tracy heads hard rock the macau kid wins ‘ ’ chinese japan division Ng Kuok Kun beat Thailand’s Former Sands China CEO, Komsan Polsan on points nuclear Edward Tracy, was appointed during the 5th CCTV power to lead Hard Rock Japan, which CNY Cup – IBF World fleet could plans to bid for resort licenses Championship overtake us P2 P5 BOXING P11

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P3 UK President Donald Trump’s order barring U.S. filming rogue taxi driver entry to people from seven majority Muslim nations is “divisive, discriminatory and wrong,” British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said. But he rebuffed calls for cancelling Trump’s marques renato planned state visit to the U.K. More on p15 ap photo

USA Trump has fired the acting attorney general after she questioned the legality of his immigration ban. Sally Yates (pictured), who was appointed by Barack Obama, ordered justice department lawyers not to enforce the president’s executive order. A White House statement accused Yates of “betraying” the justice department and being “weak on borders”.

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PHILIPPINES The Philippine Supreme Court yesterday prohibited a group of police officers from entering a slum community to prevent them from threatening villagers who have accused them of ruthlessly killing four residents in an anti-drug raid, in the latest setback Crowds turn out to celebrate CNY for the president’s bloody crackdown on drugs. P4, 6 More on backpage in Macau, hotels booked out 01.02.2017 wed

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ard Rock Interna- Htional announced on Monday the launch Edward Tracy CEO for Hard of a new division of the company, Hard Rock Ja- pan LLC, as well as the appointment of Edward Rock’s new Japan division Tracy as its CEO. According to a state- ment from Hard Rock July 2010 he joined Sands the World” in its annual International, Tracy’s China Ltd, a subsidiary of top-100 ranking. Las Vegas Sands Corp.,

appointment is “a stra- “As the former CEO of bloomberg tegic move designed to as its president and chief Sands China Ltd and CEO support the company’s operating officer. He la- of the Trump Organiza- growth plans in the re- ter became the company’s tion, Tracy brings more gion.” CEO in July 2011, respon- than 30 years of proven Japan’s legislature re- sible for the oversight of gaming, hospitality and cently approved the coun- the largest integrated integrated resort expe- try’s Integrated Resorts resort operator by reve- rience to Hard Rock,” Promotion Bill, marking nue, accounting for some said Jim Allen, chairman the first step toward the 13,000 hotel rooms and of Hard Rock Internatio- legalization of gaming in 30,000 employees. nal, as cited in the state- a market that CLSA ga- Prior to Sands, Tracy ment. ming analysts estimate to served as president and “We are confident in be worth USD40 billion. CEO of Capital Gaming, a Tracy’s ability to lead the With 30 years of ex- multi-jurisdictional ma- company’s efforts in Ja- perience in the Japane- nager of regional casinos, pan and we look forward se market, including six as well as president and to seeing our business Hard Rock Café locations CEO of the Trump Orga- continue to grow under currently in operation, nization, where he was his leadership,” he added. the company now plans responsible for managing The statement also no- to expand their portfolio 12,500 employees, 3,000 ted that the appointment by becoming a contender luxury hotel rooms and of Tracy and the launch among the bidders for Ja- 240,000 square feet of of Hard Rock Interna- panese resort licenses. casino space. tional’s Japan division Tracy has held a number In October 2014, Har- confirm the company’s of positions within the vard Business Review na- “expansion efforts and gaming and hospitality med Tracy as one of “The commitment to growth in industry in the past. In Best-Performing CEOs in Asia.” DB Edward Tracy

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of some issues that commonly arise during or after purchase, such as the Avoiding the pitfalls of property transactions net and gross areas of the proper- ty; the special transaction tax which becomes payable upon reselling the property within the two years imme- he Macau Real Estate market is on a provisional basis), regardless of representation or assistance is not diately following the purchase (which Treviving at an accelerated pace. A whether the purchase goes through. mandatory. However, the complexity can amount to between 10 and 20% year-on-year comparison last Decem- After identifying a suitable proper- of the different land holding regimes of the sales price); the additional 10% ber shows the average price increa- ty, buyers should request a valua- – leasehold versus freehold – and of tax payable by non-Macau ID hol- sed 32%, and the number of property tion of the same from more than one the contracts involved – mediation ders; and whether the property is un- transactions more than doubled. bank, not only to assess the perceived agreement, promissory sales/pur- der a current lease agreement, which However, a market frenzy is condu- market value of the property, but also chase agreement, loan agreement, by law shall continue in force until its cive to rushed decisions in detriment to determine which bank can provide property insurance, etc. – require a term. of proper planning and risk assess- them the maximum loan/mortgage clear understanding of the parties’ ri- Finally, due to the peculiarities of ment, and few people know enough - up to the limit of 70% of the unit’s ghts and duties under said contracts. the Macau real estate environment, of finance, real estate and the law price or value (whichever is lower), First-time purchasers or sellers shou- buyers are advised to request infor- to make an informed decision. The- under the Banking Regulatory Autho- ld avoid signing on impulse, and seek mation on facts that may have an im- refore, reputable mediation, proper rity’s directives - and the lowest in- independent confirmation that any pact on the resale price, such as the financial guidance, and technically terest rates and monthly repayments. given document sufficiently protects age of the property, whether mainte- sound legal advice are pillars of cal- Most Macau banks will be happy to their position and is in line with the nance of the building is being carried culated investment in the property assist with this exercise at no cost, or common practice and legal provi- out regularly and the management market. at a relatively small charge. sions of Macau. In this regard, con- fees are paid, the amount of the mon- In order to find the right property, Purchasers should keep in mind that firmation should be sought that the thly management fees, and the yearly there are several reputable real es- Stamp Duty (transaction tax) will be person(s) appearing as the seller(s) cost of the government land lease (if tate agencies and brokers in Macau, levied on the total price of the tran- on the documents are indeed the ow- any). who usually charge a one-off service saction upon execution of a promis- ners of the property and can dispose We know that for most buyers, the fee of 1% of the purchase price, to be sory agreement, and be payable wi- of the same freely; that the property burden involved in purchasing a pro- paid by the party being assisted – if thin 30 days of signing of the respec- has no registered encumbrances; and perty with their hard-earned money both parties are assisted by the same tive agreement, even if only a small that no irrevocable PoA for disposal is not to be taken lightly, so good pre- broker, each shall pay 1%. This broke- deposit has been put forward. of the property has been issued to a paration goes a long way to protecting rage/agency fee will usually be payab- The final stage of a property ow- third party. and maximizing their investment. le as soon as any agreement is signed nership transfer requires Notary in- Furthermore, buyers should be awa- between the seller and buyer (even tervention, but up to that stage legal re of several related concepts and * Partner at MdME

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accusation, which the family declined. The Times contacted the Tourists detained for filming couple, however they refused to disclose any information regarding the incident, as ad- overcharging taxi driver vised by their lawyer. According to the husband, who is a British national, his family was stranded Filipina wife is still under in- in a police station vestigation by local authori- on Monday after ties and considered a possible they filmed the plate suspect. numberA of a local taxi driver “As much as we’re still upset who was allegedly overchar- and irritated, […] we can’t talk ging them. about what happened in the In the Facebook group of In- police station,” the husband ternational Ladies Club of Ma- lamented. cau, a member, who is a friend Meanwhile, the Facebook of the family, explained that post drew support for the fa- the driver was charging them mily, and netizens also critici- MOP100 for the ride from The zed rogue taxi drivers, stating Venetian to Wynn Palace. the incident was terrible and Dissatisfied with the fee, the awful. woman took a video of the ta- “This story should be taken xi’s plate number and their to papers to expose how ridi- conversation. culous a system this is and ho- The taxi driver, who thought pefully something can be done he was captured in the video, about rogue taxi drivers,” said then reported the incident to one. the police. “Macau’s Tourism!” said Since the family does not another. speak the local language, the the station for nearly six hou- “After all it was false alle- te number and conversation A netizen even slammed police took them to a police rs. gations the taxi driver made, they had,” she posted. police authorities, stating: station in Taipa following the Yesterday, the family friend [because] after the lawyer According to her, a police “I think it’s not just the taxi taxi driver’s accusations. commented on her Facebook came and checked the phone, officer asked the family whe- driver here. The police take The family, who resides in post, stating that the taxi dri- there [was] no video of the ther they wanted to charge the action way too quick without Hong Kong, was detained in ver had made false allegations. taxi driver’s face, only the pla- taxi driver for making a false looking at all the evidence.” LV

Medical malpractice CE makes positive self-assessment in CNY message Public hospital starts

inquiry into incorrect he Chief Execu- Plan. The CE said that position nor my office Ttive (CE) Chui Sai the government had have received such in- drug prescription On pledged to step up been able to maintain formation,” he said. efforts to promote eco- Macau’s economic and Chui noted that if he nomic diversification social stability and its had received any in- and enhance social strong fiscal reserves, formation regarding wellbeing during his while prioritizing pro- said topic, he would be Lunar New Year Mes- jects concerning the happy to share it with sage for the Year of the enhancement of social the public and to hear Rooster, delivered on wellbeing. their opinions on the Friday. Separately, on the matter. Reviewing the accom- same day, Chui clai- Chui remarked that plishments of the Year med to have no know- Macau’s cooperation of the Monkey, Chui ledge about the plan with Guangdong is noted that the gover- reported by Hong being enhanced and nment had comple- Kong media of merging emphasized that Ma- case of an incorrect the report from the mo- ted the formulation of Macau, Zhuhai, and cau is a special admi- must comply with the dosage of medici- ther on social media, the A Macau’s first ever Fi- neighboring regions. nistrative region in the one country – two sys- ne being prescribed to a medicine has been retur- ve-Year Development “Until now, neither my nation, meaning that it tems policy. child in the public hos- ned to the hospital and pital (CHCSJ) has been exchanged for the proper acknowledged by the hos- dosage. pital’s administration. The case has been repor- ONE SHOT NEWS The hospital has started ted by CHCSJ as a ‘near- an internal inquiry in or- accident.’ An internal in- der to discover how the quiry has been initiated incident came about, ac- in order to address pres- cording to a CHCSJ press cription procedures, as statement. well as safety, prevention In the same statement, and control measures. the hospital explained The statement noted that that the incident occur- the hospital’s drug safety red on January 26 arou- team will strengthen the nd 7.30 p.m., when a enforcement of the elec- 6-year-old boy went to tronic drug prescription the pediatric emergen- system, which includes an cy room and received a alert system for situations prescription for a dosage where there might be an of medication that was la- exaggerated medication ter found to be a mistake. prescription and a system The hospital administra- to help identify mistaken The Macau Public Security Police Force (PSP) enforced measures for crowd control in several areas of the city, particularly in tion also noted that after prescriptions. RM the historical center (pictured). Such measures went into force yesterday between 2 and 6 p.m. 01.02.2017 wed

