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Once preposterous, now immediate; Margaret Atwood on ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ NEW YORK - Margaret Atwood did not have any creative control over the latest adaptation of her dystopian novel “The Handmaid’s Tale,” but she was very clear what she didn’t want.

“That they not make a sort of soft porn film called ‘Maidens in Leather’ or something, which has always been a temptation to certain kinds of filmmakers,” the Canadian author told Reuters.

“The whole thing about such a puritanical society is that sex isn’t supposed to be fun. I’ve seen some people taking a crack at (‘Handmaid’s Tale’) and going in that direction and it was always wrong,” she said.

First published in 1985, “The Handmaid’s Tale” imagines a totalitarian near future when fertile women are forced into sexual servitude in a bid to repopulate a world facing environmental disaster. Women are forbidden to read, cannot control money and are forced to wear modesty clothing. Everyone spies on everyone.

Thirty years on, the new TV miniseries for Hulu, premiering April 26 and starring Elisabeth Moss as Offred, seems relevant.

Atwood, 77, calls it one of her “speculative fiction” novels but said every scenario was drawn from real events - from Puritan society to environmental pollution, infertility, the fight for women’s rights, the Cold War, book burnings and slavery.

Even so, the premise of “The Handmaid’s Tale” seemed far-fetched in 1985. “It seemed preposterous even to me. But I don’t mean to say it was preposterous. I didn’t think it was going to happen in that moment,” she said.

“When politically inclined people say they want to do such and such, I always believe them, so why be surprised? Then the 2016 U.S. election happened and all this became much more immediate,” she said In an hour-long conversation, Atwood never mentioned Hillary Clinton, U.S. President Donald Trump, nor any political party. Her passions are more fundamental and widespread, ranging from innovations in biotechnology to North Korean literature and the protection of birds.

While she is widely regarded as one of the foremost living feminist writers, it is not a label she would choose. Women’s rights and civil rights are inextricably linked, she says, but women have become complacent in the last 20 years. (rtr)

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The Chainsmokers perform at Z100’s Jingle Ball in Manhattan, New York, U.S. on December 9, 2016.

The Chainsmokers debut atop Billboard 200 chart with ‘Memories...’

LOS ANGELES - Dance-pop DJ duo The Chainsmokers ousted rapper Drake from the top spot on the weekly U.S. Billboard 200 chart on Monday, scoring their first chart-topping album after a slew of hit singles.

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Canadian writer Margaret Atwood speaks during an interview at a hotel in Havana, Cuba, February 8, 2017. Picture taken on February 8, 2017.

“Memories ... Do Not Open,” the debut full-length album from The Chainsmokers, racked up the equivalent of 221,000 in sales, including 60 million streams of the album and 166,000 copies sold, according to figures from Nielsen SoundScan.

The album includes the hit singles

“Paris” and “Something Like This,” following up on the duo’s breakout success with “Closer” last summer.

Drake’s “More Life” dropped one spot to No. 2. The Billboard 200 album chart tallies units from album sales, song sales (10 songs equal one album) and streaming activity (1,500 streams equal one album).

New entries in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 chart this week include a cappella group Pentatonix at No. 4 with “PTX Vol IV: Classics,” rapper Joey Bada$$ at No. 5 with “All-Amerikkkan Bada$$” and folk singer Father John Misty at No. 10 with “Pure Comedy.”

In the Digital Songs chart, which measures online single sales, former One Direction singer Harry Styles debuted at No. 1 with his solo debut “Sign of the Times” selling 142,000 copies. (rtr)

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A child rides a scooter in Luar Batang area in Jakarta, Indonesia April 18, 2017. The writing on the wall reads: “Burn Ahok.”

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“Dirty” Jakarta election looms as religious politics resurfaces

JAKARTA - Luar Batang is one of the Indonesian capital’s oldest neighbourhoods, founded in the 17th century to collect tolls from ships sailing in from the Java Sea when the city was the centre of the Dutch East Indies spice trade. Now, it is being demolished and many of its residents are being evicted to make way for a giant seawall meant to keep Jakarta from sinking under rising sea levels. That has made it ground zero for the election of the city’s governor, dubbed one of the most divisive election campaigns Indonesia has ever seen.

The incumbent governor, Basuki “Ahok” Purnama, was cruising towards a decisive election victory last September when he allegedly criticised a verse from the Koran that warns Muslims against allying with Christians and Jews.

Hardline Islamist groups responded with mass protests demanding that Purnama, an ethnic Chinese and Christian, be prosecuted. Police eventually did charge him with blasphemy.

It was Purnama who ordered the evictions from Luar Batang’s

slums to make way for one of his many infrastructure projects aimed at modernising this clogged and chaotic city.

Many of those who filled the streets of Jakarta to protest against him late last year were among the displaced, and violence broke out in Luar Batang after one of those demonstrations.

Luar Batang residents had just about given up their fight against evictions when the controversy over the Koran comments erupted, said one woman who did not want

to be named, sitting outside a small shack amid the rubble. “We see it as a gift from God,” she said, describing the slur as a means to bring down Purnama.

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People of Tanjung Benoa start worrying

Provincial govt plans to close Turtle Island

MANGUPURA - Turtle Island tourism area located at Tanjung Benoa customary village, South Kuta, has been operating since 25 years ago. The tourist attraction that can bring in 3,000 visitors every day is now starting to be disputed by the Bali government, in this case the forestry agency, UPT Tahura Ngurah Rai grand forest park. Tahura management has sent a letter for the closure of the area.

The closing instruction is set forth in a third reprimand letter by the Bali forestry agency, UPT Tahura, on March 14, 2017. The letter No. 523/39 / THR.NR / 2015 ordered to stop the turtle breeding activities in the forest area of Ngurah Rai grand forest park. If violated, it will be processed by law. With the issuance of the third reprimand letter, residents of Tanjung Benoa customary village begin to worry about the plan that will close the Turtle Island tourist area.

“I was surprised when receiving the third reprimand letter from the Bali forestry agency because I do not know the first and second one.

Why did it suddenly issue the third reprimand?” said chief of Tanjung Benoa customary, I Made Wijaya, on Sunday (Apr. 16).

Made Wijaya who is also a legislator of the Badung House of Representatives, said the existence of the Turtle Island is one of the leading tourist attractions that provides income for the local community. Related to the closure plan, after receiving the third reprimand letter, as chief of Tanjung Benoa customary village he conducted a hearing with various parties in-

cluding the forestry agency. This man familiarly addressed as Yonda considered the curbing effort by closing is not a good solution for the people of Tanjung Benoa.

“If the government wants harmonious relationship between the central government and residents of customary village, it should look for the way out and should not be resolved by the way of closure,” he pleaded.

He also asserted that customary village never asks for the right to ownership of the land. However, what people want is good cooperation because in the law is also stated about the matters related to community participation. He hoped the existing cooperation can continue to run as ever before. “We do not want to grab or damage the land but only beg for good cooperation with the government,” he said.

Government cooperation with the community related to the Turtle Island is said to have ended in 2010. From 2010 until now, there is miss communication because customary village was said to have never applied for the extension of the cooperation permit. Actually the chief of customary village had

proposed, but at that time it was constrained by a change of zone.

Then, in 2015 when he took office, he re-submitted the request for the cooperation. However, so far the head of the forestry agency said that the request has not arrived at his desk.

He began to question, if the government considers the community to have committed a violation by not proposing the extension of the cooperation contract, why did the forest agency not do anything?

This means the forestry agency has committed omission because until five years there is no communication. What he feared, if the closure is forced, it will result in social turmoil. The security will be disrupted.

Komang Suanjaya, one of the fishermen group members, added that in the region there are four groups of fishermen helping preserve the Turtle Island. One group is on private land and three other groups are on state land.

According to him, previously there was an agreement between the government in this case the Bali forestry agency, natural resources conservation agency (BKSDA) and the Tanjung Benoa customary village. His party as a community is indisposed when the Turtle Island will be closed. The maintenance effort of this Turtle Island tourist object has been independently carried out for 25 years. With such conservation, the Turtle Island is

visited by thousands of travelers every day.

“This means that the Turtle Island has contributed to the life of Tanjung Benoa customary villagers and brings the reputation of Bali

to foreign countries. If it will be closed, our people ask the government to rethink of it because it is not easy to build a tourist destination that can bring in many travelers,” he said. (kmb23)

village aims to develop the destination in the framework of empowering the surrounding community by utilizing the potential to the maximum and does not mean to damage the Turtle Island,” said Parwata when met on Monday (Apr. 17).

According to him, the community utilizing the potential of Turtle Island has a commitment to preserving the island, including turtle habitat that has become the main attraction of Bali tourism, especially of Badung.

“This will provide multiplier effects on Bali tourism as well.

But on the one hand, the central, provincial and district government has the authority to regulate.

Hopefully, this authority can still be discussed,” he said.

This PDI-P politician of Badung hoped that no parties will be harmed because each has obliga-

tion and authority. “If the province has the authority to organize and manage it, it’s okay. However, it should also be considered if the location (Turtle Island—Ed) has the potential that can be developed.

I think it is equally aimed at guarding the Turtle Island, maintaining turtle habitat and creating tourist destination,” he said.

Therefore, he hoped all parties will sit together to formulate their respective authorities so as to find a win-win solution. “It is how the government with good intention formulates it, not questioning whether it is allowed or not. This must be maintained together by the district, provincial and customary government to protect the environment. Since there are governing rules, let’s discuss,” he said.

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This authority has been regulated in Law No.24/2014 giving the authority in accordance with their respective potential.

“The government gives the authority to the region to regulate and develop their respective potentials.

So, we will facilitate this issue for the sake of common good,” he said.

Chairman of Commission II of the Badung House of Representatives, Nyoman Luwir Wiana, also agreed. This South Kuta origin politician hoped that Bali provincial government could review the decision to close the activities on the Turtle Island. “This island has been known by travelers. If closed, it will result in new problems, not resolve the problem,” he said.

The commission in charge of tourism affairs requested that the activities on Turtle Island could

be maintained. His commission is concerned that the closure of Turtle Island will contribute to the unemployment and social conflicts.

“Hopefully, the tourism activities on Turtle Island are still running, while permit issues can be resolved while on the way. Thus, there will be no anxiety in the community,” he said.

As has been known, Bali province in this case forestry agency, UPT Tahura Ngurah Rai, has sent a letter instructing the closure of the area. Instruction of the closure is set forth in the third reprimand letter by the Bali forestry agency, UPT Tahura, dated on March 14, 2017. The letter No.523/39/THR. NR/2015 instructs the termination of turtle breeding activities in the Ngurah Rai grand forest park area.

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Badung legislators disagree to closure of Turtle Island

MANGUPURA - Third reprimand letter from Bali forestry agency, UPT Tahura grand forest park, requesting to stop turtle breeding activities in Tahura Ngurah Rai forest area was responded by Badung House of Representatives.

They did not agree to the closure of one of the tourist attractions and asked relevant agencies in the Bali provincial government, customary village and Badung government to sit together and find a win-win solution for the problem.

Chairman of the Badung House of Representatives, Putu Parwata, asked the government, in this case the Bali provincial government, to review the policy again. Turtle Island is one of the tourist attractions that involve the participation of local communities.

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China car dilemma: Beijing wants electric, buyers want SUVs

BEIJING — Automakers face a dilemma in China’s huge but crowded market: Regulators are pushing them to sell electric cars, but buyers want gas-guzzling SUVs. The industry is rattled by Beijing’s proposal to require that electric cars make up 8 percent of every brand’s production as soon as next year. Consumers are steering the other way: First-quarter SUV sales soared 21 percent from a year earlier to 2.4 million, while electric vehicle purchases sank 4.4 percent to just 55,929.

“It’s tough for someone with an EV to come and take away market share from SUVs,” said Ben Cavender of China Market Research Group.

The Shanghai auto show, which opens to the public on Friday, will showcase work on electric models meant to appeal to Chinese drivers who are wary of the unfamiliar technology’s reliability and cost.

The pressure for electrification in China is an added headache for automakers at a time when sales growth is slowing and competition heating up in a market they are counting on to drive global revenue.

Sales growth fell to 1.7 percent

in March from last year’s 15 percent. SUVs made up 40 percent of sales, while sedan purchases fell 4.9 percent.

At the Shanghai show, the industry’s biggest marketing event this year, almost every global and Chinese brand plans to display at least an electric concept car, if not a model ready for sale, alongside its latest SUVs and sedans.

General Motors Co.’s Buick unit announced plans last month for Chinese sales of its Velite 5 gasoline-electric hybrid sedan.

Buick also sells a hybrid LaCrosse in China.

This month, Ford Motor Co. said it will sell an all-electric SUV

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In this Friday, April 14, 2017 photo, a security personnel riding a motorized platform moves past an electric vehicle charging station in Beijing, China. Automakers face a conflict in China’s huge but crowded market: Regulators are pushing them to sell electric cars, but buyers want gasoline-hungry SUVs.

and a plug-in hybrid Mondeo Energi sedan in China. Ford’s joint venture with state-owned Changan Automobile Co. will manufacture the Mondeo.

Ford said by 2025 it plans offer electric versions of 70 percent of its models sold in China.

“We are prioritizing our electrification efforts on China to reflect its importance as a global electrified vehicle market,” Ford CEO Mark Fields said in a statement.

NextEV, a Shanghai-based startup, says it will display 11 vehicles in Shanghai from its all-electric NIO brand. They include the twodoor EP9, a contender for the title of fastest electric car, with what the manufacturer says is a top speed of 194 mph (310 kph).

Volkswagen AG plans to announce its electric vehicle plans for China and unveil an electric concept car. Honda Motor Co. will show its new NeuV, a futuristic concept car the company has suggested might get an electric drivetrain.

Government planners see electric vehicles as a sector where China can lead, and a Cabinet technology development plan issued in 2013 calls for two of the top global brands in 2025 to be Chinese.

Hence the proposal, released in September, calling for electric or gasoline-electric hybrids to make up 8 percent of every automaker’s output next year. That would rise to 10 percent in 2019 and 12 percent in 2020.

Manufacturers failing to meet those targets could buy credits from companies that produce more electrics, helping to subsidize development.

People in the industry say manufacturers have warned Beijing those targets are too ambitious.

News reports say regulators might have agreed to lower or delay them in an updated plan due out this year, but there has been no official

confirmation.

China’s stand-out EV success so far is BYD Auto Co. It sells all-electric vehicles to taxi and bus fleets in China and abroad and gasoline-electric hybrid SUVs and sedans to Chinese consumers.

BYD Auto says last year’s sales rose 70 percent over 2015 to 100,183 vehicles. That would make it the biggest electric brand for a second year, with Tesla Inc. in second place at 76,230 vehicles sold.

Other Chinese brands offer plugin electrics but most sold only a few hundred vehicles last year. That is partly because their vehicles cost up to 350,000 yuan ($50,000), or two to three times the price of equivalent gasoline models.

Even Great Wall Motors Ltd., which became China’s most profitable auto brand by making almost nothing but SUVs, has unveiled an electric compact sedan, the C30 EV, which looks almost comically small next to its hulking other vehicles. It has yet to say when sales will start.

Some brands promise a range of up to 200 kilometers (120 miles) on one charge. But industry analysts say that is too much money and too short a distance for most drivers, who have few places to recharge.

“The biggest worries for people buying an electric car are lack of convenience for charging and the miserable range most electric cars have,” said Zhang Xin, an independent auto industry analyst.

To ease such “range anxiety,” the Cabinet has ordered the stateowned power industry to step up installation of charging stations.

Government plans call for China to have 100,000 public charging stations and 800,000 private stations by next year, up from a total of 50,000 at the start of 2016. Longer term, the government wants a network that can support 5 million vehicles by 2020. (ap)

Beijing park goes high tech to save toilet paper

BEIJING - A park in the Chinese capital, Beijing, has found a high-tech solution to stop people from using excessive amounts of toilet paper.

The Temple of Heaven Park has equipped public washrooms with a paper dispenser that uses facial recognition technology to record each user and then roll out a strip

of about 70 cm of paper for one trip to the bathroom.

The same user will have to wait for nine minutes before they can get another strip of toilet paper.

“This machine was actually designed in order to stop people from wasting toilet paper,” said Lei Zhenshan, a designer and sales executive for dispenser maker

Shoulian Technology.

