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Unemployment HE Public Security Police TForce implemented crowd rate stable at 1.8pct control measures on Sunday MGTO expects increase around the Ruins of St Paul The general unemployment rate to manage the overflow of vi- and the unemployment rate of sitors visiting tourist spots in local residents from May to July Macau. in visitor arrivals remained at 1.8 percent and 2.4 Until 6 p.m. on Sunday, percent respectively. Information some 600,000 people had tionally speaking, things will from the Statistics and Census crossed different checkpoints slow down a little bit after Service indicated that the the summer holidays. But a

of the SAR, implying a large BLOOMBERG underemployment rate was 0.6 stable growth will start again percent, up by 0.1 percentage point. influx of tourists visiting the after mid-September,” MGTO The total labor force was 392,600 city before the summer ho- and the labor force participation liday ends. The crowd con- head, Helena de Senna Fer- rate was 71.1 percent. Total trol measures only lasted for nandes said, as cited in a employment was 385,500 and the about an hour. TDM report. number of employed residents The Macao Government Since package tours were totaled 284,300. The proportion of Tourism Office (MGTO) is suspended for a period of time fresh labor force entrants searching expecting a 5 percent growth for their first job increased by 5.3 in visitor arrivals during the percentage points to 16.1 percent of summer holiday as the occu- the total unemployed. pancy rate of the hotels has A stable growth exceeded 90 percent during this peak season. will start again Retail sales The bureau is also expecting after mid- increase in Q2 that this surge will continue after mid-September. September. Macau’s retail sale value for the “We believe that the upco- due to the deadly Typhoon sitor arrivals this month wou- second quarter increased by 23.7 ming four months will be a HELENA DE SENNA Hato last year, Fernandes su- ld be more significant compa- percent year-on-year to MOP18.01 relatively busy time. Tradi- FERNANDES ggested that the growth in vi- red to the same time last year. billion, the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) revealed. Although the retail increased year-on-year, it fell by 13.4 percent as compared with the revised figure in the first Local banks involved

quarter this year. DSEC added BLOOMBERG that Watches, Clocks and Jewelry in issuing Special accounted for 21.1 percent of the total retail sales, followed by Bonds for Greater Bay Goods in Department Stores (15.8 percent), Leather Goods (13.4 HE Industrial and the Macau Special Ad- percent) and Adults’ Clothing Commercial Bank ministrative Region (12.4 percent). Among the major T of China (Macau), Luso (MSAR) is also the first retail activities, sales value of Bank, and the Bank of region outside mainland Communication Equipment (65.3 percent), Leather Goods (36.9 China, Macau Branch China, with local finan- percent), Goods in Department will distribute special cial institutions invol- Stores (34.2 percent), Adults’ bonds worth 5 billion ved in the distribution Clothing (26.7 percent) and Motor renminbi (RMB) issued of this type of bonds for Vehicles (24.7 percent) registered Traffic drives along a road as a MRT train, operated by Taipei Rapid Transit, travels overhead by the government of cities in China. notable year-on-year increases. Guangdong Province. In the future, the three A statement from the banking institutions Macao Monetary Au- from Macau will market ARTmusing Taipei's MRT stations thority (AMM) said the these bonds to the resi- bonds will also be marke- dents of Macau in the Summer concludes ted by the Industrial and form of wealth mana- The ARTmusing Summer held add Japanese language Commercial Bank of Chi- gement products, thus its grand finale on Sunday with na, the Bank of China, the allowing residents to “ARTmusing Fun” and a film AIPEI MRT sta- come from Japan. Chinese, English, Ja- Agricultural Bank of Chi- participate in the Guang- carnival. From August 23 to 26, Ttions have begun The next largest panese and Korean, na and the China Cons- dong - Hong Kong- the “ARTmusing Film Carnival” to broadcast instruc- group of tourists come while its MRT station truction Bank, all from Macau Greater Bay in- brought together over 1,100 tions in Japanese, an from Southeast Asia, ticket machines pro- mainland China, which vestment projects. attendees, who witnessed on addition to Mandarin, at 14 percent, followed vide services in 11 lan- will later launch produc- The funds raised the silver screen a wide range of English, the Taiwane- by Hong Kong and guages, including Chi- ts for management of will be used for pro- motion pictures, from imaginative se dialect and Hakka. Macau at 11 percent, nese, English, Japane- personal fortunes among jects of the Land Re- animations to meaningful The Taipei Rapid and South Korea at 8 se, Korean, Malaysian, Macau residents. serve of the Guang- documentaries, and featured a Transit Corporation percent. Thai, Vietnamese, The Land Reserve dong - Hong Kong- series of topics, the Macao Cultural announced that Japa- Taiwan’s latest visi- Indonesian, German, Special Bond for the Macau area in the ci- Center noted in a statement. On nese will be added on tor statistics showed French, and Spanish. Guangdong, Hong Kong ties of Zhuhai, Foshan, Sunday, the “ARTmusing Fun” the Taipei metro with that there had been a Netizens on the po- and Macau Greater Bay Dongguan and Zhon- event gathered children and Area, launched on 16 gshan. parents together for another a trial period at 13 decrease in the num- pular Taiwanese on- celebration of family, love and stations near tourist ber of tourist arrivals line forum PTT were August, are the first pro- Macau’s financial ins- the arts. Children were invited to hotspots, where pas- from Hong Kong and supportive about the ject in which institutions titutions invested in discover the land of fairytales by sengers take elevators, Macau in May, which news, yet others com- financial institutions the bonds following the engaging with creative activities escalators and trains. was down by 4.33 per- plained that having from Macau are invol- establishment of the and games. “ARTmusing Fun” also Forty-seven percent cent. five languages made ved in distributing local “Guangdong-Macau featured workshops, backstage of the 3.47 million Currently, the Taipei the announcements bonds from the Chinese Cooperation and Deve- tours, indie animations and lively Asian tourists that vi- Metro website pro- drag on for too long, as mainland. lopment Fund” in May of performances. sit Taiwan each year vides information in cited in Taiwan News. According to the AMM, this year. MDT/Macauhub

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HE Chief Executive (CE) and a contingent of leaders from the se- curity sector will form CE and police chiefs Tthe region’s future National Se- curity Commission, according to an administrative regulation to form national draft announced yesterday by the Chief Executive Council 16 parking lots to (ExCo). The regulation proposes to es- security commission close during strong tablish the Macau SAR’s Natio- nal Security Defense Commis- typhoons sion (CDSE). Chief of the Office of the Secre- Sixteen public parking lots under “The commission is the orga- tary for Security, the Director the management of the Transport nization which assists the CE of the Legal Affairs Bureau, Di- Bureau (DSAT) will close one in making decisions related rector of the Judiciary Police, hour after the hoisting of typhoon to national security defense, one advisor of the Office of the MARQUES RENATO signal number 8, the third level and is the responsible organi- Chief Executive, and one advi- (orange), or above storm warning. zation for the implementation sor of the Office of the Secretary According to a dispatch published of the commission’s policies for Security. yesterday in the Official Gazette, related to national security de- The establishment of the Of- the 16 parking lots are: Fai Tat fense matters,” the CE Coun- fice of the Macau SAR State car park, Pak Lok car park, Rua cil spokesperson Leong Heng Security Defense Commission de Malaca car park, Alameda Dr. Teng revealed. (GCDSE) has also been pro- Carlos car park, Praca de Ferreira The commission will also be posed. The office will be a per- do Amaral car park, Jardim das responsible for “studying the manent department within the Artes car park, Cheng I car park, implementation of relevant commission. GCDSE’s main Iao Hon garden car park, Taipa instructions and requirements duties will consist in implemen- Central Park car park, Rua da Tranquilidade car park, Lido car from the CE; analyzing situa- ting, assisting and following up park, Taipa Ferry Terminal car tions related to national securi- the commission’s decisions. park, Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau The GCDSE’s chief and depu- ty and to society’s stability, with Bridge car park (two car parks), consequent drafting of relevant ty chief will be the Secretary for Bairro da Ilha Verde car park, and plans; assisting in making po- Security and the Chief of the the Macau Science Museum car licies for the SAR’s national Judiciary Police, respectively. park. security protection; pushing Since the draft is an adminis- forward the establishment of trative regulation, it will not go Macau’s legal system related to through the Legislative Assem- DSEJ instructs national security.” bly (AL), and will come into According to the proposal, the effect 30 days after its official schools on commission will be chaired by publication. the CE, with the Secretary for When questioned by the me- textbook selection Security taking the role of the dia, Leong claimed that “the The Education and Youth Affairs vice-chairman. commission is not the law en- Bureau (DSEJ) has reportedly Other members of the CDSE forcement agency, nor is it a been instructing local schools include the Secretary for Ad- consultative organization. The as to the selection of textbooks. ministration and Justice, Com- commission makes decisions.” implementation of national se- Yesterday, the ExCo spokes- Yesterday, the head of the division missioner-General of the Uni- According to Leong, the CDSE curity protection works in Ma- person also stated that “in the of Research and Education tary Police Service, chief of the will have meetings at least once cau. past, state security was only Reform of DSEJ, Vong Iat Hang Office of the Chief Executive, every half-year to discuss the As to the reasons that promp- about military. Now, national said, during Forum Macao, that ted the government not to make security [has] changed from its DSEJ issued instructions to local schools to guide them through this regulation a law bill whi- traditional norms into a new the procedure of selecting school ch would need AL’s approval, normal, therefore it [the law] food safety regulation announced textbooks. Vong highlighted Leong said nonetheless that “it needed to catch up.” that local schools are free to THE EXECUTIVE Council of metallic contaminants in food. has all been handled according “It is a part of the commis- organize their teaching practices. completed discussion on the city’s The local government referred to Macau’s law.” sion’s function to set up an ope- Furthermore, he also stated that 10th regulation of limitation on to both international and local In the past, different gover- ration system and mechanism. local schools can select their own levels of metallic contamination standards, in particular to main- nment principal officials said I cannot say which part will be teaching materials if they meet in food. The administrative reg- land China’s standards, during that the city would need to done first,” said Leong regar- DSEJ’s requirements in terms of ulation set the maximum levels the process of the establishment. make changes to face new na- ding the first step the CDSE course structure. tional security challenges. would take. Operators granted Last week, Malaysian Prime Minister Maha- exemption of Malaysia brings eight money thir Mohamad said that he believed Low was complementary “probably in China” but income tax laundering charges against Low admitted that he did not raise the issue during his An extension of the exemption ALAYSIAN police dal that saw billions of US laundering carries a ma- Low, but did not specify recent state visit to Bei- of the complementary income Mauthorities formally dollars disappear. ximum fine of approxi- whether or not they were jing. tax related to casino gaming charged billionaire fugiti- Low now faces eight mately USD1.2 million, referring to mainland China’s Foreign Minis- profits for a period of over three years has been granted to Galaxy ve businessman Jho Low charges of money launde- a jail term of up to five China. try said that they have no Casino, S.A. and Venetian Macau, with money laundering ring while his father, Low years, or both. Cited by the Wall Street information on the case S.A., according to a dispatch on Friday, saying that the Hock Peng, faces one. Low, who was last said Journal, a spokesperson but were willing to coo- published in the Official Gazette. charges would facilitate The charges cover to be seeking refuge for the Malaysian billio- perate with Malaysia on The exemption begins in 2019 his arrest overseas. approximately USD260 in mainland China af- naire said that Low main- such judicial matters. and ends on June 26, 2022. Simultaneously, a court million in funds that Low ter fleeing Hong Kong tains his innocence. He is The 1MDB, a state deve- The dispatch is effective as of in the country issued ar- is accused of receiving and Macau in turn, has refusing to accept extra- lopment fund established the date of promulgation and rest warrants for both between December 2013 proved difficult to track dition back to Malaysia in 2009, is embroiled in a will have effect from January 1, Low and his father, who and June 2014. His fa- down. Malaysian police as it is “where his guilt scandal that saw billions 2019. Previously, both Galaxy are accused of being con- ther is accused of trans- authorities said on Friday has been predetermined of dollars go missing, and and The Venetian were granted nected to the controver- ferring $56.5 million to that the charges wou- by politics” and where he partly led to the downfall an exemption of complementary sial 1Malaysia Develop- his son in February 2014. ld help pressure other would not receive a fair of the Malaysian govern- income tax starting on January 1, ment Bhd (1MDB) scan- Each account of money countries into extraditing trial. ment. 2014. 28.08.2018 tue

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only costs MOP9 here, while in the Philippines it costs PHP135, which is a bit over MOP20,” he ‘Pasalubong’ culture still exists compared. The Times is also aware of cases where some have hoarded con- within PH community fectionery from a store in Hong Kong which mainly sells impor- Lynzy Valles ted chocolates.