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Over 1.2 million trips Education their teachers to change their mentality in educating stu- recorded during CNY dents. The school previously lau- During the first three days of the Chinese nched such a project to Pri- New Year holiday, 1.21 million people St Paul celebrates mary 4 students and above, passed through the city’s various border gates, according to figures provided by and also now has plans to the Public Security Police Force (PSP). On launch a one-to-one compu- 46th anniversary ter project catering for K1 to last Friday and Saturday, 770,000 border crossings were registered. PSP expected a Primary 3 students. peak in the number of tourist arrivals on “In education, every time Sunday and today. Yesterday until 5 p.m., t Paul’s School held its and every day is new. Society 197,000 arrivals were recorded. PSP put S46th anniversary celebra- changes [so] education has to into place human traffic control measures tion last week, along with the change. It has to follow the at several of the city’s most visited spots, inauguration of the “Bishop society,” the principal said. including the Ruins of St. Paul and the Jose Lai Garden” on the ins- When questioned on the Avenida de Almeida Ribeiro. titution’s rooftop. plans for the Canidrome, The celebration featured per- Leong Lai replied that the UM team places 2nd formances conducted by the site would be used for social students and speeches made and cultural interest as pre- in math contest by St Paul’s School principal viously announced by the Fr Alejandro Salcedo, Bishop Chief Executive. A team of postgraduate students from José Lai and Education and She said the bureau plans the University of Macau (UM) Faculty Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ) the school system based on of Science and Technology was awarded director Leong Lai. social and demographic second prize at the 13th National In his address, Bishop Lai changes so as to cooperate Postgraduate Mathematic Contest in said that the newly inaugu- with the “Blue Sky Project.” Modelling, according to a statement rated garden serves as a re- Leong Lai recalled the “Blue from UM. The team was formed by PhD minder for the students to be Sky Project” involves seve- student Guo Li and masters students more aware of nature. ral projects including demo- Wu Yinwen and Kong Lingning. Led by The school hoped to connect assistant professor Chen Long from the litions and renovations of Department of Computer and Information students and the community schools, as well as expansion Science, the team chose the “genome-wide with the garden, in order to of former institution spaces. association study” in the contest. “By provide a place where educa- The project was initiated by applying the sparse linear model, the team tion can be fostered. Secretary for Social Affairs designed a mathematical method to find Fr Salcedo told the Times Fr Salcedo (left) and Bishop José Lai and Culture Alexis Tam with disease-related genes in the human DNA that the institution is cur- the purpose of improving the and achieved good results in the analysis rently implementing a three- environment of local schools, of test data,” UM said in its statement. The year project that aims to dis- de from technology, a new message,” said Fr Salcedo. and ensuring that schools contest attracted nearly 9,000 teams from cover “new ways of teaching.” way of teaching [and] how He added that the school would have outdoor play- universities in China, UM added. “We are focusing on, asi- teachers have to deliver the has strived to encourage grounds. LV ad wed 01.02.2017

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Seven motorbikes burn during fire Filipino boxer defends IBF title accident Yesterday in the early morning around 4 Macau. And, of course, thanks a.m., a fire took place outside Nam Sun to Boss Manny Pacquiao for gi- Garden Building, at Estrada Governador ving me the opportunity to fight Albano de Oliveira in Taipa, completely at this level.” burning seven motorbikes. Another six Ancajas fought under the ban- were partially burnt as the fire spread ner of fellow compatriot Manny to two nearby shops. No injuries have Pacquiao’s MP Promotions. The been reported. The Fire Service Bureau 25-year-old is off to a promising believes that the cause of the fire is start with his latest win and first ambiguous and has forwarded the case triumphant title defense. His to the Judiciary Police. Last month, more last defeat was in March 2012. than 80 motorbikes and several bicycles were damaged by fire. A local man was According to event organizers, arrested for causing the accident by this is the first time that CCTV carelessly throwing a lit cigarette. has cooperated with the inter- national sporting organization to forge CCTV-5’s Chinese Lu- Counterfeit nar New Year Celebration tele- vision program. currency scheme Ng Kuok Kun (a.k.a. “The Macau Kid”) won again The competition saw a total of 24 fighters compete during two uncovered nights of bouts. Hailing from The Judiciary Police (PJ) has arrested ilipino junior ban- the fight at the start of the eigh- were knockouts. Meanwhile, his China, France, Japan, Mexico, a man who allegedly traded around tamweight boxer Jerwin th round due to an injury to his opponent arrived at 32 wins and Romania, the Philippines and 100 counterfeit USD banknotes. TDM “Pretty Boy” Ancajas arm. The injury was caused by five losses. Thailand, the fighters compe- reported that the man did not act alone successfully defended his an early series of strikes by An- “All my sacrifices in training ted for a number of golden belts and was part of a counterfeit currency Ftitle against Mexican challenger cajas at the start of the bout. really paid off,” Ancajas said from categories such as Wor- scheme. “The fake banknotes have vague Jose Rodriguez on Sunday night Ancajas will now retain the after exiting the ring, according ld Junior Champion, World features. The words USD are visible during the 5th CCTV Chinese Lu- title for the second consecutive to BusinessWorld Publishing Female Flyweight Champion, clearly in the real banknotes. Subject to nar New Year Cup – IBF World year after defeating Puerto Ri- Corporation. “I would like to Intercontinental Heavyweight UV lighting, the security line on the real Championship, hosted at the Co- can contender McJoe Arroyo thank God for this victory, for Champion and China Lightwei- banknotes shows neon reaction. That tai Arena at The Venetian Macao. last year with a unanimous de- giving me the strength, both ght Champion. One of the fi- isn’t visible with the fraudulent notes. According to boxing analysts, cision from the judges. mind and body. I would like to ghters was local Ng Kuok Kun, The watermark on the fake banknotes Ancajas put on an impressive This latest win boosted Anca- thank as well all my supporters also known as “The Macau Kid,” appears even without being subject to show against seasoned foe Ro- jas’ record to 13 successive wins in my training that stood by me who beat Thailand’s Komsan UV lighting. It proves that it was added driguez, who was forced to exit from a total of 26, 17 of which throughout training and here in Polsan on points. afterwards,” a PJ spokesperson said.

