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Julie Zhu Tourism ore than 12 people clai- Mming to be victims of the closure of the Beijing Imperial Group sues Beijing Imperial Palace Hotel – formerly known as New Century Hotel – have filed a lawsuit against the Macau Hotel Developers Limited, as well as of- Palace Hotel management fshore company Victory Success Holdings Limited, which owns the hotel’s titles. their funds for the lawsuit. Some Wu added that the group had The information was announced of these, he said, are “mainland previously reported and appealed on Friday in a press conference or- businessmen who worked with to the Prosecution Office (MP) last ganized by the victims. Wu Keng the hotel to make the pre-sale ho- September, following “suspicions Kuong, president of the Travel In- tel rooms.” of a deliberate fraud” occurring dustry Council of Macau, said that at the hotel, which violated the legal proceedings have already victims’ rights. To date, no results commenced. The group have been announced. After a widely publicized owner- “We hope that the government ship dispute, the Macau Gover- wants the hotel can give importance to what ha- Wong (third from left) and Wu (middle) nment Tourism Office (MGTO) ppened, in particular the victims’ announced the temporary closure to pay more rights,” said Wu. of the hotel in July 2016, based than MOP99m The group reminded related on “serious administrative irregu- managers, title representatives, larities, which constitute threats in total the government, and potential to public safety.” The measures investors to pay close attention to were supposed to be in force for a “We cannot contact the Macau the lawsuit in order to avoid unne- period of six months, but the hotel Hotel Developers Limited nor the cessary financial losses or similar remains closed. offshore company which is the ho- legal entanglements. According to Wu, the victims tel’s title owner. Therefore, there is The group is represented by consist of more than 20 organi- no other way for us to recover the lawyer Chan Wa Keong and expec- zations and individuals from the losses but to resolve the issue by ts a payout of more than MOP99 tourism industry, who pooled appealing,” explained Wu. million, which they feel should be “returned to the victims in view of the hotel’s unfulfilled contracts.” vip room investors accuse hotel According to Wong, the conve- ner of the lawsuit, the sum covers ON THE sidelines of a press con- sino, which operated under an SJM compensation for payments the The hotel’s façade ference yesterday, around eight Holdings license. A middle-aged group had previously made to the private investors claimed to have woman surnamed Zhang revealed hotel, as well as for breach of con- lost money when the hotel closed. that when the hotel closed, more tract. had not joined the group but are appealed to the Prosecution Offi- These individuals had invested than hundreds of millions of Hong The group also appealed to the seeking redress in other ways. ce. However, until today, we have money in seven to eight VIP rooms Kong dollars’ worth of deposits in court to invalidate a transfer deed “The Macao Government Tou- not received any reply,” said Wong of the hotel’s Greek Mythology Ca- the VIP rooms also disappeared. signed by the hotel. rism Office thought this was a about the government’s stance on Wong said that a few victims commercial dispute, whereby we the dispute.

Science ned over 90 percent even Currently, long-distance after 11 days. This method cell transport mainly re- is also applicable to higher lies on the costly method pluripotent human em- of cryopreservation. For UM researchers develop new bryonic stem cells. short-distance transport, Stem cells are found in cells can be prepared in technology for stem cell storage various locations of the suspension or adherent body such as bone mar- culture, but the number row, blood, brain, spinal of cells that can be trans- he University of Ma- veloped the new technolo- cord, skin, and corneal ported via this method Tcau (UM) Faculty of gy. The related paper has limbus. They are respon- is limited. Moreover, cell Health Sciences (FHS) been published in “Bio- sible for regenerating and viability decreases drama- has developed a techno- materials,” a renowned repairing damaged tissues tically after transport for logy that enables the sto- international journal in and organs in the body. 48 hours under ambient rage of stem cells at room the field of biological ma- Transplantation of stem conditions. temperature for at least terials. cells can restore dama- The UM claims that the seven days without the The study found that ged tissues and organs to new technology develo- loss of viability or biolo- preparing human mesen- their original functions. ped by its researchers can gical activities. According chymal stem cells (hMSC) For this reason, stem ce- overcome the above limi- to a statement issued by UM researchers have developed a new technology for cell storage to form spheroids with lls have significant clinical tations. “With this tech- UM, this new technology and transport the hanging-drop or other value. However, they re- nology, a sufficient dose does not rely on the tra- methods, can reduce the quire strict culturing and of stem cells that are being ditional cryopreservation Xu’s supervision, docto- longed Environment un- cell metabolism and in- storage conditions. Exten- transported can be used in method which requires ral student Jiang Bin and der Ambient Conditions crease cell viability. Sto- ded exposure (over 24 to patients without the need costly equipment and te- postdoctoral researcher for Facile Storage and red in a sealed vessel fil- 48 hours) to unfavorable to freeze stem cells befo- dious cryopreservation Yan Li, both from the FHS, Transportation’. Together led with regular culture temperature, humidity, or re transport and to thaw, procedures, thus enabling engaged in the research with the participation of medium, under ambient levels of oxygen and car- revive, and proliferate the cell storage and transport study titled ‘Spheroidal Chris Wong Koon Ho, an conditions without oxy- bon dioxide will cause the transported stem cells,” a under ambient conditions. Formation Preserves Hu- assistant professor at the gen supply, the viability of cells to gradually lose their statement from the insti- Under professor Ren-He man Stem Cells for Pro- FHS, they successfully de- hMSC in spheroids remai- functions and viability. tution reads.

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AirAsia Indonesia will operate thrice-weekly direct flights from Jakarta to Macau effective August 7. Starting September 1, it will increase the number of weekly flights to four. “The growing number of Chinese and Indian tourists coming to Indonesia boosts our spirit to launch the new routes,” said Dendy Kurniawan, AirAsia Group CEO for Indonesia, last week. AirAsia’s Macau-Jakarta route is not the first of its kind in the SAR. Low- total households, down by 4.6 cost carrier Viva Macau operated percentage points as compared flights to Jakarta, among other with 2011. destinations, before filing for By-census shows According to DSEC, the pro- bankruptcy. portion of tenant households rose by 1.3 percentage points from five years ago to 25.8 per- CTM an aging population cent (48,481). The bureau attri- butes this to more people mo- compensates ving into social housing, as well customers as a recent surge of non-resident he detailed results of dents living in Macau, totaled male counterparts; the by-cen- workers living in Macau. Following the partial Internet the 2016 population 537,018, an increase of 10.7 per- sus recorded 336,816 females blackout that occurred last by-census show accele- cent compared to 2011. and 314,018 males, accounting month, CTM announced a rated population grow- The results also showed that for 51.8 percent and 48.2 per- The average once-off 15 percent discount on Tth, coupled with continuous po- the MSAR population continued cent of the total, respectively. Internet monthly service charge pulation aging over the past five to age. The elderly population For every 100 females, there are annual growth “for potential affected Internet years. aged 65 and above increased now 93.2 males. In terms of the customers served by BRAS21 According to data released to 59,383, a substantial growth local population – those born in rate of the local and BRAS22 internet servers on on Saturday by the Statistics from 48.6 percent five years ago; Macau – the gender ratio dro- 18 April.” According to the local and Census Service (DSEC), this in turn accounted for 9.1 pped from 92.7 five years ago to population telecom operator, the relevant the population of Macau tota- percent of the total population, 90.2. between 2011 customers will be automatically led 650,834 in August 2016, up by 1.9 percentage points. The number of households entitled to the discount on the up 17.8 percent from 552,503 Moreover, the percentage sha- totaled 188,723, an increase of and 2016 Internet monthly service charge in the 2011 Population Census. re of elderly population to the 10.5 percent compared to five of April, the discounted amount will be shown in the customers’ The bureau attributes these re- youth population – namely, tho- years ago. The average hou- reached 3.3 June service bill. sults to a surge in non-resident se under the age of 14 – rose by sehold size was 3.07 persons,

