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“If you don’t have transparen- der the six working committees cy in people’s houses, how can of the AL to open their meetin- the people trust and believe in gs to the public, Coutinho con- what you are stating to the AL?” demned the legislators, saying, he questioned. “Because they are liars, many Meanwhile, ATFPM is also lawmakers are liars,” citing the calling for the government to aforementioned smoking ban issue stricter criteria for its le- bill as an example. gislators to work as full time The lawmaker also criticized lawmakers. the fact that only the presidents As most of the legislators are of the AL Standing Committees busy businessmen or working are allowed to speak to the press part-time jobs, Coutinho, who to summarize the meeting’s de- has raised this concern in recent bate. “The media only listens to years, stressed that the issue was the president and only tells what never discussed on social media, he likes [the press] to hear,” he and has not been brought to the commented. government. Meanwhile, the lawmaker also The lawmaker believes that le- commented on the upcoming gislators should be working full- exit of Uber, along with the time for the regions’ residents approved taxi fare increase, des- in order to provide high quality cribing it as a contradiction. decision making. “You have to pay more for bad Coutinho also expressed the quality service. In many aspects, opinion that these part-time Macau is light-years away from lawmakers are formulating de- an intelligent city. Macau is Coutinho criticizes lack cisions that serve their self-in- going backwards,” he said. terest. Coutinho recalled that issues “[The] majority of the influen- such as public housing, health- of transparency in AL tial [people] are businessmen in care, transportation and social Macau. If they are legislators, it provident funds were raised se- would help them run better the veral years ago; and lamented Lynzy Valles ATFPM, José Pereira Coutinho, The lawmaker argued that ever business. It’s an added value,” that the public is still raising argued that the media must be since the region’s handover to the lawmaker explained. such issues. he Macau Civil Servan- informed of the committees’ China 18 years ago, it had not Questioned by the Times on the “It just means we’re not mo- Tts Association (ATFPM) is discussions during their closed- improved its legislators’ trans- different factors that may hin- ving forward,” he concluded. calling for more transparency to door internal meetings. parency to the public. be implemented in the Legisla- The lawmaker criticized the AL “The media must know and tive Assembly (AL), particularly for its lack of transparency, re- must be informed by being pre- over the Standing Committee’s calling the previously-discussed sent in internal meetings,” he poster banning at al questioned closed-door meetings. bill on banning indoor smoking said. Until August 30, the associa- in casinos. According to him, the six DURING THE press conference each bill, we are like civil servants tion is conducting a survey on “At that time when the gover- working committees of the AL ATFPM organized yesterday, inside the AL because the govern- whether lawmakers should be nment submitted the full ban should change their regula- Coutinho suggested that the pro- ment decides everything.” Accord- required to work full-time at the on casino smoking bill, 26 legis- tions and allow the press to be posed ban of the use of posters and ing to the lawmaker, the proposed AL, and whether parliamentary lators voted in favor. And what present, unless discussions are banners during AL plenary meet- banning of posters at the AL would commissions’ meetings should happened next? When the bill “very sensitive.” ings is a setback to the MSAR’s not benefit legislators nor the pub- be open to the public. The sur- went through the second com- He also believed that closed- freedom of expression. According lic. He added that such a measure vey has been distributed on so- mission internal meeting, all of door meetings would hinder the to Coutinho, “if we cannot raise would only threaten Macau’s free- cial media platforms. them changed opinions,” Couti- growth of confidence the public cards at the AL and if we cannot dom of speech. “That’s not good Lawmaker and president of nho said. has in its government. express our opinions at the end of for Macau,” he stated. Money laundering group makes positive assessment

acau received a According to the report, nation Bureau (DICJ) Mpositive assessment licensing controls are ro- in Macau has set up a in the Asia Pacific Group bust in the Macau gaming double-scrutiny system on Money Laundering sector for both concessio- for the market entry of (APG) Mutual Evalua- naires and junket promo- junket promoters. The tion Report (MER) 2017. ters. The MER states that DICJ undertakes sepa- The report was discussed Macau has applied the rate market entry and yesterday in the annual international standard- licensing requirements meeting of APG, which is setting body of anti-mo- for junket promoters and being held in Colombo, Sri ney laundering (AML) their formal collabora- Lanka. and counter-financing of tors. Macau’s positive results terrorism (CFT) measu- Moreover, DICJ pro- were received in respect res, including licensing as vides industry training The local delegation attending the meeting of its technical compliance well as ‘fit and proper’ test once every year to the with legal frameworks as requirements to include gaming sector with a the- Macau government is ch are subject to AML strengthen supervision well as its effectiveness in junket promoters and matic topic and objective. taking a more stringent and CFT requirements. of the gaming sector, and implementing measures their formal collaborators. According to a state- approach towards the li- The statement claims require its continuous at- against money laundering, In addition, the Gaming ment from the Financial censing and supervision that the government will tention to and complian- and terrorist financing. Inspection and Coordi- Information Office, the of junket promoters, whi- continue to improve and ce with AML and CFT.

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High flu occurrence recorded in recent weeks he Health Bureau (SSM) has stated that data recorded by several SSM mo- Double-decker buses were used in the 70s and 80s Tnitoring systems show a re- cent and significant increase in influenza when compared Double-decker buses still to the same period of last year. need to be discussed Meanwhile, influenza sur- veillance data from the Con- The three bus companies in Macau have different de São Januário hospital opinions about the feasibility of double-decker (CHCSJ) showed an increase buses making a return. On a TDM radio show in the number of cases of in- yesterday, bus operator Transmac’s deputy general fluenza in the last week. The manager Kent Lei revealed that he was open to the number of adults with the introduction of double-decker buses. Operator TCM flu requiring urgent medical deputy general manager Chaing Peng Chan explained attention reached a ratio of that it would be more difficult for bus drivers to 117 per 1,000 people, almost encourage passengers to move to the top floor of a quadruple the normal rate. double-decker bus. Indeed, it is already complicated For pediatric occurrences, since last January, SSM regis- in the years 2016-2017. was 99,397, corresponding enough to persuade passengers to walk to the back the ratio reached about 214 tered 60 cases, a slight reduc- So far, one of the cases has to an increase of about 5,000 of current single-decker buses. Operator New Era’s deputy general manager Kwok Tong Cheong believes per 1,000 people, correspon- tion compared to the 88 cases resulted in death. Twenty-six people compared to the same that middle-sized buses are the future of the bus ding to twice the normal rate. registered in the same period cases have already been dis- period of last year. service industry. SSM’s Public Health Labo- of 2016. charged, and five cases are According to a statement ratory of the Health Services There have been 32 cases still being treated in hospital. issued yesterday, in order to last week collected 127 sam- of influenza accompanied by To prevent influenza, SSM respond to an influenza peak, CPPCC delegate suggests ples from respiratory tracts pneumonia so far this year. Of prepared 120,000 seasonal SSM will adjust the work dis- and found that 57 of these these, 18 were female and 14 flu vaccines for 2016/2017, tribution of its departments. patriotic power in AL had a positive reaction to the were male, aged between 10 and vaccinated the most at SSM will adjust the distri- presence of the influenza vi- months and 91 years, four of -risk people from September bution of human resources The President of Macau’s Members of the Provincial rus, a positivity rate of 44.9 whom required treatment at 26 of last year. within CHCSJ and the city’s Chinese People’s Political Consultation Conference percent. the Intensive Care Unit. The- As of July 17, the number of health centers so as to acce- (CPPCC), Lam Chong, has said that Macau should With respect to cases of col- se same four did not receive people who received the vac- lerate medical service proce- spread the “Macau spirit,” which is in line with the lective influenza infection, the seasonal influenza vaccine cination between 2016-2017 dures. Chinese president Xi Jinping’s speech during his recent visit to Hong Kong. “Macau should combine the spirit of Xi Jinping’s important speech with Macau’s practical situation, with the motto ‘Love the Country, Love Macau,’ [...] and with democracy and harmonization,” said Lam. Lam said that it is of uttermost importance to strengthen the power of the DSAL: Middle-aged people face no Love the Country and Love Macau mottos in the AL. employment discrimination DSI sets up self-service

sors to interviews in and residents of other station in Coloane order to check the ages according to Ma- The Identification Services Bureau (DSI) set up a interview process to cau’s actual needs, self-service station at Seac Pai Van in Coloane that guarantee that no and DSAL will con- was officially put into use yesterday. There are four discriminating em- tinue to improve its integrated self-service kiosks providing 24 kinds of ployment issues are employment referral services, involving nine government departments occurring. service in order to help and one “City Guide” information kiosk in the “In the future, middle-aged people station. Individuals can print health care vouchers, DSAL will open more enhance their employ- register for proof of identity, enquire about the wealth training courses for ment competences,” partaking scheme distribution or apply for the social middle-aged residents Wong’s reply reads. security fund among other things.

