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‘Fate of the Furious’ Stays on Top; ‘Unforgettable,’ ‘The Promise’ Bomb

LOS ANGELES - “The Fate of the Furious” is racing to defend its title at the top of the box office, while a number of new releases including “The Promise” and “Unforgettable” are being left in the dust.

Universal’s eighth installment in the Fast and Furious franchise proved to be a global box office titan when it opened last weekend to a record-shattering $532.5 million. This time around looks to tell mostly the same story -- while domestic grosses slipped 61% from its first to second weekend, the movie is still easily topping the box office with $38.7 million from 4,329 locations.

But slipping domestic earnings (and lower U.S. grosses than “Furious 7,” which pulled over $250 million in its first two weekends versus “Fate’s” current sum of $163.6 million) are majorly overshadowed by the movie’s international appeal. A bankable, diverse cast including Dwayne Johnson, Vin Diesel and Charlize Theron is leading the film, directed by F. Gary Gray, to a two-frame global total of $744.8 million and worldwide sum of $908.4 million.

While studios wait for summer season to commence, there are no surprise hits to come of this weekend’s releases. Warner Bros.’ “Unforgettable” seems to have

slipped audiences’ minds, earning $4.8 million in its first weekend from 2,417 theaters.

“It just didn’t resonate with the intended audience,” said Jeff Goldstein, the president of domestic distribution at Warner Bros. Goldstein stressed that the movie was made for a moderate price, and the marketing was “targeted and appropriate” for the audience.

The directorial debut of Denise Di Novi stars Katherine Heigl as a scorned ex-wife, and Rosario Dawson as a woman who is newly engaged to the same man.

In his review for Variety, critic Peter Debruge lauded Heigl’s “terrific” performance, and wrote that her casting “savvily exploits the actress’s prickly reputation within the industry.”

“Unforgettable” joins a string of so-so to disappointing releases from Warner Bros. so far this year, including “Chips” and “Fist Fight.” At least the Heigl movie had a low production budget ( about $12 million) to minimize losses.

“The Promise,” too, couldn’t follow through, despite a social media push from stars including Leonardo DiCaprio, the Kardashian sisters and Cher. The movie, from Open Road Films on behalf of Survival Pictures, looks to round out the weekend with about $4.1 million from 2,251 locations -- barely cracking the top ten for the weekend. (rtr)

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This image released by Universal Pictures shows Charlize Theron, left, and Vin Diesel in “The Fate of the Furious.”

Gloves off in French election as Le Pen aide slams Macron

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Andrea Heydlauf (L-R), Chief Marketing Officer for African Parks, Rachel Webber, National Geographic Partners’ Executive Vice President of Digital Product, director and writer Imraan Ismail join former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attending a panel discussion after the VR screening of National Geographic’s “The Protectors: A Walk in the Ranger’s Shoes” at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York, April 22, 2017.

Hillary Clinton makes surprise appearance at New York film panel

NEW YORK - Hillary Clinton, who until recently had avoided the spotlight in the wake of her election defeat in November, made a surprise appearance at New York’s Tribeca Film Festival on Saturday as a panelist to discuss illegal elephant poaching.

The discussion followed the premiere of Academy Award-winning director Kathryn Bigelow’s virtual reality documentary “The Protectors: Walk in the Rangers’ Shoes.”

The eight-minute film allows viewers to experience what it is like to work as a park ranger trying to save elephants in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

“We’ve got to bust this market,” Clinton said of the global ivory trade.

The unexpected public appearance on Earth Day was one of several Clinton has made recently, following a period of silence after the former Democratic presidential candidate lost the November election to President Donald Trump.

Clinton said she first began focusing on the “horrific slaughter” of elephants when she was secretary

of state and later helped launch an anti-poaching initiative at her family’s nonprofit Clinton Global Initiative.

More than 30,000 elephants are killed by poachers every year in Africa.

In addition to endangering vulnerable elephant populations, trafficking also provides financial support to extremist militant groups, Clinton said.

“When we were looking at this, we thought there were three overriding goals: stop the killing, stop the trafficking and stop the demand,” she said.

While China is the world’s biggest market for illegal ivory, the United States ranks No. 2, Clinton said, requiring Americans to take a leading role in fighting elephant poaching.

Clinton also mentioned the March for Science, which took place in Washington and other cities around the world earlier on Saturday. The Earth Day event was in effect a protest against what critics say has been the Trump administration’s disregard for evidence-based knowledge and research. (rtr)

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PARIS - Far-right leader Marine Le Pen’s top aide sharply attacked her centrist opponent Emmanuel Macron, who is favourite to beat her for the French presidency, as campaigning for the final round on May 7 got under way within hours of first round results.

Global markets reacted with relief to Sunday’s outcome which broke a pattern of anti-establishment election shocks in which Britons voted to quit the European Union and Donald Trump was elected U.S. president.

The euro briefly reached fivemonth peaks while European shares rose sharply on the likelihood that the 39-year-old Macron will win the presidency in the runoff against Le Pen. Her pledge to ditch the euro currency and possibly quit the European Union has unnerved markets.

As both sides looked to court support now from their defeated rivals for the crucial May vote, Le Pen’s camp took aim at what they see as Macron’s weak spots - his privileged banker background and his role as economy minister in a discredited Socialist government

of outgoing President Francois Hollande.

“Emmanuel is not a patriot. He sold off national companies. He criticised French culture,” Florian Philippot, deputy leader of Le Pen’s National Front told BFM TV, saying she and Macron held completely different visions of France.

Philippot called the independent centrist and former investment banker “arrogant” and said that in Sunday night’s speech acclaiming his move into the second round “he was speaking as if he had won already”.

“That was disdainful towards the French people,” Phillipot said.

Macron’s victory dinner celebrations at Paris’s upscale Rotonde restaurant amounted to “bling-bling biz,” he said.

Though Macron, 39, is a comparative political novice who has

France’s presidential election French voters cast their ballots on April 23 in the opening round of a presidential election that is considered the most unpredictable in memory. The top two scorers from the first-round field of 11 candidates face off in a second and final vote on May 7.

Preliminary first-round results with 97 percent of votes cast CANDIDATES PROCEEDING TO SECOND-ROUND RUNOFF EMMANUEL MACRON MARINE LE PEN 0

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UNSUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES FRANCOIS FILLON JEAN-LUC MELENCHON BENOIT HAMON NICOLAS DUPONT-AIGNAN

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never held elected office, new opinion polls on Sunday saw him easily winning the final clash against the 48-year-old Le Pen. Interior ministry final figures in the highly-contested first round gave Macron 23.74 percent of the votes against Le Pen’s 21.53. A Harris survey saw Macron going on to win the runoff against her by 64 percent to 36. An Ipsos/Sopra Steria poll gave a similar result.

NIGHTMARE SCENARIOS

Ahead of Sunday’s vote, markets had been contemplating a variety of nightmare scenarios for them, including one in which Le Pen would go through to a runoff against the far left’s Jean-Luc Melenchon. The communist-backed candidate, who made a late surge in opinion polls, finished in fourth place.

Le Pen will be keen to avoid a repetition of 2002 when her father and National Front founder, JeanMarie Le Pen, got through to the second round in a surprise vote but went on to lose in a humiliating landslide against right-wing president Jacques Chirac.

Analysts say Le Pen’s best chance of hauling back Macron’s big lead in the polls is to paint him as a part of an elite aloof from ordinary French people and their problems. Part of that strategy would be to remind voters of Macron’s former role as a deal-maker in investment banking and economy minister under Hollande.

Without waiting for figures from the count, two defeated candidates - conservative Francois Fillon and socialist Benoit Hamon - urged their supporters now to throw their energies into backing Macron to stop any chance of victory by Le Pen, whose anti-immigration and anti-Europe policies they said spelled disaster for France.

Melenchon declined to back either of the two. Manuel Valls, a former Socialist prime minister on the right-wing of the party who broke with Hamon’s campaign after failing to beat him for the party ticket, said he would be ready to work with Macron.

“We must help him (Macron) as much as we can to ensure Le Pen is kept as low down as possible,” Valls said on France Inter radio.

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A montage of French national newspaper front pages reporting on the winners of the first round of the French presidential election, centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron and far-right candidate Marine Le Pen, are displayed in Paris, France, Monday, April 24, 2017. French voters shut out the country’s political mainstream from the presidency for the first time in the country’s modern history, and on Monday found themselves being courted across the spectrum for the runoff election.

In a victory speech on Sunday Macron told supporters of his fledgling En Marche! (Onwards!) movement: “In one year, we have changed the face of French politics.” He said he would bring in new faces and new talent to transform a stale political system once elected.

Sunday’s outcome was a huge defeat for the two centre-right and centre-left groupings that have dominated French politics for 60 years. Fillon, who insisted to his The Republicans party that he would triumph despite damaging allegations that he had paid his wife and two children from the public purse for work they did not do,

ended in third place with just short of 20 percent of the vote.

Socialist candidate Hamon never managed to gather any real momentum in his campaign and ended up in fifth spot - a position which emphasised the disarray of the French Left after five years of unpopular rule by Hollande. (rtr) News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http:// radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.

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Bali named World’s Best Destination 2017 by TripAdvisor

BALI becomes the first Asia’s tourist destination reaching first rank as the World’s Best Destination in the TripAdvisor Travelers’ Choice Award and beat out 418 other leading destinations around the world. TripAdvisor Travelers’ Choice Award was received by Governor of Bali, Made Mangku Pastika, represented

by Assistant of Economy and Development Administration of Bali Provincial Secretary, I Dewa Putu Sunartha, in Seminyak, on Thursday (Apr. 20).

Governor Pastika in his speech read by Sunartha expressed that the award is the choice of travelers and TripAdvisor users from around the globe that certainly have come to Bali and considered Bali as a tourist destination worth visiting.

“With this award, I hope more and more travelers will visit Bali. It is not enough to just come once, but come again and again because various interesting objects and attractions have been waiting for them in Bali,” he said.

Deputy of Tourism Marketing Development, Ministry of Tourism, I Gde Pitana, who represented the central government, said the award will strengthen Indonesia’s position as a country that prioritizes tourism. According to him, this award gives Bali three things that he called as 3C, namely Credibility, Confidence and Calibration. “All the awards given by international agencies are not delivered as such, but have definite and measurable indicators because tourism is a global industry, so that it applies global standards,” he said.

As award-giver, Sarah Matthews, Head of Destination Marketing for TripAdvisor Asia Pacific, said the winners of the TripAdvisor Travelers’ Choice Award were selected based on millions of reviews and opinions made by travelers around the world within 12 months. Globally, the reviews and objective opinions on the TripAdvisor have surpassed 500 million, with 290 contents per minute every day, said the woman claimed to travel to Bali for the first time 30 years ago.

“Bali is a tourist destination with the best experience for various types of travelers, such as nature, cultural and gastronomic tourism so that it is not strange if they want to share their experience with the world,” he said.

The award presentation was also attended by the Head of the Bali Tourism Office, A.A. Yuniartha, as well as tourism businesspeople in Bali.(r)

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Waste has impacts on mangrove forest

NEGARA — Waste problem does not only affect waters in the upstream area. Along the riverbanks of the Ijogading halving the Negara town getting to Mangrove forest in Perancak and Budeng are also affected. Household waste in the river stuck in the sidelines of mangrove roots during high tides.

The tourists are enjoying their time on Kuta Beach

Activities

As seen in the Mangrove Clean Up action, hundreds of high school students across Jembrana, technical unit (UPT) of fishery and maritime affairs throughout Bali, regional agency of Jembrana, NGOs and community groups cared about environment last Thursday (Apr. 20).

Waste cleanup in the mangrove forest is in a series of the Earth Day 2017 celebration held at the Marine Research Institute and Observation (BPOL).

In the mangrove cleanup, the participants managed to collect as much as 100 kg of waste.

It consisted of domestic waste such as pampers and plastic. The waste having been accumulated

in garbage bag was then transported by the Jembrana environment agency to landfill.

Manager Program Bali of Conservation International Indonesia, Made Iwan Dewantama, conveyed about the Nyegara Gunung conservation. According to Iwan, Bali must be managed into a single unit.

“Bali is a small island, so that what happens in the upstream is very quickly impacting on the sea, including the waste problem.

Waste on mainland becomes the biggest polluter in the sea,” he explained. Indonesia becomes the world’s second largest contributor of waste in the world.

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tionally on April 22 of each year is designed to raise awareness and appreciation to the planet inhabited by humans, namely this earth.

Head of the BPOL, Dr. I Nyoman Radiarta, hoped that the Earth Day 2017 celebration could become the initial moment of keeping the earth. “Hopefully, next year there can be a similar event and become more varied,” he hoped.

Series of the Earth Day celebration was also filled with the presentation of innovation in the form of garbage catcher equipment in mangrove known as Mangrove-Bin by Hanggar Prasetio from Conservation International Indonesia. (kmb26)

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Fake perforated coin competes again panca datu coins

of NASA’s Cassini spacecraft about to make one of its dives between Saturn and its innermost rings as part of the mission’s grand finale.

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CAPE CANAVERAL - NASA’s Cassini spacecraft soared past Saturn’s biggest moon for the last time on Saturday, tapping its gravity to slingshot into a series of exploratory dives inside the planet’s rings, followed by a final fatal plunge into the gas giant.

After nearly 20 years of traveling in space, Cassini used the gravitational tug of Titan, a moon resembling primordial Earth, to hurl itself into a new orbit that will pass through an unexplored region between Saturn’s cloud tops and its rings.

The spacecraft is expected to make the first of 22 dives between the planet and its rings on Wednes-

day. During the last dive on Sept.

15, Cassini is slated to destroy itself by flying directly into Saturn’s crushing atmosphere.

Cassini’s final run was set into motion early on Saturday by its 127th and final pass by Titan, the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration said.

At its closest approach, NASA

projections had Cassini flying 608 miles (979 km) above Titan, zipping by at a relative speed of 13,000 miles per hour (21,000 km per hour), “Titan’s gravity will bend Cassini’s orbit around Saturn, shrinking it slightly, so that instead of passing just outside the rings, the spacecraft will begin its finale dives which pass just inside the rings,” NASA

said in a statement on Wednesday.

During the dives, Cassini will measure how much ice and other materials are in the rings and determine their chemical composition.

That information will help scientists learn how the rings formed.

Cassini also will study Saturn’s atmosphere and take measurements to determine the size of the planet’s rocky core.

Cassini has been probing Saturn, the sixth planet from the sun, and its entourage of 62 known moons

since July 2004, but is running low on fuel.

NASA plans to crash the spacecraft into Saturn to avoid any chance Cassini could someday collide with Titan, the ocean-bearing moon Enceladus or any other moon that has the potential to support indigenous microbial life.

By destroying the spacecraft, NASA will ensure that any hitchhiking Earth microbes still alive on Cassini will not contaminate the moons for future study. (rtr)

China’s first cargo spacecraft docks with orbiting space lab SHANGHAI - China’s first cargo spacecraft docked successfully with the Tiangong-2 space lab on Saturday, the official Xinhua news agency reported, marking a major step towards Beijing’s goal of establishing a permanently manned space station by 2022.