workers living in Macau and a 15.6 percentage points to 76.3 a slight decrease from 3.08 in percent rebound in birth rate. percent. On the other hand, po- 2011. Analyzed by household Foreign The data indicates that the ave- pulation aged between 55 and size, three-person households People who completed tertiary rage annual growth rate of the 64 took up 13.5 percent (87,583) accounted for 24.5 percent of education comprised 23.1 per- Correspondents’ local population between 2011 of the total. The pace of popula- the total households, up by 1.3 cent of the population aged 3 and 2016 reached 3.3 percent, tion aging is expected to accele- percentage points from five and above, up by 6.4 percenta- Club head to the highest in 20 years. Local rate further in the next decade. years earlier. On the other hand, ge points compared to five years population, excluding non-re- Macau’s female population the proportion of four-person ago. 50.7 percent of the popula- give talk in sident workers and foreign stu- was found to outnumber their households fell by 1.6 percenta- tion completed junior secondary Macau ge points to 21.4 percent. education or lower, representing Households living in ow- a drop of 6.5 percentage points. The Macau Portuguese and ner-occupied units (property The 2016 Population By-cen- English Press Association belonging to members of the sus was completed last August (AIPIM) will host a talk by Eric Increasing household) totaled 124,126, and the preliminary results were Wishart, president of the Foreign accounting for 66.2 percent of released at the end of 2016. Correspondents’ Club, Hong population density Kong, on “News Judgment, Fact- Checking and Fake News.” The he population density of The population in Coloane event will take place on Friday age at first marriage rises at the Military Club. Wishart TMacau was 21,340 people Island surged by 530.9 per- per square kilometer, up by cent from five years ago to is a member of the global news UNMARRIED PERSONS ac- cycles or automobiles) rose by management of Agence France- 15.5 percent from 18,478 five 26,889, as more people mo- counted for 29.9 percent of the 13.1 percent from five years ago Presse. He began his career in the years ago. Areia Preta and Iao ved into public housing uni- population aged 16 and above, an to 105,993. Households with 1970s as a reporter in Scottish Hon remained the most den- ts on the island. Meanwhile, increase of 0.7 percentage points multiple vehicles became more newspapers and joined AFP sely populated districts, with the populations in Pac On, compared to five years ago. Mar- common; those owning three in Paris, 1984. Since then, he 170,953 people per square ki- Taipa Grande and Universi- ried persons comprised 63.2 or more motor vehicles totaled has been head of AFP’s Middle lometer, followed by Doca do dade & Baia de Pac On soa- percent, down by 0.8 percentage 21,212, a substantial increase of East English service (Nicosia, Lamau with 146,857 people red by 126.7 percent and 99.2 points. The average age at first 28.9 percent compared to five 1992-1996), Asia-Pacific editor per square kilometer. percent, respectively. This marriage rose continuously from years ago. Meanwhile, house- (Hong Kong, 1996-1999), global Areia Preta and Iao Hon re- was due to an increase in the 29 in 2011 to 29.5 in 2016. Other holds which owned only one mo- editor-in-chief (Paris, 1999-2005) mained the most populated sta- number of tertiary education data indicates that households tor vehicle totaled 49,824, up by and Asia-Pacific director (2005- tistical districts, accounting for students moving into dormi- with motor vehicles (motor- 6.8 percent. 2012). He lectures part-time at 11.8% of the total population. tories. Hong Kong Baptist University. 08.05.2017 mon

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on-permanent re- Nsident Simon Lam was PSP says act of force “strictly stopped by the Public Securi- ty Police Force (PSP) at the Outer Harbor Ferry Terminal in accordance with the law” on May 1 and reportedly given two days to exit the territory, according to media reports ther it had been revoked prior Lam did not sign the letter last week. to the incident. as it was written in Chinese In an email response to the According to Lam, the case and he is not proficient in the Times, the PSP said Lam is is related to his quarrel with language. However, he has “not a resident of Macau, and a taxi driver on December 18, stated that the contents of he is [suspected] of violating 2016 near the Hotel Okura in the letter are false, and that the Macau law. Therefore, Taipa. A letter from the PSP he was the victim of the as- the PSP led the proceedings to Lam stated that the taxi sault by the taxi driver. Lam strictly in accordance with driver had sustained physi- added that he had pressed the law.” cal injuries after “the suspect charges against the driver. The PSP stated that it “ful- [Lam] supposedly took the According to Lam, the quarrel fills the duty of inspection victim’s blue cap for no appa- started “because he refused and control of the entries and rent reason and used his right the ride, I refused to exit the exits of the MSAR, in strict hand to press the victim’s left car. He dragged me out and accordance with the law and eye.” hit me.” with the procedures estab- “Considering the fact that He added that the incident lished to examine the condi- these behaviors have alrea- had been witnessed by the tions of entry and exit of all dy caused threats to the local security of Galaxy Macau and people, and in this way, deci- region’s public security and recorded by surveillance ca- de to authorize or refuse en- order, the head of the Macau meras. try and exit of visitors.” immigration department sig- “My friends all saw the inci- The statement did not reveal ned a notice on May 1 to ter- dent. We all gave statements why Lam was stopped at the minate the suspect’s residen- on that day,” he said. immigration checkpoint in cy permit, [and] ordered him At the time of the incident, the first place, nor did it ex- to leave Macau before May 3,” Lam was waiting for the re- plain the subsequent investi- it added. newal of his visa, which had gation. “If the suspect violates the expired on November 2016. While the PSP confirmed aforementioned ruling, he Lam told TDM he feared that Lam’s resident visa had will be regarded as illegally that the decision to reject his been revoked on the same overstaying and will be expel- visa renewal application was day, they did not specify whe- led,” the letter concluded. based on false information. Simon Lam

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Corporate responsibility Former DSAT official’s sentence reduced Sands China partners WWF The former head of the Division of Transport Management Department of for environmental initiatives the Transport Bureau (DSAT), Lou Ngai Wa, has been sentenced to 15 months of Lynzy Valles “This kind of scale – you can imprisonment, a sentence three months only get it in Macau with one shorter than the one read last year by ands China and Wor- or two properties. Because you the Court of First Instance (TJB). The ld Wide Fund for Natu- don’t have many 3,000 room ho- court also dropped two charges against re (WWF) have joined tels in the world [and] it happens Lou regarding counterfeit property declaration. In 2015, the Commission forces to reduce envi- to be here,” he added. Against Corruption (CCAC) found Sronmental impact, launching Meanwhile, WWF’s Earth Lou to have received MOP16 million WWF’s Earth Hour “Just One” House “Just One” Hotels Pro- in bribes for helping three companies Hotels Programme this June as gram will deliver some 5,000 to obtain parking lot management part of a three-year partnership. “Earth House Home LED Kits” contracts from the government between At a press conference last week to several local schools for distri- 2012 and 2015. in Sands Cotai Central, the orga- bution to students and parents. nizations said the program will Each kit includes relevant in- enable guests to play a part in mainland Chinese villages, whe- As the majority of Macau’s ho- formation for families to switch Traffickers arrested tackling climate change. re coal is the primary source of tel guests hail from mainland to energy-efficient lighting and Guests have the option to add fuel for cooking. China, Sands China and WWF for participation in Earth Hour. in police operation USD1 to their bill for every night “It’s a question of identifying emphasized the importance of The kit also includes energy-ef- spent at The Venetian Macao projects that are climate related Sands China properties in provi- ficient LED light bulbs, an Earth The Judiciary Police arrested and The Parisian Macao. and identifying a project where ding a platform for guests to help Hour t-shirt, a card kit and a reu- two mainland women suspected of involvement in a human The collected funds from we’ll see direct tangible impact combat climate change at home. sable cloth bag. trafficking network, according to an the 6,000 guest rooms will go with a certain timeframe,” Su- Sarronwala explained that the WWF’s partnership with Sands announcement by the Unitary Police toward supporting two initiati- dhanshu Sarronwala, executive initiative would play a vital role China marks the debut of the Service. The women were charged ves: the “WWF-China Biomass director of Communications & in “putting an end to the smog “Just One” Hotels Program in with operating an illegal hotel. Last Fuel Stove Project” and WWF’s Marketing of WWF Internatio- and haze resulting from field and Greater China. Organizers ex- Thursday, Hong Kong, Macau and Earth House “Just One” Hotels nal, told the Times. burning in Jilin province’s corn pressed their hopes that the pro- Guangdong police forces organized Program, which aims to raise This project, under Sands belt, by promoting corn stalk as gram would raise citizens’ aware- a joint operation to combat crime. regional awareness of environ- ECO360°, was nearly three years a viable biomass energy source ness of environmental initiatives. Approximately 193 Macau police mental sustainability through in development. and encouraging local commu- “We’re hoping that the pro- officers were deployed to inspect the distribution of “Earth Hour According to Sarronwala, both nities to use biomass fuel stoves.” gram’s concept is a concept that casinos, bars and other venues during Home LED Kits”. parties had to complete signifi- He added that Sands China’s guests really get connected with the operation. 790 people were The “WWF-China Biomass cant due diligence to understand large-scale hotels would serve as and understand where the mo- reviewed, of which 95 were taken to the Fuel Stove Project” will impact the needs of, and how to work a useful platform for such envi- ney is going,” Sarronwala con- police station for further investigations. at least 1,000 families in several with, the local community. ronmental efforts. cluded. Human traffic Around 100k helmets expected to be binned index at tourist spots suggested ong Wai Tong, a owners will dispose of comply with the new Hmember of the Nor- around 100,000 non- rules will be fined MOP Li Nong, chief of the marketing office thern District Advisory regulation helmets. 600. One technician of 12301 Smart Travel Public Services bloomberg Committee for Commu- Hong said that it will from DSAT has sugges- Platform of China, has suggested that nity Services, has voi- be difficult to recycle ted that the public re- Macau should use modern technology ced concerns about the these helmets despite frain from using helme- to provide tourists with information disposal of approxima- their uncomplicated ts with labels that are about human traffic at popular tourist spots. Li put forth a number of possible tely 100,000 motorbike structures. easily damaged. solutions, such as the use of WeChat helmets following new He pointed out that Until the end of April, to provide updates on human traffic regulations. the government has yet the Transport Bureau at specific times and locations. He According to a report to devise a solution for received 501 appli- also suggested using red, yellow, and by Macao Daily News, eco-friendly helmet dis- cations from drivers green colors to indicate each location’s Hong said that when the posal, which also puts seeking approval to use carrying capacity. He also suggested that city’s new helmet safety pressure on the recy- helmets of their choice. Macau create new alternatives for the law comes into effect cling industry. Of these, 306 have been city’s tourist spots, especially those with on May 13, motorbike Drivers who fail to approved. historical landmarks.