“If the paper was put in an uncontrolled device, then people will waste it endlessly,” he told Reuters Television.

This month, Chinese media reported that visitors to the park’s washrooms were taking unnecessarily large amounts of toilet paper from dispensers. (rtr)

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This month, Chinese media reported that visitors to the park’s washrooms were taking unnecessarily large amounts of toilet paper from dispensers.

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The waste handling at Suwung landfill becomes a priority for Denpasar Environment and Sanitation Agency.

German investor glances at waste management of Suwung landfill DENPASAR - After the failure of PT Navigat Organic Energy Indonesia (NOEI) to process waste into electrical energy, now it remains vacant.

A number of investors have had time to make presentation related to the waste management in the landfill. At least, there are 20 investors having expressed their interest in processing waste in the landfill. After the selection, now there are investors being ready to process the piles of waste that is increasingly mounting.

Head of the Denpasar Environment and Sanitation Agency (DLHK), I Ketut Wisada, who met after the plenary session of the Denpasar House of Representatives, stated on Monday (Apr. 17) that there are investors that will make sure to process the waste in the landfill. The investor is from Germany.

Interestingly, the investor does not ask for any tipping fee.

Previously, many investors withdrew their interest because of tipping fee.

Wisada ascertained that in the near future his agency can make cooperation. However, the cooperation should also be made with the Sarbagita government. “We believe this can be realized in the near future,” said Wisada.

Wisada added that the waste handling at Suwung landfill becomes a priority for Denpasar Environment and Sanitation Agency. He mentioned that when entering 2017, the problem getting the attention from the DLHK Denpasar is the waste management at Suwung landfill. Moreover, after the issuance of the Mayoral Regulation No.11/2016 on waste management, the DLHK is now focusing on handling waste from depot to landfill. Then, waste handling at household level is carried out by independent pattern.

Waste management in the landfill is considered urgent because the waste production in Denpasar continues to increase. If previously producing 2,700 cubic meters per day, now it has amounted to 3,500 cubic meters. This happens due to the increasing population of Denpasar.

Meanwhile, Secretary of the DLHK Denpasar, Dewa Sayoga, not long ago revealed that since 2016 the waste handling pattern experienced a significant change. Previously, it was entirely carried out by DLHK officers (formerly DKP), but now starts to be carried out by involving the participation of community through villages.

This waste management is based on Mayoral Regulation No.11/2016 on the Procedures of Waste Management and Disposal in Denpasar. The regulation governs the waste management from the level of household to landfill. Each village must provide a temporary disposal site. (kmb12)

Smelt out by sniffer dog

German traveler arrested as carrying marijuana

DENPASAR - Starting from suspicion of the airport officers coupled with the hound of sniffer dogs, the customs and excise officers of Ngurah Rai Airport and interdiction team of BNNP Bali arrested a traveler from Germany with the initials PMS, 30. The man who daily works as a marketing officer was arrested with the evidence of marijuana with gross weight of 1.53 grams. He was arrested on Saturday (Apr. 15) around 15:30 at Ngurah Rai International Airport,

Tuban.

Head of the Bali Provincial National Narcotic Agency (BNNP), Putu Gede Suastawa, said on Monday (Apr. 17) that the suspect was arrested at the international arrival terminal of Ngurah Rai Airport.

The suspect arrived by Chinese Airline with flight number CI771 flying from Taipei to Denpasar.

Suastawa added that initially the customs and excise officers suspected a male passenger that would pass the X-ray scanner.

The customs and excise with the interdiction team of the BNNP Bali conducted an examination with a sniffer dog. After being smelt out, in fact it showed a positive response. Then, the officers performed the examination procedures by using the X-ray scanner against the luggage of the German traveler.

From the luggage of the German traveler was found the object mentioned above, and then resumed with examination of the

inspection room in the customs and excise office. When examined, in the gray blue black backpack was found aluminum foil package containing pieces of dried greenish brown plant suspected as marijuana. “When weighed, it has the gross weight of 1.53 grams,” said Suastawa.

Over the evidence, the customs and excise officers made coordination with the interdiction team and submitted to the BNNP Bali for further legal process. (kmb37)

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Queue at Sanglah Hospital makes patients uncomfortable

For Syrian evacuees, bus bombing a tragic end to a tragic deal

DENPASAR - Discomfort of services at Sanglah Hospital is not only about parking matters but also about counter and polyclinic queues.

Monday (Apr. 17) was the first day after holiday. Large number of visit is inevitable. As seen, the queue at registration counter was crowded from early morning. As a result, some visitors should stand as well as sit in the hall and stairs.

A housewife from Kediri (Tabanan), who was holding her baby admitted to have been in the queue from 06:30 in the morning. Holding a child while waiting for a queue made her quite tired. She was forced to sit in the hall around the counter. Her adopted baby suffers from hydrocephalus so that she must regularly control it to Sanglah Hospital. “I have been here from 6:30 in the morning and my queue is number 350,” she complained.

Gusti Ngurah Adi Bija Antara, 9, from Klungkung with his mother and father has been in the queue from 06:00 in the morning. Around 09:00, he has finished queuing at the counter.

After a long struggle in the queue at the counter, he must be faced with another queue at polyclinic. His child fractured at the elbow of the left hand and should be installed with a pen. Since January 2017, he has been diligent to get medical checkup.

At that morning, Adi Bija looked tired. He was in her mother’s lap. They sit in the hall because the waiting bench has been fully occupied by other visitors. His mother told that for the control only she can spend a day. For queuing at the counter, it takes her about 30 minutes to an hour. That’s why she should come early.

After queuing in the counter, then she should take another queue in orthopedic polyclinic. According to her, IBP/kmb42 the queue in orthopedic polyclinic is Discomfort of services at Sanglah Hospital is not only about parking matters but also long enough. Thus, she estimated the checkup at the polyclinic will end about counter and polyclinic queues.

around 13:00. If coupled with an X-ray check in the laboratory, it will last until 14:00. Moreover, she had been waiting in queue until 15:00 and 16:00.

“At 15:00, the X-ray services are no longer available, so that we must come back on the following day. Sometimes, we get the turn of X-ray check until 16.00, but the result will be issued on the following day,” he said.

This family from Klungkung must go back and forth from Klungkung to Denpasar to take control. Luckily, she uses BPJS Health (health insurance) so that all the operating and control costs have been covered. However, she deplored the long operating schedule.

“Perhaps, due to using BPJS coverage the operating queue is long. Suppose we use non-BPJS payment, probably we can immediately get the turn,” he said.

Eka, another visitor came later. He came around 08:30 from Kediri, Tabanan. He came to control his injured left hand due to accident. In injured condition, he should take queue by himself.

Improvement of services ever attempted by Sanglah Hospital apparently does not work out. For instance, the service hours extended until the afternoon of 16:00 remains to leave a problem. Similarly, so far the online registration seems to have not been utilized maximally by patients. The preparation of two registration counters also still causes discomfort to patients. (kmb42)

Onwards traditional markets to become stockist

DENPASAR - The development of social media and rapid growth of the internet make people get convenience and practicality. This also has an impact on the interest of international brands, where they will be abandoned. “Now, people will prefer to choose non-branded products with the orientation in design,” said Sumarjaya Linggih, a member of Commission VI of the House of Representatives of the RI, on Sunday (Apr. 16).

He saw in Jakarta that merchants no longer have an off-line shop but selling online from home. “It will grow and can be assisted by the government,” he said.

The assistance provided will be in the form of training, design et cetera. In addition, he mentioned that the government also provides a free website run by the ministry of commerce to help the sales of merchants. In five years, he predicted there will be no more traditional markets. “The market will just serve as stockist,” he concluded.

Internet business (e-business) will flourish. Some people even plan to develop an online store at village. “At the village office, there will be a TV screen where people will order products. They pay in cash on the spot because certainly not all people at village have credit

card. Then, a week later their goods ordered will arrive,” he said.

The development of digital business has begun to be intensified. “If people want to develop, they will be supported,” he concluded. With the development of online business, traditional markets will not only need physical development but also internet business development.

Online business will be a source of new economic growth. “Among the richest men in China, 40 of them are young people and run IT business,” he revealed. As a result, the internet business can become very prospective for the progress of young entrepreneurs. (kmb42)

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Australia’s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull speaks as Immigration Minister Peter Dutton listens on during a media conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, April 18, 2017.

Australia toughens foreign worker visas, says Australian jobs for Australians

SYDNEY - Australia will abolish a temporary work visa popular with foreigners and replace it with a new programme requiring better English-language and job skills, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on Tuesday.

Turnbull, struggling with poor voter approval ratings, rejected suggestions the visa policy change was in response to far-right wing political parties, such as One Nation, demanding more nationalistic policies.

But in a Facebook announcement Turnbull said: “Our reforms will have a simple focus: Australian jobs and Australian values.”

In a similar vein, U.S. President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Tuesday directing changes to a temporary visa programme used to bring foreign workers to the United States to fill highly skilled jobs.

The order is an attempt by Trump to carry out his “America First” election campaign pledges.

Turnbull said the visa change would attract better skilled workers and see Australians employed over cheap foreign workers brought in under the old 457 visa programme.

“We are an immigration nation, but the fact remains- Australian

workers must have priority for Australian jobs,” he said. “We’ll no longer allow 457 visas to be passports to jobs that could and should go to Australians.”

The 457 visa was introduced in the 1990s to expedite the entry of business professionals and highly skilled migrants but over time it was opened up to include a broad suite of workers.

The programme has become mired in controversy with allegations the visa was being misused by employers to import workers on the cheap, not to fill genuine skill shortages.

“We are bringing the 457 visa class to an end. It’s lost its credibility,” Turnbull said at a press conference in Canberra.

Anyone now in Australia on a 457 visa will not be affected by the new arrangements.

The 457 visa, now used by about 95,000 foreign workers, will be re-

placed by a new temporary visa and the list of occupations that qualify for a visa will be reduced from more than 200.

The new visa will be limited to a two-year period and a second four-year visa will require a higher standard of English language. From 1901 to around 1973, Australia restricted non-white immigration under a White Australia policy, which required an English language test.

The Australian Industry Group (Ai Group), which represents more than 60,000 businesses, said the changes would improve the integrity of Australia’s visa programme.

“The temporary skilled visa programme should now be considered as settled without the need for further reviews and disruptive policy change,” said Ai Group Chief Executive Innes Willox.

Some experts said the government should focus on boosting education and training systems to address Australia’s skills needs. The opposition was not impressed though. Labor leader Bill Shorten tweeted “the only job Malcolm Turnbull cares about saving is his own.” (rtr)

BEIRUT - Mothers Noha, a Shi’ite, and Samira, a Sunni, were besieged for nearly two years on each side of Syria’s civil war. At the weekend they finally escaped the suffocating blockades under an evacuation agreement - but their ordeal was not over.

As they waited at two transit points miles apart outside Aleppo, a bomb attack hit Noha’s bus convoy, killing more than 120 people including dozens of children.

After ambulances rushed off the wounded, new buses arrived and the two convoys eventually reached their destinations - one in government territory and the other in rebel territory.

In the hours leading up to Saturday’s attacks, the two women spoke to Reuters about what they had left behind, their families being split up, and the likelihood they would never return home.

Reuters was not allowed back past security to try to find Noha after the blast, and lost contact with Samira after speaking to her earlier on another evacuee’s phone.

“We’ve lost everything. We hope to go back one day, but I don’t expect we will,” said Noha, 45, asking not to be identified by her last name.

Noha left al-Foua, one of two Shi’ite villages besieged by Syrian insurgents in Idlib province with her two youngest children and 5,000 other people under a deal between the Syrian government and armed opposition.

In exchange, 2,000 Sunni residents and rebel fighters from the government-besieged town of

Madaya near Damascus - Samira’s hometown - were given safe passage out, and bussed to Idlib province, a rebel stronghold, via Aleppo.

Thousands of Syrians have been evacuated from besieged areas in recent months under deals between President Bashar al-Assad’s government and rebels fighting for six years to unseat him.

The deals have mostly affected Sunni Muslims living in rebel-held areas surrounded by government forces and their allies. Damascus calls them reconciliation deals and says it allows services to be restored in the wrecked towns.

Rebels say it amounts to forced displacement of Assad’s opponents from Syria’s main urban centres in the west of the country, and engenders demographic change because most of the opposition, and Syria’s population, are Sunni.

But backed militarily by Russia and Shi’ite regional allies, Assad, a member of Syria’s Alawite minority, has negotiated the deals from a position of strength.

“There was little choice. We had to leave, we were scared,” said Samira, 55, who was travelling with her five adult sons.

She had feared her sons would be arrested or forced to join the Syrian military and fight once troops and officials of the Damascus government moved into the town.

Like Noha, Samira was relieved to have escaped a crushing siege which had caused widespread hunger - and in the case of Madaya, starvation - but had left everything behind, including family. (rtr)

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A damaged bus is seen after an explosion at insurgent-held al-Rashideen, Aleppo province, Syria April 16, 2017.

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The scenario underscores how difficult it is for Trump, who has tried to distance herself from the brand that bears her name, to separate business from politics in her new position at the White House.

As the first daughter crafts a political career from her West Wing office, her brand is flourishing, despite boycotts and several stores limiting her merchandise. U.S. imports, almost all of them from China, shot up an estimated 166 percent last year, while sales hit record levels in 2017. The brand, which Trump still owns, says distribution is growing. It has launched new activewear and affordable jewelry lines and is working to expand its global intellectual property footprint. In addition to winning the approvals from China, Ivanka Trump Marks LLC applied for at least nine new trademarks in the Philippines, Puerto Rico, Canada and the U.S. after the election.

The commercial currents of the Trump White House are unprecedented in modern American politics, ethics lawyers say. They have created an unfamiliar landscape riven with ethical pitfalls, and forced consumers and retailers to wrestle with the unlikely passions now inspired by Ivanka Trump’s mid-market collection of ruffled blouses, shifts and wedges.

Using the prestige of government service to build a brand is not illegal. But criminal conflict of interest law prohibits federal officials, like Trump and her husband, from participating in government matters that could impact their own financial interest or that of their spouse. Some argue that the more her business broadens its scope, the more it threatens to encroach on the ability of two trusted advisers to deliver credible counsel to the president on core issues like trade, intellectual property, and the value of the Chinese currency.

“Put the business on hold and stop trying to get trademarks while you’re in government,” advised

Richard Painter, who served as chief White House ethics lawyer under George W. Bush.

To address ethical concerns, Trump has shifted the brand’s assets to a family-run trust valued at more than $50 million and pledged to recuse herself from issues that present conflicts.

“Ivanka will not weigh in on business strategy, marketing issues, or the commercial terms of agreements,” her attorney, Jamie Gorelick, said in a statement. “She has retained authority to direct the trustees to terminate agreements that she determines create a conflict of interest or the appearance of one.”

In a recent interview with CBS News, Trump argued that her business would be doing even better if she hadn’t moved to Washington and placed restrictions on her team to ensure that “any growth is done with extreme caution.”

China, however, remains a nagging concern. “Ivanka has so many China ties and conflicts, yet she and Jared appear deeply involved in China contacts and policy. I would never have allowed it,” said Norman Eisen, who served as chief White House ethics lawyer under Barack Obama. “For their own sake, and the country’s, Ivanka and Jared should consider stepping away from China matters.”

Instead, the first daughter and her husband have emerged as prominent interlocutors with China, where they have both had significant business ties. Last year, Kushner pursued hundreds of millions of dollars in real estate INVESTMENTS from Anbang Insurance Group, a financial conglomerate with close ties to the Chinese state.

After media reports about the deal, talks were called off.

Publicly, Ivanka has taken a gracious, charming approach toward Beijing. During the Mar-a-Lago meetings, her daughter, 5-year-old Arabella stood in a gilded room and sang a traditional Chinese song, in Mandarin, for China’s president,

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Unique, Magoakgoakan Tradition in Kintamani

Kintamani customary village held magoak-goakan tradition on Thursday (Mar. 23). The tradition was attended by approximately 4,000 people ranging from children, adolescents, adults to the elderly. The tradition was organized in a series of Nyepi Desa at the local customary village. From the morning, thousands of people putting on middle traditional attires have thronged the village square or sacred land to implement magoak-goakan tradition.