ANY migrant workers in Mthe city have a habit of brin- VALLES LYNZY ging goods back home as presen- ts. Even though For Filipinos, this tradition is called “pasalubong” and it is there are several widely practiced as a symbol of imported thoughtfulness. Handing out presents upon re- chocolate brands turning home is a way of showing that they have remembered those in the Philippines, at home even if they were away for a long period of time. it’s still a lot These migrants are willing to cheaper if we buy spend hundreds of patacas on chocolates and other items, in- them here. cluding canned goods, toiletries or clothes that cannot be bought ROSE LICAY or are difficult to find in the Phi- “They prefer those imported tural concerns, such as reintegra- Echoing the same sentiments, lippines. ones and they really request ting the traveler back to the com- Jayvee Fontanilla, who has been Since the price gap can ran- In Macau, many purchase these chocolates whenever we go back munity and promoting the idea working in the SAR for over two ge from MOP5 to MOP20 and goods from a supermarket near home,” said Licay, who has been that the giver was thinking of the years, said, “I grew up with this they purchase in bulk, some are St Lawrence Church, where most working in the region for several recipient while away. tradition so now that I work over- willing to purchase such goods imported chocolates are said to years. “Back home, only those with fa- seas, I do the same.” in the neighboring region and re- be cheaper compared to other lo- “Even though there are also se- mily or relatives who are abroad Fontanilla stressed that cho- sell them on social media groups cal supermarkets. veral imported chocolate brands can get imported goods as [these] colates and other goods can be in Macau. Rose Licay is one of the many in the Philippines, it’s still a lot goods in the Philippines are way bought at a lower price in city, As this remains a steadfast trait who hoard chocolates to bring cheaper if we buy them here, es- too pricey, so since we have the and that it is easier for migrants within the culture, these migran- back to her family. According pecially when they are on sale, access to such goods at a chea- to purchase them here than back ts are happy to share the benefits to her, one main factor is that which they usually are,” she ad- per price, we always bring home home. of working abroad and are willing the price of such merchandise is ded. different kinds of pasalubong,” “Prices are way cheaper here. to share their resources by brin- much cheaper in Macau. This tradition fulfills certain cul- Licay said. For example, a 100g Toblerone ging an array of “pasalubong.” ad tue 28.08.2018

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Sands China imparts global vision to SMEs local small and me- have seen our profits rise. We style ones to also safe-guard is similar to Sands China, which tional organizations. dium-sized enterprise can contribute more by purcha- their health,” he added. values and prioritize efficiency Our staff needs training not A (SME) that has been sing the right equipment to ser- Supporting local SMEs is part and quality,” the director said. only for our company but also partnering with Sands China vice promotion items for other of Sands China’s supplier rela- Through the series of training for our clients in order to meet for some ten years has told of enterprises.” tionship management strategy. courses and programs tailor- their standards,” Wong said. its massive growth and chan- According to Wong, along The strategy guides the com- made for SMEs, the company The academy’s coursework ges the local firm has under- with the expansion of Sands pany’s long-standing effort to owner explained that Sands is facilitated by lecturers with gone since its partnership with China over the last decade, the support local suppliers, whom China services a platform to ex- various areas of expertise, and the gaming operator. local printing company has ex- it views as strategic partners. pand the horizons of SMEs in covers seven topics: effective Digital Color Advertising & panded its global vision in the Thus, the gaming operator of- the city – giving them additio- warehouse operations, quality Production Co. Ltd., estab- business, seeing higher turno- fers selected companies a series nal opportunities to reach out assurance, logistics manage- lished in 1998, is a professio- ver. of training courses, particularly to other clients. ment, procurement processes nal printing and advertising “That is why we have invested to improve business manage- The array of programs benefit and system overview, procure- company, well-equipped with more to improve in our hardwa- ment skills. SMEs by giving them direct ac- ment contracts, supplier code various types of large environ- re and software,” said the direc- Wong recollected that Sands cess to business opportunities of conduct, and 8D problem mental format printers, along tor. China’s procurement team with customers. solving. with large-scale cutters in a bid “We have globalized our vision would regularly visit the office “We usually cannot get in tou- Wong also praised the gaming to maintain a fast and diversi- [due to] the long-term business to maintain a close relationship ch with overseas vendors but operator’s procurement team, fied service in a one-stop-shop relationship that we have with with the local company. by participating in the events highlighting that the team had to meet the needs of their clien- Sands China,” Wong remarked. “They encouraged us to keep at The Venetian Macao, we can encouraged the company to ts. The company, which has in- high standards in the company. make contact with other com- continually excel in the produc- The company – which cur- creased its offices to three, has The way we provide our services panies, which allows us to ex- ts and services they provide. rently has more than 30 full- invested millions in eco-frien- pand our business,” said Wong. “They have well-regulated po- time workers – provides ser- dly printing machines, as ins- The director implied that he is licies and an organized team. vices mainly in internal media pired by Sands China’s global willing to send more of his staff We love working with them as production and service to SCL sustainability strategy. We have to attend the Sands Procure- they have such strong and good properties including light box The local firm are keen to ment Academy, which is speci- management,” Wong said. films, wall banners, lamp pos- adhere to the company’s envi- globalized fically geared toward local SME “They have also helped us to ts, billboards and tower wraps, ronment standards. enterprises. learn about international regu- among many others. “We are always learning from our vision due With the academy’s tailor-ma- lations including compliance With Sands China’s commit- Sands China’s procurement to the long- de practical training modules and similar matters,” he added. ment to supporting local enter- team. We have received training that help develop suppliers by The SME – which only opera- prises, Patrick Wong, director to improve management skills term business sharing business knowledge ted with three employees a de- of the local firm, explained how and we follow Sands China’s and skills, the director belie- cade ago – provides services to such assurance brought signi- guidelines on corporate social relationship that ved that such programs would all Sands China properties and ficant changes in terms of how responsibility,” said Wong. significantly benefit his team is looking forward to the ga- his business ran. Thus, we offer good benefits to we have with members. ming operator’s expansion with Acquiring a series of refer- our staff and provide them with Sands China. In the program, Sands China The Londoner. rals from the gaming operator, a better working environment. encourages them to gain expe- Wong remarked, “we have be- We bought environmentally- PATRICK WONG rience and build capability to This article is sponsored nefited from these referrals and friendly printers instead of old DIRECTOR OF DIGITAL COLOR work with large-scale interna- by Sands China Ltd. 28.08.2018 tue

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HAI authorities this week Tare expected to step up their investigation of a financial scam involving the alleged theft of Thai police extend probe into about USD25 million worth of bitcoins from a Finnish investor who police say was bilked with crypto scandal involving Macau promises of high returns from investments in a casino in Macau and in another cryptocurrency. cashed into Thai baht and de- in Dragon Coin remains unclear. The case, which surfaced with posited into 51 bank accounts The Thai government has ste- the arrest in a shopping mall AP PHOTO belonging to seven people, with pped up efforts this year to con- parking lot of a young soap ope- some of the money used by the trol the largely unregulated field ra actor suspected of colluding Jaravijits to buy land in and near of digital currency. with his sister and brother, has Bangkok, the court documents In March, it enacted a decree prompted Thailand’s central say. aimed at imposing controls and bank to warn investors against stipulating rules on taxation of bitcoin-related scams, unders- bitcoin transactions. But experts coring the challenge for regula- Funds would say there are loopholes and it’s tors trying to keep up with fast- been loosely enforced. growing cryptocurrency markets. be invested Anti-money laundering offi- Police have issued arrest war- in a new cials say bitcoin are attractive for rants for several other people, in- scams because encrypted tran- cluding actor Jiratpisit Jaravijit’s Actor Jiratpisit Jaravijit (center) is escorted by Thai police officers to leave the cryptocurrency, sactions can be hard to trace, al- elder brother, Parinya Jaravijit, Crimes Suppression Division in Bangkok though officials have emphasized who has left the country. Police called Dragon that this case did not involve that have indicated they will question USD25 million at the time — ob- convinced Saarimaa and his part- kind of cybercrime. more suspects this week. Yester- tained from 22-year-old Finnish ner to transfer their bitcoins to Coin, to be used “In every investment, it’s very day, they questioned the siblings’ investor Aarni Otava Saarimaa. an e-wallet of one of the suspects at a casino in important to understand what parents about money they had The police arrest warrant says on several occasions, promising type of asset you are investing in received in their bank accounts Saarimaa and a Thai business the funds would be invested in a Macau and what types of risks are asso- suspected of having come from partner, Chonnikarn Kaewsalee, company called Expay Software ciated with that asset,” Veerathai the alleged scam. Jiratpisit tur- filed a complaint in January over Co. and in a new cryptocurrency, Police and financial documents Santiprahhob, Thailand’s central ned himself in yesterday to for- having not received any return called Dragon Coin, to be used at showed that in some cases Saari- bank governor, told reporters af- mally hear fraud charges. on the promised investment. a casino in Macau. maa did gain ownership of sha- ter the case became public. “It’s Court documents say the siblin- Saarimaa did not respond to an The documents say that the res in those companies. But he crucial that anyone who wants gs and others are suspected of emailed request for comment. three, along with a prominent lo- complained to police that he did to invest in high-risk assets such conspiring to commit fraud and According to court documents cal stock investor, were supposed not obtain the investments or re- as digital currencies and bitcoin engage in money laundering with cited by Thai newspapers, Pa- to have formed a partnership. turns promised to him. The sta- educate themselves and fully un- 5,564.4 bitcoins — worth roughly rinya Jaravijit and an associate Instead, the bitcoins were tus of the promised investments derstand it.” MDT/AP ad tue 28.08.2018