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Jakarta seeks Asian development lender reparation for Thai firm’s oil takes stock as US policy shifts spill The unstated backdrop to the should generally prioritize poo- meeting is Japan’s continued rer countries in allocating its he Indonesian government is ap photo strong role in the ADB at a time financing while helping “upper Tseeking USD2 billion in com- when the administration of middle income” countries with pensation from Thailand’s state oil U.S. President Donald Trump expertise in such areas as envi- company and its Australian unit for has adopted an “America first” ronmental protection. an oil spill in the Timor Sea nearly ei- stance and China is pushing Aso welcomed moves to re- ght years ago, an official said Friday. ahead with its own infrastruc- form purchasing procedures to Deputy Coordinating Minister of ture initiatives. “put more emphasis on quality.” Maritime Affairs Arif Havas Oegro- Opening the meeting in the “I encourage the bank to con- seno said the lawsuit was registered port city of Yokohama, Finance tinue to move in this direction,” last week at the Central Jakarta Dis- Minister Taro Aso said Japan, he said. trict Court against Petroleum Autho- the biggest donor to the ADB, The policy shift under Trump rity of Thailand Public Co. and its would contribute $40 million is raising questions over the related companies PTTEP Australa- to a fund promote use of high strength of the U.S. commit- sia and Petroleum Authority of Thai- technology. ment to multilateral organi- land Exploration and Production Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso (front row, center), Asian Development Bank Aso said that as the Manila, zations like the ADB, raising Public Co. Ltd. President Takehiko Nakao (front row, third right), and members of the ADB board of governors Philippines-based ADB marks questions about how to increase More than 400 barrels of oil a day its 50th year it should adopt a financing and make it as effecti- flowed from the Montara well into “strong strategy” to ensure it ve as possible. the Timor Sea and stained the coasts ccelerating grow- quality projects and technology remains a “highly relevant ins- Nakao, the ADB president, of Indonesia and East Timor before Ath in Southeast and Sou- should be made available to all titution at a time when needs said the lender was working to mud pumped through a relief well th Asia can help make up for as countries stretches to make for investment in infrastructu- find ways to streamline its ope- shut off the deep-water spigot 11 slowing momentum in Chi- up for shortfalls in needed re such as power generation, rations and deepen collabora- weeks later. na but it requires smart invest- spending, they said. sanitation, roads and ports are tion with local governments and Oegroseno described the civil law- ments in infrastructure and te- Nakao said he was optimis- growing in both “quantity and the private sector. Co-financing suit as “an effort to seek justice.” chnology, the president of the tic about the outlook for Asia, quality.” with other banks, including the He told a news conference that the Asian Development Bank said which contributes about half of The ADB estimates more than China-backed Asia Infrastruc- demand for compensation includes Saturday as the regional lender world economic growth. Ove- $26 trillion is needed for ports, ture Investment Bank, and with $1.725 billion for environmental started a meeting of its board of rall growth is forecast at 5.7 per- power, water and other infras- the private sector has become damage and $330 million for resto- governors. cent in 2017 and economies in tructure in the region by 2030, an increasingly important sour- ration work. He added that the en- ADB President Takehiko India, Bangladesh, Indonesia, or over $1.7 trillion a year. The ce of support, involving $13.9 vironmental damage included 1,200 Nakao and other leaders of the Myanmar, the Philippines and current level of spending is be- billion of the total $31.7 billion hectares of mangroves, 1,400 hecta- regional lender said investmen- Vietnam are gaining momen- low $900 billion in funds allocated last year by res of seagrass and 700 hectares of ts should concentrate on high- tum. Aso said the regional lender the bank. AP corals. AP ad mon 08.05.2017

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HK retail sales rise, ending two-year streak of declines

Lisa Pham the city has lagged that of Macau, where casino revenue rose for a ong Kong retail sales pos- ninth straight month in April as Hted a surprise gain, rising for visitors flocked to the only Chi- the first time in two years as tou- nese territory where gambling is rism from China rebounded. legal. Retail sales by value gained 3.1 percent in March from a year earlier, the statistics department Mainland said Friday. That compared with a Chinese arrivals median estimate for a 0.9 percent decline projected by economists to Hong Kong in a Bloomberg survey. Retail sa- les volume climbed 2.7 percent, rose 10.4 rising for the first time since July 2015 and defying forecasts for a 1 percent in percent decline. March from a “Retail sales resumed moderate year-on-year growth in March,” year earlier the government said in a state- ment. “This reflected partly the “China continues to be a major continued recovery of visitor ar- challenge,” said Kevin Lai, an eco- rivals and partly the robust local nomist at Daiwa Capital Markets consumption demand.” in Hong Kong. “The dollar is still Mainland Chinese arrivals to too strong. Hong Kong isn’t that Hong Kong rose 10.4 percent in attractive as a tourist destination. March from a year earlier, the We may get some additional tou- most since February 2015, tou- rists from other countries, but I’m rism board data show. Even so, a not that positive. We’re not talking recovery in mainland spending in about a big recovery.” Bloomberg

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anada is considering the institute said. Csale of at least a minority stake “The subject is still being stu- in Toronto Pearson Internatio- died and no decision has been nal Airport that values the coun- taken,” Marc Roy, a spokesman try’s busiest airport at about C$5 for Transport Minister Marc Gar- billion (USD3.7 billion), according neau, one of the lawmakers over- to people familiar with the matter. seeing the consideration of pri- The stake sale, just one of many vatization. “We won’t comment options laid out in a report to on any rumors.” The government government prepared by Credit has so far declined to release the Suisse Group AG, would free up Credit Suisse report. billions of dollars for new infras- Selling slightly less than half of tructure projects, the people said, Pearson would be the easiest of asking not to be identified because several scenarios Credit Suisse the matter is private. presented to Prime Minister Jus- A federal advisory panel recom- tin Trudeau’s government in a mended last year the government report last year, according to the look at selling its airports, and people. That scenario would allow the C.D. Howe Institute estima- the government to retain control tes privatization of the country’s of the airport while raising billions eight major airports could rake for other projects. in between C$7 billion and C$17 Sam Pollock, the head of Brook- billion, with Pearson alone fe- field Asset Management Inc.’s tching as much as C$6 billion. infrastructure group, has said Selling the airports would cut cos- there would be a “feeding fren- ts for travelers and create oppor- zy” among institutional investors tunities for more shops and ser- if airports were put up for sale. vices, the non-partisan research Bloomberg 08.05.2017 mon

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Brigham said. The hospital was slated to start Hainan plans a USD3 billion operating in the first half of this year, according to a December sta- tement on Evergrande’s website. In a later March release the com- medical tourism hotspot pany noted the start date would be in 2017. In late March, balloons and ban- In an early example, the zone’s na’s major cities,” said Chen. ners adorned the hospital’s front Chengmei International Health On a recent visit, the area still gate, even though a quick glance Center imported 24 vials of the had the feel of an underdeveloped inside the bronze-colored building bloomberg Merck & Co. cancer drug Keytru- backwater, showing the challen- from a back entrance showed dark da for six patients under the spe- ges to transforming it into a flou- rooms with bare concrete walls, cial access channel last October, rishing tourist center. It is dotted unpacked crates and cement pi- the government says. with semi-finished hospitals that les. An Evergrande representative The medicine is approved in the remain under construction, wi- said the decorations were for the U.S. and elsewhere, but remains thout medical equipment inside opening of the Boao Asian Forum unavailable in the mainland. The and prefabricated homes outside Healthcare Track and that a soft special permits by the Chinese for construction workers. By the launch date will be released later. regulator only allow for a small end of March, five facilities had Off the main street, behind the amount of the drug to be used in begun operating on a trial basis, hospital pilot zone, was a side road A man stands near a flight of stairs at the construction site of the Evergrande the tourism hub, and it can’t be local officials say. yet to be paved with plywood and International Hospital inside the Boao Lecheng International Medical Tourism Pilot Zone distributed elsewhere. empty barrels of asphalt scattered Merck in a statement said it’s around. n the hilly and tropical island China’s Hawaii, earmarked more conducting clinical trials on Key- The travel Li Peijuan, an analyst at Forward Oof Hainan, local officials and than 1,600 acres of fertile farm truda in China and doesn’t sell the site Ctrip.com Industries Institute, a Chinese companies are investing billions land along a river flowing to its drug in the country. The China research firm, said the area can of dollars to transform a string of eastern coast for a medical tourism Food and Drug Administration estimates benefit from Hainan island’s envi- riverside villages into a medical hub. Since then fishing villages and Chengmei didn’t respond to a ronmental beauty, but the quality tourism destination. and rice paddies are slowly being request for comment. about half a of service, the standard of medical Their aim? To lure wealthy Chi- replaced by palm-tree-flanked By 2025, the hub’s managers technology as well as costs will ul- nese patients, who might otherwi- driveways. The zone’s first hospi- want to draw more than one million Chinese timately be key to its success. se venture overseas, to this pro- tals are opening their doors this million tourists a year on health traveled abroad Foreign medicines have in the vince in the South China Sea summer, the effective beginning -related visits. past taken longer to reach the known for its beach-front resorts. of this medical experiment. Still, China has a patchy record for medical Asian country partly because the To do so they are making an unu- Local officials say businesses of managing specialized economic regulator has been understaffed sual promise: The hub will bring have already committed to spen- zones. Centers like Shenzhen, the services last and so struggled to shepherd sur- in cutting-edge treatments for ding 23 billion yuan ($3.3 billion) fishing-village-turned metropo- ging numbers of drug applications diseases like cancer that are avai- for 27 projects ranging from hospi- lis, have thrived. But others have year through its complex review pro- lable abroad, but don’t yet have tals to plastic surgery clinics, with had a quick boom and bust, like cess. regulatory approval in China. dozens more awaiting approval. the Caofeidian industrial zone in Evergrande has said it plans to The China Food and Drug Ad- There’s plenty of demand. The The mission is partly to “retain do- the northeast, which ended up as spend 5 billion yuan on its cancer ministration is now in the midst travel site Ctrip.com estimates mestic consumption,” the govern- a ghost town. hospital there. Brigham and Wo- of dramatic reforms to its appro- about half a million Chinese tra- ment body managing the Hainan The Hainan medical hub’s re- men’s hospital in an e-mailed sta- val system to reduce the so-called veled abroad for medical services Boao Lecheng International Me- latively remote location and the tement said it is serving as a stra- “drug lag” on the mainland. If that last year. Millions are dying from dical Tourism Pilot Zone said in country’s shortage of qualified tegic advisor as Evergrande ex- succeeds, Hainan will need to find cancer and heart disease, but re- e-mailed comments. doctors make it harder to draw pands its health-care network in other selling points. gulatory bottlenecks have slowed Among the investors are Beijin- patients. Competition for medical China, helping the development “It was very appealing a few approvals for the newest interna- g-based Ciming Health Checkup resources is fierce, said Chen Bo, of clinical programs and other as- years back when approval of inno- tional therapies. Chinese hospitals Management Group and Guan- associate partner at consultancy pects like training. vative drugs was relatively slow, are overflowing, and affluent jet- gzhou-based medical services McKinsey & Co. Working with international part- but if the pilot zone can’t build setters prefer Japan for physical firm Evergrande Health Industry “Building health-care capabili- ners has shown that local staffing full-fledged medical teams and check-ups or the U.S. for genetic Group Ltd., which is being advi- ties there will require attracting tends to be the most effective, and business models in the next two screenings. sed by Boston’s Brigham and Wo- excellent talent to work and live Boao Evergrande International to three years, its attractiveness In 2013, the provincial govern- men’s Hospital, a teaching hospi- in the pilot zone, and good doctors Hospital clinicians will be provi- will be greatly weakened,” said ment of Hainan, often known as tal of Harvard Medical School. are already badly needed in Chi- ding all patient care at that facility, McKinsey’s Chen. Bloomberg

