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Ordinances tabled KATHMANDU: Four ordi- nances, along with the House of Representatives regulations draft, were tabled at the Lower House in the first meet- ing of the budget session on Sunday. Education Minister Giriraj Mani Pokharel tabled Ordinance on Health Professional Education Act as per the demand of senior orthopaedic surgeon Dr Govinda KC who has been campaign- ing for reforms in the medical education sector. (Details on Pg3) n The first meeting of the House of Representatives held at New Baneshwor in Kathmandu as the budget session of Parliament commenced on Sunday. Post Photo: Shaligram Tiwari Integrity Policy draft to be amended Gold smuggling accused Govt solicits suggestions from stakeholders including organisations POST REPORT contents of the proposed KATHMANDU, MAY 6 PMO holds consultations, draft, “we have urged the gov- stare at 3 more charges asking stakeholders ernment not to keep its enti- Amid criticism from several ties or constitutional bodies POST REPORT Department of Money quarters, the government has for suggestions and private organisations at KATHMANDU, MAY 6 Laundering Investigation sought suggestions from the to be incorporated the same level”, said Gopal Suspects change their (DoMLI) to probe their illegal stakeholders for amending Lamsal, president of the NGO People charged with murder incomes as provisioned in the National Integrity Policy into the final text Federation Nepal. and organised crime in con- Clause 20 of the Organised draft perceived to be an exer- “There should be clarity nection with gold smuggling statements to court Crime Act and Clause 29 of cise at “controlling” mostly between the [jurisdictions of] may also be prosecuted for MADHAV GHIMIRE & According to a report the Money Laundering the non-government organisa- Several restrictive meas- I/NGOs, security agencies, government and non-govern- corruption, money launder- BINOD BHANDARI presented by the high-level Prevention Act. tions and international NGOs ures and control mechanisms the Federation of Nepalese ment agencies. Since the ing and foreign exchange mis- BIRATNAGAR, MAY 6 committee headed by Joint- According to the charge working in Nepal. have been proposed in the Chambers of Commerce and working styles, organisations, appropriation. secretary Ishwor Poudel, sheet, the accused have The Prime Minister’s draft particularly targeting Industries, cooperatives and budget and structures of state The Morang District Lawyers have said that sus- Chudamani Upreti aka earned property through Office, which drafted the NIP, I/NGOs and even constitu- private firms were invited to and non-state sectors are dis- Attorney’s Office (DAO), pects held in connection Gore, the alleged master- criminal means involving held consultations on Friday, tional bodies and some gov- present their suggestions or similar, we’ve urged the gov- which filed a charge sheet at with the 33kg gold smug- mind of gold smuggling, gangs, gold smuggling, abduc- asking stakeholders for sug- ernment entities. inputs in writing for the poli- ernment to amend the NIP the district court on gling case and the murder and his accomplices had tion and murder. Given the gestions to be incorporated Representatives from con- cy draft. draft,” he added. Wednesday against 63 sus- of an alleged smuggler, smuggled 3,999.6 kg gold possibility of the illegally into the final text. stitutional bodies, ministries, While objecting to some >> Continued on page 2 pects in connection with gold Sanam Shakya, have since July 2015. The DAO earned money getting into smuggling and the subsequent changed their statements to has filed such charges as businesses, the prosecutor murder of a racket member, the Morang District Court. organised crime, murder, had sought details of bank has recommended that consti- Gyanendra Thapa, chair- abduction and hostage accounts, vehicles, land and tutional and government man of the Morang Bar against the accused. properties and the shares agencies probe them for possi- Association, said their Former Deputy Inspector owned by the accused and ble corruption, money laun- statements were different General Govinda Niraula, their family members. The dering and foreign exchange from what the police had Senior Superintendent of government agencies con- misappropriation. recorded earlier. Police Dibesh Lohani, cerned have been requested to According to the paper, the As of Sunday, the district Superintendent of Police freeze the specified movable prosecutor, DAO, has decided court heard from 15 accused Bikashraj Khanal, Deputy and immovable properties to write to the Commission for while as many remain to be Superintendent of Police with approval from the court, Investigation of Abuse of quizzed. All of the suspects duo Prajit KC and Sanjaya according to the charge sheet. Authority to watch over DIG have been presented before Raut, Sub-inspector Jiwan Prakash Sitaula, Govinda Prasad Niraula, SSP District Judge Narayan Balkrishna Sanjel and director general of the Shyam Bahadur Khatri, SP Prasad Sharma. Police Constable Bishnu DoMLI, said the department Bikas Raj Khanal, DSP The court is preparing to Khadka and four employees would find facts about the peo- Sanjaya Bahadur Raut, Sub- complete the recording of of the Nepal Airlines ple involved in gold smug- inspector Bal Krishna Sanjel, statements by Tuesday. Corporation have been held gling, sources of their income police Constable Bishnu On Wednesday, the in connection with the case. and investments to check Khadka, Senior Constable District Attorney’s Office The 33kg gold smuggled against money laundering. Ambar Bahadur Thapa Magar filed a charge sheet against through the Tribhuvan The prosecutor has also and Nepal Airlines a total of 63 suspects, rec- International Airport had decided to write to the Corporation staffers Raju ommending Rs17 billion mysteriously disappeared Department of Revenue Maharjan, Rajan Thapa, and Rs18 million in fines from Kathmandu. The Investigation (DRI) and the Tularam Tharu and in line with the report smuggling case drew much Nepal Rastra Bank to investi- Amarman Dangol. prepared by a high-level public attention following gate into possible foreign The government employees committee and an investi- the murder of Shakya, a exchange embezzlement by found to have taken undue gation carried out by the resident of Urlabari in the defendants other than gov- advantage while in office face Morang Police. Morang, on March 2. ernment officials as they used investigation under Clause 20 Hundi to transfer fund in vio- of the Organised Crime Act lation of foreign exchange and Clause 59 of the Raj Mainali said the anti-graft ter,” he said. In the case of rules. DRI Director General Corruption Prevention Act, body is yet to receive the cor- defendants other than govern- Bhupal Baral said the depart- according to the charge sheet. respondence. “We’ll initiate ment employees, the prosecu- ment would take up the mat- CIAA Spokesperson Dirgha probe after receiving the let- tor has decided to write to the ter in due process. No running Transport operators freed away from on compliance promise ending cartel: CHANDAN KUMAR MANDAL KATHMANDU, MAY 6 Home minister TRANSPORT KATHMANDU: Home Minister Top office bearers of bus Syndicate Ram Bahadur Thapa has said operators’ committees, that the government will not detained as part of the back down from its move to government’s crackdown on end syndicates in the public public transport syndicates, NRB freezes bank accounts transport sector. were released on Sunday KATHMANDU: The Nepal cates. In the wake of pro- Talking to representatives after they committed in writ- Rastra Bank on Sunday tests launched by support- from the Consumers’ Rights ing to complying with the directed banks and finan- ers of transport cartels, the Investigation Forum on laws and the government’s cial institutions to freeze Home and the Transport Sunday, Minister Thapa policies. the bank accounts of vari- ministries on Friday decid- said the incumbent adminis- The representatives from ous transport entrepre- ed to freeze bank accounts tration would not experience the Federation of Nepalese neurs who protested in of the committees running the failures of earlier govern- National Transport favour of transport syndi- syndicates. (PR) ments to break the ill practice Entrepreneurs (FNNTE), plaguing the sector. which has been on the fore- “We have no luxury to front of protests against the Detained committee members agreed that ‘we fully backtrack on our decision,” government’s move to dis- said Thapa, adding that an mantle syndicates in the support and have faith in the government’s initiative environment for the govern- transport sector, had agreed of dismantling syndicate in the transport sector’ ment to move ahead boldly not to disrupt their services. had been created as it tries to A group of top FNNTE “fulfil people’s aspirations office bearers, who were Vijay Swar, Deputy General Saroj Sitaula was nabbed with sincerity”. arrested on Saturday evening Secretary Basant Bhandari, from Bhrikuti Mandap on “For nation’s development from Kathmandu, signed the Province 3 organisation coor- Friday, the day they went on a and prosperity, the syndicate commitment paper before dinator Dharma Raj Dhimal nationwide transport strike. system must end.” their release. and Treasurer Kiran Khadka All of them were released Stating that putting an end A team of the Metropolitan from New Baneshwor for only after they withdrew their to the transport syndicate Police Crime Division their involvement in obstruct- protests as the government was just a beginning, he had rounded up FNNTE ing the essential public trans- refused to free them without a said the government was President Yogendraman port service. written commitment. working to ban cartels in Karmacharya, Vice-president FNNTE General Secretary >> Continued on page 2 other sectors too. (PR)

C M Y K Monday, May 7, 2018 news the kathmandu post 02 TU senate meeting put off

RASTRIYA SAMACHAR SAMITI illness as the reason behind KATHMANDU, MAY 6 the meeting’s postponement.

The Tribhuvan University Agenda obscure, senate meeting scheduled for says PM’s press Sunday was postponed until further notice due to health advisor Aryal issue of TU Chancellor Prime Minister Secretariat and Prime Minister KP has presented a different rea- Sharma Oli. son behind the meeting’s Vice Chancellor Prof Dr deferral. It has refuted the Tirtha Khaniya said a TU del- reports that the TU Senate egation had reached Prime was postponed due to the PM’s Minister’s residence on health condition. Saturday to remind him about The prime minister’s press the meeting but could not advisor, Kundan Aryal, said, meet him because he was “There is nothing wrong with indisposed. the prime minister. He had Education Minister attended two programmes on Girirajmani Pokharel on Saturday and he is busy in behalf of Prime Minister Oli other programmes since this had asked the TU delegation morning. He could not attend to put off the meeting. the TU senate meeting Khaniya said the new date because the agenda seemed for the meeting shall be fixed dents, and public procure- unclear.” Meanwhile, part- after discussions with the ment provisions were the time teachers working at prime minister and the educa- meeting’s agenda set by the various TU constituent colleg- tion minister. TU pre-senate meeting held on es have started a sit-in Amendment and repeal of Saturday. protest at the TU campus in old rules, demands of TU TU Rector Sudha Tripathi Kirtipur, demanding perma- teachers, employees and stu- also gave prime minister’s nent status.

n A traffic jam at Lokanthali section of the Koteshwor-Bhaktapur road on Sunday. Traffic officers say managing the congestion here can be stressful during rush hour. With the traffic lights long out of order, the vehicles have to be guided manually. POST PHOTO: KESHAV THAPA Health workers Health Ministry call for improved services nationwide starts Bir Hospital Rastriya Samachar Samiti essential medical equipment KATHMANDU, May 6 to health facilities across the country. Nepal Health Workers’ Union Mandatory implementation Central Working Committee of the provision related to vol- has issued a 13-point untary retirement scheme clean-up drive Kathmandu declaration announced by the government which incorporates the through the Nepal Gazette, RASTRIYA SAMACHAR SAMITI demand for smooth supply of implementation of the consti- KATHMANDU, MAY 6 medicines. tutional provision about the The two-day meeting of the presence of health ministry A clean-up campaign has committee concluded in the in province, allocation of started in Bir Hospital, the Capital recently recommend- rights of public health to the country’s oldest hospital, at ing the government to province and not to adjust the initiative of Health immediately make appoint- health sector employees with Ministry. ments on vacant quotas in the civil service are other Minister of State for Health rural and remote districts, demands put forth by the and Population Padma improve physical condition of union, according to union Kumari Aryal flagged off the health institutions and its president Ujjwal Kumar month-long campaign on local-level offices, and provide Sharma. Sunday. “We shall see a real change in Bir Hospital a month from now,” she said. The hospital with a history Integrity Policy of more than a century is notorious for the general lack of sanitation, even though the facility has 150 cleaning staff. staff have begun the work. Bhupendra Basnet said the draft to be ... The hospital has around 100 Comedian Sitaram Kattel has hospital is in an improvement toilets, most of them clogged also joined the campaign as mission of late, both in terms >> Continued from page 1 Oli who advocates a stringent and unusable. The staircase, the sanitation ambassador. of healthcare and infrastruc- The government side, integrity policy for systematic hallways, floors and walls are Vice-chancellor of National ture. defending criticism, is learnt works. grime-ridden. Academy of Medical Sciences “The patients are getting to have responded that the The policy drafted last year The ministry has tied up Prof Dr Ganesh Bahadur better services these days. We draft would be amended after stresses strong vigilance over with Khem’s Cleaning Gurung lauded the clean-up have introduced latest tech- gathering inputs from the non-government and private Services, an Australia-based drive and expressed hope that nology-driven medical devices stakeholders. sectors. Former secretaries cleaning company started by Bir Hospital and Trauma at the hospital. And now we The PMO move follows Mohan Banjade and Sharada Nepali native Khem Sharma, Centre will be spick and span focus on clean-up and sanita- mounting criticism over the Prasad Trital drafted the to spruce up the hospital. in a month and will continue tion,” he said. government’s perceived 23-page paper suggesting poli- Khem Sharma, his team of to remain so in the future. Around 3,000 patients visit attempt to control I/NGOs cies for political parties, 15 and 10 hospital cleaning Hospital’s Director Prof Dr Bir Hospital daily. and even some state entities. NGOs, INGOs, the diplomatic Representatives of the I/ community, constitutional NGOs urged officials to intro- bodies, professors and teach- duce a one window policy for ers, the private sector and creating a better working cooperatives. environment for them. Stakeholders are wary of Welcoming some kind of reg- the contents of the policy ulation, they also urged offi- which provides for legal and cials to demarcate areas structural bodies to regulate where they should work. They and monitor INGOs. INGOs have expressed their concerns will need prior approval for over the three layers of their annual programmes and government in the federal budget from the Finance structure. Ministry. Various stakeholders INGOs should not send opposed the language and their reports to the country contents of the draft policy, they are headquartered in urging officials to clear the without permission of the ambiguity. Nepal government, reads the “If good suggestions are policy. The NGO sector has received, we’ll consider them objected to the provision of while revising the draft,” said organisation registration Bishnu Rimal, chief adviser cancellation if they fail to to Prime Minister KP Sharma renew within three months. Transport operators freed on ... “Now onwards, we and >> Continued from page 1 other transport entrepre- Home Minister Ram neurs will conduct our busi- Bahadur Thapa had directed nesses after legal registra- all the District Administration tion,” the FNNTE representa- Offices not to free those in tives pledged. custody without a vow not to After the government disrupt transport services decided to outlaw transport again. committees and their associa- “We fully support and tions, transport firms have have faith in the Nepal been directed to register as government’s initiative companies. of dismantling syndicate in According to Home the transport sector. Neither Ministry Spokesperson Ram we nor our businesses Krishna Subedi, more will operate against the laws, than 100 transport committee policies and decisions of the members were arrested government. Nor will we from different parts of the encourage anyone to do any country on Friday and work against the laws and Saturday. government policies,” read Several of them were the agreement signed at the released separately on Sunday District Administration after they had signed commit- Office in Kathmandu. ment papers.

