM) in Tabanan.

Yeh Mekoos is taken advantage as a place to melukat (physical and spiritual purificatory rite) by the Hindu community. Apart from the people of Tabanan, they are also often used by people from Badung, Denpasar and Buleleng. Yeh Mekoos is believed to have the quality of curing all kinds of diseases, mainly broken bones. Therefore, when bathing, people will always

put offerings. “Yeh Mekoos is also a beji (place to purify sanctified effigies) for the people of Soka village,” said Ni Nyoman Surini, the owner and operator.

Surini admitted that Yeh Mekoos has not become a tourist attraction visited by many guests. So far, visitors are only people wishing to invoke healing that often take a bath or pray at this spring.

As the means, people just bring along some offerings in the form of canang sari and pejati to do the purificatory rite. “People that are going to have purificatory rite or invoke a healing are not charged.

They just put canang sari with unspecified sincere donation,” she added.

On holy days such as kliwon, full moon, new moon and tumpek, Yeh Mekoos is crowded with people. The atmosphere will become

more crowded on the piodalan or temple anniversary falling every six months precisely on Sunday (Redite Ukir), the day after Tumpek Landep. “Honestly, I have not seen

any foreign tourists doing purificatory rite here. So far, they are only local people that usually come alone or with family and friends,” concluded Surini. (kmb)

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To overcome traffic jam on Jalan Kartini

Japan’s new advanced fighter may be based on existing foreign design

Joint team makes dissemination to market merchants

DENPASAR — Congestion and comfort problems on Jalan Kartini due to the existence of Public Market get the attention from many parties. Therefore, the Denpasar municipality in cooperation with various sectors continues to coordinate in an effort to ensure the security and comfort of the city. One of them is by conducting dissemination and education through the joint team consisting of the elements of Police Authority, Denpasar Transportation Agency, Denpasar Municipal Police, North Denpasar Subdistrict and Headman of Dauh Puri Kaja on Wednesday (Mar. 7) in the area of Jalan Kartini, Denpasar.

Present on the occasion were the Division Head of Control and Operation of Denpasar Transportation Agency, Ketut Sriawan, Deputy Chief of Denpasar Police Traffic Affairs, I Gede Sumedra, North Denpasar Sub-district Head, I Wayan Lodera, Headman of Dauh Puri Kaja, Nyoman Gede Risnawan, public figures and other related institutions.

Division Head of Control and Operations of the Denpasar Transportation Agency, I Ketut Sriawan, when interviewed amid the dissemination explained that it has been carried out for a long time in an effort to overcome traffic congestion in the city of Denpasar. The dissemination to assertive action has been intensively implemented at some points of congestion.

“However, people just obey the appeal when there are officers on duty. When left behind, the same thing will repeat again. Thus, we expect public awareness and all parties to maintain the comfort together,” he said.

Further, he explained the market

on Jalan Kartini area, Wangaya Klod, is one of the effects of the Badung Market arrangement remaining under progress following the fire incident not long ago.

That’s why the merchants choose an adjacent location to prevent the existing customer from being confused. “This is still in the process of arrangement. To provide facilities for merchants in Badung Market, we utilize the existing land, but still keep the comfort so as not to disturb public facilities and highway traffic,” he explained.

Sriawan added that currently his institution with the joint team will carry out the guarding and security starting at 14:00 through 19:00. So, it can maintain the comfort and security of the community both homeowners and road users. “We have coordinated with all parties to hamlet chief to always supervise and give an understanding regarding the existence of the Public Market while not disturbing the security and comfort of the community,” he concluded.

Deputy Chief of Denpasar Police Traffic Affairs, I Gede Sume-

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China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi attends a news conference during the National People’s Congress (NPC), China’s parliamentary body, in Beijing, China March 8, 2018.

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The dissemination to assertive action has been intensively implemented at some points of congestion. dra, said that his institution strongly supports the dissemination of the Regional Regulation and Traffic Law in order to create public security, order and comfort. The dissemination will continue to be implemented until the creation of harmony between all stakeholders, especially the merchants and the community so the process does not violate the rules. “This

cross-sector coordination is very good and needs to be implemented maximally, especially in creating law-awareness society not to sell on the sidewalks and carry out parking on the roads causing congestion and disruption to public safety and comfort,” he explained.

