community nanny program interview with akiko protesters, scrapped takahashi police The pilot program aimed at Melco’s executive vice president clash ahead providing community-based says that the company wants of aquino babysitting services will end next to "become the employer that month due to lack of demand people choose to stay with" speech P4 P5 P12 PHILIPPINES

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CHINA A Chinese court National Geographic shoots has accepted a case brought by a social organization against oil giants ConocoPhillips China and China National documentary on local culture Offshore Oil Corp. over oil spills in northern China in 2011. It is the P3 first case accepted since China changed its law to allow NGO lawsuits against heavy polluters. More on p11

N KOREAN officials warned the United States that another war on the Korean Peninsula would leave no Americans alive to sign a surrender document as the country marked yesterday’s anniversary of the armistice that ended fighting in the Korean War. More on p13

AUSTRALIA An Australian nurse who says he was forced by Islamic State militants to work as a medic in Syria did not apply for bail when he appeared in a court in his hometown of Melbourne yesterday charged with supporting a terrorist group. Adam Brookman, 39, voluntarily returned to Australia from Turkey on Friday. AP PHOTO

YEMEN Shiite rebels and their opponents battled across several provinces yesterday after the start of a five-day humanitarian pause in the Saudi-led air campaign, Yemeni officials said. Coalition planes carried out flyovers over Yemen but did not drop munitions, the officials said. Ground fighting erupted in multiple provinces within minutes of the start of 78 athletes represent Macau at the the unilateral cease-fire late Sunday. P3 More on backpage Los Angeles Special Olympics 28.07.2015 tue

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it at noon. It was still yet to be built before the event started this morning,” she complained, Gem fair exhibitors display also saying the staff stationed on the site failed to give proper directions. mixed feelings about sales Tony Ho, a local assisting a Zhuhai exhibitor, believed that the exhibition should be EWELRY exhibitors from “Primarily we touched them held in the evening to allow Jmore than 15 countries pla- with our services as one of the more local potential custo- ced their glittering products on conditions about Macau is its mers who worked during the sale at a four-day fair at the Ve- small size that makes it ea- daytime on workdays to at- netian Macao, showcasing uni- sier to communicate and set tend. He also felt pessimistic que Asian gems and accessories arrangements in place,” she about their business in the for approximately 900 profes- added. next few days, citing similar sional buyers from China and However, some of the firms distance reasons. Southeast Asia. expressed their discontent over Lokesh Gupta, from the Thai Officials from the Macau Tra- part of the exhibition arrange- Manufacturer Co., who aimed de and Investment Promotion ments, chiefly regarding securi- for mainland Chinese custo- Institute (IPIM) extolled the ty, staff training and opening mers, echoed the above two region’s MICE facilities yester- hours. exhibitors’ pessimism about day morning after an inaugural Vanessa Chung, sales executi- the fair: “I had hope in parti- ceremony for the International ve at Hong Kong-based La Vie cipating here. We hoped there Gem Fair, organized by three Premium admittedly disclo- would be many visitors,” he Hong Kong groups. sed that she was not optimis- said. “But I didn’t expect it to “Our spacious venues and tic about sales performance in be like this. However, let’s see concentration of rooms is the upcoming three days given how it goes later.” Nonetheless, one selling point,” said Irene the faraway venue of the fair, he was satisfied with the event’s Lau, one of IPIM’s executive saying their involvement this arrangement. directors. “There are around time was merely an “experien- Staff from Hong Kong’s Le- 20,000 rooms here, and we ce.” Additionally, she criticized gar Co. told the Times that welcomed 9,000 guests last the event’s logistics as “incom- most of the visitors to their week. There is no other place plete.” booth were non-professional that can hold that many peo- “We stayed up until 12:00 buyers, one of whom was even ple, they don’t even need a Lau said that the region’s who already promised to return a.m. last night because no one caught by the police for alle- shuttle bus to commute for a “world-known” hardware and to the city in the following two had built our booth even thou- gedly committing theft at ano- meeting,” she added. service pleased the organizers, years for another exhibition. gh we had asked them to build ther counter. Staff reporter

CRIME Forum focuses on ‘judicial Man arrested for system impartiality’ indecent exposure HE president of the Court of Fi- HE Public Security ts near the Three Lamps Judiciary Police (PJ), was Tnal Appeal, Sam Hou Fai, has said TPolice Force arrested Districts by police agen- said to have entered the that China’s law reform has invaria- a local man for allegedly ts, who subsequently region illegally in April. bly captured the attention of Macau, publicly exposing himself stopped him. His identity During the past three Hong Kong and Taiwan. Hence, the over 100 times to female was later confirmed by months, he carried out the third Cross-Strait High Level Forum passersby, during their one of his victims, who crimes either on his own on the legal affairs of Macau, Hong regular anti-crime opera- had earlier reported him or with his other accom- Kong and Taiwan, which is being tions on Sunday. to the authorities. plices. Receiving repor- held here for the first time today, is The 42-year-old insu- The man confessed that ts by the duped victims committed to “ensuring the judicial rance agent was also said he began to make the vi- earlier, the PJ authorities system’s impartiality.” to have a fetish for female deos in 2010 and started pinpointed the suspect af- At the forum’s opening ceremony buttocks as the police au- showing his genitals in ter investigation. yesterday, Mr Sam recalled that the thorities found more than public one year later. The They finally took action three regions will be discussing how 40 video clips on the sus- police believed that there against the mainlander to further cooperation on legal af- pect’s cellphone capturing were still many other vic- while he was reported to fairs, while debating topics ranging women’s lower parts. On tims yet to come forward. be gambling in a casino in from human resources and judicial top of that, the three me- In a separate case, three the NAPE district. Arou- organization, to courts’ budgetary mory cards discovered in local pawn stores have nd 200 grams of phony matters or the current legal affairs his apartment contained a lost a total of MOP1.16 diamonds were discove- situation of each region. total of 1,600 pictures and million to an illegal immi- red inside the suspect’s Furthermore, the forum will enab- me hurdles and fix similar system 310 videos also featuring grant from the mainland, home, also in that area. le the three jurisdictions to provide issues, while working toward “the that body part. where the suspect frau- It was estimated that the further details on the operations of development of the civilization of Two days ago, the sus- dulently exchanged bogus counterfeits had a street their particular judicial systems. Chinese Rule of Law.” pect was seen on the tiny diamonds for cash. value amounting to over Mr Sam stressed in his speech that The forum ends today with the closing prowl staring at female The 36-year-old man, MOP1.4 million if sold as the three regions will be able to learn ceremony being held at 11.30 a.m. pedestrians in the stree- already arrested by the genuine. Staff reporter from each other, aiming to overco- at the MGM.

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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Number of non-resident workers Local culture and architecture increases