President Xi Jinping has prioritised advancing China’s space programme to strengthen national security.

The Tianzhou-1 cargo resupply spacecraft made the automated docking process with the orbiting space lab after it had taken off on Thursday evening from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Centre in the southern island province of Hainan.

The Tiangong-2 space laboratory, or “Heavenly Palace 2”, was home to two astronauts for a month last October in China’s longest ever manned space mission.

The cargo spacecraft mission provides an

“important technological basis” to build a Chinese space station, state media have said.

It can reportedly carry 6 tonnes of goods, 2 tonnes of fuel and can fly unmanned for three months.

Despite the advances in China’s space programme for military, commercial and scientific purposes, China still lags behind the United States and Russia.

In late 2013, China’s Jade Rabbit rover landed on the Moon to great national fanfare, but ran into severe technical difficulties.

The U.S. Defense Department has highlighted China’s increasing space capabilities, saying it was pursuing activities aimed at preventing other nations from using spacebased assets in a crisis.

China insists it has only peaceful ambitions in space, but has tested anti-satellite missiles. (rtr)

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In this photo released by China’s Xinhua News Agency, China’s Tianzhou-1 cargo spacecraft moves towards the Tiangong-2 space lab for docking, as seen on a screen at the Beijing Aerospace Control Center in Beijing, Saturday, April 22, 2017. China launched its first unmanned cargo spacecraft Thursday on a mission to dock with the country’s space station.

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After getting only a few passengers on the first and second day of trial, now more students in Buleleng are interested to ride school bus operated by local transportation agency (Dishub).

Students in Buleleng start to get interested in using school bus

SINGARAJA - After getting only a few passengers on the first and second day of trial, now more students in Buleleng are interested to ride school bus operated by local transportation agency (Dishub). The passenger surge shows that the free transportation service of transportation agency by utilizing two bus aids from the ministry of transportation is required by students in North Bali.

Nevertheless, the transportation agency itself has not been self-contained yet and the dissemination during the trial period until the next few months will remain to be improved.

Division Head of Road Traffic, Gede Ngurah Sarjaya, said at his office on Wednesday (Apr. 19) that the trial period on the first and second day could only draw the interest of a few students to ride school bus. Seeing this result, his agency has made evaluation. Students are said to be reluctant to ride the school bus for fear of being charged a ticket.

In addition, during school hours students generally spread, so that school bus cannot reach more students. Different situation happens after school hours, where students gather at school, so that once the bus arrives they can be served in greater numbers.

“Indeed, we just served not more than ten students on the first and second day. We have evaluated and at the beginning of the trial students did not want to ride because they worry about having to pay ticket. Besides, there are no gathering points at the two departure locations of the bus,”

he said.

On the third day of trial, students begin to be interested to ride a bus when going to school or leaving school. Last Wednesday the whole seats of both buses were fully occupied. Moreover, some students had to stand up with the help of handrails prepared in the bus. Above the result, Sarjaya is getting more optimistic if the school bus program has begun to be utilized by students. He reminded the bus crews to keep serving students according to the existing procedures.

In order to more convince the free service, bus crews are asked to disseminate it to students that have ridden school bus and also asked the students to spread this information to their friends of the same school or different schools.

“From the beginning, the fixed procedures are already well implemented by bus crews. Now, there are more and more passengers, and our bus crews are asked to keep disseminating this service, so that in the future the service provided can be optimally utilized by students whose school is passed through by route of the school bus,” he explained.

One school bus leaves Sukasada Terminal (Sukasada) and passes through Jalan Jelatik Gingsir, Veteran, Ngurah Rai, Lieutenant Colonel Wisnu, Gajah Mada, Diponegoro, Erlangga and ends at Penarukan Terminal (Buleleng subdistrict). Then, another bus departs from Penarukan Terminal passes through Jalan Surapati, Imam Bonjol, Sutomo, Pramuka, Ngurah Rai, Veteran, Jelatik Gingsir and ends at Sukasada Terminal. The total distance covered by the school bus reaches approximately 20 kilometers with 18 school locations consisting of elementary, junior high and high school or vocational school.

When operating, each bus consumes 15 liters of fuel, so that every day the fuel consumption reaches about 30 liters. Fuel purchases, bus maintenance and bus operating costs are fully allocated in the Buleleng regional budget. After the trial period ends, the transportation agency will evaluate to find out the obstacles faced in the field. In addition, later on, if the service in town is considered less optimal, the school bus route will be probably diverted to serve students in countryside. (kmb38)

SEMARAPURA - Perforated coin or better known as pis bolong in Bali becomes complementary means in community ritual activities. So far, many of the perforated coins are found to have some colors such as black and golden yellow. Likewise, the scripts inscribed on the perforated coins are Chinese and some others Balinese scripts.

Perforated coins inscribed in Chinese scripts have existed since hundreds of years ago and used as a legal means of payment in their home country. Meanwhile, the perforated coins with Balinese scripts have began to exist and produced since 2004 at Tojan village, Klungkung.

I Made Sukma Swacita is one of the artisans at Tojan village who produces perforated coins with Balinese scripts. He said that perforated coins inscribed with Balinese scripts have been produced for the needs of ritual and souvenirs.

The products intended for ritual needs have three types, namely the one inscribed with five Balinese scripts of Sa, Ba, Ta, A, and I; the one inscribed with Ang and Ah script; and another one with Padma image or lotus symbolizing sanctity.

Swacita stated that pursuant to the result of seminar regarding the perforated coins presented by some higher priests in 2003, the perforated coins for ritual needs are produced by melting five metal materials or better known as pancha datu. The five metals include gold, silver, brass, copper and iron. In accordance with Hindu religious belief in Bali,

these five metals contain five powers influenced by the powers of the gods so that they are used for ceremonies.

Swacita said although the use of perforated coins made from pancha datu for complementary means of ritual has been proclaimed since the leadership of Dewa Barata, until now not all people want to use it. Society, said Swacita, many people still choose to use fake perforated coins that are not made from pancha datu material. This happens because the price is much cheaper compared to perforated coins made from pancha datu.

He mentioned that perforated coin is sold for IDR 1 million per 1,000 pieces; while the fake perforated coins that are not made from pancha datu material can be obtained by the community at a very cheap price of only IDR 50,000 per 1,000 pieces.

“Most people prefer to purchase cheap coins because many of them still do not understand about the core matter of the pancha datu,” he explained.

He revealed that all this time the perforated coins that are not made from pancha datu widely circulating in the market are brought in from Java. Swacita acknowledged that circulation of the perforated coins from Java is considered to adequately rival the marketing of pancha datu coins made by Tojan artisans.

“So, in the future there should be provision on the understanding regarding the purpose of using perforated coins made of pancha datu in ritual,” he said. (kmb40)

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The perforated coins with Balinese scripts have began to exist and produced since 2004 at Tojan village, Klungkung.

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Province prepares IDR 300 billion for road maintenance and improvement

DENPASAR - This year, Bali provincial government is ready to prepare budget around IDR 300 billion for road improvement and maintenance. The budget is only to handle the road along 743.34 km from 850.63 km last year. This happens due to the road section of Besakih and Sakah-Tampaksiring is taken over by central government.

“It means that at least at the end of 2018 we are targeted to complete where 84 percent of the roads are in steady condition. Previously, it was ready 82 percent,” said the Head of the Bali Public Works and Spatial Planning Agency, I Nyoman Astawa Riadi, in Denpasar, recently.

Astawa added that road maintenance has been regularly held. Without maintenance, the road condi-

tion will come down. For example, from a moderate condition it can become damaged. As the monitoring, the provincial road is prone to damage at the road section of Petang (Badung), Kintamani (Bangli) and Pupuan (Tabanan).

“We will handle the points in the areas like Petang as they are prone to disaster, especially landslides. In 2017, we are just planning,” he explained.

According to Astawa, his agency is planning a bridge construction to connect Plaga and Petang after being eroded by landslide in late 2016. The budget allocated for the 100-meter long bridge is in the range of IDR 60-70 billion.

“We plan a permanent bridge because there is possibility to continuously get eroded by landslides in the area,” he added. (kmb32)

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Traffic jam happened during the ceremony at Ulun Danu Temple in Batur, Bangli. Road is becoming one of the important thing that need to be developed by the government.

Inacraft 2017 followed by 1,300 SMEs

DENPASAR - Inacraft, the biggest exhibition of Indonesia’s craft and housewares, is held again on April 26-30. At first, the exhibition held in 1999 was only followed by 102 SMEs throughout Indonesia. However, in 2017 the total participants reaches than 1,300 SMEs. With surging number of registering participants, this year the organizer restricts by allowing the new comer participants only. “The first time only participants are allowed to participate so that everyone gets their opportunity,” said Secretary General of ASEPHI, Dewa Wirayudha, recently.

Similarly, there are many participants from the Association of Exporters and Producers of Indonesian Handicraft (ASEPHI) Bali wishing to join in this year’s Inacraft exhibition compared to the previous year.

Participants from Bali consist of the

members of ASEPHI and SMEs assisted by the district or municipal government.

The types of businesses vary ranging from textiles, wood crafts, jewelry and accessories as well as spa products. No wonder the Inacraft is thronged by the SME crafts and others because the SMEs get benefit from the sales side.

In addition, the participants and visitors can also see new variants of products from different regions. ‘This becomes an appropriate event to show off their superior design or product originating from each region,” he said.

Through the Inacraft event, participants of the exhibition can get a lot of markets. They mostly can grab local market of Indonesian. However, in 2017, the ASEPHI will invite overseas buyers to attend in seizing the export market. (kmb42)

Overloaded for several years

Regent promises to swap Gianyar Prison GIANYAR - For several years, the capacity of class II B prison of Gianyar has overloaded. The discourse on the relocation of the prison area has emerged for several times, but never gets realized. Now, regent of Gianyar is said to promise again the swap of Gianyar Prison with an area of two hectares at Bitra village, Gianyar.

Head of Gianyar Prison Security Unit, I.B. Dwikora Putra, said on Friday (Apr. 21) that the discourse of Gianyar Prison is not something new. Moreover, as far as he could remember the discourse to relocate the prison has come up for three times with three different locations like the discourse on the relocation to Petak village, Gianyar.

“At first, it was planned to be relocated to Petak village, but this location was rejected because it was said to be too far,” he said with permission of the Head of Gianyar Prison, Putu Astawa.

Furthermore, there was also a discourse on the relocation of the Gianyar Prison to Temesi village, Gianyar. After being reviewed, the area was considered not appropriate, either. “Well, the regent lastly offered the swap with two hectares of land at Bitra village, but until now it cannot

have been accomplished,” he said.

Dwikora revealed that the regent of Gianyar was re-discoursed the swap in a visit to the Gianyar Prison about a month ago. With the re-submission of the discourse, he hoped it can be realized this time.

“At that time, the regent already requested this can be processed immediately. Hopefully, this discourse can be realized because currently Gianyar Prison has been overcapacity,” he hoped.

He described that Gianyar Prison spreading across the area of approximately 4,400 square meters has a capacity of 44 prisoners. But, currently it has been occupied by 92 people consisting of 45 detainees and 47 inmates. “It is impossible to add new building in the area because it has been so dense. Thus, we hope it could be relocated,” he said.

According to him, the area used as a penitentiary is ideally located 5 km away from settlement, while Gianyar Prison is currently right in the middle of the town, adjacent to the Gianyar tourism Office and House of Representatives. “If can be realized at Bitra, probably it is quite appropriate,” he said. (kmb35)

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“Australia first” fortifies position of country’s prime minister

SYDNEY - Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has recorded a rise in voter support just days after tightening rules for foreigners seeking work and citizenship under an “Australia first” policy, a newspaper poll showed on Monday.

Turnbull has struggled to stop a haemorrhage of voter support with far right parties including Pauline Hanson’s One Nation on the rise and with his conservative government lagging behind opposition Labor in opinion polls.

The next election is not due until 2019, but continued poor polling could undermine Turnbull’s leadership.

Tightening immigration and citizenship rules last week under the banner “Australia first”, similar to U.S. President Donald Trump’s “America first”, boosted Turnbull’s personal rating four percent from early April, said a Newspoll by The Australian newspaper, the highest in nearly two months.

While support for the government rose one percent on a twoparty preferred basis - where votes for minor parties are redistributed to the two main blocs - Turnbull’s

government still trails Labor by a margin of 52-48, the poll showed.

Turnbull’s move towards more conservative politics may have won some support, but his position as leader remains on a knife-edge with poor polling a trigger for leadership spills in Australian politics.

“Although the poll offers some support for Turnbull’s hopes of keeping his job, he has to arrest the clear movement away in support since the election last year and show that he can keep hold of it,” said Haydon Manning, a political science professor at Flinders University in South Australia state.

Last week, Turnbull abolished a temporary work visa popular with foreigners, replacing it with a new programme, in a move critics described as political posturing.

He also announced plans to raise the bar for handing out citizenships by lengthening the waiting period, adding a new “Australian values” test and raising the standard for English language.

Turnbull next faces a critical budget on May 9 where the government will need to address slower economic growth and a seemingly intractable deficit. (rtr)

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The U.S. aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson transits the Sunda Strait, Indonesia on April 15, 2017.

U.S. carrier group heads for Korean waters, China calls for restraint

BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping called for all sides to exercise restraint on Monday in a call about North Korea with U.S. President Donald Trump, as Japan conducted joint drills with a U.S. aircraft carrier strike group headed for Korean waters.

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The carrier group was sent by Trump for exercises in waters off the Korean peninsula as a warning, amid growing fears North Korea could conduct another nuclear test soon in defiance of United Nations sanctions.

Angered by the approach of the U.S. carrier group, a defiant North Korea said on Monday the deployment of the USS Carl Vinson was “an extremely dangerous act by those who plan a nuclear war to invade the North”.

“The United States should not run amok and should consider carefully any catastrophic consequence from its foolish military provocative act,” Rodong Sinmun, the official newspaper of the North’s ruling Workers’ Party, said in a commentary on Monday.

“What’s only laid for aggressors is dead bodies and deaths,” the newspaper said.

Two Japanese destroyers have already joined the

carrier group for drills in the western Pacific, and South Korea said on Monday it was also in talks about holding joint naval exercises.

Washington and its allies fear Pyongyang could be preparing to conduct another nuclear missile test or launch more ballistic missiles.

China is increasingly worried the situation could spin out of control, leading to war and a chaotic collapse of its isolated and poverty-struck neighbour.

Xi told Trump that China resolutely opposes any actions that run counter to U.N. Security Council resolutions, a Chinese foreign ministry statement said.

China “hopes that all relevant sides exercise restraint, and avoid doing anything to worsen the tense situation on the peninsula”, the statement paraphrased Xi as saying.

The nuclear issue can only be resolved quickly with all relevant countries pulling in the same direction, and China is willing to work with all parties, including the United States, to ensure peace, Xi said.

The issue has gained added urgency as North Korea prepares to celebrate the 85th anniversary of the foundation of its Korean People’s Army on Tuesday.

