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WORLD BRIEFS bloomberg ap photo HK plans tech park on

Japan A defense official said yesterday that Japan is seeking P5 to increase its sales of military equipment swamp by the border to Southeast Asian nations amid growing tensions with China and North Korea. The move is part of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s push to bolster Japan’s military role and its sales of defense equipment, especially in Southeast Asia, where China has expanded its own arms sales. More on p10

Singapore Police detained a preschool assistant who shared pro-Islamic State group materials online and intended to travel to Syria, their first arrest of a female Singaporean citizen alleged to be a sympathizer of the radical group. More on p14 ap photo

Philippines Filipinos marked their country’s Independence Day by raising the national flag yesterday in a southern city where troops pressed assaults to quell a three-week siege by Islamic State group- aligned militants that has left 270 combatants and civilians dead. More on p13

Indonesia A strong earthquake yesterday morning rattled part of Indonesia’s main island of Java and swayed buildings in the capital, Health Bureau to amend assisted but caused no apparent damage or casualties. More on p14 reproductive services law P2 More on backpage 13.06.2017 tue

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Worker dies he director of the Macau THealth Bureau (SSM), Lei after iron beam Chin Ion, announced that the bureau has already started to SSM to amend assisted collapses amend the region’s law and regulations regarding Macau’s Yesterday morning, an accident assisted reproductive services. took place in a construction reproduction law However, those services would site located at the Avenida Dr. not be publicly funded. Rodrigo Rodrigues, resulting in On the sidelines of the Pe- However, as Lei noted, “we ted reproductive services. the death of a worker and injuring diatric Rehabilitation center’s are currently using adminis- The local government has re- three others. An iron beam opening ceremony, Lei infor- weighing approximately six tons, trative methods to stop it from quested mainland authorities of six meters in length, yielded med the media that only a few being abused.” to block these websites which accidently during its testing local families seek out artificial According to Lei, a few main- issue false information, and to period, hitting the workers, aged conception services in Macau, land websites claim that there release correct information to between 40 and 50 years old. The further disclosing that the ma- are various options in Macau clarify the situation in Macau. three injured workers were sent jority seeking such services in for people interested in assis- JZ to two different hospitals after the Macau are mainland residen- accident, with all showing signs of ts. “Especially after mainland diminished consciousness during issued the two-child policy,” clinics under investigation transportation. Construction said Lei. He added that “Ma- Lei Chin Ion works at the affected building cau’s needs are not substan- LAST WEEK it surfaced that the available through the clinics’ were suspended. tial.” SSM is investigating four private webpages and consequently con- The director indicated that gy in Macau is not better than clinics on the suspicion that these ducted a surprise inspection of there are suspictions that that in Hong Kong or the main- clinical facilities have been of- seven of these medical facilities. DSEJ not some local clinics are making land,” and that people choose fering assisted reproductive ser- In four of the cases, the presence forcing it easy for customers to obtain Macau when searching for as- vices. The bureau informed in a of devices and medicine used for these services (see box). sisted reproduction services statement that it was alerted that assisted reproduction was de- Mandarin Lei admitted to this situation, because “they saw that Macau’s such services were being made tected. explaining that “the technolo- related laws had some flaws.” teaching

Wong Kin Mou, Director of the Department of Research and med that, in the upcoming ld have to wait one to 10 Educational Resources of the Health Education and Youth Affairs academic year, the Ma- years until eventually re- Bureau (DSEJ), said that the cao Polytechnic Institute ceiving treatment. DSEJ absolutely does not require (IPM) will open a physical Thanks to the opening Pediatric Rehabilitation therapy course and will of this new rehabilitation or force any schools to adopt Mandarin as the medium of offer 20 vacancies to inte- center, the treatment- instruction for Chinese language Center inaugurated rested students. waiting period can be courses. Wong claimed that Tai Wa Hou, adviser at reduced to somewhere students will be more competitive the Office of the Secre- between a half-year and if they possess the ability of Julie Zhu To meet the needs of Over 70 percent of the tary for Social Affairs and nine months. communicating bilingually, both an expanded pediatric total number of evaluated Culture, stated that every The new rehabilitation in Cantonese and Mandarin. He he Pediatric Reha- service, the MSAR go- children were said to need child with speech difficul- center features two spee- also noted that most local schools Tbilitation Center, of- vernment is hiring more further speech, beha- ties will undergo medium ch treatment lounges, one only offer Mandarin courses, ficially established in the professional physicians, vior and other types of term treatment that will activity lounge and two typically one to two classes Areia Preta Health Center establishing more pedia- training. Currently, there cover, on average, eight other occupational treat- on a weekly basis. With this yesterday, is expected to tric treatment facilities are three speech thera- to 10 independent treat- ment lounges. The center curriculum structure Cantonese provide better and faster and spaces, and investing pists at the rehabilitation ments. can provide treatment to teaching will not be affected. medical assistance to chil- more resources in pedia- center. Tai pointed out that, four to six children simul- dren with developmental tric services. In addition, Tam infor- in the past, a child wou- taneously. difficulties. The secretary revealed Factory to be Alexis Tam, Secretary for that the Health Bureau, completely Social Affairs and Culture, along with the Education informed, during the cen- and Youth Affairs Bureau, Tam claims cultural demolished next ter’s inauguration, that it and the Social Welfare is expected to serve more Bureau will create a cen- heritage is protected year than 7,000 requests. tral distribution mecha- According to Tam, the nism of pediatric resour- lexis Tam, said that the go- The director of the Office for new center will greatly ces. Avernment pays great importance the Development of the Energy shorten the waiting time Workshops and training to the protection of the city’s cultural Sector (GDSE), Hoi Chi Leong, each child endures to get courses for parents will heritage. said that the CEM’s power medical treatment after also be held to enhance “Not only do we educate our society factory, located at the Avenida being through an assess- the support to the families for the importance of cultural herita- de Venceslau de Morais, will ment at the pediatric as- in their domestic rehabili- ge, but for environmental protection be completely torn down in the as well,” said Tam on the sidelines of third quarter of 2018. Currently, sessment center located tation works. CEM has already demolished in the Centro Hospitalar As disclosed by Tam, the rehabilitation center’s inaugura- that the current failure to provide the factory’s engine room. The Conde de São Januário CHCSJ’s pediatric asses- tion. Tam added that the society and adequate protection could have “se- government will supervise the (CHCSJ). sment center has hand- the government should work together rious consequences.” entire demolishing process in Simultaneously, a chil- led more than 1,000 in- towards the dissemination of these The secretary claimed that the lo- accordance with the instructions dren’s assessment center’s dividual cases, with the two social aspects. Tam claimed that cal cultural authority will continue to of the environmental evaluation website was launched to waiting time for pediatric the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) will protect cultural heritage sites under report regarding the process, Hoi broaden the knowledge of assessment shortened to carefully analyze UNESCO’s latest the guidance of UNESCO, China’s informed. The government has the society about develop- one month from the pre- documents regarding the protection State Administration of Cultural He- planned to build public housing mental difficulties in early vious nine to twelve mon- of cultural heritage in Macau, which ritage supervision and under the local on the site. childhood. ths. criticized some issues and indicated government’s supervision.

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Arts 361,974 included Ox Warehouse to be on Social Security evicted by year-end Fund list he Social Security For individuals who are TFund (FSS) annou- not included on the list, lternative art nced the name list of they will receive a notice gallery Ox Warehouse the special allocation of if they reach 65 years of will be evicted from its funds from the budget age or if they are not in- current site on Aveni- surplus 2017 for the Pro- cluded on the list for the daA do Coronel Mesquita by the vident Fund Individual first time. The FSS infor- end of the year, the association’s Accounts yesterday. Ac- med that individuals who exhibition curator, Gigi Lee, told cording to the FSS, this are not included on the the Times this week. year, a total of 361,974 list can file an objection The venue, which is owned by people are included on statement. the Civic and Municipal Affairs the list and 133,207 peo- In addition, there are Bureau (IACM), has been leased ple are not. To be inclu- nearly 60,000 seniors to Ox Warehouse for approxi- ded on the name list of qualified to apply for wi- mately 14 years. the special allocation of thdrawal this year. Like “Now, because of a change funds from budget sur- last year, the FSS will ac- of policy, they are retaking the on a large scale. Of course some Lee believes that the IACM will plus, the person must cept the applications for venue,” said Lee. “I’m not sure other associations are doing a open a tender process for a new simultaneously fulfill se- withdrawal in batches. exactly why; the IACM have not lot of exhibitions, but not the tenant at the association’s cur- veral requirements, in- Seniors aged 75 or older, sent out any documents yet.” same type of art as us.” rent site, but admitted that this cluding having stayed in beneficiaries who have “We have until the end of this has not yet been announced. the MSAR for at least 183 been receiving disabili- year to move everything out, She also said that Ox Warehou- days in 2016. ty pension from the FSS [and so] after October we will se would struggle to find a large No formalities are re- for more than one year not have any more exhibitions,” We are the only space in the territory suitable for quired for the individual and beneficiaries who she said. “We are trying to look their needs. accounts of those who are currently receiving for another place [but] we still association open The Times attempted to con- are already on the list to special disability subsi- have to stop [exhibiting] for tact IACM to understand the be allocated MOP7,000. dy from the SWB, will some time.” for exhibiting policy change in question and For individuals who are be given priority to sub- “It is a bit of a shame becau- experimental art to ascertain what the bureau is entitled to the allocation mit their applications in se we have been running for 14 planning to do next in the lo- of funds for the first time, August. Seniors aged be- years,” added Lee. “I think we on a large scale. cation. No acknowledgement they will also be allo- tween 65 and 74 can sub- are the only association open Gigi Lee or reply was received by press cated the incentive ba- mit their applications in for exhibiting experimental art Curator time. DB sic fund of MOP10,000. September.