C M Y K 03 the kathmandu post news Monday, May 7, 2018 Four ordinances China to conduct feasibility study tabled at House Recent study as budget says railway line possible SANJEEV GIRI session begins KATHMANDU, MAY 6 A team of Chinese engineers Documents on the table and officials are set to arrive n Ordinance on Health Professional in Kathmandu within a cou- Education Act ple of weeks for conducting a n Ordinance on Election of NA feasibility study of the Kerung-Kathmandu railway n Ordinance on the CIEDP and TRC line. The development follows n Ordinance on Remuneration, Facilities and Condition of Service of understanding between Nepal the Secy Gen of Federal Parliament, and China that it is possible to Secretary of HoR and Secy of NA develop the project, which lies in a difficult terrain, at a recent meeting held in POST REPORT Sunday’s meeting also saw Beijing. KATHMANDU, MAY 6 Minister for Law and Justice China Railway First Survey Sher Bahadur Tamang pres- Design Institute Group Following a preliminary support enterprises to start Four ordinances, along with ent Ordinance on the has been appointed to conduct study on railways in Nepal in kerung-kathmandu rail network related preparatory work as the draft regulation of the Commission of Investigation the study. A delegation led the second week of November between Indian and Tibetan mental differences. The previ- Chinese media have reported soon as possible” during House of Representatives, on Enforced Disappeared by Ministry of Physical 2017, a Chinese delegation had tectonic plates after the 2015 ous study was conducted to that a railway link between Prime Minister KP Sharma were tabled in the first meet- Persons, Ordinance on the Infrastructure and Transport concluded that two rail earthquake were the major determine the possibility of Nepal and China is likely to be Oli’s visit to Beijing in 2016. ing of the Lower House’s sec- Truth and Reconciliation Secretary Madhusudan routes—Kathmandu-Kerung concerns of the Chinese side the railway project. Given that established by 2022. The rail- The government subsequent- ond session on Sunday. Commission (first amend- Adhikari had been to China and Kathmandu-Pokhara- during the visit. it is possible to construct the way stretches out around ly announced in the budget Minister for Education ment). The ordinance was last week to discuss the Lumbini—could be developed The DoR has stated that railway line, the current study 540km from Shigatse to the that it would prepare a Giriraj Mani Pokharel tabled issued to extend the term of matter. in the country. The team led around 90 percent of the will be holistic in nature and Jilong county in Tibetan detailed project report of the Ordinance on Health two transitional justice bodies “During the meeting in by Zheng Jian, the deputy railway line from Kerung dwell on the feasibility Autonomous Region that lies Rasuwagadhi-Kathmandu- Professional Education Act as by a year. Minister Tamang Beijing, the Chinese side had director (Vice-Minister) to Kathmandu, which is aspect,” Upadhayaya told on the international border. Pokhara-Lumbini rail net- per the demand of senior also presented Ordinance informed us that a team will of National Railway estimated to be 100-120km the Post. Moreover, the trans-Hima- work and that the construc- orthopaedic surgeon Dr related to Remuneration, arrive in Kathmandu at the Administration of China, had long, will be either through The idea of connecting rail- layan railway connectivity tion would start within two Govind KC who has been cam- Facilities and Condition of earliest to study the overall made field trips to Kerung, a tunnel or on a bridge, way link from Kerung, the had gathered momentum years. The government has paigning for years, seeking Service of the Secretary aspect of railway line,” said Pokhara and Lumbini as part showing the complexity of the bordering region in China, after Nepal and China agreed allocated Rs4 billion for reforms in the medical educa- General of the Federal Prakash Bhakta Upadhayaya, of the study. project. had started with a motive to on “exchanging ideas and pro- the preparations in the cur- tion sector. Any ordinance has Parliament, Secretary of spokesperson for the DoR. He Aspects like altitude varia- “Though the current study increase connectivity and posals on constructing rent fiscal year. The DoR has to be endorsed by Parliament House of Representatives and added that the team will sub- tion between Syaprubeshi and seems to be identical to the accessibility with the north- cross-border railways and estimated the project cost at within 60 days of the first Secretary of the National mit its report by August 2018. Kerung and the gap created previous one, there are funda- ern neighbour. Several railway network in Nepal and Rs35 billion. meeting of the new session Assembly. while its replacement bill also The government will tabled needs to be approved during the replacement bills of the the same period. four ordinances at the HoR After failing to come up within two months once they with a replacement bill in the are approved by the Federal last House session, the gov- Parliament. Chairman of ernment had formulated Regulation Drafting three ordinances including Committee Krishna Bhakta HPE for the second time Pokhrel presented the draft which was issued by President regulation of the HoR which Bidhya Devi Bhandari on was finalised by the commit- April 26. The HPE ordinance tee on Saturday with a provi- bars establishing any medical sion that Members of college in the Valley for a dec- Parliament will not face sus- ade. Despite the reservation pension despite being in judi- from CPN-UML leaders, the cial custody. ordinance was “Any MPs not satisfied with first issued by the erstwhile any of the provisions in the Sher Bahadur Deuba govern- regulation can submit amend- ment following threat by Dr ment proposal by Monday,” KC to start another round of the Speaker told the House. hunger strike. The Parliament Secretariat Similarly, Home Minister plans to approve the regula- Ram Bahadur Thapa tabled tion by Thursday. The budget Ordinance on Election of session of Parliament will run National Assembly in the for four months, primarily to House for endorsement. In the endorse the budget for new lack of Parliament, the gov- fiscal year, but it will also ernment had issued the ordi- approve the laws needed for nance to clear legal hurdles the full-fledged implementa- for the Upper House polls. tion of the constitution. Govt working to break syndicates in education, health sector: PM

n CPN-UML Chairman and Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli (right) seen with Subas Nembang (right) and Bishnu Poudel during the UML Parliamentary Party meeting in Kathmandu on Sunday. RSS

POST REPORT KATHMANDU, MAY 6 PM Oli reiterates the government’s commitment Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said the crackdown on to transforming the society transport committees run- and leading the country ning the syndicate system and failing to provide towards prosperity quality service to the general public is just the beginning, as the government is working national interest. to break syndicates that pre- “The lawmakers should vail in other sectors. play constructive and positive Addressing the role in Parliament as the CPN-UML Parliamentary budgetary session has begun Party meeting at Parliament today,” PM Oli told the meet- in New Baneshwor on ing, asking them for sugges- Sunday, PM Oli said tions regarding the budget in the government is planning writing. to dissolve the syndicate sys- Explaining that various tem prevailing in other sec- laws are being drafted, tors, including education, amended and enacted to run health. the business in the changed People need not worry as context, the PM said the when there is a strong govern- government was committed ment committed to welfare of to transforming the society the public, Oli said. and leading it towards Urging the party lawmak- prosperity. ers to be united in common He also reiterated that the goals and agenda of the government will maintain party and nation, the UML balanced and harmonious chairman also directed relations with neighbours and them not to go against the other countries.

C M Y K Monday, May 7, 2018 news the kathmandu post 04 news digest HIV infected couple, child die in 5-month span

DHANGADHI: Three HIV infected members of a same family have died in a span of five months due to lack of treatment in Godavari Municipa- lity-12, Kailali. Dil Bahadur Oda, chairman of Godavari Plus, an organisation working for the welfare of HIV infect- ed persons, said 51-year- n A man and his child negotiate their way through a muddy road on a motorcycle in Guheshwori, old Tek Bahadur BK, his Kathmandu, on Sunday. People say this section of the Narayantar-Gaurighat Bagmati Corridor is wife Mina, 42, and their wet and muddy throughout the year as water trucks ply this pothole-ridden road frequently, spilling 12-year-old son Mukesh water off their tankers. Post Photo: Anish Regmi died because they did not have access to antiretro- viral therapy. (PR) Forest fire rages inside Langtang National Park RASUWA: The Langtang National Park authority Bajhang flood was trying and failing to control a fire at Brabal forest on Sunday. Park ranger Ramesh Basnet said their effort to con- tain the wildfire was being thwarted by strong kills five people wind and difficult ter- rain. We are doing our POST REPORT best to keep the fire from BAJHANG, MAY 6 spreading, he added. (PR) A couple and their two chil- Father, son die dren are among the five in motorcycle people dead in Saturday night’s flood at Thalara Rural accident Municipality in Bajhang dis- CHITWAN: A father and trict. son died in a motorcycle Police said Harka BK, his accident at Birendra Tole wife Dalli Devi, their two chil- n Kedarsyu villagers scan the devastation caused by Saturday night’s in Bharatpur dren Sakchyam, 3, and flood. Post Photo Municipality-14, Manisha, 6, and Kalasa BK Chitwan, on Saturday died while trying to cross the ropanis of farm land. ties were affected. night. Police said Bharat rain-swollen Guhe stream. Hailstones also damaged pota- Flash floods triggered by Ram Dam, 36, and his Their bodies were recovered toes planted on around 3,000 heavy rainfall of Saturday son Samir, 12, were criti- on Sunday. ropanis of land at have also blocked traffic along cally injured in the acci- In Kedarsyu Rural Chhabispathivera Rural the Jay Prithvi Highway. dent. They where rushed Municipality, flood triggered Municipality. Agriculture Transportation service has to a hospital in by heavy rainfall swept away technician Dhanser Buda said been obstructed by the debris Bharatpur, where two houses and nine cattle. more than 1,200 farmers in left behind by flash floods they died in course of The villagers said the flood Chhabispathivera and at Sudikhola and Mauribagar treatment. (PR) also damaged around 20 Durgathali rural municipali- areas.