he first large Chinese- Tmade passenger jetli- 1st large Chinese-made passenger jet makes its maiden flight ner completed its maiden test flight on Friday, a With the flight, the offi- Eng Securities, said it and foreign customers. milestone in China’s long- cial Xinhua News Agency wouldn’t be clear for 7-9 Most are state-owned term goal to break into the said China had become years whether the C919 ap photo Chinese airlines. The Western-dominated air- “one of the world’s top can make a dent in Airbus handful of foreign custo- craft market. makers of jumbo aircra- and Boeing’s duopoly. mers includes GE Capi- The takeoff of the C919 ft,” becoming the fourth “This is just the test fli- tal Aviation Services and brought cheers and large jet producer after ght,” he said. “Eventually Thailand’s City Airways. applause from hundreds the U.S., Europe and Rus- it needs to have some cor- The plane can be confi- of invited guests at Shan- sia. nerstone customers, of gured with 155-175 seats ghai Pudong Interna- China is touting the which it will have becau- and has a standard flight tional Airport and was C919 as a rival to single- se there are state-owned length of 4,075 kilome- broadcast live on Chine- aisle jets such as the Air- airlines, some of them are ters. se state television. The bus A320 and Boeing 737. going to be forced to use The jet’s development is jet soon became invisible It was originally due to it.” a key step on the path laid on a windy and polluted begin flying in 2014 and Mohshin said other po- out by Chinese leaders day in Shanghai, which be delivered to buyers in tential customers would to transform the country was also in the path of 2016, but has been beset wait to see what expe- of China Ltd., or Comac, ment, said Thursday the from the world’s low-cost dense sandstorms from by delays blamed on ma- rience the first customers will seek certification manufacturer planned to factory into a creator of the north. nufacturing problems. have. “You are not going from China’s civil avia- make two planes a year profitable technology. After the 1 ½ hour flight It’s now unlikely to carry to spend a lot of money tion authority and foreign from now to 2019 to ob- At the same time, Chi- was over, the test pilots commercial passengers on something you don’t regulators before making tain proof of safe flight na’s aviation market is came down smiling from until at least 2019. know,” he said. any deliveries. before any mass produc- growing rapidly as a ri- the plane, wearing orange Mohshin Aziz, a Kuala The aircraft’s maker, Bao Pengli, deputy di- tion is started. sing middle class travels overalls with the Chinese Lumpur-based aviation state-owned Com- rector of Comac’s project Comac says it has 570 more for leisure and bu- flag. analyst at Maybank Kim mercial Aircraft Corp. management depart- orders from 23 domestic siness. AP mon 08.05.2017

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ome of the rarest cars in the world are at the heart Ferrari supercar fight leads of a London lawsuit em- broiling an associate of Sone of China’s wealthiest men. Zhao Hua Chen, who court fi- to embezzlement lawsuits lings say works for Chinese alu- minum billionaire Zhongtian Liu, has accused Eric Po Chi Shen of ted by an individual in the midst buying real estate, rare red dia- of litigation.” monds and super cars with mo- The dramatic lawsuit seems ney he embezzled while acting as unlikely to reach a speedy re- his financial adviser, according solution, with Justice Marcus to court documents filed in Lon- Smith saying in the most recent don’s High Court. filing that he had “grave concer- At stake in the case is ownership ns” about the pleading of the case of two classic cars that could be and allowing Chen another chan- worth as much as USD87 million. ce to sufficiently prove the owner- Chen says his former business ship of the cars. associate falsified his financial Meanwhile, the elite vehicles reports and lied about how much are being stored at the site of an he spent on property deals, befo- old airport in Suffolk and Chen’s re using the spoils to buy a 1998 lawyers plan to pursue the claim. McLaren F1 and a 1963 Ferrari 250 GTO Berlinetta. He is asking a judge in the British capital to Chen has order the cars to be sold or han- chosen to make ded over to him. The case, which was filed in Sep- a claim to the tember and is being heard in the U.K. because the cars are in sto- A 1963 Ferrari 250 GTO cars rather rage outside London, is running at the same time as a lawsuit in the lawsuit say it is worth much Atkinson was one of the first to tian Liu, one of China’s wealthiest than asking Texas over money and diamonds. more than that, with Shen saying come to Shen’s aid, according to men and the owner of aluminum for money Chen alleges that Shen bought it could fetch as much as $72 press reports at the time. firm Zhongwang Holdings. Liu is red diamonds with further em- million. Chen has chosen to make a claim worth an estimated $2.54 billion, because of bezzled funds, claiming he has The car has a colorful past, with to the cars rather than asking for according to Bloomberg’s Billio- the diamonds in his possession in previous owners including En- money because of the significan- naires Index. the significance Hong Kong. glish TV and radio personality ce of the vehicles themselves, On one occasion, Liu allegedly “The cars involved in the suit are Chris Evans, a one-time host of Dougans said. The cash value told Shen that “someone might of the vehicles of extraordinary economic value the BBC’s Top Gear program, of Ferraris has soared in recent come up behind you with a nee- themselves but they are also of extraordinary and car collector Jean Pierre Sla- years. The Hagerty Ferrari Index dle and you might find yourself in interest in themselves,” Robert vic, according to the Berlinetta of 13 models has more than dou- a container,” Shen’s lawyers said. “It’s not as if it was just property Dougans, a lawyer for Chen at website. bled since 2013, and a 1962 GTO Shen says he believed Liu “could or stocks and shares held around the Bryan Cave law firm, said in Only 39 of the Italian brand’s 250 sold for $38.1 million in a and would follow through on his London and New York and Sin- an interview. There are only four 250 GTOs were ever produced, 2014 auction, the most ever. threats” as he “believed that Mr. gapore, it’s tangible assets that or five other similar Ferraris wor- one of which sold in 2013 for a If the case goes to court, Chen’s Liu had very substantial financial are of real interest to people and ldwide, co-counsel Charles Pok record $52 million. lawyers will aim to prove that the links to powerful figures” in Chi- real rarity value,” Dougans said. said. The McLaren, estimated to be cars were bought with money sto- na, the filing said. It’s not the first time a lawsuit The 1963 Ferrari 250 GTO Ber- worth as much as $15 million, has len from their client and the two Shen’s lawyers declined to com- has been brought over the Italian linetta is likely worth around also seen its fair share of action. sides will also debate whether a ment on the case beyond what brand. A 17-year legal battle over $25 million, according to John Court filings detail how Shen took debt certificate signed by Shen is in the filing, saying it had not a Ferrari worth $15.4 million was Collins, a classic Ferrari dealer at it to Italy in May 2014 to parti- was completed under duress. been possible to reach their finally settled last April after des- Talacrest. The model is a Series cipate in the McLaren Owners’ Shen denies committing fraud client. A spokesperson in China cending into chaos, with lawsuits 2, he said in a telephone inter- Tour of Italy, before crashing it and alleges that he only signed for Zhongwang said Mr. Liu “vi- and counter-suits going four ways view, with the Series 1 fetching at into a tree on the first morning of the debt certificate after he was gorously denies such allegations and ownership claims from Para- least $40 million. Both parties in the event. Mr. Bean star Rowan repeatedly threatened by Zhong- and believes them to be fabrica- guay to Switzerland. Bloomberg