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CRIME Digital scams hitting locals on WeChat

Renato Marques with her WeChat account as they were receiving requests everal Macau residen- from someone, in her name, bloomberg Sts have reportedly been to borrow money. targeted in several cybercri- As she tried to login into her me actions taking place using account she realized that she the WeChat platform, a Judi- could not do it. When she was ciary Police (PJ) spokesper- able to retrieve her account, son said yesterday in a press she saw in her phone com- conference. munication from someone, According to the reports, on behalf of her, to one of her there were at least five cri- friends where she was reques- mes related with the mobile ting a loan of RMB3,000. app reported in between June She then realized that her 8 and 10, with some cases re- friend had already fallen into porting the loss of several the scam and paid that per- thousands of patacas. son through a WeChat trans- In one of these cases, a 33- fer. year-old male telecommu- She informed her friend nication technician told the of the possibility of filing a PJ that on June 9, he cha- complaint at the PJ claiming tted with a woman on We- the loss of RMB3,000. Chat who told him that she According to the PJ infor- worked in a company that mation, between June 8 to provided the service of tou- June 10, there were reports rism guidance. to buy a reload card for online alleged company owner said asking for more cards. At that of at least three more simi- On the next day, the two games valued at MOP1,300 the money he had paid was point he did not agree to buy lar cases, all involving local chatted again and, allegedly, on her behalf and send her not enough to allow the ser- more and decided to file the residents, male and female, the woman requested the the code and password, whi- vice asking him to buy a to- complaint claiming a loss of that told the police they had man to help her by reques- ch he did. tal of 23 reload cards with an about MOP32,000. been targeted with similar ting her “service” from the A few minutes later, he said amount of over MOP30,000. In a separate case, a woman cases and then, when alerted company. he received a phone call from The man did as requested (35), who holds the manager by their friends and family, She told the man to keep the a person saying that they were within a few hours of the position at a local tourism they managed to stop the receipt of the service request the owner of the company for phone call. After the purcha- agency, was alerted by friends cybercrime by changing their so she could later reimburse which the woman worked. se he received another pho- and relatives on June 10 that access passwords on the mo- him. After that she asked him During that phone call, the ne call from the same person there were some problems bile app.

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ndation has been urging stron- Greater Bay Area ger links with Guangdong for a decade. But many Hong Kon- gers are increasingly concerned that closer ties with the main- Hong Kong cozies up to Shenzhen land would erode the freedom the city was promised as part of the “one country, two systems” agreement when Britain handed in border swamp to lure startups back the territory. Meanwhile, Shenzhen forged ahead, clearing out most of its Natasha Khan, Enda Curran old, labor-intensive factories and building high-tech gian-

t’s the story of an obs- bloomberg ts like Huawei Technologies cure fishing community Co. and ZTE Corp. The city’s that was afforded special Nanshan district is a cradle for trading status and grew to more than 8,000 technology Ibecome one of the world’s most firms, centered around the vast vibrant economic centers. Then Shenzhen Hi-Tech Industrial came competition. Just upriver, Park, known as SHIP. Entrepre- an even more obscure fishing neurs have come from across community was afforded special the world, leading some to ques- trading status and soon grew to tion why Guangdong needs to become one of the world’s most collaborate with Hong Kong on vibrant economic centers. innovation. The first was Hong Kong, whi- “That ship has sailed,’’ said ch rose rapidly after being made Felix Chung, chairman of Hong a free port in the mid 19th cen- Kong’s pro-business Liberal tury, becoming a model for free- Party. “The plan could have market capitalism by the time been good 10 years ago but have of its return to China 20 years you seen Shenzhen lately? It has ago. In the past two decades, it the ability to do so much on its has watched the dazzling rise of own.” Shenzhen, just across the Sham Critics say the tech park would A man walks past the Charles K. Kao Auditorium (center) at the Hong Kong Science Park Chun River. take at least seven years to bui- Now, officials in Hong Kong ld, by which time Shenzhen may have an ambitious proposal to TP to 20,000 over the next five which says it has more than 120 park proposed in 1999 came un- have pulled even further ahead. link the two via a technology years. million registered members. der criticism when most of the The Hong Kong government has park on a disputed swamp by The Loop is key to that expan- Though he works in Shenzhen, project was developed as apart- not given a timetable or an esti- the border that aims to revitalize sion. The park would be built Li prefers to live in Hong Kong, ments, while many of the offices mated cost for completion of the Hong Kong’s sagging economy on land that was part of China with a two-and-a-half-hour rou- remained empty for years. project. and add fuel to Shenzhen’s nas- until the government straigh- nd trip commute. An office in Hong Kong does have advan- cent startup boom. tened the Sham Chun River in the Loop would cut that in half, tages, such as lower income ta- The proposed 87-hectare park, the 1990s to reduce flooding, he says. The accord xes, relative security of capital called the Lok Ma Chau Loop, is effectively moving the border. Another supporter of a combi- reflects a wider and rule of law, said Nisa Leung, the largest proposal of its kind The marshy area enclosed by ned technology area in the Pearl a veteran health-care investor at by Hong Kong and is being pit- the loop of the old river course River Delta is Tencent chairman plan by China Qiming Venture Partners and ched as an incubator for future remained disputed and undeve- Pony Ma Huateng, head of the a board member of the Hong tech giants. The idea is that te- loped - an area of wetland for ot- most valuable company on the to bind together Kong Science Park. Chung said nants would be close to Shen- ters and migrating birds - until Hong Kong Stock Exchange. the city can make its mark in zhen’s cheaper manufacturing an agreement in January by the China “has the ability to crea- Hong Kong value-added services such as in- and innovation, while retaining two governments to build the te a world-class tech Bay Area, and Macau tellectual property protection or Hong Kong’s legal and business tech park. and preside over the global helping Chinese companies bui- framework and internet free- tech revolution of the future,” with cities in ld international divisions. dom, with eased border crossin- Ma said in March, adding that And the Pearl of the Orient still gs between the two. the technology areas could help Guangdong holds a strong lifestyle appeal The plan says as much about Hong Kong has maintain stability in the former for many entrepreneurs, despite the changing roles of the two colony. “The problem is that on one the high rents. cities as it does about Hong to do this. It’s Hong Kong certainly needs hand property is too expensive “I like to be able to meet smart Kong’s aspirations to be a tech- the boost. Since Britain handed for grassroots innovation, and people from all around the wor- nology womb. not an option. back its former possession, the on the other, when the govern- ld, having great internet, the Shenzhen is pivoting from its Albert Wong city has played a diminishing ment gets involved it tends to be exercising options and access legacy as ground zero for Chi- HK Science and Technology role as the gateway to China and over-planned and engineered,’’ to nature,” said Frenchman na’s manufacturing boom into Parks CEO a financial hub. Its container said Antony Dapiran, a Hong Benjamin Joffe, who works for a center for research, develop- port, which once vied with Sin- Kong-based corporate lawyer a fund that invests in hardwa- ment and production of advan- The accord reflects a wider gapore as the world’s busiest, and author of an upcoming book re startups. He moved to Hong ced technology. Hong Kong is plan by China to bind together has fallen to fifth, overtaken by “City of Protest: A Recent His- Kong after living in Shenzhen trying to diversify from old sta- Hong Kong and Macau with ci- both Shanghai and Shenzhen. tory of Dissent in Hong Kong.” and Tokyo in recent years. “I ples such as banking and real ties in Guangdong - an almost An aging population and wide- The idea for closer integration split my time between Hong estate as revenue streams in shi- contiguous urban area of more ning inequality are stirring poli- with Shenzhen isn’t new. Pro- Kong, Shenzhen and the world.” pping and tourism slacken. than 60 million people. Think tical discontent. The city’s eco- China think tank Bauhinia Fou- Bloomberg “Hong Kong has to do this,” of all the cities on the eastern nomy is growing at less than half said Albert Wong, chief executi- U.S. seaboard from Boston to the rate it did in the decades up ve officer of Hong Kong Science Washington, plus the San Fran- to 2015. Citizens are saving less and Technology Parks Corp., the cisco Bay Area rolled into one. and borrowing more, and few government agency that runs For Wong and other propo- young people can afford the sky- bloomberg the city’s biggest existing tech- nents of the Loop, Hong Kong high price of a new apartment, nology park and startup incuba- would be the San Francisco to even one the size of a family car. tors. “It’s not an option.” Shenzhen’s Silicon Valley in the “The world has changed and Sitting in his office at the ci- new “Bay Area” of the Pearl Ri- Hong Kong needs to change ty’s lush science park, half way ver Delta. again,” said Nicholas Yang, the between the border and the fi- It’s an attractive idea for en- government’s minister respon- nancial center, Wong maps out trepreneur Song Li, a former sible for technology and innova- a vision that doesn’t lack for am- executive director of equity de- tion. bition. He wants to more than rivatives products at Morgan Government efforts to foster double the number of resear- Stanley. Li founded Zhenai. innovation in the city have been chers and developers at HKS- com, an online dating service, mixed. Its Cyberport business 13.06.2017 tue