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worldPG 05 | Monday, May 7, 2018 kathmandupost.ekantipur.com UK backs European defence force Paris museum opens its doors to nudists Hawaii: Lava destroys 5 homes Britain is backing a French plan to create a European A Paris gallery has opened its doors for the first time to nud- Nearly 2,000 people on Hawaii’s Big Island have military intervention force as a way to maintain ists with 161 visitors appreciating art in the raw. The Palais de been evacuated from homes after lava eruptions strong defence ties with the EU after Brexit. British Tokyo, a contemporary art museum in the exclusive 16th destroyed five houses and sulfur dioxide gas junior defence minister Frederick Curzon said arrondissement (district), held the one-off event on Saturday. threatened to harm anyone who stayed in the resi- London was “very keen to support” French After leaving their clothes in the cloakroom, visitors were dential area, officials said. A new fissure spewed President Emmanuel Macron’s plan for a force able to view exhibitions before the gallery opened its doors to lava up to 230 feet into the air and new cracks that could be deployed rapidly to deal with crises. clothed art lovers. opened on a highway in the Leilani Estates area. news digest pressing for climate protection Main suspect in Iran warns US India gang rape, murder case held NEW DELHI: Indian police said on Sunday they have arrested the main sus- it would regret pect in the gang rape and gruesome murder of a teenage girl, in the latest of several high-profile sexual assault cases in the country. The local vil- lage chief has also been quitting N-deal detained while the 16-year-old victim’s fami- Agence France-Presse ly have been given spe- TEHRAN, May 6 cial police protection. Dhanu Bhuiyan was Iranian President Hassan found at a relative’s Rouhani said on Sunday that house where he was hid- if the United States quits the ing after he and accom- nuclear deal between Tehran plices allegedly burned and world powers then the girl alive Friday in a Washington would regret it remote district of the “like never before”. eastern state of US President Donald Jharkhand. Police said Trump has threatened to n Bhuiyan became enraged Greenpeace activists hold up posters as they swim with an inflatable globe through the river Spree past the Reichstag building housing abandon the agreement when n Hassan Rouhani after the local village the Bundestag (lower house of parliament) in Berlin on Sunday in order to demonstrate for more climate protection. AFP/rss it comes up for renewal on council ordered him to May 12, demanding his coun- do 100 sit-ups and pay a try’s European allies “fix the 50,000 rupee ($750) fine terrible flaws” or he will Netanyahu to meet Putin in Moscow for the victim’s gang re-impose sanctions. rape. Bhuiyan and his Malaysia busts “If the United States leaves JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime to world leaders, including accomplices allegedly the nuclear agreement, you Minister Benjamin to Putin, in which the two Top Lebanon parties will soon see that they will Netanyahu will meet discussed the Iran nuclear attacked the girl’s par- ents before setting their trafficking regret it like never before in Russian President Vladimir deal, as well as the situation house on fire with the history,” Rouhani said in a Putin in Moscow next week, in Syria. girl inside. syndicate televised speech in northwest- the premier’s office said, Israel has been accused Russian protest look to hold monopoly ern Iran. ahead of a possible US by Syria of carrying out KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has “Trump must know that withdrawal from the Iran deadly strikes in its territo- leader Navalny Agence France-Presse forming outside some polling closed lists for a seat in the arrested more than a dozen our people are united, the nuclear deal. ry, most recently on April 9 BEIRUT, May 6 stations in Lebanon’s main 128-strong parliament. members of an alleged people Zionist regime (Israel) must The Wednesday meeting and April 30, which killed released cities even before they opened Turnout will be crucial to a trafficking syndicate after know that our people are unit- will discuss “regional Iranians as well as Syrian MOSCOW: Russian opposi- Lebanese voters went to the at 7:00 am (0400 GMT). new civil society movement’s intercepting a ship carrying ed,” Rouhani added. developments”, soldiers. tion leader Alexei polls to elect their parliament In the southern city of chances of clinching a hand- 127 Sri Lankan migrants The nuclear deal was struck Netanyahu’s office said, Putin — whose troops are Navalny, who was for the first time in nine years Tyre, 28-year-old Jalal Naanou ful of seats but analysts pre- believed to be bound for in 2015 between Iran and and follows the Israeli lead- backing the Syrian regime detained during a week- Sunday, with top parties was also up early to support dict the traditional sectari- Australia and New Zealand, Britain, China, France, er’s unveiling of “proof” of — has called on Netanyahu end protest on the eve of expected to preserve a fragile an unprecedented effort an-based parties will main- authorities have said. Germany, Russia and the Iran’s alleged past military not to destabilise the situa- Vladimir Putin’s inaugu- power-sharing arrangement by civil society candidates tain their hegemony. Maritime authorities on United States, then led by nuclear ambitions. tion further, as Israel looks ration for a fourth term, despite regional tensions. to bring new faces to parlia- “Will Hezbollah be the big- Tuesday halted a modified Barack Obama. A televised presentation to prevent Iran and its has been released and The Iran-backed Hezbollah ment. gest winner? At the very least, tanker named “Etra” in Under the pact, sanctions by Netanyahu on Monday Hezbollah proxy cementing faces a court hearing movement and its allies could More than 3.7 million it won’t be a loser,” said Imad Malaysian territorial waters were lifted in return for a was followed by phone calls their military presence. next week, his lawyer stand to reinforce their clout Lebanese are eligible to vote, Salamey, a political science off southern Johor state, commitment not to pursue a said on Sunday. The on the political game in and will chose from 597 candi- professor at Beirut’s Lebanese national police chief nuclear bomb, but Iran says it charismatic 41-year-old Lebanon, a small country dates who are running on 77 American University. Mohamad Fuzi Harun said. is not reaping the rewards Rouhani did not specify On Thursday Ali Akbar politician, who was clamped between war-torn Nearly 100 Sri Lankan men, despite complying with the how Iran would react if the Velayati, the foreign policy barred from challenging Syria and Israel. 24 women and nine children deal. US pulls out of the deal. adviser to Iran’s supreme Putin in March’s presi- The election comes after a were aboard the ship, which The Islamic republic has But he said he had given leader Ayatollah dential election, had drawn-out political stalemate was making its way to inter- always denied it sought a “the necessary orders”, nota- Ali Khamenei, warned Tehran called on Russians to finally produced a new elec- national waters when it was nuclear weapon, insisting its bly to Iran’s Atomic Energy would quit the nuclear deal stage rallies across the toral law in 2017 that intro- stopped. The police chief said atomic programme was for Organisation, in anticipation if the United States country on Saturday duced a proportional list- in a statement Saturday that civilian purposes. of Trump’s decision. withdraws. under the slogan “Not based system. authorities arrested 16 people our Tsar”. Nearly 1,600 The campaign passed with- involved in an “international protesters were detained out major incidents but secu- network” of people smug- in 27 cities across Russia, rity forces were out en masse glers, including three according to OVD-Info, across a country still sporadi- Indonesians and four an independent monitor cally rocked by attacks and Malaysians aboard a fishing Stormy Daniels taunts fake that tracks arrests. with a history of political n An elderly Lebanese woman casts her ballot during the first vessel used to transport the 23 killed in Pak assassinations. parliamentary election in nine years, in the northern port city of Tripoli migrants from the Johor coast mines collapse Queues of voters started on Sunday. AFP/rss to the tanker. (afp) Trump on comedy show QUETTA (Pakistan): Agence France-Presse this week that Trump had in Twenty-three people WASHINGTON, May 6 fact reimbursed Cohen for were killed and 11 that payoff, which arguably wounded after gas explo- Denuclearisation pledge not result Stormy Daniels, the real may have violated federal sions tore through two one, took on Donald Trump, campaign finance laws. neighbouring coal mines depicted by Alec Baldwin, In a skit that got playfully in southwestern of US-led sanctions, says NKorea on comedy show Saturday raunchy at times, Trump Pakistan, officials said Night Live and taunted him asked Daniels what it would on Sunday. Shortly Reuters grammes. North Korean lead- pressure. The United States clearisation if Washington saying the only way to end take to make the whole thing before midday on SEOUL, May 6 er Kim Jong Un and South should not “deliberately pro- miscalculated North Korea’s the furor over their alleged to laughter, before cutting go away. Saturday, a build-up of Korean President Moon Jae-in voke” the North by moving to “peace-loving intention” as a tryst was for him to resign. the faux Cohen out of the “A resignation,” she said methane caused an North Korea said on Sunday vowed “complete denucleari- deploy strategic assets in sign of weakness and contin- Daniels drew screams and call. Trump has denied alle- with a smile. Trump per- explosion and tunnel col- its intention to denuclearise, sation” of the Korean penin- South Korea and raising ued to pursue its pressure and applause when she appeared gations from Daniels, a porn sisted and rattled off what lapse at a mine in unveiled at a historic inter-Ko- sula in the first inter-Korean human rights issues, KCNA military threats, KCNA said. in the opening skit of SNL. star whose real name is he called a series of achieve- Marwaarh, east of rean summit, was not the summit in more than a decade said, citing a foreign ministry US President Donald She took a call at Trump’s Stephanie Clifford, that they ments as president, includ- Quetta, the capital of the result of US-led sanctions and on April 27, but the declara- spokesman. “This act cannot Trump, who plans to meet request from his personal had an affair in 2006. ing progress in the Korean fossil fuel-rich pressure, tion did not include concrete be construed otherwise than a Kim over the next few weeks, lawyer Michael Cohen, But Cohen has admitted nuclear crisis. Why can’t he Balochistan province warning the United States steps to reach that goal. dangerous attempt to ruin the has said he will maintain played by comedian Ben he paid her $130,000 just resolve things with Daniels, bordering Iran and not to mislead public opinion. The North’s official KCNA hardly-won atmosphere of sanctions and pressure on the Stiller. Trump said he would days before the 2016 election. too, he asked. Afghanistan. Officials Impoverished North Korea news agency said Washington dialogue and bring the situa- North and “not repeat the just listen in as they spoke, Trump has denied the affair “Sorry, Donald. It’s too said 16 of the 25 people has been hit by a series of UN was “misleading public opin- tion back to square one,” the mistakes of past administra- and Cohen asked Daniels if or knowing anything about late for that. I know you inside the mine at the and US sanctions in recent ion” by claiming the denu- spokesman was quoted as say- tions” and has said his tough she was alone. the payment, until his new don’t believe in climate time were killed. (Agencies) years in a bid to rein in itsnu- clearisation pledge was the ing. It would not be conducive stance had led to the break- “What are you wearing,?” lawyer Rudy Giuliani change. But a storm’s clear and missile pro- result of sanctions and other to resolving the issue of denu- through. the fake Trump blurted out, acknowledged shockingly a’comin’, baby,” she said.

divisive question After death, Hawking cuts ‘multiverse’ theory down to size Agence France-Presse said in an interview last year: “I of nature come from, and wheth- Subatomic Physics and measurement of gravitational PARIS, May 6 have never been a fan of the mul- er they are unique.” Cosmology in Paris, “the concept waves can help determine wheth- tiverse.” Not everyone likes the new the- makes sense.” er the theory is scientifically With a science paper published If we do live in an ever-inflat- ory. “The idea that we live in a “It is remarkable that today soundHertog hopes to use gravi- after his death, Stephen Hawking ing multiverse, it would mean the ‘multiverse’ is a fringe idea in a numerous types of universe can tational waves, ripples in the fab- has revived debate on a deeply laws of physics and chemistry small part of a subfield of the be envisaged. Several theories, ric of spacetime caused by black divisive question for cosmolo- can differ from one universe to physics community,” said theoret- reliable for some and speculative hole collisions, supernova explo- gists: Is our Universe just one of another, a concept that scientists ical physicist Sabine for others, lead to the prediction sions, or the formation of the many in an infinite, ever-expand- struggle to accept. Hossenfelder of the Frankfurt of a multiverse,” he said. early Universe, to test the new ing “multiverse”? In his last contribution to cos- Institute for Advanced Studies. For Hertog, the new theory is a hypothesis he created with According to one school of mology, Hawking — with co-au- “Nobody who does serious sci- step in the right direction. Hawking. thought, the cosmos started thor Thomas Hertog from the KU ence works with the multiverse It “makes the cosmology based The British cosmologist died at expanding exponentially after the Leuven university in Belgium — because it’s utterly useless,” she on our new theory a lot more pre- the age of 76 after a lifelong bat- Big Bang. does not dismiss the multiverse told AFP. The main problem, dictive, a lot... stronger as a scien- tle against motor neurone dis- In most parts, this expansion concept, but proposes dramatical- Hossenfelder explains, is that any tific theory and therefore ulti- ease, which paralysed him and or “inflation” continues eternally, ly scaling it down. n A file photo shows renowned cosmologist Professor Stephen Hawking at multiverse theory is “underdeter- mately, we hope, testable”, he left him unable to speak. except for a few pockets where it “We are not down to a single, a press conference at One World Observatory in New York. AFP/rss mined” and “doesn’t contain explains on the UK Leuven web- Hawking, who once said his stops. These pockets are where unique universe,” the University enough information to make cal- site. Hossenfelder disagrees. She life goal was “a complete under- universes like ours are formed — of Cambridge quoted Hawking as tiverse, to a much smaller range still composed of numerous uni- culations”. described the new theory as just standing of the universe”, multitudes of them that are often saying of the paper submitted of possible universes.” verses. “It is a debate that touch- For detractors, a multiverse another “variant” of eternal famously overturned a core tenet likened to “bubbles” in an before his death on March 14 and The new hypothesis relies on a es on the very foundations of cos- theory complicates our under- inflation, “with some additional of physics by predicting that ever-expanding ocean dubbed the published this week in the branch of theoretical physics mology,” Hertog said. standing of our own Universe. assumptions on top of it.” black holes — believed until then multiverse. Journal of High Energy Physics. known as string theory, and con- “The underlying question is But it has its defenders too. Thomas Hertog, who co-au- to devour everything in their Many scientists don’t like the However, “our findings imply a cludes that the cosmos is “clearly whether we can achieve a deeper For astrophysicist Aurelien thored work on the multiverse vicinity, including light — leak idea, including Hawking, who significant reduction of the mul- finite”, Hertog told AFP, though understanding of where the laws Barrau of Laboratory of concept with Hawking, says the radiation.