It has marked similar events in the past with nuclear tests or missile launches. (rtr)

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BUSINESS Restored Saudi state perks may avert recession, help economic reforms

DUBAI - The decision by Saudi Arabia’s King Salman to restore cuts to financial allowances for civil servants and military personnel is being seen as helping the kingdom avoid recession this year while smoothing the path toward economic reforms.

Last September, the government sharply reduced financial perks for employees in the public sector, where most Saudis work, in one of its most drastic steps yet to curb a huge budget deficit caused by low oil prices.

change in Riyadh’s determination to eliminate its deficit.

Instead, it may be a tactical move designed to help authorities implement a controversial economic reform programme announced last year by Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

That programme includes steps such as new taxes, domestic fuel price hikes, the transfer of much of the burden of development projects to the private sector from the government, and the sale of a stake in national oil giant Saudi Aramco.

By showing it is sensitive to the public welfare and is looking for ways to share the financial benefits of reforms with society, the government may now be able to push ahead with its programme. “The government was forced to take extreme measures last year. Now they are more at ease with the fiscal situation so they are able to give something back to society,” said John Sfakianakis, director of the Gulf Research Centre in Riyadh. “They aim to continue the reforms, and they want to do it with society’s support.”

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FILE PHOTO: Saudi King Salman salutes as he attends a graduation ceremony and air show marking the 50th anniversary of the founding of King Faisal Air College in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, January 25, 2017.

Analysts have estimated that restoring the financial perks would put around 50 billion to 80 billion riyals ($13.3 billion to $21.3 billion) annually in consumers’ pockets. Finance Minister Mohammed al-Jadaan told Al Arabiya television that payments would start by the end of May, just before the holy month of Ramadan, when Saudis traditionally splurge on holiday items and travel.

Deputy Economy Minister Mohammed al-Tuwaijri said restoring the allowances was possible because Riyadh had made faster-than-expected progress in cutting its deficit.

The gap was 26 billion riyals in the first quarter of 2017, well below the government’s projection of 54 billion riyals, he said. Riyadh has forecast a deficit of 198 billion riyals in 2017 and aims to eliminate the gap by 2020. However, the boost to consumer spending from the restored public will eventually be offset by new austerity measures. A tax on tobacco and sugary drinks will be introduced in coming weeks, raising up to 10 billion riyals annually.

Officials also aim to hike domestic fuel and water prices in coming months, raising an additional 29 billion riyals.

And a 5 percent value-added tax on most products is to be imposed at the start of 2018.

Nevertheless, Sfakianakis estimated restoring the public perks would add half a percentage point to the non-oil economy this year, bringing its growth to around 1 percent.

That could be enough for Saudi Arabia to avoid recession -- an important achievement for the economic reformers. A Reuters poll of analysts this month found them forecasting median Saudi gross domestic product growth of just 0.5 percent in 2017.

A 1.4 percent rise in the Saudi stock index on Sunday, led by retailing companies, showed investors expect a boost to consumer spending.

Authorities also signalled on Saturday that they intended to move ahead with a part of the reform programme that is popular among many ordinary Saudis: reducing corruption and making the government more transparent.

A royal decree dismissed the kingdom’s information and civil service ministers and set up a committee to investigate allegations of abuse of the civil service office. The decree did not describe any specific allegations of wrongdoing. (rtr)

DUBAI — Emirati and Malaysian officials said Monday they reached a deal to resolve a legal dispute over the indebted and troubled Malaysian investment fund 1MDB, with the United Arab Emirates set to receive $1.2 billion over this year. The deal, which still would need to be approved by an arbitration panel in London, resolves merely one part of the sprawling, worldwide investigation into 1MDB. Money from the fund, which was to develop Malaysia’s economy, instead found itself funneled through a global embezzlement and money-laundering scheme involving people close to Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, luxury properties and the production of the 2013 film “The Wolf of Wall Street,” U.S. investigators allege.

In 2016, the Abu Dhabi-based International Petroleum Investment Co. alleged 1MDB defaulted on more than $1.1 billion in debt it owed to the sovereign wealth fund and its subsidiary, Aabar Investments. It filed a case against the fund in the London Court of International Arbitration.

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak started the fund shortly after taking office in 2009 to promote economic development projects, but the fund accumulated billions in debt.

Najib has denied any wrongdoing, but the scandal sparked a mass rally in November against his government.

In the UAE, the former head of IPIC, Khadem al-Qubaisi, is named in a series of court documents filed by U.S. federal prosecutors as receiving money from the 1MDB scam and buying luxury properties. He resigned from IPIC in April 2015 and his current whereabouts are unknown.

In June, Abu Dhabi’s crown prince, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, ordered that IPIC merge with the Mubadala Development Co., another of the emirate’s sovereign wealth fund, amid a cash crunch brought on low global oil prices. The combined fund will hold roughly $135 billion in assets across businesses ranging from computer chips to renewable energy for Abu Dhabi, the oil-rich capital of the UAE. (ap)

On Saturday, Riyadh cancelled that step -- the first time it has reversed a major austerity policy since its budget crisis erupted two years ago. This followed widespread grumbling about stagnant living standards among ordinary Saudis. Such perks include housing, vacation, and sickness allowances plus monthly bonuses for some state and military workers.

Analysts say the decision does not necessarily signal

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Jaje Lempog, a Cheap Dish with Rich Taste

Have you ever try Lempog? It is one of Balinese traditional food is reraly found in the stores and supermaket. Lempog is usually being sold in thetraditional market or small stores in the village. It is understandable because it is not an exclusive dish, lempog is usualy being enjoyed by the farmers.

Lempog is a cheap dish because it is using a simple material such as Balinese sugar and cassava.

The food is great to accompany us in drinkingtea or coffee. In Java, Lempog is also known as Getuk.

Before, Lempog is not only enjoyed by farmers but also served on Hindus ceremonies such as wedding and Ngaben.

Not only that, when the locals work together in building house or a kitchen, Lempog always becomea snack, just like when the farmer work in the field. In addition to use

very easy materials, the process of making it is also very simple.

It doesn’t need a big machine or factory. Everything can be done at home. To make it, first the cassava must be pealed and cut into smaller pieces and then boiled.

The red sugar chopped into smaller pieces so it can dissolved with the cassava. The sugar can also bolied along with the cassava to make a better taste.

After finish, the cassava is crushed using traditional tool called Luhu which is a big stick made from wood. During the process, the sugar is put so it can blend perfectly. Salt is also added in the process. After it is smooth enough, the dough is cut into small pieces and ready to be served. In serving Lempog, coconut which is already puured on top of it. Enjoy (kmb)

Batu Kursi Hill, An Exotic Attraction Offering Two Views

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When spending holidays, making a visit to tourist attractions can become an option. It does not only kill time, but also eliminates fatigue after busyness with a myriad of activities. Among the many attractions, Batu Kursi (literally chair stone) may become an option that can be included in your itinerary. The hill is located in West Buleleng, precisely at Pemuteran village, Gerokgak, that offers two views at once, namely Mountain View and sea view.

Emiratis, Malaysians reach $1.2B deal over troubled fund A filing Monday on the London Stock Exchange said Malaysian officials agreed to pay the wealth fund $1.2 billion this year, with half being due by July 31 and the other half by Dec. 31. The filing said Malaysian officials also have agreed “to assume responsibility for all future interest and principal payments” on two $1.75 billion bonds. The agreement is contingent on the arbitration panel making a consent award on May 31, the filing said.

1MDB released a short statement Monday saying it was “pleased” by the agreement, saying it “represents the resolution of a significant challenge.” Officials with the International Petroleum Investment Co., known as IPIC, could not be immediately reached for comment.

The resolution comes as 1MDB remains the target of investigators in Singapore, Switzerland, Luxembourg and the U.S. American investigators allege officials at the fund diverted more than $3.5 billion through a web of shell companies and bank accounts.

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A Balinese man is placed into a trance like state with keris, traditional weapon, pointed to his neck during a hindu ritual called Ngerebong which is an ancient tradition of kesiman village, the ceremony is held every 210 days where the villagers are believed will be given safety away from disasters in Bali, Indonesia on Sunday, April 23, 2017.

Looking for this object is not difficult. Just come and cross the path of Seririt-Gilimanuk. Approximately, it is about 15 minutes’ drive from Pulaki Temple to the west. There visitors will be immediately greeted by signpost right in front of the intersection reading “Pura Batu Chair” (Batu Kursi Temple) and then you immediately turn left to park your vehicle. After getting down, the eyes will be instantly pampered by towering hills. To get to the temple, you are only charged with voluntary donation by local attendant.

After that, the journey to the hill and the temple immediately starts. The road is quite uphill and must step on hundreds of stairs. Having reached in the middle

of the way, your fatigue will get paid with a beautiful view on hilltop with verdant trees. Some areas are just overgrown by grasses generating a yellowish green color. At first glance, it looks like a Teletabies Hill. It is suitable to be used as a background of photography.

This attraction does not include special shelter but when summer heats do not worry. Visitors can take shelter under a neem tree. Pouring sweat will immediately disappear after being blown by refreshing sea breezes. At that time, visitors can witness the beauty of the sea at Pemuteran in turquoise color and so does the very exotic Menjagan Island. Other than enjoying the natural atmosphere, visitors can simultaneously say prayers at the Batu Kursi Temple located at the middle of the hills. By doing so, the holidays will be getting more complete.

Attendant of the tourist attraction, Ketut Mariada, said that the tourist visits to the location is quite crowded within the past few years chiefly during holidays. They are mostly teenagers because the location is pretty good to take selfie. “During holidays, the visit reaches hundreds of people. Every day there are always visitors especially young people,” he said. (kmb)

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Afghan Taliban’s brazen attack eclipses Trump’s “mother of all bombs”

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Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers keep watch at the gate of an army headquarters a day after an attack in Mazar-i-Sharif, northern Afghanistan April 22, 2017.

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Drug abuse has shown no signs of receding: President Jokowi

KABUL - Eight days after the U.S. military dropped its largest ever conventional bomb on suspected Islamic State fighters in eastern Afghanistan, Taliban militants breached an army base in the north of the country and killed scores of local soldiers.

To Afghan and other critics of President Donald Trump’s apparent indecision over how to win a seemingly intractable war, Friday’s assault - the worse of its kind since the Taliban were ousted in 2001 - was evidence he was getting it wrong.

“The biggest threat to the security and stability of this country is the Taliban insurgents, not Daesh forces,” said Mirwais Yasini, an influential Afghan member of parliament from Nangarhar province, using an Arabic term for Islamic State.

“You drop your biggest bomb on Daesh, but what about the Taliban who kill dozens of our people every day?”

The American military command in Kabul did not respond to a request for comment, but in the wake of the base attack the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, General John Nicholson, promised to “continue to stand” with Afghan security forces.

Nearly 9,000 U.S. troops remain in Afghanistan, some 7,000 of them to train and assist local forces that Washington has spent billions of dollars to build virtually from scratch in the hope of one day handing over control completely.

While the advisers are seldom involved in direct combat with the Taliban or other militants, a smaller counter-terrorism unit of about 1,500 soldiers does engage insurgents, but its main targets are pockets of al Qaeda and Islamic State fighters.

They are estimated to number in their hundreds, while the Taliban number thousands or tens of thousands and have gained swathes of territory in the last few years.

Islamic State has claimed several deadly bombings in Afghanistan and neighbouring Pakistan, but many experts believe the Taliban are the fundamental threat to the U.S.-backed government of President Ashraf Ghani.

Leaders in Washington and Kabul often had “almost diametrically” opposed views of the threat, said Christopher Kolenda, a former U.S. Army officer who served in Afghanistan and worked on American strategies for the conflict.

U.S. officials tended to focus on international groups like Islamic State and al Qaeda, while Afghan officials see Pakistan, and the Taliban as an extension of that, as the major threat, he added.

“With those differences, you can’t possibly have a coherent strategy.”

In the final years of former U.S. President Barack Obama’s administration, American troops in Afghanistan were discouraged from directly targeting the Taliban, amid hopes the group could be brought to the negotiating table for peace talks.

“The Obama administration was very much existing in a parallel universe where if you don’t call the Taliban terrorists then there’s a chance you can reconcile with them,” said Ioannis Koskinas, senior fellow with think-tank New America. (rtr)

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SURAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has stated that drug abuse in Indonesia has shown no downward trend, despite the execution of 18 drug kingpins since he took office nearly two and a half years ago.

“In the past two years, 18 drug lords have been executed, but we are still unable to lower the instances of

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Emmanuel Macron, head of the political movement En Marche !, or Onwards !, and candidate for the 2017 French presidential election, celebrates after partial results in the first round of 2017 French presidential election, at the Parc des Expositions hall in Paris, France April 23, 2017.

France’s Macron favourite for presidency in runoff with Le Pen

PARIS - Centrist Emmanuel Macron took a big step towards the French presidency on Sunday by winning the first round of voting and qualifying for a May 7 runoff alongside far-right leader Marine Le Pen. Though Macron, 39, is a comparative political novice who has never held elected office, new opinion polls on Sunday had him easily winning the final clash against the 48-year-old Le Pen. Sunday’s outcome is a huge defeat for the two centre-right and centre-left groupings that have dominated French politics for 60 years, and also reduces the prospect of an anti-establishment shock on the scale of Britain’s vote last June to quit the European Union and the election of Donald Trump as U.S. president.

In a victory speech, Macron told supporters of his fledgling En Marche! (Onwards!) movement: “In one year, we have changed the face of French politics.” He went on to say he would bring in new faces and talent to transform a stale political system

if elected.

Conceding defeat even before figures from the count came in, rival conservative and Socialist candidates urged their supporters now to put their energies into backing Macron and stopping any chance of a second-round victory by Le Pen, whose antiimmigration and anti-Europe policies they said spelled disaster for France.

A Harris survey taken on Sunday saw Macron winning the runoff by 64 percent to 36, and an Ipsos/Sopra Steria poll gave a similar result.

As investors breathed a collective sigh of relief at what the market regarded as the best of several possible outcomes, the euro soared 2 percent to $1.09395 when markets opened in Asia before slipping back to

around $1.0886.

It was the euro’s highest level since Nov. 10, the day after the results of the U.S. presidential election.

In a race that was too close to call up to the last minute, Macron, a pro-EU ex-banker and former economy minister who founded his own party only a year ago, had 23.9 percent of the votes against 21.4 percent for Le Pen, according to figures from the Interior Ministry with 96 percent of votes counted.

Seconds after the first projections came through, Macron supporters at a Paris conference centre burst into the national anthem, the Marseillaise. Many were under 25, reflecting some of the appeal of a man aiming to become France’s youngest head of state since Napoleon. (rtr)

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drug abuse,” the president said during a function held at the Manahan Sports Stadium here on Friday (April 21) to familiarize the public with the danger of drugs, pornography and violence against children.

In this respect, he asked the younger generations to refrain from drug abuse.

He noted that 40 to 50 people die every day due to drug abuse.

“That is why we want to protect ourselves, families, schoolmates, kampongs, and cities against drugs,” he said.

As many as 1,800 students from junior high schools, senior high schools and vocational schools from throughout Surakarta, Central Java, attended the function.