The number of non-resident featured on documentary workers in Macau continued to increase in June, reaching 180,523 according to data released by the Human Catarina Pinto But other nations have also Resources Office. Most non- XINHUA contributed to shape the city resident workers (117,316) we live in today, he added. “The documentary reflec- are from mainland China, influences of Goa, in particular, ting upon Macau’s while over 23,000 have come and India in general… the in- architectural, urban from the Philippines. The fluences of Sri Lanka, the Phi- and cultural heritage majority of non-resident isA due to be aired by National lippines, or Indonesia can be workers are employed in the Geographic later this year, as traced here as well, and even construction sector, followed a team recently visited the city on Macau’s traditional gastro- by the hospitality and food to interview local experts and nomy, or in the Patuá,” he said. capture the MSAR’s charming The architect added that from service industries. heritage and landscape. Portugal came other European Architect Carlos Marreiros is influences, too. Portuguese among several Macau persona- Mr Marreiros believes the ter- lities and experts interviewed ritory needs stronger policies judges get for the piece, he told the Times. not only to protect its heritage contracts “I was asked to talk about heri- but also to focus on its contem- tage and heritage preservation; porary architectural elements. renewed its past, present and future. While interviewed for the do- The contracts of four And how different cultures met The St. Paul’s Church façade, built in 1602-1640, is one of the elements analyzed in cumentary, he also stressed the Portuguese judges have here in Macau, while reflecting the documentary to be aired by National Geographic need for Macau, the peninsula been renewed, according upon Macau’s identity,” said in particular, to retain its “rela- Mr Marreiros. “Regarding heritage I said that 1950s…” he stressed. tionship with the sea.” to a notice published in the The documentary, which is there’s a need to strike a balan- Mr Marreiros said that the government’s Official Gazette due to be aired in December, is ce, by implementing daring po- team filmed at the St Paul’s (BO). Judge Rui Ribeiro hosted by freelance writer and licies so that heritage could be Ruins, perhaps Macau’s most will continue to head the editor Julian Davison. The pie- vitally preserved,” he said. iconic heritage site. More im- I was asked Collective Court of Macau’s ce is intended at portraying Ma- The local architect recalled portant than the imposing chur- First Instance courts for cau beyond its glaring casinos, that we would need to look ch’s architecture, he recalled, is to talk about another two years, starting while reflecting upon the rela- beyond Macau’s historic center, how symbolic the building is. on October 15 this year. The tion between the city’s old and which has already been listed “The church is located beneath heritage contracts of judges Jerónimo modern elements. as UNESCO World Heritage, a little temple. Such harmony is Santos, Mário Meireles Mr Marreiros said that other as there are more places and one of the most moving images and heritage and Ana Meireles have also experts and personalities have monuments worth noticing. of Macau in my opinion,” he preservation; its been renewed for two years been interviewed for the docu- “There’s more heritage beyond conceded. starting on September 1. mentary, to speak on different this protected area that is wor- The architect recalled that past, present They serve as Court of subjects, including Patuá, a th being listed, too. There are Macau’s architecture and urban First Instance judges. The creole dialect that mixes Por- more pieces that should be re- planning has been influenced and future Portuguese judges’ contracts tuguese, Cantonese and Malay, cognized as well, including he- by two main civilizations: the were renewed as suggested by ritage from the 1930s, 1940s, Chinese and the Portuguese. CARLOS MARREIROS among other languages. an independent commission tasked with nominating judges, the notice also stated. OPENING CEREMONY LA2015 gle event in Los Angeles, even though the American city has hosted the Olympic Ga- New street mes in 1984. According to Ada Lo’s recollection of the parking fees in A unique moment for local event, after all the teams had participated September in their parades, an opening speech was Special Olympics athletes delivered by the mayor of Los Angeles and Tim Shriver, CEO of Special Olympi- cs international, followed by musical per- formances from Avril Lavigne and Stevie Wonder, among others. Furthermore, Maria Shriver talked about her mother Eu- nice Kennedy Shriver and her experience as the founder of the Special Olympics. The first lady Michelle Obama officially opened the Games. “My husband and I, we are so proud of you, so incredibly proud of you, and we love you all from the bottom of our hearts,’’ she said, adding that the participating athletes were an example to On-street parking spaces in the millions of people watching the event the busiest areas of Macau on television. (Nam Van, ZAPE and Taipa) At the end of the opening ceremony, Spe- will become more expensive cial Olympics athletes and Olympic gold medalists including swimmer Michael starting on September Phelps, diver Greg Louganis and skater 1. Street parking meters HE Macau delegation took part in the total of 114 members, including 78 Special Michelle Kwan marched into the arena will cost MOP6 per hour, TOpening Ceremony of the 2015 Special Olympics athletes. together carrying the Special Olympics meaning MOP1 for every 10 Olympics World Games, held at the Los Saturday’s three-hour event was attended flag. A flaming torch carried from Greece minutes. According to the Angeles Memorial Coliseum. According by a crowd of 62,338 fans who watched was used to light the Coliseum’s Olympic rules published in yesterday’s to the chairperson of Special Olympics the 6,500 athletes representing 165 coun- beacon. Athletes will be competing in 25 Official Gazette, no vehicle Macau, Ada Lo, “it was a very special mo- tries and regions. It is the largest number different sports at venues throughout Los will be allowed to park for ment” for the local team, that included a of nations to have ever gathered for a sin- Angeles until August 2. more than one hour.

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STATISTICS Community nanny program Unemployment rate scrapped due to lack of demand continues at 1.8 percent

General Association of Macau, and the General Union of the

Neighborhood Associations BLOOMBERG (UGAMM, known as Kai Fong), the program granted a fund of MOP1 million to each group for providing the service. Cur- rently, only three of the 36 qua- lified applicants are still using Card dealers receive their table assignments. The gaming sector is by the service, as the rest have ei- far the largest employer in Macau ther found an alternative or no HE unemployment 3.6 percentage points over longer need it. Trate for April-June the previous period. “The demand to continue it 2015 remained stable at 1.8 Analyzed by industry, Officials of the Social Welfare Bureau hold a press conference on the experimental babysitting scheme has proven to be quite limited. percent as in the previous employment in Real Es- In fact, we’ve found parents ex- period (March-May 2015), tate & Business Activities Brook Yang were unable to find anyone to pect more assistance in nurtu- according to the Statis- (29,600) and Gaming & look after them in the daytime. ring and fostering rather than tics and Census Service Junket Activities (83,800) HE Social Welfare Bureau “We started this pilot program in caretaking,” stressed the of- (DSEC). The underemploy- dropped by 1,400 and 800 T(IAS)’s pilot program aimed because there has been a gap be- ficial. “However, we wouldn’t ment rate was recorded at respectively, while that in at providing community-based tween society’s demand for child- gain an insight into society’s 0.4 percent, up by 0.1 per- Hotels & Similar Activities babysitting services will end care and the supply of nurseries actual needs without this actual centage point. (28,400) rose by 2,300. next month after a one year trial in recent years, and that the pu- experience.” DSEC indicated that Median monthly em- period, as the authorities have blic is concerned over the lack of Ms Lao further explained the the total labor force was ployment earnings of the failed to identify multiple rea- support to dual-career families pilot program was mainly a 405,400 and total employ- employed held stable as sons to continue the program. in caretaking. Its basic goal was transitional option, which is ment decreased slightly the previous quarter, at Since last July, the program to build a social service safety similar to the function of some by 200 from March-May MOP15,000 in the second has received a total of 69 appli- net for those families in need by temporary daycare services. 2015, at 398,300. There quarter; median earnin- cations whereas only 36 of assisting them with communi- “Taking all aspects into consi- were 7,200 persons unem- gs of employed residents them were accepted. The IAS ty nannies,” said the head of the deration, we’ve decided not to ployed, similar to that of the stood at MOP17,500, down explained in a press conferen- IAS’s Children and Youth Service renew the pilot program. (…) March-May period in 2015. by MOP500 quarter-to- ce yesterday that the service is Division, Ms Lao Kit Im. On the other hand, we will ex- Fresh labor force entrants quarter, as the seasonal ef- only available to young children Jointly operated through pand the temporary daycare searching for their first job fect of the thirteenth mon- who didn’t secure a nursery three organizations namely the service coverage to more dis- accounted for 9.5 percent of th salary, bonuses, etc. of seat and their working parents Caritas Macau, the Women’s tricts,” she added. the total unemployed, up by the first quarter receded. ad tue 28.07.2015

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INTERVIEW | AKIKO TAKAHASHI ‘Our strategy is to become the employer that people choose to stay with’