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MSAR to further cooperate with Poultry sellers disagree with Hungary The MSAR government wants to compensation proposal boost tourism and cultural exchanges with Hungary. Chief Executive, Chui Sai On, made the remarks on Friday Julie Zhu that the employers are talking during a meeting with the visiting about “a compensation” while Speaker of the Hungarian National he fourth round of talks be- IACM is addressing “a financial Assembly, László Kövér, at Santa tween employers in the pou- support.” Sancha Palace. Chui also hinted at T ltry sector and the Civic and Mu- Tavares confirmed that the go- economic cooperation, saying that nicipal Affairs Bureau (IACM), vernment will not allow live pou- Macau could take advantage of its bridging functions to help Hungarian took place yesterday at the IACM ltry sales anymore, unless a scien- products enter the mainland market. headquarters. The meeting ended tific breakthrough can show a bet- up stoking the anger of the poultry ter way of preventing flu breakou- vendors, as IACM maintained its ts without resorting to the full ban Gov’t accused original financial support propo- of live poultry sales. sal. Tavares also pointed out that of ‘only loving Yesterday, IACM had a meeting Hong Kong cannot be used for with the employers to discuss Leong Meng Lap comparison regarding live poultry money’ the consequences of the region’s sales conditions in Macau. permanent ban on the sale of live nipulate the journalism sector?” of the meeting’s participants, with The IACM chairman announced Cheang Kok Keong, member of poultry. The discussion focused questioned Leong, adding “how many of them leaving the room that by the end of June, the bu- the Cultural Heritage Council, particularly on the compensation can it be like this? I feel so disa- speaking loudly while expres- reau will retake the vendor spots said that if the government cannot proposed by IACM to the live pou- ppointed. Don’t you feel shame- sing their dissatisfaction towards of the involved sellers. Whether protect cultural heritage it proves ltry sellers. ful?” IACM. these vendors have replied to the that the government “only loves Leong Meng Lap, chairman of A seller, surnamed Chow, noted IACM Chairman José Tavares IACM’s financial support plan or money.” “If [Macau’s] world heritage the Macau Live Poultry Vendors that Hong Kong recently allowed noted that the bureau has a plan not, the government will retake disappeared, […] it would not only be an embarrassment for Macau, but Association, instead of talking to live poultry sales in the city. He which involves MOP41 million to their shops. also for the country,” said Cheang. “If the media regarding the details of believes that the local government support the live poultry sector. IACM will assist the vendors in we talk about the criteria behind the the meeting, heavily condemned can learn from the Hong Kong “They have expressed their un- altering their businesses if they ‘Love the Country and Love Macau’, the media for not publishing “the example, and let local vendors res- derstanding and their opinions, are willing to run a vendor shop at then protecting world heritage is one voice of the vendors.” tart their live poultry businesses. we have heard them, but we their current shop, otherwise the of them. If [the government] cannot Leong accused a local TV station According to Chow, IACM [IACM and the live poultry sellers] government will take the shops. [protect the world heritage], then you for only reporting on the govern- maintained its stance by offering have been talking about two diffe- This meeting marks the last of [the government] do not endorse the ment’s side while overlooking the financial subsidies ranging from rent things since the beginning,” its kind between the two sides. No ‘Love the Country, Love Macau’ at all, vendors. MOP240,000 to MOP480,000. said Tavares. changes will be made over to finan- you only love money.” “How can the government ma- The proposal triggered the fury The IACM chairman explained cial support offered, Tavares said. ad tue 13.06.2017

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belt & road down the road,” said Huang Jing, a professor with the National University of Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Poli- cy. “As a regional financial center China, Singapore vow trade and a developed economy that is fully integrated in the global economic system, Singapore has a lot to offer to China, while be- cooperation in sign of thaw nefiting from the development of One Belt, One Road.” hina and Singapore Balakrishnan described Sin- pledged to cooperate on The two gapore as a “strong believer and trade and regional in- supporter” of the Belt and Road bloomberg frastructure projects, in countries plan and pledged to establish a Ca sign the countries have begun accounted financial cooperation platform to repair ties strained amid se- with China. “China-Singapore curity disputes in Southeast Asia. for USD66b relations are in good working or- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang der,” he said. “They are strong, Yi and Singaporean counterpart in two-way with the potential to grow even Vivian Balakrishnan said yes- stronger.” terday in a briefing in Beijing trade last year, The two countries accounted for they reached agreement to work representing USD66 billion in two-way trade more closely on China’s “Belt and last year, representing 13 percent Road” trade and infrastructure ther to address challenges and Singapore didn’t receive a for- 13 percent of of Singapore’s global total. Singa- initiative. Balakrishnan described uphold common interests.” mal invitation from China to at- pore is also China’s second-lar- ties as “strong” and said China’s The remarks suggest that Sin- tend a Belt and Road summit in Singapore’s gest investor, with $6.18 billion relationship with Southeast Asia gapore’s efforts to paper over di- May, Bloomberg News reported last year, according to China’s was “stable, calm and positive.” plomatic tensions with its largest last month. A shipment of Singa- global total official figures. “We had in-depth talks and rea- trading partner are paying off. porean infantry carrier vehicles dio in an interview broadcast Wang said Singapore was an ched a lot of consensus on bila- The city-state of 5.3 million had that had been used in military Saturday that Chinese President important clearance center for teral, regional issues and shared found itself in Beijing’s cross- exercises in Taiwan was seized Xi Jinping’s Belt-and-Road Ini- the yuan. interests,” Wang said. “Both of us hairs over its military ties with and held in Hong Kong for two tiative was a constructive way “To advance the Belt and Road are of the view that, against the Taiwan, support for the U.S. na- months before being released in to expand business ties with its Initiative we need financing,” he background of a backlash against val presence in the disputed Sou- January. neighbors. said. “We hope that cooperation globalization, China and Singapo- th China Sea and perceived lack The meeting came after Singa- “The Chinese and Singaporean with Singapore will draw upon re, as the champions of regional of support for the Belt and Road pore Prime Minister Lee Hsien leadership understand that the- Singapore’s strengths as a finan- integration, need to work toge- program. Loong told Australia’s ABC Ra- re is a wide range of cooperation cial center.” Bloomberg

Fashion Moschino bets on casino chic with Vegas-themed runway show

Nicole Evatt, Los Angeles home from the casino,” ted backstage with Kris- ts and colorful, pointy Scott said in an interview ten Stewart) strutted the cowboy hats. oschino’s mo- before his men’s spring catwalk lined with bright Betty Boop and pinup Mdern showgirl can’t and women’s resort show. neon signs to slot-machi- girl appliques adorned leave home without her “She may be just in her ne sound effects and Elvis’ sweaters and coats; hot- ses thrown in for good Ulrich of Metallica. sequined denim, studded jeans, but still has part of “Viva Las Vegas.” rod flames decorated leo- measure.” The collection hit the ja- platforms or feather head- her costume on and she’s “Jeremy is just a creati- tards and blazers; and se- Moschino’s celebrity ca- ckpot for Fergie, who stru- dress. running, maybe to go get ve man. He’s passionate quins ran wild on every- sino-goers included Fer- tted to her front-row seat Designer Jeremy Scott something to eat between about what he does and he thing from pastel suiting to gie, Diplo, Sarah Hyland, fashionably late. looked to the iconic per- shows. I kind of wanted to follows, you know, the rhy- men’s Speedos. Joe Jonas, Vanessa Hud- “We are all driving to Ve- former for his splashy Las play with this idea and it’s thm to his own drum and I “There’s sequins and the- gens, Charli XCX, “Black- gas and we’re all getting Vegas-themed collection all with a little bit of gla- love that,” said Kerr before re’s laces and there’s lea- ish” actress Tracee Ellis cowboy hats and we’re presented last week in Los mour and love.” hitting the runway in a de- thers,” said Scott. “A little Ross, reality star Erika gonna have a fun time on Angeles. Models Miranda Kerr, nim patchwork skirt suit. bit of everything a showgirl Jayne, Kate Beckinsale, a road trip!” she said with It’s “the idea of a show- Hailey Baldwin and Stella There were Playboy in Vegas would need. Even model Ashley Graham, a huge grin after the show. girl off-duty kind of going Maxwell (who was spot- bunnies, barely there shor- a couple feather headdres- Courtney Love and Lars AP

corporate bits janice vidal to perform at the venetian macao singers under Warner Music melco holds responsible gaming forum Hong Kong Limited since 2015, and she has had her One of Hong Kong’s top songs ranked as the top in- Melco Resorts & Entertainment government’s policies to promote female artists, Janice Vidal, fluential music. held a leadership forum last week responsible gaming. will bring her ‘Janice Vidal Fresh from the Guangdong at the City of Dreams integrated Chan said that the government Beloved Tour 2017 – Ma- leg of her tour, which included resort with the purpose of educa- was “glad to see that the gaming cau’ to The Venetian Ma- performances in Guangzhou, ting its employees on responsible operators actively arrange their cao’s Cotai Arena on July Shenzhen and Foshan, Jani- gaming. employees to participate in training 22. Tickets go on sale at all ce Vidal Beloved Tour 2017 The forum, titled “Responsible regularly, [and] equip them with the Cotai Ticketing box offices brings audiences a new song Gaming Leadership Forum,” was knowledge of responsible gaming today. list, alongside more than 20 attended by over 600 of the com- so that they can offer immediate With album sales excee- of her classic hits. pany’s management staff. assistance for people in need.” ding 10 million, Vidal has According to a press relea- Paulo Martins Chan, the di- Chan was joined at the forum by won hundreds of awards se issued by The Venetian rector of the Gaming Inspection Professor Davis Fong, the direc- and has toured throughout Macao, Vidal will be perfor- and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) tor of the Institute for the Study of China, Hong Kong, Sou- ming new material and new of Macau, was the honorable Commercial Gaming, and Lawren- theast Asia, the United Sta- arrangements of her hits in- speaker at the forum, according ce Lee, a psychologist at the Gam- tes and Canada. Vidal has cluding the ballad “Streetli- to a statement from Melco. He de- bling Addiction Treatment Service been one of the dominant ght Dinner” and “Butterfly”. livered a speech about the MSAR of the Macau Government. 13.06.2017 tue