One of the residents of Wangaya Klod, Anom Jaya, admitted to deeply appreciate to the measure of

the joint team that has been willing to implement dissemination. In the future, he hoped the monitoring and mentoring could be resumed to create an orderly and safe atmosphere in Denpasar. “We hope this can be implemented continuously along with provision of guidance and direction so that what the community and merchants do will not overlap,” he concluded. (kmb12)

Buleleng airport not completely cancelled

World Bank makes joint study with Udayana University

DENPASAR — World Bank’s study related to the airport development plan in Buleleng is questioned

by Governor of Bali, Made Mangku Pastika. He claimed to have never been involved in the talk about the research conducted by the World Bank. Pastika actually had scheduled a meeting with Coordinating Minister for Marine Affairs, Luhut Binsar Panjaitan, in Jakarta on Friday (Mar. 9) to ask for an explanation.

However, he finally decided to call directly Minister Luhut, on Wednesday (Mar. 7).

“I have delivered to him that we have not been involved in the discussion by the survey institute. So, we have to be asked first. Why do we want to make an airport in the north, why do we not want to increase the

capacity of Ngurah Rai? Surely, there is a reason,” said Pastika when giving a press statement at the gubernatorial meeting room, last Wednesday.

From direct talks with Minister Luhut, Pastika just learned if the study or survey conducted by World Bank was in cooperation with the Udayana University. Results of the study submitted to the Minister Luhut are temporary. In other words, the Buleleng airport plan cannot be declared to have been entirely canceled.

“Survey by the World Bank is made in cooperation with Udayana University. So far, it has not yet been presented. Next week, I will be invited with the House of Representatives to Jakarta to listen to their presentations and our arguments. So,

it can be said we will challenge,” he explained.

According to Pastika, the results of the interim study do not only declare if the Buleleng airport is not feasible but the provincial plan to make railroads around Bali is not feasible because it will disturb the beauty of Bali. Meanwhile, what provincial government means is a tourism train.

The plan considered feasible is even to make terminal of roro ship from Banyuwangi to North Bali. Actually, more logistics are needed for Southern Bali. Then, there is a plan of developing highway from Southern Bali to Northern Bali is by breaking through hills / mountains or making tunnels.

“Probably, they have not yet known exactly about our culture. It is impossible to do in Bali making

tunnels in the belly of the mountain,” he explained.

Pastika added the airport in Buleleng is an old aspiration having been carried in the Regional Regulation (Perda) No.16/009 on Provincial Spatial Layout Plan (RTRWP) of Bali. As recent development, there have been two companies conducting pre-feasibility study namely Airport Kinesis Canada (AKC) / PT. BIBU and PT Pembangunan Bali Mandiri (Pembari). Both companies have submitted to the central government to obtain the location determination permit (Penlok). But until now, there is no certainty about it because no beauty contest is held. Actually, the location determination license is required to prepare the environmental impact analysis (AMDAL) and con-

duct a feasibility study before finally the selected company gets license of implementation.

When confirmed separately, Chairman of Commission III of the Bali House of Representatives, I Nengah Tamba, said the airport development was to create an equal economy and balance between South Bali and North Bali. It can be realized with the development of infrastructure, where one of which is the airport in Buleleng. Lately, media widely published that Minister Luhut canceled the plan because it is considered not feasible.

“Where is the letter? This has made the condition uncomfortable and restless. Commission III will pursue this to the Ministry,” he said. (kmb42)

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China warns of “necessary response” in event of trade war with U.S.

BEIJING - China will respond as necessary in the event of a trade war with the United States, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Thursday, while warning that such a war would only harm all sides.

U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to establish tariffs of 25 percent on imported steel and 10 percent on imported aluminium this week, but the White House has said there could be a 30-day exemption for Mexico and Canada and some other countries based on national security. Such a move aims to counter cheap imports, especially from China, that Trump says undermine U.S. industry and jobs.

Trump’s administration has faced growing opposition to the tariffs from prominent congressional Republicans and business officials worried about their potential impact on the economy.

Trade tension with the United States has jumped to the top of the list of risks facing China this year, Zhou Hao, senior emerging markets economist at Commerzbank, told the Reuters Global Markets Forum this week, and its latest data showed exports surging

44.5 percent in February from a year earlier. Wang, speaking on the sidelines of an annual meeting of China’s parliament, said China and the United States did not have to be rivals, and history showed that trade wars were not the correct way to resolve problems.

