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Cate Blanchett’s feminist wake-up call to Cannes

Cate Blanchett knew there was something seriously awry with the Cannes film festival when the winners of its top prize, the Palme d’Or, were gathered together to celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2014. Among the sea of grey heads on the stage there was only one woman, Jane Campion, who had won for “The Piano” two decades earlier.

“Sometimes things have to get that bad and that stark for us to say, ‘Hang on a minute. There’s something wrong -- literally -- with this picture’,” the actress said this week, days before heading the jury that will chose this year’s winner.

With Cannes and the film industry still reeling from the Harvey Weinstein scandal, some saw her appointment as a quick-fix PR coup to head off critics. The world’s top film festival, which likes to think of itself as “the movie Olympics”, has long faced criticism for its “dismal” attitude to female directors. Only three of the 21 films in competition for the Palme d’Or are directed by women, the same number as last year.

And the festival’s decision to lift its ban on controversial Danish director Lars Von Trier, who has faced sexual harassment claims from the singer Bjork and whose company has been hit by multiple accusations, further raised eyebrows.

- ‘We are not going back’ But Blanchett, one of the few women in Hollywood with the clout to carry a movie single-handed, insists the film industry must change. The double Oscar winner supports the call for “inclusion riders” or “equality clauses”, which demand diversity in casting and were championed by actress Frances McDormand at the Oscars.

She called McDormand’s speech “one of the highlights of my year” and has been been active in the Time’s Up movement set up by Hollywood stars to combat sexual harassment. Blanchett said the riders are “a litmus test. We have nothing to lose but progress”.

If the producers do not match up to their commitments, they would have to pay a penalty that would help support female directors or other underrepresented groups.

“We are not going back to ground zero,” Blanchett told the film industry bible Variety. “We are moving onward and forward from here. “Change is happening within the industry in a kind of positive, unstoppable way that will benefit not just women but everybody in the industry,” she added. (afp)

Rounding out the top 10 were: “Tully” ($3.2 million) “Black Panther” ($3.1 million) “Truth or Dare” ($1.9 million) “Super Troopers 2” ($1.8 million) “Bad Samaritan” ($1.8 million)

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Actor Robert Downey Jr arrives or the World Premiere of the film ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ in Hollywood, California on April 23, 2018.

‘Avengers’ muscles rivals aside to continue box office dominance

“Avengers: Infinity War” flexed its considerable muscle anew this weekend in North American theaters, pulling in a robust $112.5 million and leaving other top films in its dust, according to industry estimates. The three-day take by the Disney/Marvel superhero epic gave it the secondhighest second weekend of all time, behind only “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.” Only five movies have hit the $100 million mark in their second weekends, according to Variety.com.

“Avengers” sees a veritable army of superheroes -- including Dr. Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch), Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), Ironman (Robert Downey Jr.) and Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman) -- joining forces to save the universe from powerful purple alien Thanos (Josh Brolin).

Globally, “Avengers” has hit the $1 billion mark in just 11 days -- the fastest ever -- and it has yet to open in China.

But with its enormous success, “Avengers” has left little oxygen for its competitors. The second-highest

North American grosser, new romcom “Overboard,” trailed in its distant wake at just $14.8 million. Anna Faris and Eugenio Derbez star in the Lionsgate remake of a 1987 movie about a struggling single mother who persuades a rich playboy with amnesia that they are married.

In third spot was Paramount’s sci-fi horror film “A Quiet Place,” at $7.6 million. The near-wordless production stars actor/director John Krasinski and his real-life wife Emily Blunt as a couple silently struggling to protect their family from blind aliens that track their

prey by sound.

STX Films’ comedy “I Feel Pretty,” starring Amy Schumer as a self-conscious woman who suffers a head injury and then sees herself as ravishingly beautiful, was fourth at $4.9 million.

And in fifth was “Rampage,” from Warner Bros., at $4.6 million.

The film follows Dwayne (The Rock) Johnson as a primatologist who befriends an albino gorilla, which grows to enormous size after a rogue experiment before teaming up with Johnson against invading monsters. (afp)

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A woman rides a motorcycle with a flag of the ruling coalition party Barisan Nasional on the back, on the eve of the 14th general election in Pekan, Pahang on May 8, 2018. Malaysia’s 14th general election will be held on May 9.

As Malaysian polls loom, hopes and fears for future

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SEKINCHAN - From rural hamlets to the jungles of Borneo and bustling, modern Kuala Lumpur, Malaysians will vote Wednesday in one of the country’s closest ever polls.

The country of 32 million people is a melting pot, home to a Muslim Malay majority, ethnic Chinese and Indian minorities, as well as a kaleidoscope of tribal groups.

Malays provide the government with the bedrock of its support and enjoy a privileged position in society.

The large Chinese community has dominated business, while traditionally working class Indians have made inroads into professions such as law and medicine. AFP talked to three voters from across Malaysia’s multi-ethnic spectrum:

- Malay villager Between a busy coastal road and expansive green paddy fields in the small town of Sekinchan, Noorfazilah Azis peels mangoes that she sells to passers-by from a make-shift stall.

The widowed mother of two is from the Malay majority, which comprises about 60 percent of the population, and has traditionally been a strong supporter of the long-ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.

Malays are supported by a decades-old system of affirmative ac-

tion that gives them advantages such as priority for government jobs.

Nevertheless many, like 27year-old Noorfazilah, still struggle to get by. Her main concern is the soaring cost of everyday goods, particularly of food.

The massive 1MDB financial scandal that has ensnared Prime Minister Najib Razak is of little concern to her, just something for faraway politicians to bicker about.

“For those of us who stay in the villages, that is not important. What is important is the cost of living,” she told AFP from her stall, where she sells fruit and corn as cars rumble noisily past.

She said a basket of corn that might have cost 50 ringgit ($12)

a few years ago has doubled in price. Noorfazilah won’t say who she plans to vote for at the election but is clear that the situation for those at the bottom of society has to improve.

- Chinese business owner Tan Kim Chong’s repair shop is home to mountains of electrical items,

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with televisions, amplifiers and speakers piling up around the tiny space.

Like many ethnic Chinese in Malaysia, the 62-year-old runs his own business in Sekinchan.

Largely locked out of working for the government or in staterun companies where Malays get preferential treatment, they turn to starting their own firms.

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ASITA to make partnership with PUTRI Bali

Govt-owned objects hard to be set

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Tabanan Tourism Office also keeps anticipating by preparing other tourist objects such as Jatiluwih and tourism villages.

Ahead of IMF and World Bank Meeting

Tourism village also prepared other than tourist objects

TABANAN - Next October 2018 will surely become a long-awaited moment for tourism players in increasing their tourist visit. After the eruption of Mount Agung, a number of tourist attractions have decreased in tourist visits. The annual meeting of International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank to be held in Nusa Dua next October is expected to be a promotional event. Moreover, the delegates and their extended family are also scheduled to visit a number of tourist attractions.

In Tabanan, two attractions are prepared for the visit of the delegates namely the Tanah Lot and Ulundanu Beratan. However, the Tabanan Tourism Office also keeps anticipating by preparing other tourist objects such as Jatiluwih and tourism villages.

Based on the data of the tourism office, there are at least a number of tourism villages that have been prepared if there is a possibility for the delegates wishing to make a visit.

In addition to tourist objects, Promotion Division Head at the Tabanan Tourism Office, I Wayan Budi Artana, said that tourism village is also prepared to comply with the provisions of Sapta Pesona (seven charms), especially in the field of sanitation, parking

lot including clean and representative toilet. His division together with the head of the Tourism Office will even continuously monitor the matter of sanitation to always give a concern and there is no garbage scattered when the delegates making a visit.

Meanwhile, one of the tourist objects becoming the destination of the IMF delegate visit is the Jatiluwih.

He claimed to have been ready to become one of the destinations to be visited.

For Jatiluwih itself as conveyed by the manager, I Nengah Sutirtayasa, all this time, the visit is dominated by foreign tourists. The tourist visits to Jatiluwih from January to April 2018 reached 57,606 people. Meanwhile, in 2017 the number of tourist visit to Jatiluwih reached 250,953 people.

Based on the data, according to I Nengah Sutirtayasa, the visit from January to April 2018 reached 46,345 foreign tourists, while domestic tourists reached 11,261 people. In the meantime, in 2017 the visit amounted to 211,288 foreign tourists and 39,665 domestic tourists. “Overall, the visit is dominated by foreign tourists,” he said.

Foreign tourists making a visit to Jatiluwih include those from France, Italy and other European countries. “We hope that tourist visits to Jatiluwih tourist object continues to increase,” said Sutirtayasa. (kmb28)

DENPASAR - The Association of Indonesia Tour and Travel Agency (ASITA) of Bali Chapter will work together with the Indonesia Tourist Attraction Association (PUTRI) of Bali Chapter in order to improve the quality of tourist object and attraction. Therefore, the constraints having been experienced are expected to be resolved.

Chairman of ASITA Bali, Ketut Ardana, said the tourist object and tourist attraction managed by the government so far are difficult to be regulated in terms of sanitation, admission ticket, and services. As happened to Besakih tourist object, it increased ticket prices differently and quickly changed. This was revealed in the coordination meeting between ASITA Bali and PUTRI Bali on Monday (May 7).

Therefore, ASITA asked PUTRI to embrace all the tourist objects in Bali to jointly promote tourism whether the tourist objects managed by the community, government or private sector, mainly the government-run tourist object. One of the factors, namely sanitation, is very important and has become a concern of the ASITA to bring its guests to the members of PUTRI. PUTRI is expected to make a commitment regarding the sanitation of tourist object, the price of admission ticket and services at the tourist objects. “Quality of the tourist object managed by the government is not as good as the ones managed by private sector.

With the presence of PUTRI, it should be able to arrange this and can play its role so that we feel comfortable when bringing guests there,” he said.

The matter of ticket price should be distinguished between the con-

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tract rate and published rate. “This is what we want from the government-run tourist objects,” he added.

Points of the cooperation between the two parties are equally maintaining sanitation, comfort, security and mutually giving information as well as agreeing on the enactment of one-year admission ticket price. “Hopefully, this idea can be applied to all tourist objects, especially those managed by the government so that we can get ease,” he said.

Meanwhile, Chairperson of the PUTRI Bali, Inda Trimafo Yudha, said the newly established PUTRI Bali which is less than a year needs the support of all parties so that all managers of tourist attractions can coalesce into the member of PUTRI. By that way, they can be easily supervised.

In addition, the PUTRI will also coordinate with the head of tourism office in each district and municipality to help PUTRI in the data collection of tourist objects.

“Maybe at the time of extending the permit, the tourist object and attraction is encouraged to join the PUTRI,” she said. By becoming a member of PUTRI, we can together keep the commitment to maintain the image of Bali tourism.

PUTRI also hoped from the cooperation that ASITA can prioritize its guests to visit tourist object and attraction of the PUTRI members.

It will also give a list of the tourist object and attraction belonging to PUTRI having good integrity to ASITA. Similarly, when PUTRI receives a new member, it will be submitted to ASITA. PUTRI also asked ASITA to be included in the promotional events organized by ASITA. (kmb42)

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Wooden Philippine boats to retrace historic China voyage

Crafted from a centuries-old design, three identical wooden boats set off from the Philippine capital for China on Saturday to retrace a historic trip by a Filipino sultan and showcase longstanding maritime ties.

The 29 crew members on the three vessels -- two propelled by engines and the third by sail -- hope to make it across the South China Sea, a near-1,000-kilometre (620-mile) voyage, to the eastern city of Xiamen by May 2.

The 18-metre (60-foot) boats are replicas of a “balangay”, a type of vessel used in the region as far back as 320 AD. Sultan Paduka Batara -- who ruled part of what is the Philippines today -- sailed to China on a balangay in 1417 to pay tribute and to trade, Valdez said, but fell ill and died there.

Spain later colonised the Philippine islands in the 16th century.

Expedition leader Arturo Valdez hopes it is a case of fourth-time lucky: winds and rough seas forced his team back on three previous attempts using similar vessels.

“This boat is a replica of an ancient boat. It is not an all-weather boat. You have to fix it up. It is very vulnerable to weather and sea,” he told reporters.

Rough seas are forecast late next week. The state weather bureau in Manila expects a period of good weather from Saturday to the morning of May 2 but after that, conditions could get rough, he added.

The crew, which includes three women, are hoping they can slip through before the bad weather hits their route, Valdez said.

Engines were installed on two of the boats to comply with Chinese maritime regulations that prohibit wind-powered vessels from docking alone, Valdez said.

Valdez, who previously led a Filipino expedition that climbed Mount Everest, said he is aware of the implications of the trip at a time when the Philippines and China still have a territorial conflict over parts of the South China Sea. But he said his voyage will demonstrate how the people of Southeast Asia crossed the high seas in the past to maintain contact.

“These waters never divided us. These waters unified us,” he said.

“And this boat, as a replica of an ancient boat, is a symbol of that relationship.” (afp)

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its maiden voyage in the Mediterranean. The ship, which weighs 228,000 tonnes, is at 362 metres (1,188 feet) long just 20 metres shy of the length of the Empire State

NEGARA - Though going through decline over the past three years, the unemployment rate in Jembrana district currently amounts to around 1,000. The decline is triggered by the coming of many investors opening a business in Jembrana area. Thus, they open job opportunities. As noted, there are 180 new businesses absorbing about 750 workers.

Based on the data at the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) of Jembrana, in 2015 the unemployment rate remained in the range of 1.59 percent of the total number of labor force. However, in 2017 pursuant to the data of the Regional Development Planning Board (Bappeda) of Jembrana, it decreased 0.67 percent or about 1,000 labor forces.

The head of the Jembrana Integrated Licensing and Investment Office (PMPTSPTK), Ni Nengah Wartini, said on Monday (May 7) that of the total labor force in Jembrana, there are still thousands of unemployed people.

However, in general during these three years the number of unemployed people tends to decline. The emergence of new entrepreneurs both the small- to medium-sized businesses is able to recruit workers. “Based on our records (investment), there are 180 new entrepreneurs and have recruited nearly 750 people. Now,

it just needs to improve the competence. When the investment grows, it will increasingly absorb labor,” she explained.

Labor Agency regularly organizes job fair program to bring together employers with prospective workers. This year, there are rural labor-intensive programs expected to further reduce the number of unemployed people in the areas.

Working is an economic activity undertaken by a person for the purpose of obtaining or helping obtain income or profits, at least one hour (uninterrupted) in the past week.

These activities include the patterns of unpaid worker activity helping in a business or economic activity.

At a number of villages, there are still many people having not worked uninterruptedly. For instance, fishermen that are plagued by fish famine that has been lasting within the past two years.

Starting this May, the village budget plan (APBDesa) is changed in accordance with the provisions of Regent Instruction where at least 30 percent of the village fund should be allocated for wages. This labor-intensive program must be executed to create job opportunities. Refocusing on the use of the village fund is expected to be carried out in 3 to 5 types of activities in accordance with village needs and priorities. (kmb26)

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Building.