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opinion Local hotels booked out David Fickling, Bloomberg -based Union Gaming Group note Jan. 23. Lucky ladies aside, don’t analyst Grant Govertsen. “Ca- VIP gaming, measured by re- sino operators are bullish about venue from the baccarat card bet against this house their VIP and premium mass games favored by high-stakes market businesses for the up- gamblers from China, rose 13 One woman in Macau is doing very well coming holiday period.” percent in the last three mon- betting against casino mogul Sheldon The gaming revenue reco- ths of 2016, marking a turna- Adelson. very extended to a fifth month round since the first quarter A gambler who “wins every day” weighed in December and is expected of 2014. China’s crackdown on on Las Vegas Sands Corp.’s fourth-quar- ter earnings, Chief Operating Officer Rob to rise 8.5 percent this month corruption and illegal outflows, Goldstein told an investor call this week. from a year ago, according to which scared off high stakes Shareholders with an eye to the bottom the median estimate of eight players, prompted casino ope- line should be wary of doing the same. analysts surveyed by Bloom- rators to shift their focus to the For one thing, while the entire Macau ca- berg News. leisure market. sino sector is looking rather richly valued A separate survey by Deuts- Wynn Resorts opened Wynn at present, Sands is in the unfamiliar po- che Bank AG showed that six of Palace, which attracts more sition of being the cheapest of the bunch. Sands China Ltd.’s seven hotels premium gamblers, in August Some analysts have put this discount Lisa Pham is reinventing itself with more were fully booked for at least and Las Vegas Sands Corp. be- down to Sands China Ltd.’s breakneck family-friendly resorts and at- three of the days during the gan operating the $2.9 billion pace of expansion last year. Revenue asino operators are wa- tractions to draw recreational Chinese New Year period. It’s Parisian Macau in September. from Sands Cotai Central and the Vene- Cgering that high-rollers and spenders and casual gamblers. a sharp improvement from the MGM Resorts International is tian fell by USD116 million in the Decem- recreational gamblers alike will National Day holidays in Oc- planning to open the $3.1 billion ber quarter, even as the newly opened be spending their “lai see” mo- tober known as Golden Week, MGM Cotai in the second half of Parisian resort added $344 million, the ney in Macau as hotel rooms fill analyst Karen Tang said in a this year. Bloomberg company reported this week. The new site up for Chinese New Year. was “cannibalizing” the other properties’ Rooms at Wynn Resorts We’re mass-market revenue, Richard Huang, Ltd.’s USD4.4 billion Palace looking for an analyst at Nomura Securities Co., told casino featuring a fountain Room rates competition Bloomberg News. show synchronized to music, That seems excessive. Cannibalism is strong hotel as well as those at the Wynn otel operators trying to fill their rooms are lowering generally resorted to only in times of ex- Macau, Banyan Tree, StarWor- bookings with their rates amid the intense competition. treme famine - but Macau is experiencing H ld and the Ritz-Carlton had at “Studio City rooms are heavily discounted compared to most something of a feast. rooms filled One way of looking at this is to exami- least 80 percent of their stan- peers,” Morgan Stanley analysts led by Praveen Choudhary ne hotel occupancy. While government dard hotel rooms booked over with more wrote in a Jan. 17 note, citing its survey of hotel bookings for restrictions on gaming-table licenses are the Jan. 27 to Feb. 6 period, the Chinese New Year period. “Although the opening of Pari- a well-recognized constraint on the terri- according to a Morgan Stan- high-value sian as well as VIP rooms in November helped room utilization tory’s gambling industry, one of Macau’s ley survey. Hotel room rates at Studio City, we think the property is still facing competition biggest problems of late has been that it at the Venetian, Sands Macao customers. from Parisian and Palace.” simply can’t accommodate all the people and Sheraton have risen at Grant Govertsen Hotel occupancy levels at the Wynn Palace are at the mid who’d like to come. least 20 percent for this Chine- Union Gaming Group analyst 90 percent range, the company said in an investor call after Most hoteliers give themselves a pat on se New Year compared to last earnings were released last week. Wynn Macau posted a 96 the back if they achieve an occupancy rate year, according to the survey, “We’re looking for strong hotel percent occupancy rate in the fourth quarter. much above 75 percent, but Macau’s rate conducted on Jan. 16. bookings with rooms filled with The newer resorts may be cannibalizing overall revenue of has dipped to that level in only two out of Packed hotels during the lu- more high-value customers older properties. Sands China last week said its Parisian pro- the past 83 months. nar new year holiday will help than we’ve seen in recent his- perty generated net revenue of USD344 million on its first full While the opening of 4,700 new rooms at the world’s largest gambling tory, which should lead to very quarter of operation. Meanwhile, its two other properties - The the Parisian and Wynn Macau Ltd.’s Wynn market as it emerges from a strong Chinese New Year gross Venetian and Sands Cotai Central - saw their combined reve- Palace last September caused the rate to two-year slump. The industry gaming revenue,” said Macau nue drop by $116 million in the final three months of 2016. drop briefly from 90 percent to 82 percent, by November it was back up at 86 percent. If you’re hoping to stay at a Wynn Macau or MGM China Holdings Ltd. property for Chinese New Year on Saturday, you’re out be agreed upon before of luck. things move forward. Sands China is an outsized beneficiary Japan is a gambling hotspot Wrangling over this cou- of this dynamic because it’s the biggest ld mean no casinos in hotelier, with about a third of the city’s time for the 2020 Tokyo 35,500 available rooms. even before casinos arrive Olympics. There’s also Occupancy rates at its properties would debate on whether casi- be considered insanely high anywhere on percent of Japan’s gross nos should only be open earth except Macau: 94.2 percent at the domestic product. for foreign tourists. Venetian in the December quarter, and In addition to Pa- Japan had no such 91.1 percent at the Parisian just months qualms in the postwar after it was opened. chinko and slot machi- era, when gambling Sands China has the same problem that nes, you can legally bet its Macau peers have: a business model on boat, horse and bi- venues spread and the at the mercy of Chinese bureaucrats. A cycle races, motorcycle revenue they produced crackdown on high-rollers has hurt the speedway, and buy lot- flowed into government returns on casino investments that were tery tickets. coffers to help pay for made on the basis of attracting such The financial attrac- reconstruction. players. But Sands has been pitching for tion of casinos for Japan If casinos are built and the mass market in Macau for years now, is obvious, especially if allow Japanese custo- and analysts expect return on equity over they can help lure more mers to gamble, they will the next 12 months to sit somewhere north Chinese tourists, keep attract some people away of 30 percent. them in the country from Pachinko, but pro- After a rough few years, gaming revenue longer and increase the bably won’t have much in the Asian casino hub has been on the amount of money they effect on the other types rise for six months now. Investors should Emi Nobuhiro nation’s gamblers wa- the population ages and spend. of gambling, according always take care of stocks on high valua- gered 23.3 trillion yen finds other forms of en- While parliament in to Masatoshi Yamamoto, tions, but there are better candidates for ven before Shinzo (USD203 billion) on tertainment, and the December passed legis- an analyst of regional go- those wanting to take a bearish punt on EAbe’s government Pachinko and slot ma- amount bet is down by lation to allow casinos, vernment, gambling and China’s casinos. Betting against Sands opened the door to chines in 2015. almost a third from the a separate bill for the finances at Mitsubishi China is like betting against Macau itself. potential casino deve- Even though that peak in 2005, it’s still creation of so-called in- UFJ Research and Con- lopment in Japan, the market is shrinking as equivalent to about 4 tegrated resorts must sulting. Bloomberg wed 01.02.2017

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illionaire casino mogul Sheldon Adelson Adelson pulls out of pulled out of a deal to build a USD1.9 billion Bdomed stadium for the Oakland Raiders in Las Vegas. Raiders-Vegas stadium deal The move comes on the heels of a team proposal to pay $1 a year in rent and operate the sta- from the proposed agreement,” Sandoval, a Republican who dium, and it deprives the project Adelson said, “we weren’t even called lawmakers into a special of a chief financial backer as of- aware of its existence.” session to approve tax funding ficials seek to bring professional Sands owns the Venetian and for the project, thanked the Adel- football to Las Vegas for the first Palazzo resorts and a convention son family “for their role in brin- time. center on the Las Vegas Strip, ging a publicly-owned stadium to Adelson played an instrumen- and several casinos in the Chi- Las Vegas.” tal role in the effort to lure the nese gambling enclave of Ma- “It is unfortunate that they were Raiders, which eventually grew cau. Adelson is a big backer of unable to come to terms with the into a $750 million commitment Republican Party causes, and his Raiders,” the governor said. of taxpayer money to the deal. family also owns the local news- He added that terms of the law He and his family had pledged paper, the Las Vegas Review- passed to fund the public portion $650 million — an amount the Journal. of the project won’t change, “and team will have to seek from other “It’s clear the Raiders have deci- the state’s contribution will not sources. The Raiders have pro- ded their path for moving to Las increase as a result of this annou- mised $500 million. Vegas does not include the Adel- ncement.” Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval’s son family,” Adelson’s statement Clark County Commission Chair- office said the lease agreement said. “So, regrettably, we will no man Steve Sisolak, who has been submitted last week would Sheldon Adelson longer be involved in any facet of intimately involved in the stadium have the Raiders shoulder $1.15 the stadium discussion.” and Raiders plan, characterized billion of the cost of the stadium, owners who must approve the the Raiders operate the 65,000- Stadium Authority Chairman Adelson’s departure as “a signifi- and accept operation responsibi- move. seat stadium that would be built Steve Hill, who also serves as cant setback [...] unless Goldman lities and risk. It also means the team won’t at a site yet to be decided, proba- Sandoval’s development chief, Sachs has someone lined up to In a statement, the Raiders have to ask team owners to waive bly just off the Las Vegas Strip. vowed to “continue to ensure the step into Adelson’s place.” acknowledged Adelson’s invol- a rule prohibiting casino opera- In Adelson’s terse statement, stadium project is developed in a “I do not know how the other vement in the project over the tors from having ownership roles the chief executive of Las Vegas manner consistent with the clear owners are going to react to this,” past year and promised to make in teams. Sands Corp. declared that he had direction of Nevada lawmakers.” Sisolak said. good on owner Mark Davis’ vow Team officials said previously been shut out of talks that led to The plan isn’t only to bring an Any relocation to Las Vegas to move to Las Vegas. they were enlisting investment the lease document presented to NFL franchise to Nevada, but must be approved by 24 of the 32 Adelson’s withdrawal means bank Goldman Sachs for the pro- the Clark County Stadium Au- also to build a stadium for UNLV NFL team owners. A vote is ex- the Raiders will go forward with ject. thority. football “and enhance our state’s pected during league meetings in a decision pending from NFL The lease proposal would have “We were not only excluded core tourism economy,” Hill said. March in Phoenix. AP

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Anousha Sakoui, Yuji Nakamura revenue abroad. Among the possible candidates is Disney’s his week Kazuo Hirai, former chief operating officer chief executive officer at Sony CEO pushes to Tom Staggs, but no one has been Sony Corp., will make approached yet, the person said. his appearance at its Staggs declined to comment. TCulver City, California based film Sony said the majority of the and TV studio in hopes a more revive movie studio goodwill write-down dates back hands-on approach will turn to its 1989 acquisition of Colum- around its fortunes. bia Pictures, the main movie la- He will join staffers walking the last five years and selling ai- bel of the film studio. The com- past the RV turned meth lab ling businesses like laptops and pany plans to reveal the impact made famous in the hit TV show on its forecasts on Feb. 2. bloomberg batteries. The film division was “Breaking Bad” and under the largely spared during the res- The impairment was triggered giant rainbow built in homage to tructuring, but will now see “a by downgrading the projection the “Wizard of Oz” movie filmed culture of financial responsibili- for its motion picture business, on the lot. Hirai is expected to ty,” according to Hirai’s memo to primarily due to lower expecta- spend approximately two weeks employees. tions for home entertainment a month at the studio, a person The studio has already been and the estimated profitability of familiar with his plans said. working to expand its global rea- its films. The move to spend more time at ch - particularly tilting to Chi- Last year sales of DVDs fell 9.55 the studio follows a tumultuous na. It struck a co-financing and percent year on year, but digital period of box office failures, a marketing deal with billionaire sales rose 15.18 percent, leading major cyberattack, the resigna- Wang Jianlin’s Dalian Wanda to a total for U.S. home entertain- tion of studio chief Michael Lyn- Group Co. in September, to help ment spending to be up 1.36 per- ton this month and then a USD1 push its movies into what will cent, according to data from The billion write-down this week. By soon be the world’s biggest film Digital Entertainment Group. Kazuo Hirai, president and CEO of Sony Corp Thursday, Hirai will take a seat market. The decline in demand for DVDs in his new office on the lot’s new Hirai said in the memo the slowed from 2015 when sales fell Morita building - named after among fewer, bigger budget mo- nue projections for fiscal year value of high quality content is 12 percent. Sony co-founder Akio Morita. vies. 2018 by about 5 percent to rou- continuing to rise. At an “all- Sony has been digging into its He will take on the mantle of co- “I don’t think it’s going to be ghly $10 billion and its operating hands” meeting at the end of archives for properties to revive CEO of Sony Entertainment and something that is accomplished profit margin to between 6 and 7 the year, Hirai said the company with mixed results. A move to re- begin the search for a new leader quickly. You have to make big percent from 7 to 8 percent. would continue to invest in the boot the “Ghostbusters” franchi- at the business. investments now if you are going In an internal memo, Hirai business to increase profits but se failed last year. Sony will try “It is all about finding the magic to be one of the major studios,” and Lynton said that the com- that would take time. again with a revival of “Juman- and making movies that excite Crockett said. “It seems like you pany was still committed to Sony “At a time when there’s huge ji” due in the U.S in December, people,” Barton Crockett, analyst have got to swing for the fences Pictures Entertainment (SPE) - demand for content, the point is while also attempting sequels to with FBR & Co said in an inter- just to get consumers to show Sony’s movie and television pro- to deliver the content tied to the “Blade Runner” and “Trainspot- view. up.” duction and distribution busi- right audiences at the right pri- ting.” That will be a challenge as com- While revenue at the entertain- ness - playing down reports that ce,” said Thong. There are high hopes about petitors like Walt Disney Co. ment division has grown steadily it might sell the division. In picking a new CEO for the Sony’s collaboration with Mar- have over recent years invested for the last five years, almost all Chief Financial Officer Kenichi- business, Sony will need an exe- vel Entertainment to breath new billions of dollars into their mo- the growth has come from tele- ro Yoshida has helped engineer cutive who can keep its TV bu- life into its “Spider-Man” fran- vie businesses and the box office vision and media, not films. In a turnaround in Tokyo by trim- siness on track, resuscitate its chise. A new movie is due out in spoils have become concentrated June, Sony cut the unit’s reve- ming more than 40,000 jobs in movie studio and generate more 2017. Bloomberg