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Here, I must mention Innovate Nepal Group (ING), which is the key stakeholder of Islington College and four other colleges in eastern and western Nepal. All of these strictly business institutions run similar programmes in IT and Business in partnership with UK Universities. We make sure that we commu- nicate clearly what a student can expect from a particular college and its courses. I personally don’t believe in exclusively pro- moting features or facilities only. I rather believe in educating the target group about the advantages and most importantly the benefits of choosing to join our course and A brand college. Our campaigns don’t dwell on fanta- sies, rather project the reality of our servic- es. We have strict policies on how to pro- mote each of our courses and colleges so that the prospective student and guardians are not confused. So as to maintain and is more than increase the brand portfolio, our team focuses on maintaining the satisfaction level of our students, staff, industry part- ners and guardians. Respect, trust, security, healthy environment, career growth, pay and perks are the major factors that our just a logo or ING Colleges try to foster. Islington College is known for offering great facilities to its students, how do you ensure that students at the end of the day benefit from the educa- a slogan tion they receive? At Islington College, we provide a platform where students are given the freedom to materialise their ideas into reality. We encourage our students to transform the acquired knowledge into skills. Knowledge and skills play a vital role for a successful career growth. We provide a specific platform for our students where they can practice what they have learnt. We have been in the process of building and sustaining relationships by assessing, anticipating and meeting what the industry demands and designing our curriculum and Starting out his career as a Physics instructor and a programme manager at a higher secondary school, Ashish Sigdel decided to throw teaching-learning system accordingly. The updated courses and curriculum we caution to the wind by switching gears and becoming a business development manager instead. Starting out with Islington College and offer has been helping our students develop ideas that benefit the individual and the Innovate Nepal Group (ING) subsequently, Sigdel today presides over a team that is spread out over five different colleges; specialising society at large. on increasing the brand portfolio of the respective colleges. In this interview with the Post’s Alisha Sijapati, he talks about the What are some of your top branding tips? importance of brand management in the education sector and shares some of his top branding tips. Excerpts: As I have mentioned earlier, brand is not just a logo or a name or a slogan. Brand is an individual’s perception. A gut feeling As a physics graduate, how challenging sector for a while. How important is it for sents a product or a service but the experi- that one gets when they see or hear the was it for you to switch your career to colleges and universities to maintain ence as well. name of the institution or product or ser- business development? their brand name? vice. It is an experience that one can antici- What are some of the strategies you use pate even before using the product or ser- To my relief, the work culture, ethics and Needless to say maintaining your brand is to increase the brand portfolio of vice. This comes from differentiating the modus operandi where I work was easy to very important in any sector. I believe that Islington College? product in the market, focus on the services adapt to. Four years ago, I was working with brand is the trust that people have accrued and experience that the consumer receives half a dozen team members at one college on a product or service. In the education and innovation in development and brand- and I now lead a team of over two dozen sector, the name of the institution gets ing exercises. bright minds spread over five different col- attached to the students’ life and influences leges. The journey has been exciting and I their career path. Job recruiters look at the What can be done to attract more consider myself fortunate to work with candidates’ alma mater to decide how deep students towards business schools? such talented, inspiring, and enthusiastic their knowledge and skills related to the job seniors and colleagues. are. For instance, at Islington College, our In order to attract more students, we need to students do not just graduate with a diplo- Brand is an individual’s empower our existing students by practic- You have been involved in the education ma. They become Islington Alumni; that in ing positive reinforcement and allowing itself has become a perception. A gut feeling that them to explore their creativity. In addition, brand. one gets when they see or hear not only should we focus on students’ satis- In addition, this the name of the institution faction, but equally prioritise staff reten- applies to the people tion, satisfaction and career growth. At working in the institu- or product or service. It is an Islington, for instance, our promotional tion as well. An insti- experience that one can activities are not just aimed towards stu- tution with higher dent recruitment, rather we also focus on brand value gets high anticipate even before using attracting best minds available in the mar- performing profession- the product or service. ket to join us, so that our students receive als and vice the best education. We provide them with versa. In short, a brand It goes beyond just a logo ample resources to discuss and convert name not only repre- their ideas into action. What advice do you have for fresh grad- uates who want to pur- sue a degree in IT and Business?

I am a Physics graduate. Majority of my professional life, I’ve worked with a marker and a board. However, when I decided to switch to market- ing, leaving behind all other possibilities, all I had in me was the eagerness to learn, experiment and the determination not to fail. The world needs a lot of IT and Business professionals and so does Nepal. Anyone who wish- es to get into IT or Business educa- tion should keep in mind—a degree isn’t just enough to ensure a good professional life; you need skills to complement the knowledge and most importantly you need a learn- ing attitude. In addition, focus on one’s goals and the dedication to meet them are impor- tant. Choose the institution that caters to your career goals. It is very important which brand you associate yourself with.

C M Y K 07 the kathmandu post escalate Monday, May 7, 2018 The new rules for a successful meeting Amazon employees sit in silence—while Tesla boss Elon Musk advocates walking out if you aren’t adding value. But how can you stop wasting your life in pointless meetings? Here’s an expert guide

Jenny Stevens & Phil Daoust these memos varies widely,” Bezos admits. “Some have the clarity of ome human inventions flash into angels singing. They are brilliant being, get a little polish and then and thoughtful and set up the meet- ness issues in the department. The ny in terms of salaries? Tools in sealed envelopes. They were con- you are a fantastically rich company are pretty much left alone, their ing for high-quality discussion. truth was that the problems there such as Harvard Business Review’s stantly looking over to the cupboard boss rather than an underpaid mid- users generally satisfied, or at Sometimes they come in at the other were with endemic restructuring and business meeting cost calculator will where their phones were. As soon as dle manager. least not so dissatisfied that they end of the spectrum …” extreme working hours—the mind- put a figure on it. Spicer recommends the first break came, they ripped attempt to come up with an alter- If this sounds like your idea of fulness just extended meetings and a meeting budget. “If you want to them open like they were crack Just say no Snative. No one tries to build a better hell, don’t panic. Some of the finest the working day.” invite a member of staff to your addicts who had just seen a bag of “Is your meeting really necessary?” hankie, a more comforting cuddle or minds in business are working on meeting, it will get taken off your crack. But once they had actually asks Stern. “As the management con- a dinner plate “that really works”. alternatives. Take a long lunch budget. The cost of inviting loads of got focused on a task, they got a lot sultant Peter Drucker put it, ‘One Yet the search for the perfect busi- “The death of the long lunch is a people to come along and listen more done. One of the basic princi- either meets or one works.’” Daisley ness meeting seems never-ending. Get in touch with your feelings tragedy for businesses,” says Spicer. to a PowerPoint presentation ples of productivity is that we are says we should abolish half of all Now Jeff Bezos, the founder and CEO “This is quite pervasive in organisa- “Many organisations had lunch actually becomes valued, and you terrible at multitasking, so we need meetings. “If you go into a meeting of Amazon, has had a go, creating tions now,” says Prof André Spicer together in cafeterias where every- have to think: ‘Do we actually need to remove as many distractions from and somebody asks: ‘Has anyone got what he calls “the weirdest meeting from Cass Business School at City, one stopped and ate together and this person there?’” meetings as possible.” anything for today’s agenda?’, that culture you will ever encounter”. University of London. “They might talked. There is research by should tell you that there is no point Weird? Maybe. As Bezos told the ask people to reflect for a few minutes Humanize, which studies social net- Don’t fall for gimmicks Get a grip on numbers to it. We live in a world where the audience at the George W Bush in a meeting before making a deci- works and work, that shows that peo- Everyone wants meetings to be short- Another Bezos rule: he won’t call a quality of our work is being appraised Presidential Center in Dallas, he has sion. Or they’ll ask people to turn ple who go to lunch and sit in fairly er, but stunts pulled in some work- meeting, or even attend one, where by others, by our bosses, so we never banned the PowerPoint presentations inwards, and think about what their large groups tend to do a lot better in places such as making attendees hold two pizzas couldn’t feed the entire want to appear as if we’re not work- that dominate most commercial own feelings are telling them.” the company, simply because they are the plank, do situps, speak against a group. “Meetings now are easier than ing hard. So when a meeting comes meetings. Instead, some poor devil Evidence suggests that injecting building up networks and finding out timer or put money in a charity box ever to arrange,” says Daisley. This up that we are responsible for, we all must spend a week or more preparing more mindfulness can help alleviate what is going on in the business. if they overrun are counterproduc- means they can often become “very want to show that we have packed “a six-page, narratively structured individual anxiety, and help people Bring back lunch!” tive and, frankly, irritating. “I’m a bit low-quality exchanges of ideas and agendas. We need to lose the fear of memo” full of “real sentences” rath- focus better in meetings and lose the Actually, says Emma Sinclair, the suspicious of any of that jiggery-pok- powerplay” if they are not consid- standing people down for meetings er than bullet points. Everyone else irrelevant information. co-founder of EnterpriseAlumni, ery,” says Stefan Stern, the co-author ered properly and numbers kept and cancel them.” must then spend the first half-hour of “The danger of it, though,” says there is a lot to be said for the regular of Myths of Management. “That under control. The solution is to How do you do it? Maybe cite some the meeting silently—and publicly— Spicer, “is that it gets treated as a way company-wide catchup, even if it doesn’t feel like work to me. If you’re “value the introverts”. “Most of mod- evidence. “We’re starting to realise pondering it, before moving on to a to cover up more systemic issues. For comes in the form of a traditional trying to achieve something from your ern work has been around celebrat- that interruptions and distractions debate. Bezos calls this “a kind of example, the Department of Health meeting. “People do need to feel includ- meeting, you need to be focusing on the ing the extrovert—brainstorming are the curse of getting anything study hall”. introduced a mindfulness pro- ed. And a bit of consistency is good.” meat of the matter.” Rather than your meetings, presentations, open-plan done,” says Daisley. “We need to per- “Not surprisingly, the quality of gramme to deal with health and well- aching muscles, for example. offices,” he says. “Performance art mit people to have quiet spaces. In Bring in the vigilantes “All this show-and-tell stuff turns has become part of our job. But when Cal Newport’s book Deep Work, he “One PayPal executive, David Sacks, the meeting into a spectacle, rather you look into how a creative idea is argues that anything of any value is used to burst into meeting rooms like than something productive,” agrees formed, it is normally by individual created only by a period of isolated a cop and ask what people were meet- Spicer. However, he adds, standing thinking and one-to-one conversa- concentration.” Something to send ing about,” says Bruce Daisley, the meetings are effective at cutting tion. As Susan Cain says in her book back on your next calendar invite. European vice-president at Twitter meeting times. Walking and talking Quiet, the truth about the best collab- —©2018The Guardian and the host of the Eat Sleep Work (favoured by Mark Zuckerberg and orations is that they Repeat podcast. “If it wasn’t any Barack Obama) has also been shown are in smaller groups good, he would stop the meeting right to help people work better. “Marily —it’s more Lennon and then and there. I love this idea of Oppezzo at Stanford University has McCartney than loads superhero-style vigilantes closing done a lot of research in this area,” of people in an open- meetings down. Imagine if the bur- says Daisley. “She shows how meet- plan room.” den of having a meeting was that at ings can engage divergent thought— any point you’d have to explain what so they help people come up with Be rude if the meeting was about. Brilliant! If ideas, although not necessarily nar- you have to all of us knew we would be held to row them down.” “Walk out of a meeting account for the cost of a meeting and or drop off a call as the amount of people’s time we are Lock up your iPhones soon as it is obvious taking up, our perspective would be “It’s a great idea to get people to you aren’t adding different. The meeting is taking all check in their phones and laptops,” value,” the billionaire the fun out of our jobs because we are says Spicer. “Unless they are actually CEO of Tesla, Elon so scared of not being busy. But sit- being used, not having them helps Musk, has said. “It is ting at your desk and thinking is an people focus their attention on what not rude to leave; it is important part of the job.” is actually going on in the room.” rude to make someone That doesn’t mean it’s not awkward, stay and waste their Remember time is money however. “I recently did some work time.” Of course, it is Ever sat in a meeting and wondered with senior managers at a bank and probably easier to get how much it was costing the compa- they were forced to put their phones away with this when

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Since 1993 Remittance for development EDITORIAL It can be used more productively by promoting savings, but there is no doubt that remittance has increased the standard of living of recipients