It is marginally bigger than its sister ship, the Harmony of the Seas, which STX France delivered to Royal Caribbean in 2016. It

holds an ice rink, water park and full-size basketball court along with 2,700 cabins “We said thank you in a fairly tangible way. We actually said it a billion times and each one was one euro,” joked Royal Caribbean boss Richard Fain, referring to the ship’s pricetag.

“The Symphony of the Seas is the biggest liner in the world by less than one percent,” STX boss Laurent Castaing told a handover ceremony in the western French port of Saint-Nazaire. “That one percent extra shows that together we can always make our ships better.”

Built over two years, the Symphony can hold up to 8,000 people including 2,200 staff and is billed as faster and quieter than the Harmony. The Symphony will start its maiden voyage on Saturday morning, heading to Malaga in Spain and spending its first season in the Mediterranean before heading to its home port of Miami.

The Symphony is the 13th ship

that STX has built for Royal Caribbean and comes as the French manufacturer returns to good times, with orders for two ships a year until 2020 -- a rate it has not enjoyed for 15 years. STX, which has a staff of 8,000 and also builds warships, is currently also building the Celebrity Edge, the first of a series of smaller and more luxurious liners for Royal Caribbean.

In February, Italian company Fincantieri announced it had reached an agreement to buy 50 percent of FTX, after a bitter row between Paris and Rome over the shipyard last year. French President Emmanuel Macron temporarily nationalised STX last July despite a sales deal his predecessor Francois Hollande had struck with Italy.

The French government said it was ready to seek other buyers if Italy refused a 50-50 split -- a proposal angrily rebuffed by Rome, but which it has since accepted. (afp)

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Royal Caribbean picks up world’s largest cruise ship French shipbuilder STX handed over the world’s biggest cruiseliner, the Symphony of the Seas, to US giant Royal Caribbean International on Friday ahead of

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Unda River tourist object now draws 200 visitors per day

SEMARAPURA — Unda River tourist object having been closed for tourist visit during the eruption of Mount Agung has been re-opened since last few months. The level of tourist visits to the attraction offering views of the water curtain is quite significant. Each day, the attraction can now attract up to 200 visitors.

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Job fair in Jembrana. Though going through decline over the past three years, the unemployment rate in Jembrana district currently amounts to around 1,000.

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Unda River tourist object

Headman of Paksebali, I Putu Aryadi, said on Monday (May 7) that when it was first managed the tourist visit to Unda River reached 100 people per day.

They usually come to spend time by taking selfie and some others take pre-wedding photos. When Mount Agung erupted, the tourist visit to Unda River dropped dramatically up to 60 percent. The management was also forced to close the object for about five months because the flowing water was turbid due to cold lava impact. “Since the water began to be clear, and the alert status of Mount Agung was lowered, we start to re-open for tourists,” he explained.

Aryadi explained that currently the level of tourist visits to Unda River object is pretty good. Each day the number of visit reaches 150 to 200 people. Moreover, when an event is held in Unda River the visit can reach over 200 people.

The increase in the number of visits to the tourist object, he said, is influenced by the cooperation with rafting entrepreneurs. Within the cooperation, Unda River serves as the finish point of the rafting adventure activities.

Since the number of visits has increased recently, Aryadi said his side has made a plan to re-arrange the area of the tourist object including the addition of facilities and rides such as swimming pool, flying fox, cycling and others.

Through the village-owned enterprises (BUMDes), the other tourist objects at Paksebali village will also be developed such as trekking in the hills of Paksebali and spiritual sites of Taman Seganing. Local handicrafts will also be developed as attractions including cultural attraction such as Dewa Masraman and Melukat di Geni. (kmb40)

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US-Philippine war games open under pro-China Duterte

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After closing the illegal landfill in Ungasan area, the Badung Environment and Sanitation Agency (DLHK) returned to close another illegal landfill in South Kuta.

DLHK returns to close illegal landfill in Benoa area

MANGUPURA - After closing the illegal landfill in Ungasan area, the Badung Environment and Sanitation Agency (DLHK) returned to close another illegal landfill in South Kuta. This time the closure was conducted on the illegal landfill located on Jalan Ayodya, Penyarikan hamlet, Benoa, on Monday (May 7).

According to the Head of the DLHK Badung, Putu Eka Merthawan, this closure started from the complaints of the community. As the follow-up, his team deployed the Environmental Destroyer Hunter (Brusli) of the DLHK. Based on the

data in the field, it is known the land used as the illegal landfill is owned by local resident on behalf of I Wayan Witra, 45, with a land area of approximately 300 square meters.

He explained the activity has been pursued since 10 years ago. In

which he handles waste in two residential locations, namely the Bualu Indah housing complex amounting to 50 families and 70 families in Siligita housing complex.

As seen in the field, the landfill location is adjacent to the high volt-

age power transmission pole owned

by PLN. Surely this is very dangerous because the piles of rubbish are always releasing methane gas and very prone to catch fire. In addition, in the location is also found dozens of cattle released to roam around at the location of rubbish.

In addition to illegal landfill, the DLHK also found violation of pig waste disposal. This violation is committed by the people who

rented the land owned by I Wayan Witra. “There are three pig cages in the location, where one of which belongs to a contractor that does not have a pig dropping septic tank,” he said.

The piles of garbage in the landfill, other than being prone to fire, definitely generate very disturbing stench. Besides, the stench of pig droppings also certainly results in air pollution. (kmb23)

Having beating case completely investigated

Hundreds of guides return to come to Immigration Office

MANGUPURA - Hundreds of tour guides from all over Bali came to the first class Immigration Office of Ngurah Rai Airport on Monday (May 7). By bringing a number of

banners, the guides coalesced into the members of the Bali Care Hero Community delivered a speech to ask for justice.

According to the Coordinator

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Hundreds of tour guides from all over Bali came to the first class Immigration Office of Ngurah Rai Airport on Monday (May 7).

of the Bali Care Hero Community, Joshua Michael Tjoeng or often called Wisnu, the action started from the beating case committed by Made Yastono, 33, in Kuta area last April to local guide named Edy (victim).

From the results of investigation, the case is suspected to have been masterminded by Ahui, a Chinese citizen and an illegal tour guide in Bali.

Ironically, the investigators only imposed the article of misdemeanor to the perpetrator and gave impression not to thoroughly investigate the case. “We want the Immigration Office to transparently uncover the case, including the rampant illegal foreign guides in Bali that are still freely operating in Bali without any decisive action. We want the law in Indonesia not to be underestimated.

They must be cracked down on firmly,” said Wisnu.

He added that one of the de-

mands submitted is to ask for the follow-up related to foreign guide from China namely Ahui who is suspected of masterminding the beating against local guide in Bali.

Currently, his detention period for 3 months in the Immigration Office has ended. “We do not want the culprit named Li Huahui alias Ahui to be sentenced to deportation, because if deported, surely there is a time limit and he can return to take action in Bali,” he said.

Meanwhile, the Head of the Ngurah Rai Immigration Office, Amran Aris, confirmed that in this case his office is still working according to the authority and execution of the duties of immigration.

Against Ahui’s case, his office decided to deport and within 6 months could not enter Indonesia.

“That’s all we can affirm as immigration authority in this case,”

he concluded.

He also assured that this case becomes a lesson for his future performance so as to be more assertive in response to the existence of foreign workers that are working illegally in the realm of law. Addressing this, his office has established four teams to make the movement in dealing with the existence of illegal tour guide.

“In one week, the four teams established have started to take action. Give us the opportunity to carry out this task. We also want to crack down on the presence of illegal foreign tour guides,” he said.

Regarding whether Ahui could be included in criminal matters, Amran asked one week for the masses so as to be able to show off evidence related to the beating case alleged that Ahui was involved in a criminal element. (kmb23)

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A Pakistani policeman stands guard outside a hospital where country interior minister Ahsan Iqbal shifted after the assassination attempt in Lahore on May 7, 2018.

Man accused of shooting interior minister appears in Pakistan court

MANILA - The US and Philippine militaries launched major exercises Monday aimed at fighting global terrorism, while staying mostly quiet on Beijing’s reported installation of missiles in the disputed South China Sea. The annual manoeuvres are the second to be held under Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who has set aside long-simmering friction over competing claims to the waters in order to court Chinese trade and investment.

The 12-day exercises began less than a week after US network CNBC reported that the Chinese military had over the past month installed anti-ship and air-to-air defences on islands also claimed by the Philippines.

“This exercise was scheduled whether those missiles were there or not,” US Lieutenant General Lawrence Nicholson told reporters in Manila.

“The exercises really have very little to do with recent developments in the area,” said Nicholson, the US director of the “Balikatan” (“shoulder-to-shoulder”) manoeuvres.

The South China Sea issue has been brewing for years, with Vietnam, Malaysia and others also staking claims to waters with vital global shipping routes and what are believed to be significant oil and natural gas deposits.

Nicholson’s Filipino counterpart, Lieutenant-General Emmanuel Salamat, sidestepped the issue while highlighting the need to improve the capabilities of Filipino forces to fight terrorism.

Duterte’s predecessor, Benigno Aquino, had used the exercises to boost the Philippine military’s capability to deter China, which claims most of the South China Sea. However, Duterte refocused the joint exercises after he was elected in 2016, steering them towards addressing domestic problems.

Last year Balikatan focused mainly on honing humanitarian responses to the Philippines’ frequent natural disasters.

This year’s terror focus comes after Islamic State group supporters seized the southern Philippine city of Marawi in May last year, triggering a five-month battle with US-backed Filipino troops that killed some 1,200 people.

“This is focusing mostly on countering terrorism... that will allow us to respond to a similar scenario in the future,” Salamat said.

The US and Australia have pledged to provide more training and assistance to Filipino troops, who struggled in Marawi’s urban battleground after decades fighting low-intensity rural-based communist and Muslim insurgencies.

Most of the 5,000 Filipino troops and 3,000 US counterparts taking part in the manoeuvres are from special operations units who will train in mock urban terrain to respond to “crises and calamities, either natural or man-made”, Salamat said.

Australia and Japan are also sending a total of 42 military observers to Balikatan, he added. (afp)

LAHORE - A man accused of shooting Pakistan’s interior minister in a suspected assassination attempt possibly linked to blasphemy appeared in court Monday, with the attack seen as an ominous sign for security ahead of nationwide elections.

Abid Hussain appeared before the anti-terror court in Gujranwala city in Punjab province, where he was remanded into custody for ten days, police official Chaudhry Tariq told AFP. His appearance came one day after Ahsan Iqbal, 59, was shot in the right arm as he prepared to leave a public meeting in his constituency in Punjab late Sunday.

A man identified by police as Hussain, said to be in his early 20s, was wrestled to the ground by officers and bystanders as he was preparing to fire a second shot.

Police are investigating whether the attack could have had any religious motive.

A local official told AFP that the shooter said he was inspired by a controversy last year in which a small amendment to the oath

election candidates must swear had to be hastily reversed after it was linked to blasphemy, a highly inflammatory charge in the deeply conservative Muslim country.

The row sparked a three-week sit-in last November by a previously little-known Islamist group, which paralysed the capital.

That demonstration ended when the government capitulated to the protesters’ demands -- including the ousting of the federal law minister -- in a deal brokered by the military.

At the time many Pakistanis and analysts warned that a dangerous precedent had been set in which fringe groups could bend the state to their will by citing blasphemy.

Iqbal, known as a champion for religious minorities, had pushed for a negotiated settlement to the

controversy. As part of their investigation police are examining any potential links between Hussain and the Islamist group leading the sit-in. After the shooting Iqbal was airlifted to Lahore.

Shafqat Waseem Chaudhry, one of the five-member medical team responsible for him, told AFP Monday that he was “stable” but will remain in the intensive care unit for two days.

The attack was swiftly condemned by the international community as Pakistanis voiced fears it represented an attempt to weaken democracy ahead of the federal elections.

The polls are set to be only the second ever democratic transition in the country, and are widely expected to be held late this summer. (afp)

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Philippines’ exercise head Lieutenant General Emmanuel Salamat (L) shakes hands with his US counterpart Lieutenant General Lawrence Nicholson during a press conference after the opening ceremony of the joint US and Philippines military exercise at the military headquarters in Manila on May 7, 2018.

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Air France shares went into a tailspin on the Paris stock exchange on Monday after the resignation of the strike-hit company’s CEO. Air France-KLM boss Jean-Marc Janaillac announced his resignation Friday after staff at the carrier’s French operations rejected a pay deal aimed at ending months of walkouts.

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This file photo taken on April 11, 2018 shows Air France planes at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport in Roissy, north of Paris. Air France shares went into a tailspin on the Paris stock exchange on May 7, 2018 after the resignation of the strike-hit company’s CEO. In early bourse business Air France stock was down nearly 13 percent at 7.08 euros.

German industrial orders slip further in March

German industrial orders fell for the third month in a row in March, official data showed Monday, disappointing the expectations of analysts who had hoped for a rebound. New contracts for industrial firms fell back 0.9 percent, federal statistics authority Destatis said, far short of analysts’ predictions for growth of 0.6 percent.

The figure dashes hopes for a rebound in the vital sector for Europe’s powerhouse, completing a first quarter when indicators showed ebbing momentum after hectic growth last year.

Industrial indicators have fallen in step with other measures like business confidence, as players confront uncertainty over political events like Brexit and US President Donald Trump’s protectionist threats Axel Heimken / dpa / AFP against China and the European Union.

“After dynamic growth in industrial This aerial picture taken with a drone shows a tractor driving through an apple orders especially in the second half of orchard in Haselau, northern Germany, on May 07, 2018.

2017, the first quarter of 2018 has brought predictably calmer developments,” the economy ministry in Berlin commented in a statement. But the government economists added that “firms’ order books remain very full” for almost the next six months.

Domestic demand for German goods rose in March, by 1.5 percent, but fell 3.0 percent among customers in the 19-nation euro single currency zone and 2.5 percent in the rest of the world.

And the picture was varied across the sector, with a bright spot of 2.2 percent growth in orders for consumer goods makers, while capital goods firms fell back 1.8 percent and producer goods 0.3 percent.

Overall, “despite the slight setback in the first quarter, industrial activity should remain on an upward trend,” the economy ministry predicted. (afp)

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Air France shares in tailspin after CEO quits

Janaillac, who had been in the post for under two years and staked his future at the company on staff accepting the deal, deplored their decision as a “huge waste”.

In early bourse business Air France stock was down nearly 13 percent at 7.08 euros. Staff and management at the carrier have been locked in a dispute over pay since February. Intermittent strikes in recent weeks have prompted the cancellation of a quarter of flights on average.

Unionised staff are set to walk out for the 14th day on Monday as they press for a 5.1-percent salary increase this year as the company recovers from years of losses and restructuring. France’s economy minister on Sunday warned that the survival of Air France was now in the balance.