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Melco: healthy gaming

Fanny Vong speaks during the event for a better community

EDUCATION ESPITE recent po- non-management to undergo ployees Home of Macau, the licies to diversify the mandatory RG training as part short film, titled “Our Wishes”, economy, gaming re- of their new hire orientation. explored the impact of gaming IFT to offer its first mains Macau’s bread Additionally, to strengthen habits on familial relationships Dand butter. Even as operators and update knowledge, all em- and the importance of staying Master’s program like Melco Resorts & Entertain- ployees receive 2.5 hours of RG in control. ment roll out new leisure and enhancement training to cover Melco works closely with go- entertainment offerings, they Julie Zhu cau’s hotel industry is developing topics including the symptoms vernment regulators to ensure are constantly striving to deve- very well and there are many hi- and effects of gambling disor- compliance with industry stan- lop their core gaming business HE Institute for Tourism gh-class management personnel. ders as well as the company’s dards. It financed the establish- in a sustainable and healthy Studies (IFT) 2018/2019 I believe that many people from own policies, which emphasise ment of the MPI-Melco Gaming T manner that benefits the com- Degree Program Student Orien- the industry and from the society how every employee has a role and Entertainment Informa- munity and the region. tation Ceremony was held last will be interested in this degree.” to play in RG. tion Technology Research and Melco has always been a week. Besides planning to launch the It is essential for Melco to en- Development Center in 2008, strong proponent of corporate President of IFT, Fanny Vong, master’s degree in hospitality sure that its leaders are at the and donated to the Macau Uni- social responsibility (CSR), and welcomed 512 new students. management, IFT also plans to forefront of RG development. versity Development Founda- one of its core focus areas is pro- “Career opportunities in tou- launch a master’s degree in cui- Last year, it organised a leader- tion to support research into motion of responsible gaming rism and hospitality continue to sine. ship forum to educate more than local gaming management. (RG). Its dedicated steering expand. The tourism industry “Macau is a gastronomy city; 600 management employees, committee – led by Chairman is growing worldwide and that besides [good food], Macau also with Mr. Paulo Martins Chan, PROCESSES AND and CEO Lawrence Ho – has translates into rewarding careers, needs to do research about cuisi- Director of the Gaming Inspec- TECHNOLOGY been developing and executing particularly in Asia,” Vong said in ne,” said Vong. tion and Coordination Bureau Innovation and safety are key RG initiatives since its forma- her speech. “In China, the soon- Previously, IFT had offered cui- (DICJ), UM Professor Davis elements of RG implementa- tion in 2007. to-be unveiled development plan sine courses. According to Vong, Fong and addiction psycholo- tion. In 2016, Melco became The committee’s strategic fra- for the Guangdong-Hong Kon- these courses have been popular. gist Mr. Lawrence Lee as guests Macau’s first operator to install mework focuses on three key g-Macau Greater Bay Area will “This year, students who have of honour and event speakers. real-time facial recognition se- areas of RG culture: employee play a pivotal role in unlocking been admitted to the courses The company reinforces the RG curity systems at all entrances education, community engage- even greater tourism growth.” have performed very well in both message to employees through to gaming areas. This state-of- ment, and processes and tech- In addition, IFT held its first their graduate exams and college regular activities such as game the-art technology keeps out nology. These ground-breaking national flag raising ceremony on entrance exams. I am really con- booths and quiz competitions. patrons who opt for self-ex- RG initiatives – many of which campus “to strengthen the sense fident in those students who are RG activities in May and June clusion or who had previously were the first of their kind in of national identity and foster the majoring in cuisine,” said Vong. alone saw over 7,300 employee committed infractions on the Macau – resulted in Melco be- love for the motherland.” More The IFT president said that the- participants. premises. coming the only operator to net than 400 participants attended se students are in high demand Melco is continually refining two Gold prizes for CSR at the the ceremony, which was not by local companies. COMMUNITY the accuracy and efficiency of prestigious Business Awards of mandatory. Regarding the master’s degree ENGAGEMENT its security systems to offer a Macau. On the sidelines of the cere- in cuisine, Vong said that each Melco sponsors various public safer gaming experience for all, mony, Vong said that IFT will class plans to accept 25 to 30 stu- service messages to promote underscoring its commitment EMPLOYEE EDUCATION launch its first master’s degree in dents. RG culture, the latest of which to raising the bar for RG not Within the local industry, Mel- 2019. The cuisine master’s degree will was a video released this June just on its premises, but in the co is the only company which “All the designs for the mas- not focus on cooking skills but and aired on TDM (Teledifusão wider community. requires all employees from ter’s degree in hospitality mana- cooking related theories. de Macau). Produced in colla- gaming and non-gaming de- gement are ready, and we will “The master’s degree in cuisine boration with a local filming This article is sponsored by partments, management and try to deliver the design to the does not talk about the practice, company and the Gaming Em- Melco Resorts & Entertainment. relevant department as soon as but it is more about the theory,” possible. In 2019, we will launch said Vong. our first master’s degree,” said In addition, the IFT president Vong. “The first master’s degree said that the institute is currently will be a hospitality management looking for a place near the old degree. There is a huge demand campus of the University of Ma- for hospitality management. Ma- cau to open a cuisine center. Conman spends millions on gambling hubs

former professional poker property developments. Aplayer will face a 12 year pri- A report issued by the Sydney son sentence over his participa- Morning Herald stated that the tion in a fraud of AUD76 million, funds were siphoned from clien- in which millions were spent on ts’ accounts without their con- gambling junkets in Las Vegas sent and transferred between and Macau. accounts to avoid suspicion. The court described the of- Police have been unable to tra- fences of convicted conman Bill ce most of the money that had Jordanou as “prolonged fraud of been stolen, yet they noted that breath-taking proportions.” millions were spent on jewel- The 60-year-old will serve nine ry, luxury cars and on gambling years before he is eligible for pa- junkets in the gambling hubs Las role. Vegas and Macau, among others. His co-accused, Robert Zaia, Australia’s Commonwealth 54, was also sentenced after plea- Bank approved over AUD58 ding guilty to the massive scam, million in fraudulent loans. Al- which involved the use of fraudu- though they were aware of the lent documents to obtain loans scam in 2007, the case was only on behalf of clients, usually for referred to the police in 2011. 28.08.2018 tue

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hospital, I knew I had a tumor of 3x4 centimeters in size in the left lung,” reads a testimonial Ostrich skin and Neo-Viagra? A for the Tongbong Anticancer Drug by satisfied customer Ri Kum Jon, identified as a Pyon- shopping guide to North Korea gyang resident. “After I took three cartons for three months my appetite returned to normal Eric Talmadge, Pyongyang — and more — I got weight by 3 kilograms. The tumor was killed STRICH skin ready for tai- AP PHOTO ... I had cured cancer using the Oloring, huge flat-screen TVs, single remedy of Tongbong An- “Neo-Viagra” and a cure for can- ticancer Drug. It is the greatest cer? North Korea’s official sho- of the elixirs that brings life back pper’s guide is glossy and full to people.” of testimonials from satisfied customers and phone and email BOOM BOXES, contact information for the do- CEMENT BAGS AND zens of companies pitching their NANODIAMONDS latest products — though good Sony, Samsung and Huawei luck reaching any of them. don’t need to lose any sleep over The “2018 Korea Commodi- it, but North Korea has several ties” catalog, produced by the brands of electronics. North’s Committee for the Pro- The Hana Electronics Tra- motion of International Trade, ding Co., which began in 2003 reflects a side of North Korea of- as a joint venture with Phoenix ten lost in the shadow of its nu- Commercial Ventures in Bri- clear weapons. Leader Kim Jong A page showing a boombox of the “2018 Korea Commodities” catalog tain, is one of the best known. Un and many other North Ko- It is promoting karaoke boom reans firmly believe their coun- the country’s flagship airline, more than coenzyme Q10,” its Blood-Fresh — can be seen in -boxes, flat-screen TVs and try needs to make more and also has its own line of drinks. ad claims, “the hydrogen water department stores in Pyongyang DVD players. Other well-known better consumer goods and sell O-Il, which means May Day, is effective in avoiding mental and at souvenir shops catering brands, like Achim and Pyol- them to the outside world if it is has 12 pages in the 207-page and physical fatigues, retarding to foreigners. It’s also featured muri, are pitching TVs — 3D ever going to have a strong — or 2018 commodity catalog intro- the aging process, neutralizing in infomercials on Air Koryo fli- compatibility appears to be a even sustainable — economy. ducing its line of nine energy all kinds of poisons, preventing ghts from Beijing. hot extra these days — along More goods with the “made in drinks. Two are sold in plastic radioactive and oxidant dama- So what is it? According to the with laptops and tablets. North Korea” label are available bottles shaped like barbells. A ges, improving immunity, figh- catalog, Royal Blood-Fresh is It’s unclear if the products are than ever before, though inter- happy boy is shown lifting them ting cancer and treating arte- a supplement made primarily fully produced in North Korea national sanctions mean most over his head, while a rainbow- riosclerosis through purification from beans that’s recommended or just assembled and rebran- can’t be sold abroad. colored list of the drinks’ bene- of blood.” for long flights to help prevent or ded. A look at what North Korea fits includes the “stimulation of cure deep vein thrombosis. Pos- But they do basically work. sees as some of its most promi- growth in height” and “greater MIRACLE CURES FOR ters targeting foreign tourists Some of the guidebook’s ads — sing products: spiritual exertion.” CANCER? say, “Fly safe with Royal Blood- for bags of cement, for example, O-il also produces dozens Traditional “Koryo” medici- Fresh” and “Who says you can’t and medicinal stone tiles for use ENERGY DRINKS AND of yogurt and milk-flavored nes dating to ancient times are grow younger and cleverer?” in saunas — are clearly directed CHEESE-FLAVORED drinks, fruit juices, tea, jellies widely used in North Korea, in Another heavily hyped supple- at industrial buyers. ESKIMO PIES and dozens of flavors of ice part because of the scarcity of ment is Pugang’s “Kumdang-2 But it also has sections for Coke and other foreign brands cream cones, popsicles and ice modern Western medicines, Injection,” a vegetable-based lipsticks and skin creams by the are relatively rare and expensive cream sandwiches, collectively and have long been popular with medication its producer says is Pyongyang Cosmetics Factory, in North Korea. known here as “Eskimo.” The- Chinese tourists. exported to a dozen countries. lingerie from the Korea Pon- But the O-Il General Proces- re’s chocolate and strawberry, of North Korea sees big potential It caused a buzz in the Western ghwa General Group, herbal sing Factory has tried to fill the course, but also cheese, fermen- for exports. Leading the charge media a few years ago when it toothpaste, brassware and Neo- gap. ted bean and lactobacilli. One is the Pugang Pharmaceutic Co., was advertised as an effective Viagra-Y.R., which is touted as A surprising amount of shelf of O-Il’s latest offerings is “Hy- Ltd, a pioneer both in making treatment for both cancer and “the best sexual function activa- space in Pyongyang grocery sto- drogen Water,” which it calls the health supplements and in using tuberculosis, with no side effec- tor at the moment.” res, and increasingly stores el- “wonder health water of the 21st advertising to sell them, a tricky ts, no less. The Kangan Trading Co. is ad- sewhere, has been taken over by century.” undertaking given that such Some of the best testimonials vertising nanodiamonds, useful sugary soft drinks, much of whi- “With an antioxidant power capitalist practices are still offi- in the catalog come from the for quantum computers and for ch is produced by O-Il and other 176 times that of vitamin C, 431 cially frowned upon. Posters for medicines section. chemotherapy. well-known brands. Air Koryo, times vitamin E and 863 times its best-known product — Royal “When I was diagnosed at the Purity: 99-plus percent. AP

corporate bits annual sjm scholarship awards 41 children of staff Sociedade de Jogos de tors and SJM Scholarship of this year’s recipients. Macau awarded scholar- Selection Committee, em- The SJM Scholarship ships to 41 children of phasized the importance program awards outstan- staff, including new scho- of analytical thinking in ding children of staff and larships to 10 outstanding his speech, as students furthers their university students of Year 2018 and have access to a wealth studies. Children of SJM the renewal of scholar- of information on the in- and STDM staff who are ships for 31 recipients of ternet nowadays, hence first-year undergraduates Year 2017, 2016, 2015 and the ability to analyze thin- are eligible for application. 2014. gs carefully and from a wi- The program awards 10 The 14th annual SJM der perspective becoming scholarships annually to Scholarship Awards Cere- crucial to solving pro- children of staff, who are mony was held on Wed- blems and making sound each awarded MOP20,000 nesday at the Grand Ball- judgments. per year (for up to five room of Grand Lisboa. Angela Leong, mana- years) until they finish their Out of 48 applicants, 10 ging director and chief university studies. outstanding students were administrative officer of Renewal of scholarships selected by the SJM Scho- SJM, remarked that the is based on assessment larship Selection Commit- SJM Scholarship illustra- of the recipient’s academic tee this year. tes SJM’s emphasis on results by the SJM Scho- Each student will be employee welfare, inclu- larship Selection Commit- awarded MOP20,000 per ding the education of their tee annually. year until they finish their children. Since its establishment university studies. U Choi San thanked in 2005, the program has Ambrose So, chairman SJM for their support in seen the graduation of 91 of the SJM board of direc- nurturing talent on behalf children of staff. tue 28.08.2018