Catarina Pinto it’s about building a castle, but making sure the castle is not S gaming operators develop made out of sand. You might Anew casino resorts along the only be interested in the title Cotai Strip, the use of recruit- and in the money, but once you ment strategies to fill job va- get there people have to respect cancies have become crucial. In you and feel that you deserved an exclusive interview with The [the position you’re filling]. Times, Melco Crown Entertain- ment’s executive vice president MDT – Will the company and chief human resources/cor- consider hiring foreign porate social responsibility offi- workers if there are not cer, Akiko Takahashi, acknowle- enough locals to fill in all dges that it has become more di- the positions? fficult to hire new employees in AT – Well, it’s in the math. Macau, and thus Melco Crown is At the end of the day you need betting on developing the skills to look at the number of unem- and knowledge of those already ployed people. It’s very difficult working for the company. to recruit because there’s more Ms Takahashi stressed that jobs than local people availabe. the casino operator is focusing But we have to give priority to on retaining and advancing em- local people. ployees’ careers internally. MDT – But is the company Macau Daily Times (MDT) considering applying for – Melco has invested in li- more quotas? felong learning programs AT – I think in time if Ma- to develop staff in-house, cau were to keep growing there by introducing for instance Akiko Takahashi won’t be enough people to fill the “Back to School” pro- all of the jobs. So hopefully the gram. What have been the ple didn’t want to say that they people from leaving. the things that are meaningful good jobs go to the local people main achievements from didn’t have a high school di- If people don’t leave and see to employees: career and quality because they have received good this so far? ploma but as time has passed a purpose with what they do in of life, as research indicates. As training. Akiko Takahashi (AT) – it has mushroomed in popu- this company… It can’t always you can see, it really starts all the This came as a result from a larity. We were very confident be recruit, recruit, recruit. It has way from the top providing the MDT – How do you see the focus group that we began in that this would take on a life of to be about retention. competitive benefits and wages development of young peo- 2008. We realized that people its own. It’s quite a big achieve- as necessary. ple’s skills and education want a high school diploma, ment for them. MDT – You said that em- since you first arrived in but their schedules, or having ployees at Melco are en- MDT – How important is it Macau? to deal with the inconvenience MDT – How were they se- couraged to try other areas for fresh graduates to start AT – I see a big change, it’s of the traffic… all those issues lected? within the company. Is that from the bottom? evolving and it’s a good positive make it really difficult. AT – They came forward part of the same strategy to AT – It is very important. But change. So we’re focused on local de- themselves and applied for the retain people? people need to have hope. We velopment, but if so many of program. We communicate with AT – Yes, because of the are a young company. And when MDT – Apart from long-li- our colleagues don’t have a high people all over and we talk about whole person development. we first started and needed to fe learning programs, what school education, it kind of ham- the educational programs we Basically what we tell our ma- recruit for City of Dreams, peo- other opportunities have pers our ability to develop them. have available, and so those that nagers is if [a staff worker] ple would think: why would I Melco employees been af- We tried to look at education are interested come and apply. applies outside the company leave a known name like other forded in terms of training? differently, to change the para- And you know there are drop you would never know. So, if I existing brands and then come AT – There’s thousands, and gon and see if education could outs too, because it’s hard; five am a dealer today and I want to to work for you? Because we hundreds of thousands of hou- come here. We were very lucky days a week, three hours a day, try F&B this is what happens: I only started in 2006. rs of training provided to fur- that the education bureau and juggling that with family and don’t need the manager’s per- So I think it’s very important ther people’s technical skills. the Luso-Chinese School [Luis all. That’s why it’s important to mission to apply [for other jobs to get people to understand why Internal career opportunities Gonzaga Gomes] were willing to keep encouraging them, that’s inside the company]. Once they they’re working so hard, because are a way to develop people partner with us. why it’s so inspiring to see them apply and they’re about to get when there’s a company that’s professionally. People develop Regarding our achievements I here today, because this is a re- selected and the qualification growing, we have a great leader. as a result of doing something, was very touched today [Thur- sult of a lot of work. is equal, the manager gives in- People need to see a future not just learning it in a class- sday during a graduation ce- ternal approval… that’s the rea- here. They also have to see that room. Allowing our people to remony] because among our MDT – Macau’s unemploy- son why we’re able to complete there’s growth within this com- learn more than your job ove- first graduates there’s a woman ment rate stood at 1.8 per- 18,000 internal promotions pany. It’s like in a house: when rall is a very important thing, of about 55 years old who’s cent in March-May. How di- and transfers. I don’t like a particular room, I and the investment we have applying for the diploma pro- fficult is it to recruit under The reason we do that is be- shouldn’t leave the house becau- in terms of allowing them to gram, which is a year-long pro- these circumstances? cause we want people to feel se of it. If I don’t want to be in take classes, university pro- gram at the University of Ma- AT – It has become more and like there’s career advancement that room I need to go and live grams, our in-housing learning cau. So she’s going to be ready more challenging, because ob- opportunities within our com- in the other living room. academy. We have hundreds for her advanced diploma. Ano- viously as portfolios grow, there pany. That’s kind of a metaphor for of courses per year, including ther among today’s graduates is are less local people available. what we are. This house has the dealer career progression a lady going for her bachelor’s So it is challenging. And that’s MDT – Studio City will be many rooms, and they need to program. Our gaming divi- degree. We have transformed the reason why we’re focused the first of a new wave of feel that this is a great house. sion does wonderful things in two people’s lives. on developing the people that Cotai resorts to open later terms of training, and service. we have. Creating a place whe- this year. What’s the re- MDT – What advice wou- There’s going to be an accele- MDT – So this was in- re people like to come in and cruitment strategy now? ld you give fresh graduates ration program for pit supervi- tended as the first step to work. And creating the kind AT – The strategy is to beco- who want management po- sors who are going to be pro- furthering their studies of environment that I talked me the employer that people sitions right from the start? moted and they’re going to be beyond high school… about, because as it becomes choose to stay with and want to AT – Well, my advice would put through this three-month AT – Yes. We knew that it more difficult to recruit what come to work for, and in order be to start with setting up your program, because you need to would start small because peo- you need to try and do is to stop to do that you need to focus on expectations. I always say that develop that way. 28.07.2015 tue

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It’ll cost about A$2 billion (USD1.5 billion) to build the re- sort and the casino could see Echo is using jewelry to track A$22 billion a year being wage- red in its VIP rooms by 2023, Theodore said. down the world’s top gamblers More money needs to be spent on new hotels and resorts if Aus- tralia wants to stop Chinese tou- David Fickling rists losing interest and going Australia’s elsewhere, according to the CHO Entertainment Group country’s former Prime Minister BLOOMBERG natural ELtd. needs a way to penetrate Paul Keating. Chinese tourists the exclusive community of the environment spent A$5.7 billion in the coun- world’s top gamblers and lure try last year and make up the bi- them to its Brisbane casino. It’s and clean air ggest group of visitors after New partnering with the world’s lar- Zealanders, according to govern- gest jeweler to get a foot in the are the top ment data. door. attraction The country has the best ima- A loyalty program that offers ge among Chinese consumers yacht cruises and truffle tastin- for Chinese but only comes 14th in terms of gs to people who spend more destinations they actually visit, than HKD1 million ($129,000) a An employee touches gold bangles as they sit in display inside a Chow Tai Fook tourists Bekier said, citing Echo’s inter- year at Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Jewellery Group Ltd. jewelry store in the Central district of Hong Kong nal research. Group Ltd. stores will help bring trol of 293 million shares of SJM Australia’s natural environ- in high-rollers to Echo’s new ca- ry chain’s sister company Chow be able to generate an extra fee Holdings Ltd., Asia’s largest casi- ment and clean air are the top sino resort in downtown Brisba- Tai Took Enterprises Ltd. and for that.” no operator by revenue. attraction for Chinese tourists, ne, according to its Chief Execu- with property developer Far East Echo shares fell 0.8 percent to Chow Tai Fook Enterprises is he said. Echo hopes to capitalize tive Officer Matt Bekier. Consortium International Ltd. to A$4.86 at 1:03 p.m. in Sydney, also linked to Suncity Group, on this by offering speed ferries “The universe of very, very se- build the 1,100-room hotel and trimming their gain this year to Macau’s largest junket operator, to dolphin-petting sessions on rious VIPs is probably 1,500 to casino that will open on the sho- 28 percent. The S&P/ASX 200 and the duo will develop a casino the islands off Brisbane’s More- 2,000 players,” he said in an res of the Brisbane river in 2022. benchmark dropped 0.1 percent. project in Vietnam. ton Bay. interview Thursday, referring to The Hong Kong-based com- Cheng Yu-tung, the Hong Kong Cheng’s and Far East’s con- “You’re looking at a massive gamblers who typically bet more panies, which will each take 25 billionaire whose family controls nections will help “add value to trend where as people become than USD2,000 an hour on ga- percent stakes in the resort, will the Chow Tai Fook group, owns the Brisbane VIP business, gi- wealthier they seek to have more mes of high-stakes baccarat. “We win fees for each VIP customer a stake in closely held Sociedade ven their relationships and deep experiences,” he said. “There’s can de-risk the project by buil- they refer to the new property. de Turismo & Diversoes de Ma- knowledge of the high-end con- a lot of investment flying out of ding a pipeline of visitors back “They have a very large custo- cau SA (STDM), founded by his sumer in China,” Sam Theodore, China right now, so that group of into China.” mer base in Asia,” Bekier said. “If longtime friend Stanley Ho. The a Sydney-based analyst at UBS customers is growing very qui- Echo will partner with the jewel- they bring them in they want to stake in STDM gives him con- AG, wrote in a July 20 note. ckly.” Bloomberg ad tue 28.07.2015

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corporate bits priscilla chan to perform Greece, creditors get down at the venetian to business on bailout deal

Menelaos Hadjicostis, Athens ter of Athens,” without spe- cifying. ECHNICAL talks over AP PHOTO Mina Andreeva, a spokes- TGreece’s third bailout woman at the European in five years are poised to Commission, said negotia- start in the next day or so tions “should now progress as negotiators representing as swiftly as possible.” the country’s creditors con- “Teams from the institu- tinued arriving in Athens tions are now already on the yesterday. ground in Athens and work The talks involving lower- A pedestrian looks at a board where people can write their comments is starting immediately,” level officials, delayed from about the Greek capital, displayed on a wall in Athens she said. last Friday, are set to incor- She added that, while porate a wide array of issues down 1.5 percent. pment that would likely Athens has already delive- such as pensions and labor After passing a series of trigger fresh fears over the red “in a timely and overall market reforms. reforms demanded by cre- country’s future in the euro. satisfactory manner” the They are designed to pave ditors, the Greek govern- Greece has already im- reforms demanded for the the way for high-level dis- ment is hoping that nego- plemented steep sales tax talks to start, more will be cussions between Greek tiations on the bailout will hikes, and overhauled its required to secure a swift ministers and top officials be completed by Aug. 20 judiciary and banking sec- rescue loan disbursement. from the European Union when the country has a big tors, to secure the start of “And this is also what is Veteran Hong Kong singer Priscilla Chan will and the International Mo- debt repayment of around the third bailout talks. being discussed right now.” bring her latest concert tour, “Back to Priscilla netary Fund that should 3.2 billion euros (USD3.5 Greek government spokes- Some sort of debt relief for Live Concert in Macao”, to The Venetian’s Cotai billion) to make to the Eu- woman Olga Gerovasili sou- Greece is up for negotiation Arena for one night on Saturday Sept. 5. Tickets start later this week. go on sale today. Worries that the discus- ropean Central Bank. ght to downplay the fears in though a direct cut in the One of Hong Kong’s most recognizable voi- sions over Greece’s bai- Without the money due the markets about the delay amount owed is off the agen- ces, Priscilla Chan has been in the entertain- lout are dragging out have from the expected three- and insisted that it was the da. The IMF has said Greece ment business for over 30 years. To celebrate weighed on stock markets year bailout totaling arou- creditors who decided when needs big relief and has ad- that achievement, the concert will see Chan nd 85 billion euros, Greece to get the talks underway. vocated delaying Greek debt repackage the biggest hits from her extensive across Europe yesterday. back catalogue in a completely new way. The Stoxx 50 index of lea- would be unable to make She said the talks will take repayments to European ding European shares was that payment — a develo- place in a “hotel in the cen- creditors for many years. AP