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Over 200 take part in ‘Health Day for Senior Buddies’

GM hosted the annual “Health Day Mfor Senior Buddies” event for more than 200 local senior citizens this week. The senior citizens, with an average age of 75, were from six local associations under the Caritas Macau and the Macau Tung Sin Tong Chartable Society. This is the eighth consecutive year that the gaming operator has organized the Urban Renewal Committee event. According to MGM, the event has benefited over 1,400 local senior citizens Twenty medical practitioners from the Chinese so far. Medicine Association of Macau provided free one- A total of 20 medical practitioners from on-one health consultations Building renovation the Chinese Medicine Association of Ma- cau were invited to provide free one-on- son to remind both of us to serve the com- one health consultations and Chinese her- munity, especially the senior citizens who bal soups to maintain the well-being of the built the community that we live in today. ratio under debate attendees. I hope that we can inspire more parents to Julie Zhu old or younger require the centage].” Over 60 MGM Volunteer Team members encourage their kids to lighten up someone agreement of 100 percent Currently, the law states assisted in the event to serve and entertain else’s day together and to pursue a better he Urban Renewal of the owners to be renova- that major renovation or the attendees while they waited for their perspective in life.” TCommittee has yet to ted or demolished. demolishment of a building health consultations. In addition to on-site Chinese medical make a final decision over Buildings between 30 and requires full agreement by The event concluded with an endearing consultations, there were also live perfor- regulations governing the 40 years old require the all building owners. and lively lion dance performance presen- mances, interactive games, a lucky draw percentage of owners re- agreement of 90 percent This was reportedly one ted by the youngest Lion Dance Troupe in and refreshments provided quired to agree to move of the owners, and finally, of the biggest obstacles for Macau - graduates of MGM’s Junior Lion The president of the Chinese Medicine forward with a building for buildings older than 40 the renovation and trans- Dance Training Program. Association of Macau said that recently renovation, and whether or years old, it is required that formation of industrial bui- Johnwin Lee, an MGM Volunteer Team there has been a surge in the number of el- not to create a graded cri- 85 percent of the owners ldings into buildings desig- member who brought along his daughter derly people diagnosed with influenza. teria according to the buil- agree with the decision to ned for other purposes. to volunteer during the summer holidays, Since the weather has been inconsistent, ding’s age. renovate or demolish. When asked about whe- said after the event, “This is a memorable many elderly people have more frequently Talking to the media after Yesterday, Raimundo ther the government is day as this is my first time that I can volun- been affected by respiratory diseases and the meeting, the Secretary said that the committee dis- considering issuing tempo- teer with my daughter.” other complications. He suggests the el- for Transport and Public cussed recent works of the rary licenses to industrial “Not only can we enjoy some exceptional derly do more outdoor exercises, especially Works, Raimundo do Ro- three specialized groups of buildings, Raimundo said family time, but it is also an important les- in places where the air quality is good. sário, said that no speci- the Urban Renewal Com- that the government is still fic decision was reached mittee. discussing it. ad during the Urban Renewal “We have discussed all “We have discussed that, Committee plenary mee- three commission’s works, and we will find several ting that took place yester- in particular, how their related departments and day. works are going,” said Ro- committee members to re- Previously, the commit- sário. search the problems more tee’s third specialized com- The secretary added that proficiently, mainly becau- mission presented a propo- “in the next meeting, there se recreation of industrial sal that was debated upon, might be a suggestion from buildings is not an easy in which a partial consen- the third commission to be issue. We have discussed, sus was reached stating discussed in the plenary but there are some difficul- that all buildings 30 years meeting [regarding the per- ties,” revealed Raimundo.

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he Macau Polyte- Tchnic Institute (IPM) and the Directorate-Ge- neral for Interpretation of the European Commission have joined forces as orga- nizers of the 7th Conferen- ce Interpreting Seminar, which ends tomorrow. According to a state- ment issued by IPM, the two- week event aims at Marcus Im (right), MPI’s vice president, presents a souvenir to nurturing high-caliber Pedro Elston, representative of the European Commission talent in the field of con- ference interpretation as of the People’s Republic ge, from merely three in well as training Portu- of China, are attending 2003 to over 30 at pre- guese university teachers this advanced training in sent. As a platform for working in Macau and the interpretation. economic and trade coo- Chinese mainland. During the event, Mar- peration between China More than 10 professio- cus Im, vice-president and Portuguese-speaking nal translators and Portu- of IPM, noted that Chi- countries, Macau should guese teachers from Ma- na recently witnessed a take full advantage of its cau and Chinese universi- tremendous growth in unique history, culture, ties, together with repre- universities offering un- and linguistic strengths to sentatives from the Mi- dergraduate programs in support the Belt and Road nistry of Foreign Affairs the Portuguese langua- Initiative, added Im. thu 20.07.2017

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HKZMB raises many environmental questions, authorities answer none

Renato Marques* mammals in Hong Kong waters of the possible negative outco- ld not provide information on its Opinions on the controversial has almost halved since 2010, mes of the HKZMB. behalf. project are also divided on the he Hong Kong- reaching a historical low of 47. In October 2003, the Prepara- Speaking to the Times, António Macau side. Zhuhai-Macau Bridge The group attributes this decli- tory Group for the Construction Trindade, founding president of While the government and its (HKZMB), almost ready ne to the large-scale infrastructu- of the HKZMB decided to estab- the Macau Association of Envi- various departments continue to open, has been widely re works around Lantau. These lish a new committee to “be res- ronmental Protection Industry, to promise economic advantages Tregarded as a “strong develop- include the HKZMB, the building ponsible for the concretization of said that all construction pro- from the project, others, such as ment factor” for the entire Pearl of the city’s third airport runway the [preparatory] works,” with its jects – particularly large-scale Rose Lai, a lecturer at the Uni- River Delta area and especially and the growing frequency of hi- members contributing “great ex- ones – have an impact on the versity of Macau (UM), seem to for the three cities connected by gh-speed ferries and other mari- perience, technical capacity and environment. He also said that be less optimistic. its branches. time traffic. profound knowledge of the situa- while “every construction pro- “It is difficult to predict the im- The 34 years between the bir- This issue is accompanied by tion of the Pearl-Delta.” jects has an impact; assessments pacts on the real estate market th of the idea of building the several other environmental and Local authorities are yet to pu- are needed to find the mitigating of the region,” Lai said to news- HKZMB and its final completion ecological challenges posed by blically disclose the results of stu- factors.” paper Plataforma. Lai noted that have seen many high-profile fi- the bridge, but the governmen- dies from the Guangzhou-based Some analysts have specula- “housing prices in the areas near gures praise the mega-structure ts of the three impacted regions committee. ted that the introduction of the to the bridge connection in Ma- and highlight its numerous eco- appear to have little to say on the HKZMB might reduce the de- cau have already risen as soon as nomic advantages. matter. mand for high-speed ferries be- people started talking about this Since its construction began in An Environmental Impact As- The bridge tween the three cities. On this su- [infrastructure].” late 2009, questions have been sessment study conducted in has been ggestion, the DSPA said it “does Lai also raised doubts over asked more and more frequently 2003 by Hong Kong’s Highway not currently have not the infor- whether the bridge would cons- about the extent of the infras- Department highlighted the in- criticized on mation to [advise].” titute a faster form of transpor- tructure’s purported advantages frastructure’s impact in several Asked whether vehicle emis- tation to nearby Hong Kong and and also regarding the possible key areas: ecology, water quality, both sides of sions on the new bridge might Zhuhai than the high-speed ferry environmental consequences air quality and cultural heritage. compare favorably to those of system. of such a large-scale project in “It is anticipated that surrou- the Pearl River the jetfoils, Trindade said that it “To transport [via] bridge does nearby waters. nding [areas] could be affected Delta for safety depends. “Both boats and vehi- not necessarily mean that it [will Recently, a conservation group by noise, air quality, ecological, cles have harmful emissions,” he be faster]. And the idea of ​​a bri- in the neighboring region of water quality, visual, waste and scandals, said, and it remains to be seen dge is more for the transport of Hong Kong called for the crea- cultural heritage impacts during how the two means of transport cargo and goods [than people],” tion of a supersized marine the construction and operational overrun will contribute to air and sea she said. park to connect all the existing stages,” the department noted in pollutants in the estuary. Another UM scholar inter- facilities around Lantau Island the report. budgets and The bridge has also been criti- viewed by Plataforma, Glenn in order to stop what they des- Regarding ecological concerns, ulterior motives cized, on both sides of the Pearl McCartney, assistant professor cribed as a “rapid decline in the the report warned that “cons- River Delta, for safety scandals, of hospitality and gaming mana- population of Chinese white dol- truction at the bridge-land inter- In an email to the Times, the overrun budgets and ulterior, gement, said that above all, au- phins.” face and the construction of piers Macau Environmental Protec- political motives. thorities required a strategic plan The group, the Dolphin Conser- in west Lantau and the Airport tion Bureau (DSPA) noted that Civil engineer Albert Lai, con- for how to use the bridge. vation Society, is also calling for Channel may result in increased the HKZMB is “an interregional vener of think tank Professional McCartney feels “an infrastruc- the diversion of high-speed fer- release of sediments that could construction project involving Commons, said that the pro- ture such as this one is always ries in the estuary area because potentially affect the mangroves the use of the maritime areas of blems reflect “political conside- a positive thing as it assures an of the same ecological concerns, and seagrass communities at/ the Mainland. Since the appli- rations overriding professional improvement on accessibility to according to the South China near the San Tau SSSI, [and also cation for the use of the areas is judgments with regard to the Macau.” However, “infrastruc- Morning Post. affect the] intertidal mudflats required, their [the Mainland’s] design and construction of the ture [by itself] has no meaning if The conservation bells first star- and horseshoe crab nursery area national environmental impact bridge.” we don’t know how to ‘sell it’,” he ted ringing after the latest white in Tung Chung Bay and the ha- assessment rules must be com- “The sole purpose of this bridge said, adding that there is an im- dolphin headcount, conducted bitat of the Chinese White Dol- plied with.” was to cater to the development portant role to be played by go- by the Hong Kong Agriculture, phins.” “The promoter of this project needs of the mainland. As a re- vernment departments such as Fisheries and Conservation De- Meanwhile, Macau authorities is already carrying out the work sult, all professional considera- the Macau Government Tourism partment. A recent report relea- have not publicized the findings in this field, in accordance with tions such as its design have not Office. sed by the department showed from any preliminary studies or the national requirements,” the been fully taken into account,” he *With additional reporting by Daniel that the number of these marine made clear their considerations DSPA assured, noting that it cou- told the SCMP. Beitler 20.07.2017 thu