“I call on everyone to be responsible: crew, ground staff, and pilots who are asking for unjustified pay hikes,” Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire told the BFM news channel.

“Be responsible. The survival of Air France is in the balance,” he added. He warned that the state, which owns 14.3 percent of the group, would not serve as a backstop. “Air France will disappear if it does not make the necessary efforts to be competitive,” he warned.(afp)

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Usaba Muhu-Muhu at Timbrah Customary Village

There is no day without a religious ceremony. It is the characteristic life on the Island of Bali or the Island of the Gods. One of them is the Usaba Muhu-Muhu at Timbrah customary village, Pertima, Karangasem. People at this village have a philosophy of high significance to maintain the integrity and harmony of their residents. It is reflected in the Usaba Muhu–Muhu ritual. This ceremony was held on Saturday (Jan. 9). It is implemented in the form of caru desa or animal sacrifice aiming to neutralize bhuta kala into bhuta hita. Thus, residents continue to live in harmony as well as the universe.

Implementation of this tradition is starting from nyaga ritual. Three days before the Usaba MuhuMuhu, residents carry out this ritual to neutralize bhuta kala in smaller scale, so as not to disturb other’s courtyard. This ritual is also called metuun buah. At the time of Usaba Muhu-Muhu, balancing ritual is performed in a higher level by the customary village with the caru sacrificing a cow.

Undagi procession when slaughtering cow for the caru oblation always draws the attention of surrounding residents. The cow tied to a concrete pole is slaughtered by the undagi and this lasts tensely.

It is thrashing about when slaughtered so that makes people tense.

However, this procession is more secure than a similar ritual at Asak village, where the cow is released

and then bombarded with swords, machetes and other sharp weapons, when the Usaba Kaulu held at the village.

Nengah Sukada, the local community leader, conveyed that the tradition is held once a year, precisely every new moon of the seventh month in Balinese calendar or around January. Residents of the supporting villages and two sesabu hamlets come down to carry out the task of devotional works at their respective hamlet to prepare ritual means.

After the procession is over, people carry out prayers at the Dalem Tengah Temple. Ritual at this temple is officiated over by great-grandfather and dahyang.

Great-grandparent officiates over the offerings in the kemulan shrine on the pedestal, while the

dahyang officiates over the kemulan offerings under the pedestal.

Interestingly, after saying prayers together, local residents ranging from parents to children join a shared meal or megibung, enjoying the beef as the remainder of the ritual means. Residents sit together in place that have been provided by customary village, such as meeting pavilion, long pavilion and gamelan troupe pavilion.

Some other sources at the local village mention that the tradition of Usaba Muhu-Muhu is also considered as the implementation of the Shiva Purana, namely when Durgha goes up against the Mahisasura giant cow or buffalo.

Today, it is celebrated as a form of human self-control in order to avoid animal nature. (kmb)

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Nampin or chewing betel leaves is one of the traditions that remains strong amongst Balinese elders. According to one respected elder named Ni Ketut Darma, who still chews betel leaves everyday, tradtionally the ingredients for betwel chewing are kept in a special betel nut box called pabuan or pecanangan. “When we use this box at home we call it pabuan, but when we serve guests we call this penginangan, using more refined language” she explained.

According to Grandma Darma, the betel nut box is made of wood in the long side shape where it generally consists of some compartments containing lime, betel leaves, gambier, betel nut, betel nut mortar and pestle or panyawisan, small knife, and caket (used to halve areca nut). She said that in the past the betel nut box was the first thing to be served to guests who came or when visiting other people’s homes.

“Presenting betel nut box and nampin has become a tradition in

the life of Balinese people, until now this tradition remains to be implemented especially by parents like me,” she said.

She added the betel nut box is not only served at home, but also at temple with a different designation. At temple, it is called pacanangan, functioned as the offerings presented to deities. Pabuan and pacanangan is basically not the same. Pabuan served at home usually contains lime, gambier, betel leaf, betel nut, betel nut mortar and pestle, small knife, and caket, while the pecanangan at temple has the same contents with additional ingredients like thread, money and fruits.

When asked about how she feels when doing nampin, she just claimed to be accustomed to doing it. Men and women of her age usually do it. It is tasteless but the lips feel abrasive. It feels nothing due to the mixture with lime. “Our lips are abrasive, but I have been accustomed to the taste,” she said. (kmb)

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Putin sworn in for fourth term as Russian president MOSCOW - Vladimir Putin was sworn in as Russia’s president for a fourth term on Monday, extending his almost two-decade rule by another six years at a time of high tension with his Western rivals.

The 65-year-old, in power since 1999, is on course to become the longest-serving Russian leader since Joseph Stalin after his victory in March elections.

Putin won nearly 77 percent of the vote in polls in which his most vocal opponent, Alexei Navalny, was banned from running.

He has promised to use his fourth term to revitalise the economy. But he also faces a host of thorny international disputes.

“I consider it my duty and my life’s aim to do everything possible for Russia, for its present and for its future,” Putin said at Monday’s swearing-in ceremony, with his hand on the Russian constitution.

US President Donald Trump congratulated the Kremlin strongman, with White House press secretary Sarah Sanders telling reporters in Washington that Trump “looks forward to a time when we can hopefully have a good relationship with Russia.

“However, the United States believes that everyone has a right to be heard and assemble peacefully,” she said.

Several thousand guests lined the red carpet in Moscow and filmed Putin on their smartphones as he arrived for the ceremony in the ornate Andreyev Hall, part of the Kremlin palace complex.

Among them were US action star Steven Seagal, who has taken Russian citizenship, as well as former German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and Naina Yeltsina, the widow of Putin’s late predecessor Boris Yeltsin.

Putin was driven to the inauguration in a black Russian-made limousine -- a change from previous ceremonies when he used a German Mercedes.

“I feel strongly conscious of my colossal responsibility,” he said, thanking Russians for their “sincere support” and “cohesiveness”.

“We have revived pride in our fatherland,” Putin said. “As head of state I will do all I can to multiply the strength, prosperity and fame of Russia.”

Shortly after the ceremony, Putin asked parliament to back a new mandate for outgoing prime minister Dmitry Medvedev, his longtime ally.

- Crackdown on opposition Navalny on Monday reposted a 2017 video into the prime minister’s alleged wealth that led to nationwide protests last year.

On Saturday, nearly 1,600 protesters including Navalny were detained during nationwide rallies against Putin under the slogan “Not Our Tsar”.

The opposition figure, who was barred from challenging Putin in the March election, has been released pending a court hearing.

The unrest revived memories of 2012, when authorities cracked down on rallies against Putin’s return to the Kremlin after a stint as prime minister. (afp)

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Supporters of Lebanon’s Shiite Muslim Hezbollah movement parade on parliamentary elections day with the party’s flags and portraits of it’s leader Hassan Nasrallah through the streets of Baalbeck, in the eastern Bekaa valley near the border with Syria, on May 6, 2018.

Lebanon’s Hezbollah hails ‘great victory’ after vote

BEIRUT - Lebanon’s Iranbacked Hezbollah claimed victory on Monday after elections it said legitimised its military branch, leaving Saudi-backed Prime Minister Saad Hariri as the main loser.

The two main protagonists of the country’s first legislative polls in almost a decade did not wait for final results to comment on the implications of a vote which was also marked by low turnout.

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah called the vote “a great political and moral victory for the resistance option that protects the sovereignty of the country.”

The Iran-backed Shiite movement and its allies look set to secure a parliament bloc large enough to thwart attempts for it to disarm, a

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Exports and tourism could strengthen rupiah: central bank

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Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a prayer service following his inauguration ceremony at the Kremlin in Moscow on May 7, 2018.

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Chinese make up about a quarter of the population in the country and many have ended up heading some of the country’s biggest private enterprises.

Tan laments the lack of job opportunities in Malaysia -- he said three of his sons and a daughter now work in neighbouring Singapore, which is predominantly ethnic Chinese.

Many members of non-Malay minorities have emigrated in recent

longstanding demand of its political enemies.

“The make-up of the new legislative chamber represents a guarantee and a great strength to protect this strategic choice and to protect the golden equation -- the army, the people and the resistance,” Nasrallah said.

The man who has led calls internally for Hezbollah to lay down its arms is Hariri, whose Sunni-dominated Future Movement -- less dominant since it lost Saudi Arabia’s lavish support -- lost a third of its seats.

Hariri told reporters his party had won 21 seats, a drop from the 33 it controlled in the outgoing legislature.

“We were betting on a better result,” the premier said. (afp) years after feeling they have run up against an ethnic glass ceiling.

Tan won’t be drawn on who he will vote for at Wednesday’s poll. But Malaysia’s ethnic Chinese have in recent years largely swung behind the opposition, which has promised a better deal for minorities.

His main concern is money, specifically the value of local currency the ringgit, which has suffered heavy falls in recent years.

“We should have a leader who is good, who can make the value of our money go up,” Tan said. (afp)

YOGYAKARTA - Senior Deputy Governor of Bank Indonesia Mirza Adityaswara said good export performance and tourism development could strengthen rupiah now falling in value against the U.S. dollar.

The currencies of countries recording surplus in international trade would be more resilient even could record appreciation in exchange rate, Mirza said in a national seminar on expansion and financing export oriented labor intensive industry” here on Monday.

Deficit in current account is a condition when imports of goods and service exceed exports. Based on data at the Central Bureau of Statistic (BPS), in 2006, the country had a 3-percent surplus in its current account, but in 2011, the country began to record current account deficit of 0.2 percent that widened to 1.7 percent in 2017.

Meanwhile, Thailand has continued to chalk up an increase in surplus of its current account from 1 percent in 2006, to 2.6 percent in 2011 and to 11.7 percent in 2017. Malaysia also has continued to post current account surplus although shrinking from 16.1 percent in 2006, to 11.2 percent in 2011, and to 3 percent in 2017.

With the surpluses recorded by Thailand and Malaysia, the exchange rates of the currencies of the two countries against the U.S. dollar have appreciated year to date (29 December 2017 until 5 April 2018) by 2.66 percent and 2.77 percent respectively, when rupiah lost 2.67 percent of its value and Philippine peso depreciated 3.39 percent and India`s Rupee down 4.48 percent .

In addition, the currencies of Thailand and Malaysia are more resilient in exchange rate because of substantial contribution from their tourism sector to their foreign exchange reserves.

Based on data at the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), in 2016 the contribution of the tourism sectors to Thai foreign exchange reached US$49.9 billion. The contribution of tourism sector of Malaysian foreign exchange reserves was US$18.1 billion as against a contribution of the sector to Indonesia`s foreign exchange reserves of only US$11.3 billion.

“Therefore , our policy is to push development of tourism and boost exports. Our foreign exchange reserves are not more than enough, but certainly we may not continue to use our foreign exchange reserve. We have to boost development of the real sector,” Mirza said.

Rupiah has continued to weaken lately against the U.S. dollar.

Based on the middle exchange rate of Bank Indonesia rupiah lost more value closing at the level of 13,956 per dollar from the level of 13,943 on Friday. (ant)

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PM Li urges Chinese firms to prioritize Indonesian workers

BOGOR - China`s Prime Minister Li Keqiang has called on Chinese firms investing in Indonesia to give priority to recruiting local workers in their respective companies. “We have called on Chinese companies investing in Indonesia to employ mostly Indonesian workers,” Li stated at a joint press conference with Indonesian President Joko Widodo at the Bogor Presidential Palace on Monday.

Li noted that with more job opportunities in Indonesia, both countries could benefit from the investment. On the other hand, the premier has called on the Indonesian government to simplify the administrative process for Chinese firms to invest in the country. The bilateral meeting between President Widodo and Premier Li also discussed issues on cooperation in Halal food and Muslim fashion.

“We are pleased to invest in Indonesia in Halal food

and Muslim fashion. Thus, together we can develop third markets,” Li remarked. He believed that the cooperation can be improved further, as the Muslim population in China has reached 20 million.

PM Li has expressed hope that China`s cooperation with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) would bring significant and strategic results.

China has stressed its commitment to maintain peace and stability in the South China Sea. “Despite any dispute or disagreement, we will surely cooperate to maintain stability in the region,” he emphasized.

Meanwhile, President Widodo noted that the ASEAN, which contributed significantly to peace and stability in the region, must improve its performance.

The president has also called on China to support Palestine in its fight for freedom. PM Li is on a state visit to Indonesia on May 6-8. Li was scheduled to visit the ASEAN Secretariat and attend the Indonesia-China Business Summit. (ant)

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Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (L) gestures as Indonesian President Joko Widodo (R) listens as they deliver their press statement after their meeting at the presidential palace in Bogor on May 7, 2018.

Bekraf targets to hold coding mum program in six countries

MANADO - The Creative Economy Agency (Bekraf) is targeting to organize the Coding Mum program in six countries by 2018. In addition to Indonesia, Education Director of Bekraf Poppy Savitri stated on Monday that her party is targeting to hold the Coding Mum program in Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, Singapore, Bandar Sri Begawan in Brunei Darussalam, Hong Kong and Shanghai in China, as well as in Seoul in South Korea.

After holding the Coding Mum program in Manado City in North Sulawesi Province, she noted that

the activity will continue to be held in several other cities: Surabaya in East Java Province, Samarinda in East Kalimantan, Batam in Riau Islands Province, Sorong in West Papua Province, Pontianak in West Kalimantan Province, Bandar Lampung in Lampung Province, and Palembang in South Sumatra Province.

The activity will present reliable and professional mentors that are strictly selected, so as to create creative economic players in Indonesia. “Nowadays, creative economic players are needed, as they have become a need of the

times,” she remarked. She stated that the Coding Mum program had begun in 2016, and more than 300 participants had successfully graduated.

She noted that the program is also part of Bekraf`s big scenario in order to achieve strategic goals in an effort to absorb the workforce of the creative economy sector, so as to achieve the target of 17 million creative economy players in 2019. Bekraf is a nonministerial government institution responsible for the creative economy. The current Head of Bekraf is Triawan Munaf.

Bekraf has the duty of assisting the President of the Republic of Indonesia in formulating, establishing, coordinating, and synchronizing creative economic policies in the fields of application and game development, architecture, interior design, visual communication design, product design, fashion, animation and video film, photography, craft, food, music, publishing, advertising, performing arts, visual arts, as well as television and radio. Coding Mum is a digital language training program for housewives, Indonesian migrant workers, and persons with

disabilities. The activity has been successfully implemented in six cities in 2016 and eight cities and three countries in 2017.

In 2018, the Coding Mum will be implemented in 14 cities in Indonesia: Jakarta; Bandung in West Java Province; Surabaya, specifically for people with disabilities; Batam; Palembang; Bandar Lampung; Depok in West Java Province; Semarang in Central Java Province; Samarinda; Manado; Kendari in Southeast Sulawesi Province; and Sorong and Jayapura in Papua Province. (ant)

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Djokovic edges past Nishikori at Madrid Open

MADRID - Novak Djokovic scored his best-ranked victory in almost a year by coming through his nightmare first round against world number 20 Kei Nishikori at the Madrid Open on Monday.