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Chinese financing to Mozambique increases 160 pct in 2 years

HINA is now Mozambi- cording to Portuguese financial based on taking on bilateral loans expansion continued to be “high,” que’s largest creditor, af- daily Diário Económico. with China, which accounted for BPI said, up from 7 percent for ter increasing its funding China State Grid also intends about 70 percent of new disburse- the fourth consecutive year, ba- to the African country by to finance and build the hydroe- ments in 2014,” along with multi- sed on the mining and quarrying, C160 percent since 2012 as signi- lectric plant of Mpanda Nkua, lateral loans, said the BPI report. construction and financial servi- ficant Chinese investments are designed to be the second largest Taking on foreign loans has ces sectors. being prepared. hydroelectric in the country and been a way for Mozambique to of- This year, it is possible that The weight of financing from awarded to Brazilian construction fset the declines in extraordinary growth will “decelerate slightly” China to Mozambique will grow companies in 2010, but which ran income and donations, which re- compared to 7.5 percent estima- nearly 50 percent, compared with into difficulties. sulted in an increase in the state ted by the Mozambique govern- current loan values, with a new According to data compiled by budget deficit. ment, but “the economic outlook loan of US$400 million announ- the Portuguese bank in its latest BPI expects total debt will con- for Mozambique remains largely ced last week. report on Mozambique, total debt tinue, in this scenario, to increase positive, with strong growth rates The new loan is for construction to China was USD886 million in to “levels considered high for a enhanced by megaprojects and of a 600-kilometer power trans- 2014, 160 percent more than in country with the level of develo- low inflation rates.” mission line between the Mozam- Mozambique’s President Filipe Nyusi 2012, when the main creditor of pment of Mozambique,” and re- Some recent setbacks for in- bican provinces of Zambézia and Mozambique was still Portugal. commends reducing the general vestment in the coal sector, due Nampula, according to the Mo- begin soon and the Mozambican Debt to China already accounts state deficit, even taking into ac- to the fall in the price of this raw zambican government. government expects the project for about one-third of Mozambi- count expected economic growth material, have been offset by new Construction of the northern will cost USD413 million attrac- que’s total debt, which has nearly that will tend to “dilute debt le- agreements signed, particular- plant of the Cahora Bassa hy- ting the interest of China Three doubled since 2010. The recent vels.” ly with Chinese companies, said droelectric facility is scheduled to Gorges and China State Grid, ac- increase in debt was “essentially Last year, the pace of economic BPI. MDT/Macauhub

Angola Cables builds Portuguese company sets up chocolate submarine station in Brazil factory in Angola

NGOLA Cables, an Angolan Angola Cables projects added to the Acompany that will manage the recent history of relations between HE managing director of Portuguese operations of the fiber-optic subma- Angola and Brazil and supported the Tchocolate factory Avianense, founded rine cable between Angola and Bra- existing cooperation instruments, in be built in Fortaleza, will occupy an in Viana do Castelo in 1914, announced zil through the cities of Luanda and particular the General Agreement on area of ​​about 10,000 square meters, the company was in talks with Angolan in- Fortaleza, already has a plot of land Political, Economic, Technical and 3,000 square meters of which will be vestors to install a unit in Luanda, as part to install a station for the submarine Scientific and Cultural Cooperation taken up by information technology. of an investment of 5 million euros. Ac- fiber-optic cable and a data center to and the existing strategic partner- Angola Cables will manage the cording to Portuguese news agency Lusa coordinate the system in Fortaleza, ship between Angola and Brazil. He 6,165-kilometre fiber-optic cable, the factory’s managing director, Luciano the capital of the Brazilian state of also said the government intended to which will link Luanda to Fortaleza, Costa, said the Angolan unit already had a Ceará. turn Angola into a “telecom hub” in within the framework of the Atlantic design project and investors for construc- The concession contract for the Africa. Cable System, making it possible to tion of an integrated plant in the Luanda land was signed on Friday in Forta- At the presentation of the project connect Africa and South America, area. The plant will include its own pro- leza, in the presence of the Angolan and the company, Antonio Nunes initially and later North America, duction, under the Avianense brand, also secretary of State for Telecommu- said that the submarine communi- when the Monet system starts opera- taking advantage of the proximity to São nications, Aristides Safeca, the am- cations cable between Angola and ting, which will be a fiber-optic cable Tomé and Príncipe to import raw mate- bassador of Angola in Brazil, Nelson Brazil will offer a capacity of 40 te- linking Fortaleza and Santos in Bra- rials from there, and provides for the ex- Cosme and Antonio Nunes, chair- rabytes per second and data speed zil to Miami, in the United States as port of chocolate to the countries in the man of the Board of Directors of An- exchange of 63 milliseconds. part of initiative by Angola Cables, Africa region. Costa said the future factory gola Cables. The fiber-optic submarine cable Algar Telecom, Google and Antel may start operating within four years with Cosme said at the ceremony that the and the Angola Cables datacenter, to Uruguay. MDT/Macauhub a daily production of 6 tons of chocolate.

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10 CHINA 中國

stock market. The Shanghai benchmark had risen about 150 percent Shanghai share index suffers by the time it peaked in ear- ly June. The gains were ori- ginally fired by commentary biggest daily drop since 2007 in state media that called the stock market undervalued. That led investors to believe Youkyung Lee the government would ensure Business Writer, Seoul that stock prices gained. Many AP PHOTO small investors jumped into HE Shanghai share index the market near its peak and Tfell the most since ear- are now sitting on significant ly 2007 yesterday as Chinese losses. stocks suffered a renewed sell The Chinese sell-off ruffled -off despite government effor- other markets in Asia though ts to calm the market. scant foreign investment in The Shanghai Composite In- Chinese shares limits the ri- dex closed down 8.5 percent pple effects outside of Hong at 3,725.56 with most of the Kong. plunge occurring in the last Hong Kong’s Hang Seng hour of trading. shed 3.1 percent at 24,288.54 Yesterday’s fall on the Shan- and Japan’s Nikkei 225 dro- ghai market was the biggest pped 1 percent to 20,350.10. one-day decline in Chinese South Korea’s Kospi fell 0.4 stocks since an 8.8 percent percent to close at 2,038.81. plunge on Feb. 27, 2007, ac- Stocks in Southeast Asia were cording to financial data pro- lower. But Australia’s S&P/ vider FactSet. ASX 200 gained 0.4 percent Some analysts said the dive to 5,589.90. was sparked by brokerages Asian stocks had already restricting credit used to fi- started the week on a dour nance stock purchases, also note, rattled by a last week’s known as margin trading. report on Chinese manufac- Chinese authorities took ag- turing that sparked a sell-off gressive steps to stabilize the in gold as well as copper and market after it tumbled last other commodities. month, wiping away about Prices of copper and gold USD3.2 trillion in market ca- hit their lowest levels in seve- pitalization. But analysts have ral years following the survey been skeptical that such gra- that showed China’s manu- vity-defying efforts could be facturing contracted in July. sustained. Yesterday, the price of gold “The continuous check on from its sluggishness.” achieved after the govern- pended trading in their sto- bounced back from a five-year margin trading by security The dramatic 30 percent sli- ment announced draconian cks on the Shanghai exchange low but other metal prices lost companies has triggered to- de in Chinese shares in June support measures earlier this and its smaller counterpart in more ground. day’s sell-off,” said Xu Xiaoyu, came after a sizzling yearlong month that included forbid- Shenzhen. A drop in China’s industrial a market strategist at China rally took the market to mul- ding major shareholders from Yating Xu, an economist at profits for a second straight Investment Securities. “In ad- ti-year highs even as the wor- selling any of their shares and IHS Global Insight, said Bei- month in June has also added dition, the recent economic ld’s second-biggest economy ordering state companies and jing will likely feel renewed to signs that stimulus efforts data shows it still takes time slowed. others to buy. Many com- pressure to take more mea- are taking time to take hold in for the economy to recover A period of stability was panies also voluntarily sus- sures to put a floor under the the world’s No. 2 economy. AP