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Mozambique Cape Verde More promotion Public debt is expected to among Chinese be restructured, EIU says entrepreneurs needed

ape Verde should many do not even know ozambique’s undisclosed loans, which is why Cbe made more widely where it is, what the in-

public debt is likely xinhua the country is facing its current known to Chinese business vestment climate is like to be restructured difficulties and Mozambique people and other citizens, or what the country has to and the inflow of fo- officially went into financial de- the former deputy director offer tourists. Mreign capital is expected to take fault when it failed to pay cou- of the Foreign Ministry’s “It is necessary to expand time to return to previously re- pons and continues to claim it Department of Foreign the promotion of Cape corded amounts, the Economist does not have the funds to pay Trade Wang Cheng’ An Verde in China so that the Intelligence Unit (EIU) said in make upcoming payments. said in Beijing, quoted by Chinese can get to know its latest country report. The EIU analysts said the most Cape Verde’s Inforpress the country better, espe- In the document obtained by Mozambique citizens travel in a crowded likely scenario is that the three news agency. cially to entrepreneurs Macauhub, the EIU analysts bus in Maputo loans (one bond issue and two The idea was mentio- who can invest, but who restated that Mozambique is syndicated loans) will be brou- ned during a lecture on do not know exactly what currently facing a liquidity cri- remain weak in 2017/2018, at ght together in a single vehicle, “Trade relations between the investment projects sis stemming from unsustaina- least when compared to the figu- with lenders being forced to China and Portuguese- are,” he said, stressing that ble public debt and the freezing res recorded in the recent past, lose part of the capital invested speaking countries,” given the Cape Verde embassy of external support to the State due to weak domestic private and repayment of the remain- to a group of Cape Verdean in China has done a “good Budget. and public demand. der being postponed until the journalists from various job,” but that it must conti- The report said the govern- The report adds that, as of 2020s. public and private institu- nue, given that promotion ment will seek to maintain strict 2019, more rapid growth in GDP The timeframe for this scena- tions in Beijing, China, at a of the archipelago “has not fiscal and monetary policies in should be expected in line with rio is not known, with potential training seminar for media been enough.” an attempt to restore the rela- increased business confidence. lenders requiring the results of professionals from develo- What Cape Verde needs tionship with the International The current account is expec- the audit conducted by Kroll As- ping countries. to do, said Wang Chengan, Monetary Fund (IMF) and over- ted to contract in 2017 to 19 sociates UK to be made public Wang Chengan, who was is to organize meetings come the constraints caused by percent of GDP, as the liquidity and for Mozambique to have a previously General-Se- with Chinese business peo- the liquidity crisis, but added crisis will immediately lead to a new aid program with the IMF. cretary of Forum Macau ple to present the archipe- that resistance by political agen- reduction in imports and an in- They point out, however, that ne- and has worked in seve- lago, investment projects, ts should delay the pace of refor- crease in the international pri- gotiations with the IMF have not ral Portuguese-speaking improve cooperation, the ms and give rise to some incon- ces of both thermal and coking even begun, so negotiations with countries, including Cape business climate, among sistencies. coal. creditors are expected to drag to Verde, said some Chinese others, so that they might Real GDP growth (nominal There seems to be no quick fix well beyond 2017 if they even start already know Cape Ver- become interested in in- minus the inflation rate) will for the fact the country took on this year. MDT/Macauhub de but “not in depth” as vesting. MDT/Macauhub

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Flight 736 Chinese plane lands safely in Sydney with hole in engine casing

A plane heading to Shanghai returned safely to Sydney after an in-flight problem left a gaping hole in an engine casing. China Eastern Airlines said the crew on Flight 736 noticed damage to the air inlet on the left engine after takeoff Sunday evening and the captain decided to return. The airline said on its Sina Weibo microblog that the plane landed A visitor looks at a miniature model of P-1 Maritime Patrol Aircraft of Kawasaki Heavy Industries, during “MAST Asia”, Japan’s international arms safely and the airline was taking care of passengers’ exhibit, in Chiba, yesterday needs. The Airbus A330 plane has two engines. Passengers told Australian media they heard a massive noise and smelled something burning. Passenger Ashley Beck told Australia’s Channel South China Sea Nine television that after the passengers heard the loud noise, the crew started moving everyone from the left side of the plane. Photos showed a jagged, vertical hole in the side of the casing. Tokyo to boost arms

Crime Chinese prostitute deals with Southeast Asia among two killed in Germany following Beijing’s steps

German police have arrested a suspect in the Mari Yamaguchi, Chiba the open and stable sea un- In order to scale up the maker of Aegis destroyers killing of two women who worked as prostitutes der the rule of law,” he said. defense industry, Japan’s and fighter jets, is not ex- in the southern city of Nuremberg. A 44-year- defense official “Ensuring safety of naviga- government has bolstered pecting booming business old Chinese woman was killed in the city June 5. said that Japan tion and flight contributes research funding to more right away, as Japan’s de- Both women had moved to Nuremberg recently. is seeking to in- to the peace and prosperity than 10 billion yen ($90 fense equipment sales are A 22-year-old Romanian woman was killed crease its sales of of Japan and international million) this year. more focused on disaster in Nuremberg on May 24. Public broadcaster militaryA equipment to Sou- society. Japan’s research Japan has been promo- prevention and interna- Bayerischer Rundfunk reports that the 21-year- old German suspect was identified with the help theast Asian nations amid and development of high- ting the transfer of defen- tional peace. of cellphone data and DNA from the crime scene. growing tensions with Chi- quality defense equipment se equipment to Southeast “We want visitors to Nuremberg police declined to confirm details of the na and North Korea. contributes to the defense Asian countries to help see our comprehensive man’s arrest ahead of a news conference yesterday. The move is part of Prime of Japan and elsewhere.” their maritime securi- and advanced technolo- Minister Shinzo Abe’s push Japan’s defense industry ty capabilities amid Chi- gy first,” he said. “We are to bolster Japan’s military at home is worth about 1.8 na’s growing presence in happy to provide our te- role and its sales of defen- trillion yen (USD16 billion) the South China Sea, but chnology and equipment ap photo se equipment, especially in annually, a fraction of the deals have been limited wherever they can be used Southeast Asia, where Chi- country’s 52 trillion yen to the sale of TC-90 sur- for international peace.” na has expanded its own ($470 billion) auto indus- veillance aircraft to the While Japan’s defen- arms sales. try. Philippines. se role is still a sensiti- Hideaki Watanabe, head China already exports ve issue for other Asian of the Defense Ministry’s mostly low-cost military countries that still have Acquisition Technology equipment to many Sou- bitter memories of Japa- and Logistics Agency, said theast Asian countries. nese wartime aggression, Japan will host a meeting It is essential The arms exhibit, spon- a greater contribution by Panda diplomacy Thursday with defense of- sored by the Japanese de- the country is welcome ficials from the Association to maintain fense, foreign and indus- as the region now faces Giant cub born in Tokyo of Southeast Asian Nations the open and try ministries, included common challenges such to discuss the sharing of panel discussions focused as North Korea, said Sou- zoo, survival uncertain equipment and technolo- stable sea on missile defense. Nor- th Korean defense expert gy. th Korea has conducted Yoon Sukjoon, a retired A giant panda cub was born in a Tokyo zoo, but its He spoke yesterday at an under the several missile tests this navy captain who was at gender, weight and even whether it will survive are international arms exhibit year. the exhibit. uncertain. The mother, ShinShin, whose previous near Tokyo that was atten- rule of law. U.S. defense giant Lo- “We have a threat, a real cub survived only six days, was holding her newborn ded by hundreds of defense Hideaki Watanabe ckheed Martin and Ja- threat from North Korea,” in her paw but whether the cub was nursing was not officials and industry lea- Defense Ministry, Japan panese contractors Mit- Yoon said, citing the Nor- clear, Ueno Zoo said in a statement. The zoo released ders from around the wor- subishi Heavy Industries th’s recent missile capabi- a blurry photo of the mother with the tiny head and ld. Japan had restricted arms and Kawasaki Heavy In- lities and nuclear develo- limbs of her cub also visible. While ShinShin’s cub exports under its post- dustries were among do- pment. “Japan is our nei- born in 2012 died, other pandas born at the zoo Watanabe said there have have survived. The father of the newborn is another been aggressive attempts World War II war-renoun- zens of exhibitors from ghbor. As long as we have panda in the Tokyo zoo called RiRi, whose name by nations in recent years cing constitution, limiting around the world who had common interests, com- means “power.” ShinShin’s name means “truth.” to change the status quo, joint research and develo- booths at this year’s Mast mon security concepts, About 420 giant pandas live in captivity, mostly in an apparent reference pment to the U.S. under a Asia exhibit, just east of there is no specific reason in their native China, while about 1,860 live in the to China’s building of ar- bilateral security pact. Sin- Tokyo. why we should reject mili- wild. China for decades gifted friendly nations with tificial islands in disputed ce an easing of the rules in Japanese manufacturers tary cooperation in terms its unofficial national mascot in what was known as areas of the South Chi- 2014, Japan now has joint are still cautious about the of military equipment and “panda diplomacy.” The country more recently has na Sea. research deals with Britain, prospects of military sales. sharing of the information loaned pandas to zoos on commercial terms. “It is essential to maintain Australia and France. Mitsubishi Industries, a of that.” AP tue 13.06.2017