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ONG Kong’s stratos- HONG KONG pheric property prices are pushing some resi- dents beyond the law. HA small, but significant, number of younger people are living in in- World’s priciest home market dustrial buildings, trading com- fort and convenience for cheap rent. Along with irritations such as rust-tainted water and inter- pushes millennials beyond the law mittent blackouts, there’s one major drawback: Such living ar- ces, with the average home cos- boyfriend in a 200-square-foot rangements are illegal. ting 19.4 times the city’s median apartment inside an industrial annual income, according to De- building in Sha Tin. In addition

It’s a risk 32-year-old photogra- BLOOMBERG pher Wah Lee is willing to take. mographia. Sky-high prices have to potential eviction, the couple While he shares his building near given rise to the micro-apartment has to deal with problems regular the Sha Tin racecourse with a and dormitory style “co-living” Hong Kong residents don’t come Chinese herbal-oil storage unit spaces. Demand for units smaller across. “The running water will and a commercial kitchen pum- than two car-parking spaces has somehow come out yellowy on ping out roast meats, he and his surged this year as costs continue the weekend, so we have to drink roommate pay about HKD11,000 their relentless climb. bottled water,” she said. ($1,400) a month rent, less than While the government has been Not only that, power occasio- half what a residential unit in the reviewing 18 options to increa- nally cuts out after working hou- area goes for. se land supply in a bid to tame rs, meaning the air-conditioning Along with a small kitchen housing prices and avert social won’t operate in a city known for and private bathroom, the unrest, allowing people to legally its hot and steamy weather. “It’s 1,000-square-foot apartment live in industrial buildings isn’t more comfortable to live around features high ceilings and large on the list. Instead, proposals in an industrial building in the la Lui, a community organizer at people in a residential area,” Li windows, unusual by the stan- range from reclaiming more land New Territories in August last the group. said. “I used to wake up and hear dards of Hong Kong’s often poky near Victoria Harbour to building year, killing three people. The While building owners and te- chirping of birds, now I only hear apartments. “The rents nowadays homes on top of a container ter- apartment was found to be one of nants are currently required to people coming into their offices.” are very unreasonable,” Lee said. minal. 17 subdivided units on the floor. end any domestic use if found But the young couple aren’t “There’s no way for me to afford “Industrial buildings are not An estimated 12,000 people to be renting industrial buildin- planning on moving out anytime those residential units.” Another designed to be lived in,” Chau lived in industrial buildings in gs for residential purposes, the soon, as they pay just HK$5,000 advantage: He’s able to store his Kwong Wing, Chair Professor 2016, according to the Society government last year proposed a month rent, or just 15 percent of photography gear and shoot pic- of Real Estate and Construction for Community Organization, an introducing criminal sanctions. their combined income. Getting tures at home because of the ge- at the University of Hong Kong advocacy group. The organiza- The plan, if finalized, can be put a residential apartment elsewhe- nerous space. and a member of the task force tion hasn’t updated its estimate forward for approval at the ear- re would chew up 40 percent of This version of industrial chic is on land supply, said in an inter- in recent years but expects the liest in the coming legislative year their wages. “I have looked into just another way Hong Kong resi- view. “It involves safety concer- number to have dwindled due starting in October. other places in residential areas, dents are trying to beat the wor- ns.” Those risks were highlighted to heightened inspections by the That hasn’t deterred 23-year- but they are too expensive,” she ld’s most expensive housing pri- when a fire ripped through a unit government, according to Ange- old Ting Li, who lives with her said. Bloomberg

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ACED with plunging U.S. AP PHOTO Forders, surgical glove maker Ren Jiding is hunting for new markets amid Chinese gover- nment calls to reduce reliance on the United States. But none can absorb the 60 percent of his sales that went to American customers last year. “Other countries import much less than the United States,” said Ren, a co-owner of Hon- gyeshangqin Medical Science and Technology Co., Ltd. in the eastern city of Zibo. From medical products to smartphone chips to soybeans, Beijing is responding to Pre- sident Donald Trump’s tariff hikes by pushing companies to trade more with other coun- tries. But there are few substi- tutes for the United States as an export market and source of technology for industries including telecom equipment makers Chinese leaders are ea- ger to develop. Beijing has announced tariff cuts and other changes while rejecting U.S. demands to sca- le back plans such as “Made in China 2025,” which calls for state-led creation of Chinese champions in robotics, biotech and other fields. American lea- ders say those violate Beijing’s market-opening promises and China in struggle to curb might erode U.S. industrial leadership. The response highlights the cost the ruling Communist reliance on US market, suppliers Party is willing to pay in lost sales and jobs to stick to plans revenue from the higher tarif- want about finding other sour- prices they offer would be too and developing countries but that are fueling conflict with fs to help struggling exporters ces of soybeans,” but 80 per- low.” demand was sluggish. Washington, Europe and other and has ordered banks to lend cent come from the United Sta- Chinese officials point to po- Some companies are con- trading partners. more freely to them. tes, Brazil and Argentina, said tential markets in the “Belt and fident of keeping their U.S. “China sees its technology and The biggest jolt so far came Michael Cordonnier, president Road,” a multibillion-dollar market share. That reflects industrial policies as funda- from Beijing’s cancellation of of Soybean & Corn Advisor, initiative led by President Xi the possible success of official mental to its growth,” Tianjie orders for soybeans, the big- Inc., a U.S. research firm. Jinping to boost trade by bui- efforts to develop higher-tech He of Oxford Economics said gest American export to China “If you want to import lding ports, railways and other goods instead of competing on in an email. “It is thus hard to at $21 billion last year. That soybeans, it generally must be infrastructure across Asia to price alone. see China’s leadership commit- hammered farm states that from one of those three coun- Europe. The general manager of Yihua ting to significant changes.” voted for Trump in the 2016 tries,” said Cordonnier in an That has brought a flood of Electronic Equipment Co. in Trump has raised duties on a election. It also pushed up pri- email. contracts to Chinese state-ow- southern China’s Guangdong total of USD50 billion of Chi- ces for Chinese farmers that Regulators also cut import ned builders but complain- said the tariffs should not af- nese imports including ultra- use soybeans for animal feed duties on automobiles on July ts about costs have hurt its fect sales of its digital soldering sound scanners and industrial and food processors that crush 1 but raised them on vehicles appeal. Prime Minister Maha- guns, one fifth of which are components that Washington them for cooking oil. from the United States. That thir Mohamad of Malaysia an- sold to the United States. says benefit from improper po- helps luxury brands that im- nounced this month the can- “With the 25 percent tarif- licies. China retaliated with si- port from Germany and Japan. cellation of plans for Chinese fs, ours still are cheaper than milar penalties. Replacing markets for Chine- -built projects including a $20 similar German- or Japane- The U.S. is poised to raise du- se exporters that support tens billion rail line. se-made products,” said the ties on $200 billion of imports [The impact of millions of jobs will be har- “There is potential for develo- manager, who would give only including the gloves made by on China is] der. pment in areas such as central his surname, Gou. “We are Ren’s company. Beijing has is- The United States bought Asia, Eastern Europe, Africa not producing something like sued a list of American goods small and is $430 billion of China’s exports and South America. But their shoes and clothing that could for retaliation. last year, or 20 percent of the problems are development be easily replaced.” The impact on China is “small containable, $2.2 trillion total. The No. 2 imbalance and economic ins- Trump’s pressure is likely to and is containable, at least for market was the 28-nation Eu- tability,” said Li Yong, a senior backfire by encouraging Bei- the time being,” said Vincent at least for the ropean Union at $370 billion. fellow at the China Association jing to throw even more re- Chan of Credit Suisse. He said time being. “We can’t afford to lose the of International Trade, an in- sources at nurturing its own the “worst case” outlook if all U.S. market,” said David Hu, dustry group. technology creators. threatened U.S. tariff hikes go VINCENT CHAN general manager of Sinohood Local officials have met with China’s search for non-U.S. ahead would cut China’s grow- CREDIT SUISSE Bags Factory Ltd. in the sou- exporters to exhort them to suppliers could help com- th by 0.2 percentage points this theastern city of Yiwu. “diversify markets,” according panies such as Taiwanese chi- year and 1.3 percent in 2019. That could be a windfall for Americans bought 40 per- to the state press. pmaker MediaTek Inc. But re- Chinese leaders have tried to Brazil. But China already is cent of his canvas tote bags last Authorities in the central city designing a phone or network cushion the blow to their own its top market and consumes year, including the most profi- of Jingzhou visited exporters gear and then gaining regu- economy by targeting Ame- two-thirds of the global supply. table customized versions with to help with customs forms, fi- latory and customer approval rican goods its importers can Chinese total imports last year Christmas and other designs. nancing and other details, the can take a minimum of three to get from other countries — of 95 million metric tons were “What we export to Europe is website China Industry and five years. soybeans from Brazil, gas from 50 percent more than the Sou- lower-end products with lower Commerce News said. “For now,” said He of Oxford Russia, cars from Germany th American giant’s entire ex- prices,” said Hu. “We could ex- Ren, the surgical glove maker, Economics, “China remains and fish from Vietnam. ports. plore the Indian, Vietnamese said his 300-employee com- technologically dependent on Beijing has promised to use “The Chinese can talk all they or Philippine markets. 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BELT & ROAD Nissan launches Beijing defends ‘New Silk Road’ China-focused electric car against debt ISSAN’S first elec- develop 20 electric models as complaints tric sedan designed part of a $10 billion, five-year for China began AP PHOTO investment program. They HINESE officials yesterday de- production yester- said that would include three Cfended Beijing’s initiative to bui- Nday at the start of a wave of models this year and three ld a “New Silk Road” of railways dozens of planned lower-cost “affordable EV” compacts in and other infrastructure across Asia electrics being created by glo- 2019. against complaints it leaves host coun- bal automakers for their big- GM says it will roll out 10 tries with too much debt after Malay- gest market. electric and hybrid models in sia canceled two high-profile projects. Manufacturers including Ge- China from 2016 to 2020. It The officials said President Xi neral Motors and Volkswagen says by 2025, all its Buick, Ca- Jinping’s signature foreign policy ini- are poised this year to launch dillac and Chevrolet models in tiative is creating assets that are nee- a flood of electric sedans, mi- China will offer hybrid or pure ded by developing countries but might nivans and SUVs designed for -electric versions. take time to pay off. Chinese tastes and budgets. Tesla says China is its second The deputy chairman of the Cabinet Nissan, Tesla, GM and others 338 kilometers (210 miles) on water. They have not really -largest market. But a high sti- planning agency, Ning Jizhe, rejected sell imports or electrified ver- a charge. launched their heavyweight cker price has limited sales by what he said were foreign news repor- sions of models made by Chi- “We’re confident that the models in China yet,” said in- other foreign brands to a few ts that blamed the initiative for debt nese partners, but the market Sylphy Zero Emission rolling dustry analyst Yale Zhang of hundred vehicles. problems. is dominated by low-cost local off the production line today Automotive Foresight. Beijing announced in April “People’s livelihoods and economic rivals including BYD Auto. will become a main player in “By the end of this year, thin- it would end restrictions on development have been boosted,” China’s government sees the EV market,” said Nissan gs will be different,” Zhang foreign ownership of electric Ning said at a news conference. “No electric cars as a promising CEO Hiroto Saikawa. “We’re said. “We really will see the vehicle manufacturers this ‘debt trap’ has been created.” industry and a way to clean going to roll out a range of EVs market become more compe- year in an effort to promote Other governments welcomed Xi’s up its smog-choked cities. Go- that will appeal to customers titive and consumers will have development. initiative in 2013 in a region the Asian vernment subsidies have built within all market segments.” more to choose.” Producers had been reluc- Development Bank says needs more China into the biggest market Sales quotas that take effect Sales of pure-electric and ga- tant to transfer manufacturing than USD26 trillion of infrastructure for electrics, but Beijing is shif- next year require every brand soline-electric hybrid vehicles to China due to the require- investment by 2030 to keep econo- ting the burden to automakers to sell electrics or buy credits in the first half of 2018 rose ment to share technology with mies growing. with sales quotas and tougher from competitors that do. That 111.5 percent over a year ear- Chinese partners that might The initiative, called “One Belt, One fuel efficiency standards. puts pressure on automakers lier to 412,000. Total electric become rivals. Road” in Chinese and the “Belt and The Sylphy Zero Emission, to create affordable models sales last year were 770,000. Freed of that requirement, Road Initiative” in English, is a busi- based on Nissan’s Leaf, is Chinese consumers want. Government plans call for Tesla Inc. announced in July ness venture, not aid. Chinese officials being produced by Nissan Mo- China accounted for half of total annual sales of 2 million it would build its first factory say financing is on commercial terms. tor Co. and a Chinese partner, global electric car sales last electric and gasoline-electric outside the United States in Beijing wants to attract non-Chinese Dongfeng Motor group. year, but almost all were Chi- hybrid vehicles by 2020. Shanghai, becoming the first investors but that has happened only The Sylphy costs 166,000 nese models that start as low Despite official support, elec- wholly foreign-owned auto- on a few of the hundreds of railway, yuan (USD25,850) after go- as 140,000 yuan ($22,000). trics still are a fraction of Chi- maker in China. power plant, highway and other pro- vernment subsidies, or just BYD Auto, the biggest global nese passenger vehicle sales, Other automakers are jects. over half the sticker price of brand by number sold, said its which totaled 11.8 million in working through ventures Some governments including the the Chinese version of the Leaf first-half 2018 sales doubled the first half of 2019, up 4.6 with Chinese partners, hoping United States, Japan and India worry sold by Nissan and Dongfeng’s from a year earlier to 71,000. percent from a year earlier. to take advantage of their ex- Beijing is trying to build a China-cen- joint venture Venucia brand. “Basically, all these interna- Nissan and Dongfeng an- perience in developing lower- tered structure that will erode their Nissan says the Sylphy can go tional giants are testing the nounced plans in February to cost vehicles. AP influence. Some Chinese-led projects have run into complaints that they are too costly and give too little work to local TIBET contractors. Some governments inclu- ding Thailand, Tanzania, Sri Lanka and Nepal have scrapped, scaled back Wang Yang calls for ‘anti-separatism or renegotiated projects. This month, Malaysian Prime Minis- ter Mahathir Mohamad canceled pro- efforts’ in Tibet jects including a $20 billion railway he said his country cannot afford. Last top Chinese leader was quoted as saying in gards the Dalai Lama as December, Sri Lanka sold control of its has called for “ad- Tibet’s regional capital a dangerous separatist. port of Hambantota to a Chinese state