Lisa Pham, Penny Peng and Sharon Chen Hong Kong feeling the mainland’s pain OR Hong Kong, it’s Fbeen one thing after another when it comes through June. set a worsening slump in So there’s no relief in to China. In addition, Chi- Hong Kong, while Em- sight for Hong Kong. A series of anti-China na slashed tariffs on peror Watch & Jewellery The tourism board fore- and pro-democracy pro- products such as face Ltd., which sells Cartier casts overall visitor arri- tests last year prompted creams and imported and Montblanc watches, val growth to slow to 6.4 stores to close and main- sneakers from June 1, said it may shut one or percent in 2015 from 12 land tour groups to can- reducing Hong Kong’s two of its Hong Kong percent last year, with cel bookings. Meanwhi- KWOK/BLOOMBERG H.C. BILLY draw as a cheaper sho- stores when their leases mainland Chinese tou- le, a slowing Chinese pping destination. end this year. rist arrivals expected to economy and President The effect on Hong And the news out of drop by half to 8 percent. Xi Jinping’s anti-corrup- Kong’s retailers has been China doesn’t inspi- Hong Kong’s economy tion and austerity cam- immediate and painful. re much confidence. expanded 2.1 percent in paigns have also made Retail sales fell in four of French distiller Remy the first quarter from a the Chinese more wary the five months through Cointreau SA reported year earlier, weaker than of buying pricey cognac May, with jewelry, wat- first-quarter sales that a revised 2.4 percent and Gucci bags in the ches and other high-end missed analyst estimates expansion in October city. Mainland Chinese trave- period a year earlier, the gifts the worst hit. as Chinese wholesalers through December. While the biggest ou- lers to Hong Kong last Hong Kong Economic Burberry Group continued to hold back “We’re just too expo- tbound destination for year grew by the slowest Times reported yester- Plc, whose stores in on cognac orders. Prada sed to China,’’ said Silvia Chinese tour groups last pace since 2009, Bloom- day, citing Michael Wu, Hong Kong’s Cau- SpA also reported first- Liu, a Hong-Kong based year, Hong Kong is in berg Intelligence data head of the city’s Travel seway Bay and Tsim quarter profit that trai- economist at UBS AG. danger of losing its lead show. Industry Council. With Sha Tsui shopping dis- led analyst estimates on “Structurally, until the to regional rivals such as Chinese tour group visi- fewer mainland Chinese tricts sell HKD18,500 slumping sales in China, tourism sector conso- Thailand and South Ko- tors to Hong Kong plun- staying overnight, ave- (USD2,400) handbags while foreign carmakers lidates and Hong Kong rea, as well as mainland ged 40 percent in the rage daily rates at Hong and HK$24,000 dresses, including Audi have ste- finds new growth engi- alternatives including first two weeks of July Kong’s hotels fell for a has said it may try and pped up discounts to nes, I don’t see the way Shenzhen and Shanghai. compared with the same ninth straight month lower its rent bill to off- woo buyers. out yet.” Bloomberg tue 28.07.2015

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Court accepts Woman dies after being group’s case against trapped in escalator, ConocoPhillips, but saves son CNOOC

Chinese court says it has accepted a case Chinese woman died after Abrought by a social organization against being trapped in a sho- oil giants ConocoPhillips China and China Na- pping mall escalator, but tional Offshore Oil Corp. over oil spills in nor- BLOOMBERG not before pushing her thern China in 2011. 2-year-oldA son to safety. It is the first case brought by a social orga- Sunday’s horrific accident in the nization over maritime pollution since China central city of Jingzhou was caught changed its law to allow registered non-gover- on surveillance camera footage that nment organizations who have been dealing circulated heavily on the Internet in with environmental issues for at least five China. years to sue heavy polluters. The woman — identified in media Qingdao Maritime Court said that the plain- reports as 30-year-old Xiang Liu- tiff, China Biodiversity Conservation and juan — is shown reaching the top Green Development Foundation, wants the of the escalator when the section of defendants to “immediately repair the damage landing platform she had stepped in the Bohai Bay’s ecosystem” so as to restore onto suddenly collapses, trapping the area to its original state before the oil spill. her inside the still-moving machi- In June 2011, oil spills from an oilfield jointly nery. owned by Houston-based ConocoPhillips’ Chi- The footage shows that Xiang ma- nese subsidiary and CNOOC, China’s main of- naged to push her son into the arms fshore oil and gas producer, drained into the of shop attendants near the top of ts said her body was recovered four times cavalier attitude toward safe- Bohai Sea and its bay. the escalator. The attendants tried hours later, after crews disassemb- ty, quality control and maintenance China’s changes to its Environmental Pro- to pull her to safety, but Xiang fell led the escalator. have led to frequent industrial acci- tection Law, which took effect Jan. 1 and also into the mechanism and was killed. Although escalator deaths are ex- dents such as fires, building and bri- allow for unlimited fines against persistent The state-run People’s Daily’s on- tremely rare, China’s breakneck dge collapses, and ship sinkings or polluters, were the first in 25 years and a res- line edition and other media outle- economic development and some- collisions. AP ponse to the country’s serious pollution pro- blems. The Beijing-based China Biodiversity Con- servation and Green Development Foundation Christopher Bpdeen, Beijing is a nonprofit, independent social organization that nevertheless has representatives of the HINA’S state media State media snipe at environment ministry, forestry bureau and Care pouring cold water State Oceanic Administration as part of its ma- on President Barack Oba- nagement structure, according to its website. ma’s visit to Africa, saying Obama’s Africa trip Qingdao Maritime Court said on its micro- U.S. attention to the conti- blog that the organization filed the lawsuit nent is largely due to con- day for talks on counter- on July 7 and the court accepted it two weeks cern over China’s booming terrorism, human rights later. influence there. AP PHOTO and regional security is- In 2012, ConocoPhillips and CNOOC reached The Global Times news- sues, including the crisis in a USD160 million agreement with the Ministry paper said yesterday that neighboring South Sudan. of Agriculture to settle compensation claims “offsetting China’s growing His visit to Ethiopia, the related to the spill. ConocoPhillips also said it influence in this continent first by a sitting U.S. pre- would help pay for social projects in Bohai Bay and recovering past U.S. le- sident, followed a stop in and reduce pollutants in the bay. AP verage” were major factors Kenya, his late father’s ho- in Obama’s visit. meland. The U.S., it said, is China’s economic ties “taking China as a rival in with Africa have soared AP PHOTO Africa.” lder” to the continent dams and other infrastruc- in recent years, with two In contrast to China’s during his first term as an ture. -way trade in 2013 — the steady and fair-minded example of U.S. inattenti- “Obama may have to last year for which figures interactions with Africa, veness. work even harder if he were available — hitting the U.S. “obviously lacks The official Xinhua News wants to build his lega- a record USD200 billion, a consistent Africa policy,” Agency took a similar tone, cy on a continent where mainly in Chinese imports said the paper, published criticizing what it descri- U.S. commitment has long of African oil, copper and by the ruling Communist bed as ineffective U.S. aid been questioned,” Xinhua other raw materials. Party’s flagship People’s programs for Africa whi- said. U.S. trade with Africa has Daily. It cited what it said le touting China’s own Obama huddled with fallen, meanwhile, hitting Local fishermen work to clean up oil following an was Obama’s “cold shou- projects, largely in roads, Ethiopia’s leaders yester- $85 billion in 2013. AP explosion in Xingang port, Dalian, northeastern China

“We welcome the move,” said a Sony Gov’t lifting ban on sales of video game consoles spokesman, Sousuke Kamei, in an email. “We remain committed to deliver fun HINA is lifting its ban on sales of imposed in 2000 due to concern Chi- The Shanghai trade zone was created and exciting console gaming experiences Cvideo game consoles to promote the nese children would waste time playing in 2013 and gives foreign companies to as many Chinese users as possible.” industry and a new manufacturing zone video games. wider access to a range of industries, Nintendo Co., another video game in Shanghai. Communist leaders are promoting allowing bigger ownership stakes and maker, declined comment. Consoles produced in the Shanghai entertainment and technology develo- activities that are prohibited elsewhere The latest rules are intended to promo- Free-Trade Zone will automatically be pment as part of a marathon effort to in China. te technology development and a “heal- approved for sale in the rest of China, shift the world’s second-largest eco- Sony Corp. and Microsoft Corp. both thy and progressive” entertainment en- according to a Ministry of Culture noti- nomy to more sustainable growth su- have announced plans to manufacture vironment, the ministry notice said. ce dated Friday. pported by domestic consumption and game consoles in the Shanghai zone Content of games will be subject to go- The announcement eases a sales ban cleaner industries. with Chinese partners. vernment censorship, it said. AP 28.07.2015 tue

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EFT-WING protesters PHILIPPINES try where about a fourth of Lclashed with riot police its 100 million people remain amid a downpour yesterday mired in long-entrenched po- as they tried to breach a bar- verty. Communist and Mus- ricade of barbed wire and shi- Protesters, police clash lim insurgencies that have ra- pping containers ahead of the ged on and off for more than Philippine president’s final four decades have combined state of the nation address. with natural disasters in the Some of the approximate- ahead of Aquino speech typhoon-prone archipelago ly 4,000 drenched protesters and law and order problems to started to push away the me- turn governance into a tough tal cargo containers and iron and complex dilemma. railings blocking them from As he prepares to endorse a getting close to the House of AP PHOTO candidate for next year’s elec- Representatives in suburban tion, Aquino has been meeting Quezon city where President with potential contenders in- Benigno Aquino III was to de- cluding Senator Grace Poe and liver his speech later yester- Interior Secretary Mar Roxas day, police said. and is expected to name his At least three policemen and preferred candidate this week. 16 protesters were injured Lawmakers at the opening when authorities used water session of parliament yes- cannon to push back the ac- terday pledged to pass a bill tivists, who hurled rocks and creating a new Muslim auto- bottles at the police, accor- nomous region before its end ding to police and Red Cross next year. Speaker Feliciano volunteers. Belmonte and Senate Presi- The most popular Philippine dent Franklin Drilon said in president for three decades, separate speeches that they Aquino, 55, whose six-year would also push measures to term ends next June, was ex- curb smuggling and toughen pected to report on the pro- a law to sustain infrastructure gress of his fight against cor- programs. ruption and poverty, his cam- May’s poll will see Filipinos paign battle cry that landed elect a president, vice president, him a landslide victory. senators and congressmen, and But problems have persisted Protesters clash with police as they try to make their way to the House of Representatives ahead of the State of the Nation all local officials down to city in a Southeast Asian coun- Address by Philippine President Benigno Aquino III, pictured on a poster, in suburban Quezon city, northeast of Manila councilors. AP/Bloomberg