Le Pirate Beach Club

SEMARAPURA - Le Pirate Beach Club on Nusa Ceningan Island serves as a great base for exploring the Nusa islands. The beach club appeals to adventure travellers in need of a break. Its freeform infinity pool and decks overlook the calm waters of the Ceningan Strait. Its best enjoyed

as a guest staying in its whitewashed, thatch-roofed beach boxes that blend simple elegance with rustic charm. However, as a public visitor you can enjoy a swim, and chill out by day or at sunset with light bites and cocktails from its adjacent restaurant and bar.

Beach Club Highlights The beach boxes at Le Pirate Beach Club come in double and bunk bed options that sleep four.

Each includes air conditioning, a private bathroom, and splendid ocean views. The open-air bathrooms with high walls and no roof can take some getting used to, but

adds to the place’s jungle-chic vibe. The restaurant serves a mix of Indonesian and western foods, from nasi goreng fried rice to BLTs. From the bar, you have selections of refreshing cocktails such as Mango Martini and Watermelon Crush. Average prices are IDR 85,000 (USD 6). To get to Le Pirate Beach Club,

simply take one of the regular speed boats from Sanur Beach on the Bali mainland, which depart around eight times daily to Nusa Lembongan. A motorcycle taxi or pickup truck will take you across Nusa Lembongan and the yellow bridge spanning the channel to Nusa Ceningan and Le Pirate. (net)

The 12-time major champion could now face Kyle Edmund in round two, if the Briton wins his own awkward opener on Tuesday against the talented Daniil Medvedev. Not long ago, Djokovic versus Nishikori would have been a match for the latter stages of a grand slam but struggles with fitness and form caused these two to meet first up on Manolo Santana.

Djokovic prevailed 7-5, 6-4, producing some scintillating tennis when it mattered most to register his first win over a top-20 opponent since the Serb beat Gael Monfils at Eastbourne in June last year.

At their best, Djokovic and Nishikori were perhaps the game’s two outstanding athletes, renowned for their speed in defence and stamina over five sets.

But injuries, to the wrist for Nishikori and elbow for Djokovic, have left each attempting recoveries and it was certainly evident here that both are still some way away.

If Edmund beats Medvedev, he may fancy his chances against a player he is yet to take a set off in three meetings. Djokovic, however, will be keen to draw on the positives. His movement was better and he delivered in the crunch moments. There were also a handful of breathtaking retrievals the 30-

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Serbia’s player Novak Djokovic signs autographs to fans during a training session in Belgrade, Serbia on May 2, 2018. year-old would have been proud of in his prime.

Four games both players would have liked to forget prompted an exchange of breaks in the middle of the opening set but Djokovic stepped up a gear at 5-4.

Nishikori resisted two rasping

forehands but finally caved two games later as Djokovic clinched the frame.

Djokovic seemingly defied physics by lashing one smash into the net early in the second but found his groove again at 5-4, breaking Nishikori to seal victory

in just under two hours.

Maria Sharapova’s clay-court revival is also gathering pace after the Russian had earlier eased past Romanian big-hitter Irina-Camelia Begu in the women’s tournament.

Sharapova arrived in Spain on the back of four consecutive defeats

but two wins, the latest a 7-5, 6-1 victory over Begu, have sent the 31-year-old into the last 16.

France’s Kristina Mladenovic will now await Sharapova, who is showing signs of rhythm ahead of the French Open later this month, which she won in 2012 and 2014. (afp)

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Dario Saric #9 of the Philadelphia 76ers goes to the basket against the Boston Celtics during Game Four of the Eastern Conference Semifinals of the 2018 NBA Playoffs on May 5, 2018 at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

LOS ANGELES - Dario Saric scored 25 points as the Philadelphia 76ers kept alive their NBA Eastern Conference playoff series with the Boston Celtics on Monday, powering to a 103-92 win to avoid a clean sweep.

The Sixers -- left staring down the barrel of an early exit after losing the opening three games in the best-of-seven series -- subdued the Celtics in the second half to ensure a game five.

Croatian power forward Saric led the scoring for the Sixers, using every inch of his 6ft 10in frame to cause problems for the Celtics defense to the delight of the raucous

home support at the Wells Fargo Center. The energetic T.J. McConnell provided invaluable support, finishing with a career-high 19 points while Joel Embiid chipped in with 15 and Ben Simmons 19.

There had been little to divide the sides in the first half, with the Sixers turning around 47-43 at halftime thanks to an Embiid dunk right on the buzzer.

The highlight of the half had been a hot-tempered clash between Embiid and Celtics Terry Rozier, with the two players jostling each other before team-mates intervened to cool the confrontation.

The relentless Sixers pulled

away in the third quarter, opening up a 10-point lead after two Saric free throws.

Another Embiid dunk helped the Sixers go 11 points clear at 73-62 with 2:36 left in the third, and a superb three-pointer from the tireless McConnell then put Philadelphia firmly in control at 76-62.

From there the Sixers never looked in danger of blowing their advantage, comfortably maintaining a double-digit lead for much of the fourth quarter.

Game five takes place in Boston on Wednesday, where the Celtics will look to clinch a place in the Eastern Conference finals. (afp)

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Ozil joins Germany injury list, but vows to be at World Cup

Chinese club denies move for Barca star Iniesta SHANGHAI - China’s Chongqing Lifan denied making a big-money move for Andres Iniesta as Spanish media said the Barcelona captain could now be headed for Japan or Australia.

Reports in China and Spain have linked Chongqing with the 33-year-old Spanish World Cup-winner, who is leaving Barcelona after two decades of phenomenal success.

Chongqing said Iniesta wouldn’t be joining “as a player” but left the door open to future cooperation with the midfielder, who has promotional and marketing links with the city.

Chongqing added that they wanted to support the “healthy development of Chinese football” -- a reference to China’s clampdown on heavy transfer spending and focus on homegrown talent.

“Our club will never violate the development prospects of Chinese football and we are determined to make due contributions to the healthy development of Chinese football,” a

BERLIN - Mesut Ozil has joined the list of Germany stars currently injured, but the Arsenal midfielder insisted Monday he will be fit for their World Cup title defence in Russia.

“It’s a pity I missed yesterday’s match with my back injury,” Ozil wrote on his Instagram account after sitting out Arsenal’s 5-0 rout of Burnley on Sunday.

“It’ll need some time, but I’m sure I’ll fully recover in time for the World Cup.” With just over five weeks until the World Cup starts on June 14, the

statement said.

It added: “The other sports industry sections of our club’s controlling shareholder have in-depth cooperation with Mr. Iniesta in sports brokerage, sports marketing, and youth training and education.

“We don’t rule out that in the future there may be more in-depth cooperation between the two sides in the Chinese market, but this does not mean that Mr. Iniesta will join the club as a player.”

Japan’s Vissel Kobe, named in Spanish media as a possible next club for Iniesta, had no comment on Tuesday when approached by AFP. Football Federation Australia also made no comment after Spain’s Sport website named the A-League as Iniesta’s “preferred destination”.

Chongqing, in southwest China, had emerged as a surprise contender to snare Iniesta -- one of the finest midfielders of his generation -- despite not being a traditional heavyweight in Chinese football. (afp)

Pau Barrena / AFP

Giggs hopeful of full recovery for stricken mentor Ferguson

Ryan Giggs

in charge of United, including 13 Premier League titles and the Champions League twice before retiring in 2013.

United have offered no update on Ferguson’s condition since saying a procedure on the haemorrhage on Saturday had gone “very well”, but that a period of intensive care is needed to optimise his recovery.

Wales manager Giggs was part of all 13 of Ferguson’s title-win-

IBP/net

ning sides in a 24-year playing career at Old Trafford.

“Now is the time to pray and hope he can make a full recovery,” Giggs told BBC Wales.

“He has been the biggest influence in my career, both on and off the pitch.

“I know the operation has been a success - but he is a fighter and that is what makes me think that he will be able to make a recovery.”

United defender Phil Jones is also positive on Ferguson’s chances of making a full recovery, despite admitting to being “devastated” by the news of his ill health. “(I am) just devastated, absolutely devastated,” said Jones, who was signed for United by Ferguson in 2011.

“He is such a legend in my eyes.

He is the one who brought me to the club and gave me that opportunity to play for one of the biggest clubs in the world. He’s taken me under his wing like a father and it was shocking.

“It’s sad, but I know his character. I know he has that fight in him.

Hopefully he’ll recover well.”

United midfielder Juan Mata

Arsenal playmaker joins Manuel Neuer and Jerome Boateng, who also face a race against time, on the casualty list.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger had revealed before kick-off that Ozil was expected to miss the rest of the season with a back ailment.

Germany’s first World Cup group match is against Mexico in Moscow on June 17. They also face Sweden and South Korea in Group F. Neuer, Germany’s captain and goalkeeper, has not played since fracturing his foot last September.

Burly centre-back Boateng in-

jured his groin in Bayern Munich’s Champions League semi-final defeat at home to Real Madrid a fortnight ago.

Germany coach Joachim Loew will announce his World Cup squad on May 15.

Ozil, Boateng and Neuer are all expected to be named, but will have to prove their fitness during a two-week training camp in northern Italy.

“Right now, we all keep our fingers crossed that Jerome’s injury somehow will still heal well and also that everything continues as

planned with ‘Manu’,” said Germany’s team director Oliver Bierhoff last week referring to Neuer.

Fringe players Lars Stindl, who scored the winning goal for Ger-

many in the 2017 Confederations Cup final, and ex-Arsenal winger Serge Gnabry have both already been ruled out of the World Cup by injury. (afp)

Ribery signs Bayern extension until 2019

Barcelona’s Spanish midfielder Andres Iniesta warms up before the Spanish league football match between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid CF at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on May 6, 2018.

LONDON - Manchester United’s most decorated player Ryan Giggs led another day of well wishes from the world of football for his legendary former manager Alex Ferguson following the Scot’s emergency surgery on a brain haemorrhage.

Considered the most successful manager in the history of British football, Ferguson, 76, won 38 trophies in just over 26 years

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admitted news of Ferguson’s condition had a “huge impact” on the current squad.

“This circumstance has had a huge impact on Manchester United, as you can imagine,” Mata wrote in his blog.

“All of us are united right now, wishing Sir Alex a speedy recovery.

He has been a unique and fundamental figure in the football world over the last few decades.”

United thanked the many wellwishers, including the likes of rival managers Arsene Wenger, Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp, who spoke of their admiration for Ferguson.

- ‘Strong man’ -

Wenger enjoyed a long, and at times fractious rivalry with Ferguson as they battled for Premier League supremacy in the first decade of the Frenchman’s 22-year reign in charge of Arsenal.

However, they later became friends and with Wenger leaving Arsenal at the end of the season, Ferguson presented his old adversary with a memento on his

final visit to United’s Old Trafford ground just last weekend.

“I was with him on the pitch last week. I went to see him in the box after the game and he looked in perfect shape,” said Wenger, after his final home game as Arsenal boss.

“He told me he is doing a lot of exercise, and he looked very happy but that kind of accident can happen. We wish him all well and to recover very quickly. He is a strong man and an optimistic man.”

Sunday saw runaway winners Manchester City receive the Premier League trophy. But local rivalries were forgotten as a banner was held aloft by City fans reading: “Football aside get well Fergie” as supporters spilled onto the pitch at full-time of a scoreless draw with Huddersfield.

“All the Manchester City fans in the stadium, you cannot find one person who does not wish the best for an amazing person,” said City boss Guardiola.

On the streets of Manchester on Monday there was huge respect from both sets of fanbases for Ferugson’s achievements. (afp)

BERLIN - Veteran winger Franck Ribery, 35, has signed a one-year extension to stay at Bayern Munich until 2019, the German giants announced on Monday.

“I am very happy to be able to play for another year at this great club,” said Ribery in a statement.

“Munich has long since become a home for my family and I, therefore, am proud to be able to play in the FC Bayern shirt next season.”

Ribery joined Bayern in 2007, scoring 80 goals in 247 Bundesliga appearances, and won the German league title for a joint record eighth time this season.

“We are very pleased that Franck has been retained,” said Bayern’s sports director Hasan Salihamidzic.

“This season, Franck has proved once again in the Bundesliga, as well as in the Champions League and German Cup, what he is capable of and what great quality he has.

“He is also one of our crowd pleasers.”

Despite a knee injury in October which kept him out for 10 games, Ribery, who will be 36 when his contract expires, has managed five goals in 19 league games this season.

He was a key figure when Bayern won the treble in 2013 of Bundesliga, German Cup and Champions League titles, providing 11 goals and 23 assists in a total of 43 matches.

It was Ribery’s final pass which Arjen Robben converted for the winning goal at Wembley when Bayern beat Borussia Dortmund 2-1 in that year’s Champions League final.

“When I came to Munich in 2007, I was looking to push my career to the next level,” Ribery wrote on Instagram.

“But I never imagined winning eight German championships, the German Cup five times and the Champions League trophy with this club.

“But what I found above all that success is a place called home.

“Thanks to everyone who is supporting me, to my beloved family and friends, the best fans, team mates and staff.

“Let’s work hard to make this time another glorious chapter in the story of the best club in the world.”

However, according to reports, Ribery can expect to

fight for his place next season.

Bayern are said to want to give priority to rising stars Serge Gnabry, 22, who will return from a loan spell at Hoffenheim, and Kingsley Coman, 21, who is currently sidelined by injury.

Fellow veteran Robben, 34, has also been offered a year’s extension to his deal which expires in June, but the Dutch winger has yet to put pen to paper.

German magazine Kicker report that Robben, who joined Bayern in 2009, will not announce his decision until the German Cup final, against Eintracht Frankfurt on May 19 in Berlin, as he considered other offers. (afp)

JAVIER SORIANO / AFP

In this file photo taken on May 1, 2018, Bayern Munich’s French midfielder Franck Ribery runs with the ball during the UEFA Champions League semi-final second leg football match between Real Madrid and Bayern Munich at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid.

GABRIEL BOUYS / AFP

Arsenal’s German midfielder Mesut Ozil (R) vies with Atletico Madrid’s French defender Lucas Hernandez during the UEFA Europa League semi-final second leg football match between Club Atletico de Madrid and Arsenal FC at the Wanda Metropolitano stadium in Madrid on May 3, 2018.

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Ozil joins Germany injury list, but vows to be at World Cup

Chinese club denies move for Barca star Iniesta SHANGHAI - China’s Chongqing Lifan denied making a big-money move for Andres Iniesta as Spanish media said the Barcelona captain could now be headed for Japan or Australia.

Reports in China and Spain have linked Chongqing with the 33-year-old Spanish World Cup-winner, who is leaving Barcelona after two decades of phenomenal success.