Ski-obsessed China presents opening for Austria’s Skidata

t’s a long way from next month, following a bt it will go to 10-12 million; IAustria’s iconic Hah- visit in January, to conti- the question is, will it go up nenkamm downhill course nue talks with a couple of to 20 million?” said Roh- to the gentler pistes of nor- “more established” ski re- ner, a Swiss national who theastern China, but Hugo sorts. grew up skiing in the resort Rohner is returning to tap Skidata’s push to find of Lenzerheide. “China has into Beijing’s new-found new markets comes as strong political plans to fixation with skiing. Chinese President Xi put people into skiing. In Rohner, 43, runs Aus- Jinping tries to turn 300 the end they need to create tria’s Skidata, which has million people to winter the middle class that sees sold its management sys- sports by the time Beijing skiing or snowboarding as tem - allowing skiers to hosts the 2022 Winter a lifestyle.” buy tickets online and Olympics. Rohner doesn’t Getting the Skidata’s getting them onto lifts at underestimate the scale of brand name known early a faster pace through au- the challenge: he says the is key to winning business tomatic turnstiles - to ski Chinese market of about in China, he said. “One resorts from Kitzbuehel, 8 million skier days a year needs to be there from the with its famous Streif run, is only an eighth the size of start.” gest are in Yabuli, north of alone, city officials plan to and get a third of Beijing’s to Verbier in Switzerland the U.S. and one sixteenth Rohner declined to name Harbin, and Huaibei near boost revenue from win- more than 20 million peo- and Aspen in the U.S. He of Europe’s. the resorts he’s in discus- Beijing. ter sports and tourism to ple’s onto skis, sleds and plans to go back to China “I have absolutely no dou- sions with. Among the big- In the Chinese capital about $6 billion by 2022, skates. Bloomberg 08.05.2017 mon

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Pyongyang said they were kidnapped by South Korean ap photo spies. North Korea has de- manded their return. South Korea said the workers chose to resettle on their own. It was the largest group defection to the South since Kim Jong Un took power in 2011. North Korea has a record of abducting other nations’ citi- zens, though. A U.N. Commis- sion of Inquiry in 2014 found hundreds of South Koreans, Japanese and others were ab- ducted between the 1960s and 1980s in operations approved by the supreme leader. In 2002, North Korea ack- nowledged kidnapping 13 Ja- panese citizens decades ear- lier to train spies in Japanese language and culture. Five were allowed to return to Ja- pan that year. The North said the others died or never ente- red North Korea. Japan is in- vestigating hundreds of more cases of possible abductions.

MILITARY AGGRESSION North Korea maintains that it must develop nuclear wea- pons because of the “hostile” policy of the United States, which retains 28,500 troops in South Korea and holds bi-annual military drills the North considers rehearsals for invasion. Tensions have North Koreans bow to bronze statues of the late leaders, Kim Il Sung (left) and his son Kim Jong Il spiked as President Donald Trump deployed an aircraft carrier strike group to wa- ters off the Korean Peninsula. Last week, North Korean De- fense Minister Gen. Pak Yong N. Korea’s death plot accusations Sik said his country was ready to use pre-emptive strikes to defend against “U.S. imperia- lists,” warning nuclear war mimic its own misdeeds could break out because of the “frantic war drills.” Typically, North Korea has Matthew Pennington, Washington that pale in comparison to th even claimed it arrested The only commando who was provoked the periodic mili- anything it has faced. a South Korean intelligence captured said he came to “slit tary clashes that break out n the paranoid univer- Friday’s statement on sta- operative who was on a “terro- the throat” of Park. with South Korea. In March se of North Korea, the te media was published days rist mission” against Kim Jong In 1983, North Korean agen- 2010, a North Korean torpedo feverish accusations it before South Korea’s May 9 Il, the current leader’s late fa- ts detonated a bomb meant allegedly sank a South Korean makes against its sworn election. A more liberal go- ther. State-run news said the for South Korea’s leader whi- naval vessel, killing 46 sailo- Ienemies bear a creepy resem- vernment is likely to emerge, suspect was sent “speech and le he visited Myanmar, then rs. Months later, North Korea blance to its own misdeeds. one that could take a softer acoustic sensing and pursuit known as Burma. President fired artillery at a South Ko- Its latest claim of a South Ko- line toward the North. But devices for tracking the mo- Chun Doo-hwan narrowly rean island, killing two South rean and American plot to as- the reclusive communist go- vement of the top leader and escaped the attack. But 20 Korean marines and two civi- sassinate Kim Jong Un using vernment may have intended even violent poison.” others died, including four lians. South Korea returned biochemical weapons comes its lambaste as a rebuff to There is precedent for Sou- Cabinet ministers, his ambas- fire, but it’s unclear if North weeks after the North Korean U.S. efforts to reinstate Nor- th Korea plotting to kill the sador to Burma and several Korea suffered casualties. leader’s estranged brother, th Korea as a state sponsor of North Korean leader. In 1968, top aides. In 1987, North Ko- North Korea is the only Kim Jong Nam, was slain in a terrorism — a black mark that South Korea set up a secret rea bombed a Korean Air pas- country to have conducted a Malaysian airport. Authorities was lifted in 2008. commando team charged with senger jet, killing 115 people. nuclear explosion in the 21st cited the presence of VX ner- “Pyongyang’s diatribe cou- assassinating North Korea’s century and it has accelerated ve agent, and North Korea is ld be an attempt to redirect founding leader, Kim Il Sung, ABDUCTIONS weapons testing as aid-for- widely believed to have been attention away from its own the current leader’s grandfa- Another regular North Ko- disarmament negotiations behind responsible. use of a chemical weapon of ther. But it never carried out rea accusation: South Korea have stalled. Between 1994 While Pyongyang’s allega- mass destruction,” said Bru- the mission. Amid warming abducting or enticing the and 2008, it did 16 ballistic tions can’t be entirely discoun- ce Klingner, a Korea expert at inter-Korean relations, the North’s citizens to defect. missile tests and one nuclear ted, its history is replete with the Heritage Foundation. team mutinied in 1971, killing Seoul denies the claims. More test; since 2009, 72 missile allegations of deadly cons- Here are instances of North its trainers and marching on than 29,000 North Koreans tests and four nuclear tests. piracies by its enemies, like Korea claiming conspiracies Seoul before being stopped. have fled to the south since Even China, which fought on purported planning for a U.S. against it, alongside evidence The mission followed a 1968 the end of the 1950-53 Ko- its side in the Korean War, invasion or nuclear war plans, of actions the North itself has North Korean attempt to as- rean War, according to Sou- opposes the testing, which and South Korean kidnapping perpetrated. sassinate South Korean Presi- th Korean government data. violates U.N. Security Council missions. These assertions dent Park Chung-hee. Thirty Many North Korean defectors resolutions. Experts say Nor- from Pyongyang often appear ASSASSINATION PLOTS -one North Korean comman- report wanting to avoid the th Korea may already be able like the pot calling the kettle North Korea has railed dos slipped into South Korea North’s harsh political system to hit South Korea or Japan black. The North has a grim against U.S. and South Korea and came within striking dis- and poverty. with a nuclear weapon, and record of military aggression, planning for “decapitation” tance of the Seoul presidential After 13 North Korean within years could have the abductions and assassinations strikes against its leadership. palace. South Korean security workers from a restaurant capability to target the Ame- against South Korean leaders In December 2008, the Nor- forces repelled the assault. in China defected last year, rican mainland. AP 08.05.2017 mon