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soline demand this year while natural gas cars have already displaced 22 million tons of fuel Top oil buyer’s demand in peril used in transportation in 2016. The IEA last month cut its es- timate for China’s 2017 total oil demand growth by 4 percent to as OPEC wrestles over output 385,000 barrels a day. The na- tion’s apparent oil demand fell il bulls grappling tive modes of transport such as affect prices aren’t having as started in January. Any sustai- by 0.3 percent in April, with ga- with OPEC’s weake- natural-gas fired cars amid ef- much impact now,” Gao Jian, ned rebound in prices will hinge soline demand slipping by 6.3 ned resolve to curb forts to cut pollution. Oil is still an analyst with Shandong-ba- as much on continued growth in percent, the first decline since output are also having in a bear market as some OPEC sed industry researcher SCI99, China as on reduced supplies. September, according to data Oto worry about waning demand members comply less with pled- said by phone. “It’s time to look Before the lower processing complied by Bloomberg. in the world’s biggest buyer of ged output cuts. over to the demand side. And plan, China Petroleum & Chemi- “Summer in theory should be overseas crude. on that front, with China’s fuel cal Corp. had a target to process the peak consumption season,” State-run China Petroleum demand weakening, it basically about 20 million tons a month said Amy Sun, an analyst with & Chemical Corp., the globe’s means oil may stay lower for during summer. A Beijing-ba- Shanghai-based commodities largest oil refiner, will process Fuel demand in longer.” sed spokesman for the company researcher ICIS-China. “But about 1 million metric tons a U.S. West Texas Intermediate that’s known as Sinopec decli- we’ve seen weak gasoline de- month less than previously plan- China is being futures in New York traded up ned to comment. mand since April as well as huge ned over June to August, accor- 0.3 percent at USD46.55 a bar- Gasoline demand growth in competition from teapots,” she ding to people with knowledge challenged rel by 11:22 a.m. London time, China, the world’s biggest ener- said, referring to the nation’s of the matter. That’s because by alternative still more than 50 percent lower gy user, will average 95,000 smaller, independent refiners. of weaker demand and increa- than three years earlier as a glo- barrels a day in 2017, “drama- Operating rates at Chinese sed competition from privately transportation bal market glut persists. Brent tically” below gains of 230,000- independent refineries rose to owned rivals, they said, asking crude, the benchmark for more 290,000 barrels a day of the 65.14 percent in mid-June, the not to be identified because the such as shared than half the world’s oil, is lan- prior two years, the Paris-based highest since December, accor- information is confidential. The guishing near $49 a barrel, com- IEA said in a report on July 13. ding to data provided by SCI99. reduction is equivalent to about bicycles and pared with its 2014 peak of more Meanwhile, passenger-vehicle Sinopec raised its refining volu- 240,000 barrels a day. natural gas than $115. sales in the first half dropped for me each year since 2005 until While that’s about 3 percent of While the Organization of Pe- the first time in at least 13 years. 2016, when the private proces- China’s total crude imports, the fired cars. troleum Exporting Countries “Fuel demand in China is being sors started boosting operations curbs are being implemented and its partners have an agree- challenged by alternative trans- Guo Yifan armed with government appro- during the summer, when the Analyst ment to implement output curbs portation such as shared bicy- vals to purchase imported oil. nation’s demand typically peaks aimed at shrinking the oversu- cles and natural gas fired cars,” Since May, Sinopec’s fuel sta- just as it does in the U.S. Chine- pply and propping up prices, the said Guo Yifan, an analyst at tions have offered a discount of se drivers typically use more fuel “The oil market seems to have International Energy Agency es- Shanghai-based Sinolink Se- as much as 2.3 yuan per liter in as they crank up their vehicle’s grown immune to news about timates that OPEC’s compliance curities. She predicted the use the eastern Chinese city of Zibo, air-conditioner when the sun is OPEC output cuts, meaning su- with the cutbacks fell in June to of shared bikes in big cities may Shanghai Securities News re- out, but are turning to alterna- pply-side stories that normally the lowest level since the deal replace 1.27 million tons of ga- ported last month. Bloomberg

by-side with six Ameri- 63.2 billion yuan ($9.3 can directors,” said Aron. billion) but will continue AMC tries to distance itself “We greatly look forward to manage the properties. to Wanda’s continued Wanda founder Wang support as an AMC sha- Jianlin told a Chinese from parent Wanda’s troubles reholder.” business magazine, Cai- Chinese regulators have xin, the revenue would be he U.S. cinema chain tors told banks Wanda’s Chinese banks. quarters by our manage- tapped the brakes on a used to repay loans. Wang TAMC has tried to reas- recent foreign transac- The company said ment teams located in the multibillion-dollar string was quoted as saying the sure financial markets it is tions conflicted with res- Wanda, which also owns U.S. and Europe,” AMC’s of foreign acquisitions by company’s debt load “at unaffected by its Chinese trictions on capital mo- Hollywood studio Le- chief executive and presi- Wanda and other com- this point isn’t heavy,” parent’s debts, saying the vement. Wanda bought a gendary Entertainment, dent, Adam Aron, said in panies, citing concerns but gave no details. American unit never has majority stake in AMC in has three seats on AMC’s the statement. they might be taking on Wanda, which has inte- relied on Wanda Group 2012 for USD2.6 billion. nine-member board but “Wanda does not ac- too much debt. rests in shopping malls, for financing. AMC said in a statement no role in daily manage- tively participate in the Wanda announced on hotels, real estate and en- Shares in AMC Enter- its three most recent ac- ment. day-to-day running of July 10 it would sell most tertainment, became the tainment Holdings, Inc. quisitions were financed “AMC is an American AMC beyond the board of of its theme parks to a world’s biggest cinema fell this week following by U.S. banks and it never company run from its directors service of three Chinese buyer, Sunac operator with its purchase reports Chinese regula- has received loans from Leawood, Kansas, head- Wanda executives side- China Holdings Ltd., for of U.S. chain AMC. MDT/AP 20.07.2017 thu

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vance of the Chinese communist party’s National Congress this fall. Sino-US trade rifts resurface At the meeting, Xi will want to fur- ther tighten his grip on the party. What’s more, the European Union and others are likely to lash even after friendly summit back if the U.S. imposes sanctions on foreign steel, thereby running Paul Wiseman, Josh Boak weapon in American trade law the risk of a broader trade war. that lets the president tax or res- Then there’s North Korea. As ake and conversation, it ap photo trict imports — if a U.S. Commer- a presidential candidate, Trump Cseems, can go only so far to ce Department investigation finds attacked China for refusing to mend longstanding economic that they imperil national security. pressure Pyongyang to back off rifts between the United States (The result of Commerce’s investi- from developing nuclear weapons. and China. gation of steel imports is expected After the Mar-a-Lago summit, Three months after President soon.) The rationale was that the though, Trump praised Beijing for Donald Trump and his Chinese American military relies on steel agreeing to help deal with North counterpart, Xi Jinping, shared for airplanes, ships and other equi- Korea. As a reward, he abandoned chocolate cake at an amiable sum- pment. Steel also goes into roads, his vow to accuse China of mani- mit in Florida, tensions between bridges and other infrastructure. pulating its currency to benefit the world’s two biggest economies Donald Trump meets with Xi Jinping at the G20 Summit on July 8 The problem is that the United Chinese exporters. are flaring again. States already blocks most Chine- This month, North Korea de- Just as officials of the two nations the two met April 6-7 at Trump’s clear program. se steel imports. So any tariffs or fiantly proceeded with its first lau- prepare to meet in Washington, Mar-a-Lago resort can overcome Still, the Trump-Xi relationship limits on imports would instead nch of an intercontinental ballistic the Trump administration is con- fundamental differences on trade has yet to deliver the substantive hurt other countries, including missile. Trump tweeted his com- sidering slapping tariffs on steel and national security. Last week, changes that Trump the candidate such staunch allies as Canada and plaint: imports, a step that risks igniting the president called his Chinese had promised voters — a core pie- South Korea. “Trade between China and Nor- a trade war. For the United States, counterpart a “friend of mine,” “a ce of his mantra to put “America th Korea grew almost 40% in the it’s a perilous option to address a terrific guy” and “a very special first.” The economic irritants are first quarter. So much for Chi- problem caused largely by Chi- person.” likely to vex U.S. and Chinese offi- The Trump-Xi na working with us — but we had na’s overproduction of steel. At a White House event Monday, cials this week. to give it a try!” And Trump is criticizing Chi- Trump suggested that the rela- Trump had campaigned on a relationship has Brookings’ Dollar says the admi- na again for failing to use its eco- tionship is so strong that he asked promise to shrink America’s trade nistration will likely continue to be nomic leverage to rein in its nei- during the Florida summit to start deficits, which he blames for wi- yet to deliver disappointed. ghbor and ally, the nuclear rogue exporting U.S. beef to China and ping out American factories and the substantive “China is not going to do any- state North Korea. that the request was quickly gran- manufacturing jobs. The United thing dramatic” to pressure North Could this week’s U.S.-China ted. Trump said that the beef in- States last year ran a trade deficit changes that Korea, he says. “They don’t want Comprehensive Dialogue produ- dustry was so pleased to return in goods with China of USD347 that regime to collapse” and the- ce a meaningful breakthrough in to China after a 14-year ban that billion, the amount by which im- Trump the reby destabilize the Korean penin- economic relations? Most Chi- one executive from Nebraska “hu- ports exceeded exports. It’s by far sula and likely send North Korean na watchers are skeptical. gged me, he wanted to kiss me so the widest gap that U.S. has with candidate refugees into China. “I’m not looking for anything badly.” any country. Trump says Chi- had promised Overall, Dollar expects more worthwhile,” says Derek Scissors, “We welcome this opportunity,” na unfairly subsidizes exports. turbulence between Washington a China specialist at the conserva- Kenny Graner, a North Dakota ca- Take steel. From 2000 to voters and Beijing. The Obama admi- tive American Enterprise Institu- ttle farmer who is president of the 2016, China accelerated steel pro- nistration, he notes, had kept the te. U.S. Cattlemen’s Association, says duction, raising its share of the Scissors says the United States relationship stable despite eco- For one thing, the points of dif- of the China market. “They have a world market from 15 percent could try to coordinate sanctions nomic differences by working ference between the two countries middle class that’s growing in in- to nearly 50 percent. As Chine- against China by countries that do with China on such issues as the run deep. For another, Xi faces po- come. It’s big, a lot of people.” se steel poured into the market, import Chinese steel. Paris climate agreement and the litical pressures at home and won’t After the meeting, the president global prices fell, hurting Ameri- David Dollar, a former World Iran nuclear deal. But Trump has want to cause a stir in Beijing. softened his accusations of abusi- can steelmakers. Scissors notes Bank and U.S. Treasury official pulled out of the Paris deal and de- For all the tensions between the ve Chinese practices, dropped his that China has long promised to who is now at the Brookings Ins- nounced the Iran pact. two nations, Trump’s words about threat to label China a currency stop subsidizing steel and to slow titution, thinks Xi isn’t likely to “We’re going to see more volati- Xi himself have remained warm. manipulator and expressed opti- production but hasn’t delivered. make a bold move to cut Chinese lity in the U.S.-China relationship He has suggested that the perso- mism that China would pressure The Trump administration res- steelmaking capacity — or enact than we’ve seen in years,” Dollar nal bond he formed with Xi when North Korea to scale back its nu- ponded by invoking a little-used other economic reforms — in ad- says. AP