Chongqing said Iniesta wouldn’t be joining “as a player” but left the door open to future cooperation with the midfielder, who has promotional and marketing links with the city.

Chongqing added that they wanted to support the “healthy development of Chinese football” -- a reference to China’s clampdown on heavy transfer spending and focus on homegrown talent.

“Our club will never violate the development prospects of Chinese football and we are determined to make due contributions to the healthy development of Chinese football,” a

BERLIN - Mesut Ozil has joined the list of Germany stars currently injured, but the Arsenal midfielder insisted Monday he will be fit for their World Cup title defence in Russia.

“It’s a pity I missed yesterday’s match with my back injury,” Ozil wrote on his Instagram account after sitting out Arsenal’s 5-0 rout of Burnley on Sunday.

“It’ll need some time, but I’m sure I’ll fully recover in time for the World Cup.” With just over five weeks until the World Cup starts on June 14, the

statement said.

It added: “The other sports industry sections of our club’s controlling shareholder have in-depth cooperation with Mr. Iniesta in sports brokerage, sports marketing, and youth training and education.

“We don’t rule out that in the future there may be more in-depth cooperation between the two sides in the Chinese market, but this does not mean that Mr. Iniesta will join the club as a player.”

Japan’s Vissel Kobe, named in Spanish media as a possible next club for Iniesta, had no comment on Tuesday when approached by AFP. Football Federation Australia also made no comment after Spain’s Sport website named the A-League as Iniesta’s “preferred destination”.

Chongqing, in southwest China, had emerged as a surprise contender to snare Iniesta -- one of the finest midfielders of his generation -- despite not being a traditional heavyweight in Chinese football. (afp)

Pau Barrena / AFP

Giggs hopeful of full recovery for stricken mentor Ferguson

Ryan Giggs

in charge of United, including 13 Premier League titles and the Champions League twice before retiring in 2013.

United have offered no update on Ferguson’s condition since saying a procedure on the haemorrhage on Saturday had gone “very well”, but that a period of intensive care is needed to optimise his recovery.

Wales manager Giggs was part of all 13 of Ferguson’s title-win-

IBP/net

ning sides in a 24-year playing career at Old Trafford.

“Now is the time to pray and hope he can make a full recovery,” Giggs told BBC Wales.

“He has been the biggest influence in my career, both on and off the pitch.

“I know the operation has been a success - but he is a fighter and that is what makes me think that he will be able to make a recovery.”

United defender Phil Jones is also positive on Ferguson’s chances of making a full recovery, despite admitting to being “devastated” by the news of his ill health. “(I am) just devastated, absolutely devastated,” said Jones, who was signed for United by Ferguson in 2011.

“He is such a legend in my eyes.

He is the one who brought me to the club and gave me that opportunity to play for one of the biggest clubs in the world. He’s taken me under his wing like a father and it was shocking.

“It’s sad, but I know his character. I know he has that fight in him.

Hopefully he’ll recover well.”

United midfielder Juan Mata

Arsenal playmaker joins Manuel Neuer and Jerome Boateng, who also face a race against time, on the casualty list.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger had revealed before kick-off that Ozil was expected to miss the rest of the season with a back ailment.

Germany’s first World Cup group match is against Mexico in Moscow on June 17. They also face Sweden and South Korea in Group F. Neuer, Germany’s captain and goalkeeper, has not played since fracturing his foot last September.

Burly centre-back Boateng in-

jured his groin in Bayern Munich’s Champions League semi-final defeat at home to Real Madrid a fortnight ago.

Germany coach Joachim Loew will announce his World Cup squad on May 15.

Ozil, Boateng and Neuer are all expected to be named, but will have to prove their fitness during a two-week training camp in northern Italy.

“Right now, we all keep our fingers crossed that Jerome’s injury somehow will still heal well and also that everything continues as

planned with ‘Manu’,” said Germany’s team director Oliver Bierhoff last week referring to Neuer.

Fringe players Lars Stindl, who scored the winning goal for Ger-

many in the 2017 Confederations Cup final, and ex-Arsenal winger Serge Gnabry have both already been ruled out of the World Cup by injury. (afp)

Ribery signs Bayern extension until 2019

Barcelona’s Spanish midfielder Andres Iniesta warms up before the Spanish league football match between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid CF at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on May 6, 2018.

LONDON - Manchester United’s most decorated player Ryan Giggs led another day of well wishes from the world of football for his legendary former manager Alex Ferguson following the Scot’s emergency surgery on a brain haemorrhage.

Considered the most successful manager in the history of British football, Ferguson, 76, won 38 trophies in just over 26 years

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admitted news of Ferguson’s condition had a “huge impact” on the current squad.

“This circumstance has had a huge impact on Manchester United, as you can imagine,” Mata wrote in his blog.

“All of us are united right now, wishing Sir Alex a speedy recovery.

He has been a unique and fundamental figure in the football world over the last few decades.”

United thanked the many wellwishers, including the likes of rival managers Arsene Wenger, Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp, who spoke of their admiration for Ferguson.

- ‘Strong man’ -

Wenger enjoyed a long, and at times fractious rivalry with Ferguson as they battled for Premier League supremacy in the first decade of the Frenchman’s 22-year reign in charge of Arsenal.

However, they later became friends and with Wenger leaving Arsenal at the end of the season, Ferguson presented his old adversary with a memento on his

final visit to United’s Old Trafford ground just last weekend.

“I was with him on the pitch last week. I went to see him in the box after the game and he looked in perfect shape,” said Wenger, after his final home game as Arsenal boss.

“He told me he is doing a lot of exercise, and he looked very happy but that kind of accident can happen. We wish him all well and to recover very quickly. He is a strong man and an optimistic man.”

Sunday saw runaway winners Manchester City receive the Premier League trophy. But local rivalries were forgotten as a banner was held aloft by City fans reading: “Football aside get well Fergie” as supporters spilled onto the pitch at full-time of a scoreless draw with Huddersfield.

“All the Manchester City fans in the stadium, you cannot find one person who does not wish the best for an amazing person,” said City boss Guardiola.

On the streets of Manchester on Monday there was huge respect from both sets of fanbases for Ferugson’s achievements. (afp)

BERLIN - Veteran winger Franck Ribery, 35, has signed a one-year extension to stay at Bayern Munich until 2019, the German giants announced on Monday.

“I am very happy to be able to play for another year at this great club,” said Ribery in a statement.

“Munich has long since become a home for my family and I, therefore, am proud to be able to play in the FC Bayern shirt next season.”

Ribery joined Bayern in 2007, scoring 80 goals in 247 Bundesliga appearances, and won the German league title for a joint record eighth time this season.

“We are very pleased that Franck has been retained,” said Bayern’s sports director Hasan Salihamidzic.

“This season, Franck has proved once again in the Bundesliga, as well as in the Champions League and German Cup, what he is capable of and what great quality he has.

“He is also one of our crowd pleasers.”

Despite a knee injury in October which kept him out for 10 games, Ribery, who will be 36 when his contract expires, has managed five goals in 19 league games this season.

He was a key figure when Bayern won the treble in 2013 of Bundesliga, German Cup and Champions League titles, providing 11 goals and 23 assists in a total of 43 matches.

It was Ribery’s final pass which Arjen Robben converted for the winning goal at Wembley when Bayern beat Borussia Dortmund 2-1 in that year’s Champions League final.

“When I came to Munich in 2007, I was looking to push my career to the next level,” Ribery wrote on Instagram.

“But I never imagined winning eight German championships, the German Cup five times and the Champions League trophy with this club.

“But what I found above all that success is a place called home.

“Thanks to everyone who is supporting me, to my beloved family and friends, the best fans, team mates and staff.

“Let’s work hard to make this time another glorious chapter in the story of the best club in the world.”

However, according to reports, Ribery can expect to

fight for his place next season.

Bayern are said to want to give priority to rising stars Serge Gnabry, 22, who will return from a loan spell at Hoffenheim, and Kingsley Coman, 21, who is currently sidelined by injury.

Fellow veteran Robben, 34, has also been offered a year’s extension to his deal which expires in June, but the Dutch winger has yet to put pen to paper.

German magazine Kicker report that Robben, who joined Bayern in 2009, will not announce his decision until the German Cup final, against Eintracht Frankfurt on May 19 in Berlin, as he considered other offers. (afp)

JAVIER SORIANO / AFP

In this file photo taken on May 1, 2018, Bayern Munich’s French midfielder Franck Ribery runs with the ball during the UEFA Champions League semi-final second leg football match between Real Madrid and Bayern Munich at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid.

GABRIEL BOUYS / AFP

Arsenal’s German midfielder Mesut Ozil (R) vies with Atletico Madrid’s French defender Lucas Hernandez during the UEFA Europa League semi-final second leg football match between Club Atletico de Madrid and Arsenal FC at the Wanda Metropolitano stadium in Madrid on May 3, 2018.

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International

Djokovic edges past Nishikori at Madrid Open

MADRID - Novak Djokovic scored his best-ranked victory in almost a year by coming through his nightmare first round against world number 20 Kei Nishikori at the Madrid Open on Monday.

Le Pirate Beach Club

SEMARAPURA - Le Pirate Beach Club on Nusa Ceningan Island serves as a great base for exploring the Nusa islands. The beach club appeals to adventure travellers in need of a break. Its freeform infinity pool and decks overlook the calm waters of the Ceningan Strait. Its best enjoyed

as a guest staying in its whitewashed, thatch-roofed beach boxes that blend simple elegance with rustic charm. However, as a public visitor you can enjoy a swim, and chill out by day or at sunset with light bites and cocktails from its adjacent restaurant and bar.

Beach Club Highlights The beach boxes at Le Pirate Beach Club come in double and bunk bed options that sleep four.

Each includes air conditioning, a private bathroom, and splendid ocean views. The open-air bathrooms with high walls and no roof can take some getting used to, but

adds to the place’s jungle-chic vibe. The restaurant serves a mix of Indonesian and western foods, from nasi goreng fried rice to BLTs. From the bar, you have selections of refreshing cocktails such as Mango Martini and Watermelon Crush. Average prices are IDR 85,000 (USD 6). To get to Le Pirate Beach Club,

simply take one of the regular speed boats from Sanur Beach on the Bali mainland, which depart around eight times daily to Nusa Lembongan. A motorcycle taxi or pickup truck will take you across Nusa Lembongan and the yellow bridge spanning the channel to Nusa Ceningan and Le Pirate. (net)

The 12-time major champion could now face Kyle Edmund in round two, if the Briton wins his own awkward opener on Tuesday against the talented Daniil Medvedev. Not long ago, Djokovic versus Nishikori would have been a match for the latter stages of a grand slam but struggles with fitness and form caused these two to meet first up on Manolo Santana.

Djokovic prevailed 7-5, 6-4, producing some scintillating tennis when it mattered most to register his first win over a top-20 opponent since the Serb beat Gael Monfils at Eastbourne in June last year.

At their best, Djokovic and Nishikori were perhaps the game’s two outstanding athletes, renowned for their speed in defence and stamina over five sets.

But injuries, to the wrist for Nishikori and elbow for Djokovic, have left each attempting recoveries and it was certainly evident here that both are still some way away.

If Edmund beats Medvedev, he may fancy his chances against a player he is yet to take a set off in three meetings. Djokovic, however, will be keen to draw on the positives. His movement was better and he delivered in the crunch moments. There were also a handful of breathtaking retrievals the 30-

Pedja MILOSAVLJEVIC / AFP

Serbia’s player Novak Djokovic signs autographs to fans during a training session in Belgrade, Serbia on May 2, 2018. year-old would have been proud of in his prime.

Four games both players would have liked to forget prompted an exchange of breaks in the middle of the opening set but Djokovic stepped up a gear at 5-4.

Nishikori resisted two rasping

forehands but finally caved two games later as Djokovic clinched the frame.

Djokovic seemingly defied physics by lashing one smash into the net early in the second but found his groove again at 5-4, breaking Nishikori to seal victory

in just under two hours.

Maria Sharapova’s clay-court revival is also gathering pace after the Russian had earlier eased past Romanian big-hitter Irina-Camelia Begu in the women’s tournament.

Sharapova arrived in Spain on the back of four consecutive defeats

but two wins, the latest a 7-5, 6-1 victory over Begu, have sent the 31-year-old into the last 16.

France’s Kristina Mladenovic will now await Sharapova, who is showing signs of rhythm ahead of the French Open later this month, which she won in 2012 and 2014. (afp)

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Dario Saric #9 of the Philadelphia 76ers goes to the basket against the Boston Celtics during Game Four of the Eastern Conference Semifinals of the 2018 NBA Playoffs on May 5, 2018 at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

LOS ANGELES - Dario Saric scored 25 points as the Philadelphia 76ers kept alive their NBA Eastern Conference playoff series with the Boston Celtics on Monday, powering to a 103-92 win to avoid a clean sweep.

The Sixers -- left staring down the barrel of an early exit after losing the opening three games in the best-of-seven series -- subdued the Celtics in the second half to ensure a game five.

Croatian power forward Saric led the scoring for the Sixers, using every inch of his 6ft 10in frame to cause problems for the Celtics defense to the delight of the raucous

home support at the Wells Fargo Center. The energetic T.J. McConnell provided invaluable support, finishing with a career-high 19 points while Joel Embiid chipped in with 15 and Ben Simmons 19.

There had been little to divide the sides in the first half, with the Sixers turning around 47-43 at halftime thanks to an Embiid dunk right on the buzzer.

The highlight of the half had been a hot-tempered clash between Embiid and Celtics Terry Rozier, with the two players jostling each other before team-mates intervened to cool the confrontation.

The relentless Sixers pulled

away in the third quarter, opening up a 10-point lead after two Saric free throws.

Another Embiid dunk helped the Sixers go 11 points clear at 73-62 with 2:36 left in the third, and a superb three-pointer from the tireless McConnell then put Philadelphia firmly in control at 76-62.

From there the Sixers never looked in danger of blowing their advantage, comfortably maintaining a double-digit lead for much of the fourth quarter.

Game five takes place in Boston on Wednesday, where the Celtics will look to clinch a place in the Eastern Conference finals. (afp)

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Putin sworn in for fourth term as Russian president MOSCOW - Vladimir Putin was sworn in as Russia’s president for a fourth term on Monday, extending his almost two-decade rule by another six years at a time of high tension with his Western rivals.

The 65-year-old, in power since 1999, is on course to become the longest-serving Russian leader since Joseph Stalin after his victory in March elections.

Putin won nearly 77 percent of the vote in polls in which his most vocal opponent, Alexei Navalny, was banned from running.

He has promised to use his fourth term to revitalise the economy. But he also faces a host of thorny international disputes.

“I consider it my duty and my life’s aim to do everything possible for Russia, for its present and for its future,” Putin said at Monday’s swearing-in ceremony, with his hand on the Russian constitution.