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Pakistan confirms Chinese couple ap photo killed after IS claim

akistan confir- Economy med yesterday that a

P ap photo Chinese couple abducted at gunpoint has been kil- Auto sales fall 2.6 pct in led, three days after Isla- mic State militants clai- med the killing and sent May; SUVs up 13.5 pct a video to local journa- lists purporting to show hina’s auto sa- to 839,000. Co. said sales of GM- their bodies. Cles shrank for a Sales last year rose brand vehicles by the Interior Minister Chau- second month in May 15 percent from 2015 company and its Chi- dhry Nisar Ali Khan con- amid weak demand after a 10 percent sa- nese manufacturing firmed the deaths yester- following a rise in the les tax on small-engi- partners rose 9.5 per- day, without saying who sales tax, an industry ne vehicles was cut by cent from a year ear- was behind the killings group reported yes- half. Demand weake- lier to 294,425. It said or whether the bodies Pakistan's Interior Minister, Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan speaks during a terday. ned after part of that Cadillac sales rose 65 have been recovered. press conference Sales in the world’s tax was restored in Ja- percent to 14,154. Lee Zing Yang, 24, and biggest auto market nuary, raising it from — Ford Motor Co. Meng Li Si, 26, were rely acting in its name. gan “preaching” after by number of vehicles 5 percent to 7.5 per- said its sales declined taken by gunmen from Pakistani extremist they arrived in Quetta, sold contracted 2.6 cent. 3 percent to 87,733. the southwestern city of groups have partnered without elaborating. He percent from a year Total sales for the Sales for the first five Quetta last month. with IS in a series of at- called for a review of his earlier to 1.75 million first five months of months of the year IS claimed it killed the tacks in recent months, country’s visa policies vehicles, according to this year rose just 1.5 were 436,961. couple last week after including a suicide bom- with regard to Chinese the China Association percent from a year — Nissan Motor Co. Pakistan said it had pre- bing at a Sufi shrine in nationals. of Automobile Manu- earlier, according to said its sales rose 5.7 vented the group from February that killed at China, a longtime ally facturers. CAAM. percent to 112,085. establishing a stron- least 90 people. of Pakistan, is investing Purchases of SUVs Sales of plug-in and Year-to-date sales ghold. Pakistan has The interior minister billions of dollars in pro- rose 13.5 percent hybrid electric vehi- were 531,756. sought to downplay the said the Chinese couple jects collectively known 715,000, helping to cles in May rose 28.4 — Toyota Motor Co. group’s presence, saying had entered Pakistan on as the China-Pakistan offset a 9.3 percent percent to 45,000. said sales rose 11 per- local militants are me- business visas but be- Economic Corridor. AP plunge in sedan sales — General Motors cent to 112,800. AP ad 13.06.2017 tue

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Philippines Rodrigo Duterte canceled an annual Independence Day di- plomatic reception at the presi- dential palace and skipped a fla- g-raising ceremony in Manila. Flag raised on Independence “He doesn’t feel like giving a toast, even symbolic, when soldiers are dying and the eva- cuees and the displaced are in Day in war-torn city the provinces and in Marawi’s margins,” Foreign Secretary ilipinos marked She has been living with other Alan Peter Cayetano told repor- their country’s Indepen- evacuees in a nearby govern- ters. dence Day by raising the ap photo ment building that has been Philippine flags were also national flag yesterday turned into an emergency shel- flown at half-staff as the coun- Fin a southern city where troops ter. try mourned the killings of 13 pressed assaults to quell a three marines in a fierce battle in Ma- -week siege by Islamic State Marawi Mayor rawi on Friday. Some of the ma- group-aligned militants that rines perished in a fire ignited has left 270 combatants and ci- Gandamra by the militants at the height vilians dead. of the fighting, military officials Many were teary-eyed during fought back said. They said 58 soldiers and the flag-raising ceremonies at policemen, 191 militants and 21 the heavily guarded city hall tears as he civilians have been killed in the and provincial capital building thanked troops, three weeks of clashes. in Marawi, the heartland of the U.S. Secretary of State Rex Islamic faith in the country’s police and Tillerson conveyed indepen- south, where hundreds of gun- dence greetings on behalf of men went on a deadly rampage volunteers in President Donald Trump and on May 23. the American people, saying Blasts from airstrikes thudded the crisis the U.S. stands as an ally with in the distance during the even- the Philippines as it confronts ts. and festooned abandoned hou- whom have fled the fighting, “I don’t know how we can re-s- the attacks in Marawi and other While the flag-raising was ses with small flags. into a smoldering battlefield. tart our lives after the fighting,” terrorist threats. mainly to mark Independence Marawi Mayor Majul Gan- Villager Janisah Ampao, who Ampao said by telephone. “Our The U.S. military has deployed Day, it also symbolized the re- damra fought back tears as he fled her home with her husband city is in ruins, all the people a spy plane at Manila’s request claiming of city hall and other thanked troops, police and vo- and two children when the figh- have gone and the stores are to help provide surveillance to areas of Marawi by govern- lunteers in the crisis that has ting broke out last month, felt a closed. I saw on TV that our troops battling militants still ment forces. Policemen roamed turned parts of the previously sense of relief and pride when village has been destroyed.” holed up in a few buildings in a community that troops had tranquil lakeside city of more she saw the flag being raised at Facing the worst crisis in his Marawi with an unspecified wrested back from the militants than 200,000 people, most of the provincial capital building. yearlong presidency, President number of civilian hostages. AP

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Izzah, who worked at PCF Sparkletots, a chain of govern- ap photo ment preschools, planned to travel to Syria with her young child and “was intent on joining” the Islamic State group, the ministry said. “She also said that she was prepared to undergo military training and en- gage in armed combat to defend ISIS, if called upon by the terrorist group to do so.” She was allegedly looking for a Sa- lafi or Islamic State group suppor- ter “to marry and settle down with.” Salafism is a form of Islam that in- terprets the Quran literally. Her parents, both freelance Qu- ranic teachers, and sister were awa- re of Izzah’s plans and tried to stop her, the ministry said. But when Iz- Image posted on social media of the Al-Khansa Brigade of ISIS zah was put under investigation, a family member tried to destroy evi- dence to “try to minimize her acts.” Singapore poreans are believed to be fighting A report released by the minis- alongside militants in Syria, Deputy try this month said that Singapo- Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean has re’s terrorism threat level “remains said. the highest in recent years.” The ministry statement said Izzah It cited two foiled plans. Last Au- Police arrest female had been “radicalized in 2013 by gust, the group Katibah Gonggong online propaganda related to the Rebus, based on the nearby Indo- terrorist group Islamic State of Iraq nesian island of Batam, attempted and Syria” and in turn posted mate- to launch a rocket attack on down- Islamic State suspect rials on social media supporting the town Singapore, the report said. group. “Several of her social media Authorities also “swiftly but dis- olice in Singapore have nation of 5.6 million people, is a up 15 percent of its citizens. platforms were taken down by ad- creetly” stemmed an attack plan- detained a preschool assis- multicultural society dominated by While the country hasn’t expe- ministrators because of the pro- ned by foreign Islamic State group tant who shared pro-Isla- ethnic Chinese. Ethnic Malays, who rienced any attacks linked to Isla- ISIS content, but she created new militants last year, it said, without mic State group materials are predominantly Muslim, make mist militants, “a handful” of Singa- ones,” the ministry said. providing further details. AP Ponline and intended to travel to Syria, their first arrest of a female Singaporean citizen alleged to be a sympathizer of the radical group, Bangladesh arrests six suspected Islamist militants the Home Affairs Ministry said yes- terday. ecurity officials in Bangladesh’s ca- of the reported target, but said the suspects The ministry issued a statement pital have arrested six members of a wanted to kill him during the current fasting

S ap photo saying that 22-year-old Syaikhah banned militant group and accused them of month of Ramadan. Izzah Zahrah Al Ansari was arres- planning to kill an outspoken Islamic scho- Islam said the house of the targeted scho- ted earlier this month under the lar for his stand against religious extremism, lar was already under the suspects’ watch country’s Internal Security Act, a police official said yesterday. and their plan was going ahead. which allows for indefinite deten- Police counter-terrorism chief Monirul Is- Later yesterday, a judge in Dhaka authori- tion without trial. Singaporean au- lam said the men were arrested Sunday ni- zed police to keep them in custody for inter- thorities since 2015 have detained ght in a raid in Dhaka. rogation. 14 Singaporean males suspected of He said the suspects are members of Ju- Bangladesh has experienced a rise in Isla- being Islamic State group sympa- matul Mujahedeen Bangladesh, which has mic militancy in recent years, with groups thizers. been blamed for many killings in recent targeting atheist bloggers, publishers and Singapore’s immediate nei- years, including an attack last July on a res- writers, members of minority groups and Members of a leftist student group run to break ghbors, Indonesia and Malaysia, taurant in Dhaka’s diplomatic zone in which foreigners. a police barricade during a protest against the have large Muslim populations, 20 hostages were killed. Seventeen of the The Islamic State group has claimed res- removal of a Lady Justice statue in Dhaka and hundreds of Islamic State victims were foreigners. ponsibility for many of the attacks, inclu- group sympathizers are estimated Islam said the suspects had targeted a top ding last year’s restaurant siege, but autho- crush Islamic militancy and some 60 sus- to have traveled to Syria from the Islamic scholar who speaks and acts against rities have rejected the claims and held JMB pects have been killed in raids across the two countries. Singapore, an island radicalism. He would not disclose the name responsible. The government has vowed to country since last July. AP