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FILE - In this March 6, 2015, file photo, Ivanka Trump models an outfit following an interview to promote her clothing line in Toronto. As the first daughter crafts a new political career from her West Wing office, her brand is going strong, despite boycotts and several stores limiting her merchandise.

Xi Jinping. The video, which was lavishly praised by Chinese state media, played over 2.2 million times on China’s popular news portal qq.com.

The week of the summit, 3.4 tons of Ivanka Trump handbags, wallets and blouses arrived in the U.S. from Hong Kong and Shanghai. U.S. imports of her merchandise grew an estimated 40 percent in the first quarter of this year, according to Panjiva Inc., which maintains and analyzes global shipping records.

Painter, the former Bush administration lawyer, recommended full recusal from issues related to trade with China. That is likely to be difficult because trade is so deeply embedded in the US-China relationship and has been linked with other matters, like North Korea.

“The danger is that with any discussion with the Chinese, one party or the other may try to bring up trade,” he said. “That’s a slippery slope that may require her or Jared to step out of the room.”

Gorelick, Ivanka Trump’s attorney, said that Ivanka and her husband would steer clear of specific areas that could impact her business, or be seen as conflicts of interest, but are under no legal

obligation to step back from huge swaths of policy, like trade with China.

Under the rules, Trump would recuse herself from conversations about duties on clothing imported from China, Gorelick said, but not broad foreign policy. “In between, you have to assess it case-by-case,” she said.

Trademarks can be signs of corporate ambition, though many countries — such as China, where trademark squatting is rampant — also allow for defensive filings to prevent copycats from using a brand.

Trademarks pose ethical, and possibly legal, implications for government employees because they are granted by foreign states and confer the monopoly right to sell branded product in a particular country — an entitlement that can be enormously valuable. Intellectual property lawyers say trademarks are also a crucial prerequisite for cutting licensing deals, which form the basis of both Ivanka and Donald Trump’s global business strategy.

Today, Ivanka Trump Marks LLC has 16 registered trademarks in China and 32 pending applications, along with a total of four marks granted preliminary approv-

al since the inauguration, according to China’s Trademark Office. Altogether, they cover a wide range of goods and services, including cosmetics, jewelry, leather handbags, luggage, clothes, shoes, retail, spa and beauty services. There is no sign the recent approvals were particularly swift. China’s Trademark Office did not respond to a request for comment.

Globally, the company has more than 180 pending and registered trademarks in countries including Canada, India, Japan, Israel, Mexico, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, as well as the U.S. and Europe, public records show. In December, the company applied for five trademarks, covering handbags and wallets in Puerto Rico, and lingerie and other clothes in the U.S. After the inauguration, the company filed four more applications, for branded clothing and shoes in the Philippines, and perfume and other items in Canada.

Trump did not sign off on the new trademark applications, her brand said in a statement, adding that they are “not necessarily an indication that the brand is planning to launch a category or a store in a specific territory.(ap)

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‘Julia Roberts Point’ Increasingly Visited

by More Tourists

Ivanka’s biz prospers as politics mixes with business

SHANGHAI — On April 6, Ivanka Trump’s company won provisional approval from the Chinese government for three new trademarks, giving it monopoly rights to sell Ivanka brand jewelry, bags and spa services in the world’s second-largest economy. That night, the first daughter and her husband, Jared Kushner, sat next to the president of China and his wife for a steak and Dover sole dinner at Mar-a-Lago.

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Not infrequently, the participants should turn upside down due to the sloping arena. In addition, a number of participants, especially women, were crushed by the other participants. Nevertheless, it did not reduce the enthusiasm of residents to follow the tradition.

Amid the activities, chief of Kintamani customary village, Nyoman Sukadia, said that magoak-goakan tradition has been started at 8:00 until midnight. This activity is routinely held every year considering this tradition is the legacy of ancestors that must continue to be preserved.

“The magoak-goakan tradition has something to do with religious ceremonies of Nyepi Desa of Kintamani village. This event has been organized since the full moon of Balinese ninth month (Mar. 12) and the ceremony ended at 00:00 on Wednesday,” he said.

Sukadia explained that the magoak-goakan tradition aims to more establish relationship among the residents of Kintamani customary village. Moreover, this tradition is intended for preservation of the natural environment and wildlife.

The ceremony takes place on the full moon of the Balinese ninth month and during which is also held Jagra and Miasa.

“From there, we’ve been required to preserve and honor our fellow beings. At that time, we should not slaughter chicken nor sell it. In addition, residents are not allowed to speech words that may offend others and may not do negative things. They may only be allowed to do positive things,” he explained.

He disclosed that when the magoak-goakan tradition was held, all Kintamani customary

villagers were dissolved together in joy. They should not conduct any activities like work. “So, for today (Thursday—Ed), residents absolutely do no activities, but focus on following this activity so that they all can have fun in this tradition,” he said.

After magoak-goakan activities, it was resumed with the search for firewood. Residents are required to find a dead tree or dried tree branches without carrying tools such as axes and so forth. They should not cut down trees that are still alive.

“Meanwhile, the day after tomorrow is the preservation that has something to do with land and the earth. All residents should not dig because it is the nature conservation and preservation. Essentially what has become a tradition should be followed by all residents of Kintamani,” said Sukadia. (kmb)

Since it was used for film shooting of the Eat, Pray, Love starred by famous artist Julia Roberts, the lava area at Toya Bungkah Batur, Kintamani is now visited by many tourists. Each day, there are always tourists especially those coming to just look around the existing natural beauty on the edge of Lake Batur.

To get to the shooting location of the Eat, Pray, Love or all this time known as the Julia Roberts Point, visitors must walk about 500 meters long from the highway. This happens because there is no road access to the location. Along the way, visitors will pass through volcanic rocks and a variety of horticultural crops such as onions, tomatoes and peppers cultivated by local residents. To find out the shooting location, visitors can read directly an information board on the edge of the lake.

The short information is bilingually written in Bahasa Indonesia and English.

One of the local residents, Putu Ariana, said that since the location was used for film shooting, the pillow lava area is visited by many tourists, mostly consisting of foreign tourists. “Not long ago, my brother took tourists from Australia to this location,” he explained. Visitors coming to the Julia Roberts Point are usually driven by curiosity with natural beauty featured in the film. He said that before used as a shooting location, it was rarely visited by tourists. Most tourists coming to Toya Bungkah will skip this location. “But now, more and more tourists are coming here. Other than to Julia Roberts Point, they also visit the area of Batur caldera,” he said.

Now, to keep the area of Batur caldera including the Julia Roberts Point clean, hundreds of residents from several villages came down to pick up plastic waste in the region of Toya Bungkah, Wednesday (Mar. 2). At least, one truck of plastic waste could be collected and disposed of to regional landfill at Landih.

Headman of Songan B, Jero Lanang, said that the cleanup action to collect plastic waste will be carried out continuously. The 15 villages in the lakeside area are expected to get involved so that sanitation of the terrestrial garden is well maintained. “All this time, the Batur Geopark is known quite unclean. Through this action, we invite the community to participate in maintaining the sanitation of the geopark area,” he said. (kmb)

Mouth-watering Rambutan Salad Really Tempts

Have you ever tasted rambutan salad? Having tried, you will definitely get addicted because this kind of salad is relatively new.

However, it has been already familiar among young people. Other than tasting chewy and sweet, rambutan salad is also very easy to make.

Youngsters that like to hang out are fond of making it. Moreover, on Hindu feast, young people must

have tried this salad.

No one can make sure, when this rambutan salad first appeared and who made it. This rambutan salad became famous when it appears in social media. Youngsters take advantage of technology to tease their friends. They prepare very neatly and attractively, so that many people are tempted to taste it. Well, it is just like a magnet, people have vied to make it

though never tasted it before.

Rambutan salad does have a different taste. Other than being chewy, the flesh also tastes sweet.

Moreover, the water of its salad tastes very sweet. Certainly, it is naturally sweet. Lime sliced into circular pieces makes this salad distinctive, apart from looking beautiful. If wishing to get spicy flavor, you just need to add chili to taste.

The ingredients are rambutan and lime, while the seasonings include (white) sugar, salt and chili.

Indeed it tastes delicious, but do not eat this salad too much, because it can result in fever and cough. In this case, people are encouraged to control themselves so that do not be complacent in the enjoyment.

How to prepare it? First of all, exfoliate the skin of rambutan and

then put into the basin. After that, add some salt, chili and white sugar and stir until blended (can be finely grounded). Add a lemon having been squeezed, so that it will be watery. Flesh of the rambutan and spices are then mixed together and stir to get well blended. Furthermore, thinly slice the lime ??and put on the flesh of rambutan. Now, it is ready to be served! (kmb)

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British PM May calls for early election to strengthen Brexit hand

LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May called on Tuesday for an early election on June 8, saying she needed to strengthen her hand in divorce talks with the European Union by shoring up support for her Brexit plan.

Standing outside her Downing Street office, May said she had been reluctant about asking parliament to back her move to bring forward the election from 2020, but decided it was necessary to win support for her ruling Conservative Party’s efforts to press ahead with Britain’s departure from the EU. Some were surprised by her move - she has repeatedly said she does not want to be distracted by timeconsuming campaigning - but opinion polls give her a strong lead and she has faced opposition from her own

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Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May

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party for her some of domestic reforms.

The pound strengthened by almost half a cent against the dollar and 10-year British government bond yields rose slightly after the announcement.

“It was with reluctance that I decided the country needs this election, but it is with strong conviction that I say it is necessary to secure the strong and stable leadership the country needs to see us through Brexit and beyond,” she said.

“Every vote for the Conservatives will make it harder for opposition politicians who want to stop me from getting the job done.”

May is capitalising on her runaway lead in the opinion polls. The Conservative Party is around 20 points ahead of the main opposition Labour Party, a large lead for an incumbent party two years after the last parliamentary election.

The prime minister’s own personal ratings also dwarf those of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, with 50 percent of those asked saying she would make the best prime minister. Corbyn wins only 14 percent, according to pollster YouGov. But before holding the election, May must first win the support of two-thirds of the parliament in a vote on Wednesday. Labour said it will vote in favour of a new election, meaning she should be able to get it through.

“The decision facing the country will be all about leadership,” May said.

“It will be a choice between strong and stable leadership in the national interest with me as your prime minister, or weak and unstable coalition government, led by Jeremy Corbyn, propped up by the Liberal Democrats who want to reopen the division of the referendum.” (rtr)

Opinion surveys show Purnama running neck and neck with his challenger Anies Baswedan, who, like some 85 percent of Jakartans, is a Muslim. Purnama, 50, inherited the governorship after Joko Widodo was elected president in 2014. His brash talking style, a contrast with the soft-spoken Javanese politicians who dominate the ruling class, has grated on some voters.

Purnama won the first round of voting in February in a three-way race with 43 percent of the ballots to set up Wednesday’s second round with Basedan, who won 40 percent. The campaign has been “the dirtiest, most polarising and most divisive the nation has ever seen,” the Jakarta Post said in an editorial on Tuesday.

Calling the capital “the barometer of Indonesia’s political pulse”, the daily said the election would have a bearing on the next presidential election in 2019.

Police on Monday blocked plans by hardline Islamist groups to guard polling booths, citing the risk of clashes after a campaign fraught with religious tensions, and said around 66,000 police and military personnel will be deployed on voting day.

‘VOTER FRAUD’

Prabowo Subianto, head of the Gerindra Party that Baswedan represents, said in a video message recorded over the weekend that “religious people need a leader who respects their beliefs”. Prabowo lost the 2014 election to President Widodo.

Purnama faces up to five years in jail if convicted of blasphemy.

His trial will resume on Thursday, when prosecutors will submit their sentence request.

Prabowo said he was concerned about potential voter fraud.

“Cheating is a common enemy to us. We don’t want to cheat,” he said. “However, we will not hold back if we are cheated.”

Hardline Islamic cleric Habib Rizieq, who helped organise the anti-Purnama demonstrations during the campaign, last week urged Muslims to travel to Jakarta and be ready to “finish” their opponents.

“This is not a battle between Anies and Ahok. This is a battle between ... defenders of Islam and those who blaspheme against Islam,” Rizieq said at an event in the city of Surabaya.

“Those who can come to Jakarta better have the guts to do so and prepare a will for your family,” he added, as the crowd roared in response.

At Luar Batang, where Prabowo’s party has set up tents for those evicted from their homes, the woman at the street cafe said people are tired of politicians’ false promises and warned that frustration could boil over if Purnama wins the vote. “If (Purnama) is elected again something extraordinary will happen,” she said. (rtr)

Indonesia’s capital to vote amid religious tensions

JAKARTA - Jakarta voters head to the polls on Wednesday to elect a governor for Indonesia’s capital after a campaign that incited political and religious tensions in the world’s most populous Muslim country.

The race to lead the city of more than 10 million has been fought by two candidates - an ethnic Chinese Christian and a Muslim. It has triggered mass protests and stirred religious and political tensions in the

world’s third largest democracy.

THE CANDIDATES

Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, known by his Chinese nickname as “Ahok”, is the incumbent governor who

took over running Jakarta in 2014 when his then boss, Joko Widodo, won the presidency. Purnama, 50, is the city’s first ethnic Chinese and Christian leader and is backed by the ruling Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P).

Purnama is standing trial on blasphemy charges after allegedly insulting the Koran during the campaign. Hundreds of thousands of protesters rallied after an edited video of his comments about a Koranic verse were circulated. He has appeared in court throughout the campaign. If he wins the election but is convicted of blasphemy, Purnama can assume office as long as an appeals process is going on.

Purnama’s policies include new infrastructure to fix Jakarta’s chronic traffic congestion, flood mitigation, better waste management and

anti-corruption measures.

Anies Baswedan, 47, is the former rector of Jakarta’s Paramadina University and campaign manager for Widodo during the 2014 election. Widodo appointed him education minister but sacked him less than two years later.

Baswedan has shifted allegiance to Widodo’s presidential rival in the 2014 campaign, Prabowo Subianto, and now represents Subianto’s Gerindra Party. Baswedan was criticised for meeting hardline Islamists during the campaign. His platform has focused on improving public education and combating the rising cost of living. He opposes a giant seawall in Jakarta Bay that Purnama has advocated.

VOTING IN JAKARTA

The April 19 election is a runoff

between the two most popular candidates in the first round of polling held on Feb. 15. In the first round, Purnama received 43 per cent of the vote and Baswedan 40 per cent. A third candidate, Agus Yudhoyono, dropped out of the race after receiving only 17 per cent of the vote.

A candidate needs a simple majority to win. Private pollsters approved by the General Elections Commission will conduct quick counts of a sample of votes after polls close on April 19, giving an indication of the winner.

Official results are expected to be announced by the elections commission by May 5-6. Defeated candidates can dispute the results in the Constitutional Court. About 7.1 million people are registered to vote in Jakarta. The turnout was 77 per cent for the first round of voting. (rtr)

Triumphant Erdogan swats away Western criticism of referendum

ANKARA - A defiant Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan denounced the West’s “crusader mentality” on Monday after European monitors criticised a referendum in which he won sweeping new powers.

Erdogan, whose narrow victory laid bare the nation’s divisions, told flag-waving supporters that foreign election observers should “know their place” and Turkey did not “see, hear or acknowledge” criticism that the vote did not live up to international standards.

Sunday’s vote ended all debate on forging a stronger presidency, said Erdogan, who argues that concentration of power is needed to prevent instability.

Opponents accuse him of leading a drive toward one-man rule in Turkey, a NATO member that borders Iran, Iraq and Syria and whose stability is of vital importance to the United States and the European Union.

The main opposition party rejected the result and called for the vote to be annulled. Thousands of people marched through at least three neighbourhoods of Istanbul, some chanting “Thief, Erdogan,” “no to the presidency” and “this is just the beginning” after calls on social media for protests in several cities.

Late on Monday, the cabinet extended a state of emergency by three months, Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus told reporters. It was the third such extension since a failed coup attempt last July.

DEEP DIVIDE

Election authorities said preliminary results showed 51.4 percent of voters had backed the biggest overhaul of Turkish politics since the founding of the modern republic.

U.S. President Donald Trump called Erdogan to congratulate him on his referendum victory and

to thank him for supporting a U.S. missile attack on Syria in response to a chemical attack by Syrian government forces on April 4, the White House said in a statement.

