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NEWS MAKER Jim Courier. Overcomes Tough Challenge From Stolle WORLD number one Jim Courier overcame a tough challe- nge from unseeded Australian Sandon Stolle on Thursday to reach the quarter-finals of the $500,000 Salem Open tennis tournament. Courier finally emerged with a 6-2 3-6 6-4 victory as the 87th- ranked Stolle broke his serve three times in the second and third sets, the third in the opening game of the decider. "It wasn't the best match I ever played," the baseball-cappedd Floridian said. "I played a good first set, but Sandon played better second and third sets. Hopefully I'll improve tomorrow." Stolle, son of former Australian great Fred Stolle, dropped his serve in the final set as Courier got back to four-all, then had two points for 5-4 in a highly-charged ninth game. Courier, who put in 61 per cent of his first serves during the match, saved himself with a service winner, then broke Stolle's serve to clinch his victory. "I stopped makaing a high percentage of first service, and he was taking advantage of my second serves," Courier said. "I just had to boost my percentage to keep him away." He was asked if he felt pressure to win the tournament after a last-minute no-show by Germany's Boris Becker and the fall of all but three of the eight seeds the first two nds. "It's always the same for me. There will always be someone to play, whoever shows up," he said. World number four Becker and crowd favourite Jimmy Con- nors dropped out last week for health reason. Fourth-seeded Brad Gilbert fell 6-2 6-7 6-2 to fellow American Jim Grabb after managing only a 45 per cent success rate on the first serve. Second-seeded Michael Chang, who needed three sets to oust German David Prinosil on Wednesday, showed better from to eliminate fellow-California Chuck since we were juniors...I didn't know what to expect," Chang said. Courier takes on Frenchman Guillaume Raoux and Chang meets Greg Rusedski of Canada in Friday's quarter-finals. (Rtr). French Ministerial Air Travel First Perk To Be Axed Paris - Taking a leaf out of U.S. Presi- dent Bill Clinton's book, new French Prime Minister Edouard Balladur has ordered ministers to take commercial airline flights and slash spending on official cars and perks. But mineral water is not about to replace champagne in Paris' ornate government palaces, nor is Balladur, a gourmet, likely to office for a self-service hambur- ger at lunchtime. French taxpayers often grumble at wasteful spending and lavish living by government leaders at their expense, and speak of "the princes who govern us.". Neswspapers estimated mi- nisterial floghts cost 15.000 francs ($2.700) a day plus 16,000 francs ($2,900) per flight hour. France Info radio said an uni- dentified government minister stroll our of his Hotel Matignon recently flew to an African capi- tal by air force jet at a cost of 250.000 francs ($45,000) when he could have used a commercial fligh at one tenth the cost. A 30 per cent cut in the use of a fleet of luxuriously outfitted tri- engine Falcon executive jets top- ped a list of symbolic measures meant to cut state spending by at least 20 billion francs ($3.6 bil- lion) to fun job-creation measures. The decision, announced after Wednesday's first government meeting, should sharply reduce the use of air force executive jets by cabinet ministers, military sources said on Thursday. The president and prime mi- nister's aircraft are usually ac- companied by a spare plane in case the first has engine prob- lems, the military spokesman said. Ministers were told on Wed- nesday not to buy new cars and to cut the amounts they spent on re- ceptions by 10 per cent. Balladur said he would cut his own budget by 20 per cent. (Rtr). Halaman 10 Bali Post NATO Prepares For Bosnia No-fly Zone Brussels- NATO warplanes from the United States, France and Britain are expected to enforce a U.N. no-fly zone over Bosnia, as the alliance prepares to take on a military mission beyond its borders for the first time in its history. NATO sources said enforcement plans were ready following the U.N. Security Council resolution on Wednesday which authorised military intervention for the first time in the former Yugoslavia, approving the use of force to shoot down planes. A meeting of the 16 NATO na- tions in Brussels is expected, pro- bably on Friday, to refine the plans and give final approval. The operation will be run from a NATO air headquarters at Vi- cenza, northeastern Italy, and would probably include between 50 and 100 fighters from the Uni- ted States, Britain, France and perhaps the Netherlands, the