Breaking the cartels Studies demonstrate that though Govt action against transport cartels welcome remittances are affected by the economic cycles of source and host countries, they but it shouldn’t exceed its bounds in all areas provide a crucial avenue of foreign currency, BHUBANESH PANT boost national income, finance imports and arely in recent Nepali history has the govern- contribute to the balance of payments ment taken as firm an action as it has been igrants’ remittances, one of the larg- doing in recent days against the transport est and reliable sources of external syndicates. Associations of transport entre- funds for developing countries, have While there have been apprehensions Rpreneurs went on strike after the government been soaring in recent years. about the brain drain, remittance-depend- made a decision to ban their syndicates. These Although they are second only to for- ence, and the adverse impact on Nepal’s syndicates have stubbornly opposed competition Meign direct investment (FDI) inflows export competitiveness due to pressure on in the market and consumers have been forced to with respect to scale, remittances amount currency appreciation, remittances so far make do with poor services. to over three times the value of official seem to have made positive contributions to The transport cartels’ strike against the gov- development aid and eight times private the economy. However, different case studies ernment’s move was expected to cause wide- capital. These flows have surged five-fold have divulged that remittances have been spread hardship to the population. But the gov- in the past 15 years. This upsurge as well as primarily utilised to finance consumption ernment acted swiftly. It took leaders of the the potential for remittances to lower pov- rather than being channelled to increase erty and economic vulnerability, improve productive capacity. Still, spending remit- strike into detention, stating clearly that they family welfare, and accelerate economic tances on consumption often leads to had illegally attempted to hamper essential ser- development has renewed academic and improved health, education and human cap- vices. It also cancelled route permits for vehicles public policy interest on the issue. ital, augmenting both private and public belonging to those who participated in the strike. According to World Bank’s latest welfare. Similarly, a large portion of the And it has been steadily issuing new permits. Migration and Development Brief released 14 percent. Likewise, remittances seem to to the rural areas, thereby facilitating the remittance-related investment have also These steps have made an impact. The Federation in April 2018, remittance flows to low- and be better targeted at the requirements of growth of the agricultural economy, increased the stock of wealth of the migrant of Nepalese National Transport Entrepreneurs middle-income countries (LMICs) rose by the poor, over foreign aid or FDI, as recipi- improving food security and creating household in the form of land and housing, (FNNTE) has backed down. It has called off the 8.5 percent to $466 billion in 2017. The ents generally rely on remittances to cover employment opportunities, especially for all of which have indirect macro-economic protests and has asked the government to create increase is expected to continue in 2018 to daily living expenses or to undertake small the youth. impacts on development. a ‘conducive environment’ for negotiations—a reach $485 billion. Likewise, remittances to investments in business. Likewise, Despite these potential benefits, it is also Remittances, as private flows, can be clear indication that it has relented in the face of South Asia increased by 5.8 percent in 2017 migrants have been sending more money contended that massive remittance inflows leveraged via incentives that safeguard strong government action and widespread public following a decline by 6.1 percent in 2016. to their families back home in periods of could have adverse consequences for the migrants’ rights while allowing them to support for the government’s move. This trend is also likely to prevail into 2018 economic downturns, financial crises, or economy (in the country of origin) through make use of their earnings in pro-develop- The government has been both weak and owing to stronger economic conditions in natural disasters. brain drain and decreased supply of active ment ways. In this respect, projects need to developed economies (especially the United Theoretically, remittances are guided by labour force, inflation and exchange rate be based on the requirements and priori- unstable for most of the past decade and more. As States) along with a modest increase in oil different motives, which can also justify appreciation. Another criticism is that ties of the local population. Likewise, a result, it hasn’t been able to fulfil some of its prices that should have a positive impact their behaviour during business cycle fluc- they can create a “dependency effect” financial services need to be customised responsibilities, such as adequately regulating on the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) tuations. For instance, if the motive is among the family members that are left through novel means. While financial ser- various bodies in society. Unsurprisingly, numer- countries. An important challenge for the generally altruistic, remittances are likely to behind, who opt to rely on remittances vices can, on the one hand, incentivise ous associations of entrepreneurs have taken governments of South Asia is to employ be countercyclical, that is, they rise when a rather than continuing to explore employ- savings and investment behaviour, they advantage of this lacuna. Syndicates and cartels remittances to nurture their financial sec- recipient economy is in a slump. Another ment opportunities. also need to consider the diverse needs of in almost every section of the private sector cre- tors and invest in targeted development view looks at remittances as an investment remittance recipients on the other. ated regulations that allowed for the establish- projects, especially in infrastructure. by migrants in their home country, encour- Nepal’s experience However, this is not happening in Nepal. ment of monopolies. They prevented competition aging them to send more money to garner In Nepal’s case, remittance transfers often Overall, the positive impacts on poverty from new entrants, and provided shoddy services Benefits, motives and risks higher future returns. In these instances, consist of relatively small amounts in and development become greater when for high prices. The government’s efforts to wrest Macroeconomic studies demonstrate that remittances can be pro-cyclical. In the case themselves but connote a lifeline for remittances can be saved and invested in greater control over syndicates and cartels has though remittances are affected by the eco- of low income countries, however, unlike the recipients, contributing to a sizable infrastructures and productive capacity. thus been long overdue. We hope that recent steps nomic cycles of source and host countries, other types of capital flow, remittances share of the gross domestic product Moreover, the development impact of they provide a crucial avenue of foreign respond to the needs of households and not (GDP)—about 29 percent in 2017. This remittances can only be fully achieved in will bring major reforms and improvements to the currency, boost national income, finance the profit-seeking aims of investors. income has been increasing the standard partnership with sound and realistic pub- transport sector. We also hope that the government imports and contribute to the balance of Global evidence indicates that recipient of living, particularly of those in rural lic policies and priorities, along with pri- will take action against other syndicates and car- payments. While other capital flows appear households generally have higher levels of areas and also covering basic needs such as vate-sector initiatives. Still, it must be tels, too—many of which have historically been to rise during favourable economic cycles consumer spending and lower incidences food, education, health and housing. It has clearly understood that while the inflow of supported by influential political leaders. and fall in periods of economic downturn, of extreme poverty than those who do not also created opportunities to save, invest remittances can make a vital contribution At the same time, however, we would like to remittances seem to react less violently obtain remittances, implying that remit- and build assets. Moreover, it has also to poverty reduction and local develop- caution against the official overreach. The gov- and exhibit incredible stability over time. tances have been playing an instrumental acted as a form of insurance for the coun- ment in the country, it should not be ernment can legitimately intervene in areas For instance, a year after the global finan- role as a ‘powerful anti-poverty force’. try against exogenous shocks such as the regarded as a substitute for national devel- where there is clearly an abuse of authority, such cial crisis in 2008, remittance inflows to According to the International Fund for great earthquake of April 2015 where it opment and poverty reduction strategy. as in the transport sector. However, influential emerging markets continued to go up by 6 Agricultural Development, about 40 per- played a pivotal part in the rehabilitation political leaders might feel the temptation to use percent while capital flows plummeted by cent of total remittance flows are directed efforts in the country. Pant is with Nepal Rastra Bank highhanded tactics against organisations and civil society groups simply because they don’t like them for various reasons, or view them as rivals. This would be a grave mistake. Empowering Bangladesh’s female garment workers The government has so far received public sup- port for its actions. But public opinion could easily turn against it if it is seen to be taking Women with jobs in the country’s largest industry are now imperilled on two fronts action against societal groups solely due to polit- ical disagreements or because of vested inter- ests. There are already some worrying signs that autonomy and financial independence at least some members of the ruling left alliance from their participation in the garment seem to believe that any opposition to the govern- industry. But, as our data illustrate, these ment is unhelpful for governance and hence gains have come at a cost. And, although needs to be curtailed. activists and industry insiders recognize For example, there have been steps taken to that attitudes and abusive practices toward female workers must change, prevent protests in certain areas of the capital. RUCHIRA TABASSUM NAVED & While monitoring certain areas deemed sensi- there is currently no consensus about SADIKA AKHTER how to proceed. tive to security is understandable, there are risks haka—For four decades, the garment We think it is time to change that, and a that the idea of ‘good governance’ could be undu- industry has powered Bangladesh’s good place to start would be by pushing ly stretched. It should be said that broad attacks economy and put more people to work multinational firms to make gender on non-state groups will constitute an attack on than any other sector. Women in equality a high priority. Many of the glob- democracy. While the government is legitimately particular have benefited from this al brands that rely on Bangladesh’s facto- entitled to curtail organisations that abuse their Dhiring boom, and today, a majority of ries have committed to gender parity in authority, as the transport syndicates had in the the industry’s four million employees their corporate offices. They should do the recent case, it should be careful not to exceed the are female. same on the production side, where mana- bounds allowed by democratic norms. But while the textile trade has put shirts per hour. And, depending on their leave in their home village, because they gerial positions are occupied almost exclu- money in women’s purses and challenged position, they spend the entirety of their cannot afford—in terms of time or sively by men, a disparity that reinforces a patriarchal society to evolve, economic shifts either standing (if they are quality money—to care for them in Dhaka. the gender imbalance elsewhere in society. empowerment has not greatly improved inspectors), sitting (if they are machine Two out of five workers show suicidal But perhaps the most important change gender equality and female wellbeing. On operators), or moving (if they are facto- tendencies. Yet the factory health-care to be made is to engage men in a dialogue worldview the contrary, women with jobs in Bangla- ry-floor helpers). systems that we have studied do not treat on gender. In several African countries, desh’s largest industry are now imperiled on But what makes our studies unique is mental illness as a serious problem. In gender-sensitization initiatives have two fronts—at home and at work. the information we collected about what fact, most factories do not have any reduced discrimination and violence Not this week… While much has been written about happens after work. And here, the data are mental-health-care provisions at all for against women. One program in West exploitation in the garment industry, even more striking. their workers. As a result, most women Africa, for example, brings husbands and he Swedish Academy is today a discredited there is a paucity of data on the health For starters, most married female work- suffer in silence. wives together for mediated “dialogue entity. Not merely in the context of Friday’s and safety implications for women in this ers’ workdays don’t end when their shift Finally, our research identified a sessions” to improve women’s role in announcement that there will be no Nobel for sector. Our organization, icddr,b at the factory does. Back at home, they are disturbing correlation between employ- financial decision-making. To make TLiterature this year. In a sense, the august (International Centre for Diarrhoeal expected to cook, clean, and perform other ment in the garment industry and vio- similar gains in Bangladesh, profound entity has imploded. A sexual harassment scandal Disease Research, Bangladesh), is working household chores—work on top of work lence (physical, emotional, and sexual) changes in policies and programs are in the secretive Swedish Academy that selects to change this. In a series of recent stud- that leaves them exhausted and prone to against women. A staggering 43% of needed. The garment industry and men each year’s Laureate, has forced the deferment of ies, we explored the health and welfare illness. Pregnant women in particular suf- respondents said they had been sexually more broadly must commit to the goal of this year’s prize. When the prize was founded, it issues—both physical and emotional— fer significant health problems, such as assaulted by a spouse during the previous women’s empowerment. seemed possible that world literature could be faced by women who produce clothing hypertension, owing to their brutal sched- year. To put this figure in perspective, the After nearly 40 years on the job, women judged in its entirety from Stockholm by scholars that they will never be able to afford. ules. And yet most women, needing the national average for this form of violence are the driving force behind Bangladesh’s who could all read fluently in the four or five The women we spoke with shared mark- income, continue working and hide their is 13%. While we don’t have the data for a most important industry. But at the European languages that they reckoned to be edly similar stories. Most were or had pregnancies as long as possible, out of conclusive assessment of why rates of moment, they are paying too high a civilised. The cultural and political authority of been married, are poorly educated, and fear that supervisors will fire them when abuse are so high in the garment trade, physical and emotional price. Western Europe has collapsed since then. So has migrated to cities from poverty-stricken they find out. the data are consistent with the prevailing the ideal of a global culture. The Academy has households in Bangladesh to work and This also takes an emotional toll. popular view that women in this field are Ruchira Tabassum Naved is a social scien- been brutally frank to admit that what it calls support their families. Most interviewees Working mothers from rural villages somehow associated with sex work and tist and gender specialist at icddr,b. Sadika “unacceptable behaviour in the form of unwanted reported working at least ten hours per report experiencing high levels of guilt, sexual promiscuity. Akhter is an anthropologist working as a intimacy” took place within its ranks. It shall not day, every day. Many work overtime to anxiety, and stress caused by being away There is no doubt that women in deputy project coordinator at icddr,b. be easy to shore up its credibility. meet their daily production quota of 100 from the children whom they often have to Bangladesh have earned a degree of —Project Syndicate

KHILENDRA BASNYAT It is insidious but a pervasive instru- that unemployed and lower income men cern in most countries. In order to con- Most evils in the world today are ment of oppression of women. abuse their wives more than employed front violence in a patriarchal society, consequences of inequality. Women Against iolence against women includes traf- The abuse of women by their male and higher income men. Frustration or women should be able to use their own also find themselves being exploited ficking, rape, marital rape, incest, partners is among the most pervasive stress might explain why unemployed discretion and strength. In many coun- and their rights being abused. When mental torment, gender discrimina- and dangerous forms of gender-based and blue collar workers have a higher tries, low enrolment of girls in school gender bias favours males, there is a violence Vtion, rough treatment, physical tor- violence. It generates an extreme state of rate of violence than others. A patriar- and high failure and dropout rates are necessity for specific approaches to ture, and verbal and sexual abuse. dependency and severe symptoms that chal mindset takes for generally attributed to eradicate the special barriers that pre- Generally, violence is an impediment to comprise the traumatic stress disorders granted that men household work bur- vent girls from enjoying educational accomplishing the objectives of quality, experienced by victims of violence. Men should dominate postplatform den, irregularity of opportunities. In this context, propaga- development and peace. It violates, who engage in wife abuse are more like- women in all sectors school operation, pover- tion of formal and non-formal educa- impairs and nullifies human rights and ly to have a history of alcohol abuse. including family life and interpersonal ty, physical distance of the school, caste tion is of immense importance. basic freedoms. From time immemorial, They may also have witnessed physical relations. This belief is seen to be nor- and ethnic discrimination, negligence of Moreover, the mass media, both elec- violence against women has proven to be abuse in the family as children. However, mal and natural even in sections of the mother tongue in schooling and par- tronic and print, should play a signifi- an effective weapon in the hands of men research has revealed that not all men modern society. ents’ disinclination towards education. cant role in keeping the public through which they have exploited attack their wives violently after drink- A failure to prevent violence against This is why the literacy rate of women is informed about the enormity and pro- women and established their supremacy. ing alcohol. A survey has also shown women has been a matter of great con- still low in these countries. portion of this inhuman problem.