“We must act together. It is unlikely for the government to work alone.

We must have the guts to say no to drugs,” he said.

He said he wanted more and more members of the younger generation to become anti-drug envoys so that their environment can be rendered free of drug abuse. (ant)

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Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi (3rd left) welcomed the arrival of the largest container ship CMA CGM Otello which berthed at Jakarta International Container Terminal, Sunday.

Minister welcomes largest container ship at terminal port

JAKARTA - Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi and PT Pelabuhan Indonesia II President Director Elvyn G Masassya welcomed the arrival of the largest container ship CMA CGM Otello which berthed at Jakarta International Container Terminal here, Sunday.

PT Pelabuhan Indonesia II/ Indonesian Port Corporation II (IPC) has previously welcomed the 8,238 TEUs capacity container ship for the first time on April 9, 2017.

The ship belongs to French shipping lines Compagnie Maritime dAffretement-Compagnie Generali Maritime (CMA-CGM).

The arrival of the ship is in conjunction with the cooperation to serve a new route with the Java South East Asia Express Services (JAX Service).

It will serve the route from Tanjung Priok (Jakarta) to West Coast, Los Agneles and Oakland of the United States with a routine Sunday berth system.

In the past three week operation, the loading and unloading activi-

ties continue to increase with an average volume of 2,100 TEUs. The increase in the services showed a positive response from port service users who felt logistics cost efficiency in shipping goods from Tanjung Priok Port to West Coast.

“We thank the governments support for the efforts we made to increase the logistics transportation and maritime connectivity in Indonesia,” Elvyn said in a press statement made available to ANTARA on Sunday.

Elvyn hoped that the presence of the largest container ship in Indonesia would trigger other large ships to call at Tanjung Priok Port. Thus, it would be in line with the governments mission to make the port --which is located in the

northern part of Jakarta-- one of the transshipment points in Southeast Asia.

IPC has the commitment to continuously renew and increase port services by changing services into IT-based one and improving port infrastructures.

The aim of giving the best services to users is to enable it to compete with other international ports.

The same commitment was also conveyed by Senior Vice President CMA CGM Asia, Jean-Yves Duval, who is determined to continue supporting Indonesias goal of expanding holistic maritime networks.

“In the future, we will open new pages with IPC and with other stakeholders in Indonesian maritime industry,” Duval said. (ant)

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Fingerprint Painting Museum DENPASAR - Unable to finish his painting, he felt upset and accidentally discovered painting techniques that later made him known as a maestro and received many awards. His name is I Gusti Ngurah Pamecutan. On April 9th, 1967, he intended to damage a painting of Balinese dancers because he felt the painting is not good enough.

Then with the tip of his fingers, he pressed the still-wet paintings canvas. “When I see it, the paintings is way more interesting,” said I Gusti Ngurah Gede Pamecutan as he explained how he invent the fingerprint painting technique.

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the artists during a visit to Bali, one of them is Affandi. I often overhear their conversation, it inspires me to be a painter,” as he explained.

Now they have 640 fingerprint paintings already he completed until 2007, when he stopped painting for Parkinson’s disease. But since 1993 he began collecting paintings as a stub museum fingerprints painting. Then in 1995 the museum was officially established on Jl Hayam Wuruk No. 175, Tanjung Bungkah, Denpasar, Bali. Currently, the museum has no less than 200 paintings collection by I Gusti Ngurah Gede Pamecutan, 98 of them were by the fingerprint technique.

In 2012, Indonesia World Record Museum (MURI) rewarded I Gusti Ngurah Gede Pamecutan as “The Pioneer of Painting Technique

by Fingerprint and Most Collection of Fingerprint: 1,507,725 Personal Fingerprint The artist Alone”. The award was given in conjunction with his retrospective exhibition on 6 June to 20 August 2012 that displays selected works.

The museum also displays other works of I Gusti Ngurah Gede Pamecutan such as ceramics, poetry books, children’s toys, and mirror glass craft. The museum also offer dance lessons, gamelan and painting. Since 2013, on the first floor of the museum also organizes a

BRISBANE - Eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao concedes his next opponent Jeff Horn is a bit of an unknown quantity but has told the Australian he needs to be in peak condition to make sure their WBO welterweight title fight pleases fight fans Down Under.

Pacquiao made a low-key entry to Australia on Monday, touching down at Brisbane airport for a promotional tour for their July 2 bout at Lang Park and speaking briefly to reporters before being whisked away by handlers.

“I don’t know much about him, but I know he’s a fighter,” Pacquiao told local media.

“I haven’t watched his fights yet, but I’m going to get his last three fights and watch it.

“My message for him is to work hard, and make sure you’re 100 percent conditioned on July 2 so we can give a good fight, we can entertain people.”

The fight against Horn (16-0-1) will be the 38-year-old Pacquiao’s first since his unanimous decision victory for the title over American Jessie Vargas in Las Vegas last

November.

Pacquiao had previously agreed to an April fight against Briton Amir Khan in the United Arab Emirates but his promoter Bob Arum said last month it had been postponed after the $38 million offer for the bout failed to materialise.

The Horn-Pacquiao fight is eagerly anticipated in Australia and will be the biggest boxing event held in the country in decades.

Organisers expect a crowd of over 50,000 to cram into Lang Park, which regularly hosts domestic and international rugby and soccer matches.

Dean Lonergan, a director at promoter Duco Events, hoped the bout would revitalise boxing in Australia.

“It’s been in the doldrums for some time,” Lonergan said in comments published by state media ABC. “I think you’ll find this will be the biggest fight in Australian history and you’ll see the underdog (Horn) come through, and there’s nothing like Australians supporting their own guys when they’re underdogs.” (rtr)

Five wins out of five for Marquez in Texas

Kindergarten which currently has about 140 students. This kindergarten purpose to educate children so they know the museum from early, also attract the parents so they will be happy to visit the museum.

The museum building consists of: exhibition hall including library, studio, hall, where performing arts are performed, open-stage etc.

The museum is located on Jalan Hayam Wuruk 175, Denpasar and can be easily reached by regular public – transport. Sanur Beach as favorite tourist attraction is only about 15 minutes drive from the museum. The museum opens daily from: 09.00 a.m – 04.00 p.m, except holidays. (IBP/net)

AUSTIN - Triple MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez took his fifth successive Grand Prix of the Americas victory on Sunday while 38-year-old Italian great Valentino Rossi surged into the championship lead.

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Marc Marquez, of Spain, holds his trophy as he celebrates his win in the Grand Prix of the Americas MotoGP motorcycle race, Sunday, April 23, 2017, in Austin, Texas.

In this Nov. 4, 2016 file photo, Manny Pacquiao, of the Philippines, poses on the scale during a weigh-in, Friday, Nov. 4, 2016, in Las Vegas. Pacquiao will fight Australian Jeff Horn on July 2 at Brisbane’s 52,500-capacity Suncorp Stadium in a defense of Pacquiao’s WBO welterweight title.

Rossi finished runner-up and three seconds behind Marquez to take over at the top after Yamaha team mate Maverick Vinales, winner of the season’s first two races, crashed out on the second lap.

The Italian now has 56 points after three races with Vinales on 50 and Marquez moving up to third on 38.

Marquez had crashed in the previous race at Argentina’s Termas de Rio Hondo circuit while leading from pole but he made no mistakes this time after starting from the top slot for the fifth year in a row at the Circuit of the Americas.

He lost out at the start to Honda team mate and fellow Spaniard Dani Pedrosa, who made a great getaway from the second row of the grid, but was always biding his time.

“At the beginning I tried to stay calm because I

chose the hard front tyre and I didn’t know the feeling... after Argentina it looked really far but now again we are there and really close,” said Marquez.

With Vinales gone, his bike sliding from under him at turn 18, the two Honda riders battled each other for the lead until Marquez made a move stick on the ninth of 21 laps and began pulling away.

Rossi was given a 0.3-second penalty for gaining an advantage by cutting the track on lap seven but made sure that was of no consequence by passing Pedrosa for second place on lap 19 and finishing more than two seconds clear.

“It was a very difficult race but I was able to stay very close to the Hondas, “said Rossi, whose penalty came after the Italian and French rookie Johann Zarco almost touched and he took evasive action.

“Some times I lost a bit but I could stay more or less (with them) because I had some points of the track where I was very strong.

“I’m very happy we are at the top and have a lot of points and also it’s my best result in Austin.”

Britain’s Cal Crutchlow finished fourth after a late battle with Zarco, who crossed the line in fifth place. (rtr)

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Sp rt Messi’s 500th Barca goal sinks Real Madrid in thriller MADRID - Lionel Messi scored his 500th Barcelona goal with the last kick of the game to snatch a stunning 3-2 win at Real Madrid and put the two teams level on points at the top of La Liga on Sunday.

James Rodriguez appeared to have rescued a point for the hosts with an 86th-minute strike to make it 2-2 after goals by Messi and Ivan Rakitic had overturned Casemiro’s opener.

Madrid captain Sergio Ramos was sent off for a two-footed lunge on Messi in the 77th minute and that left Barcelona in a strong position, until Rodriguez fired home at the near post.

But Messi’s second goal in the final minute of added time earned Barca a vital win in the title race that leaves both sides with 75 points, although Madrid have a game in hand.

“We are first now but Madrid have an extra game,” said Barcelona coach Luis Enrique. “It will be tight down till the end. We got the result we came here for. “This is a season that weighs (on us) like five. So many things have happened, good things, not so good things, things I’ve already forgotten.

“The 2-2 (goal) was a terrible blow but players were able to come back in the last breath -- the happy ending that we all wanted at Barcelona.”

The match was a thriller which will go down as one of the best Clasicos in history, with endto-end action from the off.

Cristiano Ronaldo was furious when Samuel Umtiti tripped him in the box and referee Alejandro Jose Hernandez waved away his appeal, but Barcelona were complaining afterwards

when Marcelo got away with an elbow on Messi.

The Argentine came in for harsh treatment throughout, with Casemiro lucky not to be sent off for multiple hacks on him after picking up an early booking for a foul. The Brazilian opened the scoring for Madrid in the 28th minute, tapping home at the back post after Ramos had fired Marcelo’s cross against the post.

Five minutes later Barcelona were level and it was Messi who finished it, dancing away from Dani Carvajal and slotting the ball beyond Keylor Navas.

Gareth Bale went off injured towards the end of the first half and was replaced by Marco Asensio. The youngster set up Ronaldo in the second period but the Portugal international blasted over from close range.

Rakitic made him pay with a long-range strike that flew beyond Navas and then Ramos was dismissed as he lunged in on Messi recklessly. Rodriguez levelled the score after he reached Marcelo’s near-post cross but Messi had the final say, blowing the title race wide open.

Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane said his team were still in control and the result would not upset their title charge.

“Nothing changes now. Maybe after today the league will be more open,” he said. “But we still depend on ourselves.”(rtr)

Chelsea’s Kante named PFA Monaco back on top of Ligue 1 after win against Lyon player of the year Chelsea’s N’Golo Kante was named player of the year by the Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) on Sunday, adding another chapter to the remarkable story of a player who was plying his trade in the French sixth tier a few seasons ago.

The 26-year-old France midfielder, who joined Chelsea from English champions Leicester City before the season started, is the fourth Frenchman to lift the award after Eric Cantona, David Ginola and twice winner Thierry Henry.

Kante fended off competition from Chelsea team mate Eden Hazard, Tottenham Hotspur forward Harry Kane, Manchester United’s leading scorer Zlatan

Ibrahimovic, Everton striker Romelu Lukaku and Arsenal talisman Alexis Sanchez.

The defensive midfielder, who was named on the short-list for the second year in a row after helping Leicester to win the Premier League last season, has been instrumental to Chelsea’s hopes of winning the title in this campaign.

Kante has scored one league goal and provided one assist this season, but it is his ability to break up play and shield Chelsea’s defence that has been key for the team, with the midfielder making 110 tackles and 72 interceptions.

Kante joined Leicester from French top-tier side Caen in

August 2015 for a reported nine million euros ($9.65 million) and his value more than tripled in his first season in England, when Chelsea paid 35.8 million euros to bring him to Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea are four points clear of second-placed Tottenham Hotspur at the top of the league with six games to play and face Arsenal in the FA Cup final after beating London rivals Spurs in the semi-final at Wembley on Saturday.

Tottenham midfielder Dele Alli, 21, was named PFA Young Player of the Year for the second time in a row, with Spurs still hoping to win their first league title since 1961.(rtr)

AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza

Barcelona’s Lionel Messi is fouled by Real Madrid’s Sergio Ramos during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and Barcelona, dubbed ‘el clasico’, at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, April 23, 2017.

Ibrahimovic vows to return stronger from injury Manchester United striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has vowed to come back even stronger after suffering a serious knee injury against Anderlecht in Europa League last week.

Ibrahimovic and defender Marcos Rojo are likely to miss the rest of the season after scans revealed they both have suffered cruciate knee ligament injuries.

“First of all, thank you for all the support and love,” Ibrahimovic, United’s top scorer this season with 28 goals, wrote on his Instagram account on Sunday.

“It’s no news I got injured so I will be out of football for a while. I will go through this like everything else and come back

Reuters / Andrew Yates Livepic

even stronger. So far I played with one leg so it shouldn’t be any problem.”

The 35-year-old Swede, whose contract at Old Trafford expires at the end of the season, said injuries will not decide his future in the game. “One thing is for sure, I decide when it’s time to stop and nothing else. Giving up is not an option,” he added.

United, who are fifth in the Premier League standings, face a challenging schedule including visits to Manchester City, Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur. They also face Spanish side Celta Vigo in a two-legged Europa League semifinal next month.(rtr)

Manchester United’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic receives medical attention after sustaining an injury

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Chelsea’s N’Golo Kante in action with Tottenham’s Harry Kane

Reuters / Peter Nicholls

PARIS - Monaco claimed back the Ligue 1 lead on Sunday when goals by Radamel Falcao and Kylian Mbappe gave them a 2-1 win at Olympique Lyonnais. Falcao and Mbappe struck before the interval to put Monaco on 80 points from 33 games, ahead of Paris St Germain on goal difference.

French Champions PSG, who beat Montpellier 2-0 on Saturday, have played one extra game.

Nice’s slim title chances took a knock when they were held 1-1 at Toulouse, Valentin Eysseric salvaging a point for the visitors when he cancelled out Corentin Jean’s opener.

Nice are third on 74 points, with Lyon fifth on 54. Lyon coach Bruno Genesio, whose side qualified for the Europa League final after a penalty shootout against Besiktas in the week, fielded a second-string team who struggled in the early stages.

Monaco, who have reached the Champions League final four,

went ahead in the 36th minute when Falcao headed home from six metres in a packed area.

Mbappe struck, too, just before halftime with a low shot after being set up by Bernardo Silva’s through pass. Lucas Tousart pulled one back in the 51st with a header from Memphis Depay’s corner.

Earlier, the game between St Etienne and Stade Rennais was interrupted after local fans managed to get into the stadium where the match was being played behind closed doors. Referee Ruddy Buquet sent the players to the dressing-room in the 16th minute.