American monetary policy. rose to near a record high HK shares record best month since March The Hong Kong Hang at the end of December, Seng Properties Index has weathering an increase in jumped 9.5 percent last U.S. interest rates and a Justina Lee day, recording a 6.2 per- Chinese onshore markets in December. Global shares month in the biggest in- stamp duty that was im- cent advance for January, are shut through Feb. 2. rallied this month - with crease since July. Hang posed in November. Hong ong Kong shares the most since March. The A 1.3 percent drop in the the Dow Jones Industrial Lung Properties Ltd. sur- Kong’s residential proper- Hposted their biggest offshore yuan appreciated Bloomberg Dollar Spot Average reaching a record ged 17 percent in January, ty market is likely to hold monthly gain in 10 mon- 1.5 percent this month, set Index so far this year has - amid strengthening ear- the biggest gain on the up well in 2017, with a fo- ths, buoyed by a rebound for the biggest gain since brought some relief to Chi- nings and optimism that benchmark Hang Seng In- recast 5 percent year-on- in the offshore yuan and October 2011. Equity tra- nese assets after accelera- President Donald Trump dex. China Overseas Land year rise in prices, Daiwa optimism that U.S. econo- ding in Hong Kong ended ted declines in the yuan will boost fiscal spending in & Investment Ltd. climbed Capital Markets Hong mic growth will pick up. at noon Friday and will and increased capital ou- the U.S. Hong Kong’s cur- 12 percent, the most since Kong Ltd. analyst Jonas The Hang Seng Index resume on Feb. 1 after the tflows weighed on the na- rency peg to the U.S. dollar April 2015. Kan wrote in a Jan. 26 closed little changed Fri- Lunar New Year holidays. tion’s bonds and equities means the city has to follow A measure of home prices note. Bloomberg corporate bits macau tower holds 2017 charity walk course in the afternoon. jetco to offer mobile money transfer in macau Participants of the former were challenged with the task of Hong Kong’s Joint Electronic climbing 1,298 steps from grou- Teller Services (Jetco), a joint nd level to the Adventure Deck venture between five banks, has on level 61, while those opting teamed up with seven Macau for the shortcut started from le- banks to offer a dual-currency vel 38. mobile money transfer service, The event had a high turnout ‘Jetco Pay P2P’. of over 1,000 participants, who The new service will allow received lucky gift packs after customers of the participating completing the race. Donation banks to transfer both HKD and a dynamic pin pad and a device- bank network, Jetco Pay P2P boxes were placed at various MOP to account holders of all binding verification feature. provides the most comprehensi- spots throughout the Tower local participating banks using “With the rapid development ve cross-bank fund transfer ser- to raise funds for Macau Red only the recipient’s mobile num- of Macau’s economy in recent vice in town.” Cross, according to a statement ber. years, mobile phone penetration The seven participating banks issued by the Macau Tower. According to Telecomasia.net, has also increased to nearly 200 are Banco Comercial De Macau, During CNY, locals and touris- the service will be gradually rol- percent, creating the perfect en- Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Tai The Macau Tower’s Chinese Deck for free. ts can also take part in a series led out in Macau starting in the vironment for the development Fung Bank, Bank of China - Ma- New Year tradition, the Charity Similar to previous years, the of games and lucky draws at the second half of 2017. Transac- of mobile payment services such cau Branch, Industrial and Com- Walk, was held Monday. The Charity Walk offered the “Strike Macau Tower for the chance to tions will be protected through as Jetco Pay P2P in the city,” Je- mercial Bank of China Macau, Tower’s stairs were opened for it Rich” full course in the morning receive gifts and discounts and bank-grade security measures tco CEO Angus Choi said. Luso International Banking and all to climb to the Observation and the “Shortcut to Riches” half ring in a prosperous New Year. such as end-to-end encryption, “Operating on our existing inter- OCBC Wing Hang Bank. 01.02.2017 wed

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formances a week, and the The group practices and cleans shows are getting popular arou- the machinery required to pro- nd China’s Lunar New Year ho- duce the molten fireworks every Molten iron creates bursts liday. More than 50 spectators day. Half an hour before, they attended Saturday’s show on a turned on a large forge and pla- very cold January night. ced several pieces of scrap iron of light at CNY show As the audience started to ar- inside. Molten iron began to rive, 56-year-old Li Qingfa put slowly drip out. on a cow-skin helmet, cow-skin Their show had five parts, in- nside a dark amphitheater sparkles. molten iron fireworks. shoes, and a sleeveless goat- terspersed with songs and dan- Inear China’s Great Wall, four As the rolling booms of fi- The tradition is a vestige of skin jacket over thick cotton ces. One part featured molten performers carry long, wooden reworks and firecrackers northeast China’s steel-pro- clothes. He and the other per- iron falling from the branches spoons filled with molten iron. echoed across much of China ducing regions and a source of formers covered every part of of a tree. The finale featured the Each performer throws the for the Lunar New Year, this pride for generations of miners their bodies. four performers lighting up a iron against a giant wall. The group of performers staged a and their families. “The performers may easily wall. iron lights up the night in an celebration with the centuries- Several groups in Beijing’s get hurt or scalded,” Li said. “So “I have fallen in love with it,” array of orange showers and old custom of dashuhua, or countryside offer multiple per- good protection is a must.” Li said. AP

alaysian au- the boat owner has been Mthorities expan- detained, along with ded the search for four Malaysia searching for the captain and survi- Chinese tourists and a ving crew member, to crew member still mis- passengers after tour boat sinks assist the investigation. sing at sea days after He didn’t elaborate. their boat sank off Bor- Chinese foreign mi- neo island. Police de- nistry spokesman Geng tained the boat’s owner but had sustained no that 27 Chinese tourists Shuang in a statement and the surviving cap- serious injuries. The were on the vessel, ra- Sunday expressed “pro- tain and crew member ap photo survivors were brought ther than 28 as disclo- found condolences” to to assist the investiga- ashore late Sunday and sed earlier. It had three the affected families. tion. hospitalized. Shahi- crew members. Geng called on Ma- Three Chinese died dan said rescuers were The captain and one laysia to “continue to but 22 people were res- running out of time as crew member were res- make all-out efforts in cued, most of them af- one of the survivors had cued by another tourist its search and rescue ter huddling together told authorities that boat Sunday afternoon, work,” as well as to car- in the rough waters, one of the missing had and fishermen found ry out an “impartial and wearing life vests and died. the 20 other survivors objective” investigation forming human chains, Their catamaran left along with the three into the accident. finally being saved by Sabah’s capital, Kota dead, two men and a Malaysia’s Sabah and fishermen after more Kinabalu, Saturday woman, a few hours Sarawak states sha- than 10 hours adrift. nautical miles of the Shahidan Kassim was morning to Pulau Men- later. Authorities said re Borneo island with Malaysia’s Maritime South China Sea off Sa- reported by the na- galum, an island 60 ki- the survivors had been Brunei and Indonesia’s Enforcement Agency bah state. It said Bru- tional Bernama news lometers west, and was adrift for 10 hours but Kalimantan province. said in a statement that nei has also deployed agency as saying that reported missing about didn’t say when the Many Chinese travel the search area has been a plane to search in its the 20 Chinese touris- 12 hours later. Sabah boat sank or give other abroad during the Lunar expanded by about four waters. ts rescued were weak, police chief Ramli Din details. New Year holiday, which times to 1,500 square Government minister shivering and sunburnt tweeted late Monday The police chief said began Saturday. AP wed 01.02.2017