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Interview Jyoti Baniya If govt breaks some syndicates successfully, it sets a precedent for the future The scrapping of more route permits and the arresting of protestors involved in the recent nationwide strike called by the Federation of Nepalese National Transport Entrepreneurs (FNNTE) has only reinforced the government’s decision to end the cartel system in public transportation. Mukul Humagain and Chandan Kumar Mandal talked to advocate and chair of the Forum for Protection of Consumer Rights Nepal, Jyoti Baniya, about the syndicate in public transportation and how such practices have hindered our rights as consumers.

P OST PHOto: Anish Regmi This is the first time the government state. How have they managed to One issue concerns the route permit. The impact of the syndicate in carrier of that amount to the ministers and protocol of the UN, but even this has taken a firm stance against cartels reach this point? According to the SC, three committees services is massive. When it comes to others is hardly an issue. has been ineffective. in the public transportation sector and must be in operation along one route. tankers, there are only 42 companies Therefore, until the syndicate in car- But as mentioned earlier consumer its actions have been broadly wel- The committees have gained strength However, now, only one committee is that run almost 400-500 tankers. rier services is not broken as well, the rights has been addressed as a funda- comed by the public. What precedent because they allow members into operating along one route. This means Those limited companies have trans- citizen and the country will keep suffer- mental right by the constitution, will this set against the problem of their organisation, and thus gain that the consumer does not have the actions amounting to Rs1.80 billion ing. The economy and the people will be which is a good thing. Because of that, cartels in general? power over their vehicles. They then option of choosing, as they have no annually. Of this, these companies continually plagued by inflation. within the next three years, laws per- use these vehicles and earn substan- service alternatives. claim 10 percent of the total transac- According to Article 44 of the taining to consumer protection with a The Forum for Protection of Consumer tial amounts. The SC also states that organisa- tion as shrinkage-technical loss, which Constitution of Nepal, every citizen consumer court must be presented in Rights Nepal (FPCRN) welcomes They earn huge amounts by charg- tions that have been registered as in this case amounts to Rs180 million is entitled to quality products and the parliament. The Law Commission the actions taken by the government ing prices much higher than the gov- social organisations are not allowed to annually. So, if the 42 companies earn services. Consumer rights are a made the first draft pertaining to this in the last month to end the cartel ernment’s allocated price. Some of function as businesses. In order to a that amount purely under the tag of fundamental right of the people. and I was involved as an expert. To in the transportation sector. We have this money is used as contribution to run as a business, such organisations technical loss, giving away a portion Similarly, Article 51 Section D (7) men- polish the law even further, there is a conducted market research that political parties. This has made the have to be registered as companies, tions that the black market should be committee being formed comprising indicates that cartels have been syndicates politically strong. and thus be taxable. Issues of route done away with and syndicates should of five former secretaries of the deterring players from entering the At present the actions taken by the fixation and insurance also have to be be ended to ensure the protection of Ministry of Law. I am a member of market for a long time now. This government, though laudable, are just addressed. Questions regarding third consumer rights. So the present action this team as well. research dates back to 2002, and at an initial stage. In order to com- party insurance, passenger insurance, by the government shows that it is If the government is successful in even back then, certain committees pletely do away with this problem of goods, etc. are addressed by the law trying to implement article 44 and 51 D introducing the Consumer Protection had total control over the transporta- cartels, all the committees must be but not implemented. For example, (7) of the constitution. Law and then implementing it, then a tion sector. Though the government done away with, and the companies the law mentions that if anyone’s lot of the problems we see today in the had fixed certain ticket prices, must be made accountable so that they luggage is lost, the passengers have to According to Article How many other types of syndicates market will be reduced. For example, the committees usually charged a pay tax and maintain profits that are be compensated. But this rarely hap- are there in Nepal except for the ones consumers do not have the option of price that was much higher. This earned in a legal manner. pens. Transportation fare is also an 44 of the Constitution seen in public transportation and car- the Right to Recall at present. But if trend is still very much in evidence. The transport sector is still one of issue that must be given due consider- rier services? we bring this law into effect, then the Our estimates indicate that each the main indicators of human devel- ation. Despite the court insisting time of Nepal, every citizen consumers will be able to recall any committee has earned about Rs100 opment. Therefore, until this sector is and again, the allocation of fare has The primary motive for forming an product within seven days if the con- million per year. improved, the country’s progress will failed to happen in a consistent man- is entitled to quality association seems to be guided by how sumer does not like it, or if it does not Committees usually own and oper- be impaired. ner. For example while the starting products and to extract more money from the con- function properly, etc. ate sub-standard vehicles, and they prices for the fares should start from sumers, how to set the price, and how Pricing is another factor. Be they deter new automobiles from entering What more should the government do either Rs10 or 13, in reality they start services—consumer to stop other players from entering goods produced locally or imported, if the market as well. This is in to ensure that cartels are done away from Rs15. your market. For example, Nepal Bar the consumers are charged more than keeping with the very nature of a syn- with permanently? The government must stay firm. rights are a fundamental Council said that it will allow only 45 20 percent of the marked price, it is dicate. If anyone does try to enter Breaking even three to four syndicates percent of the people to enter the considered a big crime in foreign coun- the market, the syndicates create sev- Presently the government is doing two would give the national economy huge right of the people council as lawyers. If there is such a tries. But here we do not follow such eral, sometimes dangerous obstacles. things. First, it is finally implement- relief. The government must also practice in an institution that is sup- practices. However, there is a consumer For example, the chief of the ing a law that has been in place for a ensure that organisations within the posed to represent the rule of law, we court now. So the consumers have a Transport Management Office for the while, and second, it is upholding a transportation sector are formally reg- can only imagine what the situation in place to come if they feel cheated. Some Gandaki Zone, Jeevan Sedhain, was decision made by the SC and imple- istered as companies within June/ other areas is like. Other examples have gotten some compensation too. shot years ago when he tried to issue menting it. But we had to wait a long July this year. If the organisations fail include the association for automobile new route permits. time for this to occur. to do so, the government must take industries, bankers association, asso- Are anti-dumping laws required to pro- Cases against the transportation The law has finally been implement- action to revoke all previously granted ciation for brick industries, cement tect the rights of the consumers? syndicate were filed in the Supreme ed due to the efforts of a select few, route permits. producers, dairy producers, vegetable Court (SC) twice, but they did not mainly the PM, the Home Minister, a There must also be an increase in traders etc. So it seems that such car- Market Act, Anti-dumping Act, amount to anything. One of the cases few secretaries at the Prime Minister’s the operation of government owned tels are present almost everywhere. Competition Law and then the was filed when Baburam Bhattarai Office (PMO), and Rupnarayan transportation companies such as This is the reason why the govern- Consumer Law Protection Act—this is was the Prime Minister and Lekhraj Bhattarai, the Director General of the Sajha Yatayat. It should start operat- ment is becoming poorer and poorer the order in which these acts should Bhatta was the Minister for Transport Department of Transportation ing in different parts of Nepal and the while certain individuals are becom- have been introduced. Yet we don’t Management. In this case, the Management (DoTM). So the com- government must come up with a few ing richer and richer. have the first two and even the third SC issued a ruling against the syndi- bined efforts and will power of mem- other such companies too. The government must end the cul- one has not been that effective. Policy cate, but because the case was bers of the bureaucracy and political Transportation is akin to blood circu- ture of cartels if the Nepal’s economy corruption while implementing a law vetted during the elections, the then leaders has made this possible. lation in the body: it’s vital. Unless we is to be rescued. is a huge factor behind all this. Laws PM and Minister introduced a Now, the most important task of the get rid of syndicates, Nepal cannot always favour the business people. law that effectively went against the government is to implement the last function smoothly. Is the existing law in Nepal enough to Our basic understanding of a market ruling so as to garner electoral sup- decision made by the Supreme Court. address such issues? economy is flawed. A market economy port from the syndicate. The decision required the lawmakers The syndicate in carrier services is does not only mean letting the market to look into issues by forming a high another such cartel that has far reach- There is no law regarding the decide the prices for goods and servic- Over three decades, these syndicates level investigation committee that ing effects on both the economy and market in Nepal like those that exist in es. While that is one aspect of it, mar- have become so strong that they are would take into consideration the the people. What are some of its over- foreign countries. The Consumer kets must also look after the interests now in a position to challenge the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1969. arching impacts? Rights Protection Act came as a of its consumers. Facing Facebook’s responsibility When Facebook went public in May 2012, its capacity for effective corporate governance was already in doubt

Zuckerberg’s testimony was punctu- and vetting advertisers more closely. any other consumer-facing business, manufacture the product (data) that some of Facebook’s weaknesses were ated by apologies. But, though he tech- But, by treating a failure of govern- from airlines to foods suppliers. A res- the company sells. And we do, to some voted down. nically claimed responsibility for ance as a corporate communications taurant cannot evade responsibility for extent, hold companies to account for That included proposals to publish a Facebook’s failure to protect against crisis, Facebook allowed its real prob- serving expired food simply by posting a their subcontractors’ working condi- report on gender pay equity, and one “fake news, foreign interference in lems to continue to grow. sign saying, “Customers Beware.” tions. At the very least, we subject on the public-policy issues associated LUCY P MARCUS elections, and hate speech” or to pre- Some argue that Facebook users can When it comes to Facebook, moreo- them to regulation and oversight. with managing fake news and hate serve data privacy, he portrayed blame only themselves for privacy ver, users are not just passive consum- So Facebook owes its users protec- speech, including the impact on the ondon—When Facebook went public Facebook as an “idealistic” company breaches. After all, they signed up for ers, given that the company traffics in tions, in their capacity as both democratic process, free speech, and a in May 2012, its capacity for effective focused on “connecting people.” a free platform, and willingly provided their data. (It is worth noting that, as consumers and producers. The ques- cohesive society. There was also a pro- corporate governance was already This echoed Zuckerberg’s earlier their data. It isn’t Facebook’s fault if Zuckerberg admitted before Congress, tion is how to get the company to fulfill posal for Facebook fully to disclose its in doubt. Fast-forward six years, and attempts to paint himself, when con- they failed to read the fine print. Facebook collects data even from peo- that obligation. spending on political lobbying. And LFacebook has accumulated massive venient, as a wide-eyed young leader. Yet the expectation of reasonable ple who don’t have an account, through With Zuckerberg maintaining most there were proposals to nominate an power, access, and influence—and, in In an interview with CNN, he declared consumer protection is built into our their friends and their browsers, of the voting power, Facebook’s board independent board chair and change many ways, proved the doubters right. that he had taken companies like economies. If a company sells you a though the company wouldn’t be able has little ability to make change with- the shareholder-voting structure to The doubters were no small minority. Cambridge Analytica at their word car that, say, is not adequately tested, to sell this data.) out his assent. At the company’s annu- reduce Zuckerberg’s influence. On the contrary, it was the general when they told Facebook that they resulting in injury, the company pays Facebook users are essentially al stockholder meeting last year, five It is a cliché that with great power consensus among investors and advis- didn’t keep any Facebook data. When a price. The same goes for virtually laborers being subcontracted to proposals for how to begin addressing comes great responsibility. But it is ers that Facebook was too large, with challenged by CNN as to why no audit one that Zuckerberg should take to too much potential for growth and not had been performed, he responded heart. He is the CEO of a hugely influ- nearly enough capacity to protect ade- with a snide edge, “I don’t know about ential company, on the back of which quately the personal information of you, but I’m used to when people legal- an entirely new industry is being the platform’s millions of users. ly certify that they are going to do built: according to a 2017 report from As I put it at the time, “Facebook something, that they do it.” Deloitte, Facebook enabled $227 billion swims against the tide of a global move- Zuckerberg’s apologies to Congress of economic activity and contributed to ment toward transparency, engagement, ring all the more hollow, given that the creation of 4.5 million jobs globally and checks and balances. It feels as if they are hardly the first Facebook has in 2014. Given the company’s reach, and we’ve all stepped into a time machine had to issue. Last October, following the fact that the platform is notorious- and none of the past couple of years of the revelation that Russian-linked ly difficult to opt out of, wide-eyed governance lessons—including the groups had purchased more than apologies will no longer cut it. failures of boards in the banking-sec- $100,000 worth of ads on the platform Facebook needs to take responsibili- tor crisis—ever happened.” to influence the 2016 presidential elec- ty for its behavior in a way befitting its But, as is so often the case, euphoria tion, the company sent its COO, Sheryl influence, by changing its governance got the best of investors. For those Sandberg, to Washington, DC, to con- and operational behavior. The chal- who threw in their lot with Facebook, duct damage control. lenge runs far deeper than whether watching CEO Mark Zuckerberg testi- Meeting with various elected lead- users click “Agree” on a new set of fy before the US Congress in early ers—from the Congressional Black “Terms and Conditions.” It goes to the April—following the revelation that Caucus to lawmakers investigating heart of how Facebook is run. nearly 90 million users’ personal data Russian election meddling—Sandberg was harvested by the political consul- repeatedly pledged to “do better,” pre- Lucy P. Marcus is CEO of Marcus tancy Cambridge Analytica—must sumably meaning that Facebook Venture Consulting. have been a rude awakening. would invest in rooting out fake news —Project Syndicate