Trump and Erdogan also agreed on the importance of holding Syrian President Bashar al-Assad accountable for the chemical attack and discussed the campaign against the Islamic State, the statement said.

But the narrowness of his victory could add to volatility in a country that has lately survived an attempted coup, attacks by Islamists, a Kurdish insurgency, civil unrest and war across its Syrian border.

The result laid bare the deep divide between the urban middle classes who see their future as part of a European mainstream and the pious rural poor who favour Erdogan’s strong hand. Erdogan reiterated his readiness to restore the death penalty at several appear-

ances on Monday, which would effectively end Turkey’s decadeslong quest to join the EU. He said it was not important if the EU suspended Turkish accession talks.

“The crusader mentality in the West and its servants at home have attacked us,” Erdogan told a crowd as he arrived at Ankara airport, referring to the foreign monitors’ assessment. (rtr)

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrives at a news conference in Istanbul, Turkey, April 16, 2017.

An Indonesian Muslim holds up a poster during a rally calling for the arrest of Jakarta’s Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, popularly known as Ahok, who is accused of insulting the Koran, in Jakarta, Indonesia December 2, 2016. Picture taken December 2, 2016.

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Le Mayeur Museum

DENPASAR - Le Mayeur Museum is a memorial museum mainly housing the artworks and personal history of painter Adrien-Jean Le Mayeur de Merpres (February 9, 1880 – May 31, 1958) – a Brussels-born artist who was impressed by the shores of Sanur and dedicated his entire life there to the two things he loved the most: the arts and women. Before deciding to spend his life in Bali, Le Mayeur had already travelled around the world. Sacrificing his travels to pursue his love of arts, he found himself enamoured of the exotic scent of frangipani and a certain bare-breasted Legong dancer, his wife and muse, Ni Pollok.

After Le Mayeur found ‘home’ in the island and Ni Pollok, who soon became the muse of his paintings and the rest of his life, the artist created a range of artworks in his impressionistic ‘dob’ style of painting. His technique was

considered unorthodox, albeit in a brilliant way. Le Mayeur utilized thick and rather stiff brushes to create sharp yet fluent caresses, which were later elaborated on by Antonio Blanco, another influential painter in Bali. Le Mayeur passed away on May 31, 1958. The loving couple left no children but the well-crafted mansion that is the museum today, and its legacy was bequeathed to the Indonesian government. The museum exemplifies the priceless heritage of an artist and a nation. The main building features the former living quarters of the couple, with classical Balinese elements, sculpted stone walls and red terrazzo floor tiles. Carved wood dominates the furnishings, and window sills feature motifs inspired by wayang shadow puppet characters. There are five rooms that serve as silent witnesses to the lives of Le Mayeur and Ni Pollok.

Visitors may imagine the similar love story brought again to life

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through inanimate objects, similar to the retro-styled storytelling of the film Titanic. Walkthroughs include the artist’s studio, reading room and study, and the bedroom as well as Ni Pollok’s vanity corner and bathroom.

Good to Know Le Mayeur is easily found, located right on the beachfront in Sanur.

The compound features structures in Balinese architecture that houses well over eighty artworks categorised into five different collections based on the mediums that Le Mayeur used, such as hardboard, plywood, canvas and paper. Most of the paintings in his collection feature bare-breasted women, and not all were the results of inspiration in Bali, as he had travelled the world prior to calling the island his home. Most of his world travels included Europe, Africa, India, Italy and France. Some of his work feature subjects inspired by his

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Verstappen apologises to Brazil for Massa remark

LONDON - Max Verstappen apologised to Brazilian Formula One fans on Monday after a comment about Felipe Massa caused offence at the weekend. travels he painted during the 1920s.

Le Mayeur arrived in Bali in 1932 in his early 50s. It was supposed to be part of his travels until he met his muse and future wife. They married after three years of their first meeting and Le Mayeur built

the house on the shoreline when Sanur was a mere quiet fishing village. One of the structures in the gardens is a meeting pavilion where Le Mayeur used to receive his guests and potential buyers of his art pieces. (IBP/net)

The 19-year-old Red Bull driver had accused the Williams veteran of wrecking his best lap in qualifying at the Bahrain Grand Prix and was asked by reporters whether he would be speaking to him.

“Well, he’s a Brazilian. So there’s not much to discuss,” Verstappen had replied.

The Dutchman, who won huge admiration for a stellar drive through the field to third place at a rainswept Interlagos circuit last

year, took to Instagram to clarify remarks that went down badly in Brazil.

“Being a passionate racer, I was very disappointed with my last (qualifying) stint and gave an emotional reaction that was taken out of context,” he said.

“By no means did I mean to insult the Brazilian people who I greatly respect and are always very nice to me when I visit the country.

“I would like to apologise to any Brazilians that feel offended and look forward to racing in your country again,” he added, referencing Brazilian world champions Ayrton Senna, Emerson Fittipaldi and Nelson Piquet.

Massa, the only Brazilian driver on the current starting grid, told UOL Esporte that he had spoken to Verstappen after the race and warned him to “be careful what you say because you’re going to have to go to Brazil to race there”.

Verstappen crashed out of Sunday’s race at the Sakhir circuit after a brake failure. (rtr)

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Geoffrey Kirui of Kenya, winner of the men’s division of the 2017 Boston Marathon holds up the trophy as Boston mayor Marty Walsh applauds.

2018 Games torch relay to begin in November

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BOSTON - Geoffrey Kirui and Edna Kiplagat produced a Kenyan sweep at the Boston Marathon, winning the men’s and women’s races on Monday by conquering the race’s hilly final miles to establish their dominance.

Kirui finished in two hours nine minutes and 37 seconds after holding off a challenge by American Galen Rupp in the race’s final stretch down Boylston Street, the site of the deadly 2013 bombing attack. Kirui repeatedly tested Rupp in the closing miles, with the American Olympic bronze medalist eventually unable to match the Kenyan’s pace.

“He put in several surges and I was able to cover a few of them,” Rupp told reporters after the race.

Kiplagat, a 38-year-old mother of two whose resume includes marathon wins in London, Moscow, New York and Daegu, ran alone for the final miles of the race and finished in 2:21:52, almost a minute ahead of Bahrain’s Rose Chelimo.

The Kenyan maintained her comfortable lead despite briefly stopping in the final miles when she realized she had grabbed a rival’s water bottle from an aid station and went back to return it.

“I had to put back something which was not mine,” Kiplagat told reporters. “I was afraid, because you know, if you miss water it can affect you.”

American Jordan Hasay set a record for an American women’s debut marathon, coming in third in 2:23:00. Japan’s Suguru Osako finished third among the men. Security was high along the course, which begins in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, and passes through Boston’s suburbs to the finish line, where a pair of ethnic Chechen brothers on April 15, 2013 set off two homemade bombs, killing three people and injuring more than 200.

Meb Keflezighi, who in 2014 became the first American to win the race in over three decades, finished 13th in his final Boston Marathon.

Keflezighi, who plans to retire from racing after the New York City marathon in November, stopped after his victory to touch the hand of Bill Richard, whose 8-year-old son Martin was the youngest person to die in the bombing.

“In 2013, I was a spectator just like the three victims and when I saw the 8-year-old ... the first thing in my mind was that could have been my daughter,” said Keflezighi.

Tens of thousands of people packed the streets for Boston’s largest sporting event, held on the Patriots Day holiday, which commemorates the start of the American Revolution. (rtr)

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SEOUL - The torch relay for next year’s Winter Olympics will begin in South Korea in November and travel 2,018 kilometres around the country before arriving in Pyeongchang to mark the start of the Feb. 9-25 Games, organisers said on Monday.

The flame will be lit in Olympia, Greece on Oct. 24 before coming to Korea for the domestic relay. It

would then be taken through 17 cities and provinces by 7,500 torchbearers, beginning on Nov. 1 -- the 100-day countdown to the Games, POCOG said in a statement.

The identity of the final torchbearer has not been revealed yet but it would be a huge surprise if figure skater Kim Yuna does not light the cauldron to start Asia’s first Winter Games outside of Japan.

Kim, who almost single-handedly raised the profile of winter sports in South Korea, won gold at the Vancouver Games in 2010 and a controversial silver in Sochi four years later before retiring from the sport.

She was also a torchbearer at the 2006 and 2010 Games and said the experience would create a “lifelong memory” for those taking part in the relay for Pyeongchang.

“It was a great honour to carry the Olympic torch for Torino 2006 and Vancouver 2010,” she said in the statement. “It motivated me to work even harder towards winning a gold medal at the Olympic Winter Games.”

Also on Monday, the South Korean government said it would tack on 2 billion won ($1.75 million) in additional funding to help local athletes prepare for the Games,

Yonhap News reported.

The funds are in addition to the 33.7 billion won the government had already set aside for athlete training and preparation.

Located in the mountainous Gangwon Province, some 180 kilometres east of Seoul, Pyeongchang failed in bids for the 2010 and 2014 Winter Games before finally finding success. (rtr)

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Sp rt Barcelona in tricky position to produce another comeback

MADRID — Things have changed since Barcelona’s historic comeback against Paris Saint-Germain in the last round of the Champions League. When Barcelona routed PSG 6-1 to reverse a 4-0 first-leg deficit in the last 16, its confidence was high from winning four games in a row and outscoring opponents 15-3 before that second leg against PSG. This time, it has to overcome a 3-0 first-leg loss against Juventus in the quarterfinals on Wednesday. But without the boost of a winning streak. Barcelona has lost three of its seven games since that spectacular victory over PSG at the Camp Nou. From leading the Spanish league by one point before beating PSG, Barcelona has dropped to second, three points behind, and hasn’t been playing well.

It lost at Malaga 2-0 before the defeat to Juventus in Turin, and had to claw its way past Real Sociedad 3-2 at the weekend. While it’s struggling somewhat, Barcelona believes it can repeat history.

“Every game in the Champions League is difficult,” said Neymar, who led Barcelona with two goals and two assists in the historic win over PSG last month.

“But we are the same team and we can repeat that.

We have to give everything we have.

We believe that we can come back again.” A contribution from Lionel Messi would be helpful, too.

He’s scored a pair in three of his last five games. He netted twice each against Valencia, Sevilla, and Real Sociedad, but failed to score in the losses to Malaga and Juventus.

Juventus pays no mind to Messi’s middling form. “These guys are like sharks,” Juventus defender Giorgio Chiellini said of Messi and Co. “If you show a sign of nerves, they smell the blood and finish you off.

“Instead, you have to push them back as far as you can, double up when they are in possession and shut down the lines between defense and midfield.”

If Messi scores twice against Juventus, he will reach his 500th goal in official matches with Barcelona. He

would be the first player to reach that mark with the club.

Messi has played 575 games since making his debut for Barcelona in 2004. Barcelona is trying to return to the Champions League semifinals for the first time since beating Juventus in the 2015 final to win its fifth title.

Juventus, looking for

its third Champions League title, is coming off three straight

Leicester are underdogs against Atletico, says Fuchs LEICESTER CITY are underdogs in the second leg of the Champions League quarter-final against Atletico Madrid, defender Christian Fuchs has said ahead of Tuesday’s game.

Premier League champions Leicester are the only English team left in the Champions League and their debut campaign hangs in the balance as they look to overcome a 1-0 deficit from the first leg in Madrid at the King Power Stadium.

Atletico have been in the quarter-finals of the Champions League for last three years and have progressed to the finals twice, losing to Spanish rivals Real Madrid in both finals.

“I think Madrid (are favourites) given their history over the last couple of years of participating

in the Champions League. We’re here for the first time in our history,” Fuchs told the club’s website (www. lcfc.com).

“I don’t think anybody wants to come here against Leicester. Nevertheless, we’re still the underdogs and we’ll still try to take our chance.”

Once relative Champions League unknowns, however, Atletico are now true European giants and will provide the sternest test yet of Leicester’s fairytale continental adventure. Fuchs praised his team mates for what they have achieved so far.

“It’s already a great achievement – Leicester City playing in the PREMIER LEAGUE and the Champions League... we’ll see how the game goes,” Fuchs said.

“We’re very focused on that for

victories. It has lost only one of its last 19 matches, winning 16 of them, and leads Serie A. It remains unclear if Juventus will be able to count on forward Paulo Dybala, who scored twice in the first leg. Dybalal hurt his ankle at the weekend in the 2-0 win at Pescara. Barcelona will have back midfielder Sergio Busquets after he missed the first leg because of a suspension.(ap)

BERLIN - Borussia Dortmund, still shocked after a bomb attack on the team bus last week, have a slim chance of overturning the 3-2 home loss to Monaco in their Champions League quarter-final first leg, club CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke said on Tuesday.

Speaking ahead of the team’s departure for Monaco for Wednesday’s second leg, Watzke said Dortmund had already performed a “superhuman” task after playing a day following the attack and then bouncing back with a Bundesliga win on Saturday.

“We are no dreamers. We know that our chance is slim but it is still there,” Watzke told reporters.

“The team has delivered an almost superhuman effort. We can draw strength from that.” Three explosions rocked the Borussia team bus on its way to the stadium last Tuesday and left the team’s Spanish

defender Marc Bartra with a fractured arm.

With the fixture rescheduled for the day after, a shaken Borussia looked all at sea in their 3-2 loss to Monaco and their coach Thomas Tuchel acknowledged his side were ill-prepared to play so soon after the attack. However, Borussia bounced back with a 3-1 Bundesliga win over Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday.

Tuchel included Sven Bender, who was taken off injured against Eintracht, and Marco Reus, who scored on his comeback from a six-week injury break on Saturday, in his squad.

It is still unclear who carried out the attack. German prosecutors have doubts about the authenticity of letters that suggested Islamist militants were behind it. (rtr)

Redknapp back in English soccer as manager of Birmingham

AP Photo/Jon Super, File

FILE - This is a Saturday April 13, 2013 file photo of Queens Park Rangers’ manager Harry Redknapp as he takes to the touchline before his team’s English Premier League soccer match against Everton at Goodison Park Stadium, LIVERPOOL, England.

now so let’s see how the game ends.

We always try to give everything.”

After Tuesday’s match, Leicester

have a short break before they travel to Arsenal in the Premier League on April 26. (rtr)

Dortmund are no dreamers but still in with a chance - CEO

FC Barcelona’s goalkeeper MarcA n - dre ter Stegen saves a ball during a training session at the Sports Center FC Barcelona Joan Gamper in Sant Joan Despi, Spain, Tuesday, April 18, 2017.

FC Barcelona will play against Juventus in a Champions League quarterfinal, second-leg soccer match on Wednesday.

Harry Redknapp, one of English soccer’s most charismatic coaches, was back in management at age 70 on Tuesday when he was hired by relegationthreatened second-tier team Birmingham.

Redknapp’s last managerial role in England was at Queens Park Rangers, which he quit in February 2015 because he was about to undergo knee replacement surgery. He has since worked as an adviser at secondtier Derby and as coach of Jordan for two games.

Redknapp replaced Gianfranco Zola, the former Italy forward who resigned on Monday with Birmingham just three points above the League Championship relegation zone with three games remaining.

Redknapp said he has agreed to be

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Birmingham’s coach until the end of the season, adding on British radio station TalkSport: “If I can keep them up, then we can sit down and talk about going forward.”

Birmingham was last in the PREMIER LEAGUE in 2011, the same year it won the English League Cup. Redknapp has previously earned promotion to the top flight with Portsmouth and QPR. His first game in charge of the central English club will be at local rival Aston Villa on Sunday.

Redknapp, known for giving interviews through his car window and for his nous in the transfer market, was once trumpeted as a potential England manager because of his impressive spell at Tottenham, which he led into the Champions League in 2010.

“I got fed up sitting around do-

ing nothing,” Redknapp said about his decision to get back into soccer.

“I got a phone call last night from the people at Birmingham. I drove to London, had a meeting for 10 to 15 minutes, sat down and said, ‘Yeah, I will do it, no problem.’ I got home and my wife said: ‘Are you mad?’”

Birmingham was three points and one place off the League Championship’s playoff positions in December when the club fired manager Gary Rowett and replaced him with Zola, apparently wanting a higher-profile coach. Under Zola, Birmingham won just two of 24 games.