The fans left the stadium quietly after some 15 minutes and the players came back on to the pitch.

The game, which ended 1-1, was being played behind closed doors after St Etienne were sanctioned for crowd trouble during a derby against arch rivals Lyon in February.(rtr)

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Sp rt Messi’s 500th Barca goal sinks Real Madrid in thriller MADRID - Lionel Messi scored his 500th Barcelona goal with the last kick of the game to snatch a stunning 3-2 win at Real Madrid and put the two teams level on points at the top of La Liga on Sunday.

James Rodriguez appeared to have rescued a point for the hosts with an 86th-minute strike to make it 2-2 after goals by Messi and Ivan Rakitic had overturned Casemiro’s opener.

Madrid captain Sergio Ramos was sent off for a two-footed lunge on Messi in the 77th minute and that left Barcelona in a strong position, until Rodriguez fired home at the near post.

But Messi’s second goal in the final minute of added time earned Barca a vital win in the title race that leaves both sides with 75 points, although Madrid have a game in hand.

“We are first now but Madrid have an extra game,” said Barcelona coach Luis Enrique. “It will be tight down till the end. We got the result we came here for. “This is a season that weighs (on us) like five. So many things have happened, good things, not so good things, things I’ve already forgotten.

“The 2-2 (goal) was a terrible blow but players were able to come back in the last breath -- the happy ending that we all wanted at Barcelona.”

The match was a thriller which will go down as one of the best Clasicos in history, with endto-end action from the off.

Cristiano Ronaldo was furious when Samuel Umtiti tripped him in the box and referee Alejandro Jose Hernandez waved away his appeal, but Barcelona were complaining afterwards

when Marcelo got away with an elbow on Messi.

The Argentine came in for harsh treatment throughout, with Casemiro lucky not to be sent off for multiple hacks on him after picking up an early booking for a foul. The Brazilian opened the scoring for Madrid in the 28th minute, tapping home at the back post after Ramos had fired Marcelo’s cross against the post.

Five minutes later Barcelona were level and it was Messi who finished it, dancing away from Dani Carvajal and slotting the ball beyond Keylor Navas.

Gareth Bale went off injured towards the end of the first half and was replaced by Marco Asensio. The youngster set up Ronaldo in the second period but the Portugal international blasted over from close range.

Rakitic made him pay with a long-range strike that flew beyond Navas and then Ramos was dismissed as he lunged in on Messi recklessly. Rodriguez levelled the score after he reached Marcelo’s near-post cross but Messi had the final say, blowing the title race wide open.

Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane said his team were still in control and the result would not upset their title charge.

“Nothing changes now. Maybe after today the league will be more open,” he said. “But we still depend on ourselves.”(rtr)

Chelsea’s Kante named PFA Monaco back on top of Ligue 1 after win against Lyon player of the year Chelsea’s N’Golo Kante was named player of the year by the Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) on Sunday, adding another chapter to the remarkable story of a player who was plying his trade in the French sixth tier a few seasons ago.

The 26-year-old France midfielder, who joined Chelsea from English champions Leicester City before the season started, is the fourth Frenchman to lift the award after Eric Cantona, David Ginola and twice winner Thierry Henry.

Kante fended off competition from Chelsea team mate Eden Hazard, Tottenham Hotspur forward Harry Kane, Manchester United’s leading scorer Zlatan

Ibrahimovic, Everton striker Romelu Lukaku and Arsenal talisman Alexis Sanchez.

The defensive midfielder, who was named on the short-list for the second year in a row after helping Leicester to win the Premier League last season, has been instrumental to Chelsea’s hopes of winning the title in this campaign.

Kante has scored one league goal and provided one assist this season, but it is his ability to break up play and shield Chelsea’s defence that has been key for the team, with the midfielder making 110 tackles and 72 interceptions.

Kante joined Leicester from French top-tier side Caen in

August 2015 for a reported nine million euros ($9.65 million) and his value more than tripled in his first season in England, when Chelsea paid 35.8 million euros to bring him to Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea are four points clear of second-placed Tottenham Hotspur at the top of the league with six games to play and face Arsenal in the FA Cup final after beating London rivals Spurs in the semi-final at Wembley on Saturday.

Tottenham midfielder Dele Alli, 21, was named PFA Young Player of the Year for the second time in a row, with Spurs still hoping to win their first league title since 1961.(rtr)

AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza

Barcelona’s Lionel Messi is fouled by Real Madrid’s Sergio Ramos during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and Barcelona, dubbed ‘el clasico’, at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, April 23, 2017.

Ibrahimovic vows to return stronger from injury Manchester United striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has vowed to come back even stronger after suffering a serious knee injury against Anderlecht in Europa League last week.

Ibrahimovic and defender Marcos Rojo are likely to miss the rest of the season after scans revealed they both have suffered cruciate knee ligament injuries.

“First of all, thank you for all the support and love,” Ibrahimovic, United’s top scorer this season with 28 goals, wrote on his Instagram account on Sunday.

“It’s no news I got injured so I will be out of football for a while. I will go through this like everything else and come back

Reuters / Andrew Yates Livepic

even stronger. So far I played with one leg so it shouldn’t be any problem.”

The 35-year-old Swede, whose contract at Old Trafford expires at the end of the season, said injuries will not decide his future in the game. “One thing is for sure, I decide when it’s time to stop and nothing else. Giving up is not an option,” he added.

United, who are fifth in the Premier League standings, face a challenging schedule including visits to Manchester City, Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur. They also face Spanish side Celta Vigo in a two-legged Europa League semifinal next month.(rtr)

Manchester United’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic receives medical attention after sustaining an injury

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Chelsea’s N’Golo Kante in action with Tottenham’s Harry Kane

Reuters / Peter Nicholls

PARIS - Monaco claimed back the Ligue 1 lead on Sunday when goals by Radamel Falcao and Kylian Mbappe gave them a 2-1 win at Olympique Lyonnais. Falcao and Mbappe struck before the interval to put Monaco on 80 points from 33 games, ahead of Paris St Germain on goal difference.

French Champions PSG, who beat Montpellier 2-0 on Saturday, have played one extra game.

Nice’s slim title chances took a knock when they were held 1-1 at Toulouse, Valentin Eysseric salvaging a point for the visitors when he cancelled out Corentin Jean’s opener.

Nice are third on 74 points, with Lyon fifth on 54. Lyon coach Bruno Genesio, whose side qualified for the Europa League final after a penalty shootout against Besiktas in the week, fielded a second-string team who struggled in the early stages.

Monaco, who have reached the Champions League final four,

went ahead in the 36th minute when Falcao headed home from six metres in a packed area.

Mbappe struck, too, just before halftime with a low shot after being set up by Bernardo Silva’s through pass. Lucas Tousart pulled one back in the 51st with a header from Memphis Depay’s corner.

Earlier, the game between St Etienne and Stade Rennais was interrupted after local fans managed to get into the stadium where the match was being played behind closed doors. Referee Ruddy Buquet sent the players to the dressing-room in the 16th minute.

The fans left the stadium quietly after some 15 minutes and the players came back on to the pitch.

The game, which ended 1-1, was being played behind closed doors after St Etienne were sanctioned for crowd trouble during a derby against arch rivals Lyon in February.(rtr)

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Pacquiao lands Down Under, tells Horn to be ready

Fingerprint Painting Museum DENPASAR - Unable to finish his painting, he felt upset and accidentally discovered painting techniques that later made him known as a maestro and received many awards. His name is I Gusti Ngurah Pamecutan. On April 9th, 1967, he intended to damage a painting of Balinese dancers because he felt the painting is not good enough.

Then with the tip of his fingers, he pressed the still-wet paintings canvas. “When I see it, the paintings is way more interesting,” said I Gusti Ngurah Gede Pamecutan as he explained how he invent the fingerprint painting technique.

Since then, the 80-years old man has continued to paint and de-

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velop fingerprints techniques. His unique and the only paintings with those technique, his works was accepted in the world of painting and get high appreciation. “I am a self-taught painter, because when I registering at the Akademi Seni Rupa Indonesia (Indonesian Arts Academy, now Institut Seni Indonesia) Bali, they rejected me, nor the ISI Yogyakarta, they rejected me either,” he said.

The grandson of I Gusti Ngurah Rai, a national hero, never discouraged. He still continuing develop his skills. “In front of my house (now Toga Mas Bookstore) used to live an artist from Malang. This house became a gathering place for

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the artists during a visit to Bali, one of them is Affandi. I often overhear their conversation, it inspires me to be a painter,” as he explained.

Now they have 640 fingerprint paintings already he completed until 2007, when he stopped painting for Parkinson’s disease. But since 1993 he began collecting paintings as a stub museum fingerprints painting. Then in 1995 the museum was officially established on Jl Hayam Wuruk No. 175, Tanjung Bungkah, Denpasar, Bali. Currently, the museum has no less than 200 paintings collection by I Gusti Ngurah Gede Pamecutan, 98 of them were by the fingerprint technique.

In 2012, Indonesia World Record Museum (MURI) rewarded I Gusti Ngurah Gede Pamecutan as “The Pioneer of Painting Technique

by Fingerprint and Most Collection of Fingerprint: 1,507,725 Personal Fingerprint The artist Alone”. The award was given in conjunction with his retrospective exhibition on 6 June to 20 August 2012 that displays selected works.

The museum also displays other works of I Gusti Ngurah Gede Pamecutan such as ceramics, poetry books, children’s toys, and mirror glass craft. The museum also offer dance lessons, gamelan and painting. Since 2013, on the first floor of the museum also organizes a

BRISBANE - Eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao concedes his next opponent Jeff Horn is a bit of an unknown quantity but has told the Australian he needs to be in peak condition to make sure their WBO welterweight title fight pleases fight fans Down Under.

Pacquiao made a low-key entry to Australia on Monday, touching down at Brisbane airport for a promotional tour for their July 2 bout at Lang Park and speaking briefly to reporters before being whisked away by handlers.

“I don’t know much about him, but I know he’s a fighter,” Pacquiao told local media.

“I haven’t watched his fights yet, but I’m going to get his last three fights and watch it.

“My message for him is to work hard, and make sure you’re 100 percent conditioned on July 2 so we can give a good fight, we can entertain people.”

The fight against Horn (16-0-1) will be the 38-year-old Pacquiao’s first since his unanimous decision victory for the title over American Jessie Vargas in Las Vegas last

November.

Pacquiao had previously agreed to an April fight against Briton Amir Khan in the United Arab Emirates but his promoter Bob Arum said last month it had been postponed after the $38 million offer for the bout failed to materialise.

The Horn-Pacquiao fight is eagerly anticipated in Australia and will be the biggest boxing event held in the country in decades.

Organisers expect a crowd of over 50,000 to cram into Lang Park, which regularly hosts domestic and international rugby and soccer matches.

Dean Lonergan, a director at promoter Duco Events, hoped the bout would revitalise boxing in Australia.

“It’s been in the doldrums for some time,” Lonergan said in comments published by state media ABC. “I think you’ll find this will be the biggest fight in Australian history and you’ll see the underdog (Horn) come through, and there’s nothing like Australians supporting their own guys when they’re underdogs.” (rtr)

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Kindergarten which currently has about 140 students. This kindergarten purpose to educate children so they know the museum from early, also attract the parents so they will be happy to visit the museum.

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AUSTIN - Triple MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez took his fifth successive Grand Prix of the Americas victory on Sunday while 38-year-old Italian great Valentino Rossi surged into the championship lead.

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Marc Marquez, of Spain, holds his trophy as he celebrates his win in the Grand Prix of the Americas MotoGP motorcycle race, Sunday, April 23, 2017, in Austin, Texas.

In this Nov. 4, 2016 file photo, Manny Pacquiao, of the Philippines, poses on the scale during a weigh-in, Friday, Nov. 4, 2016, in Las Vegas. Pacquiao will fight Australian Jeff Horn on July 2 at Brisbane’s 52,500-capacity Suncorp Stadium in a defense of Pacquiao’s WBO welterweight title.

Rossi finished runner-up and three seconds behind Marquez to take over at the top after Yamaha team mate Maverick Vinales, winner of the season’s first two races, crashed out on the second lap.

The Italian now has 56 points after three races with Vinales on 50 and Marquez moving up to third on 38.

Marquez had crashed in the previous race at Argentina’s Termas de Rio Hondo circuit while leading from pole but he made no mistakes this time after starting from the top slot for the fifth year in a row at the Circuit of the Americas.

He lost out at the start to Honda team mate and fellow Spaniard Dani Pedrosa, who made a great getaway from the second row of the grid, but was always biding his time.

“At the beginning I tried to stay calm because I

chose the hard front tyre and I didn’t know the feeling... after Argentina it looked really far but now again we are there and really close,” said Marquez.

With Vinales gone, his bike sliding from under him at turn 18, the two Honda riders battled each other for the lead until Marquez made a move stick on the ninth of 21 laps and began pulling away.

Rossi was given a 0.3-second penalty for gaining an advantage by cutting the track on lap seven but made sure that was of no consequence by passing Pedrosa for second place on lap 19 and finishing more than two seconds clear.

“It was a very difficult race but I was able to stay very close to the Hondas, “said Rossi, whose penalty came after the Italian and French rookie Johann Zarco almost touched and he took evasive action.

“Some times I lost a bit but I could stay more or less (with them) because I had some points of the track where I was very strong.

“I’m very happy we are at the top and have a lot of points and also it’s my best result in Austin.”

Britain’s Cal Crutchlow finished fourth after a late battle with Zarco, who crossed the line in fifth place. (rtr)

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Afghan Taliban’s brazen attack eclipses Trump’s “mother of all bombs”

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Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers keep watch at the gate of an army headquarters a day after an attack in Mazar-i-Sharif, northern Afghanistan April 22, 2017.

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Drug abuse has shown no signs of receding: President Jokowi

KABUL - Eight days after the U.S. military dropped its largest ever conventional bomb on suspected Islamic State fighters in eastern Afghanistan, Taliban militants breached an army base in the north of the country and killed scores of local soldiers.

To Afghan and other critics of President Donald Trump’s apparent indecision over how to win a seemingly intractable war, Friday’s assault - the worse of its kind since the Taliban were ousted in 2001 - was evidence he was getting it wrong.

“The biggest threat to the security and stability of this country is the Taliban insurgents, not Daesh forces,” said Mirwais Yasini, an influential Afghan member of parliament from Nangarhar province, using an Arabic term for Islamic State.

“You drop your biggest bomb on Daesh, but what about the Taliban who kill dozens of our people every day?”

The American military command in Kabul did not respond to a request for comment, but in the wake of the base attack the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, General John Nicholson, promised to “continue to stand” with Afghan security forces.

Nearly 9,000 U.S. troops remain in Afghanistan, some 7,000 of them to train and assist local forces that Washington has spent billions of dollars to build virtually from scratch in the hope of one day handing over control completely.

While the advisers are seldom involved in direct combat with the Taliban or other militants, a smaller counter-terrorism unit of about 1,500 soldiers does engage insurgents, but its main targets are pockets of al Qaeda and Islamic State fighters.

They are estimated to number in their hundreds, while the Taliban number thousands or tens of thousands and have gained swathes of territory in the last few years.