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TODAY’SHOROSCOPE

ARIES (March 21-April 19) Yesterday’s Solution ** Today is not a day for playing Lone Ranger. Instead, you’d do s better to check in with your colleagues, see what’s happening and stick around to deal with any unanticipated problems. There u will be other days for playing hero. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) d ***** If there’s something you really, really want to happen at work, there’s a good chance that you’ll begin to see progress in that o direction. So cross your fingers and send a few emails and wait and see what course it all takes. k GEMINI (May 21-June 21) *** You might want to call up somebody you haven’t seen in a while. u And if the yearning to connect with someone from your very dis- tant past comes over you, well heck, you should do just that! Look c them up and then say hello. CANCER (June 22-July 22) r *** Don’t stress yourself out trying to control things you can’t con- o trol. If you can’t control them (and you know what ‘them’ are), you can’t control them. So take a step back and then take a deep breath and then let go. Some days it’s okay to just be. s GRAFFITI WORD GAME LEO (July 23-August 22) ***** s Whether you’ve just developed a new performance and today’s the day you get to show it off, you’re going to have a blast. You’re doing one of your favorite things: Performing. And you have the w stars in your favour. So go out there and shine! VIRGO (August 23-September 22) o **** You don’t just think deeply, you feel deeply. You feel strongly r about the world in both its spiritual and physical dimensions, and you aren’t content if you haven’t been able to penetrate to a deep level of understanding of your milieu. So get started. d

LIBRA (September 23-October 22) *** You do best when you have a goal in sight. So, define your object first thing in the morning. Then set about achieving it. Along the way, take careful note of how things are. After all, illusions get you nowhere. SCORPIO (October 23-November 21) ***** You’re a practical, down-to-earth person. But you’re also a deeply spiritual person who can see the profound in many of the basic elements of your world. This deep perspective gives you insight into everything you see.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22-December 21) ***** At work, you could very likely have the feeling that something new is starting. Is it a new project for which you’ve just been tapped as the lead? Whatever it is, follow your instincts wherever they lead. They’ll find something new.

CAPRICORN (December 22-January 19) **** Take a little time out from your busy schedule to think about life. Specifically, think about the meaning of it. Yep, it sounds heavy. And, on the one hand, it is heavy. On the other hand, you get a real DILBERT RIPLEY’S BELIEVE IT OR NOT kick out of thinking about things like the meaning of life. AQUARIUS (January 20-February 18) **** You will likely have a helpful insight into a difficult situation. Is there unhappiness in your workplace? Does it involve a pair of mismatched personalities? Chances are that, with your sense of diplomacy, you can bring about a compromise. PISCES (February 19-March 20) **** You spend a day looking for big answers to big questions, all the while getting your work done. It’s exhausting! But you do it. When the workday ends, make sure you rest. The best way to do this is to treat yourself to a nice, long workout.

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sportsPG 11 Monday, May 7, 2018 kathmandupost.ekantipur.com Xavi set to continue playing Neymar starts work out in gym Sousa reaches Estoril final Former Barcelona and Spain midfielder Xavi Neymar returned to the Paris Saint-Germain training Portugal’s Joao Sousa recorded a popular victory Hernandez upset his own plans to retire and centre on Saturday and the club tweeted photos of the on Saturday, beating Greek teenager Stefanos announced he will extend his career until at least the Brazilian working out in gym. The pictures showed the Tsitsipas 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (7/4) to reach the final of the end of this year. The World Cup champion and four- world’s most expensive player grimacing as he lifted Estoril Open. He is the first local since Federico Gil times Champions League winner, who who plays for weights and working out on leg-strengthening equip- in 2010 to make the home final. Sousa will be aim- Qatari club Al Sadd, said he feels fit enough to con- ment. One photo showed him walking barefoot in a ing for his first trophy since winning at Valencia in tinue playing a little longer. sand-covered area used by players returning from injury. 2015 as he plays American Frances Tiafoe. Ostapenko, Venus knocked out Reuters emerged out of nowhere to eased to victories. Ukrainian aces to sweep past Elena MADRID, May 6 conquer Roland Garros. But if Svitolina, the fourth seed, Vesnina 6-4, 6-2. “I think I the 20-year-old harbours any struck 28 winners and lost her could play much better. Some French Open champion hopes of repeating that run in serve just once as she brushed parts were good, but my con- Jelena Ostapenko’s prepara- Paris later this month, she Alize Cornet aside for a 6-2, 6-2 centration was up and down,” tions in the run-up to the clay- will have to make a vast victory. Svitolina is aiming to Pliskova said. court major hit the skids in improvement. Joining her at win her third title of the year The duo will be joined by the first round of the Madrid the exit was American Venus but the 23-year-old has never French seventh seed Caroline Open on Saturday as she was Williams, a runner-up in progressed past the second Garcia and Russian Daria beaten 6-3, 6-3 by unseeded Madrid in 2010. She was beat- round in Madrid. Kasatkina in the next stage. Romanian Irina-Camelia en 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 by Estonian Sixth seed Pliskova, coming American 12th-seed CoCo Begu. Anett Kontaveit. off a Stuttgart Open title win Vandeweghe’s defeat by The Latvian has failed to World No 4 Elina Svitolina last month, extended her win- unseeded Frenchwoman scale the same heights she and former world No 1 ning run to six matches after Kristina Mladenovic was the reached last year when she Karolina Pliskova, however, striking 29 winners and seven other upset of the day.

n Hardik Pandya of Mumbai Indians plays a stroke against Kolkata Knight Riders during their Indian Premier League match at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Sunday. Photo Courtesy: Cricinfo.com Pandya lifts Mumbai Agencies well for the hosts, as they soon just three of their 10 games. Mu mbai, May 6 lost captain Rohit Sharma IPL standings Chasing 164 to win, Alex (11), who was followed by Teams M W L T N/R PT Hales (45) and Shikhar Mumbai Indians erased off Suryakumar. This was fol- Hyderabad 9 7 2 0 0 14 Dhawan (33) provided their Monday blues ahead of lowed by a 24-run stand Chennai 10 7 3 0 0 14 Hyderabad a confident start the new week as they earned a between Pandya brothers— Kolkata 10 5 5 0 0 10 of 76 runs in nine overs. But morale-boosting 13-run win Hardik and Krunal (14). But Punjab 8 5 3 0 0 10 Delhi should have got rid of over Kolkata Knight Riders in the hosts got their confidence Hales in the second over when Mumbai 10 4 6 0 0 8 the Indian Premier League back as Hardik (35) and JP Glenn Maxwell dropped a sit- (IPL) match at the Wankhede Duminy (13) aggregated 30 Bangalore 9 3 6 0 0 6 ter in the deep. Leg spinner Stadium thanks to an all- runs in three overs to finish at Delhi 10 3 7 0 0 6 Amit Mishra clean-bowled round performance from 181-5. Kolkata promoted Rajasthan 8 3 5 0 0 6 both openers in successive Hardik Pandya and a gritty Shubman Gill to the opening overs but Delhi missed anoth- half-century by Suryakumar slot with Chris Lynn follow- Summary er opportunity when Pathan Yadav (59). ing his match-winning effort was also dropped in the deep Electing to bowl first, the of 57 against Chennai Super Mumbai Indians 181-4 in 20 overs (S by Vijay Shankar in the 18th visitors conceded 91 runs for Kings in the previous game. Yadav 59, E Lewis 43; A Russell 2-12, S over before he scored. With 14 the first wicket, with openers Sunil Narine was demoted to Narine 2-35) beat Kolkata Knight required off the last over, Suryakumar and Evin Lewis No 7 in the batting order. Riders 168-6 in 20 overs (R Uthappa Pathan hit 2-6-4-1 off Dan (43) looking dangerous. While In reply, Kolkata lost open- 54, D Karthik 36*; H Pandya 2-19, M Christian’s first four deliver- McClenaghan 1-30) by 13 runs Suryakumar continued his ers Chris Lynn ( 17) and Gill ies, and Williamson finished Man-of-the-match: H Pandya (MI) impressive form this season, (7) in quick succession. off Delhi. Lewis missed out on what Struggling at 28-2, Robin Williamson scored 32 not would have been just his sec- Uthappa (54) and Nitish Rana the visitors. out and Pathan hit two sixes ond IPL fifty. Interestingly, (31) put up a brave effort and On Saturday, Sunrisers and two fours in 27 not out off this was the third time that built a 84-run stand. Hyderabad pulled off their 12 balls. Delhi captain Shreyas the West Indian youngster got However, in the span of highest successful chase in Iyer opted to bat first and he out in the forties this season, exactly an over, Rana depart- this season’s IPL. Kane (44) and Prithvi Shaw (65 off previously having been dis- ed as Hardik got his second Williamson and Yusuf Pathan 36 balls) spearheaded them to missed for 47 and 48 against wicket. With Kolkata needing led Hyderabad to 164-3 to beat 95-1 in 10 overs. But Hyderabad Chennai Super Kings and 23 runs off the final over, Delhi Daredevils by seven struck back through leg spin- Delhi Daredevils respectively. Narine was dismissed by wickets with one ball remain- ner Rashid Khan (2-23) to However, all was not going Krunal ending any hopes of ing. The Daredevils have won restrict Delhi to 163-5. damak gold cup NPC defeat Three Star, enter semis ARJUN RAJBANSHI DAMAK, May 6

Nepal Police Club (NPC) defeated Three Star Club 1-0 to enter the semi-finals of the Damak Gold Cup football tournament on Sunday. Avishek Rijal headed home the winning goal in the 57th minute as the departmental team avenged their quarter-fi- nal defeat in the Mai Valley Gold Cup in Ilam on April 26. NPC will take on Nepal Armed Police Force (APF) Club on Tuesday. The enter- taining match saw Three Star test NPC custodian Kiran Chemjong early in the seventh minute when he was forced to punch out a Sunil Bal scorch- er to safety. A minute later Bal fired whiskers away from the target. Despite the early pressure, NPC scored against the run of play thanks of Rijal. Bal came close to equalising in the 67th minute only to see his headed attempt off target. Both teams appeared desperate to score goals in the last 20 minutes but none succeeded. Tej Tamang of NPC was denied by Three Star goalie Alan Neupane in the 81st minute. Three Star also came closer to equalising two minutes late but NPC somehow scrambled the ball away to safety after Chemjong fumbled the ball inside the area. The NPC glovesman was declared man- of-the-match and won Rs 11,000. Manang Marshyangdi Club will take on Saraswati Club on Monday. The tournament offers purse of Rs 1,311,000 to the champi- ons and Rs 600,000 to the run- ners-up.