A AP PHOTO vancing anti-separa- of Lhasa during a visit Many Tibetans insist -owned company after falling behind tism efforts” in Tibet, there on Sunday. they were essentially in repaying $1.5 billion in loans from in a sign of continued Beijing’s forces occu- independent for much Beijing. high-pressure tactics in pied Tibet shortly after of that time. Chinese authorities choose projec- the Himalayan region. the 1949 communist Wang has broad res- ts “very carefully” and examine host Wang Yang, the ruling revolution and security ponsibility for religious country finances to make sure they can Communist Party’s No. there has been ratche- policy as head of the Wang Yang, a member of the Standing Committee of the repay loans, said a deputy commerce 4 ranking official, was ted up significantly in government’s top poli- Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) minister, Qian Keming. However, he quoted yesterday in the decade since anti- tical advisory body. In Central Committee and chairman of the National Committee said they would welcome the parti- of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference state media as stressing government protests his comments Sunday, (CPPCC), visits the Tibet Buddhist Theological Institute cipation of developed countries and the importance of tight spread through Tibetan he also echoed Beijing’s international organizations to impro- control over Tibet’s Bu- areas in 2008. calls for the sinicization activity” during the secular education. ve transparency and guarantee “high ddhist institutions, ur- The tactics in Tibet of religion, shorthand summer school holi- Recent months have quality” projects. ging “preparedness and are largely aimed at re- for adherence to the days. also seen sweeping cra- “These physical facilities will play precautions for danger ducing the influence of dictates of the officially Young Tibetan monks ckdowns on traditional a long-term role,” said Qian. “But we in times of safety.” the region’s spiritual atheist party. have also reportedly Muslim culture among don’t necessarily see a return in the Religious figures must leader, the Dalai Lama, Among recent tighte- been forced to leave the Uighur ethnic mi- short run.” “be courageous to battle who lives in exile in ning security measures one of the biggest mo- nority group in the “Belt and Road” is a loosely defined all separatist elements” India. China claims Ti- in Tibet, students were nasteries in a Tibetan northwestern region umbrella for Chinese-built or financed in the name of preser- bet has been part of its required to sign agree- region of western China of Xinjiang and among projects across 65 countries from the ving national unity and territory for more than ments to “not take part as part of a drive to re- Christians in eastern South Pacific through Asia to Africa social stability, Wang seven centuries and re- in any form of religious place monastic life with China. AP and Europe. 28.08.2018 tue

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trators and military comman- ders; policies of exclusion AP PHOTO against Rohingya people; an “oppressive context;” and the “level of organization indica- ting a plan for destruction.” The investigators cited six Myanmar military leaders as “priority subjects” for pos- sible prosecution, including Commander-in-Chief Min Aung Hlaing. A longer list of names is to be kept in the of- fice of the U.N. human rights chief for possible use in futu- re judicial proceedings. The United States and European Union have already slapped sanctions on some Myanmar military leaders, though Min Aung Hlaing is not among them. “The main perpetrator, the people that we want the spotlight on, is the Tatma- daw,” said mission member Radhika Coomaraswamy, a Sri Lankan former U.N. un- dersecretary-general, refer- ring to Myanmar’s military. Christopher Sidoti, an Aus- tralian human rights ex- pert, acknowledged that no “smoking gun” linked the six military leaders directly to or- ders to carry out genocide, but pointed to inferences of their role based on a strict chain of MYANMAR command in Myanmar. They called for the creation of a special body, or “mecha- nism,” to keep watch on the UN team: Military chiefs still-evolving human rights situation in Myanmar. They said the United Nations’ own role in the country since 2011 should face ‘genocide’ case should be reviewed to see if the world body did all it could to prevent such a crisis. Jamey Keaten, Geneva whole,” said fact-finding mis- ternational Criminal Court, ring in Myanmar. But few ex- They also faulted Aung San sion chair Marzuki Darusman, and if not, to a special tribu- perts have studied the issue as Suu Kyi for not using her role NVESTIGATORS working a former Indonesian attorney- nal. Last week, Myanmar’s go- in-depth, and in such an offi- as head of Myanmar’s gover- Ifor the U.N.’s top human general, at a news conference. vernment rejected any coope- cial way, as the fact-finding nment, nor her “moral autho- rights body said yesterday The council created the ration with the ICC, to which mission with a mandate from rity” — she is a Nobel peace that Myanmar military lea- mission in March last year it is not a party. China, a per- the 46-nation council. prize laureate — to stop the ders should be prosecuted for — nearly six months before a manent member of the U.N. The United Nations does not events in embattled Rakhine genocide against Rohingya string of deadly rebel attacks Security Council with veto apply the word “genocide” li- state. Muslims, taking the unusual on security and police posts power over whether the issue ghtly. The team’s assessment Forum-Asia, an advocacy step of identifying six by name set off a crackdown that dro- will be brought before the ICC, suggests the crimes against group, called the report “sig- among those behind deadly, ve Rohingya to flee into nei- has been reticent about con- the Rohingya could meet the nificant” and said the United systematic crimes against the ghboring Bangladesh. The demning Myanmar’s govern- strict legal definition, used to Nations needed to heed its ethnic minority. U.N. estimates that more than ment during the crisis. highlight and condemn sta- call. The call, accompanying a 700,000 have fled. U.N. leaders, foreign gover- te-supported abuses in places “If the U.N. fails to adequa- first report by the team of in- The team compiled accoun- nment officials, and human like Bosnia, Rwanda and Su- tely address these findings it vestigators, amounts to some ts of crimes including gang rights watchers have for mon- dan’s Darfur region. will be a monumental failure of the strongest language yet rape, the torching of hundreds ths cited evidence of genocide Human rights watchers say for the world body, which has from U.N. officials who have of villages, enslavement, and in Myanmar, and the United that determining “genocidal already been criticized for not denounced alleged human ri- killings of children — some States late last year said that intent” is perhaps the most di- doing enough,” said R. Iniyan ghts violations in Myanmar before their eyes of their own “ethnic cleansing” was occur- fficult criteria to meet: In es- Ilango, UN advocacy program since a bloody crackdown be- parents. The team was not sence, it’s the task of assessing manager for the group. gan last August. granted access to Myanmar the mindsets of perpetrators Praise also came from the The three-member “fact-fin- and has decried a lack of coo- The team to determine if ethnicity, race, ground in Cox’s Bazar, Ban- ding mission” and their team, peration or even response religion or another attribute gladesh, where refugee camps working under a mandate from the government, which compiled had motivated them. have taken in hundreds of from the U.N.-backed Human received an early copy of the “The crimes in Rakhine state, thousands of Royingya from Rights Council, meticulously report. accounts of and the manner in which they across the border. assembled hundreds of ac- The team cited a “conserva- crimes including were perpetrated, are similar “We are happy for this. If the- counts from expatriate Rohin- tive” estimate from aid group in nature, gravity and scope to se army people are punished gya, as well as satellite footage Reporters Without Borders gang rape, those that have allowed geno- the world will take note of it. and other information to as- that some 10,000 people were cidal intent to be established They are killers. They must be semble the report. killed in the violence, but out- the torching in other contexts,” the report punished,” said Mohammed “The military’s contempt for side investigators have had no said, alluding to a region of Hasan, 46, who lives in the human life, dignity and free- access to the affected regions of villages, Myanmar that is home for Kutupalong refugee camp. dom — for international law — making a precise accoun- enslavement, many Rohingya. “They killed thousands, we in general — should be a cause ting elusive, if not impossible. Adding into their assess- have seen that. They torched of concern for the entire popu- Above all, the investigators and killings of ment: The extreme brutality our homes, that’s a fact, they lation of Myanmar, and to the said the situation in Myanmar of the crimes; “hate rhetoric” raped our women, that’s not international community as a should be referred to the In- children and specific speech by perpe- false,” he said. AP tue 28.08.2018