Islamic State has claimed several deadly bombings in Afghanistan and neighbouring Pakistan, but many experts believe the Taliban are the fundamental threat to the U.S.-backed government of President Ashraf Ghani.

Leaders in Washington and Kabul often had “almost diametrically” opposed views of the threat, said Christopher Kolenda, a former U.S. Army officer who served in Afghanistan and worked on American strategies for the conflict.

U.S. officials tended to focus on international groups like Islamic State and al Qaeda, while Afghan officials see Pakistan, and the Taliban as an extension of that, as the major threat, he added.

“With those differences, you can’t possibly have a coherent strategy.”

In the final years of former U.S. President Barack Obama’s administration, American troops in Afghanistan were discouraged from directly targeting the Taliban, amid hopes the group could be brought to the negotiating table for peace talks.

“The Obama administration was very much existing in a parallel universe where if you don’t call the Taliban terrorists then there’s a chance you can reconcile with them,” said Ioannis Koskinas, senior fellow with think-tank New America. (rtr)

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SURAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has stated that drug abuse in Indonesia has shown no downward trend, despite the execution of 18 drug kingpins since he took office nearly two and a half years ago.

“In the past two years, 18 drug lords have been executed, but we are still unable to lower the instances of

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Emmanuel Macron, head of the political movement En Marche !, or Onwards !, and candidate for the 2017 French presidential election, celebrates after partial results in the first round of 2017 French presidential election, at the Parc des Expositions hall in Paris, France April 23, 2017.

France’s Macron favourite for presidency in runoff with Le Pen

PARIS - Centrist Emmanuel Macron took a big step towards the French presidency on Sunday by winning the first round of voting and qualifying for a May 7 runoff alongside far-right leader Marine Le Pen. Though Macron, 39, is a comparative political novice who has never held elected office, new opinion polls on Sunday had him easily winning the final clash against the 48-year-old Le Pen. Sunday’s outcome is a huge defeat for the two centre-right and centre-left groupings that have dominated French politics for 60 years, and also reduces the prospect of an anti-establishment shock on the scale of Britain’s vote last June to quit the European Union and the election of Donald Trump as U.S. president.

In a victory speech, Macron told supporters of his fledgling En Marche! (Onwards!) movement: “In one year, we have changed the face of French politics.” He went on to say he would bring in new faces and talent to transform a stale political system

if elected.

Conceding defeat even before figures from the count came in, rival conservative and Socialist candidates urged their supporters now to put their energies into backing Macron and stopping any chance of a second-round victory by Le Pen, whose antiimmigration and anti-Europe policies they said spelled disaster for France.

A Harris survey taken on Sunday saw Macron winning the runoff by 64 percent to 36, and an Ipsos/Sopra Steria poll gave a similar result.

As investors breathed a collective sigh of relief at what the market regarded as the best of several possible outcomes, the euro soared 2 percent to $1.09395 when markets opened in Asia before slipping back to

around $1.0886.

It was the euro’s highest level since Nov. 10, the day after the results of the U.S. presidential election.

In a race that was too close to call up to the last minute, Macron, a pro-EU ex-banker and former economy minister who founded his own party only a year ago, had 23.9 percent of the votes against 21.4 percent for Le Pen, according to figures from the Interior Ministry with 96 percent of votes counted.

Seconds after the first projections came through, Macron supporters at a Paris conference centre burst into the national anthem, the Marseillaise. Many were under 25, reflecting some of the appeal of a man aiming to become France’s youngest head of state since Napoleon. (rtr)

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drug abuse,” the president said during a function held at the Manahan Sports Stadium here on Friday (April 21) to familiarize the public with the danger of drugs, pornography and violence against children.

In this respect, he asked the younger generations to refrain from drug abuse.

He noted that 40 to 50 people die every day due to drug abuse.

“That is why we want to protect ourselves, families, schoolmates, kampongs, and cities against drugs,” he said.

As many as 1,800 students from junior high schools, senior high schools and vocational schools from throughout Surakarta, Central Java, attended the function.

“We must act together. It is unlikely for the government to work alone.

We must have the guts to say no to drugs,” he said.

He said he wanted more and more members of the younger generation to become anti-drug envoys so that their environment can be rendered free of drug abuse. (ant)

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Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi (3rd left) welcomed the arrival of the largest container ship CMA CGM Otello which berthed at Jakarta International Container Terminal, Sunday.

Minister welcomes largest container ship at terminal port

JAKARTA - Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi and PT Pelabuhan Indonesia II President Director Elvyn G Masassya welcomed the arrival of the largest container ship CMA CGM Otello which berthed at Jakarta International Container Terminal here, Sunday.

PT Pelabuhan Indonesia II/ Indonesian Port Corporation II (IPC) has previously welcomed the 8,238 TEUs capacity container ship for the first time on April 9, 2017.

The ship belongs to French shipping lines Compagnie Maritime dAffretement-Compagnie Generali Maritime (CMA-CGM).

The arrival of the ship is in conjunction with the cooperation to serve a new route with the Java South East Asia Express Services (JAX Service).

It will serve the route from Tanjung Priok (Jakarta) to West Coast, Los Agneles and Oakland of the United States with a routine Sunday berth system.

In the past three week operation, the loading and unloading activi-

ties continue to increase with an average volume of 2,100 TEUs. The increase in the services showed a positive response from port service users who felt logistics cost efficiency in shipping goods from Tanjung Priok Port to West Coast.

“We thank the governments support for the efforts we made to increase the logistics transportation and maritime connectivity in Indonesia,” Elvyn said in a press statement made available to ANTARA on Sunday.

Elvyn hoped that the presence of the largest container ship in Indonesia would trigger other large ships to call at Tanjung Priok Port. Thus, it would be in line with the governments mission to make the port --which is located in the

northern part of Jakarta-- one of the transshipment points in Southeast Asia.

IPC has the commitment to continuously renew and increase port services by changing services into IT-based one and improving port infrastructures.

The aim of giving the best services to users is to enable it to compete with other international ports.

The same commitment was also conveyed by Senior Vice President CMA CGM Asia, Jean-Yves Duval, who is determined to continue supporting Indonesias goal of expanding holistic maritime networks.

“In the future, we will open new pages with IPC and with other stakeholders in Indonesian maritime industry,” Duval said. (ant)

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BUSINESS Restored Saudi state perks may avert recession, help economic reforms

DUBAI - The decision by Saudi Arabia’s King Salman to restore cuts to financial allowances for civil servants and military personnel is being seen as helping the kingdom avoid recession this year while smoothing the path toward economic reforms.

Last September, the government sharply reduced financial perks for employees in the public sector, where most Saudis work, in one of its most drastic steps yet to curb a huge budget deficit caused by low oil prices.

change in Riyadh’s determination to eliminate its deficit.

Instead, it may be a tactical move designed to help authorities implement a controversial economic reform programme announced last year by Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

That programme includes steps such as new taxes, domestic fuel price hikes, the transfer of much of the burden of development projects to the private sector from the government, and the sale of a stake in national oil giant Saudi Aramco.

By showing it is sensitive to the public welfare and is looking for ways to share the financial benefits of reforms with society, the government may now be able to push ahead with its programme. “The government was forced to take extreme measures last year. Now they are more at ease with the fiscal situation so they are able to give something back to society,” said John Sfakianakis, director of the Gulf Research Centre in Riyadh. “They aim to continue the reforms, and they want to do it with society’s support.”

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FILE PHOTO: Saudi King Salman salutes as he attends a graduation ceremony and air show marking the 50th anniversary of the founding of King Faisal Air College in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, January 25, 2017.

Analysts have estimated that restoring the financial perks would put around 50 billion to 80 billion riyals ($13.3 billion to $21.3 billion) annually in consumers’ pockets. Finance Minister Mohammed al-Jadaan told Al Arabiya television that payments would start by the end of May, just before the holy month of Ramadan, when Saudis traditionally splurge on holiday items and travel.

Deputy Economy Minister Mohammed al-Tuwaijri said restoring the allowances was possible because Riyadh had made faster-than-expected progress in cutting its deficit.

The gap was 26 billion riyals in the first quarter of 2017, well below the government’s projection of 54 billion riyals, he said. Riyadh has forecast a deficit of 198 billion riyals in 2017 and aims to eliminate the gap by 2020. However, the boost to consumer spending from the restored public will eventually be offset by new austerity measures. A tax on tobacco and sugary drinks will be introduced in coming weeks, raising up to 10 billion riyals annually.

Officials also aim to hike domestic fuel and water prices in coming months, raising an additional 29 billion riyals.

And a 5 percent value-added tax on most products is to be imposed at the start of 2018.

Nevertheless, Sfakianakis estimated restoring the public perks would add half a percentage point to the non-oil economy this year, bringing its growth to around 1 percent.

That could be enough for Saudi Arabia to avoid recession -- an important achievement for the economic reformers. A Reuters poll of analysts this month found them forecasting median Saudi gross domestic product growth of just 0.5 percent in 2017.

A 1.4 percent rise in the Saudi stock index on Sunday, led by retailing companies, showed investors expect a boost to consumer spending.

Authorities also signalled on Saturday that they intended to move ahead with a part of the reform programme that is popular among many ordinary Saudis: reducing corruption and making the government more transparent.

A royal decree dismissed the kingdom’s information and civil service ministers and set up a committee to investigate allegations of abuse of the civil service office. The decree did not describe any specific allegations of wrongdoing. (rtr)

DUBAI — Emirati and Malaysian officials said Monday they reached a deal to resolve a legal dispute over the indebted and troubled Malaysian investment fund 1MDB, with the United Arab Emirates set to receive $1.2 billion over this year. The deal, which still would need to be approved by an arbitration panel in London, resolves merely one part of the sprawling, worldwide investigation into 1MDB. Money from the fund, which was to develop Malaysia’s economy, instead found itself funneled through a global embezzlement and money-laundering scheme involving people close to Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, luxury properties and the production of the 2013 film “The Wolf of Wall Street,” U.S. investigators allege.

In 2016, the Abu Dhabi-based International Petroleum Investment Co. alleged 1MDB defaulted on more than $1.1 billion in debt it owed to the sovereign wealth fund and its subsidiary, Aabar Investments. It filed a case against the fund in the London Court of International Arbitration.

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak started the fund shortly after taking office in 2009 to promote economic development projects, but the fund accumulated billions in debt.

Najib has denied any wrongdoing, but the scandal sparked a mass rally in November against his government.

In the UAE, the former head of IPIC, Khadem al-Qubaisi, is named in a series of court documents filed by U.S. federal prosecutors as receiving money from the 1MDB scam and buying luxury properties. He resigned from IPIC in April 2015 and his current whereabouts are unknown.

In June, Abu Dhabi’s crown prince, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, ordered that IPIC merge with the Mubadala Development Co., another of the emirate’s sovereign wealth fund, amid a cash crunch brought on low global oil prices. The combined fund will hold roughly $135 billion in assets across businesses ranging from computer chips to renewable energy for Abu Dhabi, the oil-rich capital of the UAE. (ap)

On Saturday, Riyadh cancelled that step -- the first time it has reversed a major austerity policy since its budget crisis erupted two years ago. This followed widespread grumbling about stagnant living standards among ordinary Saudis. Such perks include housing, vacation, and sickness allowances plus monthly bonuses for some state and military workers.

Analysts say the decision does not necessarily signal

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Jaje Lempog, a Cheap Dish with Rich Taste

Have you ever try Lempog? It is one of Balinese traditional food is reraly found in the stores and supermaket. Lempog is usually being sold in thetraditional market or small stores in the village. It is understandable because it is not an exclusive dish, lempog is usualy being enjoyed by the farmers.

Lempog is a cheap dish because it is using a simple material such as Balinese sugar and cassava.

The food is great to accompany us in drinkingtea or coffee. In Java, Lempog is also known as Getuk.

Before, Lempog is not only enjoyed by farmers but also served on Hindus ceremonies such as wedding and Ngaben.

Not only that, when the locals work together in building house or a kitchen, Lempog always becomea snack, just like when the farmer work in the field. In addition to use

very easy materials, the process of making it is also very simple.

It doesn’t need a big machine or factory. Everything can be done at home. To make it, first the cassava must be pealed and cut into smaller pieces and then boiled.

The red sugar chopped into smaller pieces so it can dissolved with the cassava. The sugar can also bolied along with the cassava to make a better taste.

After finish, the cassava is crushed using traditional tool called Luhu which is a big stick made from wood. During the process, the sugar is put so it can blend perfectly. Salt is also added in the process. After it is smooth enough, the dough is cut into small pieces and ready to be served. In serving Lempog, coconut which is already puured on top of it. Enjoy (kmb)

Batu Kursi Hill, An Exotic Attraction Offering Two Views

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When spending holidays, making a visit to tourist attractions can become an option. It does not only kill time, but also eliminates fatigue after busyness with a myriad of activities. Among the many attractions, Batu Kursi (literally chair stone) may become an option that can be included in your itinerary. The hill is located in West Buleleng, precisely at Pemuteran village, Gerokgak, that offers two views at once, namely Mountain View and sea view.

Emiratis, Malaysians reach $1.2B deal over troubled fund A filing Monday on the London Stock Exchange said Malaysian officials agreed to pay the wealth fund $1.2 billion this year, with half being due by July 31 and the other half by Dec. 31. The filing said Malaysian officials also have agreed “to assume responsibility for all future interest and principal payments” on two $1.75 billion bonds. The agreement is contingent on the arbitration panel making a consent award on May 31, the filing said.

1MDB released a short statement Monday saying it was “pleased” by the agreement, saying it “represents the resolution of a significant challenge.” Officials with the International Petroleum Investment Co., known as IPIC, could not be immediately reached for comment.

The resolution comes as 1MDB remains the target of investigators in Singapore, Switzerland, Luxembourg and the U.S. American investigators allege officials at the fund diverted more than $3.5 billion through a web of shell companies and bank accounts.

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A Balinese man is placed into a trance like state with keris, traditional weapon, pointed to his neck during a hindu ritual called Ngerebong which is an ancient tradition of kesiman village, the ceremony is held every 210 days where the villagers are believed will be given safety away from disasters in Bali, Indonesia on Sunday, April 23, 2017.

Looking for this object is not difficult. Just come and cross the path of Seririt-Gilimanuk. Approximately, it is about 15 minutes’ drive from Pulaki Temple to the west. There visitors will be immediately greeted by signpost right in front of the intersection reading “Pura Batu Chair” (Batu Kursi Temple) and then you immediately turn left to park your vehicle. After getting down, the eyes will be instantly pampered by towering hills. To get to the temple, you are only charged with voluntary donation by local attendant.

After that, the journey to the hill and the temple immediately starts. The road is quite uphill and must step on hundreds of stairs. Having reached in the middle

of the way, your fatigue will get paid with a beautiful view on hilltop with verdant trees. Some areas are just overgrown by grasses generating a yellowish green color. At first glance, it looks like a Teletabies Hill. It is suitable to be used as a background of photography.