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Mari Yamaguchi, Tokyo Japan organizer fore and during World War II. It follows recent tensions apanese organizers between Japan and South Ko- for next month’s Asian rea over a Korean statue re- Winter Games said yes- presenting “comfort women” terday that contentious No history book at hotel used for sex in Japanese mi- Jhistory books will be remo- litary-linked wartime brothels ved from guestrooms at a ho- from the 1930s to the war’s tel that will be used to house end. athletes. during Asian Games In the book, “The Real His- The organizers also said that tory of Japan: Theoretical Chinese athletes will stay at Modern History II,” APA pre- another hotel in accordance sident Toshio Motoya writes with a request from Beijing. ap photo that the Nanjing Massacre A rapidly growing Japane- se hotel chain operator, APA Group, has faced criticism All printed in China and elsewhere over a history book written by its materials, owner which says the 1937 Nanjing Massacre involving including the Japanese soldiers was fabri- book, will be cated. Copies of the book are placed in the guestrooms at removed from most of APA’s nearly 400 ho- tels across Japan. guestrooms at Japanese organizers and the hotel said they have agreed APA’s Sapporo that all printed materials, in- hotel during cluding the book, will be re- moved from guestrooms at the Feb. 19-26 APA’s Sapporo hotel during the Feb. 19-26 event. event Yasushi Suzuki, an official in charge of accommodations is an “imaginary” event con- at the organizing committee, cocted by China to criticize said it reminded the hotel on Japan. The book also denies Monday to remove all prin- that Japan forced “comfort ted materials unrelated to the women” to provide sex to Ja- games from its guestrooms, a panese soldiers. condition the hotel agreed to The wartime massacre of last year ahead of the history Chinese citizens by the Japa- book flap. APA said on its we- nese military in Nanking, now bsite yesterday it will comply called Nanjing, is one of the with the request. biggest flashpoints between Snow-covered vehicles are parked in front of APA Hotel in Sapporo Only printed materials nee- the two countries. China says ded for the games are allowed up to 300,000 people were inside hotel rooms during the The organizers have also de- ther designated accommoda- said. killed, while Japanese natio- event to ensure religious and cided to put approximately tion for the games, instead of The issue is the latest dispute nalists put the number much political neutrality, Suzuki 250 Chinese athletes in the APA at the request of Chinese between the Asian neighbors lower or deny the massacre said. Sapporo Prince Hotel, ano- Olympic authorities, Suzuki over Japanese aggression be- entirely. AP

BMI Research nology abroad.” China General Nuclear Power Corp., along with We expect Chinese nuclear power fleet seen its fellow state-run nu- clear giant China Na- growth to tional Nuclear Corp., is overtaking US within decade seeking to sell and bui- continue ld nuclear power plants and China across the globe as part Stephen Stapczynski according to the World of the country’s effor- to emerge Nuclear Association. ts to export technology hina’s rapid nu- “We expect growth to and surplus production as one of Cclear expansion will bloomberg continue and China to capacity as it copes with result in it overtaking emerge as one of the a slowing domestic eco- the largest the U.S. as the nation largest nuclear marke- nomy. nuclear with the largest ato- ts globally in terms of Coal’s share in the na- mic power capacity by total installed capacity tion’s energy mix will markets 2026, according to BMI over the coming deca- gradually fall to just Research. de, as the huge pipeli- under 54 percent by globally. The world’s second big- ne of reactors that are 2026 from its current Georgina Hayden gest economy will almost planned, proposed or 70 percent, according BMI Research triple its nuclear capaci- under construction gra- to BMI. ty to nearly 100 gigawa- dually comes online,” “Nuclear additions are by e-mail. “Unlike so- tts by 2026, making it Georgina Hayden, head unlikely to slow in ter- lar and wind, where the biggest market glo- China has commit- primary energy. The na- of energy and renewab- ms of absolute amount the construction cycle bally, analysts said in ted to boosting nuclear tion has 20 reactors cur- le research at BMI, said given the urgent prio- is typically short, nu- a note dated Jan. 27. power, which accoun- rently under construc- by e-mail. “Further- rity to shift the gene- clear’s longer planning The nation added about ted for about 1.7 percent tion, according to the more, by expanding its ration mix away from and construction timing 8 gigawatts of nuclear of its total generation International Atomic own domestic nuclear thermal coal, today still allows for the nation’s power last year, boosting in 2015, to help reduce Energy Agency. Another sector, the country will over two thirds of ou- grid to better prepare its installed capacity to reliance on coal, which 176 are either planned develop the expertise to tput,” Joseph Jacobelli, the network and ensure about 34 million kilowa- accounts for about two- or proposed, far more export nuclear capabi- an analyst at Bloom- dispatch and stability.” tts, according to BMI. thirds of the country’s than any other nation, lities and nuclear tech- berg Intelligence, said Bloomberg 01.02.2017 wed

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exemption from the executive order. Opposition Leader Bill Shor- Premier says Trump ban doesn’t ten, who last May said “Trump’s views are just barking mad on some issues,” told the National affect Australia passport holders Press Club yesterday that Tur- nbull’s silence could be inter- preted as agreement. “The job of prime minister is Rod McGuirk, Canberra not worth having if you won’t stand up for what you believe he White House had assu- ap photo in,” Shorten said. Tred Australia that its pass- Some observers suspect Tur- port holders won’t be affected nbull has held his tongue be- by President Donald Trump’s cause he is grateful to Trump for executive order suspending agreeing last weekend to keep immigration from seven Mus- an Obama administration pro- lim-majority countries, the mise to resettle mostly Muslim Australian prime minister said refugees rejected by Australia. yesterday as he resisted pressu- The Obama administration re to join other Western leaders had agreed to resettle an unspe- in publicly denouncing the tra- cified number of refugees held vel ban. on the Pacific island nations of Prime Minister Malcolm Tur- Nauru and Papua New Guinea. nbull made the announcement Australia refuses to resettle any after 15-year-old Pouya Ghadi- refuge who comes by boat. rian said the U.S. Consulate in The agreement had seemed to Melbourne refused him a visa be in doubt under the Republi- Monday to go on a school trip Malcolm Turnbull can administration because of to the United States because he Trump’s comments about Mus- had an Iranian passport as well Canada have done. Turnbull should, as wise prime ministers “Others can engage in com- lim immigration. as an Australian passport. said he would not publicly com- do when they want to ensure mentary. My job is to stand up Turnbull described Trump “Our ambassador has just cal- ment on U.S. domestic policy. they are best able to protect for Australia, Australian inte- agreeing to resettle the refugees led me to say that he’s had assu- “When I have frank advice to Australians and Australia’s na- rests and deliver. That’s what — mostly from Africa, Asia and rances, confirmation from the give to an American president, I tional interest,” Turnbull told we’ve done today,” he added, the Middle East — as “a very White House, that Australian give it privately, as good friends reporters. referring to the Australian good result.” AP passport-holders — regardless of their place of birth or whether they are dual nationals or whe- Indonesia ther they hold another passport — will remain welcome to come and go to the United States in US travel ban could hurt fight against terrorism the usual way,” Turnbull told Sky News television. ndonesia, the world’s most populous the root causes of terrorism.” Turnbull said the case of Gha- Muslim nation, says President Donald Trump signed an executive order placing a

I ap photo dirian, who was born in Mel- Trump’s ban on citizens of seven Muslim 90-day ban on travel to the U.S. by citizens bourne to Iranian parents, cou- countries from entering the U.S. could hurt of Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia ld be reconsidered by American the global fight against terrorism. or Yemen, and a 120-day suspension of the authorities, although he was Foreign Ministry spokesman Armanatha U.S. refugee program. Syrians are indefini- not familiar with the reasons Nasir said that the policy is the sovereign tely blocked from entry. behind the visa refusal. right of the U.S. but Indonesia, which is Some governments including U.S. allies Trump signed an executive or- not one of the directly affected countries, have criticized the policy, which caused der last week banning immigra- “deeply regrets” it and believes it will have chaos at U.S. airports on the weekend as tra- tion for citizens of seven Mus- a “negative impact on global efforts to fight velers were detained and sparked protests. lim-majority nations, including terrorism” and the handling of refugees. The Indonesian government has advised Iran, for 90 days. “It is wrong to associate radicalism and ter- its citizens in the United States to be fami- Turnbull has rejected calls rorism with a particular religion,” Nasir said liar with their rights and respect local laws. from political opponents to in a statement. “Efforts to combat terrorism It said its missions are monitoring any de- condemn the order as leaders of must be carried out by promoting interna- velopments that could affect Indonesians in Germany, Britain, France and tional cooperation, including in addressing the U.S. AP

he United States is not building any wea- T ap photo pons depot anywhere in Ambassador says US not building the Philippines, the U.S. ambassador said yester- day, denying the basis on arms depot in Philippines which President Rodri- go Duterte threatened to about a possible weapons vides for us to build faci- ch faces the disputed Sou- terte said in the televised abrogate a 2014 defense depot,” Kim told a forum lities and structures in 5 th China Sea. news conference after pact that allows U.S. for- of business leaders. “The Filipino bases” and it is He said he would not meeting top military and ces to temporarily base in fact is, we are not building “hard to imagine that we allow the Americans to police officials. local camps. a weapons depot anywhe- would be able to do any- store weapons in local He said if the U.S. builds Ambassador Sung Kim re in the Philippines.” thing on Filipino bases camps under the two a depot “I will consider a said that nothing is being Projects being pursued that are not acceptable to countries’ defense pact review and maybe ultima- US Ambassador to the planned now that even under the 2014 Enhan- the Filipino people, Fili- because the Philippines tely abrogate” the pact all Philippines Sung Kim closely resembles a wea- ced Defense Cooperation pino leadership.” may get entangled if figh- together. pons depot. Agreement have to do Duterte on Sunday iden- ting erupts between Chi- Duterte has moved to has repeatedly threate- “I think perhaps some with disaster relief and tified three areas where na and the U.S. rebuild once-frosty rela- ned to scale back mili- misinformation was given humanitarian assistance, U.S. forces were suppose- “I’m serving notice to tions with China and has tary exercises with Ame- to the president and that he added. dly bringing in armamen- the armed forces of the vowed to make Philippi- rican troops and stop is why he made the state- Kim also pointed out ts, including the western United States, do not do ne foreign policy less de- agreements that allow ment expressing concerns that the agreement “pro- province of Palawan, whi- it, I will not allow it,” Du- pendent on the U.S. He U.S. forces to visit. AP wed 01.02.2017 th Anniversary