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IME and again, Chinese -American students con- Race-based school criteria sistently delivered top academic scores, only Tto be denied admission to their dream school. Parents bemoaned roils Asian-Americans - again what they saw as an unfair racial advantage given to black and Latino children while their own 2015 complaint filed against children were overlooked. Harvard by a coalition of Asian “Every year hundreds of Chi- AP PHOTO -American groups. nese-American parents would The 2014 lawsuit, led by con- be in anguish,” said Lee Cheng, servative strategist Ed Blum, is a 46-year-old intellectual pro- being closely watched as it goes perty attorney, who sought to to trial in October. It could wind end the practice. “I remember up before a more conservative the disappointment in some of U.S. Supreme Court that only my friends who were the kids of narrowly affirmed the use of race immigrants, of very, very poor in school admissions in a case people who worked in China- that Blum lost two years ago. town.” Other cases have raised the This may sound like the figh- ire of Asian-Americans, even ts going on today over testing in ones who consider themselves elite public schools in New York progressive allies. In 2009, the City or lawsuits against presti- University of California plowed gious universities such as Har- ahead with new admissions crite- vard over affirmative action. required Chinese applicants to affiliates of the NAACP and civil Now, critics of the policy sense ria that analysts said would boost But the scenario played out score higher on an admissions in- rights establishment, they said, an opening for change, led by a white enrollment at the cost of more than three decades ago on dex than whites, blacks and even ‘Hey there’s nothing to see here,’ White House hostile to the idea of Asian students. the other side of the country over other Asians as part of a legal Cheng said. considering race in admissions. More recently, New York City a public high school, demons- mandate to diversify its schools. So he helped form a legal foun- The U.S. Department of Justice Mayor Bill de Blasio vowed to trating the enduring nature of Cheng, a Lowell graduate, cou- dation and sued. is backing a 2014 lawsuit against get more blacks and Latinos into a controversy in which Asian- ldn’t believe that was fair or Race-based affirmative action Harvard University by Asian-A- specialized public high schools Americans have played a key role even legal. But when he turned has long polarized Asian-Ameri- merican applicants, who say the where Asians make up the bulk despite some feeling shut out of to Asian-American civil rights cans, with critics feeling demo- Ivy League college unlawfully of students. Asian-American the broader conversation. groups, they were of no help. nized and advocates chagrined suppresses the number of Asians politicians said they were blind- In the 1980s, San Francisco’s “These organizations, which all by the attention to what they call admitted. The DOJ also said last sided by the June announce- prestigious Lowell High School came of age largely as the ‘yellow’ minority-within-minority views. year it would investigate a May ment. AP

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US Horn,” which starred Hal Mar- ch and Warren Berlinger as two brothers (not unlike Danny and Neil Simon) trying to figure out Neil Simon, Broadway’s master what to do with their lives. The comedy ran for more than a year on Broadway. An audience member is said to have died on of comedy, dies at 91 opening night. But it was his second play, “Ba- Mark Kennedy, New York refoot in the Park,” that really put Simon on the map. Criti- LAYWRIGHT Neil Simon, AP PHOTO cally well-received, the 1963 co- Pa master of comedy whose medy, directed by Mike Nichols, laugh-filled hits such as “The concerned the tribulations of a Odd Couple,” ‘’Barefoot in the pair of newlyweds played by Eli- Park” and his “Brighton Beach” zabeth Ashley and Robert Red- trilogy dominated Broadway for ford, who lived on the top floor decades, has died. He was 91. of a New York brownstone. Simon died Yesterday [Macau Simon cemented that success time] of complications from two years later with “The Odd pneumonia at New York Pres- Couple,” a comedy about bicke- byterian Hospital in Manhat- ring roommates: Oscar, a gruff, tan, said Bill Evans, a longtime slovenly sportswriter, and Fe- friend and spokesman for Shu- lix, a neat, fussy photographer. bert Organization theaters. Walter Matthau, as Oscar, and In the second half of the 20th Art Carney, as Felix, starred on century, Simon was the Ame- Broadway, with Matthau and rican theater’s most successful Jack Lemmon playing the roles and prolific playwright, often in a successful movie version. chronicling middle class issues Jack Klugman and Tony Ran- and fears. Starting with “Come dall appeared in the TV series, Blow Your Horn” in 1961 and which ran on ABC from 1970- continuing into the next cen- 1975. A female stage version was tury, he rarely stopped working done on Broadway in 1985 with on a new play or musical. His Rita Moreno as Olive (Oscar) list of credits is staggering. and Sally Struthers as Florence The theater world quickly (Felix). It was revived again as a mourned his death , including TV series from 2015-17, starring Tony Award-winning actor and Matthew Perry. playwright Harvey Fierstein, In this Nov. 23, 1981, file photo playwright Neil Simon (left) and actor James Coco pose for a photo in New York during the New The play remains one of Si- who tweeted that Simon “could York announcement of a Broadway bound musical comedy, “Little Me” mon’s most durable and popu- write a joke that would make lar works. Nathan Lane as Oscar you laugh, define the character, Lane and Matthew Broderick came at the expense of charac- known as his “Brighton Bea- and Matthew Broderick as Felix the situation, and even the wor- after their enormous success in ter and believability. No matter. ch” trilogy — “Brighton Beach starred in a revival that was one ld’s problems.” “The Producers” several years For much of his career, audien- Memoirs,” ‘’Biloxi Blues” and of the biggest hits of the 2005- Matthew Broderick, who in earlier. ces embraced his work, which “Broadway Bound” — which 2006 Broadway season. 1983 made his Broadway de- In a 1997 interview with The often focused on middle-class, many consider his finest works. Besides “Sweet Charity” but in Simon’s “Brighton Beach Washington Post, Simon reflec- urban life, many of the plots In them, Simon’s alter ego, Eu- (1966), which starred Gwen Memoirs” and his movie debut ted on his success: “I know that drawn from his own personal gene Morris Jerome, makes his Verdon as a goodhearted dan- in Simon’s “Max Dugan Retur- I have reached the pinnacle of experience. way from childhood to the U.S. ce-hall hostess, and “Promises, ns,” added: “I owe him a career. rewards. There’s no more mo- “I don’t write social and poli- Army to finally, on the verge of Promises” (1968), based on The theater has lost a brilliantly ney anyone can pay me that I tical plays because I’ve always adulthood, a budding career as Billy Wilder’s film “The Apart- funny, unthinkably wonderful need. There are no awards they thought the family was the mi- a writer. ment,” Simon wrote the books writer. And even after all this can give me that I haven’t won. I crocosm of what goes on in the Simon was born Marvin Neil for several other musicals. time, I feel I have lost a mentor, have no reason to write another world,” he told The Paris Re- Simon in New York and was rai- “Little Me” (1962), adapted a father figure, a deep influence play except that I am alive and I view in 1992. sed in the Bronx and Washing- from Patrick Dennis’ best- in my life and work.” like to do it,” he said. ton Heights. He was a Depres- selling spoof of show-biz au- For seven months in 1967, he Simon had a rare stumble in sion-era child, his father, Irving, tobiographies, featured a har- had four productions running the fall of 2009, when a Broa- In the second a garment-industry salesman. dworking Sid Caesar in seven at the same time on Broadway: dway revival of his “Brighton half of the He was raised mostly by his different roles. “They’re Playing “Barefoot in the Park,” ‘’The Beach Memoirs” closed abruptly strong-willed mother, Mamie, Our Song” (1979), which had Odd Couple,” ‘’Sweet Charity,” after only nine performances 20th century, and mentored by his older bro- music by Marvin Hamlisch and and “The Star-Spangled Girl.” because of poor ticket sales. It ther, Danny, who nicknamed lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager, ran Even before he launched his was to have run in repertory Simon was his younger sibling, Doc. for more than two years. But a theater career, he made history with Simon’s “Broadway Bou- Simon attended New York musical version of Simon’s mo- as one of the famed stable of nd,” which was also canceled. the American University and the University vie “The Goodbye Girl,” starring writers for comedian Sid Caesar The bespectacled, mild theater’s most of Colorado. After serving in the Martin Short and Bernadette that also included Woody Allen, -looking Simon (described in a military in 1945 and 1946, he Peters, had only a short run in Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner. New York Times magazine pro- successful and began writing with his brother 1993. Simon was the recipient of file as looking like an accoun- for radio in 1948, and then for Many of his plays were tur- four Tony Awards, the Pulitzer tant or librarian who dressed prolific playwright television, a period in their lives ned into films as well. Besides Prize, the Kennedy Center ho- “just this side of drab”) was a chronicled in Simon’s 1993 play, “The Odd Couple,” he wrote the nors (1995), four Writers Guild relentless writer — and rewriter. Simon received his first Tony “Laughter on the 23rd Floor.” screenplays for movie versions of America Awards and an Ame- “I am most alive and most ful- Award in 1965 as best author — The brothers wrote for such of “Barefoot in the Park,” ‘’The rican Comedy Awards Lifetime filled sitting alone in a room, ho- a category now discontinued — classic 1950s television series as Sunshine Boys,” ‘’The Prisoner Achievement honor. In 1983, he ping that those words forming for “The Odd Couple,” although “Your Show of Shows,” 90 minu- of Second Avenue” and more. had a Broadway theater named on the paper in the Smith-Coro- the comedy lost the best-play tes of live, original comedy star- Simon also wrote original after him when the Alvin was na will be the first perfect play prize to Frank D. Gilroy’s “The ring Caesar and Imogene Coca, screenplays, the best known rechristened the Neil Simon ever written in a single draft,” Subject Was Roses.” He won a and later for “The Phil Silvers being “The Goodbye Girl,” Theatre. Simon wrote in the introduction best-play Tony 20 years later Show,” in which the popular co- starring Richard Dreyfuss as In 2006, he won the Mark to one of the many anthologies for “Biloxi Blues.” In 1991, “Lost median portrayed the conniving a struggling actor, and “The Twain Prize for American Hu- of his plays. in Yonkers” received both the Army Sgt. Ernie Bilko. Heartbreak Kid,” which fea- mor, which honors work that He was a meticulous joke smi- Tony and the Pulitzer Prize. And Yet Simon grew dissatisfied tured Charles Grodin as a re- draws from the American expe- th, peppering his plays, espe- there was a special achievement with television writing and the cently married man, lusting to rience. The previous year had cially the early ones, with comic Tony, too, in 1975. network restrictions that ac- drop his new wife for a blonde seen a popular revival of “The one-liners and humorous situa- Simon’s own life figured most companied it. Out of his frus- goddess played by Cybill She- Odd Couple,” reuniting Nathan tions that critics said sometimes prominently in what became tration came “Come Blow Your pherd. AP tue 28.08.2018

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RESIDENT Donald THE END OF NAFTA? Trump said he intends to terminate the North American Free Trade PAgreement and call its replace- ment “the United States-Mexico US and Mexico near deal that Trade Agreement” — a name that would exclude the third NAFTA partner, Canada. Trump made the comments would set path for treaty revamp after announcing an “understan- ding” with Mexico that could lead day. Earlier, Guajardo told repor- to an overhaul of the 24-year-old ters, “There is one very important trade pact, which Trump has cal- issue to finish.” AP PHOTO led a job-killing “disaster.” U.S. and Mexican negotiators Details of the U.S.-Mexico worked over the weekend to nar- agreement were expected to be row their differences. unveiled today [Macau time]. “There likely will be a deal to- The president says he will be day,” said Daniel Ujczo, a trade calling Canadian Prime Minis- attorney with Dickinson Wright ter Justin Trudeau. Trump says, PLLC who has followed the NA- “If they’d like to negotiate fairly, FTA talks closely. we’ll do that.” He also threatened Once they reach an agreement, to tax Canadian auto imports to the third country in NAFTA — increase the pressure on Cana- Canada — would be brought da’s government. back in to finalize a revamp of the Trump says: “We could have a 24-year-old pact. But the coun- separate deal [with Canada] or tries still must resolve difficult we could put it into this deal.” issues, including U.S. complaints U.S. Trade Rep. Robert Ligh- about Canada’s protection for its tizer and Mexican Secretary of dairy farmers and the way dispu- Economy Idelfonso Guajardo tes are resolved under NAFTA. walked together into the White Adam Austen, a spokesman House without talking to repor- for Canadian Foreign Minister been regular contact with the tries. But Trump and other critics of auto production to come from ters. The delegation also inclu- Chrystia Freeland, said: “Canada NAFTA negotiators. say it encouraged U.S. manufac- within the NAFTA bloc before ded Jesus Seade, a World Trade is encouraged by the continued “We will only sign a new NAFTA turers to move south of the bor- qualifying for duty-free status. Organization veteran tapped by optimism shown by our negotia- that is good for Canada and good der to exploit low-wage Mexican Talks have also been stymied by Mexican President-elect Andres ting partners. Progress between for the middle class,” he said, ad- labor. the Trump administration’s in- Manuel Lopez Obrador as his fu- Mexico and the United States is ding that “Canada’s signature is Talks to overhaul the agreement sistence on a “sunset clause” that ture chief trade negotiator. a necessary requirement for any required.” began a year ago and have proven would end NAFTA in five years “A big deal looking good with renewed NAFTA agreement.” NAFTA reduced most trade contentious.The Trump adminis- unless all three countries agreed Mexico!” Trump tweeted yester- Austen said the Canadians had barriers between the three coun- tration wants a higher percentage to continue it. AP