“Especially given today’s globalisation, choosing a trade war is a mistaken prescription. The outcome will only be harmful,” Wang said.

“China would have to make a justified and necessary response,” he said.

Wang said China had a long way to go on its path of modernisation, and that it “will not and need not displace the United States”.

Trump addressed trade with China in tweets on Wednesday, demanding that it lay out plans for reducing its trade surplus with the United States by $1 billion, which appeared to have been raised dur-

ing a meeting with a top Chinese official last week.

“China has been asked to develop a plan for the year of a One Billion Dollar reduction in their massive Trade Deficit with the United States,” Trump tweeted, without saying where the message had been conveyed.

In the tweet, Trump mistakenly referred to a deficit where China runs a surplus. It was also not clear if he meant that amount, which would only be about 0.27 percent of the record $375.2 billion goods trade surplus China had with the United States last year.

Trade tensions between the world’s two largest economies have risen since Trump took office in 2017, and although China only accounts for a small fraction of U.S. steel imports, its massive industry expansion has helped produce a global glut of steel that has driven down prices. (rtr)

TOKYO - Japan is seeking proposals for a new advanced jet fighter based on an existing Western aircraft and wants American and British cooperation to help kick-start development of the project, which is estimated to cost around $40 billion, three sources said.

Japan this month issued a third request for information (RFI) to defence companies, seeking proposals for the new aircraft, dubbed the F-3.

Unlike the first two requests, this one went only to foreign companies in the United States and Europe, with a separate, more detailed document delivered to London and Washington, according to the sources, who have direct knowledge of the requests.

“Japan expects specific proposals for designs based on existing aircraft,” said one of the sources. The two previous RFIs did not attract any detailed proposals, he added.

The requests for a design based on existing aircraft and the separate documents sent to the British and U.S. governments have not been previously reported.

The sources declined to be identified because they are not authorised to speak to the media.

Existing airframes Japan could use include the F-35 Lightning II stealth jet built by Lockheed Martin Corp or Boeing Co’s F/A-18E/F Super Hornet; and the Eurofighter Typhoon, manufactured by a European consortium including BAE Systems Plc. Japan’s last domestically produced jet fighter, the F-2, which entered service in 2000, was built jointly by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and Lockheed Martin based on the U.S. F-16 multi-role fighter. As Japan’s leading fighter maker, MHI, which built the World War Two-era A6M Zero, would anchor the Japanese share of the F-3 project.

“We are considering domestic development, joint development and the possibility of improving existing aircraft performance, but we have not yet come to any decision,” a Ministry of Defense representative said.

Building Japan’s next-generation fighter based on a foreign aircraft already in service could save money, but come at the expense of advanced features like stealthy shaping. Neither the Typhoon nor Super Hornet are designed to be near-invisible to radar.

Lockheed Martin, Boeing and BAE Systems, Britain’s largest defence company, were not immediately available for comment.

Japan’s approaches to the U.S. and British government come as Washington considers its replacement for the F-22 Raptor. Britain, which has sought closer security ties to Japan, including cooperation on developing other defence equipment, may eventually need a fighter to succeed the Typhoon.

Japan, which is buying the radarevading F-35 stealth jet to modernize its air defences in the face of growing Chinese military strength, wants to introduce a separate air superiority fighter in the 2030s to help deter intrusions into its airspace.

Japan has so far struggled to come up with its own design for a new aircraft, raising a question mark over the country’s first jet fighter program since the F-2.

Japan will need begin preliminary talks with Washington soon if it wants to include anything substantial about the F-3 in the new five-year defence equipment plan, which begins in April 2019. Details on that plan will be released at the end of the year, another of the sources said.

Although some defence ministry officials and lawmakers have lobbied for a domestically made aircraft to help sustain Japan defence companies hurt by increased spending on U.S. gear, finance officials have questioned whether that is cost effective.

Opting for international cooperation should lower the cost of a new jet by expanding the number of users, spreading the unit cost beyond Japan’s air force.

Mitsubishi Heavy tested a prototype stealth jet in 2016, the ATD-X or X-2, which cost the Japanese government $350 million to develop. (rtr)

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Models take a walk through wintry woods for Chanel

PARIS - Chanel wrapped up its models in leaf-motifed prints on Tuesday, celebrating autumn as it recreated a misty forest inside Paris’s Grand Palais.