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Joan Lowy, Washington “In as little as 10 years, pro- ned, while others are envisio- experts said. Depending on aircraft that will be flown with ducts could be on the market ned more for commercial use. how fast the aircraft flies, that a pilot in the beginning, and la- ven before George Jetson that revolutionize urban travel Designers hope that if demand probably isn’t quite enough to ter converted to an autonomous Eentranced kids with his car- for millions of people,” said is high, prices can be kept af- transport passengers between passenger aircraft. toon flying car, people dreamed Zach Lovering, the leader of fordable through economies of nearby cities or across metro- While further research is nee- of soaring above traffic conges- Airbus’ project to develop an mass production. politan areas, experts said. ded to ensure that autonomous tion. Inventors and entrepre- autonomous flying taxi called Several recent developmen- aircraft are safe, “we believe neurs have long tried and failed the Vahana. The name means ts could make these aircraft automation technology already to make the dream a reality, but the mount or vehicle of a Hindu possible. Advances in compu- Entrepreneurs being prototyped in low-risk that may be changing. deity. ting power mean the rotors on unmanned aircraft missions, Nearly a dozen companies multi-copter drones can be ad- see a vast when fully mature, could have a around the globe, including justed many times per second, potential positive effect” on aviation safe- some with deep pockets such making the aircraft easy to con- ty, the agency said. as European aircraft maker In as little as 10 trol. Drones have also benefi- market for Reducing noise is another Airbus, are competing to be the ted from advances in battery challenge since air taxis will first to develop a new kind of years, products and electric motor technology. ‘air taxis’ and be taking off and landing in aircraft that will enable com- Some companies, like Chinese densely populated areas. So is muters to glide above crowded could be on dronemaker EHang, are sca- personally creating enough landing pads roadways. A few of the aircraft the market that ling-up drones so that they can owned aircraft to handle lots of aircraft at the under development are cars carry people. same time. A new air traffic with wings that unfold for fli- revolutionize Another aircraft under deve- to transport control system would also likely ght, but most aren’t cars at all. lopment, Santa Cruz, Califor- be needed. Typically they take off and land urban travel nia-based Joby Aviation’s S2, people from the “It’s pretty clear that the exis- vertically like helicopters. Ra- looks more like a conventional fringes of metro ting air traffic control system ther than a single, large main for millions of plane except that there are 12 won’t scale to the kind of density rotor, they have multiple small people. tiltrotors spread along the win- areas to city at low altitudes that people are rotors. Each rotor is operated gs and tail. And some, like the talking about,” said John Hans- Zach Lovering by a battery-powered electric Airbus Vahana, a cockpit mounted on centers man, a Massachusetts Institute motor instead of a conventional a sled and flanked by propellers of Technology professor who aircraft piston engine. Uber released a 98-page re- in front and back, don’t really Another hurdle will be chairs the FAA’s research and It’s no sure bet that flying-car port in October making the bu- look like any aircraft in the winning Federal Aviation Ad- engineering advisory committee. dreams will turn into reality. siness case for air taxis, which skies today. ministration certification for NASA is developing an air There are many obstacles, in- the company sees as the future “In terms of what you can any radical new kind of aircra- traffic control system for small cluding convincing regulators of on-demand transportation. make fly in a reliable manner, ft when approval of even small drones that perhaps could be that the aircraft are safe, figu- Uber doesn’t have any plans to the solution speed gateway that changes in aviation technology expanded to include flying cars. ring out how to handle thou- develop a flying car itself, but [computer] chips have gone can take years. “There’s no question we can sands of new low-flying aircraft the online transportation ne- through recently have literally The FAA said in a statement build the vehicle,” Hansman over cities without collisions twork is advising several com- opened the door to a whole new that it is taking a “flexible, open- said. “The big challenge is whe- and developing batteries that panies that have aircraft in the world of flying machine possi- minded, and risk-based approa- ther we can build a vehicle that will keep them aloft long enou- works. bilities,” said Charles Eastlake, ch” to flying cars. FAA officials would be allowed to operate in gh to be useful. “The role we want to play is as an Embry-Riddle Aeronautical have discussed with several ma- the places where people want to But entrepreneurs are moving a catalyst for the entire indus- University professor emeritus nufacturers the certification of use it.” AP forward. They see a vast poten- try,” said Nikhil Goel, an Uber of aerospace engineering. tial market for “air taxis” and project manager for advanced But he also cautioned: “My personally owned small aircraft programs. best engineering guess is that

to transport people from the Some of the aircraft are drones people actually using autono- ap photo fringes of metropolitan areas that passengers will be able to mous air taxis in the next 10 or to city centers as urban areas program for flight using a smar- 15 years is possible, but defini- grow more congested and peo- tphone. Others will be operated tely not certain. The challenges ple spend more time stuck in from the ground or a command are big.” traffic. They envision tens of center, and some are designed Key for many of the designs thousands of one or two-per- for human pilots. will be the development of lon- son flying taxis delivering pas- It’s unclear yet how much ger-lasting lightweight batte- sengers to the rooftops of office the aircraft will cost, although ries. Currently available batte- buildings in city centers and prices are likely to vary signifi- ries could probably keep an air other landing pads during rush cantly. Some of the aircraft are taxi aloft about 15 to 30 minu- hours. designed to be individually ow- tes before it would have to land, This artist rendering provided by Airbus shows a vehicle in their flying car project, Vahana wed 01.02.2017

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resident Donald Trump’s order barring UK says Trump visit still on U.S. entry to people from seven majority Muslim Pnations is “divisive, discrimina- tory and wrong,” British Foreign amid outcry over travel ban Secretary Boris Johnson said. But he rebuffed calls for the govern- ment to cancel Trump’s planned Furor over the state visit to the U.K. because of ap photo the temporary ban. travel ban has Johnson said he had told Ame- rican officials that it’s wrong “to tarnished what promulgate policies that stigma- tize people on the basis of their British officials nationality.” had considered He told lawmakers in the Hou- se of Commons that the Trump a highly administration had assured him that “all British passport holders successful trip remain welcome to travel to the to Washington U.S.,” even if they are also citi- zens of one of the seven coun- by May tries. Confusion has reigned about The British exemption didn’t whether dual nationals are affec- end the storm of opposition, with ted by the 90-day ban on citizens prominent members of May’s of Iran, Iraq, Sudan, Somalia, Conservative Party joining in calls Syria, Yemen and Libya. British Prime Minister Theresa May speaks during a news conference with President Donald Trump in the White House, last weekend for Trump’s visit to be scrapped. Britain’s three biggest opposi- Sayeeda Warsi, a former gover- tion parties have all called on the nment minister and Conservative government to revoke Trump’s of our closest and most important who met Trump at the White sy in London on Monday advised member of the House of Lords, state visit, planned for later this ally and there is absolutely no rea- House over the weekend — the nationals of the seven countries — said that it was “sending out a year, and an online petition oppo- son why he should not be accor- first foreign leader to visit the pre- “including dual nationals” — not wrong signal” to invite Trump, a sing the trip has more than 1.3 ded a state visit, and every reason sident since his inauguration. to book visa appointments, saying leaders whose values “are not the million signatures. Any petition why he should,” Johnson said. Criticism of May’s wooing of their applications would not be same as British values.” with more than 100,000 signatu- Labour lawmaker Yvette Cooper Trump erupted when — only processed. But former Conservative Fo- res must be considered for a de- was one of several legislators to hours after the prime minister The advice was removed from reign Secretary Malcolm Rifkind bate in Parliament, though not a accuse the government of a weak had left the White House — the the site before Johnson’s state- said Britain had welcomed other binding vote. response. president signed an executive or- ment to Parliament. leaders on state visits despite hu- State visits involve lavish pomp Noting that Trump’s order had der imposing a 90-day entry ban Jacob Parakilas, assistant head man rights concerns, including and ceremony, generally with a been signed on Holocaust Memo- for citizens of the seven countries. of the U.S. and the Americas pro- Chinese President Xi Jinping. stay at Buckingham Palace as the rial Day, she told Johnson: “For The order also bars all refugees gram at the Chatham House think He told the BBC that, “whatever guest of Queen Elizabeth II. the sake of history, for heaven’s entering the country for 120 days. tank, said details of the ban were we think of him, (Trump) is well- Johnson echoed Prime Minister sake have the guts to speak out.” Trump’s travel ban sparked pro- still unclear. He said there was “a disposed to the United Kingdom, Theresa May’s Downing St. office Furor over the travel ban has tests at airports across the U.S., great deal of diplomatic work to and it would be pretty silly, from in saying that the visit should go tarnished what British officials and drew condemnation and con- be done to soothe tensions with a everybody’s point of view, simply ahead. had considered a highly succes- cern from around the world. lot of countries that are allied with to throw away that opportunity to “He is the elected head of state sful trip to Washington by May, The website of the U.S. Embas- the United States.” develop that relationship.” AP

Mexico in the U.S. “isn’t about obs- would be open to, but did tructing the enforcement of say the country wanted “in- the law in the United Sta- tegrated negotiations, whe- President earmarks USD50 million tes, or much less opposing re all topics will be discus- law enforcement.” sed and the dialogue won’t “We are going to focus be limited to commercial to back migrants in United States the money on one funda- aspects, for example, but mental objective, which is also include issues like im- the defense of the rights of migration and security.” exico’s president one day after Pena Nieto Mexicans. This means le- Along with renegotiating said yesterday his abruptly cancelled a plan- gal advice, informational NAFTA, Trump has pled- ap photo M country will spend about ned visit to Washington campaigns, the hiring of ged to increase the depor- USD50 million to hire this week. The clash was lawyers where it is neces- tations of people who are in lawyers for migrants in the provoked by Trump’s in- sary.” the United States illegally, United States facing depor- sistence that Mexico would Videgaray also said Me- positions that have caused tation. pay for his proposed border xico understands “it will major frictions with Mexi- The money will be chan- wall perhaps through a tax be necessary to make co. neled through Mexican on imports from Mexico. some changes” to the Nor- Videgaray said Mexico consulates in the U.S. and Pena Nieto said he em- th American Free Trade wants to diversify its trade. also go to outreach pro- phasized to Trump that the Agreement with the U.S. At present, about 80 per- grams to defend Mexicans’ relationship between the and Canada. U.S. President cent of Mexico’s exports go rights. two countries must recog- Donald Trump has pledged to the United States. President Enrique Pena nize Mexico’s sovereignty, to re-negotiate NAFTA. He said Mexico wants to Nieto said in a video messa- dignity and independence But he said Mexico won’t improve trade with Latin ge to the nation that he had as well as their friendship accept a return to protectio- American countries, Japan spoken to U.S. President and cooperation. nist policies such as import and especially South Korea. Donald Trump for an hour “I will inform Mexicans of quotas or tariffs. Mexico also wants to ne- by phone Friday. He said the advances,” Pena Nieto He mentioned including gotiate free trade agree- they reached no agreemen- said. things such as e-commer- ments with Brazil and Ar- ts, but found space for fur- Earlier, Mexican Foreign ce, which didn’t exist when gentina and attract foreign ther dialogue between their Relations Secretary Luis NAFTA took effect in 1994. investment from China, the respective representatives. Videgaray said the effort Videgaray did not specify foreign relations secretary President Pena Nieto That would have been to bolster consular services what other changes Mexico said. AP 01.02.2017 wed