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Treasure of Sacred Art of St. Joseph’s Seminary Time: 10am-5pm daily (closed on Wednesdays, open on public holidays) Venue: St. Joseph’s Seminary and Church, Rua do Seminário cinema Admission: Free cineteatro Enquiries: (853) 2835 7911 23 Aug - 29 Aug 1963 King’s dream for racial harmony The fight for racial equality in the United States mo- ved a step closer to victory today as Martin Luther King spoke of his dream for freedom in an address to thousands of Americans. Reverend King was greeted with rapturous applause as he delivered his heart-felt words to a Offbeat 250,000-strong crowd of civil rights protesters at the HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 3: A MONSTER VACATION Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC. urning an organizers stress room 1 He spoke of the need “to rise from the dark and B M 2:30, 4:30, 7:30pm desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of the importance of consent Director: Genndy Tartakovsky racial justice”. Starring: Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez He promised that the struggle for equality would Language: Cantonese (Chinese) continue until “justice rolls down like waters and ri- Duration: 97min ghteousness like a mighty stream”. Rev King, who has worked tirelessly for an end ALONG WITH THE GODS: to racial discrimination through non-violent means, THE LAST 49 DAYS spoke repeatedly of his dream for equality. room 1 9:30pm “I have a dream,” he said. “I have a dream that my Director: Kim Yong-hwa four little children will one day live in a nation where Starring: HA Jung-woo, JU Ji-hoon, KIM Hyang-gi they will not be judged by the colour of their skin but Language: Korean (Chinese & English) by the content of their character. “I have a dream today. THOMAS & FRIENDS “I have a dream that one day every valley shall be BIG WORLD! BIG ADVENTURES! THE MOVIE engulfed, every hill shall be exalted and every moun- room 1 tain shall be made low, the rough places will be made 9:15pm plains and the crooked places will be made straight Director: David Stoten and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all The #MeToo movement is making its way to Burning Man. Starring: Dona Adwera, Peter Andre, Richie Campbell flesh shall see it together.” Organizers are reminding attendees that just because the Language: English (Chinese) Dr King, who is president of the Southern Christian counter-culture festival in the Nevada desert is known for oc- Duration: 85min Leadership Conference (SCLC) first came to promi- casional nudity and kinky landmarks like the “Orgy Dome,” it nence in 1955 when he led a 382-day bus boycott in DORAEMON THE MOVIE: doesn’t mean it’s a free-for-all when it comes to touching or an attempt to end segregation on city buses. NOBITA’S TREASURE ISLAND nonconsensual sex, the Reno Gazette Journal reported . This Since then he has endured numerous arrests, vio- room 2 year’s event started this weekend. lent harrassment and a bomb attack on his home. 2:30pm But his struggle continues and it is believed today’s While the festival doesn’t have official guidelines, it does Director: Kazuaki Imai speech will have a lasting impact on all who heard it. have a set of informal rules. Starring: Wasabi Mizuta, Megumi Ohara, Yumi Kakazu Tex Allen, a 13-year Burner, doubts many newcomers to the Language: Cantonese (Chinese) Courtesy BBC News playa are reading those. Duration: 109min The festival’s on-site Sexual Assault Services department receives five and 20 reports of alleged sexual assault each THE SPY WHO DUMPED ME year, said Burning Man spokesman Jim Graham. room 2 Many of those reports involve leering or grabbing, which 2:30, 7:15, 9:30pm aren’t considered sexual assault under Nevada law. A few Director: Susanna Fogel reports each year require involvement from law enforcement. Starring: Mila Kunis, Kate McKinnon, Justin Theroux Last year, two people were arrested on suspicion of sexual Language: English (Chinese) assault without substantial bodily harm. Duration: 117min No arrests related to sexual assault or rape were made the In context year before. L STORM Despite the low arrests, Donna Rae Watson, director of the room 3 The Rev Martin Luther King spearheaded the campaign against segrega- Bureau of Erotic Discourse, a large camp at Burning Man that 2:30, 4:30, 9:30pm tion and racial discrimination in the United States. Director: David Lam But his crusade was cut dramatically short, when he was assassinated on 4 teaches people about sex, still hears stories of harassment at Starring: Louis Koo, Julian Cheung, Kevin Cheng April 1968 in the southern US city of Memphis, Tennessee, aged 39. the festival from dozens of people each year. Language: Cantonese (Chinese & English) He was shot in the neck by a rifle bullet as he stood on a balcony from “Scandalous costumes and nudity might be considered Duration: 90min where he was to lead a march of sanitation workers protesting against low inviting. [Others] automatically think consent is implied, but wages and poor working conditions implied consent doesn’t exist,” she said. THE DARKEST MINDS James Earl Ray was convicted of his murder and sentenced to 99 years in The organization is doing more to educate participants room 3 prison. about consent, what it means and what it applies to. 7:30pm But he later retracted his confession and said he had been only a minor Watson said her group was founded in 2005 after a woman Director: Jennifer Yuh Nelson player in a conspiracy. was sexually assault at the festival the previous year. Starring: Amandla Stenberg, Mandy Moore, Harris Dickinson However, his appeals for a new trial were rejected and he died in prison in 1998. 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Eighteen countries are com- peting led by South Korea, Esports into Asian Games; where the gaming craze took off first. Also included are: -In donesia, Laos, Uzbekistan, Malaysia, China, Hong Kong, Could the Olympics be next? Taiwan, Kazakhstan, Vietnam, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Japan, SPORTS is debuting as Thailand, India, Kyrgyzstan, an exhibition sport at the Sri Lanka, and Iran.

E AP PHOTO Asian Games and is targeted for IOC President Thomas Bach, full inclusion in four years at speaking last month at an IOC the games in Hangzhou, China. -sponsored forum, said there is Kenneth Fok, president of the a growing connection between Asian Electronic Sports Federa- the Olympics and esports. He tion, said the long-term aim is stopped short of saying when — getting esports into the Olym- of even if — esports might make pics. the Olympics. But he was en- This seems a possibility, given thusiastic about the dialogue. that the International Olym- “We feel the same passion for pic Committee held a forum your activity as you feel the pas- on esports just last month at sion for our activity,” Bach told its headquarters in Lausanne, professional gamer Jake Lyon. Switzerland. Bach said at the forum that the “Our agenda is to push for the Olympics and esports shared at Olympic agenda,” Fok said at least two values — “passion and the opening of esports at the excellence.” Asian Games. “This is our work. Bach promised to explore And this is our passion, this is Kong from 2001 until 2016 and esports. skepticism. ways the two communities can what drives us. When? I don’t he remains an honorary mem- “I think esports shares the “At the beginning, my parents work together. know. When, I do not want to ber. same spirit with traditional didn’t want me to be a profes- “On this solid ground we can predict.” Gamers don’t argue they are sports,” said Wang Tianlong sional esports athlete,” he said. build a partnership,” he said. Fok described the inclusion of athletes, but say they share the of China, speaking through a “But it is growing in my coun- Esports offers a natural appeal esports as an exhibition in the same drive to compete. But this translator, after taking gold in try. And my parents also saw for the IOC, which is looking Asian Games as “a very good could also be said about brid- Arena of Valor. “No matter if we my love for it. So they began to for a younger audience and re- first step” and said the goal is ge players — a game also being are esports players or athletes, be supportive.” venue. The IOC has already in- to “take down obstacles, step by contested at the Asian Games we all fight to win for our coun- In addition to Arena of Va- cluded skateboarding, surfing step.” — or chess, or competitive dan- try.” lor, five other games are being and sports climbing into the Fok has strong Olympic con- cing. Khien Vuong Trung, a bronze played: Clash Royale, League of schedule for the 2020 Tokyo nections. His father, Timothy, But these pastimes can’t ge- medalist from Vietnam in Are- Legends, StarCraft II, Hearths- Olympics, hoping to draw the was an IOC member from Hong nerate much income — not like na of Valor, said he met initial tone, and PES 2018. younger fan base. MDT/AP ad tue 28.08.2018

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T 16, Jessa Khan has AP PHOTO ASIAN GAMES already won a stack of gold medals at state, regional and interna- tionalA competitions. But these are nothing to match her gold Gold for medal in jiu-jitsu at the Asian Games. She won for Cambodia, Cambodia by thrilling for a young woman who was born in Texas, lives in southern California and was competing for the birthplace of Californian her father. “I won a lot of gold medals be- fore, but this one was very spe- cial,” she said in an interview born in Sunday with the Associated Press. Khan said she visited Cam- bodia for the first time just Texas two weeks ago, intrigued by the chance to compete for her adopted nation in jiu-jitsu, whi- ch is on the Asian Games sports program for the first time. “It means a lot since it’s the first time they are having jiu- jitsu, so I’m glad I was able to win it for Cambodia and — make history,” she said. It’s surely special for her fa- ther Peter, who escaped Cam- bodia during the mass killings of the Pol Pot regime. He was The most recent photo shows Vath Chomreun, secretary ge- nment pays $20,000 to gol- gold medals in the first week — born in the Phnom Penh. Khan a gold medal dangling around neral of the national Olympic d-medal winners. He said the Khan’s in jiu-jitsu, and another said her mother, April, has La- her neck in Jakarta with the red committee, told AP the gover- prime minster also distributes in jet ski by On Moeut Saly. Saly tin American roots. and blue Cambodian flag dra- something extra to medal win- also won a bronze in jet ski. “My dad talks about Cambo- ped over her shoulders. ners. The Asian Games end Sept. 2. dia a lot and how beautiful it Khan lives Newport Beach, Khan said “We are happy and proud for Khan said she doesn’t speak is,” Khan said. “He was fortu- California, and said she is being she visited what we have done at the Asian the Cambodian language, only nate.” homeschooled “because I travel Games,” he said. a few “food words.” She sugges- Khan is one of six children and compete a lot.” Cambodia for Cambodia, with a popula- ted her victory might help pro- with three sisters and two bro- Partly thanks to her, Cambo- tion of about 15.5 million, won mote jiu-jitsu, which she belie- thers. Her Facebook page says dia is on a roll. the first time its first-ever gold medal at the ves should be in the Olympics. she took up jiu-jitsu at age 12 “Thank you to all my new just two weeks Asian Games four years ago “I hope the sport keeps on and shows her decked out with followers and to the Cambodian in Incheon, South Korea. This growing and that now people a vast array of her medals. people!” she said on Facebook. ago time in Indonesia it has two know Cambodia,” she said. AP