This attraction does not include special shelter but when summer heats do not worry. Visitors can take shelter under a neem tree. Pouring sweat will immediately disappear after being blown by refreshing sea breezes. At that time, visitors can witness the beauty of the sea at Pemuteran in turquoise color and so does the very exotic Menjagan Island. Other than enjoying the natural atmosphere, visitors can simultaneously say prayers at the Batu Kursi Temple located at the middle of the hills. By doing so, the holidays will be getting more complete.

Attendant of the tourist attraction, Ketut Mariada, said that the tourist visits to the location is quite crowded within the past few years chiefly during holidays. They are mostly teenagers because the location is pretty good to take selfie. “During holidays, the visit reaches hundreds of people. Every day there are always visitors especially young people,” he said. (kmb)

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Province prepares IDR 300 billion for road maintenance and improvement

DENPASAR - This year, Bali provincial government is ready to prepare budget around IDR 300 billion for road improvement and maintenance. The budget is only to handle the road along 743.34 km from 850.63 km last year. This happens due to the road section of Besakih and Sakah-Tampaksiring is taken over by central government.

“It means that at least at the end of 2018 we are targeted to complete where 84 percent of the roads are in steady condition. Previously, it was ready 82 percent,” said the Head of the Bali Public Works and Spatial Planning Agency, I Nyoman Astawa Riadi, in Denpasar, recently.

Astawa added that road maintenance has been regularly held. Without maintenance, the road condi-

tion will come down. For example, from a moderate condition it can become damaged. As the monitoring, the provincial road is prone to damage at the road section of Petang (Badung), Kintamani (Bangli) and Pupuan (Tabanan).

“We will handle the points in the areas like Petang as they are prone to disaster, especially landslides. In 2017, we are just planning,” he explained.

According to Astawa, his agency is planning a bridge construction to connect Plaga and Petang after being eroded by landslide in late 2016. The budget allocated for the 100-meter long bridge is in the range of IDR 60-70 billion.

“We plan a permanent bridge because there is possibility to continuously get eroded by landslides in the area,” he added. (kmb32)

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Traffic jam happened during the ceremony at Ulun Danu Temple in Batur, Bangli. Road is becoming one of the important thing that need to be developed by the government.

Inacraft 2017 followed by 1,300 SMEs

DENPASAR - Inacraft, the biggest exhibition of Indonesia’s craft and housewares, is held again on April 26-30. At first, the exhibition held in 1999 was only followed by 102 SMEs throughout Indonesia. However, in 2017 the total participants reaches than 1,300 SMEs. With surging number of registering participants, this year the organizer restricts by allowing the new comer participants only. “The first time only participants are allowed to participate so that everyone gets their opportunity,” said Secretary General of ASEPHI, Dewa Wirayudha, recently.

Similarly, there are many participants from the Association of Exporters and Producers of Indonesian Handicraft (ASEPHI) Bali wishing to join in this year’s Inacraft exhibition compared to the previous year.

Participants from Bali consist of the

members of ASEPHI and SMEs assisted by the district or municipal government.

The types of businesses vary ranging from textiles, wood crafts, jewelry and accessories as well as spa products. No wonder the Inacraft is thronged by the SME crafts and others because the SMEs get benefit from the sales side.

In addition, the participants and visitors can also see new variants of products from different regions. ‘This becomes an appropriate event to show off their superior design or product originating from each region,” he said.

Through the Inacraft event, participants of the exhibition can get a lot of markets. They mostly can grab local market of Indonesian. However, in 2017, the ASEPHI will invite overseas buyers to attend in seizing the export market. (kmb42)

Overloaded for several years

Regent promises to swap Gianyar Prison GIANYAR - For several years, the capacity of class II B prison of Gianyar has overloaded. The discourse on the relocation of the prison area has emerged for several times, but never gets realized. Now, regent of Gianyar is said to promise again the swap of Gianyar Prison with an area of two hectares at Bitra village, Gianyar.

Head of Gianyar Prison Security Unit, I.B. Dwikora Putra, said on Friday (Apr. 21) that the discourse of Gianyar Prison is not something new. Moreover, as far as he could remember the discourse to relocate the prison has come up for three times with three different locations like the discourse on the relocation to Petak village, Gianyar.

“At first, it was planned to be relocated to Petak village, but this location was rejected because it was said to be too far,” he said with permission of the Head of Gianyar Prison, Putu Astawa.

Furthermore, there was also a discourse on the relocation of the Gianyar Prison to Temesi village, Gianyar. After being reviewed, the area was considered not appropriate, either. “Well, the regent lastly offered the swap with two hectares of land at Bitra village, but until now it cannot

have been accomplished,” he said.

Dwikora revealed that the regent of Gianyar was re-discoursed the swap in a visit to the Gianyar Prison about a month ago. With the re-submission of the discourse, he hoped it can be realized this time.

“At that time, the regent already requested this can be processed immediately. Hopefully, this discourse can be realized because currently Gianyar Prison has been overcapacity,” he hoped.

He described that Gianyar Prison spreading across the area of approximately 4,400 square meters has a capacity of 44 prisoners. But, currently it has been occupied by 92 people consisting of 45 detainees and 47 inmates. “It is impossible to add new building in the area because it has been so dense. Thus, we hope it could be relocated,” he said.

According to him, the area used as a penitentiary is ideally located 5 km away from settlement, while Gianyar Prison is currently right in the middle of the town, adjacent to the Gianyar tourism Office and House of Representatives. “If can be realized at Bitra, probably it is quite appropriate,” he said. (kmb35)

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“Australia first” fortifies position of country’s prime minister

SYDNEY - Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has recorded a rise in voter support just days after tightening rules for foreigners seeking work and citizenship under an “Australia first” policy, a newspaper poll showed on Monday.

Turnbull has struggled to stop a haemorrhage of voter support with far right parties including Pauline Hanson’s One Nation on the rise and with his conservative government lagging behind opposition Labor in opinion polls.

The next election is not due until 2019, but continued poor polling could undermine Turnbull’s leadership.

Tightening immigration and citizenship rules last week under the banner “Australia first”, similar to U.S. President Donald Trump’s “America first”, boosted Turnbull’s personal rating four percent from early April, said a Newspoll by The Australian newspaper, the highest in nearly two months.

While support for the government rose one percent on a twoparty preferred basis - where votes for minor parties are redistributed to the two main blocs - Turnbull’s

government still trails Labor by a margin of 52-48, the poll showed.

Turnbull’s move towards more conservative politics may have won some support, but his position as leader remains on a knife-edge with poor polling a trigger for leadership spills in Australian politics.

“Although the poll offers some support for Turnbull’s hopes of keeping his job, he has to arrest the clear movement away in support since the election last year and show that he can keep hold of it,” said Haydon Manning, a political science professor at Flinders University in South Australia state.

Last week, Turnbull abolished a temporary work visa popular with foreigners, replacing it with a new programme, in a move critics described as political posturing.

He also announced plans to raise the bar for handing out citizenships by lengthening the waiting period, adding a new “Australian values” test and raising the standard for English language.

Turnbull next faces a critical budget on May 9 where the government will need to address slower economic growth and a seemingly intractable deficit. (rtr)

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The U.S. aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson transits the Sunda Strait, Indonesia on April 15, 2017.

U.S. carrier group heads for Korean waters, China calls for restraint

BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping called for all sides to exercise restraint on Monday in a call about North Korea with U.S. President Donald Trump, as Japan conducted joint drills with a U.S. aircraft carrier strike group headed for Korean waters.

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The carrier group was sent by Trump for exercises in waters off the Korean peninsula as a warning, amid growing fears North Korea could conduct another nuclear test soon in defiance of United Nations sanctions.

Angered by the approach of the U.S. carrier group, a defiant North Korea said on Monday the deployment of the USS Carl Vinson was “an extremely dangerous act by those who plan a nuclear war to invade the North”.

“The United States should not run amok and should consider carefully any catastrophic consequence from its foolish military provocative act,” Rodong Sinmun, the official newspaper of the North’s ruling Workers’ Party, said in a commentary on Monday.

“What’s only laid for aggressors is dead bodies and deaths,” the newspaper said.

Two Japanese destroyers have already joined the

carrier group for drills in the western Pacific, and South Korea said on Monday it was also in talks about holding joint naval exercises.

Washington and its allies fear Pyongyang could be preparing to conduct another nuclear missile test or launch more ballistic missiles.

China is increasingly worried the situation could spin out of control, leading to war and a chaotic collapse of its isolated and poverty-struck neighbour.

Xi told Trump that China resolutely opposes any actions that run counter to U.N. Security Council resolutions, a Chinese foreign ministry statement said.

China “hopes that all relevant sides exercise restraint, and avoid doing anything to worsen the tense situation on the peninsula”, the statement paraphrased Xi as saying.

The nuclear issue can only be resolved quickly with all relevant countries pulling in the same direction, and China is willing to work with all parties, including the United States, to ensure peace, Xi said.

The issue has gained added urgency as North Korea prepares to celebrate the 85th anniversary of the foundation of its Korean People’s Army on Tuesday.

It has marked similar events in the past with nuclear tests or missile launches. (rtr)

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of NASA’s Cassini spacecraft about to make one of its dives between Saturn and its innermost rings as part of the mission’s grand finale.

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CAPE CANAVERAL - NASA’s Cassini spacecraft soared past Saturn’s biggest moon for the last time on Saturday, tapping its gravity to slingshot into a series of exploratory dives inside the planet’s rings, followed by a final fatal plunge into the gas giant.

After nearly 20 years of traveling in space, Cassini used the gravitational tug of Titan, a moon resembling primordial Earth, to hurl itself into a new orbit that will pass through an unexplored region between Saturn’s cloud tops and its rings.

The spacecraft is expected to make the first of 22 dives between the planet and its rings on Wednes-

day. During the last dive on Sept.

15, Cassini is slated to destroy itself by flying directly into Saturn’s crushing atmosphere.

Cassini’s final run was set into motion early on Saturday by its 127th and final pass by Titan, the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration said.

At its closest approach, NASA

projections had Cassini flying 608 miles (979 km) above Titan, zipping by at a relative speed of 13,000 miles per hour (21,000 km per hour), “Titan’s gravity will bend Cassini’s orbit around Saturn, shrinking it slightly, so that instead of passing just outside the rings, the spacecraft will begin its finale dives which pass just inside the rings,” NASA

said in a statement on Wednesday.

During the dives, Cassini will measure how much ice and other materials are in the rings and determine their chemical composition.

That information will help scientists learn how the rings formed.

Cassini also will study Saturn’s atmosphere and take measurements to determine the size of the planet’s rocky core.

Cassini has been probing Saturn, the sixth planet from the sun, and its entourage of 62 known moons

since July 2004, but is running low on fuel.

NASA plans to crash the spacecraft into Saturn to avoid any chance Cassini could someday collide with Titan, the ocean-bearing moon Enceladus or any other moon that has the potential to support indigenous microbial life.

By destroying the spacecraft, NASA will ensure that any hitchhiking Earth microbes still alive on Cassini will not contaminate the moons for future study. (rtr)

China’s first cargo spacecraft docks with orbiting space lab SHANGHAI - China’s first cargo spacecraft docked successfully with the Tiangong-2 space lab on Saturday, the official Xinhua news agency reported, marking a major step towards Beijing’s goal of establishing a permanently manned space station by 2022.

President Xi Jinping has prioritised advancing China’s space programme to strengthen national security.

The Tianzhou-1 cargo resupply spacecraft made the automated docking process with the orbiting space lab after it had taken off on Thursday evening from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Centre in the southern island province of Hainan.

The Tiangong-2 space laboratory, or “Heavenly Palace 2”, was home to two astronauts for a month last October in China’s longest ever manned space mission.

The cargo spacecraft mission provides an

“important technological basis” to build a Chinese space station, state media have said.

It can reportedly carry 6 tonnes of goods, 2 tonnes of fuel and can fly unmanned for three months.

Despite the advances in China’s space programme for military, commercial and scientific purposes, China still lags behind the United States and Russia.

In late 2013, China’s Jade Rabbit rover landed on the Moon to great national fanfare, but ran into severe technical difficulties.

The U.S. Defense Department has highlighted China’s increasing space capabilities, saying it was pursuing activities aimed at preventing other nations from using spacebased assets in a crisis.

China insists it has only peaceful ambitions in space, but has tested anti-satellite missiles. (rtr)

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In this photo released by China’s Xinhua News Agency, China’s Tianzhou-1 cargo spacecraft moves towards the Tiangong-2 space lab for docking, as seen on a screen at the Beijing Aerospace Control Center in Beijing, Saturday, April 22, 2017. China launched its first unmanned cargo spacecraft Thursday on a mission to dock with the country’s space station.

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After getting only a few passengers on the first and second day of trial, now more students in Buleleng are interested to ride school bus operated by local transportation agency (Dishub).

Students in Buleleng start to get interested in using school bus

SINGARAJA - After getting only a few passengers on the first and second day of trial, now more students in Buleleng are interested to ride school bus operated by local transportation agency (Dishub). The passenger surge shows that the free transportation service of transportation agency by utilizing two bus aids from the ministry of transportation is required by students in North Bali.

Nevertheless, the transportation agency itself has not been self-contained yet and the dissemination during the trial period until the next few months will remain to be improved.

Division Head of Road Traffic, Gede Ngurah Sarjaya, said at his office on Wednesday (Apr. 19) that the trial period on the first and second day could only draw the interest of a few students to ride school bus. Seeing this result, his agency has made evaluation. Students are said to be reluctant to ride the school bus for fear of being charged a ticket.

In addition, during school hours students generally spread, so that school bus cannot reach more students. Different situation happens after school hours, where students gather at school, so that once the bus arrives they can be served in greater numbers.

“Indeed, we just served not more than ten students on the first and second day. We have evaluated and at the beginning of the trial students did not want to ride because they worry about having to pay ticket. Besides, there are no gathering points at the two departure locations of the bus,”

he said.

On the third day of trial, students begin to be interested to ride a bus when going to school or leaving school. Last Wednesday the whole seats of both buses were fully occupied. Moreover, some students had to stand up with the help of handrails prepared in the bus. Above the result, Sarjaya is getting more optimistic if the school bus program has begun to be utilized by students. He reminded the bus crews to keep serving students according to the existing procedures.

In order to more convince the free service, bus crews are asked to disseminate it to students that have ridden school bus and also asked the students to spread this information to their friends of the same school or different schools.

“From the beginning, the fixed procedures are already well implemented by bus crews. Now, there are more and more passengers, and our bus crews are asked to keep disseminating this service, so that in the future the service provided can be optimally utilized by students whose school is passed through by route of the school bus,” he explained.

One school bus leaves Sukasada Terminal (Sukasada) and passes through Jalan Jelatik Gingsir, Veteran, Ngurah Rai, Lieutenant Colonel Wisnu, Gajah Mada, Diponegoro, Erlangga and ends at Penarukan Terminal (Buleleng subdistrict). Then, another bus departs from Penarukan Terminal passes through Jalan Surapati, Imam Bonjol, Sutomo, Pramuka, Ngurah Rai, Veteran, Jelatik Gingsir and ends at Sukasada Terminal. The total distance covered by the school bus reaches approximately 20 kilometers with 18 school locations consisting of elementary, junior high and high school or vocational school.