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Admission: MOP10 Starring: James Cathcart, Kiyotaka Furushima, Megumi The chimp, named Ham, was trained to pull levers in res- Enquiries: Civil and Municipal Affairs Bureau Hayashibara ponse to flashing lights during flight. He carried out several Language: Cantonese (Chinese) (853) 2833 7676 such operations successfully as he travelled at 5,000 mph (8,000 km/h) at a height of 155 miles (250 km) above the Earth. Tak Seng On Pawnshop Ham, named after the Holloman Aerospace Medical Centre, Time: 10:30am-7pm daily (Closed on the first and originally from Cameroon in Africa, was chosen from six Monday of every month) “astrochimps” - four female and two male - who underwent Venue: No. 396 Avenida Almeida Ribeiro intensive training in New Mexico and Cape Canaveral in Flo- Admission: rida. Free Chimpanzees were chosen in preference to dogs - which Enquiries : (853) 2835 7911 LA LA Land the Russians have sent into space on several occasions - be- room 1 cause they are more similar to humans. The Stamp Festival 7:30, 10:00pm At 1655 GMT, the Mercury capsule with Ham on board blas- Time: 9am-5:30pm (no admission after 5:00 pm), Director: Damien Chazelle ted off. Almost immediately there was a hitch: the flight path closed on public holidays Starring: Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone was a degree higher than it should have been, and rising. Until: April 7, 2017 Language: English As computers reported a drop in the oxygen supply, the mis- Venue: Communication Museum of Macao / Duration: 128min sion was aborted. However, partly because of the high flight Estrada D. Maria II, No. 7 angle, it had already reached 157 miles (253 km) above the Resident Evil: Final Chapter Earth, higher than the planned target of 115 miles (185 km). Admission: MOP10 room 2 Enquiries: Ham was safe in his spacesuit throughout, and suffered no (853) 2871 8063 / 2871 8570 2:30, 9:30, 11:30pm ill effects from his venture into space. In all, he travelled 155 Director: Paul W. S. Anderson miles (250 km) in 16.5 minutes. Starring: Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter, Shawn Roberts, Ruby Rose For a little over six and a half minutes of the flight he expe- rienced weightlessness, and his response times were repor- Language: English Duration: 103min ted to be as good in space as they were on Earth. Offbeat There was more trouble when he landed. Because of his Resident Evil: Final Chapter steeper-than-expected climb, the capsule overshot its lan- an mauled by tiger killed at room 2 (3D) ding site in the Atlantic off Florida by some way. Ham had an M , 7:30pm uncomfortable three-hour wait before he was found. eastern China resort Director: Paul W. S. Anderson Then when rescue helicopters finally arrived, they found the Starring: Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter, Shawn Roberts, Ruby capsule on its side and sinking. It had landed with such force A tiger-mauling death at a Chinese zoo is under inves- Rose that the heat shield had punched two holes in the capsule. tigation by local authorities who say the victim climbed Language: English Ham, however, took it all in his stride and when the space- a fence into the tiger’s enclosure. Duration: 103min craft was opened accepted an apple and half an orange in The attack occurred Saturday at a resort on Dongqian reward. Lake in eastern China’s Zhejiang province. A local gov- LA LA Land ernment statement says the victim, identified only by his room 2 Courtesy BBC News surname of Zhang, climbed a fence with a friend instead 4:30pm of buying tickets. The statement said Zhang’s wife and Director: Damien Chazelle Starring: Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone two children, as well as his friend’s wife, bought tickets Language: English to enter the zoo. Duration: 128min Zhang allegedly passed through a wire netting and In context eventually climbed a wall to enter the tiger enclosure, Moana Just two and a half months later, the Soviet Union became the first while his friend stayed back, the statement said. A tiger room 3 attacked him inside the enclosure, as visitors to the park 2:00, 4:05, 6:10, 8:15pm nation to put a man into space when Yuri Gagarin orbited the earth for nearly two hours on 12 April 1961. apparently watched from a distance. Photos and video Director: Ron Clements, John Musker shared on social media appear to show Zhang lying on Shortly afterwards, Alan Shepard became the first American in space Starring: Auli’i Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, Rachel with a sub-orbital flight lasting 15 minutes. the ground as tigers circle him. House To correct some of the defects exposed during Ham’s space flight, a State television reported one tiger was shot dead by Language: Cantonese second Mercury space mission manned by a chimpanzee was sent up local police, and three others nearby were dispersed us- Duration: 103min later in 1961. ing firecrackers. One video posted online shows a tiger Enos the chimpanzee travelled twice round the Earth and returned gnawing on his body as people can be heard screaming. safely. Zhang died later in a hospital. Macau Tower John Glenn became the first American astronaut to orbit Earth on 20 February 1962. The incident drew a protest from People for the Ethical 28 Jan - 15 Feb Treatment of Animals, or PETA, which said it reflected Three more one-man Mercury orbital flights went into space, the last the problems of keeping tigers and other large cats in being a 22-orbit mission in May 1963. Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back Ham the chimpanzee went to the National Zoo in Washington DC after captivity. 2:30, 4:30, 7:30, 9:30pm his brief career as an astronaut, where he lived for 17 years. Two women were attacked by Siberian tigers in July Director: Hark Tsui In 1981 he was moved to a chimpanzee colony in North Carolina where when they got out of their vehicle at a Beijing safari park. Starring: Bei-Er Bao, Mengke Bateer, Kenny Lin he died in 1983 at the age of 25. He is buried at the International Space One woman was killed, and the other was seriously in- Language: Cantonese Hall of Fame in New Mexico. jured. Duration: 109min wed 01.02.2017 th Anniversary

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man traipsing around Super Bowl opening night in a full-length Super Bowl opening night gown declaring him- selfA “The Empress of Austria, Elizabeth I” was the most outra- geous guest at what was a rather a bit more tame than usual tame media night compared to the circus it has been in the past. The Empress, otherwise known as Julian Kurzwernhart, who said “No,” Brady said simply. he’d been covering the Super Bowl Rodriguez followed up with: “I for a television station in Austria ap photo thought she had a twin.” for the past six years, spent more Brady then explained: “She time being interviewed in his cra- does but she’s married,” which zy getup than actually conducting drew boos from Rodriguez. “I interviews with the players from know. Too bad.” the Atlanta Falcons and New En- Working alongside the tradi- gland Patriots. tional media were a handful of “Why outfits? Oh yeah, that’s people who are normally the funny questions because we ones fielding questions from re- want to spread some Austrian porters. flavor every year here and spread Gymnast Simone Biles, who some Austrian charm and you won four gold medals at the Rio guys have something to love,” he Olympics, worked as a corres- said. “It’s a crazy event and you pondent for “Inside Edition”, have to dress up.” Houston Rockets power forward The event, which is the first Kyle Wiltjer, reported as what he availability with the teams called an unpaid intern for NFL during Super Bowl week, was Network. And Houston Astros held at Minute Maid Park, where pitcher Lance McCullers asked the Houston Astros play. He handed the hat to Atlanta and I’m going to answer them to New England coach Bill Belichi- questions recorded by the team’s While media mingled with receiver Julio Jones who thanked the best of my ability,” he said. “It ck. social media department. players on the field, 10,204 fans him and placed it beside him on hasn’t been too crazy for me.” Rodriguez pronounced the coa- Wiltjer, who is a huge NFL fan, filled the stands to get a glimpse the podium next to his seat. Guillermo Rodriguez, a talk ch’s name “belly check” and told had a little fun with some of his of their favorite players. When the reporter informed show personality on ABC’s him: “You know you are much questions. He opened with a se- There were a handful of other him that he wanted him to try it “Jimmy Kimmel Live”, asked the prettier when you smile.” rious query to Quinn about the strange getups, such as a man on and not keep it and then tried players to sign what he called a He wasn’t able to get an auto- importance of special teams be- from a television station who to ask another question Jones football, which was actually a graph from the coach though. fore hitting him with a more en- wore a long blonde wig and a jer- jokingly snapped at him. soccer ball. “No,” Belichick told him. “Be- tertaining one. sey which was half that of Atlan- “Next question, I ain’t messing He asked questions like: “Do cause it’s not a football.” “I’m 6-foot-10 with a 7-1 win- ta quarterback Matt Ryan and with you,” he said before cra- you think Nick will find love on He eased up a second later te- gspan, you think I can I block half New England tight end Rob cking up. ‘The Bachelor’?,” to Atlanta coa- lling him he might sign it later. some kicks for you?,” Wiltjer Gronkowski. Jones embraced the silliness ch Dan Quinn and “What do Rodriguez also had an extended said raising one of his long arms A reporter from a local televi- of the night and said he couldn’t you like pizza or pineapple?,” to exchange with Patriots quarter- skyward. sion station sported an oversized think of a question he wouldn’t Falcons running back Devonta back Tom Brady where he told That drew a big smile from the red foam cowboy hat and asked answer. Freeman. him his teammates said he smel- coach. everyone who spoke to him if “We have a lot of fans from His fun didn’t stop with the Fal- led like flowers and asked him if “There’s no question you cou- they’d like to try on the matching everywhere, Australia, Mexico cons and he was even able to get his wife, supermodel Gisele Bun- ld,” he said. “So let’s talk af- blue one he held. [...] and everyone wants answers a smile out of notoriously gruff dchen had a sister he could date. terward.” AP