Indonesia Quake rattles Jakarta, but no damage apparent

strong earthquake The U.S. Geological Indonesia, the wor- rocked western parts Survey said the magnitu- ld’s largest archipelago,

A ap photo of Indonesia’s main is- de-5.6 quake was cente- is prone to the seismic land early yesterday, cau- red in the Indian Ocean, upheaval and tsunamis sing panic but no imme- about 97 kilometers sou- due to its location on diate reports of damages th-southwest of the West major geological faul- or casualties. Java town of Cibungur ts known as the Pacific The National Disaster with a depth of 10 kilo- “Ring of Fire.” Management Agency said meters. In 2004, an extremely the earthquake shook Indonesia’s Meteoro- powerful Indian Ocean wide parts of wes- logy, Climatology and quake set off a tsuna- tern Java island inclu- Geophysics Agency said mi that killed more than ding the capital, Jakarta. the quake was a stronger 230,000 people in a do- It said residents in some magnitude-6.3 but had zen countries, most of cities ran out of houses in no potential to cause a them in Indonesia’s Aceh panic. tsunami. province. AP Damage caused by an earthquake in Poso, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, on May 30 tue 13.06.2017

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Danica Kirka, London still begin next week. Moody’s Investors Service said “It may not be on the Monday the inconclusive election outco- enior members of ap photo because we also have got the me would complicate and “pro- British Prime Minister Queen’s Speech that week and I bably delay” negotiations with Theresa May’s govern- will have to speak in that, and so the EU. ment rallied to her defen- on,” he told Sky News. “Overall, we believe that the Sse yesterday amid doubts over election outcome will hamper her ability to remain in power Brexit negotiations and increase following a disastrous election fiscal risks, and therefore be ne- result. gative for the U.K.’s credit profi- As the Conservative Party di- The people le,” Moody’s said in a statement. gested the loss of its majority have had a “However, the Conservative in last week’s election, gover- Party’s reduced share of the vote nment officials suggested both bellyful of may indicate a higher likelihood the announcement of the prime that a ‘softer’ form of Brexit mi- Theresa May minister’s agenda, known as the politicking. ght now be pursued, involving Queen’s Speech, and talks over minent potential rival, Foreign Ireland’s 10 Democratic Unio- Now is the time compromises with the EU that Britain’s divorce from the Euro- Secretary Boris Johnson, sought nist Party lawmakers to assure Ms. May would not have coun- pean Union could be postponed. to quash any suggestion that she passage of May’s program. for delivery — tenanced previously, and which Sky News reported the speech would be ousted imminently. Over the weekend, May’s top would be positive.” would be delayed a few days — a Writing in the mass-circulation two aides stepped aside. Many and May is the As discussion continued, a highly unusual circumstance in Sun newspaper, Johnson stres- in the party were furious at the leading business organization a country where the monarch›s sed that the Conservatives won pair for shutting them out of de- right person to said the political uncertainty schedule is determined months more votes than at any time sin- cision-making during the elec- continue that is leading to a “dramatic drop” in advance. ce Margaret Thatcher and are tion campaign. in confidence. The Institute of The possible delays come as still the largest party in Parlia- May also restored former Jus- vital work. Directors survey said company critics urge cross-party discus- ment. tice Secretary Michael Gove to directors see no clear way to Boris Johnson sions to reach a consensus on “The people of Britain have the Cabinet in another move de- resolve the political situation Britain’s exit from the EU. May’s had a bellyful of promises and signed to show she was willing Davis suggested the govern- quickly. They also believe ano- failure to get a majority has un- politicking,” he wrote. “Now is to listen to critics. Gove, a long- ment would focus on the divorce ther election would negatively dercut her tough Brexit strategy, the time for delivery — and The- time opponent who was dismis- proceedings before moving on impact the U.K. economy. which had raised fears that Bri- resa May is the right person to sed when May became prime to trade. The divorce issues in- “It is hard to overstate what a tain was heading for a so-called continue that vital work.” minister last year, will now serve clude the rights of EU citizens in dramatic impact the current po- “hard Brexit,” which could po- With opinion polls showing the as environment secretary. Britain as well as U.K. citizens in litical uncertainty is having on tentially see tariffs slapped on Conservatives had a comman- Conservative leaders yesterday the EU, how much Britain will business leaders, and the conse- British exports to the bloc. ding lead over the opposition sought to shift the debate away have to pay to cover previous quences could — if not addres- May moved to demonstrate Labour Party, May called an ear- from May’s wounded leadership spending commitments and sed immediately — be disastrous that she understands the frus- ly election in hopes of increasing and onto complex Brexit talks, the border between Northern for the U.K. economy,” said Ste- tration of voters by moving up her majority in Parliament and which are formally set to begin Ireland and the Republic of Ire- phen Martin, the director-gene- a meeting with rank-and-file strengthening her position in next week. land. ral of the IoD. “The needs of bu- Conservative Party lawmakers, Brexit negotiations. David Davis, the cabinet The EU has said that sufficient siness and discussion of the eco- some of whom have called for Instead, the election stripped member in charge of Brexit, progress must be made on these nomy were largely absent from her to step aside sooner rather May of her majority and oblite- said talks with the EU may not issues before trade deals can be the campaign, but this crash in than later. The meeting will be rated her political authority. The start on Monday (June 19) be- discussed, though Britain had confidence shows how urgently held earlier today [Macau time]. Conservatives are now trying to cause it would clash with the argued the talks should take pla- that must change in the new go- The prime minister’s most pro- secure the support of Northern Queen’s Speech, but they will ce simultaneously. vernment.” AP

Climate US opts out of G7 pledge committing to Paris accord

he United States re- key international partners only instrument possible Tfused yesterday to sign in a manner that is con- to combat climate chan- onto a Group of Seven ple- sistent with our domestic ge.” He said the other G7 ap photo dge that calls the Paris cli- priorities, preserving both countries hoped to con- mate accord the “irreversi- a strong economy and a tinue “constructive dia- ble” global tool to address healthy environment,” the logue” with the U.S., but climate change. footnote read. insisted on the Paris para- The G7 environment mi- As a result, the U.S. said meters. nisters issued a final com- it would not join those sec- “Everything else for us is munique after their two- tions of the communique excluded,” he said. day meeting, the first since on climate and multilate- The 2015 Paris agree- the United States annou- ral development banks. ment aims to prevent the nced it was withdrawing The head of the U.S. En- Earth from heating up by from the Paris climate vironmental Protection 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 de- Grass covers the round table where environment ministers sit at the opening of a two-day G7 summit on pact. In a footnote to the Agency, Scott Pruitt, had grees Fahrenheit) since the environment, in Bologna, Italy communique, the United attended the first few hou- the start of the industrial States said it wouldn’t join rs of the summit Sunday, age. Since the world has emissions. burning coal, oil and gas month, framing it as a with the other six coun- but left to attend a Cabinet already warmed about 1.1 All but a very few scien- spews carbon dioxide into “reassertion of America’s tries in reaffirming their meeting in Washington. degrees Celsius (2 degrees tists say the overwhelming the air, which then acts sovereignty.” He has said Paris commitments, but Presenting the commu- Fahrenheit) since the In- majority of warming is like a blanket to trap heat the U.S. could try to re-en- said it was taking action on nique yesterday, Italy’s en- dustrial Revolution, the man-made, as do dozens on Earth. ter the deal under more its own to reduce its car- vironment minister, Gian accord aimed at making of scientific academies President Donald Trump favorable terms, but Italy, bon footprint. Luca Galletti, called the sure the threshold was not and professional societies. announced the U.S. was France and Germany have “The United States will Paris accord “irreversible, breached with each na- Scientists have known sin- withdrawing from the said the Paris accord can- continue to engage with non-negotiable and the tion curbing heat-trapping ce the 19th century that Paris accord earlier this not be re-negotiated. AP 13.06.2017 tue

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Courtesy BBC News Naked truth: Models sport pithy slogans painted on bare bods Macau Tower In context Dozens of people have gathered in Times Square to tell 30 May - 11 June In August 1991 Soviet hardliners staged a coup against President Gor- the naked truth — or tell the truth naked. bachev and President Yeltsin emerged as a national hero as he rallied the Brooke Champlain stood nude in one of New York’s bus- people from the top of a tank to keep the peace. iest areas last week with the slogan “We’re All Just Star- In early December, the leaders of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus precipitat- dust” painted around her bellybutton during Body Notes, ed the end of the Soviet Union with the formation of the CIS or Common- wealth of Independent States. an event organizers say was designed to uplift people. Mr Gorbachev stepped down as Soviet leader on 25 December 1991 and The nude models were painted in view of gawking tour- Mr Yeltsin became president of independent Russia. ists and heavily armed police. Brushed onto their bare He pushed ahead with a radical programme of reforms but when he met torsos were pithy slogans, including, “Embrace Love And opposition from within his own parliamentary assembly, he chose to Life” and “Born Naked.” break the deadlock by closing it down and then ordering the military to Body Notes is the brainchild of Andy Golub (GAH’-lub), storm the Moscow White House. producer of NYC Bodypainting Day. He says it lets people Wonder Woman In the second half of the 1990s he began to suffer from health problems express themselves through “their words and their bod- (3D) 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30pm and underwent heart surgery in 1995. ies.” Director: Patty Jenkins The unpredictable nature of his character surfaced again and he sacked his entire government twice, until parliament eventually forced him to accept He was inspired by the “Subway Therapy” art project of Starring: Chris Pine, Connie Nielsen, Robin Wright limitations on his powers. He stepped down on 1 January 2000. sticky notes containing people’s thoughts after the presi- Language: English (Chinese) Yestsin died on April 23, 2007, in Moscow dential election. Duration: 141min tue 13.06.2017