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the middle of the Mediterranean Madrid opts post-Brexit to hinder Sea, stands ready to attract Gibral- cross-border traffic, as it has occa- ap photo tar’s gambling firms. The Maltese sionally in the past. government is another champion That is the “real worry” for em- of the online gambling sector, ployees, says Mark Jordan, the which represents 11 percent of the head of gambling industry analy- nation’s GDP and employs 8,000 sis at PwC in London: “How diffi- people. cult will Spain be?” Two other gambling industry big- Gibraltar has been a thorn in the hitters, Ladbrokes Coral Group side of U.K.-Spain relations for and William Hill, say they are mo- decades. In 1969, Spanish dictator nitoring the Brexit negotiations — Gen. Francisco Franco slammed and, like 888, have no plans at the the border shut in an attempt to moment to depart. wreck its economy and snatch the William Hill has set up a Brexit territory from Britain. Working Group to assess Brexit’s Brexit, some fear, might achieve possible financial, operational what Franco couldn’t. and regulatory consequences and The Gibraltar government has make sure that “suitable arrange- made no secret of the importance A woman walks on the Spanish side of the border between Spain and the British overseas territory of Gibraltar ments are in place should there be of the EU. On its website, it still disruption to the Gibraltar (bor- lauds the benefits of EU mem- der) crossing or the availability of bership as one reason why firms any services offered through Gi- should set up on The Rock. The braltar.” people of Gibraltar clearly think it’s important — nearly 96 percent Brexit holds the cards to of Gibraltarians voted to remain in Online the EU in last June’s referendum. gambling is No wonder — the territory has prospered under Britain’s rule and Gibraltar’s gambling future a flourishing free trade with the EU. For now, Gibraltar officials are and hugely holding their nerve. important Phill Brear, the territory’s Gam- Barry Hatton to market data company H2 Gam- runs one of the world’s biggest on- bling Commissioner, says it is bling Capital, it could be worth line casinos, have already sounded business for “sensible, prudent management” eep inside the Rock of Gi- around 30 billion euros (USD32.5 the alarm about potential dangers, for the online gambling industry Dbraltar is a room known as billion) a year by 2021, nearly dou- however. Gibraltar, to be making arrangements for The Vault. Dug by the British army ble current levels. Earlier this year, they warned potential Brexit outcomes. in World War II, it now houses Britain’s looming departure from that 888’s reach into the EU’s accounting “They’re hedging their bets,” he servers that power the websites the EU, therefore, has cast a cloud other 27 member countries could for around 25 told the Associated Press, noting of dozens of international online over Gibraltar’s future because be limited in the event of a so-cal- how many are taking out Malta gambling companies. Brexit could see it shut off from led “hard Brexit” scenario whereby percent of the licenses alongside their Gibraltar Those companies were lured the rest of the EU. That possibility Gibraltar, like the rest of Britain, ones. to this speck of British territory is already having an indirect im- sees trade disrupted by the im- economy Brear notes that Gibraltar will on Spain’s southern tip by its low pact on Gibraltar, by magnifying position of tariffs and businesses still have access to U.K. customers, taxes and its unimpeded access the appeal of other low-tax juris- potentially becomes ineligible for For those working in the sector, who account for around 40 per- to the European Union’s single dictions such as Malta. regulatory licenses in some EU the coming two years are likely cent of the entire EU market in market of around 500 million peo- Nobody is panicking yet, and countries. to be a worrisome period. Some financial terms, according to H2 ple. no gambling company has said it In its full-year financial report, 1,800 staff — nearly 60 percent of Gambling Capital data. It’s a flourishing and hugely im- intends to leave Gibraltar while 888 said it “would reconsider the the sector — commute from Spain Brear has not given up hope of portant business for Gibraltar, ac- EU and British officials negotiate appropriateness of remaining re- to their workplaces, which are of- working around any future regula- counting for around 25 percent of Brexit — in March, before calling gistered, licensed and operational ten located in smart office blocks tory constraints. the economy, some 40 percent of an early general election for June in Gibraltar in these circumstan- overlooking the Bay of Gibraltar One fear has already come true, corporate tax revenues and almost 8, Prime Minister Theresa May ces” and added that “Malta may be where elegant yachts bob on the though: Gibraltar’s worry, he says, 3,000 of its 26,000 jobs. formally triggered the two-year considered as an alternative ‘dot calm waters. “was that if you open this Pando- And the European market is Brexit process. com’ licensing jurisdiction.” Their fate, and the industry’s, de- ra’s box of Brexit, who knows what only set to get bigger. According Senior executives of 888, which Malta, a small island nation in pends to a large degree on whether it’ll look like.” AP

Protesters march in Venezuela, destroy Chavez statue

Hannah Dreier, Caracas opponents of country’s Local news media car- opposition “terrorists” increasingly embattled ried a video circulating were attempting a kind of omen banged on government, the women on Twitter of the Chavez nonconventional warfare. ap photo Wpans and some stri- sang the national anthem statue being pulled down. The protest movement pped off their white shirts and chanted, “Who are The media reported that has drawn masses of peo- Saturday as they protes- we? Venezuela! What do students destroyed the ple into the street nearly ted Venezuela’s socialist we want? Freedom!” statue as they vented every day since March, government in an event Some sported makeshift their anger with the food and shows no sign of the opposition billed as a gear to protect against shortages, inflation and slowing. On Saturday, “women’s march against tear gas and rubber bulle- spiraling crime that have some of the women mar- repression.” As they mar- ts. Others marched to- come to define life here. chers approached soldiers ched, local media carried pless. One woman came Several young men cou- in riot gear to offer them a video showing people in her wedding dress. ld be seen bashing the white roses and invite Anti-government protesters stage a sit-in blocking the Franciso toppling a statue of the As they have near-daily statue that depicted the them to join the cause. Fajardo highway during a women’s march against repression in Caracas late President Hugo Cha- for five weeks, police in socialist hero standing “What will you tell your vez the day before in the riot gear again took con- in a saluting pose, as on- kids later on?” one wo- western state of Zulia. trol of major roads in the lookers hurled insults as man asked. A statement from the “the United States will Thousands of women capital city. Clashes be- the late president. In a call with the presi- White House’s Office work together with Peru took over streets in major tween police and protes- Defense Minister Vladi- dent of Peru, U.S. Presi- of the Press Secretary in seeking to improve cities all around the South ters have left some three mir Padrino Lopez on Fri- dent Donald Trump ad- said Trump undersco- democratic institutions American country. Wea- dozen dead in the past day denounced the pro- dressed the deteriorating red to President Pedro and help the people ring the white shirts of the month. test movement, and said situation in Venezuela. Pablo Kuczynski that of Venezuela.” AP mon 08.05.2017

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Euro seen advancing Macron defeats Le Pen to as Le Pen concedes become French president defeat

mmanuel Macron he euro may open higher beat the anti-euro na- Tafter Marine Le Pen conce- tionalist Marine Le Pen ded victory to centrist Emma- in France’s presidential nuel Macron in France’s Presi- Eelection. dential elections. Macron, a 39-year-old centrist, Macron is set to beat the an- leads Le Pen by about 65 percent ti-euro candidate Le Pen by to 35 percent, according to the about 65 percent to 35 percent, estimates of four separate polls- according to the estimates of ters. The firms sampled real vo- four separate pollsters -- a big- tes as they were being counted ger lead than predicted by sur- and weighted their results to veys before the election -- and reflect the composition of the one which removes the risk French electorate. Their projec- of France being led out of the will strengthen its longer-term tions were all within 1 percenta- currency bloc. Macron’s vic- outlook, according to analysts. ge point. Le Pen conceded defeat tory in the first round sparked “The euro is likely to gap in a televised statement. a rally in the nation’s assets, higher by less than a cent as The victory will prove a relief with the euro gaining as much traders in New Zealand run for markets after a campaign as 2 percent in its immediate stop losses,” Sebastien Galy, a that saw bond yields fluctuate in aftermath. macro strategist at Deutsche tandem with the fortunes of Le growth, deal with the terrorist way to today’s runoff [Macau With polls consistently gi- Bank AG in New York, said Pen’s bid to take France out of threat that has traumatized the time]. The incumbent Francois ving a Macron lead of about in emailed comments. “In the the euro. country and, ultimately, restore Hollande decided not to seek 20 points, markets had largely weeks to come, inflows into A pro-European globalist, Ma- faith in the political establish- re-election, a first for a sitting priced in a victory for the cen- euro zone equities should give cron will have to unite a divided ment. president, while former head trist, meaning the scope for a the euro some support, but so France after one of the most The election brings to an end a of state Nicolas Sarkozy and relief rally may be more limi- will other factors.” bitter and turbulent elections tumultuous campaign that cul- former Prime Minister Manuel ted this time. Still, Le Pen’s de- The shared currency closed of modern times. His challen- minated in a hacking attack on Valls suffered humiliating de- feat removes a cloud that has at $1.0998 on Friday, up 2.5 ge will be to end years of high the Macron camp on the eve of feats in their parties’ primaries. been hanging over the shared percent since the first round of unemployment and sluggish polling. Surprises littered the Bloomberg currency for most of 2017, and voting on April 23. Bloomberg