million euros (USD19.3 tional stars and build up million). its football infrastructu- ap photo The 27-year-old Pato re at all age levels, with scored six goals in 24 the stated goal of pro- appearances for Villar- ducing a national team real after playing just capable of winning the twice during a disa- World Cup by 2050. The ppointing loan spell at big contracts handed English giants Chelsea. out by its clubs have rai- He has been in and out sed some alarm among of Villarreal’s starting major European clubs lineup amid rumors of that previously had no a transfer to China. rival in signing the wor- Quanjian, promoted to ld’s top talent. China’s Super League af- And skepticism is star- ter winning the second ting to grow in China. tier last year, also acqui- The governing body of red Belgium’s Axel Wit- Chinese soccer announ- sel this month and is coa- ced Jan. 16 that it wou- Football ched by former Italy cap- ld reduce the number tain Fabio Cannavaro. of foreigners allowed Other prominent to appear at any given Brazilian forward Pato latest to players lured to Chi- time for a club from na include Brazilians four to three, along Hulk, Oscar, Ramires with other steps targe- head to Chinese Super League and Paulinho, Colom- ting “recent irrational bian striker Jackson investments by clubs, Martinez and Argen- high-figure transfer razilian forward jor acquisition by the time] that he was “very not immediately con- tines Ezequiel Lavezzi fees and salaries paid BAlexandre Pato has Chinese Super League. happy” to join Quan- firm a report in Chi- and Carlos Tevez. to domestic and inter- signed with Tianjin Pato posted on Twi- jian from Spanish club nese state media that China has spent hea- national athletes and Quanjian, the latest ma- tter yesterday [Macau Villarreal. Tianjin did his transfer fee was 18 vily to bring in interna- other issues.” AP THE Record 32.59 million foreign Station01.02.2017Air quality wed BUZZ tourists visit Thailand in 2016 Roadside 45-65 Good Thailand received a record 32.59 million foreign across the country on edge. Tourism fared bet- visitors last year, with revenue beating expecta- ter than expected after a bloodless coup deposed High tions and likely to exceed previous forecasts this Thailand’s elected government in 2014 as well. Density 50-70 year by growing 10 percent or more, officials said. The Tourism Authority of Thailand said that Residental Thailand is proving popular even as terror sca- the tourist industry earned 2.52 trillion baht Good res, including a series of bombings in resorts (USD71.4 billion) last year, up 11 percent from Area opinion towns killing four people, and the death of King 2015. Most travelers come from China, South Ko- Ambient 50-70 Bhumibol Adulyadej had hotels and tour guides rea, and Japan. Good World Views dsmg source: Eric Talmadge, Pyongyang bureau chief, AP macau WORLD BRIEFS Four reasons North Korea Group visitors down looms over US defense chief’s Asia trip almost one-quarter in 2016 ap photo

North Korea will be casting a dark — and nuclear (501,000) decreased by 17.9 — shadow over U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis’ xinhua percent, with those going to MYANMAR The daughter of first foray abroad. mainland China (342,000) an assassinated Myanmar When Mattis calls on South Korea and Japan from falling by 27.9 percent while legal adviser says his family today he will be visiting Washington’s two staun- those to the Republic of Ko- worried about his activities chest allies in Asia. Both host tens of thousands of rea (51,000) surged by 135.5 and warned him to be American troops and both will be looking for reas- percent. careful, but he pursued his surances the new administration in the U.S. is not There were 107 hotels and work for Myanmar’s people, going to drop the ball on North Korea. regardless of who they North Korea, racing ever closer to having a nu- guesthouses operating at the end of December 2016, were or what religion they clear-tipped missile that could strike the U.S. main- believed. Ko Ni, a prominent up by one year-on-year. land, is without doubt already one of the biggest adviser to Aung San Suu The number of guest rooms security challenges on new President Donald Kyi and the ruling party, was Trump’s plate. Lately, Pyongyang has been taking increased by 4,000 to shot to death at the Yangon a wait-and-see stance toward Washington, hoping 36,000, with that of three- airport Sunday. Trump might be willing to roll back America’s “hos- star hotels rising the most, tile policies.” by 3,000. Guest rooms Don’t expect that to last long. of five-star (22,000) and ap photo Kim Jong Un warned in his annual New Year’s ad- four-star (7,700) hotels dress that North Korea is in final stages of readiness accounted for 60.1 percent to test-launch an intercontinental ballistic missile, a and 21.2 percent of the to- crucial step it needs to take to demonstrate it has tal respectively. INDONESIA’s tsunami the technology to attack the U.S. mainland. North For the whole of 2016, detection system, made Korean officials have followed up with statements guests of hotels and gues- up of seafloor sensors that Pyongyang has the right to conduct such a lau- he number of visi- (427,000) decreased by 26 thouses totaled around 12 that communicate with nch any time it sees fit. Satellite imagery appears Ttors on package tours percent and 21.3 percent million, up by 13.6 per- transmitting buoys on the to suggest something is, indeed afoot, though the decreased by 2.6 percent respectively, while those cent year-on-year. Gues- surface, has been rendered North could be bluffing. Even so, the missile threat year-on-year to 706,000 in from the Republic of Korea ts from mainland China useless by vandals and lack is real, and growing. Pyongyang has a wide range December 2016, a slower (371,000) increased by 14 (7,607,000), the Republic of funding. Now Indonesian of short- and intermediate-range missiles capable decline compared with percent. of Korea (304,000), Hong and U.S. scientists say of hitting South Korea, not to mention U.S. military November. According to Outbound residents using Kong (1,782,000) and they’ve developed a way to bases in Japan. It conducted a record number of information from the Sta- the services of travel agen- Taiwan (477,000) grew by dispense with the expensive tests last year, including its first from a submarine, buoys and possibly add tistics and Census Servi- cies totaled 127,000 in De- 12.8 percent, 34.3 percent, which is an important breakthrough. crucial extra minutes of ce (DSEC), the number of cember 2016, down by 4 17.8 percent and 24.7 per- North Korea by all accounts has been rushing warning. ahead with its development of nuclear weapons, package tour visitors from percent year-on-year. The cent respectively. The ave- mainland China (554,000) number of residents tra- despite international sanctions and condemnation. rage occupancy rate of ho- A Dutch dropped by 4.1 percent velling on package tours NEW ZEALAND It conducted two nuclear tests last year, starting tels and guesthouses stood tourist aboard a cruise off 2016 with what it said was its first test of an year-on-year, while those decreased slightly by 0.7 at 83.3 percent in 2016, up ship near Antarctica who H-bomb. The second test, in September, was the from the Republic of Ko- percent year-on-year to by 1.8 percentage points suffered a suspected stroke strongest blast to date. Kim Jong Un has repeatedly rea (36,000) and Taiwan 57,000, of which those vi- year-on-year. Four-star ho- is successfully evacuated stated that nuclear weapons are the cornerstone (39,000) increased by 17.8 siting mainland China and tels had the highest rate at to a U.S. base on the frozen of his national defense strategy and has shown no percent and 11 percent res- the Republic of Korea com- 86.3 percent. continent. intention of giving them up. Experts differ on whe- pectively. prised 65.5 percent and 12.9 The average length of stay ther the North has a nuke small enough to mount For the whole year of percent respectively. For the of guests was 1.4 nights, on a long-range missile, but agree more tests are 2016, visitors on package whole of 2016, outbound re-

down by 0.1 nights year- ap photo likely. How Trump handles that will have major re- tours totaled 7,544,000, sidents using the services of on-year. Visitor-guests ac- percussions throughout the region. There’s already down by 23.4 percent travel agencies dropped by counted for 72 percent of talk on the fringes in South Korea and Japan about year-on-year. Those co- 14.3 percent year-on-year total overnight visitors, up the strategic value of getting nuclear weapons of ming from mainland China to 1,256,000. Residents by 2.6 percentage points their own. (5,968,000) and Taiwan travelling on package tours year-on-year. AUSTRALIA A sixth person Kim Jong Un probably has between 10 to 20 or has died in a hospital 10 more nuclear weapons. But to build up his stock- days after a man with a pile, he needs fissionable material — and reports history of mental health and suggest he may have restarted the long-shuttered drug issues drove a car Yongbyon nuclear facility to solve that very pro- The through a lunch-time crowd blem. Working from satellite photos taken earlier in a pedestrian-only street this month, analysts Jack Liu and Joseph Bermu- decisive moment AP Photo/Darko Bandic in Australia’s second largest dez posted their conclusion, that the reactor is now city. up and running, on the respected website 38 North. That’s important because some experts believe the facility could produce about 6 kilograms of pluto- ap photo nium a year, enough to make one or two nuclear weapons. Beware the ides of March. Spring is traditionally the time when tensions on EU The European the Korean Peninsula hit their peak. It’s when the parliament is asking North Korean military is just coming off its winter France’s far-right leader training cycle and, south of the Demilitarized Zone, Marine Le Pen to start the U.S. and South Korea conduct massive joint repaying hundreds of exercises to hone their fighting skills. The warga- thousands euros it says mes have always been a major “provocation” in the were wrongly paid to eyes of Pyongyang, though Seoul and Washington legislative aides. An EU say they are defensive in nature. The atmosphe- parliament letter to le Pen re has grown more toxic in recent years, however, published by Challenges amid South Korean reports that the exercises now magazine gives yesterday include training for “decapitation strike” scenarios The difference is Melania. Tiny Slovenia is undergoing a tourism boom because it is the native country of as the deadline to begin to take out Kim Jong Un and his top leadership. U.S. first lady Melania Trump. The number of overnight stays in Slovenia by American tourists has jumped repayment of about 300,000 Pyongyang has said that crosses a red line. by 10 percent in 2016 when compared to 2015. Four million visited the country of 2 million last year. euros.