“I am sorry because I came to Birmingham with huge expectations,” Zola said. “It is not that I like quitting, but Birmingham deserves better.” (ap)

Reuters / Ralph Orlowski

Borussia Dortmund players applaud their fans as they celebrate after the match

Action Images via Reuters / Carl Recine

Leicester City’s Jamie Vardy during training

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Sp rt Barcelona in tricky position to produce another comeback

MADRID — Things have changed since Barcelona’s historic comeback against Paris Saint-Germain in the last round of the Champions League. When Barcelona routed PSG 6-1 to reverse a 4-0 first-leg deficit in the last 16, its confidence was high from winning four games in a row and outscoring opponents 15-3 before that second leg against PSG. This time, it has to overcome a 3-0 first-leg loss against Juventus in the quarterfinals on Wednesday. But without the boost of a winning streak. Barcelona has lost three of its seven games since that spectacular victory over PSG at the Camp Nou. From leading the Spanish league by one point before beating PSG, Barcelona has dropped to second, three points behind, and hasn’t been playing well.

It lost at Malaga 2-0 before the defeat to Juventus in Turin, and had to claw its way past Real Sociedad 3-2 at the weekend. While it’s struggling somewhat, Barcelona believes it can repeat history.

“Every game in the Champions League is difficult,” said Neymar, who led Barcelona with two goals and two assists in the historic win over PSG last month.

“But we are the same team and we can repeat that.

We have to give everything we have.

We believe that we can come back again.” A contribution from Lionel Messi would be helpful, too.

He’s scored a pair in three of his last five games. He netted twice each against Valencia, Sevilla, and Real Sociedad, but failed to score in the losses to Malaga and Juventus.

Juventus pays no mind to Messi’s middling form. “These guys are like sharks,” Juventus defender Giorgio Chiellini said of Messi and Co. “If you show a sign of nerves, they smell the blood and finish you off.

“Instead, you have to push them back as far as you can, double up when they are in possession and shut down the lines between defense and midfield.”

If Messi scores twice against Juventus, he will reach his 500th goal in official matches with Barcelona. He

would be the first player to reach that mark with the club.

Messi has played 575 games since making his debut for Barcelona in 2004. Barcelona is trying to return to the Champions League semifinals for the first time since beating Juventus in the 2015 final to win its fifth title.

Juventus, looking for

its third Champions League title, is coming off three straight

Leicester are underdogs against Atletico, says Fuchs LEICESTER CITY are underdogs in the second leg of the Champions League quarter-final against Atletico Madrid, defender Christian Fuchs has said ahead of Tuesday’s game.

Premier League champions Leicester are the only English team left in the Champions League and their debut campaign hangs in the balance as they look to overcome a 1-0 deficit from the first leg in Madrid at the King Power Stadium.

Atletico have been in the quarter-finals of the Champions League for last three years and have progressed to the finals twice, losing to Spanish rivals Real Madrid in both finals.

“I think Madrid (are favourites) given their history over the last couple of years of participating

in the Champions League. We’re here for the first time in our history,” Fuchs told the club’s website (www. lcfc.com).

“I don’t think anybody wants to come here against Leicester. Nevertheless, we’re still the underdogs and we’ll still try to take our chance.”

Once relative Champions League unknowns, however, Atletico are now true European giants and will provide the sternest test yet of Leicester’s fairytale continental adventure. Fuchs praised his team mates for what they have achieved so far.

“It’s already a great achievement – Leicester City playing in the PREMIER LEAGUE and the Champions League... we’ll see how the game goes,” Fuchs said.

“We’re very focused on that for

victories. It has lost only one of its last 19 matches, winning 16 of them, and leads Serie A. It remains unclear if Juventus will be able to count on forward Paulo Dybala, who scored twice in the first leg. Dybalal hurt his ankle at the weekend in the 2-0 win at Pescara. Barcelona will have back midfielder Sergio Busquets after he missed the first leg because of a suspension.(ap)

BERLIN - Borussia Dortmund, still shocked after a bomb attack on the team bus last week, have a slim chance of overturning the 3-2 home loss to Monaco in their Champions League quarter-final first leg, club CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke said on Tuesday.

Speaking ahead of the team’s departure for Monaco for Wednesday’s second leg, Watzke said Dortmund had already performed a “superhuman” task after playing a day following the attack and then bouncing back with a Bundesliga win on Saturday.

“We are no dreamers. We know that our chance is slim but it is still there,” Watzke told reporters.

“The team has delivered an almost superhuman effort. We can draw strength from that.” Three explosions rocked the Borussia team bus on its way to the stadium last Tuesday and left the team’s Spanish

defender Marc Bartra with a fractured arm.

With the fixture rescheduled for the day after, a shaken Borussia looked all at sea in their 3-2 loss to Monaco and their coach Thomas Tuchel acknowledged his side were ill-prepared to play so soon after the attack. However, Borussia bounced back with a 3-1 Bundesliga win over Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday.

Tuchel included Sven Bender, who was taken off injured against Eintracht, and Marco Reus, who scored on his comeback from a six-week injury break on Saturday, in his squad.

It is still unclear who carried out the attack. German prosecutors have doubts about the authenticity of letters that suggested Islamist militants were behind it. (rtr)

Redknapp back in English soccer as manager of Birmingham

AP Photo/Jon Super, File

FILE - This is a Saturday April 13, 2013 file photo of Queens Park Rangers’ manager Harry Redknapp as he takes to the touchline before his team’s English Premier League soccer match against Everton at Goodison Park Stadium, LIVERPOOL, England.

now so let’s see how the game ends.

We always try to give everything.”

After Tuesday’s match, Leicester

have a short break before they travel to Arsenal in the Premier League on April 26. (rtr)

Dortmund are no dreamers but still in with a chance - CEO

FC Barcelona’s goalkeeper MarcA n - dre ter Stegen saves a ball during a training session at the Sports Center FC Barcelona Joan Gamper in Sant Joan Despi, Spain, Tuesday, April 18, 2017.

FC Barcelona will play against Juventus in a Champions League quarterfinal, second-leg soccer match on Wednesday.

Harry Redknapp, one of English soccer’s most charismatic coaches, was back in management at age 70 on Tuesday when he was hired by relegationthreatened second-tier team Birmingham.

Redknapp’s last managerial role in England was at Queens Park Rangers, which he quit in February 2015 because he was about to undergo knee replacement surgery. He has since worked as an adviser at secondtier Derby and as coach of Jordan for two games.

Redknapp replaced Gianfranco Zola, the former Italy forward who resigned on Monday with Birmingham just three points above the League Championship relegation zone with three games remaining.

Redknapp said he has agreed to be

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Birmingham’s coach until the end of the season, adding on British radio station TalkSport: “If I can keep them up, then we can sit down and talk about going forward.”

Birmingham was last in the PREMIER LEAGUE in 2011, the same year it won the English League Cup. Redknapp has previously earned promotion to the top flight with Portsmouth and QPR. His first game in charge of the central English club will be at local rival Aston Villa on Sunday.

Redknapp, known for giving interviews through his car window and for his nous in the transfer market, was once trumpeted as a potential England manager because of his impressive spell at Tottenham, which he led into the Champions League in 2010.

“I got fed up sitting around do-

ing nothing,” Redknapp said about his decision to get back into soccer.

“I got a phone call last night from the people at Birmingham. I drove to London, had a meeting for 10 to 15 minutes, sat down and said, ‘Yeah, I will do it, no problem.’ I got home and my wife said: ‘Are you mad?’”

Birmingham was three points and one place off the League Championship’s playoff positions in December when the club fired manager Gary Rowett and replaced him with Zola, apparently wanting a higher-profile coach. Under Zola, Birmingham won just two of 24 games.

“I am sorry because I came to Birmingham with huge expectations,” Zola said. “It is not that I like quitting, but Birmingham deserves better.” (ap)

Reuters / Ralph Orlowski

Borussia Dortmund players applaud their fans as they celebrate after the match

Action Images via Reuters / Carl Recine

Leicester City’s Jamie Vardy during training

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Wednesday, April 19, 2017

International

Kenyans sweep to victories at Boston Marathon

Le Mayeur Museum

DENPASAR - Le Mayeur Museum is a memorial museum mainly housing the artworks and personal history of painter Adrien-Jean Le Mayeur de Merpres (February 9, 1880 – May 31, 1958) – a Brussels-born artist who was impressed by the shores of Sanur and dedicated his entire life there to the two things he loved the most: the arts and women. Before deciding to spend his life in Bali, Le Mayeur had already travelled around the world. Sacrificing his travels to pursue his love of arts, he found himself enamoured of the exotic scent of frangipani and a certain bare-breasted Legong dancer, his wife and muse, Ni Pollok.

After Le Mayeur found ‘home’ in the island and Ni Pollok, who soon became the muse of his paintings and the rest of his life, the artist created a range of artworks in his impressionistic ‘dob’ style of painting. His technique was

considered unorthodox, albeit in a brilliant way. Le Mayeur utilized thick and rather stiff brushes to create sharp yet fluent caresses, which were later elaborated on by Antonio Blanco, another influential painter in Bali. Le Mayeur passed away on May 31, 1958. The loving couple left no children but the well-crafted mansion that is the museum today, and its legacy was bequeathed to the Indonesian government. The museum exemplifies the priceless heritage of an artist and a nation. The main building features the former living quarters of the couple, with classical Balinese elements, sculpted stone walls and red terrazzo floor tiles. Carved wood dominates the furnishings, and window sills feature motifs inspired by wayang shadow puppet characters. There are five rooms that serve as silent witnesses to the lives of Le Mayeur and Ni Pollok.

Visitors may imagine the similar love story brought again to life

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through inanimate objects, similar to the retro-styled storytelling of the film Titanic. Walkthroughs include the artist’s studio, reading room and study, and the bedroom as well as Ni Pollok’s vanity corner and bathroom.

Good to Know Le Mayeur is easily found, located right on the beachfront in Sanur.

The compound features structures in Balinese architecture that houses well over eighty artworks categorised into five different collections based on the mediums that Le Mayeur used, such as hardboard, plywood, canvas and paper. Most of the paintings in his collection feature bare-breasted women, and not all were the results of inspiration in Bali, as he had travelled the world prior to calling the island his home. Most of his world travels included Europe, Africa, India, Italy and France. Some of his work feature subjects inspired by his

B.BP.001.04.17.0000879

B.BP.004.04.17.0000842

Verstappen apologises to Brazil for Massa remark

LONDON - Max Verstappen apologised to Brazilian Formula One fans on Monday after a comment about Felipe Massa caused offence at the weekend. travels he painted during the 1920s.

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The 19-year-old Red Bull driver had accused the Williams veteran of wrecking his best lap in qualifying at the Bahrain Grand Prix and was asked by reporters whether he would be speaking to him.

“Well, he’s a Brazilian. So there’s not much to discuss,” Verstappen had replied.

The Dutchman, who won huge admiration for a stellar drive through the field to third place at a rainswept Interlagos circuit last

year, took to Instagram to clarify remarks that went down badly in Brazil.

“Being a passionate racer, I was very disappointed with my last (qualifying) stint and gave an emotional reaction that was taken out of context,” he said.

“By no means did I mean to insult the Brazilian people who I greatly respect and are always very nice to me when I visit the country.

“I would like to apologise to any Brazilians that feel offended and look forward to racing in your country again,” he added, referencing Brazilian world champions Ayrton Senna, Emerson Fittipaldi and Nelson Piquet.

Massa, the only Brazilian driver on the current starting grid, told UOL Esporte that he had spoken to Verstappen after the race and warned him to “be careful what you say because you’re going to have to go to Brazil to race there”.

Verstappen crashed out of Sunday’s race at the Sakhir circuit after a brake failure. (rtr)

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BOSTON - Geoffrey Kirui and Edna Kiplagat produced a Kenyan sweep at the Boston Marathon, winning the men’s and women’s races on Monday by conquering the race’s hilly final miles to establish their dominance.

Kirui finished in two hours nine minutes and 37 seconds after holding off a challenge by American Galen Rupp in the race’s final stretch down Boylston Street, the site of the deadly 2013 bombing attack. Kirui repeatedly tested Rupp in the closing miles, with the American Olympic bronze medalist eventually unable to match the Kenyan’s pace.

“He put in several surges and I was able to cover a few of them,” Rupp told reporters after the race.

Kiplagat, a 38-year-old mother of two whose resume includes marathon wins in London, Moscow, New York and Daegu, ran alone for the final miles of the race and finished in 2:21:52, almost a minute ahead of Bahrain’s Rose Chelimo.

The Kenyan maintained her comfortable lead despite briefly stopping in the final miles when she realized she had grabbed a rival’s water bottle from an aid station and went back to return it.

“I had to put back something which was not mine,” Kiplagat told reporters. “I was afraid, because you know, if you miss water it can affect you.”

American Jordan Hasay set a record for an American women’s debut marathon, coming in third in 2:23:00. Japan’s Suguru Osako finished third among the men. Security was high along the course, which begins in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, and passes through Boston’s suburbs to the finish line, where a pair of ethnic Chechen brothers on April 15, 2013 set off two homemade bombs, killing three people and injuring more than 200.

Meb Keflezighi, who in 2014 became the first American to win the race in over three decades, finished 13th in his final Boston Marathon.

Keflezighi, who plans to retire from racing after the New York City marathon in November, stopped after his victory to touch the hand of Bill Richard, whose 8-year-old son Martin was the youngest person to die in the bombing.

“In 2013, I was a spectator just like the three victims and when I saw the 8-year-old ... the first thing in my mind was that could have been my daughter,” said Keflezighi.

Tens of thousands of people packed the streets for Boston’s largest sporting event, held on the Patriots Day holiday, which commemorates the start of the American Revolution. (rtr)

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SEOUL - The torch relay for next year’s Winter Olympics will begin in South Korea in November and travel 2,018 kilometres around the country before arriving in Pyeongchang to mark the start of the Feb. 9-25 Games, organisers said on Monday.

The flame will be lit in Olympia, Greece on Oct. 24 before coming to Korea for the domestic relay. It

would then be taken through 17 cities and provinces by 7,500 torchbearers, beginning on Nov. 1 -- the 100-day countdown to the Games, POCOG said in a statement.

The identity of the final torchbearer has not been revealed yet but it would be a huge surprise if figure skater Kim Yuna does not light the cauldron to start Asia’s first Winter Games outside of Japan.

Kim, who almost single-handedly raised the profile of winter sports in South Korea, won gold at the Vancouver Games in 2010 and a controversial silver in Sochi four years later before retiring from the sport.

She was also a torchbearer at the 2006 and 2010 Games and said the experience would create a “lifelong memory” for those taking part in the relay for Pyeongchang.

“It was a great honour to carry the Olympic torch for Torino 2006 and Vancouver 2010,” she said in the statement. “It motivated me to work even harder towards winning a gold medal at the Olympic Winter Games.”

Also on Monday, the South Korean government said it would tack on 2 billion won ($1.75 million) in additional funding to help local athletes prepare for the Games,

Yonhap News reported.

The funds are in addition to the 33.7 billion won the government had already set aside for athlete training and preparation.

Located in the mountainous Gangwon Province, some 180 kilometres east of Seoul, Pyeongchang failed in bids for the 2010 and 2014 Winter Games before finally finding success. (rtr)

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British PM May calls for early election to strengthen Brexit hand

LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May called on Tuesday for an early election on June 8, saying she needed to strengthen her hand in divorce talks with the European Union by shoring up support for her Brexit plan.

Standing outside her Downing Street office, May said she had been reluctant about asking parliament to back her move to bring forward the election from 2020, but decided it was necessary to win support for her ruling Conservative Party’s efforts to press ahead with Britain’s departure from the EU. Some were surprised by her move - she has repeatedly said she does not want to be distracted by timeconsuming campaigning - but opinion polls give her a strong lead and she has faced opposition from her own

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party for her some of domestic reforms.

The pound strengthened by almost half a cent against the dollar and 10-year British government bond yields rose slightly after the announcement.

“It was with reluctance that I decided the country needs this election, but it is with strong conviction that I say it is necessary to secure the strong and stable leadership the country needs to see us through Brexit and beyond,” she said.

“Every vote for the Conservatives will make it harder for opposition politicians who want to stop me from getting the job done.”