HK shares become refuge from falling mainland markets bloomberg Kana Nishizawa yuan exchange rate. have a harder time ac- from concern that earnin- With the influx, Hong cessing credit than state gs growth will slow. hinese inves- Kong shares are now -owned giants, and have “If mainland investors Ctors may be limited trouncing their counter- born the brunt of losses in want to capture higher from putting their cash parts north of the border equities as policy makers potential in the share overseas, but their link by the most in 2 1/2 years. continue to focus on re- price rally, Hong Kong to Hong Kong’s stocks Net purchases throu- ducing leverage in the will be an alternative for is again proving to be a gh the program linking economy. them,” said Ben Kwong, source of refuge at a time Hong Kong and Shanghai President Xi Jinping at executive director at KGI of worry. climbed to USD2.9 billion the weekend said the cen- Asia Ltd. in Hong Kong. The latest concerns stem in the first two weeks tral bank will play a stron- “If China’s market is un- Traders work on the trading floor of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange from a strengthening in of July, the most in two ger role in curbing risks, der tighter regulation financial regulations and months, helping send the leading analysts to antici- that means there’s relati- Southbound flows to in yuan when they sell pressures on liquidity Hang Seng Index back up pate a further tightening vely limited opportunity Hong Kong also surged Hong Kong shares, they that have crushed small- to its 2015 high this week. in financial regulations. at least in the near term, last year, as Chinese inves- are shielded from any de- cap stocks on the main- The selloff in Chine- Some took a discussion so they would prefer to go tors tried to shift their mo- preciation in the Chinese land. The result: inflows se stocks has been most on the need to increase to another market. Even ney out of yuan-denomi- currency while their mo- to Hong Kong equities pronounced in small-cap direct financing as a hint though Hong Kong stocks nated assets amid worries ney is on the other side through a trading link companies, with the Chi- for more initial public of- have gained 21 percent the currency will weaken. of the border. The inflow with Shanghai, in an echo Next gauge down more ferings. The prospect of this year, we’re not seeing While mainland investors then slowed as the yuan of moves last year trigge- than 8 percent this mon- greater supply would hurt much correction pressu- using the stock-connect appreciated to a seven- red by fears of a tumbling th. Smaller enterprises stocks already reeling re.” program have to be repaid month high. Bloomberg thu 20.07.2017

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upporters of Liu Xiaobo gathered worl- Liu Xiaobo supporters mark his dwide yesterday to mark the traditional Chinese Sobservance of the seventh day after the imprisoned Nobel Pea- death amid concerns for widow ce Prize laureate’s death, amid growing concern over the fate man who had posted online about of his widow, Liu Xia, who has scattering flowers at Tiger Beach, been kept under house arrest for ap photo his wife said yesterday. more than seven years. Outside China, however, su- As Liu’s supporters prepared pporters gathered on beaches to for memorials, more than a do- mourn while others turned Liu’s zen men have been holding an sea burial into a meme. around-the-clock vigil in a lea- In New York and Taiwan, they fy apartment complex in west posted pictures of memorials by Beijing with a different purpose the sea. Zhou Fengsuo, a Cali- altogether: keeping visitors and fornia-based activist involved journalists away from the home in the 1989 Tiananmen student- Liu shared with Liu Xia. led pro-democracy protests in Though never charged, Liu Xia which Liu Xiaobo played a key was kept guarded and isolated role, posted pictures of himself in the apartment while her hus- holding the Lius’ portrait while band was serving an 11-year sen- chest deep in San Francisco Bay. tence on charges of incitement “Many of us were angry, like to subvert government power. there was nothing we could do Last seen in official photos because it was a sea burial,” he showing her lowering an urn said. “But when I swam, I felt containing her husband’s ashes like we had a connection, like he into the sea on Saturday, her A plainclothes security official approaches journalists outside an apartment complex where Liu Xia, widow of late Chinese was there.” whereabouts yesterday were Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo, lives in Beijing Zhou said there were plans unknown. Numerous foreign to paint a mural for Liu at San governments and rights groups day, there were no signs of su- service this week as authorities ashes into the Pacific Ocean at Francisco’s Ocean Beach. In have demanded China lift all pporters. The vast compound periodically blocked access to its Tiger Beach near Dalian, a move Australia, an artist known by the restrictions on her movements. and each of its entrances were servers. that his supporters said was pseudonym Baduicao painted Tienchi Martin-Liao, the presi- guarded by more than a dozen designed to erase any physical pictures of the Lius at the “gra- dent of the Independent Chine- young men with buzz cuts who traces of China’s best-known ffiti tunnel” on the Sydney Uni- se PEN Center and a close family closely followed and filmed On Tuesday, political prisoner and prevent versity campus, where visitors friend based in Cologne, Ger- anyone who approached. Out- the transformation of Liu’s have laid wreaths. many, said there were rumors side the compound’s main gate, police took grave into a memorial site. For Other supporters found crea- that Liu Xia has been forced by a handful of plainclothes agents away Jiang centuries the practice of cuo- tive ways to mourn online. On authorities to take a “vacation” had installed chairs and an um- guyanghui — literally “file down a popular Chinese music strea- in the southwestern province of brella to sit under while they Jianjun, a Dalian the bones and scatter the ashes” ming service, users left a string Yunnan, where she has friends. watched, shooing away anyone — was known as a cruel form of of comments about a song titled Liu Xia and her close circle of who photographed them. man who had posthumous punishment in tra- “The Ocean” by the late Taiwa- confidants in China have gone Authorities have also rigo- ditional Chinese culture, which nese pop singer Chang Yu- quiet, Martin-Liao said. rously censored references to posted online placed importance on being laid sheng. Some mentioned Liu’s “Before we were able to at least Liu Xiaobo on China’s internet, about scattering to rest in tombs that could be vi- name while others were more see her weekly through video with reports that social media sited and venerated by descen- oblique in their messages. chat on a friend’s phone. Now posts containing candle emojis flowers at Tiger dants and loved ones. “Floating with ocean currents, she’s been completely cut off,” and the letters “RIP” have been Hours later, Liu’s supporters you’ll never be forgotten,” one Martin-Liao said. “What crimes censored for violating “relevant Beach on different continents paid said, while another said, “They has she committed to be surveil- laws and regulations.” WhatsA- their respects anyway — by think it’s over, but they don’t led, controlled and humiliated?” pp, a Facebook-owned service On Saturday, authorities ac- going to the seaside. know that every place that the During a brief visit to Liu Xia’s used by Chinese dissidents for companied by Liu Xia and a few On Tuesday afternoon, police waves will touch will hold your apartment complex on yester- a degree of privacy, had patchy relatives lowered Liu Xiaobo’s took away Jiang Jianjun, a Dalian memory.” AP

China, Tunisia call for new efforts to stabilize Libya he foreign ministers next Syria,” Wang told overstepped its mandate gateway for thousands of China and Tunisia reporters. in enforcing the measu- of migrants from Africa

T ap photo called yesterday for new Tunisia’s Khemaies re. and elsewhere seeking to efforts to reach a nego- Jhinaoui, whose coun- Following that, the two cross the Mediterranean tiated peace in Libya try borders Libya, countries have joined to to Italy. and prevent the unstab- said a political rather block U.S.-mandated in- Since 2014, Libya has le North African nation than military solution tervention in the Syrian been split between rival from dissolving into a is needed based on a conflict, although Rus- governments and parlia- humanitarian disaster 2015 United Nations- sia has since dispatched ments based in the wes- on a level with Syria. brokered peace deal. forces to back President tern and eastern regions, China’s Wang Yi said “Libya should realize its Bashar Assad. each backed by different Libya is attracting mi- security, independence The 2011 overthrow militias, tribes and poli- litants from across the and territorial integrity and killing of longtime tical factions. globe now being driven and avoid the misfortune dictator Moammar Ga- The 2015 peace deal from Iraq and Syria, re- of national disruption,” dhafi spawned chaos sought to create a unity quiring the international Jhinaoui said. and created a power and government but failed community to step in China joined Russia security vacuum that because the U.N.-backed and prevent the country in abstaining on a 2011 turned Libya into a bree- government now in Tri- becoming “a new source U.N. vote that imposed ding ground for militias poli has been unable to of international terro- a no-fly zone over- Li and militants, including win the endorsement of rism.” bya to protect civilians Islamic State group and Libya’s internationally “We should prevent Li- amid civil war, but later al-Qaida affiliates. It recognized Parliament in Tunisia’s Foreign Minister Khemaies Jhinaoui (left) and Chinese Foreign bya from becoming the complained that NATO has also made Libya a eastern Tobruk. AP Minister Wang Yi 20.07.2017 thu