INDIA AFGHANISTAN 7 killed as militants 21 dead, 8 wounded attack police station, bus in wedding gunfight

Ashok Sharma, New Delhi shootout at a wedding party in northern Afghanistan has left 21

AP PHOTO A AP PHOTO NDIAN forces fought people dead and eight wounded, an Ia prolonged gunfight official said yesterday. yesterday with militan- Abdul Jabar Perdili, police chief of ts who attacked a mo- Baghlan province, said a gunfight ving bus and stormed broke out between two groups atten- into a police station in ding the wedding in Dih Salah dis- a northern town borde- trict late Sunday. He said that most ring Pakistan, with at of the dead were wedding guests and least nine people killed at least two of the wounded were in the violence, officials younger than 18 years old. said. Perdili’s spokesman, Jaweed The attackers killed at An Indian army soldier takes position during a fight in the town of Basharat, had earlier said that 10 An Afghan wounded teenager lies on a bed in a least seven people — ci- Dinanagar, in the northern state of Punjab people were wounded. Conflicting hospital in Puli Khumri, capital city of Baghlan vilians and policemen accounts are common in the chaotic province, north of Kabul — in the pre-dawn atta- daspur, a border town an independent Kash- aftermath of violent incidents. ck in Punjab state, said in Punjab that was put mir or its merger with Baghlan and other provinces of the was difficult to determine who were Harcharan Singh Bains, on a maximum alert. Pakistan. north have been plagued by insur- the shooters and who were not, be- a state government Eight injured people Defense Minister Ma- gent attacks since the U.S.-led inva- cause I could not find any weapons,” spokesman. were hospitalized, se- nohar Parrikar said sion in 2001 that toppled the Tali- Qasani said. Two of the attackers, ven of them in serious army commandos had ban. However, the war is often used Meanwhile in northern Sari Pul numbering three or condition, the Press joined the police ope- as a cover for criminal activity and province, a local police commander four in all, were kil- Trust of India news rations in Dinanagar, a personal feuds. and seven of his men surrendered to led in ongoing fighting agency reported. small town in Gurdas- The police chief of Dih Salah, Col. the Taliban in Kohistanat district, with Indian forces that Police are investi- pur district located 450 Gulistan Qasani, said hostility be- according to provincial police chief had lasted more than gating whether the kilometers north of tween the two groups involved in Gen. Mohammad Asef Jabarkhail. 10 hours as of late yes- militants came from New Delhi. the gunfight had been simmering for Jabarkhail said the surrender came terday afternoon, Bains the Indian portion of State-run All India Ra- many years. after Taliban fighters attacked police said. Kashmir — which bor- dio said that police had “The clash broke out after a relative checkpoints on Sunday. Reinforce- Senior police officer ders Punjab — or from discovered five bombs of a provincial police official was as- ments have reached the area to su- Dinkar Gupta said the Pakistan after crossing on a railway track in the sassinated during the wedding par- pport police still fighting, he said. attackers hijacked a car the land border. Rebels area, causing train ser- ty,” Qasani said. The Taliban, who often exaggerate and then fired at the routinely stage attacks vice to be suspended, He said some 400 people had ga- battlefield gains, said in a statement bus and a roadside ea- in Indian-held Kash- though it was unclear thered at a private house for the we- that 100 police in Sari Pul had defec- tery before entering a mir, where they’ve been whether it was related dding of a local mullah’s son. ted to their side, a claim Jabarkhail police station near Gur- fighting since 1989 for to the attack. AP “When we collected the bodies it denied. AP tue 28.07.2015

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Eric Talmadge, Pyongyang NORTH KOREA ORTH Korean of- ficials warned the United States that With warning to US, Pyongyang another war on the NKorean Peninsula would lea- ve no Americans alive to sign a surrender document as the marks end of Korean War country marked yesterday’s anniversary of the armistice that ended fighting in the Ko- who were supported by Chi- toward Pyongyang and pro- rean War more than six deca- na and the Soviet Union. vokes another war, the North des ago. AP PHOTO In a speech to veterans on is prepared to fight until “the- Pyongyang and other cities Saturday, Kim Jong Un stres- re would be no one left to sign around North Korea were de- sed the importance of ins- a surrender document.” cked out with flags and ban- tilling the country’s young “It is more than 60 years sin- ners as North Koreans flocked people with the same fighting ce the ceasefire on (the) land, to patriotic gatherings and spirit and devotion as the ge- but peace has not yet settled mass dance celebrations to neration that experienced the on it,” he told the meeting, mark the anniversary of the war. But he also stressed that which included high-level July 27, 1953, agreement that North Korea has a new ace in officials, veterans and diplo- brought the three-year Korean the hole — a nuclear arsenal of mats stationed in Pyongyang. war to an end with an armisti- its own. “The past Korean War brou- ce, not a peace treaty. “Gone forever is the era when ght about the beginning of the North Korean officials took the United States blackmailed downhill turn for the U.S., but the opportunity of the anni- us with nukes; now the United the second Korean war will versary to step up their an- States is no longer a source of bring the final ruin to U.S. im- ti-U.S. rhetoric and call upon threat and fear for us and we perialism.” the nation to redouble its de- are the very source of fear for The anniversary brought votion to the nation’s current it,” he said in the speech, the a festive atmosphere to the leader, Kim Jong Un, the third text of which was broadcast on capital, with citizens using leader in the Kim dynasty, and North Korean television. the holiday not only to show prepare for a final showdown At a separate gathering held their patriotic pride by laying with Washington. Sunday, Korean People’s Army flowers before statues of Nor- The anniversary is hailed in Gen. Pak Yong Sik, who is be- th Korea’s first president Kim North Korea as a victory over lieved to be the country’s new Il Sung and his son, Kim Jong the U.S., which fought with the defense minister, said that Il, but also to enjoy the warm South Koreans and U.N. allies North Koreans bow in front of bronze statues of the late leaders Kim Il Sung and if the United States does not summer weather at parks and against the North’s forces, Kim Jong Il at Munsu Hill in Pyongyang abandon its hostile policies ice cream stands. AP

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Bassem Mroue and Suzan Fraser, TURKEY Beirut

URKISH troops have shelled a Syrian village Troops target Kurdish fighters near the border, targe- ting Kurdish fighters Twho have been battling the Is- lamic State group with the aid in northern Syria of U.S.-led airstrikes, Syria’s main Kurdish militia and an activist group said yesterday. The YPG said Turkey first The Kurdish People’s Pro- shelled Til Findire on Friday, tection Units, or YPG, said the AP PHOTO wounding four fighters of the Sunday night shelling on the rebel Free Syrian Army and border village of Til Findire several local villagers. It ur- targeted one of their vehicles. ged Turkey to “halt this aggres- It said Til Findire is east of the sion and to follow international border town of Kobani, where guidelines.” the Kurds handed a major de- The Britain-based Syrian Ob- feat to the Islamic State group servatory for Human Rights earlier this year. said four fighters were wou- In cross-border strikes sin- nded in the village of Zor Ma- ce Friday, Turkey has targeted ghar, which is also close to the both Kurdish fighters as well Turkish border. Conflicting re- as the IS group, stepping up ports are common in the after- its involvement in Syria’s in- math of violent incidents. creasingly complex civil war. Earlier this month, Syria’s The Syrian Kurds are among main Kurdish party, the De- the most effective ground mocratic Union Party, or PYD, forces battling the IS group, warned Turkey that any mili- but Turkey fears they could tary intervention would threa- revive an insurgency against ten international peace and Ankara in pursuit of an inde- said its armed wing, the YPG, pendent state. would face any “aggression.” Yesterday the YPG and Syrian Turkish police meanwhile rai- rebels captured the town of Sa- Left-wing protesters try to avoid tear gas and water used by police to disperse them, in Istanbul ded homes in a neighborhood in reen in northern Syria, which the capital yesterday, detaining had been held by the Islamic group in Syria and the Kurdis- “The PYD, along with others, ces other than ISIS.” at least 15 people suspected of State group, according to The tan Workers’ Party, or PKK, in remains outside the scope of The official spoke on condi- links to the Islamic State group, Britain-based Syrian Observa- neighboring Iraq. the current military effort,” the tion of anonymity because of the state-run news agency said. tory for Human Rights and the The official said the “ongoing official said, referring to the po- rules that bar officials from The Anadolu Agency said tho- Aleppo Media Center in Syria, military operation seeks to litical arm of the YPG. speaking to journalists without se detained in Ankara’s Haci two activist groups that track neutralize imminent threats The official added that au- authorization. Bayram neighborhood include the civil war. to Turkey’s national security thorities were “investigating The YPG did not say in its yes- a number of foreign nationals. A Turkish official said Turkish and continues to target ISIS in claims that the Turkish military terday statement whether there It did not give details of the fo- forces are only targeting the IS Syria and the PKK in Iraq.” engaged positions held by for- were casualties in the shelling. reigners’ home countries. AP