May is capitalising on her runaway lead in the opinion polls. The Conservative Party is around 20 points ahead of the main opposition Labour Party, a large lead for an incumbent party two years after the last parliamentary election.

The prime minister’s own personal ratings also dwarf those of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, with 50 percent of those asked saying she would make the best prime minister. Corbyn wins only 14 percent, according to pollster YouGov. But before holding the election, May must first win the support of two-thirds of the parliament in a vote on Wednesday. Labour said it will vote in favour of a new election, meaning she should be able to get it through.

“The decision facing the country will be all about leadership,” May said.

“It will be a choice between strong and stable leadership in the national interest with me as your prime minister, or weak and unstable coalition government, led by Jeremy Corbyn, propped up by the Liberal Democrats who want to reopen the division of the referendum.” (rtr)

Opinion surveys show Purnama running neck and neck with his challenger Anies Baswedan, who, like some 85 percent of Jakartans, is a Muslim. Purnama, 50, inherited the governorship after Joko Widodo was elected president in 2014. His brash talking style, a contrast with the soft-spoken Javanese politicians who dominate the ruling class, has grated on some voters.

Purnama won the first round of voting in February in a three-way race with 43 percent of the ballots to set up Wednesday’s second round with Basedan, who won 40 percent. The campaign has been “the dirtiest, most polarising and most divisive the nation has ever seen,” the Jakarta Post said in an editorial on Tuesday.

Calling the capital “the barometer of Indonesia’s political pulse”, the daily said the election would have a bearing on the next presidential election in 2019.

Police on Monday blocked plans by hardline Islamist groups to guard polling booths, citing the risk of clashes after a campaign fraught with religious tensions, and said around 66,000 police and military personnel will be deployed on voting day.

‘VOTER FRAUD’

Prabowo Subianto, head of the Gerindra Party that Baswedan represents, said in a video message recorded over the weekend that “religious people need a leader who respects their beliefs”. Prabowo lost the 2014 election to President Widodo.

Purnama faces up to five years in jail if convicted of blasphemy.

His trial will resume on Thursday, when prosecutors will submit their sentence request.

Prabowo said he was concerned about potential voter fraud.

“Cheating is a common enemy to us. We don’t want to cheat,” he said. “However, we will not hold back if we are cheated.”

Hardline Islamic cleric Habib Rizieq, who helped organise the anti-Purnama demonstrations during the campaign, last week urged Muslims to travel to Jakarta and be ready to “finish” their opponents.

“This is not a battle between Anies and Ahok. This is a battle between ... defenders of Islam and those who blaspheme against Islam,” Rizieq said at an event in the city of Surabaya.

“Those who can come to Jakarta better have the guts to do so and prepare a will for your family,” he added, as the crowd roared in response.

At Luar Batang, where Prabowo’s party has set up tents for those evicted from their homes, the woman at the street cafe said people are tired of politicians’ false promises and warned that frustration could boil over if Purnama wins the vote. “If (Purnama) is elected again something extraordinary will happen,” she said. (rtr)

Indonesia’s capital to vote amid religious tensions

JAKARTA - Jakarta voters head to the polls on Wednesday to elect a governor for Indonesia’s capital after a campaign that incited political and religious tensions in the world’s most populous Muslim country.

The race to lead the city of more than 10 million has been fought by two candidates - an ethnic Chinese Christian and a Muslim. It has triggered mass protests and stirred religious and political tensions in the

world’s third largest democracy.

THE CANDIDATES

Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, known by his Chinese nickname as “Ahok”, is the incumbent governor who

took over running Jakarta in 2014 when his then boss, Joko Widodo, won the presidency. Purnama, 50, is the city’s first ethnic Chinese and Christian leader and is backed by the ruling Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P).

Purnama is standing trial on blasphemy charges after allegedly insulting the Koran during the campaign. Hundreds of thousands of protesters rallied after an edited video of his comments about a Koranic verse were circulated. He has appeared in court throughout the campaign. If he wins the election but is convicted of blasphemy, Purnama can assume office as long as an appeals process is going on.

Purnama’s policies include new infrastructure to fix Jakarta’s chronic traffic congestion, flood mitigation, better waste management and

anti-corruption measures.

Anies Baswedan, 47, is the former rector of Jakarta’s Paramadina University and campaign manager for Widodo during the 2014 election. Widodo appointed him education minister but sacked him less than two years later.

Baswedan has shifted allegiance to Widodo’s presidential rival in the 2014 campaign, Prabowo Subianto, and now represents Subianto’s Gerindra Party. Baswedan was criticised for meeting hardline Islamists during the campaign. His platform has focused on improving public education and combating the rising cost of living. He opposes a giant seawall in Jakarta Bay that Purnama has advocated.

VOTING IN JAKARTA

The April 19 election is a runoff

between the two most popular candidates in the first round of polling held on Feb. 15. In the first round, Purnama received 43 per cent of the vote and Baswedan 40 per cent. A third candidate, Agus Yudhoyono, dropped out of the race after receiving only 17 per cent of the vote.

A candidate needs a simple majority to win. Private pollsters approved by the General Elections Commission will conduct quick counts of a sample of votes after polls close on April 19, giving an indication of the winner.

Official results are expected to be announced by the elections commission by May 5-6. Defeated candidates can dispute the results in the Constitutional Court. About 7.1 million people are registered to vote in Jakarta. The turnout was 77 per cent for the first round of voting. (rtr)

Triumphant Erdogan swats away Western criticism of referendum

ANKARA - A defiant Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan denounced the West’s “crusader mentality” on Monday after European monitors criticised a referendum in which he won sweeping new powers.

Erdogan, whose narrow victory laid bare the nation’s divisions, told flag-waving supporters that foreign election observers should “know their place” and Turkey did not “see, hear or acknowledge” criticism that the vote did not live up to international standards.

Sunday’s vote ended all debate on forging a stronger presidency, said Erdogan, who argues that concentration of power is needed to prevent instability.

Opponents accuse him of leading a drive toward one-man rule in Turkey, a NATO member that borders Iran, Iraq and Syria and whose stability is of vital importance to the United States and the European Union.

The main opposition party rejected the result and called for the vote to be annulled. Thousands of people marched through at least three neighbourhoods of Istanbul, some chanting “Thief, Erdogan,” “no to the presidency” and “this is just the beginning” after calls on social media for protests in several cities.

Late on Monday, the cabinet extended a state of emergency by three months, Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus told reporters. It was the third such extension since a failed coup attempt last July.

DEEP DIVIDE

Election authorities said preliminary results showed 51.4 percent of voters had backed the biggest overhaul of Turkish politics since the founding of the modern republic.

U.S. President Donald Trump called Erdogan to congratulate him on his referendum victory and

to thank him for supporting a U.S. missile attack on Syria in response to a chemical attack by Syrian government forces on April 4, the White House said in a statement.

Trump and Erdogan also agreed on the importance of holding Syrian President Bashar al-Assad accountable for the chemical attack and discussed the campaign against the Islamic State, the statement said.

But the narrowness of his victory could add to volatility in a country that has lately survived an attempted coup, attacks by Islamists, a Kurdish insurgency, civil unrest and war across its Syrian border.

The result laid bare the deep divide between the urban middle classes who see their future as part of a European mainstream and the pious rural poor who favour Erdogan’s strong hand. Erdogan reiterated his readiness to restore the death penalty at several appear-

ances on Monday, which would effectively end Turkey’s decadeslong quest to join the EU. He said it was not important if the EU suspended Turkish accession talks.

“The crusader mentality in the West and its servants at home have attacked us,” Erdogan told a crowd as he arrived at Ankara airport, referring to the foreign monitors’ assessment. (rtr)

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrives at a news conference in Istanbul, Turkey, April 16, 2017.

An Indonesian Muslim holds up a poster during a rally calling for the arrest of Jakarta’s Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, popularly known as Ahok, who is accused of insulting the Koran, in Jakarta, Indonesia December 2, 2016. Picture taken December 2, 2016.

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The scenario underscores how difficult it is for Trump, who has tried to distance herself from the brand that bears her name, to separate business from politics in her new position at the White House.

As the first daughter crafts a political career from her West Wing office, her brand is flourishing, despite boycotts and several stores limiting her merchandise. U.S. imports, almost all of them from China, shot up an estimated 166 percent last year, while sales hit record levels in 2017. The brand, which Trump still owns, says distribution is growing. It has launched new activewear and affordable jewelry lines and is working to expand its global intellectual property footprint. In addition to winning the approvals from China, Ivanka Trump Marks LLC applied for at least nine new trademarks in the Philippines, Puerto Rico, Canada and the U.S. after the election.

The commercial currents of the Trump White House are unprecedented in modern American politics, ethics lawyers say. They have created an unfamiliar landscape riven with ethical pitfalls, and forced consumers and retailers to wrestle with the unlikely passions now inspired by Ivanka Trump’s mid-market collection of ruffled blouses, shifts and wedges.

Using the prestige of government service to build a brand is not illegal. But criminal conflict of interest law prohibits federal officials, like Trump and her husband, from participating in government matters that could impact their own financial interest or that of their spouse. Some argue that the more her business broadens its scope, the more it threatens to encroach on the ability of two trusted advisers to deliver credible counsel to the president on core issues like trade, intellectual property, and the value of the Chinese currency.

“Put the business on hold and stop trying to get trademarks while you’re in government,” advised

Richard Painter, who served as chief White House ethics lawyer under George W. Bush.

To address ethical concerns, Trump has shifted the brand’s assets to a family-run trust valued at more than $50 million and pledged to recuse herself from issues that present conflicts.

“Ivanka will not weigh in on business strategy, marketing issues, or the commercial terms of agreements,” her attorney, Jamie Gorelick, said in a statement. “She has retained authority to direct the trustees to terminate agreements that she determines create a conflict of interest or the appearance of one.”

In a recent interview with CBS News, Trump argued that her business would be doing even better if she hadn’t moved to Washington and placed restrictions on her team to ensure that “any growth is done with extreme caution.”

China, however, remains a nagging concern. “Ivanka has so many China ties and conflicts, yet she and Jared appear deeply involved in China contacts and policy. I would never have allowed it,” said Norman Eisen, who served as chief White House ethics lawyer under Barack Obama. “For their own sake, and the country’s, Ivanka and Jared should consider stepping away from China matters.”

Instead, the first daughter and her husband have emerged as prominent interlocutors with China, where they have both had significant business ties. Last year, Kushner pursued hundreds of millions of dollars in real estate INVESTMENTS from Anbang Insurance Group, a financial conglomerate with close ties to the Chinese state.

After media reports about the deal, talks were called off.

Publicly, Ivanka has taken a gracious, charming approach toward Beijing. During the Mar-a-Lago meetings, her daughter, 5-year-old Arabella stood in a gilded room and sang a traditional Chinese song, in Mandarin, for China’s president,

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Unique, Magoakgoakan Tradition in Kintamani

Kintamani customary village held magoak-goakan tradition on Thursday (Mar. 23). The tradition was attended by approximately 4,000 people ranging from children, adolescents, adults to the elderly. The tradition was organized in a series of Nyepi Desa at the local customary village. From the morning, thousands of people putting on middle traditional attires have thronged the village square or sacred land to implement magoak-goakan tradition.

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FILE - In this March 6, 2015, file photo, Ivanka Trump models an outfit following an interview to promote her clothing line in Toronto. As the first daughter crafts a new political career from her West Wing office, her brand is going strong, despite boycotts and several stores limiting her merchandise.

Xi Jinping. The video, which was lavishly praised by Chinese state media, played over 2.2 million times on China’s popular news portal qq.com.

The week of the summit, 3.4 tons of Ivanka Trump handbags, wallets and blouses arrived in the U.S. from Hong Kong and Shanghai. U.S. imports of her merchandise grew an estimated 40 percent in the first quarter of this year, according to Panjiva Inc., which maintains and analyzes global shipping records.

Painter, the former Bush administration lawyer, recommended full recusal from issues related to trade with China. That is likely to be difficult because trade is so deeply embedded in the US-China relationship and has been linked with other matters, like North Korea.

“The danger is that with any discussion with the Chinese, one party or the other may try to bring up trade,” he said. “That’s a slippery slope that may require her or Jared to step out of the room.”

Gorelick, Ivanka Trump’s attorney, said that Ivanka and her husband would steer clear of specific areas that could impact her business, or be seen as conflicts of interest, but are under no legal

obligation to step back from huge swaths of policy, like trade with China.

Under the rules, Trump would recuse herself from conversations about duties on clothing imported from China, Gorelick said, but not broad foreign policy. “In between, you have to assess it case-by-case,” she said.

Trademarks can be signs of corporate ambition, though many countries — such as China, where trademark squatting is rampant — also allow for defensive filings to prevent copycats from using a brand.

Trademarks pose ethical, and possibly legal, implications for government employees because they are granted by foreign states and confer the monopoly right to sell branded product in a particular country — an entitlement that can be enormously valuable. Intellectual property lawyers say trademarks are also a crucial prerequisite for cutting licensing deals, which form the basis of both Ivanka and Donald Trump’s global business strategy.

Today, Ivanka Trump Marks LLC has 16 registered trademarks in China and 32 pending applications, along with a total of four marks granted preliminary approv-

al since the inauguration, according to China’s Trademark Office. Altogether, they cover a wide range of goods and services, including cosmetics, jewelry, leather handbags, luggage, clothes, shoes, retail, spa and beauty services. There is no sign the recent approvals were particularly swift. China’s Trademark Office did not respond to a request for comment.

Globally, the company has more than 180 pending and registered trademarks in countries including Canada, India, Japan, Israel, Mexico, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, as well as the U.S. and Europe, public records show. In December, the company applied for five trademarks, covering handbags and wallets in Puerto Rico, and lingerie and other clothes in the U.S. After the inauguration, the company filed four more applications, for branded clothing and shoes in the Philippines, and perfume and other items in Canada.

Trump did not sign off on the new trademark applications, her brand said in a statement, adding that they are “not necessarily an indication that the brand is planning to launch a category or a store in a specific territory.(ap)

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Ivanka’s biz prospers as politics mixes with business

SHANGHAI — On April 6, Ivanka Trump’s company won provisional approval from the Chinese government for three new trademarks, giving it monopoly rights to sell Ivanka brand jewelry, bags and spa services in the world’s second-largest economy. That night, the first daughter and her husband, Jared Kushner, sat next to the president of China and his wife for a steak and Dover sole dinner at Mar-a-Lago.

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Not infrequently, the participants should turn upside down due to the sloping arena. In addition, a number of participants, especially women, were crushed by the other participants. Nevertheless, it did not reduce the enthusiasm of residents to follow the tradition.

Amid the activities, chief of Kintamani customary village, Nyoman Sukadia, said that magoak-goakan tradition has been started at 8:00 until midnight. This activity is routinely held every year considering this tradition is the legacy of ancestors that must continue to be preserved.

“The magoak-goakan tradition has something to do with religious ceremonies of Nyepi Desa of Kintamani village. This event has been organized since the full moon of Balinese ninth month (Mar. 12) and the ceremony ended at 00:00 on Wednesday,” he said.

Sukadia explained that the magoak-goakan tradition aims to more establish relationship among the residents of Kintamani customary village. Moreover, this tradition is intended for preservation of the natural environment and wildlife.

The ceremony takes place on the full moon of the Balinese ninth month and during which is also held Jagra and Miasa.

“From there, we’ve been required to preserve and honor our fellow beings. At that time, we should not slaughter chicken nor sell it. In addition, residents are not allowed to speech words that may offend others and may not do negative things. They may only be allowed to do positive things,” he explained.

He disclosed that when the magoak-goakan tradition was held, all Kintamani customary

villagers were dissolved together in joy. They should not conduct any activities like work. “So, for today (Thursday—Ed), residents absolutely do no activities, but focus on following this activity so that they all can have fun in this tradition,” he said.

After magoak-goakan activities, it was resumed with the search for firewood. Residents are required to find a dead tree or dried tree branches without carrying tools such as axes and so forth. They should not cut down trees that are still alive.

“Meanwhile, the day after tomorrow is the preservation that has something to do with land and the earth. All residents should not dig because it is the nature conservation and preservation. Essentially what has become a tradition should be followed by all residents of Kintamani,” said Sukadia. (kmb)

Since it was used for film shooting of the Eat, Pray, Love starred by famous artist Julia Roberts, the lava area at Toya Bungkah Batur, Kintamani is now visited by many tourists. Each day, there are always tourists especially those coming to just look around the existing natural beauty on the edge of Lake Batur.