sources said. "The major nations in enforce- ment will be the key members from NATO and the U.N. Secu- rity Council -- the U.S., France and Britain," said one alliance source. "That makes good political and military sense. It will mark a turning point in the history of the 16-nation North Atlantic Treaty Organisa- tion (NATO), which has been li- mited to the defence of its mem- ber states since it was set up in power. The U.N. resolution is inten- ded to apply pressure on the Bos- nian Serbs, the only party to re- fuse to sign all parts of a peace plan drafted by mediators Cyrus Vance and Lord Owen and endor- sed last week by the Bosnian Moslems and Croats. NATO military planners have drawn up various options, ra- nging from simple patrolling of the skies over Bosnia to bombing airfields in Serbia and elsewhere if necessary. But the last of these options was dropped before the U.N. vote, because of Russian con- cerns that it was too aggressive. Enforcement will now be confi- ned to Bosnian airspace and any attacks against aircraft on the ground or ground installations would require further approval, except in cases of self-defence. The United Nations imposed the no-fly zone over Bosnia last October to stop aircraft attacks. The flight ban has been violated some 500 times since then, mos- tly by the Serbs but also by the Croats. France, Britain Reluctant The United States had been 1949 to counter Soviet military keen to enforce the ban but key European allies France and Bri- tain were reluctant because of the possible threat to their troops in Bosnia delivering said. New Mission of NATO The alliance has said it is now willing to take on new missions beyond its borders, such as peace-keeping, in an increa- singly troubled Europe. While NATO will run the ope- ration, it will be under the strict political control of the United Na- tions, which can stop the mission or modify the conditions as it likes. English Corner will be run by the headquarters of NATO's Fifth Allied Tactical Air Force, one of two air headquar- ters in southern Europe, which will be linked to the U.N. com- mand in former Yugoslavia, sour- ces said. An Italian air force general leads the NATO headquarters. France, although not part of NATO's military wing, has indi- cated it is willing to contribute planes to the operation since it will be under overall U.N. authority. Problem With Germany The NATO surveillance planes would be used to direct fighters to any targets. But problems with Germany over crewing the pla- nes, known as AWACS, have not yet been resolved. Chancellor Helmut Kohl's ca- binet is to meet on Friday to en- dorse a formula for continued German participation. But Germany's constitution imposes limits on military action beyond NATO borders and the German crews may have to be withdrawn if the planes became involved in combat operations -- depending on a ruling from the country's constitutional court. Since the planes are based in Germany and commanded by a German general, the alliance has said it would be difficult to ma- The alliance has already sent nage without Bonn's warships to the Adriatic to help participation. enforce U.N. sanctions against The council resolution inclu- Serbia and Montenegro and NATO surveillance planes, flying over Hungary and the Adriatic, have been monitoring the no-fly zone over Bosnia. The enforcement operation des a seven-day grace period be- fore going into effect and allows up to seven more days for NATO and the United Nations to orga- nise and coordinate the opera- tion. (Reuter). OPEC Cuts Output But New Quota Still Leaks London - OPEC's estimated crude oil output dropped to 24.28 million barrels per day (bpd) in March, a Reuter survey completed on Thursday showed. output total below 24 million bpd. Some other estimates were higher than the Reuter figure. "It makes one wonder why so many people monitor OPEC mee- tings," said Peter Gignoux, head of the London energy desk for Upham. "Above 24 million turns white lies into lies." tracking data. But several moni- tors saw that nation, though still lion bpd in February and the drop brokerage Smith Barney Harris king is all I have to go on... The This compared with 25.55 mil- followed efforts by the 12-nation producer club to reduce surplu- ses and place some support under weak market prices. But, largely because of appa- rent quota-busting by Iran, it was 700,000 bpd above a new cei- ling set by the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Coun- tries from March 1 of 23.58 million. Futures prices barely moved on Thursday morning, with the benchmark Brent Blend stuck at around $18.90 per barrel -- against an OPEC target of $21 -- But Geoff Pyne, an energy eco- nomist with UBS-Phillips and Drew, said the market could ab- sorb 24.3 million bpd. "It is the best OPEC effort at compliance since the Gulf War although tra- ders will put a question mark over Iran," he added. Best Estimate The regular Reuter survey seeks a best estimate of wellhead output from officials, industry executives and analysts. This month's survey uses above its assigned limit of 3.34-million, down closer to 3.5. "I am uneasy seeing Iran as high at 3.7 million," said one sea- soned monitor. "But tanker trac- burden of proof is on those who say 3.5 million. It is also true that low early estimates for Iran have repeatedly had to be revised up" Among other key producers, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait were generally assessed at or close to assigned limits of eight million and 1.6 million bpd respectively, although slightly higher num- bers were heard. Venezuela was estimated to be about on quota at 2.26 million bpd. The United Arab Emirates was seen just above its limit at 2.19 million bpd -- its allowable higher-than-expected volume from Dubai. (Reuter). in market which traders said high estimate at 3.7 million bar output is 2.16 -- on apparent would have preferred an OPEC rels for Iran, based on tanker AKUDA ADA BARONG TANGKIL RAHINA TUMPEK KRULUTE 27/3-93, PEKAKNE? SAWATARA PA- SASUR BARONG NANGKIL DI PURA NATAR SARI APUAN. 1. Berapa barong yang hadir pada hari Tumpek Krulut 27 Maret 1993, Datuk? 2. Sekitar 35 barong yang hadir di Pura Natar Sari Apuan. 3. Oh, saban tiga tahun sekali barong-barong bertemu di desa Apuan Tabanan. JUMAT, 2 APRIL 1993 OH...SABILANG TELUNG TIBAN ACEPOK, SANG- KEP BARONGE DI DESA APUAN TABANAN! Ladka mbaran 89. Bali 1. How many 'barongs' we present on 'Tumpek Krulut' day 27th March '93, Grandpa? 2. Present were around 35 barongs' at the Apuan Territorial Temple. 3. Oh, 'barongs' meet once three years in the village of Apuan, Tabanan. The Big "Barong" Festival Of Apuan THE Balinese are a people re- rigation system, thus, is a puted for their art of collective li- temple, the Pura Puncak Dawa, ving. They like to huddle in or "the temple of the long hill," groups, hug, touch and be toget- built in the sixteen century, her just for the sake of it. Their which has had, and still has, the art of togetherness is such that it reputation of being endowed with has spread to their gods too. Like particularly strong power or humans, Balinese gods invite taksu. "Related" to that temple, each other, meet and visit, with three kilometers dowstream, is the difference being that they the Pura Natar Sari or "territo- meet with the help of their rial temple" of Apuan, whose "ri- human followers, who present tual territory" covers much of the them with offerings and dance, former kingdom and irrigation and take them around in com- system of Mengwi. It is in this pany in sometimes long and co- temple that the gods of Pura Pun- lorful processions. The gods cak Dawa are normally kept. meet, thus, together with hu- These Apuan "gods", called se- mans, during temple festivals. suhunan, occupy the guise of a One of the most imposing mee- set of nine "Ramayana" masks, ting of gods is the Barong reunion with the powerful Rawana -- the of the village of Apuan, where up kidnapper of Sita -- its clowns Sa- to forty barongs come at the time ngut and Delem, and six monkey of the Tumpek Krulut every three heroes of the epic, Anoman, Pala- years. Apuan is a small village in gawa, Sugriwa, Singanana, Ang- the regency of Tabanan located at gada, Sempati and Nala. These the foot of the mountain and, masks may in the past have been thus, upstream of much of the ir kept for performance purposes, rigation network of the regency, but they are now used only for corresponding to most of the ter- their "godly" power. A visit by the ritory of the former kingdom of gods of Padang Dawa or a visit to Mengwi, which disappeared at their temple is a guarantee of fer- the end of the last century. It tility and prosperity for agricul- should be pointed out here that in tural areas. Bali, the direction of the moun- tain or 'kaja', corresponding to the upstream, or ulu, being the origin of the irrigation water, is associated with the positive for- ces, and opposed to kelod, or the direction of the sea, also called te- ben or downstream, which cor- and ponds to the pole of the impure irrigation system, who have so- host to all the barongs they have metimes their own companions just been visiting in their big tour and dependants. They all make of the territory. It is the famous up a kind