On the final day of Paris Fashion Week, the Chanel show featured some impractical attire for a winter’s hike, from golden over-theknee boots to a little black slip dress worn by 16-year-old model-of-themoment Kaia Gerber.

But the storied French brand’s latest autumn/winter collection also included more cosy looks, from quilted trousers and fur ponchos to coats with feathered cuffs, and even a chic balaclava - a recurring item on catwalks from Milan to New York in recent weeks.

Chanel’s famed tweed suits made an appearance, some with longer, narrow skirts for the winter months. And long coats with leafy patterns in combinations of blues and pinks, and others in green with hints of orange, were among the show stealers.

Guests including actress Keira

Knightley and singer Lilly Allen crouched on benches cut from logs in the glass-domed Grand Palais exhibition hall, which was made to resemble a forest complete with musty smelling leaves and moss on the runway.

The privately owned label is known for its over-the-top displays, which have included a mini-Eiffel tower, a set featuring cliffs and a waterfall, and a Chanel-branded rocket which lifted off from the catwalk.

Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld, sporting a full white beard along with his trademark ponytail and sunglasses, made a brief appearance to wave to the crowd on Tuesday.

The prolific 84-year-old also collaborates with Italian label Fendi, part of the LVMH stable of brands, which presented its show in February.

Paris Fashion Week closes the season of style presentations that have whipped through New York, London and Milan.

February shows are predominantly focused on womenswear for the coming autumn to winter season, though some brands are experimenting by showing menswear at the same time,

or offering spring clothes for immediate sale as they try to chase younger customers used to shopping online.

Long the capital of the fashion world, Paris also got a fresh fash-

ion boost on Monday from French President Emmanuel Macron, who invited established designers and up and coming figures to a gala and appealed to more foreign brands to move to France. (rtr)

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There is no Nyepi Package, except for added value

MANGUPURA — The Bali Hotel Association (BHA) confirmed that there is no Nyepi Package. However, there is an added value.

Chairman of the BHA, Ricky Putra, said there is indeed no Nyepi Package. The packages made by BHA look like Nyepi Package because it coincides with Nyepi Day. It is made on the grounds that guests may not check in or check out March 17 coinciding with the Nyepi. So, they should stay at hotel for two or three days.

“We are trying to educate our guests because there is no flight on March 17. There are guests asking for checking in on March 16 and checking out on March 17. Obviously it cannot be done. Besides, there are also guests requesting to check in on March 17 and check out on March 18, surely this cannot be done. On that account, it is then made the package of 2 or 3 nights. Currently, we even have a lot of packages,” he explained not long ago.

Before and after Nyepi, there is no change of room rates, but there is an added value. Room rates remain as on usual days. But on Nyepi guests get additional benefits.

“For example, guests are usually given breakfast only, but on Nyepi they are given additional lunch and dinner as it is not possible for them to leave hotel for lunch or dinner.

Probably, it is misinterpreted as Nyepi Package, actually it is an added value,” he said.

There are two types of guest namely business and leisure guests.

Business guests with Nyepi will lose two days. However, for lei-

sure guests, Nyepi is a moment to provide an education and an opportunity to see Balinese culture.

On Nyepi, BHA members must comply with the rules and regulations where the hotel is located.

They must reduce noises and activities outside the hotel. “Guests are not allowed to go to the beach,” he said. On that account, there is no special attraction to be performed on Nyepi.

The moment of Nyepi affects the hotel occupancy rate. He admitted that hotel occupancy rate before and during Nyepi is the same, there is no an increase. The occupancy averagely reaches 45-60 percent.

“We do not hope there is an increase with the Nyepi package et cetera,” he said.

According to him, the domestic market is even more attractive on Nyepi. Many guests are interested to see the traditions and customs in Bali like the tradition of parading ogoh-ogoh (papiér mâché demon).

If guests want to get such an experience, they should stay for 2-3 nights since it is not possible for guests to check in on March 16 and check out on March 17.

Aside from domestic guests, the composition of tourists staying in Bali on Nyepi Day is dominated by Asian, European, and Australian tourists. Asian tourists reach 30-40 percent, domestic (5-8 percent), Australian (3-4 percent) and European (5 percent).

Even if there are expatriates wishing to spend the night at hotel, he thought it is fine. They would like to enjoy the day off despite with limitations of Nyepi. (kmb42)

The waters of Nusa Penida in recent years have become the target of tourism.