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TV canal macau this day in history Kung Fu Panda Adventure Ice World - Ice 13:00 TDM News (Repeated) World Exhibition 13:30 News (RTPi) Delayed Broadcast Time: 11am -8pm (Last admission at 7:30pm) 14:50 Non-Daily Portuguese News Until: July 9, 2017 15:20 Documentary Venue: The Venetian Macao, Cotai Expo Hall 16:15 Documentary Serie F (temperature is -8ºc inside the venue, thus 17:10 Revenge S1 hooded coats will be provided free of charge 17:50 Now Generation (Repeated) in limited quantities and sizes for children and adults) 18:40 Non-Daily Portuguese News (Repeated) Admission: MOP120 (for one adult and one child 19:40 Soap Opera aged 3 to 12), 20:30 Main News, Financial & Weather Report MOP312 (for three family members 21:00 TDM Sport and one child aged 3 or above) 22:10 Now Generation Enquiries: (853) 2882 8818 23:00 TDM News Macao Artist Society Youth Committee 23:30 Champions League Magazine Member’s Exhibition 2017 00:05 Main News, Financial & Weather Report (Repeated) Time: 11am-10pm 00:40 RTPi Live Until: June 25, 2107 Venue: Lakeside Gallery – S1 Room, Anim’ Arte Nam Van Admission: Free Enquiries: (853) 2836 6866 cinema cineteatro Monkey King Time: 8pm daily (No performances on Thursdays) 08 - 10 May Venue: Sands Cotai Theatre Admission: MOP420, MOP520, MOP780, MOP1080, MOP1580 Enquiries: (853) 2882 8818 “Rocket man,” Los Angeles Olympics Former Home of Revolutionary Leader Ye Ting Time: 10am-6pm daily (Except Wednesdays, 1984 Moscow pulls out of open on public holidays) US Olympics Venue: 76, Rua Almirante Costa Cabral Admission: Free Twelve weeks before the opening ceremony of the Los Enquiries: (853) 8399 6699 Gifted Angeles Olympic Games, the USSR has announced it is room 1 boycotting them. It is expected most of the Eastern Bloc Macau Grand Prix Museum & Wine 2:30, 4:30, 7:30, 9:30pm will follow suit. Museum Director: Marc Webb The announcement, which was made on Russian TV this Time: Starring: Chris Evans, Octavia Spencer, Mckenna Grace afternoon, blamed the commercialization of the games and 10am-8pm daily (Except Tuesdays) Language: English (Chinese) a lack of security measures, which amounted to a violation Venue: Rua Luis Gonzaga Gomes, 431, Duration: 101min of the Olympic charter. basement (Tourism Activities Centre-CAT) The Soviet Union accused the United States of using the Admission: Free The Shack games “for political purposes” and “stirring up anti-Soviet room 2 Enquiries: (853) 8798 4108 / 2833 3000 propaganda” and of having a “cavalier attitude to security 2:15, 4:45, 9:15pm of Russian athletes”. Director: Stuart Hazeldine In 1980 the USA and more than 60 other countries boyco- Starring: Sam Worthington, Octavia Spencer, Radha City, Impression: Exhibition of Old Macao tted the Moscow Olympics in protest at the Soviet invasion Photos Mitchell Language: English (Chinese) of Afghanistan. Time: 9am-9pm (Open on public holidays) Duration: 132min The Russians’ withdrawal will devalue the Los Angeles Until: May 21, 2017 Games far more than the US boycott as it seems certain that top-class athletes from the Eastern Bloc will also be Venue: Temporary Exhibition Gallery of IACM, the boss baby room 2 prevented from taking part. No. 163, Av. Almeida Ribeiro 9:30pm The White House denounced the move calling it a “blatant Admission: Free Director: Tom McGrath political act”. John Hughes, a State Department spokes- Enquiries: (853) 8988 4000 Starring: Alec Baldwin, Steve Buscemi, Jimmy Kimmel man, said the USA had “gone the extra mile” to ensure ade- Language: Cantonese (English) quate security measures were in place. Duration: 97min He took the opportunity to attack the USSR for its “barba- rous behavior” in Afghanistan and its persecution of Rus- This is not what i expected sian dissidents such as Dr Andrei Sakharov living in forced room 3 exile in the Russian town of Gorky. 2:30, 4:30, 7:30, 9:30pm Moscow has still not officially told the IOC of its boycott Director: Derek Hui but there is little hope that the decision will be reversed. Starring: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Zhou Dongyu, Sun Yizhou Language: Putonghua (Chinese & English) Courtesy BBC News Offbeat Duration: 106min Macau Tower Priest pleads guilty to stealing 27 Apr - 10 May USD500k for casinos, concerts In context The rector of a church-owned retirement home for Roman With the exception of Romania, the entire Eastern bloc and Catholic priests has admitted embezzling a half-million dollars Cuba joined the boycott - 14 countries in all. to pay for casinovisits, high-end dinners and Philadelphia Pops Although a record 140 nations did turn up - including China concerts. which had not taken part since 1932 - the level of competition Monsignor William A. Dombrow pleaded guilty Thursday to was somewhat lopsided with the absence of so many world- four federal wire fraud counts for skimming money over nine class athletes. years from a Villa St. Joseph account he controlled. As a result the USA won a record 83 gold medals. The Philadelphia Archdiocese runs the facility in Darby to house The Los Angeles Summer Games were highly commercialized - they were the first privately financed games ever and made aging priests and treat those accused of sexual abuse. a profit of $225m thanks to corporate sponsorship and ex- Federal prosecutors say much of the stolen money came from tensive use of unpaid volunteers. Forty-three companies were insurance payments for priests who died and parishioners’ es- gUARDIANS of the galaxy vol.2 licensed to sell “official” Olympic products. tates. 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30pm Los Angeles launched a bid to host the Olympic Games for Lawyer Coley Reynolds says the 77-year-old priest agreed to Director: James Gun a record third time in 2012 but the US Olympic Committee cooperate as soon as he was confronted. Starring: Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista chose New York as its candidate. 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Athletics minutes, with Tadese falling back shortly afterwards. The duo still completed the mara- thon with Tadese shaving near- ly four minutes off his personal Kipchoge falls 26 seconds short best in 2:06:51. Desisa finished in 2:14:10. That left just Kipchoge cha- sing the landmark time. of first sub 2-hour marathon He passed the halfway mark in 59:54, but his average pace Daniella Matar, Monza “I rank this as the highes- of 4:36 per mile was not quite t-ever performance in my enough, despite a final sprint to lympic champion ap photo life,” Kipchoge said. «The aim the tape. Eliud Kipchoge was of ‹Breaking2› was to pass the 26 seconds short of message that running less than running the first ma- two-hour marathon is possible. The time Orathon in under two hours on That message is really special to Saturday. me.» will not be Kipchoge ran the 42.2 kilome- It wasn’t a road race, with run- ters around an oval track in an ners completing 17.5 laps arou- an official impressive 2 hours, 25 seconds, nd the 1.5-mile Monza Formu- unofficially smashing Dennis Ki- la One track. The attempt was world record, metto’s world mark of 2:02:57 by held on the 63rd anniversary of sanctioned by 2 1/2 minutes and raising hopes Roger Bannister breaking the that one of world sport’s most fa- four-minute mile in 1954. the IAAF, due mous barriers can be broken. Nike planned the record at- “We are human. We are going tempt for three years, including to variables like up the tree... I have lifted a bran- making shoes it said made run- pacers entering ch and I am going onto the next ners four percent more efficient. one,” Kipchoge said. «This is not The Monza track was selected mid-race the end of the attempt of runners after extensive research that in- on two hours.» cluded average temperature, air Kipchoge needed an average The time will not be an offi- pressure, and wind levels. of less than 4:35 per mile — an cial world record, sanctioned by Two-time Boston Marathon improvement of about seven se- the IAAF, due to variables like winner Lelisa Desisa, from conds per mile on Kimetto’s re- pacers entering mid-race and Ethiopia, and half-marathon cord, or around 2.5 percent. drinks being given to runners via Olympic marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge crosses the finish line of a marathon world-record holder Zersenay “I tried to maintain the mopeds. race at the Monza Formula One racetrack Tadese of Eritrea were also part pace,” Kipchoge said. «As a hu- Considered the best marathon of the attempt, which started at man you are not a machine so runner in the world, Kipcho- rathon last year. Kimetto set the ge’s time as a second faster, then 5:45 a.m. local time. They tried you cannot go 2.50 exactly, and ge broke his personal best of world mark in Berlin in 2014. changed it to 25 seconds off the to help pace Kipchoge. those micro-seconds really have 2:03:05 set at the London Ma- Organizers first listed Kipcho- two-hour mark. Desisa was dropped after 50 an effect.»AP