US President Donald Trump congratulated the Kremlin strongman, with White House press secretary Sarah Sanders telling reporters in Washington that Trump “looks forward to a time when we can hopefully have a good relationship with Russia.

“However, the United States believes that everyone has a right to be heard and assemble peacefully,” she said.

Several thousand guests lined the red carpet in Moscow and filmed Putin on their smartphones as he arrived for the ceremony in the ornate Andreyev Hall, part of the Kremlin palace complex.

Among them were US action star Steven Seagal, who has taken Russian citizenship, as well as former German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and Naina Yeltsina, the widow of Putin’s late predecessor Boris Yeltsin.

Putin was driven to the inauguration in a black Russian-made limousine -- a change from previous ceremonies when he used a German Mercedes.

“I feel strongly conscious of my colossal responsibility,” he said, thanking Russians for their “sincere support” and “cohesiveness”.

“We have revived pride in our fatherland,” Putin said. “As head of state I will do all I can to multiply the strength, prosperity and fame of Russia.”

Shortly after the ceremony, Putin asked parliament to back a new mandate for outgoing prime minister Dmitry Medvedev, his longtime ally.

- Crackdown on opposition Navalny on Monday reposted a 2017 video into the prime minister’s alleged wealth that led to nationwide protests last year.

On Saturday, nearly 1,600 protesters including Navalny were detained during nationwide rallies against Putin under the slogan “Not Our Tsar”.

The opposition figure, who was barred from challenging Putin in the March election, has been released pending a court hearing.

The unrest revived memories of 2012, when authorities cracked down on rallies against Putin’s return to the Kremlin after a stint as prime minister. (afp)

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Supporters of Lebanon’s Shiite Muslim Hezbollah movement parade on parliamentary elections day with the party’s flags and portraits of it’s leader Hassan Nasrallah through the streets of Baalbeck, in the eastern Bekaa valley near the border with Syria, on May 6, 2018.

Lebanon’s Hezbollah hails ‘great victory’ after vote

BEIRUT - Lebanon’s Iranbacked Hezbollah claimed victory on Monday after elections it said legitimised its military branch, leaving Saudi-backed Prime Minister Saad Hariri as the main loser.

The two main protagonists of the country’s first legislative polls in almost a decade did not wait for final results to comment on the implications of a vote which was also marked by low turnout.

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah called the vote “a great political and moral victory for the resistance option that protects the sovereignty of the country.”

The Iran-backed Shiite movement and its allies look set to secure a parliament bloc large enough to thwart attempts for it to disarm, a

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Chinese make up about a quarter of the population in the country and many have ended up heading some of the country’s biggest private enterprises.

Tan laments the lack of job opportunities in Malaysia -- he said three of his sons and a daughter now work in neighbouring Singapore, which is predominantly ethnic Chinese.

Many members of non-Malay minorities have emigrated in recent

longstanding demand of its political enemies.

“The make-up of the new legislative chamber represents a guarantee and a great strength to protect this strategic choice and to protect the golden equation -- the army, the people and the resistance,” Nasrallah said.

The man who has led calls internally for Hezbollah to lay down its arms is Hariri, whose Sunni-dominated Future Movement -- less dominant since it lost Saudi Arabia’s lavish support -- lost a third of its seats.

Hariri told reporters his party had won 21 seats, a drop from the 33 it controlled in the outgoing legislature.

“We were betting on a better result,” the premier said. (afp) years after feeling they have run up against an ethnic glass ceiling.

Tan won’t be drawn on who he will vote for at Wednesday’s poll. But Malaysia’s ethnic Chinese have in recent years largely swung behind the opposition, which has promised a better deal for minorities.

His main concern is money, specifically the value of local currency the ringgit, which has suffered heavy falls in recent years.

“We should have a leader who is good, who can make the value of our money go up,” Tan said. (afp)

YOGYAKARTA - Senior Deputy Governor of Bank Indonesia Mirza Adityaswara said good export performance and tourism development could strengthen rupiah now falling in value against the U.S. dollar.

The currencies of countries recording surplus in international trade would be more resilient even could record appreciation in exchange rate, Mirza said in a national seminar on expansion and financing export oriented labor intensive industry” here on Monday.

Deficit in current account is a condition when imports of goods and service exceed exports. Based on data at the Central Bureau of Statistic (BPS), in 2006, the country had a 3-percent surplus in its current account, but in 2011, the country began to record current account deficit of 0.2 percent that widened to 1.7 percent in 2017.

Meanwhile, Thailand has continued to chalk up an increase in surplus of its current account from 1 percent in 2006, to 2.6 percent in 2011 and to 11.7 percent in 2017. Malaysia also has continued to post current account surplus although shrinking from 16.1 percent in 2006, to 11.2 percent in 2011, and to 3 percent in 2017.

With the surpluses recorded by Thailand and Malaysia, the exchange rates of the currencies of the two countries against the U.S. dollar have appreciated year to date (29 December 2017 until 5 April 2018) by 2.66 percent and 2.77 percent respectively, when rupiah lost 2.67 percent of its value and Philippine peso depreciated 3.39 percent and India`s Rupee down 4.48 percent .

In addition, the currencies of Thailand and Malaysia are more resilient in exchange rate because of substantial contribution from their tourism sector to their foreign exchange reserves.

Based on data at the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), in 2016 the contribution of the tourism sectors to Thai foreign exchange reached US$49.9 billion. The contribution of tourism sector of Malaysian foreign exchange reserves was US$18.1 billion as against a contribution of the sector to Indonesia`s foreign exchange reserves of only US$11.3 billion.

“Therefore , our policy is to push development of tourism and boost exports. Our foreign exchange reserves are not more than enough, but certainly we may not continue to use our foreign exchange reserve. We have to boost development of the real sector,” Mirza said.

Rupiah has continued to weaken lately against the U.S. dollar.

Based on the middle exchange rate of Bank Indonesia rupiah lost more value closing at the level of 13,956 per dollar from the level of 13,943 on Friday. (ant)

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PM Li urges Chinese firms to prioritize Indonesian workers

BOGOR - China`s Prime Minister Li Keqiang has called on Chinese firms investing in Indonesia to give priority to recruiting local workers in their respective companies. “We have called on Chinese companies investing in Indonesia to employ mostly Indonesian workers,” Li stated at a joint press conference with Indonesian President Joko Widodo at the Bogor Presidential Palace on Monday.

Li noted that with more job opportunities in Indonesia, both countries could benefit from the investment. On the other hand, the premier has called on the Indonesian government to simplify the administrative process for Chinese firms to invest in the country. The bilateral meeting between President Widodo and Premier Li also discussed issues on cooperation in Halal food and Muslim fashion.

“We are pleased to invest in Indonesia in Halal food

and Muslim fashion. Thus, together we can develop third markets,” Li remarked. He believed that the cooperation can be improved further, as the Muslim population in China has reached 20 million.

PM Li has expressed hope that China`s cooperation with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) would bring significant and strategic results.

China has stressed its commitment to maintain peace and stability in the South China Sea. “Despite any dispute or disagreement, we will surely cooperate to maintain stability in the region,” he emphasized.

Meanwhile, President Widodo noted that the ASEAN, which contributed significantly to peace and stability in the region, must improve its performance.

The president has also called on China to support Palestine in its fight for freedom. PM Li is on a state visit to Indonesia on May 6-8. Li was scheduled to visit the ASEAN Secretariat and attend the Indonesia-China Business Summit. (ant)

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Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (L) gestures as Indonesian President Joko Widodo (R) listens as they deliver their press statement after their meeting at the presidential palace in Bogor on May 7, 2018.

Bekraf targets to hold coding mum program in six countries

MANADO - The Creative Economy Agency (Bekraf) is targeting to organize the Coding Mum program in six countries by 2018. In addition to Indonesia, Education Director of Bekraf Poppy Savitri stated on Monday that her party is targeting to hold the Coding Mum program in Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, Singapore, Bandar Sri Begawan in Brunei Darussalam, Hong Kong and Shanghai in China, as well as in Seoul in South Korea.

After holding the Coding Mum program in Manado City in North Sulawesi Province, she noted that

the activity will continue to be held in several other cities: Surabaya in East Java Province, Samarinda in East Kalimantan, Batam in Riau Islands Province, Sorong in West Papua Province, Pontianak in West Kalimantan Province, Bandar Lampung in Lampung Province, and Palembang in South Sumatra Province.

The activity will present reliable and professional mentors that are strictly selected, so as to create creative economic players in Indonesia. “Nowadays, creative economic players are needed, as they have become a need of the

times,” she remarked. She stated that the Coding Mum program had begun in 2016, and more than 300 participants had successfully graduated.

She noted that the program is also part of Bekraf`s big scenario in order to achieve strategic goals in an effort to absorb the workforce of the creative economy sector, so as to achieve the target of 17 million creative economy players in 2019. Bekraf is a nonministerial government institution responsible for the creative economy. The current Head of Bekraf is Triawan Munaf.

Bekraf has the duty of assisting the President of the Republic of Indonesia in formulating, establishing, coordinating, and synchronizing creative economic policies in the fields of application and game development, architecture, interior design, visual communication design, product design, fashion, animation and video film, photography, craft, food, music, publishing, advertising, performing arts, visual arts, as well as television and radio. Coding Mum is a digital language training program for housewives, Indonesian migrant workers, and persons with

disabilities. The activity has been successfully implemented in six cities in 2016 and eight cities and three countries in 2017.

In 2018, the Coding Mum will be implemented in 14 cities in Indonesia: Jakarta; Bandung in West Java Province; Surabaya, specifically for people with disabilities; Batam; Palembang; Bandar Lampung; Depok in West Java Province; Semarang in Central Java Province; Samarinda; Manado; Kendari in Southeast Sulawesi Province; and Sorong and Jayapura in Papua Province. (ant)

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Air France shares went into a tailspin on the Paris stock exchange on Monday after the resignation of the strike-hit company’s CEO. Air France-KLM boss Jean-Marc Janaillac announced his resignation Friday after staff at the carrier’s French operations rejected a pay deal aimed at ending months of walkouts.

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This file photo taken on April 11, 2018 shows Air France planes at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport in Roissy, north of Paris. Air France shares went into a tailspin on the Paris stock exchange on May 7, 2018 after the resignation of the strike-hit company’s CEO. In early bourse business Air France stock was down nearly 13 percent at 7.08 euros.

German industrial orders slip further in March

German industrial orders fell for the third month in a row in March, official data showed Monday, disappointing the expectations of analysts who had hoped for a rebound. New contracts for industrial firms fell back 0.9 percent, federal statistics authority Destatis said, far short of analysts’ predictions for growth of 0.6 percent.

The figure dashes hopes for a rebound in the vital sector for Europe’s powerhouse, completing a first quarter when indicators showed ebbing momentum after hectic growth last year.

Industrial indicators have fallen in step with other measures like business confidence, as players confront uncertainty over political events like Brexit and US President Donald Trump’s protectionist threats Axel Heimken / dpa / AFP against China and the European Union.

“After dynamic growth in industrial This aerial picture taken with a drone shows a tractor driving through an apple orders especially in the second half of orchard in Haselau, northern Germany, on May 07, 2018.

2017, the first quarter of 2018 has brought predictably calmer developments,” the economy ministry in Berlin commented in a statement. But the government economists added that “firms’ order books remain very full” for almost the next six months.

Domestic demand for German goods rose in March, by 1.5 percent, but fell 3.0 percent among customers in the 19-nation euro single currency zone and 2.5 percent in the rest of the world.

And the picture was varied across the sector, with a bright spot of 2.2 percent growth in orders for consumer goods makers, while capital goods firms fell back 1.8 percent and producer goods 0.3 percent.

Overall, “despite the slight setback in the first quarter, industrial activity should remain on an upward trend,” the economy ministry predicted. (afp)

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Air France shares in tailspin after CEO quits

Janaillac, who had been in the post for under two years and staked his future at the company on staff accepting the deal, deplored their decision as a “huge waste”.

In early bourse business Air France stock was down nearly 13 percent at 7.08 euros. Staff and management at the carrier have been locked in a dispute over pay since February. Intermittent strikes in recent weeks have prompted the cancellation of a quarter of flights on average.

Unionised staff are set to walk out for the 14th day on Monday as they press for a 5.1-percent salary increase this year as the company recovers from years of losses and restructuring. France’s economy minister on Sunday warned that the survival of Air France was now in the balance.

“I call on everyone to be responsible: crew, ground staff, and pilots who are asking for unjustified pay hikes,” Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire told the BFM news channel.

“Be responsible. The survival of Air France is in the balance,” he added. He warned that the state, which owns 14.3 percent of the group, would not serve as a backstop. “Air France will disappear if it does not make the necessary efforts to be competitive,” he warned.(afp)

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Usaba Muhu-Muhu at Timbrah Customary Village

There is no day without a religious ceremony. It is the characteristic life on the Island of Bali or the Island of the Gods. One of them is the Usaba Muhu-Muhu at Timbrah customary village, Pertima, Karangasem. People at this village have a philosophy of high significance to maintain the integrity and harmony of their residents. It is reflected in the Usaba Muhu–Muhu ritual. This ceremony was held on Saturday (Jan. 9). It is implemented in the form of caru desa or animal sacrifice aiming to neutralize bhuta kala into bhuta hita. Thus, residents continue to live in harmony as well as the universe.

Implementation of this tradition is starting from nyaga ritual. Three days before the Usaba MuhuMuhu, residents carry out this ritual to neutralize bhuta kala in smaller scale, so as not to disturb other’s courtyard. This ritual is also called metuun buah. At the time of Usaba Muhu-Muhu, balancing ritual is performed in a higher level by the customary village with the caru sacrificing a cow.

Undagi procession when slaughtering cow for the caru oblation always draws the attention of surrounding residents. The cow tied to a concrete pole is slaughtered by the undagi and this lasts tensely.

It is thrashing about when slaughtered so that makes people tense.

However, this procession is more secure than a similar ritual at Asak village, where the cow is released

and then bombarded with swords, machetes and other sharp weapons, when the Usaba Kaulu held at the village.

Nengah Sukada, the local community leader, conveyed that the tradition is held once a year, precisely every new moon of the seventh month in Balinese calendar or around January. Residents of the supporting villages and two sesabu hamlets come down to carry out the task of devotional works at their respective hamlet to prepare ritual means.

After the procession is over, people carry out prayers at the Dalem Tengah Temple. Ritual at this temple is officiated over by great-grandfather and dahyang.

Great-grandparent officiates over the offerings in the kemulan shrine on the pedestal, while the

dahyang officiates over the kemulan offerings under the pedestal.

Interestingly, after saying prayers together, local residents ranging from parents to children join a shared meal or megibung, enjoying the beef as the remainder of the ritual means. Residents sit together in place that have been provided by customary village, such as meeting pavilion, long pavilion and gamelan troupe pavilion.

Some other sources at the local village mention that the tradition of Usaba Muhu-Muhu is also considered as the implementation of the Shiva Purana, namely when Durgha goes up against the Mahisasura giant cow or buffalo.