To get to the shooting location of the Eat, Pray, Love or all this time known as the Julia Roberts Point, visitors must walk about 500 meters long from the highway. This happens because there is no road access to the location. Along the way, visitors will pass through volcanic rocks and a variety of horticultural crops such as onions, tomatoes and peppers cultivated by local residents. To find out the shooting location, visitors can read directly an information board on the edge of the lake.

The short information is bilingually written in Bahasa Indonesia and English.

One of the local residents, Putu Ariana, said that since the location was used for film shooting, the pillow lava area is visited by many tourists, mostly consisting of foreign tourists. “Not long ago, my brother took tourists from Australia to this location,” he explained. Visitors coming to the Julia Roberts Point are usually driven by curiosity with natural beauty featured in the film. He said that before used as a shooting location, it was rarely visited by tourists. Most tourists coming to Toya Bungkah will skip this location. “But now, more and more tourists are coming here. Other than to Julia Roberts Point, they also visit the area of Batur caldera,” he said.

Now, to keep the area of Batur caldera including the Julia Roberts Point clean, hundreds of residents from several villages came down to pick up plastic waste in the region of Toya Bungkah, Wednesday (Mar. 2). At least, one truck of plastic waste could be collected and disposed of to regional landfill at Landih.

Headman of Songan B, Jero Lanang, said that the cleanup action to collect plastic waste will be carried out continuously. The 15 villages in the lakeside area are expected to get involved so that sanitation of the terrestrial garden is well maintained. “All this time, the Batur Geopark is known quite unclean. Through this action, we invite the community to participate in maintaining the sanitation of the geopark area,” he said. (kmb)

Mouth-watering Rambutan Salad Really Tempts

Have you ever tasted rambutan salad? Having tried, you will definitely get addicted because this kind of salad is relatively new.

However, it has been already familiar among young people. Other than tasting chewy and sweet, rambutan salad is also very easy to make.

Youngsters that like to hang out are fond of making it. Moreover, on Hindu feast, young people must

have tried this salad.

No one can make sure, when this rambutan salad first appeared and who made it. This rambutan salad became famous when it appears in social media. Youngsters take advantage of technology to tease their friends. They prepare very neatly and attractively, so that many people are tempted to taste it. Well, it is just like a magnet, people have vied to make it

though never tasted it before.

Rambutan salad does have a different taste. Other than being chewy, the flesh also tastes sweet.

Moreover, the water of its salad tastes very sweet. Certainly, it is naturally sweet. Lime sliced into circular pieces makes this salad distinctive, apart from looking beautiful. If wishing to get spicy flavor, you just need to add chili to taste.

The ingredients are rambutan and lime, while the seasonings include (white) sugar, salt and chili.

Indeed it tastes delicious, but do not eat this salad too much, because it can result in fever and cough. In this case, people are encouraged to control themselves so that do not be complacent in the enjoyment.

How to prepare it? First of all, exfoliate the skin of rambutan and

then put into the basin. After that, add some salt, chili and white sugar and stir until blended (can be finely grounded). Add a lemon having been squeezed, so that it will be watery. Flesh of the rambutan and spices are then mixed together and stir to get well blended. Furthermore, thinly slice the lime ??and put on the flesh of rambutan. Now, it is ready to be served! (kmb)

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Queue at Sanglah Hospital makes patients uncomfortable

For Syrian evacuees, bus bombing a tragic end to a tragic deal

DENPASAR - Discomfort of services at Sanglah Hospital is not only about parking matters but also about counter and polyclinic queues.

Monday (Apr. 17) was the first day after holiday. Large number of visit is inevitable. As seen, the queue at registration counter was crowded from early morning. As a result, some visitors should stand as well as sit in the hall and stairs.

A housewife from Kediri (Tabanan), who was holding her baby admitted to have been in the queue from 06:30 in the morning. Holding a child while waiting for a queue made her quite tired. She was forced to sit in the hall around the counter. Her adopted baby suffers from hydrocephalus so that she must regularly control it to Sanglah Hospital. “I have been here from 6:30 in the morning and my queue is number 350,” she complained.

Gusti Ngurah Adi Bija Antara, 9, from Klungkung with his mother and father has been in the queue from 06:00 in the morning. Around 09:00, he has finished queuing at the counter.

After a long struggle in the queue at the counter, he must be faced with another queue at polyclinic. His child fractured at the elbow of the left hand and should be installed with a pen. Since January 2017, he has been diligent to get medical checkup.

At that morning, Adi Bija looked tired. He was in her mother’s lap. They sit in the hall because the waiting bench has been fully occupied by other visitors. His mother told that for the control only she can spend a day. For queuing at the counter, it takes her about 30 minutes to an hour. That’s why she should come early.

After queuing in the counter, then she should take another queue in orthopedic polyclinic. According to her, IBP/kmb42 the queue in orthopedic polyclinic is Discomfort of services at Sanglah Hospital is not only about parking matters but also long enough. Thus, she estimated the checkup at the polyclinic will end about counter and polyclinic queues.

around 13:00. If coupled with an X-ray check in the laboratory, it will last until 14:00. Moreover, she had been waiting in queue until 15:00 and 16:00.

“At 15:00, the X-ray services are no longer available, so that we must come back on the following day. Sometimes, we get the turn of X-ray check until 16.00, but the result will be issued on the following day,” he said.

This family from Klungkung must go back and forth from Klungkung to Denpasar to take control. Luckily, she uses BPJS Health (health insurance) so that all the operating and control costs have been covered. However, she deplored the long operating schedule.

“Perhaps, due to using BPJS coverage the operating queue is long. Suppose we use non-BPJS payment, probably we can immediately get the turn,” he said.

Eka, another visitor came later. He came around 08:30 from Kediri, Tabanan. He came to control his injured left hand due to accident. In injured condition, he should take queue by himself.

Improvement of services ever attempted by Sanglah Hospital apparently does not work out. For instance, the service hours extended until the afternoon of 16:00 remains to leave a problem. Similarly, so far the online registration seems to have not been utilized maximally by patients. The preparation of two registration counters also still causes discomfort to patients. (kmb42)

Onwards traditional markets to become stockist

DENPASAR - The development of social media and rapid growth of the internet make people get convenience and practicality. This also has an impact on the interest of international brands, where they will be abandoned. “Now, people will prefer to choose non-branded products with the orientation in design,” said Sumarjaya Linggih, a member of Commission VI of the House of Representatives of the RI, on Sunday (Apr. 16).

He saw in Jakarta that merchants no longer have an off-line shop but selling online from home. “It will grow and can be assisted by the government,” he said.

The assistance provided will be in the form of training, design et cetera. In addition, he mentioned that the government also provides a free website run by the ministry of commerce to help the sales of merchants. In five years, he predicted there will be no more traditional markets. “The market will just serve as stockist,” he concluded.

Internet business (e-business) will flourish. Some people even plan to develop an online store at village. “At the village office, there will be a TV screen where people will order products. They pay in cash on the spot because certainly not all people at village have credit

card. Then, a week later their goods ordered will arrive,” he said.

The development of digital business has begun to be intensified. “If people want to develop, they will be supported,” he concluded. With the development of online business, traditional markets will not only need physical development but also internet business development.

Online business will be a source of new economic growth. “Among the richest men in China, 40 of them are young people and run IT business,” he revealed. As a result, the internet business can become very prospective for the progress of young entrepreneurs. (kmb42)

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Australia’s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull speaks as Immigration Minister Peter Dutton listens on during a media conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, April 18, 2017.

Australia toughens foreign worker visas, says Australian jobs for Australians

SYDNEY - Australia will abolish a temporary work visa popular with foreigners and replace it with a new programme requiring better English-language and job skills, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on Tuesday.

Turnbull, struggling with poor voter approval ratings, rejected suggestions the visa policy change was in response to far-right wing political parties, such as One Nation, demanding more nationalistic policies.

But in a Facebook announcement Turnbull said: “Our reforms will have a simple focus: Australian jobs and Australian values.”

In a similar vein, U.S. President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Tuesday directing changes to a temporary visa programme used to bring foreign workers to the United States to fill highly skilled jobs.

The order is an attempt by Trump to carry out his “America First” election campaign pledges.

Turnbull said the visa change would attract better skilled workers and see Australians employed over cheap foreign workers brought in under the old 457 visa programme.

“We are an immigration nation, but the fact remains- Australian

workers must have priority for Australian jobs,” he said. “We’ll no longer allow 457 visas to be passports to jobs that could and should go to Australians.”

The 457 visa was introduced in the 1990s to expedite the entry of business professionals and highly skilled migrants but over time it was opened up to include a broad suite of workers.

The programme has become mired in controversy with allegations the visa was being misused by employers to import workers on the cheap, not to fill genuine skill shortages.

“We are bringing the 457 visa class to an end. It’s lost its credibility,” Turnbull said at a press conference in Canberra.

Anyone now in Australia on a 457 visa will not be affected by the new arrangements.

The 457 visa, now used by about 95,000 foreign workers, will be re-

placed by a new temporary visa and the list of occupations that qualify for a visa will be reduced from more than 200.

The new visa will be limited to a two-year period and a second four-year visa will require a higher standard of English language. From 1901 to around 1973, Australia restricted non-white immigration under a White Australia policy, which required an English language test.

The Australian Industry Group (Ai Group), which represents more than 60,000 businesses, said the changes would improve the integrity of Australia’s visa programme.

“The temporary skilled visa programme should now be considered as settled without the need for further reviews and disruptive policy change,” said Ai Group Chief Executive Innes Willox.

Some experts said the government should focus on boosting education and training systems to address Australia’s skills needs. The opposition was not impressed though. Labor leader Bill Shorten tweeted “the only job Malcolm Turnbull cares about saving is his own.” (rtr)

BEIRUT - Mothers Noha, a Shi’ite, and Samira, a Sunni, were besieged for nearly two years on each side of Syria’s civil war. At the weekend they finally escaped the suffocating blockades under an evacuation agreement - but their ordeal was not over.

As they waited at two transit points miles apart outside Aleppo, a bomb attack hit Noha’s bus convoy, killing more than 120 people including dozens of children.

After ambulances rushed off the wounded, new buses arrived and the two convoys eventually reached their destinations - one in government territory and the other in rebel territory.

In the hours leading up to Saturday’s attacks, the two women spoke to Reuters about what they had left behind, their families being split up, and the likelihood they would never return home.

Reuters was not allowed back past security to try to find Noha after the blast, and lost contact with Samira after speaking to her earlier on another evacuee’s phone.

“We’ve lost everything. We hope to go back one day, but I don’t expect we will,” said Noha, 45, asking not to be identified by her last name.

Noha left al-Foua, one of two Shi’ite villages besieged by Syrian insurgents in Idlib province with her two youngest children and 5,000 other people under a deal between the Syrian government and armed opposition.

In exchange, 2,000 Sunni residents and rebel fighters from the government-besieged town of

Madaya near Damascus - Samira’s hometown - were given safe passage out, and bussed to Idlib province, a rebel stronghold, via Aleppo.

Thousands of Syrians have been evacuated from besieged areas in recent months under deals between President Bashar al-Assad’s government and rebels fighting for six years to unseat him.

The deals have mostly affected Sunni Muslims living in rebel-held areas surrounded by government forces and their allies. Damascus calls them reconciliation deals and says it allows services to be restored in the wrecked towns.

Rebels say it amounts to forced displacement of Assad’s opponents from Syria’s main urban centres in the west of the country, and engenders demographic change because most of the opposition, and Syria’s population, are Sunni.

But backed militarily by Russia and Shi’ite regional allies, Assad, a member of Syria’s Alawite minority, has negotiated the deals from a position of strength.

“There was little choice. We had to leave, we were scared,” said Samira, 55, who was travelling with her five adult sons.

She had feared her sons would be arrested or forced to join the Syrian military and fight once troops and officials of the Damascus government moved into the town.

Like Noha, Samira was relieved to have escaped a crushing siege which had caused widespread hunger - and in the case of Madaya, starvation - but had left everything behind, including family. (rtr)

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A damaged bus is seen after an explosion at insurgent-held al-Rashideen, Aleppo province, Syria April 16, 2017.

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China car dilemma: Beijing wants electric, buyers want SUVs

BEIJING — Automakers face a dilemma in China’s huge but crowded market: Regulators are pushing them to sell electric cars, but buyers want gas-guzzling SUVs. The industry is rattled by Beijing’s proposal to require that electric cars make up 8 percent of every brand’s production as soon as next year. Consumers are steering the other way: First-quarter SUV sales soared 21 percent from a year earlier to 2.4 million, while electric vehicle purchases sank 4.4 percent to just 55,929.

“It’s tough for someone with an EV to come and take away market share from SUVs,” said Ben Cavender of China Market Research Group.

The Shanghai auto show, which opens to the public on Friday, will showcase work on electric models meant to appeal to Chinese drivers who are wary of the unfamiliar technology’s reliability and cost.

The pressure for electrification in China is an added headache for automakers at a time when sales growth is slowing and competition heating up in a market they are counting on to drive global revenue.

Sales growth fell to 1.7 percent

in March from last year’s 15 percent. SUVs made up 40 percent of sales, while sedan purchases fell 4.9 percent.

At the Shanghai show, the industry’s biggest marketing event this year, almost every global and Chinese brand plans to display at least an electric concept car, if not a model ready for sale, alongside its latest SUVs and sedans.

General Motors Co.’s Buick unit announced plans last month for Chinese sales of its Velite 5 gasoline-electric hybrid sedan.

Buick also sells a hybrid LaCrosse in China.

This month, Ford Motor Co. said it will sell an all-electric SUV

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In this Friday, April 14, 2017 photo, a security personnel riding a motorized platform moves past an electric vehicle charging station in Beijing, China. Automakers face a conflict in China’s huge but crowded market: Regulators are pushing them to sell electric cars, but buyers want gasoline-hungry SUVs.

and a plug-in hybrid Mondeo Energi sedan in China. Ford’s joint venture with state-owned Changan Automobile Co. will manufacture the Mondeo.

Ford said by 2025 it plans offer electric versions of 70 percent of its models sold in China.

“We are prioritizing our electrification efforts on China to reflect its importance as a global electrified vehicle market,” Ford CEO Mark Fields said in a statement.

NextEV, a Shanghai-based startup, says it will display 11 vehicles in Shanghai from its all-electric NIO brand. They include the twodoor EP9, a contender for the title of fastest electric car, with what the manufacturer says is a top speed of 194 mph (310 kph).

Volkswagen AG plans to announce its electric vehicle plans for China and unveil an electric concept car. Honda Motor Co. will show its new NeuV, a futuristic concept car the company has suggested might get an electric drivetrain.

Government planners see electric vehicles as a sector where China can lead, and a Cabinet technology development plan issued in 2013 calls for two of the top global brands in 2025 to be Chinese.

Hence the proposal, released in September, calling for electric or gasoline-electric hybrids to make up 8 percent of every automaker’s output next year. That would rise to 10 percent in 2019 and 12 percent in 2020.

Manufacturers failing to meet those targets could buy credits from companies that produce more electrics, helping to subsidize development.

People in the industry say manufacturers have warned Beijing those targets are too ambitious.

News reports say regulators might have agreed to lower or delay them in an updated plan due out this year, but there has been no official

confirmation.

China’s stand-out EV success so far is BYD Auto Co. It sells all-electric vehicles to taxi and bus fleets in China and abroad and gasoline-electric hybrid SUVs and sedans to Chinese consumers.

BYD Auto says last year’s sales rose 70 percent over 2015 to 100,183 vehicles. That would make it the biggest electric brand for a second year, with Tesla Inc. in second place at 76,230 vehicles sold.

Other Chinese brands offer plugin electrics but most sold only a few hundred vehicles last year. That is partly because their vehicles cost up to 350,000 yuan ($50,000), or two to three times the price of equivalent gasoline models.

Even Great Wall Motors Ltd., which became China’s most profitable auto brand by making almost nothing but SUVs, has unveiled an electric compact sedan, the C30 EV, which looks almost comically small next to its hulking other vehicles. It has yet to say when sales will start.