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here,” Murad said. sentatives submitting to Duterte a After weeks of battle setbacks, new draft legislation that aims to ap photo the militants have grown despe- establish a more powerful Muslim rate, he said. One of the leaders, autonomous region in the south of Abdullah Maute, had a deadly the predominantly Roman Catho- rift with another militant. “What lic nation. happened was, he was able to kill The autonomy deal would have their member and he was woun- been a major legacy of Duterte’s ded,” Murad said, citing informa- predecessor, Benigno Aquino III, tion his rebels received. but the legislation stalled in Con- Maute’s brother, Omarkhayyam, gress in 2015 after some rebels had also been wounded in battle from the 11,000-strong Moro Is- and is no longer seen on the grou- lamic Liberation Front became nd, he said. entangled in fighting that killed 44 Murad’s remarks echo ear- police commandos during an an- lier military statements that ti-terrorism raid in the south. The Omarkhayyam Maute has been massive police deaths sparked wounded early in the fighting and public outrage and prompted that the militants have been beset lawmakers to stall passage of the by infighting as the siege dragged bill. on. Wearing a business suit, the A militant leader, Isnilon Hapi- 69-year-old Murad, who says he lon, “is no longer being seen but met late al-Qaida leader Osama Chair of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, Al Haj Murad Ebrahim his whereabout has not been con- bin Laden when he was sent as firmed,” he said. Defense Secre- a young insurgent for combat tary Delfin Lorenzana has said in training in Afghanistan deca- AP Interview recent weeks that Hapilon, among des ago, underscored that, if the the most-wanted terror suspects autonomy deal was set in place, by the United States, may still be the more moderate rebels in his in Marawi, hiding in a mosque. group can provide crucial help in Philippine rebel refuses to Murad’s rebel group has a vast dealing with the smaller but radi- encampment in Butig town, near cal groups that have emerged in Marawi, and hundreds of its figh- the south. broker for militants ters have been ordered to stay in The deal aims to create a regio- a designated zone to prevent them nal police force, which may enlist from being entangled in the on- qualified insurgents, who fought Jim Gomez, Manila sident and offered to help rescue going clashes. Ceasefire monitors and grew up in the battlefields in Rebels hundreds of residents, who have from the government, the rebel the south that may now be trans- he leader of the Philippines’ submitted draft been trapped and starving in their group and foreign peacekeepers formed into prosperous commu- Tlargest Muslim rebel group homes in the battle zones. Duterte have been stationed in Butig to nities. says Islamic State-linked militants legislation to welcomed the offer, he said, and prevent any problem, he said. “The revolutionaries are very, wanted his group to broker their the government and the rebels Murad traveled to Manila to wit- very, very knowledgeable of the possible withdrawal from Marawi Duterte aiming worked to establish “peace corri- ness government and rebel repre- terrain,” Murad said. AP city during the major military of- dors” through which trapped resi- fensive against them but he refu- to establish dents were extricated to safety. sed to intervene. a more A group of Muslim ulamas, or re-

Al Haj Murad Ebrahim of the ligious scholars, managed to enter ap photo Moro Islamic Liberation Front autonomous the conflict zone in past weeks and told The Associated Press in an in- urged some of the militant leaders terview late Tuesday that interve- Muslim region to end the siege and withdraw ning would have been difficult be- from the beleaguered city. cause President Rodrigo Duterte in the south “After a series of dialogue, they has declared his government wou- 413 militants, have been killed in came up with a proposal, they ld not negotiate with terrorists. Marawi since May 23, when hun- said, ‘we will leave but the MILF The nearly two months of in- dreds of gunmen, waving Islamic should intervene,” Murad said of surrection in Marawi is the worst State group-style black flags, stor- the militants’ demand that was he has seen in his more than four med into the city center, occupied relayed by the ulamas to his rebel decades as a rebel in the country’s commercial buildings and villages group. south, Murad said, adding the at- and took hostages. Duterte orde- “I said it’ll be hard for us to inter- tackers are now wracked by infi- red troops to crush the attackers vene because the president is very ghting and have expressed throu- and declared martial law in the clear in his statements that he will gh religious emissaries they are south for 60 days, which he now not negotiate with the terrorists,” ready to fight to the death. wants to extend up to the end of Murad told AP, adding he asked The violence underscores the ur- the year to deal with the worst the religious leaders to convince gency for the government and the crisis he has faced in his yearlong the gunmen “to just withdraw so Moro rebel group to implement presidency. this will stop” without any media- a 2014 Muslim autonomy deal to Amid the intense fighting that tion. help stop the rising tide of extre- has forced nearly 400,000 people The gunmen chose to fight it out, mism, he said. to flee from their homes, Murad he said. “What they said, if nobo- More than 550 people, including said his group met with the pre- dy will intervene, then we will die Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte

he Philippine gover- said. Police put the number Tnment scrapped pre- of injured at five. liminary peace talks with Manila cancels talks with A militiaman who was communist rebel leaders in not with the presidential Europe due to continuing communist rebels amid attacks guards was fatally shot guerrilla attacks, including when he tried to pass new violence yesterday through the same rebel that killed a government representatives and the still not present up to this surgents for pressing atta- noticed that armed men in checkpoint, Arakan police militiaman and wounded rebels planned in the next time.” cks on government forces military uniforms manning chief Argie Celeste said. at least four presidential few days in Europe were It’s the latest discord that and private businesses. it were rebels in disguise. Government forces were guards in the country’s canceled because the con- has hampered talks be- Presidential Security The presidential guards pursuing the rebels, who south, officials said. ditions “necessary to provi- tween the guerrillas and Group spokesman Lt. Col. opened fire at the gunmen, fled toward another village. Presidential adviser Je- de the desired enabling en- the administration of Pre- Michael Aquino said the who numbered around 50, One police agent was ab- sus Dureza said the mee- vironment for the conduct sident Rodrigo Duterte, vehicles were approaching sparking a clash that inju- ducted by the rebels, police tings between government of peace negotiations are who has criticized the in- a checkpoint when they red four guards, Aquino said. AP thu 20.07.2017

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Indonesia Hizbut group seeking ap photo global caliphate banned

Stephen Wright, Jakarta logy of the organization in its ar- practicing a moderate form of Is- ticles of association “but in fact on lam. he Indonesian govern- the ground their activities were Hizbut Tahrir, along with groups ment yesterday banned against Pancasila and the soul of such as the violent Islamic De- Hizbut Tahrir, an Islamic the Unitary State of the Republic fenders Front, was behind a se- organization that wan- of Indonesia.” ries of massive protests against Tts to establish a global caliphate, The measures follow months of the Jakarta governor, a minority under a new presidential decree sectarian tensions in the world’s Christian and Jokowi ally who was criticized as draconian by rights most populous Muslim nation that accused of blaspheming Islam. He groups. shook the government and under- subsequently lost a bid for re-elec- Hizbut’s legal status was revoked mined Indonesia’s reputation for tion to a Muslim candidate and to protect national unity, said Fre- was imprisoned for two years for ddy Haris, a director-general at the blasphemy despite prosecutors Ministry of Justice and Human Ri- The measures downgrading the charge to a lesser ghts. follow months offense. The decree signed last week by Hizbut, already banned or cir- Indonesian Muslims gather during a rally in Jakarta on Tuesday President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo of sectarian cumscribed in some countries, is gives the government almost unfe- estimated to have tens of thou- against members of the disbanded facing the prospect of a lengthy ttered power to ban organizations tensions that sands of members in Indonesia. group if they continue its activities. legal battle, Jokowi opted to sides- deemed against the constitution Spokesman Ismail Yusanto said National police spokesman Setyo tep courts with the controversial and the official state ideology shook the the group “will not remain silent” Wasisto said all Hizbut activities decree. known as Pancasila, which enshri- gov’t and and plans to challenge the decree including protests would be prohi- Separately, Rizieq Shihab, the nes democracy and social justi- in the Constitutional Court. He cri- bited. leader of the Islamic Defenders ce. Rights groups say the decree undermined ticized the ban as an arbitrary and “Police will not allow them to Front, which gained a national undermines the right to freedom tyrannical decision. hold protests since their organi- platform for its hard-line views of association and governments Indonesia’s About 2,000 people from Isla- zation is already illegal and unre- during the Jakarta protests, has could easily abuse its power. But mic groups protested against the cognized,” Wasisto said. “They will fled Indonesia during a police in- mainstream Muslim groups have reputation decree in Jakarta on Tuesday, de- definitely be dispersed.” vestigation into alleged violations supported it. for Islamic nouncing the government as re- Jokowi’s top security minister of Indonesia’s anti-pornography Haris said Hizbut Tahrir Indo- pressive and tyrannical. announced in May that the gover- law, which his supporters say are nesia listed Pancasila as an ideo- moderation Police are signaling a hard-line nment planned to ban Hizbut but trumped up charges. AP