of kinship and frater- "Sabha" or meeting of the Ba- nity. (pesemetonan ring Nis- rongs of Apuan, up to forty of kala). The same way as humans them, in a big fiesta of three days, are related to each other, it is with standards, banners and a said, so are indeed the gods. They colorful collection of people. are brothers, sisters, cousins, Once having arrived at a pro- spouses, lovers and even ene- cession and welcome -- with their mies. They visit (or avoid) each followers -- with music and holy other on account of these bonds, water, the various barongs are and, during their visits, are wel- attributed a place in two pavi- comed with food, dance and mu- lions, West and East of the main sic. These are also occasions of shrine of the temple. There they parallel festivities by their follo- wait in a golden and yellow range wers. Art, thus, is closely related of masks, for the big meeting, to religion and to the gods' which takes place in the middle of errings. the night of Tumpek Krulut, Preceding the Tumpek Krulut, when they are taken down, provi- which is the day of the temple fes- ded with players -- the men who tival of Pura Penataran Apuan, move the big barong structure -- the Apuan Sesuhunan gods, after and taken in a circle in the middle asking for the authorization of the temple. There they confer, (ngaturang pekeling) from the facing the masks of Apuan: this is gods higher up the scale, go on a the Pesaban, when they recharge big tour of their godly depen- their inner power. They thus dants, spending night after sway and rattle in the midst of night, followers in tow, in a diffe- holy mantras uttered by their rent temple in the lower lands of mangku priest and the sprin- Tabanan, Denpasar and even kling of holy water. Magic, color. Gianyar, on the territory occu- The temple really becomes the pied by the former kingdom of abode of the gods, seemingly Mengwi. They thus visit up to 47 blending the visible and invisible (Sekala-Niskala). nese protective character. of their godly relatives, all of Art-religion Relation them embodied in the shape of a The gods of Pura Natar Sari of Barong, the "dragon-like" Bali- Apuan are dependant on the gods higher up in the irrigation scale, those from temples by the shore of the lake such as Pura Terate Having thus met, the barong gods take leave and are taken back to their sitting pavilion,; Meeting of "Barongs" waiting for the truck which will When the tour is completed, drive them back the following the Apuan gods go to the sea (me- days to their village of origin. then, they go, or rather drive, the power of happiness and pros- back home, where they will play perity. (Hans Messer). Bang and Pura Bratan, but they lasti) for a ritual bathing, and They will now be recharged with used water. have as their own dependants all Symbolising the head of the ir- the gods at the lower levels of the Top Pro-independent Leader Nuclear Agency Refers N. Korea To Security Council Killed In Kashmir Srinagar, India - EV Bali Post/Rtr. BRANDON LEE- Actor Brandon Lee talks to a Wilmington Star- News reporters about his movie "The Crow" this week. Lee, the son of late martial arts legend Bruce Lee, died March 31 in an accident of the movie set, CNN reported. One of India's top heart sur- geons posthumously revealed as a Kashmir rebel leader -- was found shot dead on Thursday, a day after he was kidnapped, po- lice said. They said Dr Abdul Ahad Guru was shot three times at close range, once through the head, and his body left near the hospi- tal where he worked in Srinagar, summer capital of India's Jammu and Kashmir state. The Jammu and Kashmir Li- beration Front (JKLF) revealed in a statement that Guru had been a member of its Supreme Revolutionary Command Coun- cil and had been going to a council meeting on Wednesday when he was abducted by gunmen. It blamed Indian security for- ces for his death. "On his way (to the meeting) he was intercepted by Indian forces and killed subsequently," it said. "Dr Guru was a thorn in India's flesh and New Delhi wanted to get rid of him somehow." Other major groups fighting Indian rule of the Himalayan re- gion said "Indian agents" were responsible. Senior Indian police officers said they suspected a militant group had assassinated Guru. Some, like the JKLF, are fig- hting for an independent Kas- hmir, including the third of it ro- led by Pakistan. Others want all death. Thousands of people turned up to mourn at the hospital where Guru had worked, and they tried to organize a procession to escort his body to his home. Witnesses said paramilitary police fired over their heads to prevent the procession but then partially relented, allowing seve- ral trucks and buses carrying doctors, nurses and other mour- of Kashmir to join Pakistan. ners to escort his body. Militant groups have fought each other in the past but all the Vienna- The United Nations nuclear watchdog the spread of nuclear weapons and would be referred to the Security Council for possible sanctions. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), meeting in Vienna with North Korea pre- sent, approved a resolution saying the communist state was "in non-compliance with the safe- guards agreement" which took effect in April 1992. China and Libya voted against the resolution. The safeguards agreement is the enforcement arm of the 1968 nuclear Non-Proliferation in defiance of the agency's March 31 deadline. North Korea on Wednesday again refused to al- low an inspection of a nuclear plant north of Pyongyang. "The board concluded there was not an acceptance of the in- spection. That there was non- compliance with their obliga- tions under the Safeguards Agreement, And it decided to re- port this non-compliance to the Security Council," he said. In its resolution, the agency's 35-member board of governors called on North Korea to "remedy forthwith its non-compliance." Little immediate prospect IAEA sources said there was major ones say that era is now when he helped negotiate the re- Treaty (NPT), which North Ko- little immediate prospect of Pyo- over. Vocal Activist Guru was a vocal activist in the cause of Kashmiri indepen- dence but his top role in the JKLF had been kept secret until he was killed. Guru came to prominence lease of the daughter of Mufti Mo- hammed Sayeed, kidnapped by the JKLF in December 1989 five days after Sayeed was appointed Indian home (interior) minister. The government freed five JKLF leaders in exchange for her The JKLF, saying the Kas- release. But massive street cele- hmiri cause had "lost a great re- brations after the freeing of the volutionary and a dedicated hu- five brought a tough reaction, manist", declared a two-day which turned anger against In- strike in Srinagar to mourn his dia into open rebellion. (Reuter). Hong Kong Puzzles Over Death Of Brandon Lee Hong Kong - death as Hong Kong's movie industry, shooting". recalling the mysterious death of an "accidental vice (designed to simulate the sound of gunfire) attached to him was sent inward into his body by the explosion," he said. Although shocked directors fatal. its martial arts legend Bruce Lee, and critics ruled out any triad in- tried to understand on Thursday volvement, they insisted that how an apparently routine stunt had robbed the screen of Lee's blank cartridges were never son, Brandon. "I was so shocked I thought it "There are substances that was an April Fool's joke," said come out (of blank cartridges) but Ronny Yu, who directed the you- they are absolutely not fatal," Yu told Reuters. "No way can they Hexum's Death In the United States, however, Paramount Pictures was to have distributed "The Crow", in which Lee had his second star- ring role. He was playing a mur- dered rock star who comes back from the dead with supernatural powers to avenge his slaying. Yu said that during his early career in Hong Kong, Brandon Lee had been obsessed with the idea that "someone in the Orient" nger Lee in his 1986 Hong Kong kill you." film debut, "The Legacy of Rage" Police in the United States said Brandon Lee, 28, died on Wednesday when a projectile fi- film industry sources recalled the had killed his father in 1973. red from a blank pistol hit him in death in 1984 of television actor "At that point, he was 21 years the stomach during filming of John-Erik Hexum after he acci- old and a very angry person." Yu "The Crow" in North Carolina. dentally shot himself in the head said. "He hated everybody in the with a blank. Orient." Yu said he had spokes to peo- "Then I found out he was angry ple close to the production of "The because he believed somebody in Crow" who told him that Lee had the Orient was responsible for his died after an explosive device de- father's death," he added. signed to simulate the sound of gunfire went wrong. Twenty years ago, Kung Fu su- perstar Bruce Lee died under strange circumstances, officially of brain swelling. But some sus- pected he was murdered by triads -- organised crime rings -- linked to rivals in the movie industry. "I was told that he died after More American Than Chinese the metal plate separating his When his father died, the Police classified Brandon Lee's body from the small explosive de- eight-year-old Lee moved with his mother to Los Angeles. Years later he returned