Some brands promise a range of up to 200 kilometers (120 miles) on one charge. But industry analysts say that is too much money and too short a distance for most drivers, who have few places to recharge.

“The biggest worries for people buying an electric car are lack of convenience for charging and the miserable range most electric cars have,” said Zhang Xin, an independent auto industry analyst.

To ease such “range anxiety,” the Cabinet has ordered the stateowned power industry to step up installation of charging stations.

Government plans call for China to have 100,000 public charging stations and 800,000 private stations by next year, up from a total of 50,000 at the start of 2016. Longer term, the government wants a network that can support 5 million vehicles by 2020. (ap)

Beijing park goes high tech to save toilet paper

BEIJING - A park in the Chinese capital, Beijing, has found a high-tech solution to stop people from using excessive amounts of toilet paper.

The Temple of Heaven Park has equipped public washrooms with a paper dispenser that uses facial recognition technology to record each user and then roll out a strip

of about 70 cm of paper for one trip to the bathroom.

The same user will have to wait for nine minutes before they can get another strip of toilet paper.

“This machine was actually designed in order to stop people from wasting toilet paper,” said Lei Zhenshan, a designer and sales executive for dispenser maker

Shoulian Technology.

“If the paper was put in an uncontrolled device, then people will waste it endlessly,” he told Reuters Television.

This month, Chinese media reported that visitors to the park’s washrooms were taking unnecessarily large amounts of toilet paper from dispensers. (rtr)

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This month, Chinese media reported that visitors to the park’s washrooms were taking unnecessarily large amounts of toilet paper from dispensers.

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The waste handling at Suwung landfill becomes a priority for Denpasar Environment and Sanitation Agency.

German investor glances at waste management of Suwung landfill DENPASAR - After the failure of PT Navigat Organic Energy Indonesia (NOEI) to process waste into electrical energy, now it remains vacant.

A number of investors have had time to make presentation related to the waste management in the landfill. At least, there are 20 investors having expressed their interest in processing waste in the landfill. After the selection, now there are investors being ready to process the piles of waste that is increasingly mounting.

Head of the Denpasar Environment and Sanitation Agency (DLHK), I Ketut Wisada, who met after the plenary session of the Denpasar House of Representatives, stated on Monday (Apr. 17) that there are investors that will make sure to process the waste in the landfill. The investor is from Germany.

Interestingly, the investor does not ask for any tipping fee.

Previously, many investors withdrew their interest because of tipping fee.

Wisada ascertained that in the near future his agency can make cooperation. However, the cooperation should also be made with the Sarbagita government. “We believe this can be realized in the near future,” said Wisada.

Wisada added that the waste handling at Suwung landfill becomes a priority for Denpasar Environment and Sanitation Agency. He mentioned that when entering 2017, the problem getting the attention from the DLHK Denpasar is the waste management at Suwung landfill. Moreover, after the issuance of the Mayoral Regulation No.11/2016 on waste management, the DLHK is now focusing on handling waste from depot to landfill. Then, waste handling at household level is carried out by independent pattern.

Waste management in the landfill is considered urgent because the waste production in Denpasar continues to increase. If previously producing 2,700 cubic meters per day, now it has amounted to 3,500 cubic meters. This happens due to the increasing population of Denpasar.

Meanwhile, Secretary of the DLHK Denpasar, Dewa Sayoga, not long ago revealed that since 2016 the waste handling pattern experienced a significant change. Previously, it was entirely carried out by DLHK officers (formerly DKP), but now starts to be carried out by involving the participation of community through villages.

This waste management is based on Mayoral Regulation No.11/2016 on the Procedures of Waste Management and Disposal in Denpasar. The regulation governs the waste management from the level of household to landfill. Each village must provide a temporary disposal site. (kmb12)

Smelt out by sniffer dog

German traveler arrested as carrying marijuana

DENPASAR - Starting from suspicion of the airport officers coupled with the hound of sniffer dogs, the customs and excise officers of Ngurah Rai Airport and interdiction team of BNNP Bali arrested a traveler from Germany with the initials PMS, 30. The man who daily works as a marketing officer was arrested with the evidence of marijuana with gross weight of 1.53 grams. He was arrested on Saturday (Apr. 15) around 15:30 at Ngurah Rai International Airport,

Tuban.

Head of the Bali Provincial National Narcotic Agency (BNNP), Putu Gede Suastawa, said on Monday (Apr. 17) that the suspect was arrested at the international arrival terminal of Ngurah Rai Airport.

The suspect arrived by Chinese Airline with flight number CI771 flying from Taipei to Denpasar.

Suastawa added that initially the customs and excise officers suspected a male passenger that would pass the X-ray scanner.

The customs and excise with the interdiction team of the BNNP Bali conducted an examination with a sniffer dog. After being smelt out, in fact it showed a positive response. Then, the officers performed the examination procedures by using the X-ray scanner against the luggage of the German traveler.

From the luggage of the German traveler was found the object mentioned above, and then resumed with examination of the

inspection room in the customs and excise office. When examined, in the gray blue black backpack was found aluminum foil package containing pieces of dried greenish brown plant suspected as marijuana. “When weighed, it has the gross weight of 1.53 grams,” said Suastawa.

Over the evidence, the customs and excise officers made coordination with the interdiction team and submitted to the BNNP Bali for further legal process. (kmb37)

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People of Tanjung Benoa start worrying

Provincial govt plans to close Turtle Island

MANGUPURA - Turtle Island tourism area located at Tanjung Benoa customary village, South Kuta, has been operating since 25 years ago. The tourist attraction that can bring in 3,000 visitors every day is now starting to be disputed by the Bali government, in this case the forestry agency, UPT Tahura Ngurah Rai grand forest park. Tahura management has sent a letter for the closure of the area.

The closing instruction is set forth in a third reprimand letter by the Bali forestry agency, UPT Tahura, on March 14, 2017. The letter No. 523/39 / THR.NR / 2015 ordered to stop the turtle breeding activities in the forest area of Ngurah Rai grand forest park. If violated, it will be processed by law. With the issuance of the third reprimand letter, residents of Tanjung Benoa customary village begin to worry about the plan that will close the Turtle Island tourist area.

“I was surprised when receiving the third reprimand letter from the Bali forestry agency because I do not know the first and second one.

Why did it suddenly issue the third reprimand?” said chief of Tanjung Benoa customary, I Made Wijaya, on Sunday (Apr. 16).

Made Wijaya who is also a legislator of the Badung House of Representatives, said the existence of the Turtle Island is one of the leading tourist attractions that provides income for the local community. Related to the closure plan, after receiving the third reprimand letter, as chief of Tanjung Benoa customary village he conducted a hearing with various parties in-

cluding the forestry agency. This man familiarly addressed as Yonda considered the curbing effort by closing is not a good solution for the people of Tanjung Benoa.

“If the government wants harmonious relationship between the central government and residents of customary village, it should look for the way out and should not be resolved by the way of closure,” he pleaded.

He also asserted that customary village never asks for the right to ownership of the land. However, what people want is good cooperation because in the law is also stated about the matters related to community participation. He hoped the existing cooperation can continue to run as ever before. “We do not want to grab or damage the land but only beg for good cooperation with the government,” he said.

Government cooperation with the community related to the Turtle Island is said to have ended in 2010. From 2010 until now, there is miss communication because customary village was said to have never applied for the extension of the cooperation permit. Actually the chief of customary village had

proposed, but at that time it was constrained by a change of zone.

Then, in 2015 when he took office, he re-submitted the request for the cooperation. However, so far the head of the forestry agency said that the request has not arrived at his desk.

He began to question, if the government considers the community to have committed a violation by not proposing the extension of the cooperation contract, why did the forest agency not do anything?

This means the forestry agency has committed omission because until five years there is no communication. What he feared, if the closure is forced, it will result in social turmoil. The security will be disrupted.

Komang Suanjaya, one of the fishermen group members, added that in the region there are four groups of fishermen helping preserve the Turtle Island. One group is on private land and three other groups are on state land.

According to him, previously there was an agreement between the government in this case the Bali forestry agency, natural resources conservation agency (BKSDA) and the Tanjung Benoa customary village. His party as a community is indisposed when the Turtle Island will be closed. The maintenance effort of this Turtle Island tourist object has been independently carried out for 25 years. With such conservation, the Turtle Island is

visited by thousands of travelers every day.

“This means that the Turtle Island has contributed to the life of Tanjung Benoa customary villagers and brings the reputation of Bali

to foreign countries. If it will be closed, our people ask the government to rethink of it because it is not easy to build a tourist destination that can bring in many travelers,” he said. (kmb23)

village aims to develop the destination in the framework of empowering the surrounding community by utilizing the potential to the maximum and does not mean to damage the Turtle Island,” said Parwata when met on Monday (Apr. 17).

According to him, the community utilizing the potential of Turtle Island has a commitment to preserving the island, including turtle habitat that has become the main attraction of Bali tourism, especially of Badung.

“This will provide multiplier effects on Bali tourism as well.

But on the one hand, the central, provincial and district government has the authority to regulate.

Hopefully, this authority can still be discussed,” he said.

This PDI-P politician of Badung hoped that no parties will be harmed because each has obliga-

tion and authority. “If the province has the authority to organize and manage it, it’s okay. However, it should also be considered if the location (Turtle Island—Ed) has the potential that can be developed.

I think it is equally aimed at guarding the Turtle Island, maintaining turtle habitat and creating tourist destination,” he said.

Therefore, he hoped all parties will sit together to formulate their respective authorities so as to find a win-win solution. “It is how the government with good intention formulates it, not questioning whether it is allowed or not. This must be maintained together by the district, provincial and customary government to protect the environment. Since there are governing rules, let’s discuss,” he said.

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manage their respective potential.

This authority has been regulated in Law No.24/2014 giving the authority in accordance with their respective potential.

“The government gives the authority to the region to regulate and develop their respective potentials.

So, we will facilitate this issue for the sake of common good,” he said.

Chairman of Commission II of the Badung House of Representatives, Nyoman Luwir Wiana, also agreed. This South Kuta origin politician hoped that Bali provincial government could review the decision to close the activities on the Turtle Island. “This island has been known by travelers. If closed, it will result in new problems, not resolve the problem,” he said.

The commission in charge of tourism affairs requested that the activities on Turtle Island could

be maintained. His commission is concerned that the closure of Turtle Island will contribute to the unemployment and social conflicts.

“Hopefully, the tourism activities on Turtle Island are still running, while permit issues can be resolved while on the way. Thus, there will be no anxiety in the community,” he said.

As has been known, Bali province in this case forestry agency, UPT Tahura Ngurah Rai, has sent a letter instructing the closure of the area. Instruction of the closure is set forth in the third reprimand letter by the Bali forestry agency, UPT Tahura, dated on March 14, 2017. The letter No.523/39/THR. NR/2015 instructs the termination of turtle breeding activities in the Ngurah Rai grand forest park area.

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MANGUPURA - Third reprimand letter from Bali forestry agency, UPT Tahura grand forest park, requesting to stop turtle breeding activities in Tahura Ngurah Rai forest area was responded by Badung House of Representatives.

They did not agree to the closure of one of the tourist attractions and asked relevant agencies in the Bali provincial government, customary village and Badung government to sit together and find a win-win solution for the problem.

Chairman of the Badung House of Representatives, Putu Parwata, asked the government, in this case the Bali provincial government, to review the policy again. Turtle Island is one of the tourist attractions that involve the participation of local communities.

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Once preposterous, now immediate; Margaret Atwood on ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ NEW YORK - Margaret Atwood did not have any creative control over the latest adaptation of her dystopian novel “The Handmaid’s Tale,” but she was very clear what she didn’t want.

“That they not make a sort of soft porn film called ‘Maidens in Leather’ or something, which has always been a temptation to certain kinds of filmmakers,” the Canadian author told Reuters.

“The whole thing about such a puritanical society is that sex isn’t supposed to be fun. I’ve seen some people taking a crack at (‘Handmaid’s Tale’) and going in that direction and it was always wrong,” she said.

First published in 1985, “The Handmaid’s Tale” imagines a totalitarian near future when fertile women are forced into sexual servitude in a bid to repopulate a world facing environmental disaster. Women are forbidden to read, cannot control money and are forced to wear modesty clothing. Everyone spies on everyone.

Thirty years on, the new TV miniseries for Hulu, premiering April 26 and starring Elisabeth Moss as Offred, seems relevant.

Atwood, 77, calls it one of her “speculative fiction” novels but said every scenario was drawn from real events - from Puritan society to environmental pollution, infertility, the fight for women’s rights, the Cold War, book burnings and slavery.

Even so, the premise of “The Handmaid’s Tale” seemed far-fetched in 1985. “It seemed preposterous even to me. But I don’t mean to say it was preposterous. I didn’t think it was going to happen in that moment,” she said.

“When politically inclined people say they want to do such and such, I always believe them, so why be surprised? Then the 2016 U.S. election happened and all this became much more immediate,” she said In an hour-long conversation, Atwood never mentioned Hillary Clinton, U.S. President Donald Trump, nor any political party. Her passions are more fundamental and widespread, ranging from innovations in biotechnology to North Korean literature and the protection of birds.

While she is widely regarded as one of the foremost living feminist writers, it is not a label she would choose. Women’s rights and civil rights are inextricably linked, she says, but women have become complacent in the last 20 years. (rtr)

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The Chainsmokers perform at Z100’s Jingle Ball in Manhattan, New York, U.S. on December 9, 2016.

The Chainsmokers debut atop Billboard 200 chart with ‘Memories...’

LOS ANGELES - Dance-pop DJ duo The Chainsmokers ousted rapper Drake from the top spot on the weekly U.S. Billboard 200 chart on Monday, scoring their first chart-topping album after a slew of hit singles.

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Canadian writer Margaret Atwood speaks during an interview at a hotel in Havana, Cuba, February 8, 2017. Picture taken on February 8, 2017.

“Memories ... Do Not Open,” the debut full-length album from The Chainsmokers, racked up the equivalent of 221,000 in sales, including 60 million streams of the album and 166,000 copies sold, according to figures from Nielsen SoundScan.

The album includes the hit singles

“Paris” and “Something Like This,” following up on the duo’s breakout success with “Closer” last summer.

Drake’s “More Life” dropped one spot to No. 2. The Billboard 200 album chart tallies units from album sales, song sales (10 songs equal one album) and streaming activity (1,500 streams equal one album).

New entries in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 chart this week include a cappella group Pentatonix at No. 4 with “PTX Vol IV: Classics,” rapper Joey Bada$$ at No. 5 with “All-Amerikkkan Bada$$” and folk singer Father John Misty at No. 10 with “Pure Comedy.”

In the Digital Songs chart, which measures online single sales, former One Direction singer Harry Styles debuted at No. 1 with his solo debut “Sign of the Times” selling 142,000 copies. (rtr)

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A child rides a scooter in Luar Batang area in Jakarta, Indonesia April 18, 2017. The writing on the wall reads: “Burn Ahok.”

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“Dirty” Jakarta election looms as religious politics resurfaces

JAKARTA - Luar Batang is one of the Indonesian capital’s oldest neighbourhoods, founded in the 17th century to collect tolls from ships sailing in from the Java Sea when the city was the centre of the Dutch East Indies spice trade. Now, it is being demolished and many of its residents are being evicted to make way for a giant seawall meant to keep Jakarta from sinking under rising sea levels. That has made it ground zero for the election of the city’s governor, dubbed one of the most divisive election campaigns Indonesia has ever seen.

The incumbent governor, Basuki “Ahok” Purnama, was cruising towards a decisive election victory last September when he allegedly criticised a verse from the Koran that warns Muslims against allying with Christians and Jews.

Hardline Islamist groups responded with mass protests demanding that Purnama, an ethnic Chinese and Christian, be prosecuted. Police eventually did charge him with blasphemy.

It was Purnama who ordered the evictions from Luar Batang’s

slums to make way for one of his many infrastructure projects aimed at modernising this clogged and chaotic city.

Many of those who filled the streets of Jakarta to protest against him late last year were among the displaced, and violence broke out in Luar Batang after one of those demonstrations.

Luar Batang residents had just about given up their fight against evictions when the controversy over the Koran comments erupted, said one woman who did not want

to be named, sitting outside a small shack amid the rubble. “We see it as a gift from God,” she said, describing the slur as a means to bring down Purnama.

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