When operating, each bus consumes 15 liters of fuel, so that every day the fuel consumption reaches about 30 liters. Fuel purchases, bus maintenance and bus operating costs are fully allocated in the Buleleng regional budget. After the trial period ends, the transportation agency will evaluate to find out the obstacles faced in the field. In addition, later on, if the service in town is considered less optimal, the school bus route will be probably diverted to serve students in countryside. (kmb38)

SEMARAPURA - Perforated coin or better known as pis bolong in Bali becomes complementary means in community ritual activities. So far, many of the perforated coins are found to have some colors such as black and golden yellow. Likewise, the scripts inscribed on the perforated coins are Chinese and some others Balinese scripts.

Perforated coins inscribed in Chinese scripts have existed since hundreds of years ago and used as a legal means of payment in their home country. Meanwhile, the perforated coins with Balinese scripts have began to exist and produced since 2004 at Tojan village, Klungkung.

I Made Sukma Swacita is one of the artisans at Tojan village who produces perforated coins with Balinese scripts. He said that perforated coins inscribed with Balinese scripts have been produced for the needs of ritual and souvenirs.

The products intended for ritual needs have three types, namely the one inscribed with five Balinese scripts of Sa, Ba, Ta, A, and I; the one inscribed with Ang and Ah script; and another one with Padma image or lotus symbolizing sanctity.

Swacita stated that pursuant to the result of seminar regarding the perforated coins presented by some higher priests in 2003, the perforated coins for ritual needs are produced by melting five metal materials or better known as pancha datu. The five metals include gold, silver, brass, copper and iron. In accordance with Hindu religious belief in Bali,

these five metals contain five powers influenced by the powers of the gods so that they are used for ceremonies.

Swacita said although the use of perforated coins made from pancha datu for complementary means of ritual has been proclaimed since the leadership of Dewa Barata, until now not all people want to use it. Society, said Swacita, many people still choose to use fake perforated coins that are not made from pancha datu material. This happens because the price is much cheaper compared to perforated coins made from pancha datu.

He mentioned that perforated coin is sold for IDR 1 million per 1,000 pieces; while the fake perforated coins that are not made from pancha datu material can be obtained by the community at a very cheap price of only IDR 50,000 per 1,000 pieces.

“Most people prefer to purchase cheap coins because many of them still do not understand about the core matter of the pancha datu,” he explained.

He revealed that all this time the perforated coins that are not made from pancha datu widely circulating in the market are brought in from Java. Swacita acknowledged that circulation of the perforated coins from Java is considered to adequately rival the marketing of pancha datu coins made by Tojan artisans.

“So, in the future there should be provision on the understanding regarding the purpose of using perforated coins made of pancha datu in ritual,” he said. (kmb40)

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The perforated coins with Balinese scripts have began to exist and produced since 2004 at Tojan village, Klungkung.

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Bali named World’s Best Destination 2017 by TripAdvisor

BALI becomes the first Asia’s tourist destination reaching first rank as the World’s Best Destination in the TripAdvisor Travelers’ Choice Award and beat out 418 other leading destinations around the world. TripAdvisor Travelers’ Choice Award was received by Governor of Bali, Made Mangku Pastika, represented

by Assistant of Economy and Development Administration of Bali Provincial Secretary, I Dewa Putu Sunartha, in Seminyak, on Thursday (Apr. 20).

Governor Pastika in his speech read by Sunartha expressed that the award is the choice of travelers and TripAdvisor users from around the globe that certainly have come to Bali and considered Bali as a tourist destination worth visiting.

“With this award, I hope more and more travelers will visit Bali. It is not enough to just come once, but come again and again because various interesting objects and attractions have been waiting for them in Bali,” he said.

Deputy of Tourism Marketing Development, Ministry of Tourism, I Gde Pitana, who represented the central government, said the award will strengthen Indonesia’s position as a country that prioritizes tourism. According to him, this award gives Bali three things that he called as 3C, namely Credibility, Confidence and Calibration. “All the awards given by international agencies are not delivered as such, but have definite and measurable indicators because tourism is a global industry, so that it applies global standards,” he said.

As award-giver, Sarah Matthews, Head of Destination Marketing for TripAdvisor Asia Pacific, said the winners of the TripAdvisor Travelers’ Choice Award were selected based on millions of reviews and opinions made by travelers around the world within 12 months. Globally, the reviews and objective opinions on the TripAdvisor have surpassed 500 million, with 290 contents per minute every day, said the woman claimed to travel to Bali for the first time 30 years ago.

“Bali is a tourist destination with the best experience for various types of travelers, such as nature, cultural and gastronomic tourism so that it is not strange if they want to share their experience with the world,” he said.

The award presentation was also attended by the Head of the Bali Tourism Office, A.A. Yuniartha, as well as tourism businesspeople in Bali.(r)

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Waste has impacts on mangrove forest

NEGARA — Waste problem does not only affect waters in the upstream area. Along the riverbanks of the Ijogading halving the Negara town getting to Mangrove forest in Perancak and Budeng are also affected. Household waste in the river stuck in the sidelines of mangrove roots during high tides.

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As seen in the Mangrove Clean Up action, hundreds of high school students across Jembrana, technical unit (UPT) of fishery and maritime affairs throughout Bali, regional agency of Jembrana, NGOs and community groups cared about environment last Thursday (Apr. 20).

Waste cleanup in the mangrove forest is in a series of the Earth Day 2017 celebration held at the Marine Research Institute and Observation (BPOL).

In the mangrove cleanup, the participants managed to collect as much as 100 kg of waste.

It consisted of domestic waste such as pampers and plastic. The waste having been accumulated

in garbage bag was then transported by the Jembrana environment agency to landfill.

Manager Program Bali of Conservation International Indonesia, Made Iwan Dewantama, conveyed about the Nyegara Gunung conservation. According to Iwan, Bali must be managed into a single unit.

“Bali is a small island, so that what happens in the upstream is very quickly impacting on the sea, including the waste problem.

Waste on mainland becomes the biggest polluter in the sea,” he explained. Indonesia becomes the world’s second largest contributor of waste in the world.

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tionally on April 22 of each year is designed to raise awareness and appreciation to the planet inhabited by humans, namely this earth.

Head of the BPOL, Dr. I Nyoman Radiarta, hoped that the Earth Day 2017 celebration could become the initial moment of keeping the earth. “Hopefully, next year there can be a similar event and become more varied,” he hoped.

Series of the Earth Day celebration was also filled with the presentation of innovation in the form of garbage catcher equipment in mangrove known as Mangrove-Bin by Hanggar Prasetio from Conservation International Indonesia. (kmb26)

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‘Fate of the Furious’ Stays on Top; ‘Unforgettable,’ ‘The Promise’ Bomb

LOS ANGELES - “The Fate of the Furious” is racing to defend its title at the top of the box office, while a number of new releases including “The Promise” and “Unforgettable” are being left in the dust.

Universal’s eighth installment in the Fast and Furious franchise proved to be a global box office titan when it opened last weekend to a record-shattering $532.5 million. This time around looks to tell mostly the same story -- while domestic grosses slipped 61% from its first to second weekend, the movie is still easily topping the box office with $38.7 million from 4,329 locations.

But slipping domestic earnings (and lower U.S. grosses than “Furious 7,” which pulled over $250 million in its first two weekends versus “Fate’s” current sum of $163.6 million) are majorly overshadowed by the movie’s international appeal. A bankable, diverse cast including Dwayne Johnson, Vin Diesel and Charlize Theron is leading the film, directed by F. Gary Gray, to a two-frame global total of $744.8 million and worldwide sum of $908.4 million.

While studios wait for summer season to commence, there are no surprise hits to come of this weekend’s releases. Warner Bros.’ “Unforgettable” seems to have

slipped audiences’ minds, earning $4.8 million in its first weekend from 2,417 theaters.

“It just didn’t resonate with the intended audience,” said Jeff Goldstein, the president of domestic distribution at Warner Bros. Goldstein stressed that the movie was made for a moderate price, and the marketing was “targeted and appropriate” for the audience.

The directorial debut of Denise Di Novi stars Katherine Heigl as a scorned ex-wife, and Rosario Dawson as a woman who is newly engaged to the same man.

In his review for Variety, critic Peter Debruge lauded Heigl’s “terrific” performance, and wrote that her casting “savvily exploits the actress’s prickly reputation within the industry.”

“Unforgettable” joins a string of so-so to disappointing releases from Warner Bros. so far this year, including “Chips” and “Fist Fight.” At least the Heigl movie had a low production budget ( about $12 million) to minimize losses.

“The Promise,” too, couldn’t follow through, despite a social media push from stars including Leonardo DiCaprio, the Kardashian sisters and Cher. The movie, from Open Road Films on behalf of Survival Pictures, looks to round out the weekend with about $4.1 million from 2,251 locations -- barely cracking the top ten for the weekend. (rtr)

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This image released by Universal Pictures shows Charlize Theron, left, and Vin Diesel in “The Fate of the Furious.”

Gloves off in French election as Le Pen aide slams Macron

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Andrea Heydlauf (L-R), Chief Marketing Officer for African Parks, Rachel Webber, National Geographic Partners’ Executive Vice President of Digital Product, director and writer Imraan Ismail join former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attending a panel discussion after the VR screening of National Geographic’s “The Protectors: A Walk in the Ranger’s Shoes” at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York, April 22, 2017.

Hillary Clinton makes surprise appearance at New York film panel

NEW YORK - Hillary Clinton, who until recently had avoided the spotlight in the wake of her election defeat in November, made a surprise appearance at New York’s Tribeca Film Festival on Saturday as a panelist to discuss illegal elephant poaching.

The discussion followed the premiere of Academy Award-winning director Kathryn Bigelow’s virtual reality documentary “The Protectors: Walk in the Rangers’ Shoes.”

The eight-minute film allows viewers to experience what it is like to work as a park ranger trying to save elephants in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

“We’ve got to bust this market,” Clinton said of the global ivory trade.

The unexpected public appearance on Earth Day was one of several Clinton has made recently, following a period of silence after the former Democratic presidential candidate lost the November election to President Donald Trump.

Clinton said she first began focusing on the “horrific slaughter” of elephants when she was secretary

of state and later helped launch an anti-poaching initiative at her family’s nonprofit Clinton Global Initiative.

More than 30,000 elephants are killed by poachers every year in Africa.

In addition to endangering vulnerable elephant populations, trafficking also provides financial support to extremist militant groups, Clinton said.

“When we were looking at this, we thought there were three overriding goals: stop the killing, stop the trafficking and stop the demand,” she said.

While China is the world’s biggest market for illegal ivory, the United States ranks No. 2, Clinton said, requiring Americans to take a leading role in fighting elephant poaching.

Clinton also mentioned the March for Science, which took place in Washington and other cities around the world earlier on Saturday. The Earth Day event was in effect a protest against what critics say has been the Trump administration’s disregard for evidence-based knowledge and research. (rtr)

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PARIS - Far-right leader Marine Le Pen’s top aide sharply attacked her centrist opponent Emmanuel Macron, who is favourite to beat her for the French presidency, as campaigning for the final round on May 7 got under way within hours of first round results.

Global markets reacted with relief to Sunday’s outcome which broke a pattern of anti-establishment election shocks in which Britons voted to quit the European Union and Donald Trump was elected U.S. president.

The euro briefly reached fivemonth peaks while European shares rose sharply on the likelihood that the 39-year-old Macron will win the presidency in the runoff against Le Pen. Her pledge to ditch the euro currency and possibly quit the European Union has unnerved markets.

As both sides looked to court support now from their defeated rivals for the crucial May vote, Le Pen’s camp took aim at what they see as Macron’s weak spots - his privileged banker background and his role as economy minister in a discredited Socialist government

of outgoing President Francois Hollande.

“Emmanuel is not a patriot. He sold off national companies. He criticised French culture,” Florian Philippot, deputy leader of Le Pen’s National Front told BFM TV, saying she and Macron held completely different visions of France.

Philippot called the independent centrist and former investment banker “arrogant” and said that in Sunday night’s speech acclaiming his move into the second round “he was speaking as if he had won already”.

“That was disdainful towards the French people,” Phillipot said.

Macron’s victory dinner celebrations at Paris’s upscale Rotonde restaurant amounted to “bling-bling biz,” he said.

Though Macron, 39, is a comparative political novice who has

France’s presidential election French voters cast their ballots on April 23 in the opening round of a presidential election that is considered the most unpredictable in memory. The top two scorers from the first-round field of 11 candidates face off in a second and final vote on May 7.

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never held elected office, new opinion polls on Sunday saw him easily winning the final clash against the 48-year-old Le Pen. Interior ministry final figures in the highly-contested first round gave Macron 23.74 percent of the votes against Le Pen’s 21.53. A Harris survey saw Macron going on to win the runoff against her by 64 percent to 36. An Ipsos/Sopra Steria poll gave a similar result.

NIGHTMARE SCENARIOS

Ahead of Sunday’s vote, markets had been contemplating a variety of nightmare scenarios for them, including one in which Le Pen would go through to a runoff against the far left’s Jean-Luc Melenchon. The communist-backed candidate, who made a late surge in opinion polls, finished in fourth place.

Le Pen will be keen to avoid a repetition of 2002 when her father and National Front founder, JeanMarie Le Pen, got through to the second round in a surprise vote but went on to lose in a humiliating landslide against right-wing president Jacques Chirac.

Analysts say Le Pen’s best chance of hauling back Macron’s big lead in the polls is to paint him as a part of an elite aloof from ordinary French people and their problems. Part of that strategy would be to remind voters of Macron’s former role as a deal-maker in investment banking and economy minister under Hollande.

Without waiting for figures from the count, two defeated candidates - conservative Francois Fillon and socialist Benoit Hamon - urged their supporters now to throw their energies into backing Macron to stop any chance of victory by Le Pen, whose anti-immigration and anti-Europe policies they said spelled disaster for France.

Melenchon declined to back either of the two. Manuel Valls, a former Socialist prime minister on the right-wing of the party who broke with Hamon’s campaign after failing to beat him for the party ticket, said he would be ready to work with Macron.

“We must help him (Macron) as much as we can to ensure Le Pen is kept as low down as possible,” Valls said on France Inter radio.

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A montage of French national newspaper front pages reporting on the winners of the first round of the French presidential election, centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron and far-right candidate Marine Le Pen, are displayed in Paris, France, Monday, April 24, 2017. French voters shut out the country’s political mainstream from the presidency for the first time in the country’s modern history, and on Monday found themselves being courted across the spectrum for the runoff election.

In a victory speech on Sunday Macron told supporters of his fledgling En Marche! (Onwards!) movement: “In one year, we have changed the face of French politics.” He said he would bring in new faces and new talent to transform a stale political system once elected.

Sunday’s outcome was a huge defeat for the two centre-right and centre-left groupings that have dominated French politics for 60 years. Fillon, who insisted to his The Republicans party that he would triumph despite damaging allegations that he had paid his wife and two children from the public purse for work they did not do,

ended in third place with just short of 20 percent of the vote.

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