Korea Thailand Police examining if defector Army general convicted returned to North willingly of human trafficking Kaweewit Kaewjinda, Bangkok Kim Tong-Hyung, Seoul ap photo Thai army general olice in South Korea’s ap photo Awas one of the most Pcapital yesterday began prominent figures fou- investigating how a North Ko- nd guilty yesterday in rean woman who defected in a major human traffi- 2014 and made South Korean cking trial that included TV appearances ended up more than 103 defen- back in the North. dants accused of invol- The woman known as Lim Song. She said she was living tile acts against the country, vement in a modern- In this November 10, 2015, file photo, Lt. Gen. Manas Ji-hyeon in South Korea had with her parents again after and some foreigners have said day slavery trade. Kongpaen (center) arrives at the Criminal Court in Bangkok appeared on cable talk shows returning to the North in June after their release that their de- Lt. Gen. Manas Kon- that aired until April. She left and described her life in the clarations had been coerced. gpaen was convicted Rohingya Muslims cated “influential peo- the country earlier this year South as hellish. According to South Korean of several offenses in- fleeing persecution in ple” in Thailand who for China and is the same wo- “In a society where money government figures, more volving trafficking and Myanmar for ransom in wanted to silence him. man who appeared in a North determines everything, there than 30,000 North Koreans taking bribes. jungle camps until rela- Thailand’s military go- Korean propaganda video that was only physical, psychologi- have defected and resettled in At least one other de- tives could pay for their vernment has said it is aired Sunday, said an official cal pain for a woman like me the South as of June this year, fendant considered a release. making the fight against from the Seoul Metropolitan who betrayed her fatherland and many say they escaped kingpin in the illegal By late afternoon yes- human trafficking a na- Police Agency. and ran away,” the woman in search of better lives and trade, Pajjuban Aun- terday, about 50 ver- tional priority. Police are planning to track said in a video posted on the freedom. Activists say some gkachotephan, was also dicts had been handed In a separate case also her recent activities and in- Uriminzokkiri website. The defectors return to smuggle found guilty. He was a down. in 2015, labor abuses in terview her acquaintances, woman also said she was asked out relatives or are abducted prominent business- The defendants were the Thai seafood indus- while also trying to determine to “maliciously slander” North in China and taken into the man and former poli- charged with human try gained in prominen- whether she returned to North Korea when she appeared on North. tician in the southern trafficking and had ce around the globe af- Korea willingly or was abduc- South Korean television. According to Seoul’s Unifi- province of Satun. pleaded not guilty. ter a two-year investiga- ted in China, the police official North Korean propaganda cation Ministry, 25 defectors The defendants were The case drew special tion by The Associated said. He spoke on condition of often contains extreme claims re-entered the North since arrested in 2015 after attention when its lead Press led to the freeing anonymity because of office and sometimes features for- 2012, shortly after current ru- 36 bodies were disco- police investigator, Maj. of more than 2,000 rules. mer defectors who criticize the ler Kim Jong Un took power, vered in shallow graves Gen. Paween Pongsirin, slaves and the arrest of In the North Korean propa- South. North Korea also stages but five of them managed to in southern Thailand. fled to Australia and more than a dozen alle- ganda video, the woman in- news conferences with foreign escape again and return to the According to investi- said he feared for his life ged traffickers. Several troduced herself as Jon Hye detainees who confess to hos- South. AP gators, smugglers held after his findings impli- have been convicted. AP 20.07.2017 thu

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Health | Science fectively ruled out, so it’s some- thing else,” Rabinovici said. The early findings don’t prove PETs affect health outcomes. Brain scans may change care for But the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services helped plan the research and insisted on this mi- dpoint check to be sure the study some people with memory loss should continue, said Maria Car- rillo, the Alzheimer’s Association’s oes it really take an expensi- co, who is leading the new resear- chief medical officer. Researchers ve brain scan to diagnose Al- ch. also will compare the 18,000 stu- D ap photo zheimer’s? Not everybody needs “Patients know there’s some- dy participants with Medicare one but new research suggests thing wrong. Often they can sen- records of similar patients who that for a surprising number of se in their gut that it’s not nor- didn’t get PET scans, seeking final patients whose memory problems mal aging,” he added. Without a evidence of benefit. are hard to pin down, PET scans clear-cut test, “doctors are very “To get that right diagnosis, may lead to changes in treatment. reluctant to make the diagnosis in that’s really important,” said Cyn- The findings, reported yester- many cases.” thia Guzman of Napa, California, day, mark a first peek at a huge Until a few years ago, amyloid whose initial Alzheimer’s diagno- study under way to help determi- build-up could only be seen sis was ruled out in an earlier PET ne if Medicare should start paying during autopsies. Older types of scan study. for specialized PET scans that find PET scans show what region of Guzman had unusual fluctuating a hallmark of Alzheimer’s — a sti- the brain appears most affected, Cynthia Guzman plays dominoes at her home in Napa, Calif. Guzman underwent a memory problems. Some days cky plaque called amyloid. of limited help. special kind of PET scan that can detect a hallmark of Alzheimer’s and learned she she functioned normally. Others, Alzheimer’s is the most common Yet it’s not clear how best to use didn’t have that disease as doctors originally thought she’d stop her car at a stop sign form of dementia, and classic the new amyloid-detecting scans, without knowing how she got the- symptoms plus memory tests of- which can cost up to $6,000. impairment,” or MCI, early me- Alzheimer’s symptoms, said Ra- re or where she was going. Even- ten are enough for a reliable diag- They can rule out Alzheimer’s if mory problems that raise the risk binovici, who presented the fin- tually, tremors and hallucinations nosis. But unusual symptoms cou- there’s little amyloid. But cogni- of later developing dementia. Re- dings at the Alzheimer’s Associa- led specialists to conclude she has ld mark another form of dementia tively healthy seniors can harbor searchers check if doctors’ initially tion International Conference in Lewy body dementia. Knowing, that, while there are no cures, amyloid, too, and Medicare won’t recorded treatment plans — medi- London. The PET scans found 70 Guzman said, has allowed her to could require different symptom pay for the new scans outside of a cations, counseling or additional percent of the dementia patien- avoid a list of common medica- care. And on the other end of the few research studies. testing — were altered by patients’ ts indeed had amyloid build-up, tions that could worsen her symp- spectrum, it’s hard to tell if mild One of those is the IDEAS stu- PET results. pointing out those who might be- toms. memory loss might be an early Al- dy, which is testing the impact of That happened in about two- nefit from those drugs and those While any treatment changes zheimer’s signal, a more treatable amyloid-detecting PET scans in thirds of the cases, according to who won’t. today may be modest, researchers condition such as depression, or more than 18,000 Medicare bene- preliminary findings from nearly More intriguing, just 54 percent are hunting drugs that eventually even age-related decline. ficiaries. To enroll, patients either 4,000 patients who were the first of the MCI patients had amyloid might at least slow Alzheimer’s “We’re not accurate enough,” must have atypical dementia with to enroll. build-up, putting them at higher rather than just treat symptoms, said Dr. Gil Rabinovici of the Uni- an unclear cause — or have par- Most changes involved medi- risk for later Alzheimer’s. For the more impetus for a precise diag- versity of California, San Francis- ticularly puzzling “mild cognitive cations that can temporarily ease rest, “Alzheimer’s disease was ef- nosis. AP