Jon Gambrell, Dubai Athletic endorsements deals also are common, as n his first trip to Du- Mike Tyson lauds Dubai while famed English soccer club Obai, former heavywei- Arsenal plays at Emira- ght boxing champion Mike promoting boxing gym franchise tes Stadium. In Dubai, the Tyson recalls getting off a most prominent athlete plane wearing a traditional attached to a project is gol- Muslim cap and robes, car- and love this place. It’s just ranging from being home fer Tiger Woods, who de- rying a Quran and expec- what it is,” he said. “I’ve to the world’s tallest buil- signed a course being built ting to find a society strictly been all over the world [...] ap photo ding to the world’s busiest now that will be run by the governed by conservative and everything they’ve got international airport. But Trump Organization. mores. there, they’ve got here.” sports also play a role in Tyson endorsed Trump He was in for a surprise. Tyson converted to Islam the city, though not now as earlier during his presiden- This is “a party place, a while serving prison time summer approaches with tial run and fought several place you have a good time in the 1990s over rape char- its days of over 50 degrees times at an arena adjoining at. This is like New York ges. He said he has perfor- Celsius. a Trump casino in Atlantic City, man!” Tyson exclai- med the hajj pilgrimage Horse racing remains the City at the height of his ca- med during an interview required of all Muslims, as passion of Dubai’s ruler, reer. On Thursday however, Thursday with The Asso- well as other trips to holy Sheikh Mohammed bin a local radio host named ciated Press. “That’s what sites in Saudi Arabia. Rashid Al Maktoum, who Kris Fade who emceed the people think. They think Tyson, once known as hosts the $10 million Du- news conference with Ty- of Dubai as some real strict the baddest man on the bai World Cup each year. son warned journalists that Islamic place. [...]This place planet, was known for his Camel races see teams jo- “we’ll eject you” if anyone is so open. It’s just unbelie- explosive punching and ckey their steeds with ro- asked about Trump. Pu- vable.” quick knockouts. He said bots controlled by remotes blic relations officials also Speaking from a pen- the heavyweight world from SUVs racing alongsi- stopped an interview with thouse overlooking Dubai’s had sagged in recent years, Mike Tyson speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, in Dubai de them. Tyson that had a question man-made Palm Jumeirah though Saturday night’s Outside of traditional about Trump, though the archipelago, Tyson said he crowning of British boxer Joshua, Tyson offered sim- to happen if you don’t train Arab pursuits, long-haul boxer described the U.S. believes a city like Dubai Anthony Joshua as the new ple advice: “Take it very se- and get in shape.” carrier Emirates hosts the president as “a good man” can show people the best champion in his win over rious.” In Dubai, he and his busi- rugby sevens, golf tourna- when the camera went off. of the Middle East, its peo- Wladimir Klitschko should “In boxing, you have to ness partners hope to open ments draw top players and But Tyson himself brou- ple and Islam. He told the reinvigorate the interest. be more chaste than you franchises of his new gym. Abu Dhabi hosts a Formula ght up Trump at the news AP during a wide-ranging Told 90,000 people at- are with your wife and your Tyson said he will be invol- One race. Pakistani cricket conference after being interview that his new pro- tended the fight, Tyson said girlfriend, because if you ved with the gyms and their clubs, largely unable to asked by a female journa- ject franchising Mike Tyson “that’s what rock groups don’t, you’re going to be in direction. His partners offe- compete in their own coun- list if he refused doing in- Fitness & Boxing Academy do.” a bad situation. It’s going to red few details about when try over fears of militant terviews with women. locations worldwide fits in “He looks like the guy,” hurt real bad,” Tyson said. and where they will open, attack, play in the United “What Donald Trump perfectly with the sheikh- Tyson. “The look matters. “It may look like entertain- other to say one should be Arab Emirates. Meanwhile, said: Are they your friend?” dom’s desire to always be Especially if you fight it ma- ment, but Klitschko is hurt in Las Vegas in 2018. galas and glamor regularly Tyson said. “I’ll talk to out front. tters.” real bad. Right now he’s in Dubai is more known for draw soccer stars and other them. Bring your friend. I’ll “People come over here Asked what he’d tell pain. That’s what’s going being a city of superlatives, athletes to Dubai. talk to them.” AP THE UN office decries reports that Station08.05.2017Air quality mon BUZZChinese police seized lawyer Roadside 20-40 Good The U.N. human rights office is calling on Chi- Chen has defended Xie Yang, a lawyer who held na’s government to “halt the harassment” of since July 2015 and whose trial on charges inclu- High lawyers and their relatives after police in southwes- ding “inciting subversion of state power” did not Density 45-65 tern Yunnan province reportedly took into custody begin as scheduled last week. Residental a defense lawyer for another detained lawyer. In March, Chen told The Associated Press that Moderate The office said Friday it was “deeply troubled” Xie “absolutely” had been tortured. Area opinion that Chen Jiangang was reportedly detained by According to transcripts of January meetings police two days earlier with no official explanation, with his lawyers, Xie said he had been punched, ki- Ambient 55-75 saying his whereabouts remain unclear. cked, and subjected to abuse like sleep deprivation. Moderate Rear Window dsmg source: Severo Portela Nigeria WORLD BRIEFS Unintended consequences 82 freed Chibok school- To the dismay of many a “mind your own busi- ap photo ness and nothing bad will happen to you” type of responsible citizen, political confrontation in the sister SAR of Hong Kong may be, if not spilling girls arrive in Abuja over to, at least affecting Macau…despite the en- clave persona and its brand of realism that limits the emergence of social and political activism. ive Boko Haram The matter at large is the usual handling of third Fcommanders have been ap photo party/outside entities evaluating MSAR deeds or released in exchange for the misdeeds regarding human rights, cultural diver- freedom of 82 Chibok school- Nepal The body of sity, political development, and compliance with girls, says a Nigerian govern- an 85-year-old climber the Basic Law and international covenants; no ment official. who died attempting to regain his title as the longer is the response a polite and cautious do The confirmation of the pri- oldest person to scale not complain, do not explain. soner swap yesterday comes a day after the young women Mount Everest was Now, besides an assertive rebuttal of “it does flown to Kathmandu not stick to the facts” or other arguments about were liberated after more than three years in captivity where family and the data or (mis)interpretation of local issues, supporters held a the Macau government now states unequivocally by the Islamic militants. Chibok school girls recently freed from Boko Haram captivity are seen in Abuja funeral. that the report or assessment (in this case, that There was no immediate of the EU- Brussels) constitutes an unacceptable comment about the exchan- India Anti-corruption meddling in China´s internal affairs. This is the ge from the Nigerian presi- se they’d been radicalized by ment has mediated negotia- crusader Arvind same wording Beijing took on the joint-initiative dency or Boko Haram, the their captors, they said. tions between Nigeria’s go- Kejriwal’s government in the Indian capital by Joshua Wong of Occupy fame, Martin Lee as extremists linked to the Is- Human rights advocates vernment and Boko Haram, plunged into a crisis the veteran Hong Kong democracy pundit befo- lamic State group. President also fear some of the girls said the girls soon would Muhammadu Buhari said kidnapped from the Chibok meet with their families. yesterday as a minister re and after the handover, Lam Wing, one of the he fired over the missing booksellers, and former governor Chris Saturday that some Boko boarding school were used by Saturday’s release marks Haram prisoners had been Boko Haram to carry out sui- the largest negotiated release weekend accused him Patten in the address to a congressional panel in of accepting 20 million released for the freedom of cide bombings. so far of the 276 girls whose Washington. China became even more strident rupees (USD300,000) in in denouncing the Hong Kong Chinese residen- the schoolgirls, but he did not In Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, abduction in 2014 drew in- cash as a bribe. ts of involvement in foreign meddling (in China´s give any details. anxious families were awai- ternational attention to the internal affairs). The freed young women ting the official list of names threat of Nigeria’s extremis- Venezuela Women However, out of reach of the Hong Kong/China were flown yesterday by mi- of the 82 schoolgirls freed. ts. Boko Haram has pledged banged on pans and jurisdiction, Patten managed to strike a real poli- litary helicopters from nor- Some parents have not lived allegiance to the Islamic Sta- some stripped off their white shirts Saturday tical blow against Beijing by making the observa- theastern Nigeria to Abuja, long enough to see their dau- te, and has increasingly car- as they protested tion that the autonomy promised to Hong Kong the capital, where they were ghters released, underscoring ried out attacks in neighbo- expected to meet the presi- the tragedy of the three-year- ring countries. Venezuela’s socialist (Joint Declaration/Basic Law) has been decaying: government in an event if China is not abiding by the Hong Kong inter- dent. long saga. The mass kidnapping hor- “They will face a long and Last year, 21 other Chibok rified the world and brought the opposition billed national treaty, it could conceivably one day not as a “women’s march comply with other international treaties and not difficult process to rebuild girls were liberated in Oc- Boko Haram international against repression.” carry out their terms. their lives after the indescri- tober and they have been attention. The failure of Ni- More on p14 Besides the call of “interference” by foreign re- bable horror and trauma they undergoing counseling for geria’s former government ports, Macau seems to be crossing the Rubicon have suffered at the hands of months. It was not immedia- to act quickly to free the girls Qatar The state-owned of the unexplained for barring apparently common Boko Haram,” said Pernille tely clear whether the newest sparked a global Bring Back carrier Qatar Airways signed an agreement people from entering Macau via jetfoil. Hong Kong Ironside, acting representati- girls freed Saturday would Our Girls movement; U.S. with FIFA to sponsor two lawmaker Andrew Wan, a former Democratic Par- ve of UNICEF Nigeria. join them. first lady Michelle Obama Authorities say 113 school- Those girls are still in gover- posted a photo with its logo World Cup tournaments ty vice-chairman, was the second pro-democra- until 2022, filling a spot cy legislator to be stopped and sent back in one girls remain missing of the nment care in Abuja for me- on social media. 276 girls abducted from their dical attention, trauma cou- The Bring Back Our Girls left vacant by rival month. But this time, the proscribed was given Emirates when it quit its an explanatory letter stating that he was a threat boarding school in 2014. nseling and rehabilitation, campaign said yesterday it sponsorship following to Macau´s internal security. Both the disregard Girls who escaped said some according to the government. was happy that Nigeria’s go- corruption allegations for external surveys - independent or not - as an of their classmates had died The International Commi- vernment had committed to at football’s global interference in (China’s) internal affairs, and the from illness. Others did not ttee of the Red Cross, which rescuing the 113 remaining governing body. license to expel Hong Kong democrats on grou- want to come home becau- along with the Swiss govern- schoolgirls. AP nds of being a threat to Macau’s internal security are steps towards another level of normal which ap photo can be perceived as improvements or otherwise according to one’s preferences. This is a real po- The litical haircut or hell (analogous in this case) with Rodrigo de Matos unintended consequences. decisive moment This helps to create an environment of dis- franchisement towards things political, leading to dire consequences. For example, Labor Day 2017 risked having gone on record as a non-e- vent had it not been for the Pearl Horizon buyers Scotland’s nationalists failed to who took to the streets to demand a resolution gain ground in local- to their case, as well as the usual demonstration government elections as of the Macau Family Reunion Association, and a Prime Minister Theresa residual group of workers seasoned in petitioning May’s Conservatives against imported labor. At least the latter was all cemented themselves about labor on Labor Day. Alienation is a growing as the biggest threat to disease. their dominance after On a brighter note, we ought to highlight the campaigning against Macau government’s sponsored application to another independence become a Gastronomic City under the UNESCO referendum. With ballots in all of Scotland’s 32 Network of Creative Cities. It is a wonderful idea regions counted, the in as far as the listing may help to show Macau’s Scottish National Party cultural diversity. They say it´s a Latin City, don´t lost seven council seats they? Macau has become a trademark for the gambling industry worldwide. This centrally located gambling hall in Amsterdam offers slots machines and automatic roulette machines. and the Conservatives gained 164.