Dubbed with ‘The Blue Paradise Island’

Waters of Nusa Penida besieged by garbage

SEMARAPURA — The waters of Nusa Penida in recent years have become the target of tourism. It becomes a mainstay of local government to mine regionally generated revenue (PAD). However, in the middle of it, the garbage dump is inevitable. Moreover, the condition has spread in social media in the form of video.

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Nyepi is a moment to provide an education and an opportunity to see Balinese culture.

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Head of the Klungkung Environment and Land Agency, Anak Agung Kirana, did not dismiss it.

However, he affirmed the organic and inorganic waste does not only originate from the Klungkung district, both mainland and Nusa Penida islands. “This garbage also drifted from other regions, not from Klungkung alone,” he said.

Indeed, it is difficult to handle due to limitations of equipment and officers. All this time, the measure taken just cleaned up the coastal areas by involving local community and tourism players. Moreover, tourist accommodation has been required to do waste management independently. “For the sea, we will try

to observe. We will do cleanup in cooperation with the KKP,” he said.

He added the waste management should also be carried out from the upstream area. Similarly, it should involve other districts. “This must be handled together, not only by Klungkung,” he added.

Head of the Waters Conservation Area (KKP) of Nusa Penida, Komang Kariawan, conveyed the garbage in the waters of The Blue Paradise Island regularly happening every year coincides with rainy season and tidal waves. One of them is at Manta Point.

He also admitted the difficulty to handle or it can be said to be overwhelmed. “Commonly, it widely happens in March and August. Beach cleanup has been done regularly every day by the officers. Meanwhile, at sea is only organized at particular time manually.

There are not special workers handling the garbage.

Many of this garbage are drifted,” he explained. Pursuant to the research results, the waste has not disrupted marine biota. Nevertheless, the handling measures must be carried out. “There should be a joint movement to handle this,” he concluded. (kmb45)

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BTB optimistic to reach its 6.5 million target for foreign tourists

DENPASAR - The Bali Tourism Board (BTB) said it is optimistic it would reach the target to attract 6.5 million foreign tourist to visit Bali this year. With Mount Agung looking peaceful there would be no cause discouraging or canceling visits to Bali by tourists this year. Many foreign tourist cancelled visits to Bali last year because of repeated eruptions of the volcano disrupting flight schedules to and from Denpasar.

However, despite continued reports of Mount Agung`s rumblings, Bali recorded a healthy growth of 15.62 percent to 5.69 million visits by foreign tourists or 769,802 visits higher than 4.92 million in the previous year. Stronger growth of 21.8 percent year-on-year was recorded in the number of foreign tourist arrivals in the whole country to 14.04 million that year.

“The number of foreign tourist arrivals in Bali even exceeded the target of 5.5 million ,” head of the provincial Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) Adi Nugroho said earlier.

The rise has bolstered the confidence of the government, and tourism industrialists over the future of tourism in the country, which lies in the ring of fire. “The Bali`s target is around 40 percent of the country`s target for foreign tourist arrivals of 17 million set for this year,” chairman of BTB Ida Bagus Agung Partha Adnyana said here on Monday.

BTB will organize visit abroad to promote Bali tourism in cooperation with the tourism industrialists. The business players in the tourism sector from the regency of Badung plan to visit Berlin to take part in tourism promotion at an international tourism exhibition in that German city from March 7-11 this year.

More potentials market for Indonesian tourism include China, Australia and India. Partha said the promotion is necessary to fully recover Bali`s tourism sector after the damage cause by repeated eruption by Mount Agung mainly

toward the end of 2017.

He appreciated the initiative of the government in inviting foreign ambassadors to visit Bali especially the regency of Karangasem , the hardest hit by the eruptions. “It was a brilliant strategy that the foreign ambassador could see for themselves that Bali is safe in general,” he said. Garuda Indonesia has opened new routes linking Denpasar and Xian

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and Zhengzhou of China and plans to open more new routes between Bali and Indian cities.

International airlines such as Emirates Airlines announced recently the opening of new route for direct flights between Dubai and Auckland of New Zealand with transit in Bali.

