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World surfing league Krui Pro 2019 is officially closed. In this third event, Lucas Silveira from Brazil won the throne of victory from compatriot Gabriel Medina who was the champion of last year.Met after the competition on Saturday, May 4, 2019 at Tanjung Setia Beach, Lucas revealed that the waves that took him to participate in World surfing league Krui Pro 2019.

"Well the wave is perfect, it is hard to get better then this. And the challenge, because the wave is so good and everyone surf good so you have to do better to win. It's been a long way since we get here and train everyday before we competing and wake up 5 am to train and a lot of high hits through the final everything come together so nice" Lucas said. 

Lucas added this was the first time for her to compete in Krui and excellent waves were the only interesting thing to come to Krui. She also stressed that even though there was no competition, she would continue to surf in Krui. The same thing was expressed by first woman champion Leilani Mcgonagle from Costa Rica. According to her, the waves at Tanjung Setia Beach are amazing, almost the same as the waves in her country. (NK/PUTRI)

Motocross track and bicycle racing are the next sporting targets which have been initiated by the West Pesisir Youth and Sports regional Department of Youth and Sport Ministry to attract athletes from all over the world. This was revealed by the Head of the West Pesisir Youth and Sports Department, Ruslan Samad on Friday, May 5, 2019 at Tanjung Setia Beach, Lampung Province.

"Aside from surfing, the plan is to develop sports so that the West Pesisir regency is visited by national and world level sportsmen, among others, we have communicated with Ministry of Youth and Sports that here we will build a track for racing.Then, we have been proposed from the Ministry to carry out cycling activities" Ruslan said. 

Ruslan added that his side began to build track racing in the North Pesisir region.In addition, the cycling track is being designed so that it can be the venue for international cycle racing competitions. (NK/PUTRI)

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) discussed a plan on operation of Light Rail Transit (LRT) in Bogor city with Deputy Mayor of Bogor Dede A Rachim, on Sunday evening.

"My concern is about transportation issue. He asked about two things. The first question is about Bogor preparations for LRT project," Rachim told the press.

The President also asked about the location of LRT station in Bogor (West Java), he added.

LRT is expected to be able to transport 120 thousand Bogor commuters daily.

He estimated that 30 percent of passengers of electric train (KRL) and 40 percent of private car users will switch to LRT.

"Why is it 40 percent? Because in 2020, the Jakarta Administration will apply Electronic Road Pricing (ERC). So, those using cars will be charged twice for toll roads. This must be anticipated," he said.

Maluku Province on Sunday exported more than 6.4 tons of fresh tuna to Japan from the Pattimura Ambon international airport. Head of the Maluku Industry and Trade Office Elvis Pattiselano said that exports carried out by PT. Maluku Prima Mandiri utilizes the services of Batik Air and Lion Air airlines.

This direct export is only transit in Jakarta after the Maluku provincial government with the support of a number of competent parties handled the transaction in an integrated manner.

"So the export value of Maluku's fresh tuna to a number of countries in the past four months has jumped sharply compared to that in the last eight months of 2018 when the value was recorded at only 10 million US dollars," he said.

He pointed out that fresh tuna exports were also carried out by two other exporters, PT. Harta Samudera and PT. Cemerlang Laut Ambon.

In addition, live mangrove crabs were exported by Putri Desi to Singapore and Malaysia. The export took place on January 12, 2019, with a volume of 1.1 tons.

Live mangrove crabs which are directly exported from Maluku are now increasingly favored by consumers in Singapore and Malaysia. Some 2.04 tons of the crabs were exported on May 1, 2019 and 1.45 tons of them went to those neighboring countries on May 4, 2019.

Maluku through PT. Kamboti had also launched exports of nutmegs to India, the Netherlands and the United Arab Emirates from the Naval Base in Ambon on April 30, 2019.

"Maluku is currently experiencing an increase in exports, following a decline due to the impact of the humanitarian tragedy in 1999," Elvis said.

He said the Maluku export improvement team was formed on November 8, 2018. (ant)