USA Bobbi Kristina Brown, Whitney AP PHOTO Houston’s daughter, dies aged 22

Jonathan Landrum Jr., achievements and de- found face-down and un- cribed it as a “drowning.” Duluth, Ga. mons of others before she responsive in a bathtub in Bobbi Kristina was the could begin to figure out the suburban Atlanta tow- only child between Hous- ORN and raised in who she was. nhome she shared with ton and singer Bobby Bthe shadow of fame Bobbi Kristina died Nick Gordon, the man Brown. and litigation, shattered Sunday (early yesterday, she called her husband. She was hospitalized by the loss of her mo- Macau time) at Peach- She was 22-years-old. for months in Atlanta — ther, Whitney Houston, tree Christian Hospice in “Bobbi Kristina Brown eventually being placed in Bobbi Kristina Brown Duluth, Georgia, about passed away July, 26 hospice care — after being was overwhelmed by the six months after she was 2015, surrounded by her found in a manner grimly Bobbi Kristina Brown family. She is finally at similar to the way her me- peace in the arms of God. gastar mother died three that she wanted to carry heavy. May u rest in medical examiner: autopsy planned We want to again thank years earlier. Gordon said on her mother’s legacy by peace with your mommy everyone for their tre- at the time it seemed Bo- singing, acting and dan- #BobbiKristina sending for bobbi kristina brown mendous amount of love bbi Kristina wasn’t brea- cing. But her career never prayers 2 the Brown/ and support during these thing and lacked a pulse took off. Houston family.” AN AUTOPSY will be her death Sunday will “com- last few months,” Kristen before help arrived. She became a social me- “Empire” star Taraji P. needed to evaluate what plicate” its effort to recon- Foster, a representative Bobbi Kristina — the dia sensation, sending Henson tweeted, “Rest in led to the death of Bobbi struct events. “Interpreta- for the Houston family sole heir of her mother’s more than 11,000 tweets heaven.” Kristina Brown, daughter tion of autopsy findings and said Sunday. estate — did have dreams. and attracting 164,000 “RIP #BobbiKristi- of singer Whitney Houston, other information will also The Fulton County Me- She identified herself followers. na My deepest sympa- authorities said yesterday, be challenging,” the medi- dical Examiner’s Office on Twitter as “Daugh- As the news of her dea- thies 2 your father #Bo- the day after her death. In a cal examiner’s office said in confirmed Bobbi Kristi- ter of Queen WH,” ‘’En- th spread across social bbyBrown n your Grand- statement yesterday morn- the statement. “However, na’s death Sunday night. tertainer/Actress” with media, several celebri- Ma #CissyHouston We ing, the Fulton County Med- an autopsy could be helpful The cause of death was William Morris & Co., ties tweeted their condo- will miss ya 4sho darling ical Examiner’s Office says to address questions which not immediately known. and “LAST of a dying lences. ;) Actress Vivica A. Fox the time that elapsed from may arise about the cause of Police said she was fou- breed.” She told Oprah Grammy-winning per- said on Twitter. when she was found unre- her unresponsiveness and sponsive in January until eventual death.” nd Jan. 31 at her Roswell Winfrey shortly after her former Missy Elliot twee- And Winfrey tweeted, home. A police report des- mother’s death in 2012 ted, “My heart is truly “Peace at Last!” AP 28.07.2015 tue

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13:00 TDM News (Repeated) Hey, Listen- Works by Sandy-Leong Sin U Time: 12pm-7pm (Closed on Tuesdays) 13:30 News (RTPi) Delayed Broadcast Until: August 9, 2015 14:30 RTPi Live Venue: Ox Warehouse, corner of Avenida Do 17:50 The Illusionist (Repeated) coronel Mesquita and Avenida Do Almirante Lacerda 18:40 TDM Sports Admission: Free 19:40 Soap Opera Enquiries: (853) 2853 0026 20:30 Main News, Financial & Weather Report 21:00 TDM Interview “Saudade” Art Exhibition 21:30 Non-Daily Portuguese News Time: 24 hours 22:10 The Illusionist Until: September 30, 2015 Venue: L2 Showcase / MGM MACAU, 23:00 TDM News Avenida Dr. Sun Yat Sen, NAPE, Macau 23:30 Miscellaneous Admission: free 00:30 Main News, Financial & Weather Report (Repeated) 1976 Chinese earthquake kills Guided Tours: 12pm-9om (Mondays to Fridays); 11am to 9:00 pm (Saturdays and Sundays) hundreds of thousands Enquiries: (853) 8802 8888 Hundreds of thousands of people are feared dead cinema following an 8.3 magnitude earthquake in China. Macau Joint Fashion Performance cineteatro The quake has virtually destroyed the city of Tangshan, – Mini Exhibition north-east of Beijing, and Western sources believe the 23 Jul- 29 Jul death toll may be much higher than the official figure of Time: 10am-8pm 240,000. Some believe the figure is more like 750,000. (Closed on Mondays, open on public holiday) The Hong Kong Royal Observatory reports the earth- Until: August 30, 2015 quake was intense although speculation of the magnitude Admission: Free of the quake ranges from 6.3 to 8.3. Around 2,000 people are believed to have died when the Address: Macau Fashion Gallery / No. 47, quake devastated the city’s biggest hospital, according to Rua de S. Roque, Macau sources quoting Chinese officials. Enquiries: (853) 2835 3341 It is feared that many miners are buried alive in coal works in the industrial city, which has a total population of 1.6m. Historical Paintings of Macau Diplomatic observers say that up to 80,000 people died in the 19th Century in the first shock of the natural disaster. Time: 10am-7pm Up to 164,000 people have been severely injured, accor- (Closed on Mondays, No admission after 6:30 pm) INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 3_ ding to initial reports from the city. room 1 Tangshan was at the epicentre of the earthquake, al- Until: December 31, 2015 2.15, 4.00, 5.45, 7.30 pm though it badly damaged Tientsin. Tremors were also felt Venue: Macau Museum of Art, Director: Leigh Whannell in Beijing, where residents were urged to live in the streets Av. Xian Xing Hai, s/n, NAPE Starring: Dermot Mulroney, Stefanie Scott, and keep to open spaces as it is not thought to be safe to Angus Sampson Admission: MOP5 return to their homes in the city. Language: English (Chinese) The force of the quake has been so strong that people (Free on Sundays and public holidays) Duration: 97min are reported to have been thrown into the air after roads, Enquiries: (853) 8791 9814 bridges, railway stations, homes and factories were com- MINIONS_ pletely destroyed. room 1 Travel Notes Venice – Collective Exhibition The quake has also knocked out power throughout the 4.00 pm city, making rescue efforts difficult. on the Subject of Macau’s Participation in Director: Pierre Coffin, Kyle Balda When the earthquake struck Tangshan at 0342 local Language: Cantonese (Chinese/English) the Venice Art Biennale 2015’ time, more than a million people lay sleeping. The enti- Duration: 91min Time: 12pm-8pm (Tuesdays to Sundays) re earthquake reportedly lasted approximately 14 to 16 3pm-8pm (Mondays) ANT-MAN_ seconds. It was followed by a 7.1 magnitude aftershock. Survivors have been digging through debris to answer Until: July 31, 2015 room 2 (2D) 2.30, 4.45, 9.30 pm the calls for help as well as find missing relatives. Venue: Albergue SCM / No. 8, (3D) 7.15 pm There is a deep-seated peasant belief that the “Year of Calcada da Igreja de S. Lazaro Director: Peyton Reed the Dragon” - which happens every 12 years - augurs ill. Admission: Free Starring: Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas The survivors of the Tangshan quake are living in tents Language: English (Chinese) and are expected to be moved to winter shelters, the New Enquiries: (853) 2852 2550 / 2852 3205 Duration: 117min China news agency has reported. Aircraft and lorries have been taking large quantities of relief supplies to help the INSIDE OUT_ relief effort. room 3 The authorities later hope to move people to simple (2D) 2.00, 3.55, 5.50 pm houses, which can withstand tremors and are warm and (3D) 7.45 pm rainproof before winter sets in. Offbeat Director: Pete Docter Chinese officials have rejected any offers of help from Language: Cantonese (Chinese) the outside world, saying that survivors have enough to Duration: 94min eat and wear and there are sufficient medical supplies US: Florida man wins Hemingway and doctors in the city. MINIONS_ look-alike contest in Key West room 3 9.45 pm Courtesy BBC News Director: Pierre Coffin, Kyle Balda A white-bearded Language: Cantonese (Chinese/English) Florida man has Duration: 91min