Today, it is celebrated as a form of human self-control in order to avoid animal nature. (kmb)

Our Head Chef Mr. Wijang Wibi Herdoko & his team have added some new menus it’s become our favorites. Our new menu is traditional Indian food. We created and select items for our new menu to give our restaurant continuity in food choices.

“We have chosen Indian menus because of the many Indian tourists who visited in Bali late 2017. We tried to mixes it and doing a food tasting, hopefully from this experiences we can provide Indian Food to support their existence in Bali” he said.

Although currently we only provide Indian food at breakfast, but it’s possible to order for your lunch or

dinner also. In addition, the plan to make some variants that will stand alone as an Indian food station that will not only serve heavy food, but also for finger food in our lobby entrance, Chef Wijang said.

Some of the new Favorites among Our Costumers are; Naan bread, Paratta, Daal, Chicken tandori, Tika massala, Fish curry, Fish Tandori & Alugobbi massala for Vegetarians menu. If you are interesting and want to try some of our Indian menu, please come to Height Bar & Restaurant at J4 Hotels Legian in 5th floor. You can feel the sensation of eating on rooftop with pool and city view.

Nampin or chewing betel leaves is one of the traditions that remains strong amongst Balinese elders. According to one respected elder named Ni Ketut Darma, who still chews betel leaves everyday, tradtionally the ingredients for betwel chewing are kept in a special betel nut box called pabuan or pecanangan. “When we use this box at home we call it pabuan, but when we serve guests we call this penginangan, using more refined language” she explained.

According to Grandma Darma, the betel nut box is made of wood in the long side shape where it generally consists of some compartments containing lime, betel leaves, gambier, betel nut, betel nut mortar and pestle or panyawisan, small knife, and caket (used to halve areca nut). She said that in the past the betel nut box was the first thing to be served to guests who came or when visiting other people’s homes.

“Presenting betel nut box and nampin has become a tradition in

the life of Balinese people, until now this tradition remains to be implemented especially by parents like me,” she said.

She added the betel nut box is not only served at home, but also at temple with a different designation. At temple, it is called pacanangan, functioned as the offerings presented to deities. Pabuan and pacanangan is basically not the same. Pabuan served at home usually contains lime, gambier, betel leaf, betel nut, betel nut mortar and pestle, small knife, and caket, while the pecanangan at temple has the same contents with additional ingredients like thread, money and fruits.

When asked about how she feels when doing nampin, she just claimed to be accustomed to doing it. Men and women of her age usually do it. It is tasteless but the lips feel abrasive. It feels nothing due to the mixture with lime. “Our lips are abrasive, but I have been accustomed to the taste,” she said. (kmb)

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After closing the illegal landfill in Ungasan area, the Badung Environment and Sanitation Agency (DLHK) returned to close another illegal landfill in South Kuta.

DLHK returns to close illegal landfill in Benoa area

MANGUPURA - After closing the illegal landfill in Ungasan area, the Badung Environment and Sanitation Agency (DLHK) returned to close another illegal landfill in South Kuta. This time the closure was conducted on the illegal landfill located on Jalan Ayodya, Penyarikan hamlet, Benoa, on Monday (May 7).

According to the Head of the DLHK Badung, Putu Eka Merthawan, this closure started from the complaints of the community. As the follow-up, his team deployed the Environmental Destroyer Hunter (Brusli) of the DLHK. Based on the

data in the field, it is known the land used as the illegal landfill is owned by local resident on behalf of I Wayan Witra, 45, with a land area of approximately 300 square meters.

He explained the activity has been pursued since 10 years ago. In

which he handles waste in two residential locations, namely the Bualu Indah housing complex amounting to 50 families and 70 families in Siligita housing complex.

As seen in the field, the landfill location is adjacent to the high volt-

age power transmission pole owned

by PLN. Surely this is very dangerous because the piles of rubbish are always releasing methane gas and very prone to catch fire. In addition, in the location is also found dozens of cattle released to roam around at the location of rubbish.

In addition to illegal landfill, the DLHK also found violation of pig waste disposal. This violation is committed by the people who

rented the land owned by I Wayan Witra. “There are three pig cages in the location, where one of which belongs to a contractor that does not have a pig dropping septic tank,” he said.

The piles of garbage in the landfill, other than being prone to fire, definitely generate very disturbing stench. Besides, the stench of pig droppings also certainly results in air pollution. (kmb23)

Having beating case completely investigated

Hundreds of guides return to come to Immigration Office

MANGUPURA - Hundreds of tour guides from all over Bali came to the first class Immigration Office of Ngurah Rai Airport on Monday (May 7). By bringing a number of

banners, the guides coalesced into the members of the Bali Care Hero Community delivered a speech to ask for justice.

According to the Coordinator

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Hundreds of tour guides from all over Bali came to the first class Immigration Office of Ngurah Rai Airport on Monday (May 7).

of the Bali Care Hero Community, Joshua Michael Tjoeng or often called Wisnu, the action started from the beating case committed by Made Yastono, 33, in Kuta area last April to local guide named Edy (victim).

From the results of investigation, the case is suspected to have been masterminded by Ahui, a Chinese citizen and an illegal tour guide in Bali.

Ironically, the investigators only imposed the article of misdemeanor to the perpetrator and gave impression not to thoroughly investigate the case. “We want the Immigration Office to transparently uncover the case, including the rampant illegal foreign guides in Bali that are still freely operating in Bali without any decisive action. We want the law in Indonesia not to be underestimated.

They must be cracked down on firmly,” said Wisnu.

He added that one of the de-

mands submitted is to ask for the follow-up related to foreign guide from China namely Ahui who is suspected of masterminding the beating against local guide in Bali.

Currently, his detention period for 3 months in the Immigration Office has ended. “We do not want the culprit named Li Huahui alias Ahui to be sentenced to deportation, because if deported, surely there is a time limit and he can return to take action in Bali,” he said.

Meanwhile, the Head of the Ngurah Rai Immigration Office, Amran Aris, confirmed that in this case his office is still working according to the authority and execution of the duties of immigration.

Against Ahui’s case, his office decided to deport and within 6 months could not enter Indonesia.

“That’s all we can affirm as immigration authority in this case,”

he concluded.

He also assured that this case becomes a lesson for his future performance so as to be more assertive in response to the existence of foreign workers that are working illegally in the realm of law. Addressing this, his office has established four teams to make the movement in dealing with the existence of illegal tour guide.

“In one week, the four teams established have started to take action. Give us the opportunity to carry out this task. We also want to crack down on the presence of illegal foreign tour guides,” he said.

Regarding whether Ahui could be included in criminal matters, Amran asked one week for the masses so as to be able to show off evidence related to the beating case alleged that Ahui was involved in a criminal element. (kmb23)

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A Pakistani policeman stands guard outside a hospital where country interior minister Ahsan Iqbal shifted after the assassination attempt in Lahore on May 7, 2018.

Man accused of shooting interior minister appears in Pakistan court

MANILA - The US and Philippine militaries launched major exercises Monday aimed at fighting global terrorism, while staying mostly quiet on Beijing’s reported installation of missiles in the disputed South China Sea. The annual manoeuvres are the second to be held under Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who has set aside long-simmering friction over competing claims to the waters in order to court Chinese trade and investment.

The 12-day exercises began less than a week after US network CNBC reported that the Chinese military had over the past month installed anti-ship and air-to-air defences on islands also claimed by the Philippines.

“This exercise was scheduled whether those missiles were there or not,” US Lieutenant General Lawrence Nicholson told reporters in Manila.

“The exercises really have very little to do with recent developments in the area,” said Nicholson, the US director of the “Balikatan” (“shoulder-to-shoulder”) manoeuvres.

The South China Sea issue has been brewing for years, with Vietnam, Malaysia and others also staking claims to waters with vital global shipping routes and what are believed to be significant oil and natural gas deposits.

Nicholson’s Filipino counterpart, Lieutenant-General Emmanuel Salamat, sidestepped the issue while highlighting the need to improve the capabilities of Filipino forces to fight terrorism.

Duterte’s predecessor, Benigno Aquino, had used the exercises to boost the Philippine military’s capability to deter China, which claims most of the South China Sea. However, Duterte refocused the joint exercises after he was elected in 2016, steering them towards addressing domestic problems.

Last year Balikatan focused mainly on honing humanitarian responses to the Philippines’ frequent natural disasters.

This year’s terror focus comes after Islamic State group supporters seized the southern Philippine city of Marawi in May last year, triggering a five-month battle with US-backed Filipino troops that killed some 1,200 people.

“This is focusing mostly on countering terrorism... that will allow us to respond to a similar scenario in the future,” Salamat said.

The US and Australia have pledged to provide more training and assistance to Filipino troops, who struggled in Marawi’s urban battleground after decades fighting low-intensity rural-based communist and Muslim insurgencies.

Most of the 5,000 Filipino troops and 3,000 US counterparts taking part in the manoeuvres are from special operations units who will train in mock urban terrain to respond to “crises and calamities, either natural or man-made”, Salamat said.

Australia and Japan are also sending a total of 42 military observers to Balikatan, he added. (afp)

LAHORE - A man accused of shooting Pakistan’s interior minister in a suspected assassination attempt possibly linked to blasphemy appeared in court Monday, with the attack seen as an ominous sign for security ahead of nationwide elections.

Abid Hussain appeared before the anti-terror court in Gujranwala city in Punjab province, where he was remanded into custody for ten days, police official Chaudhry Tariq told AFP. His appearance came one day after Ahsan Iqbal, 59, was shot in the right arm as he prepared to leave a public meeting in his constituency in Punjab late Sunday.

A man identified by police as Hussain, said to be in his early 20s, was wrestled to the ground by officers and bystanders as he was preparing to fire a second shot.

Police are investigating whether the attack could have had any religious motive.

A local official told AFP that the shooter said he was inspired by a controversy last year in which a small amendment to the oath

election candidates must swear had to be hastily reversed after it was linked to blasphemy, a highly inflammatory charge in the deeply conservative Muslim country.

The row sparked a three-week sit-in last November by a previously little-known Islamist group, which paralysed the capital.

That demonstration ended when the government capitulated to the protesters’ demands -- including the ousting of the federal law minister -- in a deal brokered by the military.

At the time many Pakistanis and analysts warned that a dangerous precedent had been set in which fringe groups could bend the state to their will by citing blasphemy.

Iqbal, known as a champion for religious minorities, had pushed for a negotiated settlement to the

controversy. As part of their investigation police are examining any potential links between Hussain and the Islamist group leading the sit-in. After the shooting Iqbal was airlifted to Lahore.

Shafqat Waseem Chaudhry, one of the five-member medical team responsible for him, told AFP Monday that he was “stable” but will remain in the intensive care unit for two days.

The attack was swiftly condemned by the international community as Pakistanis voiced fears it represented an attempt to weaken democracy ahead of the federal elections.

The polls are set to be only the second ever democratic transition in the country, and are widely expected to be held late this summer. (afp)

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Philippines’ exercise head Lieutenant General Emmanuel Salamat (L) shakes hands with his US counterpart Lieutenant General Lawrence Nicholson during a press conference after the opening ceremony of the joint US and Philippines military exercise at the military headquarters in Manila on May 7, 2018.

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Wooden Philippine boats to retrace historic China voyage

Crafted from a centuries-old design, three identical wooden boats set off from the Philippine capital for China on Saturday to retrace a historic trip by a Filipino sultan and showcase longstanding maritime ties.

The 29 crew members on the three vessels -- two propelled by engines and the third by sail -- hope to make it across the South China Sea, a near-1,000-kilometre (620-mile) voyage, to the eastern city of Xiamen by May 2.

The 18-metre (60-foot) boats are replicas of a “balangay”, a type of vessel used in the region as far back as 320 AD. Sultan Paduka Batara -- who ruled part of what is the Philippines today -- sailed to China on a balangay in 1417 to pay tribute and to trade, Valdez said, but fell ill and died there.

Spain later colonised the Philippine islands in the 16th century.

Expedition leader Arturo Valdez hopes it is a case of fourth-time lucky: winds and rough seas forced his team back on three previous attempts using similar vessels.

“This boat is a replica of an ancient boat. It is not an all-weather boat. You have to fix it up. It is very vulnerable to weather and sea,” he told reporters.

Rough seas are forecast late next week. The state weather bureau in Manila expects a period of good weather from Saturday to the morning of May 2 but after that, conditions could get rough, he added.

The crew, which includes three women, are hoping they can slip through before the bad weather hits their route, Valdez said.

Engines were installed on two of the boats to comply with Chinese maritime regulations that prohibit wind-powered vessels from docking alone, Valdez said.

Valdez, who previously led a Filipino expedition that climbed Mount Everest, said he is aware of the implications of the trip at a time when the Philippines and China still have a territorial conflict over parts of the South China Sea. But he said his voyage will demonstrate how the people of Southeast Asia crossed the high seas in the past to maintain contact.

“These waters never divided us. These waters unified us,” he said.

“And this boat, as a replica of an ancient boat, is a symbol of that relationship.” (afp)

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its maiden voyage in the Mediterranean. The ship, which weighs 228,000 tonnes, is at 362 metres (1,188 feet) long just 20 metres shy of the length of the Empire State

NEGARA - Though going through decline over the past three years, the unemployment rate in Jembrana district currently amounts to around 1,000. The decline is triggered by the coming of many investors opening a business in Jembrana area. Thus, they open job opportunities. As noted, there are 180 new businesses absorbing about 750 workers.

Based on the data at the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) of Jembrana, in 2015 the unemployment rate remained in the range of 1.59 percent of the total number of labor force. However, in 2017 pursuant to the data of the Regional Development Planning Board (Bappeda) of Jembrana, it decreased 0.67 percent or about 1,000 labor forces.

The head of the Jembrana Integrated Licensing and Investment Office (PMPTSPTK), Ni Nengah Wartini, said on Monday (May 7) that of the total labor force in Jembrana, there are still thousands of unemployed people.

However, in general during these three years the number of unemployed people tends to decline. The emergence of new entrepreneurs both the small- to medium-sized businesses is able to recruit workers. “Based on our records (investment), there are 180 new entrepreneurs and have recruited nearly 750 people. Now,

it just needs to improve the competence. When the investment grows, it will increasingly absorb labor,” she explained.

Labor Agency regularly organizes job fair program to bring together employers with prospective workers. This year, there are rural labor-intensive programs expected to further reduce the number of unemployed people in the areas.

Working is an economic activity undertaken by a person for the purpose of obtaining or helping obtain income or profits, at least one hour (uninterrupted) in the past week.

These activities include the patterns of unpaid worker activity helping in a business or economic activity.

At a number of villages, there are still many people having not worked uninterruptedly. For instance, fishermen that are plagued by fish famine that has been lasting within the past two years.