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Susannah George, Mosul Iraq or one Iraqi lieutenant, the fight against the Isla- mic State group in Mosul has been a slow, metho- Officer seeks vengeance in Fdical quest for revenge. For three years, he has hunted for two IS militants from his village who he believes killed his father. Along Mosul, where killings mount the way, he has shot to death detained militants after interro- room without a table or chair. gating them, he acknowledges “I didn’t torture him. I cut the unapologetically. ap photo plastic handcuffs from his wrists And if he catches either of the and gave him water,” the lieute- men he is searching for, the lieu- nant said. The man was elderly, tenant vows he will inflict on him with a grey beard and hair. “a slow death” and hang his body “He begged me not to kill him from a post in the village after as I questioned him,” he said, forcing him to reveal where his smiling. “He could barely walk father’s body is buried. [he was so scared].” That sort of thirst for vengeance Eventually, the man told the in the wake of military victories lieutenant that his second target is fueling extrajudicial killings was alive and in Mosul’s Old City. of suspected IS members at the “After I questioned him I sent hands of Iraqi security forces him to hell,” the lieutenant said in and around Mosul. Videos flatly. He said he shot the man that emerged last week showed with his side arm and left his troops in Mosul taking captured body on the floor. IS suspects and throwing them The first reports of revenge one by one off a high wall next killings appeared within weeks to the Tigris River, then shooting of the launch of the Mosul ope- their bodies below. ration last year and continued Speaking to The Associated throughout. But the government Press, four Iraqi officers from and rights groups do not have an three different branches of the exact number. military and security forces In June, Human Rights Watch openly admitted that their troops said at least 26 bodies of blind- killed unarmed and captured folded and handcuffed men had Islamic State suspects, and they been found in dumped in gover- defended the practice. They, like nment-held areas in and around the lieutenant, spoke on con- Mosul. A month later, HRW said dition of anonymity because An Aerial view of the destroyed al-Nuri mosque during fighting between Iraqi security forces and IS militants in the Old City of Mosul it had further reports of extraju- they acknowledged such prac- dicial killings. Wille of Human tices were against international Rights Watch said it was taking law, but all those interviewed to hide atrocities. they belonged to IS. The lieutenant keeps an old pic- place “basically everywhere that by AP said they believed the fi- Defense Ministry’s spokesman, The lieutenant said his father ture of the two men on his phone. is touched by this conflict” and ght against IS should be exempt Brig. Gen. Tahseen Ibrahim, said was an officer in the security He said a handful of other troops by every armed force involved in from such rules of war because that authorities “have not regis- forces who fought al-Qaida, the know about his hunt and have the fight. militant rule in Iraq was so cruel. tered any incident of revenge predecessor to IS, in 2007, at the helped him interrogate and kill The military says troops have However, the killings risk ti- killing, whether carried out by height of Iraq’s sectarian violen- IS suspects. orders to hand any captured IS pping Iraq back into the cycles security forces or residents. The ce. After the Islamic State group As Iraqi forces advanced over for interrogation ahead of of violence that have plagued situation is under full control and seized the village in 2014, the tri- toward the lieutenant’s village future trial. the country for over a decade, we will not allow such incidents bes that were once kicked out for last year in the lead-up to Mosul, Prime Minister Haider al-Aba- according to Belkis Wille, Iraq to happen because this issue is al-Qaida ties moved back in, and he began interrogating captured di on Tuesday acknowledged researcher with Human Rights very sensitive and leads to vio- IS installed them in security and IS suspects. that rights violations took place Watch. The Islamic State group lent reactions.” administrative positions. “Most of them I just asked during the Iraqi forces’ battle was able to attract recruits in the But a senior Iraqi officer said his questions,” he said, “but for tho- in Mosul but described them as past because of people’s anger troops regularly killed men who se who I knew had blood on their “individual acts” by persons who over abuses, including arbitrary were said to be IS among civi- Videos show hands, I killed them on the spot.” were either “ignorant” of the detentions, torture and extraju- lians fleeing the city at screening He said he has killed more than consequences or who had struck dicial killings, she said. centers in and around Mosul. He troops in Mosul 40 militants, whether in combat a deal with Daesh with the intent If abuses continue, “all you’re spoke on condition of anonymity taking captured or in interrogations on the side- “to defame us and the security going to see is [that] young Sun- because of the possibility it could lines of the battle. He acknowle- forces.” He pledged the govern- ni Arab men are going to want prompt legal repercussions. IS suspects dged most were not directly res- ment would punish the perpetra- to join whatever the next extre- “When an entire group of civi- ponsible for his relatives’ deaths. tors. mist group looks like,” she said. lians tells us, ‘This man is Daesh,’ and throwing “I’m not selfish with my reven- The lieutenant dismissed the Despite the military’s vows not yes, we shoot him,” he said, using ge, what I’m doing is for all Ira- idea of going to the courts, saying to tolerate it, she said no soldier the Arabic acronym for the Isla- them one by qis,” he said. they are corrupt and suspects or commander has been held ac- mic State group. one off a high Early on in the Mosul opera- could bribe their way to freedom. countable for any killings. “When you’re facing a man who tion, he said he learned that one “I know some people believe The bloodshed reflects the dee- has killed your friends, your fa- wall next to the of the two men was in Tal Afar, a that this kind of killing is wrong, ply personal nature of the fight mily, yes, sometimes the men town west of Mosul that remains but Daesh, they are not human against IS. When the militants get rough,” he added. “But for us, Tigris River in IS hands, or had fled to Syria. beings,” he said. “I am the one overran Mosul and large parts this is personal.” In early July, as Iraqi forces who still has my humanity.” of northern and western Iraq The lieutenant said the two According to the lieutenant, two pushed into Mosul’s Old City, he When al-Abadi declared “total in 2014, they specifically tar- men who killed his father were men grabbed the lieutenant’s fa- received a tip on the location of victory” in Mosul last week, the geted members of the military well known in his hometown, ther outside his home. The two the second man. He said a collea- lieutenant said he believed his and security forces and their a small village south of Mosul. were among those previously ex- gue, an intelligence officer, cal- target is still in one of the last IS families for brutal atrocities. He agreed to share his story pelled for al-Qaida ties, he said. led and said he was holding an pockets in the Old City. Near Tirkrit, IS massacred some with the AP because he wanted The lieutenant was away, and IS suspect from the lieutenant’s “I hope I find him alive,” he 1,700 captured military recruits to show how personal the fight his neighbors told him his fa- home town. “I told him don’t do said, “because I want to make and buried them in mass graves is for Iraqi troops. Two of his ther had been killed and who did anything, keep him there. I’m on sure he dies a slow death, not that have been uncovered sin- colleagues confirmed his ver- it. He said he was told the men my way,” the lieutenant said. quick. I want him to tell me ce. Hundreds of policemen and sion of events. The AP is not re- boasted about it in public. IS fi- The detainee was the uncle of where my father’s body is bu- soldiers in Mosul are believed to vealing the names of the men he ghters also killed the lieutenant’s the lieutenant’s second target. ried, and then I want to take his have been killed after the takeo- is pursuing because there is no uncle and more than a dozen The man was left alone with the body and hang it from a post in ver. Militants made no attempt way to confirm independently other friends and relatives. lieutenant in a bare concrete my village.” AP 20.07.2017 thu

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V ap photo of captaining India as he gears up Cup regatta and challenger tated. for the upcoming series in Sri Lanka selection series in Auckland “In recognition of the with new head coach Ravi Shastri. in early 2021. fundamental condition Shastri has replaced Anil Kumble In a statement yesterday, of the deed of gift that the as head coach and the former test the Royal New Zealand Ya- Cup be preserved as a per- allrounder also brought in Sanjay cht Squadron and Italy’s petual challenge cup for Bangar as his deputy, Bharat Arun Circolo della Vela Sicilia friendly competition be- as bowling coach and R Sridhar as — representing team New tween foreign countries, fielding coach. Zealand and challenger of the protocol will contain a Kumble described his partnership record Luna Rossa — said “constructed in country” with Kohli as “untenable” before the protocol governing the requirement for competing stepping down last month after the 36th America’s Cup regatta yachts and a nationality re- Champions Trophy. Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli (right) and head coach Ravi Shastri will be issued in Septem- quirement for competing “There’s lot of speculation and lot ber. crew members.” of things fly around and those thin- India couldn’t defend its Cham- Shastri played down Kumble’s de- The statement said “the For most of the history of gs are not in my control,” Kohli said pions Trophy title in England, lo- parture and said players deserved proposed dates for the the America’s Cup — the ol- in apparent reference to his diffe- sing the final to its archrival Pakis- the credit more than anything else. event will be further detai- dest trophy in sports which rences with Kumble. tan before winning an ODI series “The team has done exceedingly led in the protocol but the was first contested in 1856 “My job is to go out there on the 3-1 in the West Indies and losing well over three years and they are defender and the challen- — competing teams were field and try to bring the best out of the one-off Twenty20. the people who deserve the cre- ger of record are conside- required to build yachts in this team along with the manage- But Kohli said there’s no added dit more than anybody else. These ring the possibility of the their own country. ment, and try to perform to the best pressure from captaincy as well as Ravi Shastris, Anil Kumbles will 36th America’s Cup match Team USA changed that of my abilities.” performing. come and go,” he said. and the preceding challen- rule to require that a mini- India will play three test matches, “I don’t think [...] because what Kohli led India to 2-1 victory in ger selection series being mum of only a small por- five ODIs and a Twenty20 in Sri has to happen will happen, I believe the test series in Sri Lanka two conducted in Auckland in tion of the bow of each ya- Lanka with the first test starting at in that regardless of what happens years ago after losing the first test. early 2021, during the New cht be built in the nation of Galle on July 26. on the outside world,” he said. MDT/AP Zealand summer.” origin. MDT/AP ad [quote]

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Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy speaks during a press conference ahead of the British Open Golf Championship Rory McIlroy (left) and Darren Clarke