Earlier the airline already opened direct flights between Bali and Dubai. (rtr)

DAY OF SILENT AT H SOVEREIGN BALI

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Tourist are enjoying their time in Tanah Lot Temple

Angkasa Pura I to speed up expansion of Bali Airport

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DENPASAR - State-owned airport operator PT Angkasa Pura I has started work to expand the International Airport of I Gusti Ngurah Rai, Bali, to be completed ahead of the annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank to take place in Bali in October this year.

Thousands of delegates from all over the world are to take part in the big meeting.

According to General Manager of the branch of PT Angkasa Pura I at the Ngurah Rai airport Yanus Suprayogi, around 17,000 delegates including 34 heads of state from 189 countries will attend the meeting.

Yanus said on the sidelines of the 54th anniversary commemo-

ration of the company here on Saturday, the expansion project, which is estimated to cost around Rp2.2 trillion is expected to be fully completed before October, 2018.

He said the fund is used for the expansion of a number of facilities such as the aprons in the western and eastern sides of the airport. The VIP I and VIP II terminals in the western side of the airport would be moved to the eastern side near the international cargo terminal. The headquarter of Base Operation of the Ngurah Rai military air base will also be relocated to be close to the new VIP terminals for security reason.

Currently work is in the phase of building new apron in the eastern side of the airport now 1.76 percent completed. The eastern apron will

be expanded to accommodate four more wide bodied aircraft and in the western side of the airport, the parking area would expanded to be able to accommodate six more units of wide bodied aircraft.

Yanus said additional parking lots are urgent as the airport could not yet meet the demand from around 70 domestic and international airlines serving flights to Bali.

The capacity of the domestic and international terminals and the runway in one of busiest airport in the country is adequate at present.

With limited land space, expansion of the airport would be through reclamation of the beach land in the western side of the airport covering around 48 hectares. (ant)

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Celebrate the holy Nyepi day – the day of silence – at H Sovereign Bali, because it is a unique day to be celebrated, something that cannot be found anywhere else in the world. After whole year filled with a hustle bustle of city, glittering of lights and sounds, and now the Island of God will shut down for 24-hours. It reminds us to always remainquiet and in peaceful rhymes.

A day before Nyepi Day is called ‘Pangrupukan’, where Balinese people gathered in the street and the celebrations are enlivened with ‘Ogoh-Ogoh’ parade. Ogoh-Ogoh is a demonic statue made from

bamboo and paper, it reflecting malevolent elements and at the end of the parade; all of these evil spirits are driven away by burning the Ogoh-Ogoh.

The day after Ogoh-Ogoh parade is called Nyepi Day – Silence Day – All the public places are closed, no transportation is allowed, everyone must be stayed at home and not allowed to do some activities, even to work, travel or go outside their home. Lights and sounds will remain off. All of these rules must be obeyed by all people who happen stay in Bali, with no exception.

Embrace the serenity of Nyepi Day at H Sovereign, if you are happen to travel to Bali during Nyepi period, H Sovereign Bali offers perfect getaway to enjoy the tranquility Nyepi night in Bali. Experience the 2 nights stay in one of well-appointed Deluxe Room, make your Nyepi stay more festive with number of inclusions. Starting from a lavish selection of daily breakfast in Kitchen Meliwis Restaurant, one time lunch and dinner on Nyepi Day, Free Wi-Fi throughout the hotel, Free access to Rooftop Pool, Gymnasium, Sauna, Jacuzzi

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Oprah Winfrey sheds portion of Weight Watchers stock

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Media mogul Oprah Winfrey sold a portion of her holdings in Weight Watchers International Inc, the former talk show host’s production company Harpo Inc said on Tuesday.

A portion of the shares were donated to Winfrey’s foundation and she will retain over 75 percent of her holdings in the weight management company, Harpo said in a statement. Winfrey will not sell additional shares this year, it added.

“I am deeply committed to Weight Watchers and continue to see a bright future for the company,” said Winfrey, who is continuing in her role as board member, adviser and spokesperson.

In 2015, Winfrey joined Weight Watchers’ board and took a 10-percent stake in the company, with options to buy more. Weight Watchers’ stock have gained more than eight times in value since she bought into the company. (rtr) Cast member Oprah Winfrey poses at the premiere of “A Wrinkle in Time” in Los Angeles, California, U.S., February 26, 2018.

Actress Cynthia Nixon may challenge Cuomo for New York governor: report NEW YORK - Cynthia Nixon, a liberal activist and a star of the hit television series “Sex and the City,” is considering a run for governor of New York, challenging incumbent Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic primary, NY1 television said on Tuesday, citing unidentified sources.