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Steve McMorran, Wellington Rugby he first trio of brothers to be Tselected in the same All Blacks team — the Barretts — honed their Barrett brothers to make All skills in backyard battles which fea- tured arcane rules, tears and privi- leges of seniority. Flyhalf Beauden Barrett, lock Sco- Blacks history in Lions series tt Barrett and utility back Jordie Barrett — the imposed-upon youn- gest — spoke in Auckland yesterday coming home to cook us dinner about pedigree and sibling rivalry and get us ready for school. as they prepared for the first test ap photo “If you relate that to your rugby, against the British and Irish Lions. it’s always striving to be the best Four trios of brothers have played you can be, and that is endless as for the All Blacks in the past. The well.” Brownlies — Maurice, Cyril and The brothers developed a typical Laurie — played for New Zealand sibling rivalry in which youngest in the 1920s but never all in the brother Jordie was at the target of same team. The Nicholls brothers most jokes. He had to accept the — Marcus, Harry and Harold — nicknames Baby or Bub, though were All Blacks in the same decade recently the names have become but not the same side. more sophisticated. Most recently the Whitelocks — “We played all sorts in the ba- Sam, George and Luke — played ckyard but mostly cricket and I was for New Zealand but not simulta- always just trying to match these neously. guys,” Jordie said. “The rugby ga- The Barretts made history when mes I was in tears most times and they were named last week in the couldn’t really participate. All Blacks’ 33-man squad for the “No one was supervising and I Lions series and have some small Barrett brothers (from left) Beauden, Scott and Jordie think I was hung out to dry there.” chance of making a more exclusive Beauden said the rivalry may place in history if they are to be in- and mother, Robyn, was a noted “Dad was always a forward and tral North Island, and found time have hardened the brothers, and cluded in the same team during the athlete. worked hard in the pack. We pro- for sport only when chores were deepened their companionship. three-test series. “Mum was a pretty talented bably got our flair from Mum.” done. “Mum would call for dinner and it The brothers attribute their col- athlete and they all say the speed Beauden said a learned work ethic “If you live on a farm you appre- would always go 10 minutes extra,” lective success to pedigree; father comes from Mum and the size and had also been part of the brothers’ ciate you can work countless hou- he said. “It would be most likely Kevin “Smiley” Barrett was a lon- workrate would come from Dad,” success. They grew up on the fa- rs and there’s always work to be him [Jordie] flying at you, getting g-serving and famous player for Beauden Barrett said. “I guess it’s mily farm in Taranaki province, done,” Beauden Barrett said. “We up crying and he would come back New Zealand’s Taranaki province a good mixture, sitting here today. a dairy farming region in the cen- saw Mum and Dad doing that and that little bit harder next time.” AP

Iran targets World Cup spot; ad China and Qatar target survival

ran could become just points below Iran and one capabilities to defeat Ithe second team to ad- above Uzbekistan, but a Syria,” China coach Marce- vance through qualifying series of indifferent perfor- llo Lippi said after his team for the 2018 World Cup mances has raised the pos- thrashed the Philippines — after Brazil — while Chi- sibility of missing out on 8-1 in a friendly last week. na and Qatar could be offi- the World Cup for the first “If we lose to Syria both at cially eliminated from con- time since 1982. home and away, then we tention in Asian qualifiers Against Qatar — the re- deserve to be eliminated.” this week. cent diplomatic rift in the Three teams are level Led by former Real Ma- region meant that Ko- atop Group B with 16 poin- drid and Portugal coach rea traveled from United ts after Australia defeated Carlos Queiroz, Iran has Arab Emirates to Doha via Saudi Arabia 3-2 last week. appeared at four World Kuwait on Saturday — de- That gives Japan a chance Cups but never managed feat would see the team’s to move three points clear back-to-back qualifica- German coach Uli Stielike in top spot if it beats Iraq in tions. Should Iran, four come under increasing a game played on neutral points clear at the top of pressure. turf in Tehran. Group A, defeat Uzbekis- Qatar, host of the 2022 Japan will be without tan in Tehran in front of World Cup, is last in Group Shinji Kagawa of Borus- what should be a capacity A and already unable to fi- sia Dortmund who was crowd of 100,000 today nish in the top two in the injured in a warm-up 1-1 [Macau time], then it will group. Failure to win will draw again st Syria, and secure a spot with two ga- officially end its already coach Vahid Halilhodzic is mes remaining. slim hopes of taking the expecting a tough time in Unbeaten Iran hasn’t con- playoff spot. Tehran. ceded any goals in seven In the other Group A “Everyone in Japan games in the third round of game today, Syria hos- thinks that qualification qualification, from which ts China in the neutral ve- for the World Cup is going the top two teams in both nue of Malaysia. Syria has to be no problem,” Hali- groups get automatic spo- an outside chance of third lhodzic said. “But I’ll warn ts at Russia 2018. The two place and is four points everyone, it is not going to third-place finishers enter behind Uzbekistan. be easy.” a playoff series. China must win or its In the other Group B ma- Today, South Korea can faint hopes of automatic tch Thailand, already out take a step to a ninth suc- qualification will end, and of contention, is looking for cessive World Cup with a even the play-offs could be a first win in this stage at win in Qatar. The Taeguk out of reach. home to United Arab Emi- Warriors sit in second, four “It is totally within our rates. AP tue 13.06.2017

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Teresa M. Walker, Nashville NHL ven Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins are going to be challenged trying Crosby, Pens cap amazing year Eto top this. Crosby was awarded his se- cond consecutive Conn Smy- the Trophy as the MVP of with 2nd straight Stanley Cup the Stanley Cup playoffs, and goalie Matt Murray made 27 handing the trophy off to ve- sing the two won by the Pen- saves for his second straight teran defenseman Ron Hain- guins teams led by current shutout as the Penguins be- ap photo sey who passed it to veteran owner Mario Lemieux in the came the first team to repeat forward Matt Cullen, who 1990s. as champion in nearly two de- may have played his final And it’s the second cham- cades with a 2-0 win over the game at the age of 40. pionship for Sullivan, who Nashville Predators in Game Nashville lost for just the has yet to lose a playoff series 6. first time in regulation on since taking over after Mike That doesn’t include Crosby home ice this postseason, and Johnston was fired. Sullivan also winning the World Cup of this one had some hard luck. is the first American-born Hockey title before this sea- Colton Sissons had a goal era- coach to win the Cup not son started, along with tour- sed by a whistle 67 seconds once, but twice. nament MVP. He followed into the second period. The “It’s been an amazing year that up by leading the NHL Predators went 0 of 4 with from the start, trying to re- with 44 goals, and Crosby was the man advantage, including peat,” Lemieux said. “A lot at his best in this Cup Final 32 seconds of a 5-on-3 in the of these guys played injured leading all scorers with seven third. Sissons and Filip Fors- in the playoffs and showed points — one goal and six as- berg each hit the post in the a lot of character. Of course, sists, including three in a 6-0 Sid being the best player in win in Game 5 that put the the world again and winning Penguins on the verge of their The Penguins the Conn Smythe. He was latest title. capped their our leader and picked up the Crosby also became only the team when we needed it.” third man to win back-to-ba- 50th season The loss ended the upstart ck Conn Smythe trophies. All Predators’ deepest playoff within a calendar year. in the NHL’s run in their 19-year history “You have a small window to and one that became the talk play and to have a career, and centennial year of the town — and the league I feel fortunate, but I also un- — with all their country stars, derstand how difficult it is, so third period. catfish tossing and aggressive you just want to try to make “It’s going to sting, it’s going play on the ice. the best of it,” Crosby said. to hurt for a while,” said Having won just three of The Penguins won their fifth Nashville defenseman P.K. 12 playoff series before this title — all of them clinched on Subban, who made the Preda- year, Nashville opened this the road — to tie the Wayne tors a Cup contender when he postseason by eliminating Gretzky-Mark Messier-era was added in a stunning trade the top-seeded Chicago Bla- Edmonton Oilers for sixth on Pittsburgh Penguins’ Matt Murray celebrates with the Stanley Cup after defeating nearly a year ago. ckhawks in four games. In the all-time list and the most the Nashville Predators 2-0 The disallowed goal will be doing so, the Predators be- by any non-Original Six fran- remembered in Nashville for came the first eighth-seeded chise. The Detroit Red Wings ley Cup in each of his first two off Nashville goalie Pekka a long time. Referee Kevin team to sweep a first-round in 1997 and ‘98 were the last seasons. He also set a rookie Rinne’s left elbow. Carl Ha- Pollock blew the whistle when series since the current playo- champion to defend their tit- record with two shutouts in a gelin added an empty-net he lost sight of the puck, whi- ff format was introduced in le. The Penguins are the first Cup Final. goal. ch was sitting behind Murray 1994. Nashville went through to do it in the salary-cap era. The Penguins also needed “There’s been a lot of guys with lots of space in the crea- St. Louis and then Anaheim “It starts with Sid, our cap- the second-latest clinching telling us we can’t do it, and se for Sissons to tap it into the to the Final, where only cap- tain,” coach Mike Sullivan goal in regulation to finish now we’re standing here,” net. tain Mike Fisher on the roster said. “He’s just such a ter- off the Predators, who had Hornqvist said. “We’re going “I know he lost sight, and had ever played before. rific person and has such an played their way to their first to celebrate in Pittsburgh in we all make mistakes,” Rinne The Penguins ruined Nash- appetite to win, and I think Stanley Cup Final after being a few days. This says a lot said. “It was tough for sure.” ville’s star-filled party on it’s really contagious amongst the last team into the playof- about this team. We’ve batt- The Penguins capped their the final night of CMA Music our group.” fs. Patric Hornqvist, the last led through a lot.” 50th season in the NHL’s Festival to set up another ce- Crosby did have some help. pick of the 2005 draft (by the The celebration on the ice centennial year with the third lebration of their own. Murray is the first goalten- Predators), scored the game last a long time. Crosby took championship for Crosby and “We’ve got a collection of der in NHL history to win the -winner for Pittsburgh with the Cup from NHL Commis- a handful of teammates from guys who understand what it clinching game for the Stan- 1:35 left by banking the puck sioner Gary Bettman before the 2009 title team, surpas- takes to win,” Crosby said. AP