China’s Su Bingtian wins 100 AP PHOTO meters in Asian Games record

John Pye, Jakarta if I got a good start, no one juniors in Finland in July land in July, collected sil- [here] can beat me.” to become an instant star ver in 50.79. U Bingtian gave world He didn’t get a great in Indonesia ahead of the China picked up other Sjunior champion Lalu start, but had the expe- games, was slow out of the titles with Olympic sil- Muhammad Zohri a tas- rience to keep his cool. blocks and never made it ver medalist and world te of what it’s like to race “I felt a lot of more pres- up before placing seventh. champion Gong Lijiao de- against the fastest men on sure here,” he said. “I Still, his 10.20 was a per- fending her Asian Games Su Bingtian the continent. don’t think I’ll feel that sonal best and an impor- shot put title with a best The Asian record hol- much at the world cham- tant learning experience. mark of 19.66 meters and for Bahrain in the men’s completed his win in the der from China was the pionships.” In a surprising women’s Wang Jianan, a bronze 10,000, finishing in 28 decathlon and the wo- hot favorite for the Asian Tosin Ogunode, younger 100 final, Nigeria-born medalist at the 2015 wor- minutes, 35.54 seconds. men’s 100 finished. Games gold medal in the brother of 2014 champion Bahrain sprinter Edidiong ld championships, setting Lakshmanan Govindan fi- Zohri got left behind at 100 meters, but the crowd Femi Ogunode, got silver Odiong dipped late to fi- a games record 8.24 me- nished third but was later the start of the final and in Jakarta was there to for Qatar in a photo finish nish in 11.30 and edge In- ters in the long jump. disqualified for stepping didn’t have the strength support their 18-year-old from Japan’s Olympic re- dia’s Dutee Chand (11.32) Sudan-born world onto the infield during of the older athletes to local hope from the ear- lay silver medalist Ryota and 2014 champion Wei championship bronze the race and the bronze make it up, but notched thquake-ravaged island of Yamagata after they both Yongli of China (11.33) in medalist Abdalelah Has- went to Zhao Changhong it up to experience as he Lombok. finished in 10.00. a photo finish. san won the men’s 400 for of China. looks forward to the world Su took command early Su and Zohri progres- World championship Qatar in 44.89 seconds The chants of “Indo-ne- championships next sea- and controlled the race sed steadily into Sunday silver medalist Salwa Na- from Muhammed Anas sia, Indo-ne-sia” grew son and the 2020 Tokyo with 40 meters to go, fi- night’s final, posting ma- ser won the women’s 400 Yahiya of India. louder when local hope Olympics. nishing in a games record tching times in their ope- in 50.09, improving the World champion Rose Emilia Nova finished se- “I was not disappoin- 9.92 seconds — one-hun- ning heats, and progres- meet record she set in the Chelimo won the women’s cond to South Korea’s ted,” he said. “I was ha- dredth outside his conti- sing comfortably into the heats. Her win was at the marathon for Bahrain in Jung Hye-lim in the wo- ppy to be running here in nental mark. final through the semis. expense of another junior 2 hours, 34 minutes and men’s 100-meter hurdles. front of the home fans and “I don’t mind about the That’s where the simila- world champion. India’s 51 seconds, and Has- The cheering intensified I learned from Su Bing- time, it was about getting rities ended. Zohri, who Hima Das, who won the san Chani led Abraham for the local hope after tian — He has very good the win,” Su said. “I knew won the 100 at the world world junior title in Fin- Cheroben in a 1-2 finish Japan’s Keisuke Ushiro technique.” THE France’s Macron calls for world Station Air quality BUZZ trade discussion in Paris Roadside 50-70 Moderate French President Emmanuel Macron has memorations on Nov. 11 in Paris, since he has called for trade discussions to be held be- invited dozens of world leaders to the event High tween the U.S., Europe, China and Japan in including U.S. President Donald Trump, who Density 40-60 November in Paris. said he would come. Residental In a speech to French ambassadors yester- “I think we can build a fairer and more ef- Moderate day, Macron said world trade rules aren’t cur- ficient system. I think we should not give in Area opinion rently working but “unilateralism and trade to one’s hegemony and everyone’s division”, war is the worst response.” Macron said in a reference to Trump’s trade Ambient 50-70 He proposed to organize a meeting on the policies to impose tariffs on countries like Moderate SOURCE: DSMG SOURCE: Macau Matters issue on the margins of World War One com- China. Richard Whitfield WORLD BRIEFS Another Effect of Rising Atmospheric CO2 Detroit saying farewell IRAN went to the United Nations’ highest court yesterday in a bid to To me, the modern world is largely a product of the have U.S. sanctions Enlightenment – the European intellectual movement in royal fashion to lifted following President that emerged in the late 17th and 18th centuries and Donald Trump’s decision that emphasizes reason, progress and individualism earlier this year to re- rather than tradition. During this period humanity Queen of Soul impose them, calling the made great strides in defining the scientific method move “naked economic and technological progress, ethical behaviors and de- aggression.” mocratic social structures. We see the ongoing fruits of these ideas all around us today in the huge impro- AP PHOTO

vements in the quality of life that ever more people AP PHOTO have enjoyed in the last few centuries. These dramatic improvements in human living con- ditions have not come without significant costs, and rising atmospheric CO2 levels is one existential con- cern. The resulting global warming is here for all to UGANDA To chants see, and in my view only the most ignorant Luddites of “People power! Our imaginable can deny it – people with no understan- power!” Ugandan pop star ding of the ideas of the enlightenment. It is simply a turned government critic scientific fact that atmospheric CO2 levels have risen Bobi Wine was freed on bail yesterday, ending days by 44% since the early 1800s and the only plausible of incarceration during explanation is that this change results from human which he and some of his actions; the burning of fossil fuels and so on. co-accused allege they I recently learned that this atmospheric change is were tortured by security actually doing more than raising global temperatures forces. and thus affecting the ice caps, sea levels and wea- ther patterns. Plants use photosynthesis, whereby RUSSIA-TURKEY water drawn up through their root systems combines Relations between Turkey with CO2 drawn in from the atmosphere, to create the and Russia are cozy, carbohydrates needed to increase their body mass, prompting worries in the with oxygen given off as a waste product. Plant sto- Jeff Karoub, Detroit friends and family only. FREEWAY OF LOVE West of a potentially critical rift in the NATO alliance. mata (pores) open to facilitate this reaction – the open The all-star lineup of per- Greater Grace Temple is pores draw up water from the roots where it transpires RETHA Franklin had formers includes Stevie calling on people with pink to the atmosphere. The open pores also let in CO2 for Aadmirers the world Wonder, Faith Hill, Jenni- Cadillacs to line up before photosynthesis to occur. over, but there’s no doubt fer Hudson, Fantasia and the funeral in an effort to AP PHOTO It has been scientifically proven that higher concen- the flame burned brightest Shirley Caesar. Also sla- create a “Freeway of Love” trations of CO2 in the air allow photosynthesis to pro- in Detroit — the place she ted to perform are Ron Is- in tribute to Franklin. That’s gress faster so that plants grow faster and transpire was raised and remained for ley, Chaka Khan, Yolanda a nod to her funky ‘80s tune less water. This can increase plant growth by 20%- most of her life. Adams, Jennifer Holliday of the same name that pro- 60%. Unfortunately, the resulting plants are poor in It’s difficult to separate and Franklin’s son, Edward minently featured the car in GERMANY Authorities in nutrients (Iron, Phosphorus, other minerals and, es- the singer from the city, so Franklin. the lyrics and video. the eastern German city of Chemnitz were braced pecially, Nitrogen) because these are drawn from the you better think that her The service will reflect Those who line the route for rival protests yesterday soil and into plant tissues by the transpiring water and town is saying farewell in Franklin’s strong gospel roo- get a special perk: The driver amid tensions over the in the presence of excess CO2 plants transpire about royal fashion to its Queen of ts. Among the gospel voices of the Caddy and one extra killing of a German man for 20% less water. Soul, with a concert, public expected to fill Greater Gra- person will be admitted to which an Iraqi and a Syrian From our perspective, the biggest problem is Nitro- viewings and a funeral that’s ce include Marvin Sapp, the the funeral. have been arrested on gen deficiencies in plants. All herbivorous and omni- expected to be attended by at Clark Sisters and Vanessa charges of manslaughter. vorous animals (including people) need to eat plants least one former president, Bell Armstrong. I SAY A LITTLE containing Nitrogen to be able to convert the carbohy- civil rights leaders and many VIPs aren’t expected to be PRAYER SPAIN Dutch police drates they are made up of into amino acids, which other musical luminaries. limited to the musical kind: After the funeral, Franklin say a man suspected are the major constituent of animal body tissues. To Here are some of the even- Scheduled to speak at the will be entombed at Woo- of involvement in the counter the reduced water transpiration by plants in ts and ways in which Detroit service is former President dlawn Cemetery in Detroit, slaying 20 years ago of an 11-year-old boy has been CO2 rich environments you need to raise soil Nitrogen is paying respect to Franklin, Bill Clinton, whose inau- along with her father, Rev. detained in Spain following levels, which can be done by adding fertilizers or by who died Aug. 16 of pancrea- gurations featured perfor- C.L. Franklin; brother Ce- an appeal to the public for planting (and eating) more legumes. Legumes, which tic cancer at the age of 76: mances by Franklin. Others cil Franklin; sisters Carolyn help tracking him down. are particular kinds of plants, exist symbiotically with include the Revs. Jesse Jack- Franklin and Erma Franklin; bacteria called Rhizobia in their root systems which RESPECT son and Al Sharpton, Bishop and nephew, Thomas Gar- have the ability to absorb atmospheric Nitrogen and Public viewings are plan- T. D. Jakes, Cicely Tyson, rett. Woodlawn also is the allow it to be easily taken up by the plant during trans- ned Tuesday and Wednes- former U.S. Attorney Gene- final resting place for Parks AP PHOTO piration. Therefore, legumes are especially rich in Ni- day at the Charles H. Wright ral Eric Holder, Clive Da- and many of the Motor Ci- trogen even at low water transpiration rates and so are Museum of African Ameri- vis and Michigan Gov. Rick ty’s musical elite, including exceptionally good animal feedstock. can History, which is also Snyder. members of the Four Tops. So, rising atmospheric CO2 levels creates many where civil rights icon Rosa Smokey Robinson also An anti- more problems than just warming the atmosphere. COLOMBIA Parks lay in repose after her plans to pay tribute with ROCK STEADY corruption referendum in The natural world has had billions of years to develop 2005 death. words, not music. The Mo- The night before the fune- Colombia drew millions to incredibly complex and interdependent systems (un- Thousands of mourners town “Miracle” and Franklin ral, a riverfront amphithea- the polls but fell just short less you are a creationist who believes the world was are expected to come to the grew up together and delive- ter will rock and roll with of a required participation created 4,000 odd years ago by some super-being museum, which had been red a spine-tingling duet on musical tributes to Franklin. threshold to push forward without leaving any supporting scientific evidence). the largest black museum in Soul Train in 1979. Chene Park will host the measures aimed at These systems are often finely balanced and small the United States until the The Rev. Jasper Williams genre-spanning Thursday improving transparency changes can lead to dramatic shifts in equilibrium. Our National Museum of African Jr., pastor of Atlanta’s Salem evening concert, which is and stiffening penalties for world will continue to exist until the Sun eventually ex- American History and Cul- Baptist Church, will deliver scheduled to feature Gladys white-collar criminals. plodes or shrivels up from a lack of Hydrogen, but if ture opened in Washington, the eulogy. Knight, Johnny Gill, Dee U.S. and we mess too much with the current equilibrium state, D.C., in 2016. It’s expected to be a mara- Dee Bridgewater, Angie Sto- US-MEXICO Mexican negotiators are it will dramatically shift to another equilibrium state that thon service, perhaps lasting ne, Keith Washington and preparing to announce a does not support Homo Sapiens – this has happe- AMAZING GRACE five hours or more. many others. The free ticke- deal that will set the stage ned many times in the past, just think asteroids and The Friday funeral at De- The church also hosted ts were all claimed shortly for an overhaul of the dinosaurs. troit’s Greater Grace Tem- Parks’ funeral, at which after going on sale Monday North American Free Trade ple is billed as an event for Franklin sang. morning. AP Agreement. More on p15