The actress has begun assembling staff, including two veterans of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s election team, NY1 said. Cuomo and de Blasio, both Democrats, have been politically estranged for years.

“Many concerned New Yorkers

have been encouraging Cynthia to run for office, and as she has said previously, she will continue to explore it,” Nixon’s publicist, Rebecca Capellan, said in a statement. “If and when such a decision is made, Cynthia will be sure to make her plans public.”

The primary is Sept. 13 and the general election Nov. 6. Cuomo, 60, the son of late New York Governor Mario Cuomo, is seeking his third term this year. In his 2014 reelection, a primary challenger with little name recognition, Zephyr Teachout, won roughly 34 percent of the vote to Cuomo’s 62 percent, leading to speculation that Cuomo,

a moderate, might be vulnerable to a challenge from a well-funded progressive.

Nixon, 51, starred in the HBO television series from 1998 to 2004 about four women in New York City, playing the part of attorney Miranda Hobbes. The show later led to two feature films.

Asked on Tuesday about a possible challenge from Nixon, Cuomo told reporters on a conference call, “On people who may or may not run for governor on both sides of the aisle, that’s up to them and we’ll deal with it as the campaign progresses.” (rtr)

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No husband, no home: Kenyan women face eviction when marriage ends

KAPSABET - S itting in her half-stocked chemist on the outskirts of Kapsabet, a sleepy farming town in the Kenyan highlands, Joselyn Jelimo, watched pensively as people walked, cycled and rode motorbikes to and from the nearby market. Jelimo was not troubled by the lack of customers but by the loss of her home, which her husband forced her and their two children to leave when they separated five years ago. He now lives in the house with another woman.

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“We were married for 13 years and I didn’t expect him to do such a thing,” she told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. Kenya has one of Africa’s most progressive constitutions, guaranteeing equal rights to own property, but culture often takes precedence, leaving thousands of women at risk of homelessness and poverty.

Less than five percent of title deeds are held jointly by men and women or by women alone, according to the Federation of Women Lawyers in Kenya (FIDA), an advocacy group.

Jelimo bought the half-acre plot in Kapsabet with a 300,000 shilling ($2,956) loan, but she allowed her

husband to register it in his name as he was the one who negotiated with the seller, she said. Local officials some of whom were women - could not persuade Jelimo’s husband to allow her to return to the house.

“They told me: ‘This is a family affair. Go and settle those issues at home’,” 36-year-old Jelimo said.

One district officer told Jelimo that her husband was “so handsome any woman would admire to have him”, she said. Jelimo has not gone to court because she hears that it is expensive and she is too poor to hire a lawyer.

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Rift Valley, women in headscarves with toddlers tied to their backs toil in the midday sun to grow food for their families and local markets. The World Bank estimates that women run more than three-quarters of Kenya’s farms. But men are the traditional decision-makers and landowners among Nandi farmers and herders. Women are regarded as inferiors, like children, Jelimo said.

Attitudes are changing slowly.

Women won about eight local leadership positions in Nandi County in 2017, compared to one seat in the 2013 elections. But this has done little to help women bridge the gulf between cultural traditions and recent equality laws. Kenya’s 2010

constitution promises equitable access to land and to eliminate gender discrimination in law, customs and practices related to property.

There has been little action on the ground, said Karin Fueg deputy director for UN Women in Kenya.

“We need to raise the awareness,” she said. “Access to information is an issue and also the old question of mindsets and cultural stereotypes.”

A Land Registration Act, introduced in 2012, provides for joint ownership and gives wives a legal right to land held in their husbands’ names, according to FIDA. In addition, the 2013 Matrimonial Property Act gives divorced women joint rights over property they lived on and owned with their husbands and prevents any land transfer without their consent.

But many women are unaware of these rights. Most believe they can only own land by buying it them-

selves. Men often evict women from shared property, taking advantage of their ignorance and the inaccessibility of the courts, experts say.

“Despite the fact that the constitution stipulates that women can own land, our people have not yet accepted that,” said 27-yearold Nancy Chemutai, one of six women elected to Nandi’s county assembly.

“They feel that women are still weak and cannot get title deeds to own land ... (If) you are a hardworking lady, you can go buy land somewhere else but not here.” (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.