Golf So where is he now? “I feel like I can hit the ball in the fairway, and from there I can hit the ball on the green,” McIl- roy said. “And if I get my line, I Rory McIlroy hoping to catch can put the ball in the hole from there. So it’s not bad. It’s not as if I can’t see myself shooting a good his wave at British Open score. It’s all there. It’s just a ma- tter of putting it all together.” He has slipped so far from the Doug Ferguson, Southport This one has been the most cks and I’ll be off and running. nd himself emotionally wrapped dominant force in golf — McIl- aggravating because it involves I’ve had little periods like this up in tending to his mother, who roy hasn’t been at No. 1 since ust three years ago, injury. before in my career, and I’ve was diagnosed with lung cancer. September 2015 — that he could Rory McIlroy was the The hairline rib fracture he been able to bounce back from McIlroy wouldn’t have seen win the next two majors and still best player in the world suffered in January during the them. I’d say I was in worse this coming at the end of last probably not reach Johnson at without a trace of argu- South African Open is no longer positions than this. I feel like year when he won the FedEx the top of the ranking. Jment. He won the final two ma- an issue, but it forced him to sit my game [...] the pieces are all Cup. His odds would certainly get jors of the year, with a World out nearly two months, and then there, it’s just about trying to fit “But these things sort of crop better, just like when he was the Golf Championship title in be- he played only once in two mon- them together.” up out of nowhere and they favorite at just about every ma- tween. He had reason to believe ths between the Masters and the As for his odds? challenge us,” he said. jor. He still remembers those his reign would last as long as he U.S. Open in part because it was That speaks to a broader pic- Maybe it’s one shot, one rou- days. wanted it to. acting up. ture of the 146th edition of the nd, one week to get that spark. “When you ride on the crest of Now he’s simply trying to get British Open, which starts Thur- That’s what Johnson is looking a wave, it’s easy to get caught up back into the conversation. sday at Royal Birkdale. Dustin for since his return from back with those expectations and you The starkest reminder of the Johnson, the No. 1 player in the injury. start believing them,” he said. state of his game was not so It’s not as if world, and Jordan Spieth have “It’s taken me a long time to get “When I won those three tour- much missing three cuts in his taken turns as the favorite by the everything back to feeling whe- naments in ‘14 and I was where last four tournaments. It was I can’t see bookies. Right behind them is re it was,” Johnson said. “I’m I was in the game, of course I being told on the eve of the Bri- Jon Rahm, the dynamic 22-year- trying to get back to that point. thought, ‘OK, I really can keep tish Open that the bookies listed myself shooting old from Spain who already has It’s definitely a lot harder.” this going.’ [...] And some things him at 20-1 to win at Royal Birk- a good score. won twice this year. Masters When he won the British Open just come along that you don’t dale. champion Sergio Garcia is right down the coast at Royal Liver- expect. “Good time to back me,” McIl- […] It’s just up there. pool in 2014, McIlroy mentio- “I’m in a place where I’m trying roy said. “I mean, look, if I was a There is no clear favorite. ned an adage he first heard from to figure out how I get back to betting company and I saw my a matter of There is no clear plot that is Tom Weiskopf. When a player that position where I was,” he form over the past few weeks, any different from the previous is going well, he can’t imagine said. “I’m trying to get back the- yeah, that’s probably a fair putting it all few majors, except for the U.S. what it was like to play poorly. re and I’m doing everything I enough price. But again, all it together. Open held on a new course in And when he’s playing badly, he can. And hopefully the start of takes is one week for those odds Wisconsin. can’t imagine what it was like to that crest of a wave happens this to go back.” Rory McIlroy Johnson was close to being a play great. week.” AP He has been through these dominant figure when he won mini-slumps more than once in It all led to what McIlroy des- three straight tournaments the 10 years since he first played cribes as a start-and-stop year, against the strongest fields of british open facts and figures the British Open at Carnoustie. one that to this point doesn’t in- the year at the time, and then he Site Royal Birkdale McIlroy missed four of five cuts clude a trophy. slipped down the stairs on the Field 156 players in 2012, including his title de- “But I’m in good spirits,” McIl- eve of the Masters, wrenched his Par 70 fense in the U.S. Open, and en- roy said. “I feel like it’s all co- back and didn’t swing a club for Prize money USD10.25 million ded the summer by winning the ming together. I’m just waiting a month. PGA Championship to return to for that round or that moment Jason Day ended last year at Winner’s share USD1.84 million No. 1 in the world. or that week where it sort of cli- No. 1 in the world, and then fou- Defending champion Henrik Stenson THE Fully Charged: Station Air quality BUZZCensoring P**h Bear Roadside 15-35 Good It’s official. The Chinese government appears to the government decided those have have banned Winnie the Pooh. Apparently, the car- to go as well, demanding carriers High toon bear looks too much like President Xi Jinping– block all VPNs by February 2018. Density 15-35 something few may have noticed. This latest censorship streak Residental Earlier this week, we learned that Beijing also par- reinforces China’s Great Firewall Good tially blocked WhatsApp messages in the country ahead of the 19th Communist Party Area opinion because they’re encrypted. A popular workaround Congress this fall, when a certain used to be to use a virtual private network to access president who resembles a bear Ambient 20-40 the internet free from snooping eyes. But last week, will consolidate his power. Good Made in Macao dsmg source: Jenny Lao-Phillips Final table set for WORLD BRIEFS The importance of living close to work World Series of ap photo

How many people in Macao woke up this morning and wondered how they were ever Poker Main Event going to get to work? These are gloomy days with constant unexpected showers, extremely Regina Garcia Cano, Las Vegas hot and humid temperature, an uncountable number of construction works on the roads, he World Series of ap photo US-Russia The White and no Uber! TPoker is down to its final House has confirmed In a city of approximately 30 km2, the proxi- nine. The final table for the that President Donald mity of one’s abode and workplace should not marquee no-limit Texas Hold Trump and Russian affect our quality of life. And yet, results of nu- ‘em main event in Las Vegas President Vladimir Putin merous discussions showed that commuting was set early Tuesday. The had a second, previously has, on many occasions, been the greatest nine men who emerged from undisclosed conversation annoyance of our day-to-day lives. It takes at the summit in Hamburg approximately one and a half hours to walk a field of more than 7,200 participants after 10 days of on July 7, this one at an from one end of the peninsular to the other, evening dinner following a play now have a chance to dom. van home salesman from Bri- and less than three hours to walk around Ma- concert. cao. So, how can commuting be that difficult? win a grand prize of more Unlike the past several dlington, United Kingdom, It is easy to say that people living in Macao than USD8.1 million and a years, the players won’t have a coastal town off the North Israel Prime Minister are spoiled. We are used to going from one gold title bracelet. to wait until November to Sea. Benjamin Netanyahu was place to another within a few minutes; any- The youngest player re- take their spot at the final The married father of four caught yesterday by a thing longer than thirty minutes is considered maining in the tournament, table. The champion will be and grandfather of seven has live microphone railing far. However, what used to be a ten-minute 25-year-old Scott Blumstein, crowned this weekend after played poker recreationally against the European drive now may take over thirty minutes during is the chip leader with more the players return to the Rio for more than 20 years. Shou- Union’s “crazy” insistence rush hour. And it is not just about the amount than 97 million in chips. This All-Suite Hotel and Casino on ld he win the tournament, he on resolving the Israeli- of time spent on the road, but the quality of Palestinian conflict as a it as well. So, what is the cause of our frus- is the first time that Blums- Thursday following a two-day would be the oldest main tein, a resident of Brigantine, break. The winner will recei- event champion since 1974. precondition for closer tration in commuting that has so negatively ties. affected our quality of life? New Jersey, has played the ve a guaranteed prize of $8.15 “I am to poker what Donald event. million, while the other eight Trump is to politics — an Unlike nearby cities such as Hong Kong or Poland’s lawmakers Toyko, we do not have a reliable public trans- “I have no words,” Blums- players will share more than amateur,” he recently told voted overwhelmingly portation system. Huge “people-movers” like tein tweeted. “The support $18 million. Each player will PokerNews.com . yesterday to send a the metro or trains are able to take a large from everyone means the earn at least $1 million. Blumstein and Hesp are contentious draft law number of passengers, are relatively safe world to me. Three days of Two previous third-place followed by Benjamin Pollak, reorganizing the work and, most importantly, on time. So, even if it much needed rest and then finishers, Benjamin Lamb of a London resident with more of the nation’s top court takes over an hour to commute from Kowloon back to work.” Las Vegas, and Antoine Saout than 35.1 million in chips; for more work by a to Central every morning, the time needed Chips have no monetary of Morlaix, France, made the Bryan Piccioli, of San Diego, special parliamentary for commuting can be expected. Unfortuna- value in the tournament — final table again. Lamb, 32, with 33.8 million in chips; commission, as European tely for Macao, the majority of us can only Union leaders expressed each player will have to lose won more than $4 million af- and Daniel Ott, of Altoona, depend on public buses. The arrival time of concern about rule of law buses may not be easy to predict and, if we all his chips before he is eli- ter he outlasted 6,863 players Pennsylvania, with more in Poland. miss one, we may need to wait for another minated from the final table. at the 2011 main event. Saout, than 26.4 million in chips. 15 minutes. The famed tournament is 33, had a more than $3.4 Last year, Las Vegas resi- It is worse on rainy days when bus-stops the end of this year’s series, million payday in 2009, when dent Qui Nguyen bested the get even more crowded, and buses stop lon- where dozens of tournaments he bested 6,492 participants. competition to take home ap photo ger at each stop as passengers need to open drew 120,995 entrants from The player with the second more than $8 million and and close their umbrellas getting on and off. around the world, shattering most chips is John Hesp, the bracelet made from 427 Not to mention having to worry about one’s attendance records. The re- also a first-time main event grams of white and yellow own safety whenever bus drivers stamp on maining men represent the player. Hesp, 64, has more gold and more than 2,000 the brakes; we could have hit someone or United States, Argentina, than 85 million chips. He is diamonds and rubies totaling perhaps a police car. So, it is not hard to ima- France and the United King- the oldest competitor, a cara- more than 44 carats. AP gine how the stress from taking buses to work France Gen. Francois can ruin the day for most people. Lecointre, a career For the lucky few who have invested in military officer, has been parking spaces at home and have free parking The nominated France’s at work, driving could be an option. This does military chief, after not mean it’s not annoying being caught in AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim his predecessor quit traffic for half an hour when you know you can decisive moment yesterday in a dispute be there in five minutes if only all the cars in with President Emmanuel front of you disappeared. Macron over budget cuts For the less lucky drivers, those who do not in a new challenge to have private parking spaces, there are only Macron’s administration two choices: face the frustration of driving and his economic reforms. around looking for parking - which may take longer than the time spend on the road - or Spain’s Civil Guard said invest in renting parking spaces which nowa- yesterday that a former days is more expensive than taking a taxi chairman of one of the every day. Well, taxis should solve the pro- country’s largest banks blem then. True, not having to be overcrow- has been found dead with ded or look for parking every morning would a gunshot to the chest in certainly make our days happier. If only we a private hunting estate in had taxis available in town. southern Spain. So, the best way to go to work post-Uber would be to walk, but that is only for people Venezuela rejected who live within walking distance, that is wi- President Donald Trump’s thin 20 minutes’ walk to work, and are heal- call to halt a rewriting of thy. Otherwise, the long walk in such hot and the constitution that would wet weather can cause heart attacks, heat consolidate the power of strokes or muscle strain. Ok, this may be a its socialist government, bit exaggerated. But going into an air-con fil- which said that it was reviewing its relations led office when one is soaking wet from sweat Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) held a welcome ceremony for visiting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. may cause one to get a cold too. with the United States in Following talks between the two leaders, Xi has called for the establishment of a Palestinian state, with East response to Trump’s threat Jerusalem as its capital. He also announced a series of multibillion-dollar investment plans for the wider Middle East. of sanctions.