to Hong Kong to begin his career in martial arts movies. But he never spoke the local Chinese dialect of Canto- nese and had his sights set on Hollywood. "He was more American than Chinese," Yu said, adding that Lee had only very recently begun to win fans in Hong Kong. "He was a success (in Hong Kong) but his spirit was in Holly- wood," he said. An autopsy on Thursday may help explain the shooting acci- dent that killed Brandon Lee, son of late "Kung Fu" film star Bruce Lee, on a movie set. Exact Cause Police said the martial arts ac- tor's death was an "accidental shooting" but the exact cause would not be known until after Thursday's autopsy. Lee's publicist Alan Nierob rea has signed. It permits IAEA ngyang changing its defiant inspectors to examine nuclear fa- stand. cilities to chec for secret weapons projects. "The agency has not been able to verify that there has been no diversion of nuclear material...to nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive device," the IAEA said in a statement. IAEA director-general Hans Blix told a news conference that, Italy To Change The Way It Votes Rome - Italians will vote this month on changing to the electoral sys- tem of pure proportional repre- sentation widely blamed for the country's long history of weak and short-lived governments. The system was adopted in 1947 to make sure that even the smallest political party had a voice in the new Italian democ- racy after two decades of Fascist dictatorship. The most important of the 10 issues on which Italians will vote in the April 18 referendum is a reform to ensure that 75 per cent of the seats in the Senate, the up- per house, would be chosen on a first-past-the-post system. told Reuters the actor would have had a promising future and had been due this month to marry Eliza Hutton, who works for a film production company. The trade paper Entertain- ment Weekly said the filming at the huge movie complex owned by Carolco Pictures had suffered so many disasters that some crew Lee, 28, died on Wednesday 12 members feared a jinx. hours after he was hit in the sto- These included a carpenter The rest of the Senate seats mach by a projectile fired from a suffering serious burns, a publi- would still be awarded on the ba- blank pistol during filming of cist being involved in a car acci- sis of proportional "The Crow" at a North Carolina dent, a disgruntled scluptor representation. going berserk, a construction Each party would be able to The film is about a murdered worker accidentally driving a put up only one candidate in each rock musician who returns from screwdriver through his hand constituency, as opposed to the the dead and, quoting lines from and a storm wrecking film sets. long list of names voters must Edgar Allan Poe, seeks revenge. (Reuter). pick from at present. (Rtr). studio. The secretive Stalinist state, which denies it is building atomic bombs, refuses to let IAEA ex- perts examine two plants which Western experts believe harbour a covert nuclear project. The IAEA's row with North Korea began last year when Pyo- ngyang refused the agency access to the Yongbyon site. It came to a head on Thursday when the agency responded to North Ko- rea's flouting of the March 31 deadline. IAEA sources said it was. China which insisted on a roll- call for the adoption of Thur- sday's resolution, refusing the unanimity the agency prefers. China, one of five Security Council members with a veto and a close ally of North Korea's, has cautioned against economic san- ctions, saying it could force ve- teran leader Kim Il-sung into a corner and risk dangerous reper- cussions for the region. IAEA officials believe the Se- curity Council is unlikely to seek sanctions against North Korea right away. Australia tabled the resolution on behalf of 21 board members but other nations on the board, which includes China, Libya and Instead, it may look for com- Syria, were opposed to Security promise through further diplo- Council intervention and said it matic contacts with North Korea, was best left to the quiet diplo- one of the world's last hardline macy of the IAEA. communist governments. (Rtr). HOTEL'S ACTIVITIES 20 Traditional Procession With "Ogoh-ogoh" In conjunction with "Nyepi" the "Quiet" day in Bali, The Bali Hilton International organized a tradi- tional Balinese procession with "Ogoh-ogoh" (a huge bamboo and paper monster) conducted around the hotel area and participated by the hotel guests. The procession was enjoyed by the guests as it was given them an opportunity to experience one of the traditional in Bali. 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