Xi Jinping about Moon’s the 2018 Olympics in Football idea when the two meet Pyeongchang, South later this week. Korea, hope North Ko- Since taking office last rea will take part in the South Korea leader proposes Asian month, Moon’s govern- Winter Games. ment has been seeking The two Koreas have nations co-host 2030 World Cup to expand cross-border been divided along the exchanges as a way to world’s most heavily improve strained ties fortified border since outh Korea’s new said yesterday. “If neighboring Nor- region,” Moon told In- over the North’s nuclear the 1950-53 Korean War Sliberal president has Moon Jae-in made the theast Asian countries fantino, according to and missile programs. ended with an armisti- offered to co-host the proposal during a mee- including South and Moon’s office. “I would But North Korea has ce, not a peace treaty. 2030 World Cup with ting with FIFA Presi- North Korea can host like President Infantino conducted several mis- About 28,500 American rival North Korea and dent Gianni Infantino the World Cup, I think to have interests on this sile launches in a show troops are stationed in other Northeast Asian at the presidential Blue that would contribute matter.” of its resolve to conti- South Korea as deter- countries as part of ef- House in Seoul, Moon’s to peace between Sou- Infantino was quoted nue its weapons develo- rence against potential forts to promote peace office said in a state- th and North Korea and as saying he will sound pment program. aggression from North in the region, his office ment. in the Northeast Asian out Chinese President The organizers of Korea. AP THE Tropical Storm Merbok lashes Station Air quality BUZZMacau, Hong Kong Roadside 15-35 Good Macau braced itself for its first typhoon this year, forecast to move north-northwest at about 20 ki- as Tropical Storm Merbok lashed the city with lometers per hour in the general direction of the High rain. All ferries to Hong Kong and some plane de- city. It is expected to make landfall over the vici- Density 15-35 partures in the city were suspended. The Macau nity of the Pearl River Estuary around midnight Residental Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau kept Sig- and will dissipate gradually today, the Observa- Good nal No. 3 raised last night. tory said. Area opinion In the HKSAR, the Hong Kong Observatory rai- Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. canceled or delayed sed Signal No. 8 at 5:20 p.m. local time and said 27 flights to and from Hong Kong yesterday and Ambient 15-35 the warning would remain in force yesterday. today. The Airport Authority Hong Kong estima- Good source: dsmg source: Our Desk Tropical Storm Merbok was centered about 50 ted 41 flights were canceled and another 275 were Julie Zhu kilometers south-southeast of Hong Kong and is delayed as of 7 p.m. WORLD BRIEFS

Forgotten buses Greece puts faith in Nepal Confessed French serial killer Charles Bus line 25 has recently become a hot topic Sobhraj, who is serving a because it was decided that the line would no France to solve bailout life sentence in Nepal, had longer serve the Hac Sa Beach area. successful heart surgery Some people complained about this decision yesterday, doctors said. The Frenchman is believed despite not knowing where exactly to take the impasse to have murdered at least bus. Others felt disappointed because they 20 people in Afghanistan, now have one less option when it is time to India, Thailand, Turkey, Derek Gatopoulos, Athens go home. Nepal, Iran and Hong

ap photo Kong during the 1970s. If the decision to shorten line 25 was for the rance’s finance minis- purpose of ensuring the bus could run more Fter says Greece is on cou- Yemen A multinational effectively and better serve passengers, then rse to reach a crucial funding coalition of navies says routes 71 and 73 ought to be reconsidered. deal with bailout lenders this it will step up patrols in Buses 71 and 73 are two of the three lines week. waters around Yemen that share a terminal on the campus of the “A new crisis on the Greek after several attacks there, including those launched University of Macau, connecting people from issue must be calmly avoi- by Somali pirates and that school, a seemingly sporadically visited ded,” Bruno Le Maire said after meeting yesterday with others blamed on Yemeni place, to all other parts of the city, including rebel forces. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Taipa and the Macau Peninsula. Tsipras. Both buses 71 and 73 run from the UM cam- The French minister tra- French Minister of the Economy and Finance Bruno Le Maire (right) pus and pass by the Praça de Ferreira do veled to Athens ahead of a walks with his Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos during their ap photo Amaral, while bus 72 serves a few spots in meeting in Luxembourg on meeting in Athens yesterday Taipa. Notwithstanding, upon leaving Praça Thursday of finance minis- de Ferreira do Amaral, bus 73 drives towards ters from countries using the th potential and debt sustai- eurozone’s bailout European Areia Preta. euro currency. nability. Stability Mechanism also Since their inception, buses 71 and 73 have Loan payouts from the euro- “We’re closer than ever to appeared optimistic. zone countries have been de- reaching an agreement on the “I continue to be convin- Russia Thousands of seen several changes to their routes, mainly anti-government activists layed for months, and Greece in the form of extra stops added between their debt issue, one than corres- ced that if Greece continues challenging President terminals. urgently needs them as it fa- ponds to the sacrifices made with its reforms, it can end Vladimir Putin’s rule were For instance, bus 73 used to stop at Ponte ces a July spike in debt repay- by the Greek people,” Tsipras the [bailout] program next protesting across Russia ments worth some 7 billion said after the meeting. year and will regain market de Sai Wan/ Av. Jardins do Oceano before hi- yesterday, with police euros (USD7.8 billion). Investors continued yes- access before the end of the arresting main opposition tting Praça de Ferreira do Amaral. Now, the “We are not far at all from a terday to anticipate an end program,” he said in an inter- leader Alexei Navalny bus stops at Rotunda Marginal/ Est. do Dique solution. That solution must to the months-long delay in view published yesterday. outside his Moscow home Oeste, and then goes to the Macau Tower. be found on June 15,” Le Mai- reaching an agreement with Prime Minister Tsipras before he could reach the Afterwards, it traverses through Av. Dr. Sun re said. bailout lenders. pushed more painful auste- main demonstration and Yat-Sen and Av. 24 de Junho before heading Successive Greek govern- Shares on the Athens Sto- rity measure through parlia- scores of others. to the Praça de Ferreira do Amaral. Hence, the ments have viewed France as ck Exchange were roughly ment in successive votes that Poland Polish officials bus now covers some of the city’s main parts, an ally in bailout disputes, in unchanged at 781 points ended Friday, extending dra- are hailing an upcoming despite the number of passengers it takes still contrast to the more fiscally following a weeks-long surge conian budget cuts for rou- visit by Donald Trump, indicates that this bus serves mainly workers hawkish Germans. from just over 600 in early ghly five years. with Poland’s defense and students from UM. Athens is also seeking Paris’ February, while market bor- While in Athens, Le Maire minister calling it a help on obtaining a concrete rowing rates were also lower. will met Greek Finance Mi- “huge success” for the Thus the question arises: why run across the pledge from creditors on debt Yields on two-year bonds nister Euclid Tsakalotos and government and another long way from the UM campus to the Areia relief, an issue complicated dropped to 5 percent from was due to hold talks with official celebrating the Preta, passing through the Macau Tower and by disagreement among len- above 10 four months ago. Bank of Greece Governor unexpectedness of a stopping near some of Taipa’s main hotels, ders over the country’s grow- Klaus Regling, head of the Yannis Stournaras. AP U.S. president stopping if the bus only carries students and workers in Warsaw before Paris, from UM? Can someone make bus 73 feel London or Berlin. prouder about its road performance? During off-peak traffic times, buses 71 and 73 The are like two good friends, they even occasio- ap photo Paulo Coutinho nally depart from UM together. This situation decisive moment causes the bus following behind to often carry a single-digit number of people - or someti- mes none at all - which is normally the case for bus 71. This happens because these two Britain Senior buses leave the UM terminal simultaneously members of British Prime and because the majority of the passengers Minister Theresa May’s government rallied to her want to go to the border gate, thus preferring defense yesterday amid 73. When bus 73 arrives five seconds earlier doubts over her ability to than 71, the poor 71 is very likely to be left remain in power following empty. Similar situations happen in the rever- a disastrous election se direction. result. More on p15 In summary, these buses definitely benefit Brazil A fugitive Italian those who want to visit UM. However, seeing crime clan boss was these buses empty or seeing them stopping at taken into custody at a many stops without anybody to hop on, really Brazil airport over the brings people down. weekend, authorities said. Money is being invested in routes 71 and Vincenzo Macri was part of an international criminal 73, traffic compounds because of them and organization that imported even bridges have been prioritized for them, and trafficked drugs from but where are the passengers for buses 71 Bend on the bend. This (apparent) mainland tourist couldn’t wait to find a better spot to check her smartphone Morocco, the Netherlands latest whatever-tweet, no. On the beep, she bends over her knees just there; on a busy bend downtown, and 73? and the Dominican oblivious to the walking crowds, which had to contour her to proceed to their destination. Republic.