C M Y K Monday, May 7, 2018 sports (C.R.P.D.) - 3/052/053 the kathmandu post 12 Man City celebrate title triumph Spurs’ loss reignites top-four battle LONDON: Mauricio each of their last 23 Premier Pochettino was left dis- League games but this time mayed by Tottenham even their totemic marks- Hotspur’s shock, last-gasp, man Harry Kane came clos- 1-0 defeat at West Bromwich er to scoring an own goal Albion on Saturday as it than filling the opposition reignited the late battle in net. “Of course, I am disap- the Premier League for pointed. We are in a race to Champions League places. be in the top four and play Spurs had been expected in the Champions League to leapfrog Liverpool into next season and that defeat third place against an disappoints us. It is a cer- Albion side battling for top- tainly a bad feeling after the flight survival but Jake game,” Pochettino said. Livermore’s stoppage-time “We dominated the game. winner has instead renewed We created enough chances Chelsea’s hopes of gate- but didn’t score. I am not crashing the top-four race. upset or angry, only disap- Pochettino still expects his pointed; we need to be clini- side to deliver in home cal.” matches against Newcastle Manchester City are United and Leicester City, already crowned champi- telling the BBC: “It is in our ons and second-placed hands. If we are not able to Manchester United have win the next two games we also guaranteed their top- do not deserve to qualify for four place leaving two more the Champions League.” Champions League berths Tottenham had scored in available. (REUTERS)

n Premier League champions Manchester City celebrate with the trophy after their game against Huddersfield at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester on Sunday. REUTERS

Agence France-Presse in which they play Brighton 1968 Championship-wining And the fact that City have Florent Hadergjonaj and Alex ner for the visitors. MANCHESTER, May 6 and Southampton. side, a squad led so memora- now received three guards of Pritchard. A City side that But the response from But, after a delay while bly by club legends Colin Bell, honour for opponents before had been held goalless in just Huddersfield’s players, and It took three weeks for uninvited supporters were Francis Lee and Mike games has not been well one previous league game—a Guardiola’s heartfelt congrat- Manchester City captain removed from the field, Summerbee who were all on received in some quarters, draw at Crystal Palace on New ulations to his opposite num- n Mauricio Pochettino Vincent Kompany to finally Guardiola was finally able to hand to receive an emotional with some traditionalists Year’s Eve—inevitably carved ber Wagner on the final whis- get his hands on the English see his team presented with welcome from fans who arguing it has lessened the out chances of their own with tle, demonstrated the impor- Premier League trophy but, the trophy, the third major remember their legacy half a resolve of their rivals. But, in Jonas Lossl saving well at tance of the point to the visi- Cardiff earn back promotion on a day of celebrations at the country in which he has man- century on. contract to comfortable City David Silva’s feet after five tors who now join Everton Etihad, a goalless draw may aged a team to a title following Having won the league wins against Swansea and minutes and, unknowingly, and Manchester United as the LONDON: Cardiff City of regular-season prove to have left Huddersfield successes in Spain and three weeks earlier, when clos- West Ham, there was no hint stopping a fierce Kevin De only sides to have avoided returned to the Premier Championship matches. A Town as the big winners. Germany with Barcelona and Bruyne shot. defeat at the Etihad in the League on Sunday when a draw left Cardiff waiting on A strong showing from the Bayern Munich respectively. english premier league By the interval, league this season. goalless draw at home to Fulham’s result at struggling visitors earned a The celebrations for City’s Huddersfield were visibly Reading was enough to give Birmingham, but the valuable point which may be third title in seven seasons est rivals Manchester United of Huddersfield showing the wilting in the Manchester Results veteran manager Neil Cottagers 3-1 loss left the enough to keep them in the began well before kickoff, surprisingly lost at home to champions too much respect heat and facing the prospect On Sunday Warnock a record eighth London club facing the lot- league next season, an impres- both inside and outside their West Brom, these title celebra- when the contest finally got of a long second half of attri- promotion. Only the top tery of the play-offs, where Man City 0-0 Huddersfield sive achievement given their Etihad home ground. tions have been curiously underway at the Etihad. tion. City started brightly, two at the end of the regu- the teams finishing third- limited budget. They also kept Fans were issued with blue drawn out. There had been Victory would have guaran- with Christopher Schindler On Saturday lar season were guaranteed sixth compete for the lone at bay a bid by Pep Guardiola’s and white flags, creating a col- none of the edge-of-the-seat teed Huddersfield safety and clearing off his line from a West Brom 1-0 Spurs a place in English football’s remaining promotion place. runaway champions to set ourful vista to greet the cham- drama that so famously another season of top flight scramble at a Leroy Sane cor- Bournemouth 1-0 Swansea lucrative top flight and sec- The draw saw Cardiff new Premier League records pions as they were given yet brought City their first football. David Wagner’s men ner, but otherwise Everton 1-1 Southampton ond-tier title-winners return to the Premier for the most goals, points and another guard of honour on Premier League title, when might have been on course for Huddersfield defended man- Leicester 0-2 West Ham Wolves had already secured League after a single season wins in a season—all marks their way onto the field before Sergio Aguero scored with just such an upset result in an fully and substitute Scott Watford 2-1 Newcastle one of those spots heading in the competition in which could yet be claimed by kickoff. They were also met by virtually the last kick of the entertaining, if goalless, first Malone might even have into Sunday’s final round 2013-14. (AFP) Stoke 1-2 Palace City in the season’s final week the survivors of City’s famous season against QPR in 2012. half but Ederson denied snatched a injury-time win- sports digest Napoli virtually hand Juve title wells fargo championship New Diamond enter semis Agence France-Presse they played the final 40 min- Day opens up 2-shot lead MILAN, May 6 utes a man down after Seko KATHMANDU: New Fofana was shown red. Agence France-Presse ker off the tee and came up Diamond Academy and Juventus are practically Ranocchia headed in off a cor- MIAMI, May 6 short of the green. But he Western Region assured of winning a seventh ner after 12 minutes for responded with a birdie at the Volleyball Association successive Serie A title after Luciano Spalletti’s side with Australia’s Jason Day, seeking ninth after dropping his advanced to the semi-fi- second-placed Napoli were Rafinha getting his first Serie his 12th career US PGA title approach inches from the cup. nals of the fourth KNP held 2-2 by Torino on Sunday. A goal just before the break. and second of the year, fired a Day hit a five-foot birdie putt National Women’s Juventus have a six-point Argentine Icardi added a four-under 67 to grab a two- at the par-5 10th, a 14-footer for Volleyball Championship lead in Serie A with two third minutes later. shot lead after Saturday’s birdie at 12 and back-to-back on Sunday. New Diamond games left to play. Both teams But Udinese’s game was third round of the Wells Fargo two-foot birdie putts at the battled to a 25-11, 19-25, are equal in direct clashes but effectively dealt a killer blow Championship. 14th and par-5 15th. At 18, Day 25-18, 22-25, 15-10 win Juventus are well ahead of five minutes after the break Day, who captured his lone left his tee shot on a bank over over Tribhuvan Army their southern rivals on goal when Fofana was sent off major crown at the 2015 PGA a creek. He took off his shoes Club and advanced as difference. Maurizio Sarri’s after stamping on Ivan Championship, stood on and stood in the water to hit Group ‘B’ runners up Napoli side had been bidding Perisic’s ankle. Borja Valero 10-under 203 after 54 holes at his approach then slipped behind Nepal Police for a first title since the days added a fourth goal with a Quail Hollow in Charlotte, them back on for the walk to Club. Western Region of Argentina legend Diego minute to go. Udinese remain North Carolina. On the same the final green and closed beat Jawalakhel Maradona in 1987 and 1990. three points above the relega- course where he contended with a par. Volleyball Training Earlier. Inter Milan crushed tion zone. before faltering late in last Tiger Woods fired a 68 to Centre 25-13, 25-20, 25-20 10-man Udinese 4-0 to assure On Saturday, Juventus year’s PGA Championship, share 31st on 214, the 14-time to finish behind Group ‘A’ their fifth place in Serie A and recovered from a goal down to the 30-year-old Aussie will major champion fighting to winners APF Club. (PR) seal at least Europa League defeat Bologna 3-1. play in the final duo with contend in his first event Valencia seal action next season while keep- American Nick Watney, who since the Masters in his come- top four berth ing their Champions League Serie A results shot 66 to stand on 205 in quest n Jason Day back after missing most of challenge alive. of his first US PGA title in two years with severe back BARCELONA: Valencia Inter have 69 points with On Sunday six years. African Charl Schwartzel and pain. Woods reeled off three were assured of a top- two games left and cannot be Napoli 2-2 Torino England’s Paul Casey was Americans Johnson Wagner birdies in four holes, his four finish in the caught by AC Milan who are Udinese 0-4 Inter in a pack sharing third on 206 and Sam Saunders. longest putt a 13-footer at the Spanish League and a nine points behind or Lazio 1-1 Atalanta that included Americans Day earlier this year won fifth to open the run, but a berth in next season’s Atalanta, who have 58. AS SPAL 2-0 Benevento Aaron Wise, Bryson the Farmers Insurance Open bogey at the ninth set him Champions League after Roma and Lazio are third and Chievo 2-1 Crotone DeChambeau and Peter at Torrey Pines, making a back. Woods made three bird- Real Betis lost at Athletic four respectively. Inter sealed Uihlein, whose 62 Saturday birdie on the sixth playoff ies in a row on the back side, Genoa 2-3 Fiorentina Bilbao 2-0 on Saturday. victory with first half goals was one off Rory McIlroy’s hole for his first PGA crown the middle of the run when he The defeat left fifth-place from Andrea Ranocchia, On Saturday course record. Five-time since the 2016 Players drove the 14th green and Betis eight points behind n Napoli midfielder Marek Hamsik reacts after scoring a goal against Rafinha and Mauro Icardi. Milan 4-1 Verona major winner Phil Mickelson Championship. Day took his missed an 82-foot eagle putt by Valencia in fourth with Torino during their Italian Serie A match at the San Paolo Stadium in Udinese battled for top- Juve 3-1 Bologna fired a 64 to stand 10th on 208, lone bogey at the par-4 fifth an inch, but closed with a two games left for the Naples on Sunday. AP/RSS flight survival took a knock as one stroke behind South when he found a fairway bun- bogey. Seville-based club. Valencia played later on Man united legend Saturday knowing their mission was accom- plished, and lost at regional rival Villarreal 1-0. Valencia finished in Fighting for life Fergie stakes claim as the greatest manager of all 12th place the last two seasons, but rebounded Reuters influence in the modern game. the United bandwagon rolling on good impression of towering over ly with 10 trophies, including the much more Fergie time with the under manager LONDON, May 6 Indeed, whenever there is an unstoppably with different liver- the institution of United itself, so European Cup Winners’ Cup. full recovery of one of the sport’s Marcelino Garcia Toral argument among fans about who ies but that he imbued each new indispensable did he make him- That is the definitive answer to most monumental characters. in this campaign. (AP) If the football world has been left is the biggest sports personality red model with the same qualities self at Old Trafford as the inheri- those who still suggest that at Bellew beats so shocked by the news of the of them all, Ferguson has always of flair, panache and never-say-die tor of great Matt Busby’s mantle. United he never had to build serious illness to Alex Ferguson, been right at the heart of the commitment. Indispensable? Well, ever since bricks from straw like Brian Haye again it is partly because the patriarch debate, a champion whose great- ‘Fergie’ time—and not just he departed, his shadow over the Clough, an old rival for Britain’s LONDON: Tony Bellew of Manchester United has always ness was reflected in the clubs he those dying minutes when his club that he led to so many tro- ‘greatest’ manager tag, did at appeared to have all but cut such a seemingly robust, inde- managed. A Scotsman who teams always seemed to come phies—38 all told in his 27 years at Derby County and Nottingham ended David Haye’s structible figure, an unbeatable became the most successful man- alive—was never dull. Neither Old Trafford, including 13 league Forest. Ferguson can claim to career with a fifth-round giant of the game. ager ever in the annals of the were his pronouncements. titles, two European Cups and a have done it all, from winning stoppage win over his The 76-year-old had emergency English game, you could even “Football—bloody hell...” still Cup Winners’ Cup—United have in Europe with an unfashion- rival British heavy- surgery for a brain haemorrhage make a convincing case for him stands as the perfect encapsula- never come close to recapturing able smaller club, lifting league weight in their grudge on Saturday yet it was only less being the world’s best down the tion of the game’s allure. Where the zest of his reign. Indeed, his titles in two different coun- re-match in London on than a week earlier that he had years, so continually successful are today’s great manag- influence has cast a shadow over tries, collecting European sil- Saturday. The pair had been on the pitch at Old Trafford, was he over such a long period. er-cum-dictators? Long gone. He all his successors. verware with two clubs and become as well-known looking in fine form and fettle In the fickle modern game, was the last. What he said went. And it should never be forgot- annexing trophies in four suc- for their pre-match dust- while making a presentation to which treats managers as dispos- Cross him and you were history ten that it was not just at United cessive decades. ups and verbal taunts as Arsene Wenger. As he joshed with able tissues, Ferguson was immov- and when his explosive temper that he swept all before him. Even Oh yes, and winning a unique their boxing but there his old deadly Arsenal rival, it able Glaswegian granite for more took over, his ideas left a lasting before turning Old Trafford back treble of League, Cup and was no denying the com- was a reminder how much the than quarter of a century, re-es- impression on his players. into a theatre of winning dreams, Champions League titles prehensive manner of game has missed Ferguson since tablishing and then constantly No player at United was ever he oversaw an extraordinary peri- in 1999. It’s why the Bellew’s second succes- his retirement in 2013 and made re-inventing United’s dazzle as the bigger than the club and none was od of over-achievement at football world is sive victory over the one reflect once more about his world’s most celebrated club. His ever bigger than ‘Fergie’. Yet there Aberdeen in Scotland, smashing rallying around 37-year-old Haye. (AFP) towering, perhaps unprecedented triumph was not just that he kept were times when Ferguson gave a through the Celtic-Rangers duopo- him, wishing for n Alex Ferguson

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