Starting this May, the village budget plan (APBDesa) is changed in accordance with the provisions of Regent Instruction where at least 30 percent of the village fund should be allocated for wages. This labor-intensive program must be executed to create job opportunities. Refocusing on the use of the village fund is expected to be carried out in 3 to 5 types of activities in accordance with village needs and priorities. (kmb26)

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Building.

It is marginally bigger than its sister ship, the Harmony of the Seas, which STX France delivered to Royal Caribbean in 2016. It

holds an ice rink, water park and full-size basketball court along with 2,700 cabins “We said thank you in a fairly tangible way. We actually said it a billion times and each one was one euro,” joked Royal Caribbean boss Richard Fain, referring to the ship’s pricetag.

“The Symphony of the Seas is the biggest liner in the world by less than one percent,” STX boss Laurent Castaing told a handover ceremony in the western French port of Saint-Nazaire. “That one percent extra shows that together we can always make our ships better.”

Built over two years, the Symphony can hold up to 8,000 people including 2,200 staff and is billed as faster and quieter than the Harmony. The Symphony will start its maiden voyage on Saturday morning, heading to Malaga in Spain and spending its first season in the Mediterranean before heading to its home port of Miami.

The Symphony is the 13th ship

that STX has built for Royal Caribbean and comes as the French manufacturer returns to good times, with orders for two ships a year until 2020 -- a rate it has not enjoyed for 15 years. STX, which has a staff of 8,000 and also builds warships, is currently also building the Celebrity Edge, the first of a series of smaller and more luxurious liners for Royal Caribbean.

In February, Italian company Fincantieri announced it had reached an agreement to buy 50 percent of FTX, after a bitter row between Paris and Rome over the shipyard last year. French President Emmanuel Macron temporarily nationalised STX last July despite a sales deal his predecessor Francois Hollande had struck with Italy.

The French government said it was ready to seek other buyers if Italy refused a 50-50 split -- a proposal angrily rebuffed by Rome, but which it has since accepted. (afp)

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Royal Caribbean picks up world’s largest cruise ship French shipbuilder STX handed over the world’s biggest cruiseliner, the Symphony of the Seas, to US giant Royal Caribbean International on Friday ahead of

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Closed during Mount Agung Eruption

Unda River tourist object now draws 200 visitors per day

SEMARAPURA — Unda River tourist object having been closed for tourist visit during the eruption of Mount Agung has been re-opened since last few months. The level of tourist visits to the attraction offering views of the water curtain is quite significant. Each day, the attraction can now attract up to 200 visitors.

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Job fair in Jembrana. Though going through decline over the past three years, the unemployment rate in Jembrana district currently amounts to around 1,000.

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Unda River tourist object

Headman of Paksebali, I Putu Aryadi, said on Monday (May 7) that when it was first managed the tourist visit to Unda River reached 100 people per day.

They usually come to spend time by taking selfie and some others take pre-wedding photos. When Mount Agung erupted, the tourist visit to Unda River dropped dramatically up to 60 percent. The management was also forced to close the object for about five months because the flowing water was turbid due to cold lava impact. “Since the water began to be clear, and the alert status of Mount Agung was lowered, we start to re-open for tourists,” he explained.

Aryadi explained that currently the level of tourist visits to Unda River object is pretty good. Each day the number of visit reaches 150 to 200 people. Moreover, when an event is held in Unda River the visit can reach over 200 people.

The increase in the number of visits to the tourist object, he said, is influenced by the cooperation with rafting entrepreneurs. Within the cooperation, Unda River serves as the finish point of the rafting adventure activities.

Since the number of visits has increased recently, Aryadi said his side has made a plan to re-arrange the area of the tourist object including the addition of facilities and rides such as swimming pool, flying fox, cycling and others.

Through the village-owned enterprises (BUMDes), the other tourist objects at Paksebali village will also be developed such as trekking in the hills of Paksebali and spiritual sites of Taman Seganing. Local handicrafts will also be developed as attractions including cultural attraction such as Dewa Masraman and Melukat di Geni. (kmb40)

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ASITA to make partnership with PUTRI Bali

Govt-owned objects hard to be set

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Tabanan Tourism Office also keeps anticipating by preparing other tourist objects such as Jatiluwih and tourism villages.

Ahead of IMF and World Bank Meeting

Tourism village also prepared other than tourist objects

TABANAN - Next October 2018 will surely become a long-awaited moment for tourism players in increasing their tourist visit. After the eruption of Mount Agung, a number of tourist attractions have decreased in tourist visits. The annual meeting of International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank to be held in Nusa Dua next October is expected to be a promotional event. Moreover, the delegates and their extended family are also scheduled to visit a number of tourist attractions.

In Tabanan, two attractions are prepared for the visit of the delegates namely the Tanah Lot and Ulundanu Beratan. However, the Tabanan Tourism Office also keeps anticipating by preparing other tourist objects such as Jatiluwih and tourism villages.

Based on the data of the tourism office, there are at least a number of tourism villages that have been prepared if there is a possibility for the delegates wishing to make a visit.

In addition to tourist objects, Promotion Division Head at the Tabanan Tourism Office, I Wayan Budi Artana, said that tourism village is also prepared to comply with the provisions of Sapta Pesona (seven charms), especially in the field of sanitation, parking

lot including clean and representative toilet. His division together with the head of the Tourism Office will even continuously monitor the matter of sanitation to always give a concern and there is no garbage scattered when the delegates making a visit.

Meanwhile, one of the tourist objects becoming the destination of the IMF delegate visit is the Jatiluwih.

He claimed to have been ready to become one of the destinations to be visited.

For Jatiluwih itself as conveyed by the manager, I Nengah Sutirtayasa, all this time, the visit is dominated by foreign tourists. The tourist visits to Jatiluwih from January to April 2018 reached 57,606 people. Meanwhile, in 2017 the number of tourist visit to Jatiluwih reached 250,953 people.

Based on the data, according to I Nengah Sutirtayasa, the visit from January to April 2018 reached 46,345 foreign tourists, while domestic tourists reached 11,261 people. In the meantime, in 2017 the visit amounted to 211,288 foreign tourists and 39,665 domestic tourists. “Overall, the visit is dominated by foreign tourists,” he said.

Foreign tourists making a visit to Jatiluwih include those from France, Italy and other European countries. “We hope that tourist visits to Jatiluwih tourist object continues to increase,” said Sutirtayasa. (kmb28)

DENPASAR - The Association of Indonesia Tour and Travel Agency (ASITA) of Bali Chapter will work together with the Indonesia Tourist Attraction Association (PUTRI) of Bali Chapter in order to improve the quality of tourist object and attraction. Therefore, the constraints having been experienced are expected to be resolved.

Chairman of ASITA Bali, Ketut Ardana, said the tourist object and tourist attraction managed by the government so far are difficult to be regulated in terms of sanitation, admission ticket, and services. As happened to Besakih tourist object, it increased ticket prices differently and quickly changed. This was revealed in the coordination meeting between ASITA Bali and PUTRI Bali on Monday (May 7).

Therefore, ASITA asked PUTRI to embrace all the tourist objects in Bali to jointly promote tourism whether the tourist objects managed by the community, government or private sector, mainly the government-run tourist object. One of the factors, namely sanitation, is very important and has become a concern of the ASITA to bring its guests to the members of PUTRI. PUTRI is expected to make a commitment regarding the sanitation of tourist object, the price of admission ticket and services at the tourist objects. “Quality of the tourist object managed by the government is not as good as the ones managed by private sector.

With the presence of PUTRI, it should be able to arrange this and can play its role so that we feel comfortable when bringing guests there,” he said.

The matter of ticket price should be distinguished between the con-

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tract rate and published rate. “This is what we want from the government-run tourist objects,” he added.

Points of the cooperation between the two parties are equally maintaining sanitation, comfort, security and mutually giving information as well as agreeing on the enactment of one-year admission ticket price. “Hopefully, this idea can be applied to all tourist objects, especially those managed by the government so that we can get ease,” he said.

Meanwhile, Chairperson of the PUTRI Bali, Inda Trimafo Yudha, said the newly established PUTRI Bali which is less than a year needs the support of all parties so that all managers of tourist attractions can coalesce into the member of PUTRI. By that way, they can be easily supervised.

In addition, the PUTRI will also coordinate with the head of tourism office in each district and municipality to help PUTRI in the data collection of tourist objects.

“Maybe at the time of extending the permit, the tourist object and attraction is encouraged to join the PUTRI,” she said. By becoming a member of PUTRI, we can together keep the commitment to maintain the image of Bali tourism.

PUTRI also hoped from the cooperation that ASITA can prioritize its guests to visit tourist object and attraction of the PUTRI members.

It will also give a list of the tourist object and attraction belonging to PUTRI having good integrity to ASITA. Similarly, when PUTRI receives a new member, it will be submitted to ASITA. PUTRI also asked ASITA to be included in the promotional events organized by ASITA. (kmb42)

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Cate Blanchett’s feminist wake-up call to Cannes

Cate Blanchett knew there was something seriously awry with the Cannes film festival when the winners of its top prize, the Palme d’Or, were gathered together to celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2014. Among the sea of grey heads on the stage there was only one woman, Jane Campion, who had won for “The Piano” two decades earlier.

“Sometimes things have to get that bad and that stark for us to say, ‘Hang on a minute. There’s something wrong -- literally -- with this picture’,” the actress said this week, days before heading the jury that will chose this year’s winner.

With Cannes and the film industry still reeling from the Harvey Weinstein scandal, some saw her appointment as a quick-fix PR coup to head off critics. The world’s top film festival, which likes to think of itself as “the movie Olympics”, has long faced criticism for its “dismal” attitude to female directors. Only three of the 21 films in competition for the Palme d’Or are directed by women, the same number as last year.

And the festival’s decision to lift its ban on controversial Danish director Lars Von Trier, who has faced sexual harassment claims from the singer Bjork and whose company has been hit by multiple accusations, further raised eyebrows.

- ‘We are not going back’ But Blanchett, one of the few women in Hollywood with the clout to carry a movie single-handed, insists the film industry must change. The double Oscar winner supports the call for “inclusion riders” or “equality clauses”, which demand diversity in casting and were championed by actress Frances McDormand at the Oscars.

She called McDormand’s speech “one of the highlights of my year” and has been been active in the Time’s Up movement set up by Hollywood stars to combat sexual harassment. Blanchett said the riders are “a litmus test. We have nothing to lose but progress”.

If the producers do not match up to their commitments, they would have to pay a penalty that would help support female directors or other underrepresented groups.

“We are not going back to ground zero,” Blanchett told the film industry bible Variety. “We are moving onward and forward from here. “Change is happening within the industry in a kind of positive, unstoppable way that will benefit not just women but everybody in the industry,” she added. (afp)

Rounding out the top 10 were: “Tully” ($3.2 million) “Black Panther” ($3.1 million) “Truth or Dare” ($1.9 million) “Super Troopers 2” ($1.8 million) “Bad Samaritan” ($1.8 million)

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Actor Robert Downey Jr arrives or the World Premiere of the film ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ in Hollywood, California on April 23, 2018.

‘Avengers’ muscles rivals aside to continue box office dominance

“Avengers: Infinity War” flexed its considerable muscle anew this weekend in North American theaters, pulling in a robust $112.5 million and leaving other top films in its dust, according to industry estimates. The three-day take by the Disney/Marvel superhero epic gave it the secondhighest second weekend of all time, behind only “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.” Only five movies have hit the $100 million mark in their second weekends, according to Variety.com.

“Avengers” sees a veritable army of superheroes -- including Dr. Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch), Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), Ironman (Robert Downey Jr.) and Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman) -- joining forces to save the universe from powerful purple alien Thanos (Josh Brolin).

Globally, “Avengers” has hit the $1 billion mark in just 11 days -- the fastest ever -- and it has yet to open in China.

But with its enormous success, “Avengers” has left little oxygen for its competitors. The second-highest

North American grosser, new romcom “Overboard,” trailed in its distant wake at just $14.8 million. Anna Faris and Eugenio Derbez star in the Lionsgate remake of a 1987 movie about a struggling single mother who persuades a rich playboy with amnesia that they are married.

In third spot was Paramount’s sci-fi horror film “A Quiet Place,” at $7.6 million. The near-wordless production stars actor/director John Krasinski and his real-life wife Emily Blunt as a couple silently struggling to protect their family from blind aliens that track their

prey by sound.

STX Films’ comedy “I Feel Pretty,” starring Amy Schumer as a self-conscious woman who suffers a head injury and then sees herself as ravishingly beautiful, was fourth at $4.9 million.

And in fifth was “Rampage,” from Warner Bros., at $4.6 million.

The film follows Dwayne (The Rock) Johnson as a primatologist who befriends an albino gorilla, which grows to enormous size after a rogue experiment before teaming up with Johnson against invading monsters. (afp)

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A woman rides a motorcycle with a flag of the ruling coalition party Barisan Nasional on the back, on the eve of the 14th general election in Pekan, Pahang on May 8, 2018. Malaysia’s 14th general election will be held on May 9.

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SEKINCHAN - From rural hamlets to the jungles of Borneo and bustling, modern Kuala Lumpur, Malaysians will vote Wednesday in one of the country’s closest ever polls.

The country of 32 million people is a melting pot, home to a Muslim Malay majority, ethnic Chinese and Indian minorities, as well as a kaleidoscope of tribal groups.

Malays provide the government with the bedrock of its support and enjoy a privileged position in society.

The large Chinese community has dominated business, while traditionally working class Indians have made inroads into professions such as law and medicine. AFP talked to three voters from across Malaysia’s multi-ethnic spectrum:

- Malay villager Between a busy coastal road and expansive green paddy fields in the small town of Sekinchan, Noorfazilah Azis peels mangoes that she sells to passers-by from a make-shift stall.

The widowed mother of two is from the Malay majority, which comprises about 60 percent of the population, and has traditionally been a strong supporter of the long-ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.

Malays are supported by a decades-old system of affirmative ac-

tion that gives them advantages such as priority for government jobs.

Nevertheless many, like 27year-old Noorfazilah, still struggle to get by. Her main concern is the soaring cost of everyday goods, particularly of food.

The massive 1MDB financial scandal that has ensnared Prime Minister Najib Razak is of little concern to her, just something for faraway politicians to bicker about.

“For those of us who stay in the villages, that is not important. What is important is the cost of living,” she told AFP from her stall, where she sells fruit and corn as cars rumble noisily past.

She said a basket of corn that might have cost 50 ringgit ($12)

a few years ago has doubled in price. Noorfazilah won’t say who she plans to vote for at the election but is clear that the situation for those at the bottom of society has to improve.

- Chinese business owner Tan Kim Chong’s repair shop is home to mountains of electrical items,

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with televisions, amplifiers and speakers piling up around the tiny space.

Like many ethnic Chinese in Malaysia, the 62-year-old runs his own business in Sekinchan.

Largely locked out of working for the government or in staterun companies where Malays get preferential treatment, they turn to starting their own firms.

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