AP PHOTO won the “Papa” In context Hemingway Look-­ Alike Contest on macau tower Officially, the Chinese government estimated between his 15th attempt. 240,000 and 250,000 people died in the Tangshan earth- Retired air traffic 16 Jul - 29 Jul quake. controller Char- The rebuilding of Tangshan began almost immediately after ANT-MAN_ the earthquake and eventually the entire city was rebuilt. It is lie Boice of Palm 2.30, 4.45, 7.15, 9.30 pm now home to more than a million people - earning it the name Beach Gardens Director: Peyton Reed “Brave City of China.” prevailed Satur- Starring: Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas In the decades since the quake, the death toll is estimated day night at Slo- Language: English (Chinese) closer to half a million although some believe it is higher still. ppy Joe’s Bar, a hangout of Ernest Hemingway during Duration: 117min This would make this the most deadly quake in the twentieth his Key West residency in the 1930s. century, and the strongest since the Alaska quake in 1964 A panel of former contest winners chose Boice, 56, who which was of magnitude 9.2. said he shares Hemingway’s passion for marlin fishing. More people died in earthquakes in the first 10 months of Celebrity cook Paula Deen’s husband, Michael Groover 1976 than in any year since 1970. During 1976, there were a string of tremors, stretching from of Savannah, Georgia, finished in the top five. China to Greece, which Swedish expert Dr Marcus Baath The contest attracted 122 entrants. It’s a highlight of believes may be a signal of new movement in the Earth’s crust. the annual Hemingway Days festival honoring the au- In August 1976, a new earthquake measuring 6.9 was reported thor’s literary legacy. 250 miles north of Chungking, which is around 1,000 miles During his Key West years, Hemingway wrote the novel from Tangshan. “To Have and Have Not.” tue 28.07.2015

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YOUR STARS THE BORN LOSER by Chip Sansom Aries Taurus

Mar. 21-Apr. 19 April 20-May 20 Your ego will threaten to disrupt the Even the most ordinary day will leave delicate balance between you and a you feeling satisfied today. You gain colleague today. Instead of looking energy from being able to anticipate to the boss to see how well you’re and respond to minute changes in competing, consider talking directly the business atmosphere. Everyone to your longtime nemesis. will marvel at your achievements.

Gemini Cancer

May 21-Jun. 21 Jun. 22-Jul. 22 A sudden burst of energy will keep you A partner at work is relying on your moving nonstop today. You’ll look like time as well as your energy and a blur of activity to outside observers, commitment. But someone waiting but the truth is you probably won’t at home will resent whatever they finish any of the projects you’ve started feel you’re withholding. This tension so auspiciously. will make life difficult today. SUDOKU WEATHER Leo Virgo MIN MAX CONDITION Jul. 23-Aug. 22 Aug. 23-Sept. 22 CHINA Jump into work like you’re kicking up Like a tropical fish, you dazzle the Easy Easy+ mud puddles today. Sure, you may not senses today. People won’t be able have the perfect job. But even imperfect to look away as you stride past. But Beijing 23 30 rain/thundershower weather affords opportunities for fun. beneath the surface, you have serious Harbin 17 28 cloudy A positive attitude will take you farther skills to offer. Don’t let glamour than you’d think. distract them from the issues. Tianjin 25 34 thundershower Urumqi 25 34 thundershower Libra Scorpio Xi’an 26 37 clear/cloudy cloudy Sep.23-Oct. 22 Oct. 23 - Nov. 21 Lhasa 11 26 You’re thrilled with your assignments You’re in an uncomfortable spot Chengdu 23 34 cloudy today, and you’ll zip through them today, caught between the demands Chongqing 36 cloudy like a waiter on roller skates. Watch of two separate bosses. Figuring 26 the thin line between office repartee out what you should really be doing Kunming 14 24 cloudy/shower and out-and-out flirtation, but don’t requires some intense mind-reading get too hung up on propriety. that wasn’t part of the job description. Nanjing 27 35 cloudy/clear Shanghai 28 37 clear Sagittarius Capricorn Hard Wuhan 26 35 cloudy/clear Medium Hangzhou 27 37 clear Nov. 22-Dec. 21 Dec. 22-Jan. 19 You have an excellent sense of the One part of your job involves finding Taipei 25 30 cloudy/drizzle big picture today, and as a result you solutions, and the other entails Guangzhou 26 33 cloudy/thundershower always know what the next step should making them happen. You’re good at be. Colleagues love you because you the second part of that equation, but Hong Kong 27 32 cloudy/shower recognize opportunities to rest as well the connections you need to make to as when to exert yourself. get to that stage are not forthcoming. WORLD Aquarius Pisces

Jan. 20-Feb. 18 Feb.19-Mar. 20 Moscow 17 28 drizzle Jump at the opportunity to connect It’s a good time to call in favors. Frankfurt 14 22 drizzle with your colleagues. You’ll trade You’ve been a generous employee, 14 knowledge and tips with each other, and people are willing to reward your Paris 23 drizzle working more effectively as a team past assistance. But it’s up to you to London 12 18 drizzle than you ever could independently. claim what’s yours. Don’t be shy with You’ll be happy at the end of the day. people you’ve known for years. New York 23 30 drizzle/clear

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Beth Harris, Kazan SWIM WORLDS

HRISTINA Jones and Bill May, a couple of old pros in the pool making a From Vegas to Kazan: US wins comeback while juggling CLas Vegas show careers, won a gold medal in new mixed duet te- chnical synchronized swimming mixed duet synchro at worlds at the world championships yes- terday (Macau time). The Americans totaled 88.5108 Wearing deep coral suits — hers comeback. points to beat the Russians by with a deep V-neck and his a biki- "This was a real big test event 0.2122 points in their home pool AP PHOTO ni style — Jones and May swam to see what type of response the with a 2 ½-minute routine that an upbeat routine to "Just Kiss world would give this and I think included scissor kicks and spins Me" by Harry Connick Jr. Their the world has given a great res- at Kazan Arena. deck work — which is judged, ponse," May said. "Someday it Aleksandr Maltsev and Darina too — included a move borrowed will be there." Valitova of the host nation, who from a Las Vegas choreographer: Besides training up to five hou- led by just over two points after May dived through a circle Jones rs a day, Jones and the 27-year the preliminaries, settled for sil- created using her left arm and leg -old May perform 10 shows a ver with 88.2986 points. Malt- while standing on her right leg. week in Cirque du Soleil's "O'' at sev, the only man participating "This has never been done be- the Bellagio hotel. They got two in synchro in Russia, didn't like fore in synchronized swimming," weeks off to compete at worlds. the results. Jones said. Their show friends were chee- "We were underscored, and all May jokingly called it "The Bill ring them on while watching others were clearly overscored," and Christina dive-through." live at a party back home despite he said. "That's bitter, we are up- Jones added, "Let's name it ri- the 10-hour time difference. set." ght now.'" "We're both better athletes Italians Manila Flamini and The gold didn't come without than we were before we retired Giorgio Minisini earned bronze Gold medalists Bill May, left, and Christina Jones, right, from the US compete during injury. Jones dived in and May because we've learned how to be with 86.3640 in a sport that has the synchronised swimming mixed duet technical final at the Swimming World was waiting underwater to lift become performers," Jones said. been traditionally dominated by Championships in Kazan, Russia her when Jones' nail sliced his "When you combine that with women. left eye. The skin around it was our athleticism, it's the gold." Russia didn't leave the pool silver with 448.89. Russians Ro- jelled his hair and donned nose bruised, but it didn't affect his May has a shot at another empty-handed. Natalia Ish- man Izmailov and Victor Mini- clips for a comeback after the mi- eyesight. medal in Kazan. He and 2000 chenko and Svetlana Romashi- baev earned bronze at 441.33. xed event was added to the wor- "I felt bad about it for one se- Olympian Kristina Lum Un- na won gold in the synchro duet The synchro mixed duet is new lds program late last year. cond," Jones said, laughing. derwood, his duet partner years technical with 95.4672 points. to the world championships, "A lot of barriers have been Now 36, May won 14 U.S. natio- ago, will compete in the mixed China was second and Japan even though men and women broken," May said. "You see the- nal titles in the late '90s, having duet free event Tuesday. Lum third. first competed together at the se strong countries, these mas- once been banned from synchro Underwood performs in "Le China improved to 3-0 in diving 1998 Goodwill Games. Back culine countries, strong athle- because of his gender. Reve - The Dream" at the Wynn when Chen Aisen and Lin Yue then, May was the only man on tes come from these countries. "I don't think you're ever too hotel in Las Vegas. won men's 10-meter synchroni- the U.S. women's team, which They're going to bring more men old to achieve anything," he said. Returning to Sin City with gold zed platform with 495.72 points, earned a silver medal in a group into the sport." May added, "I like to call it ex- in their pockets won't necessa- keeping the country on track for routine. Jones and May received mostly perienced." rily earn Jones and May a raise, a gold-medal sweep. He had to wait 17 years to reach 9s and 8s while being judged on The mixed event is not in the though. They easily outdistanced Ivan the world stage again, staying in execution, impression and per- Olympics, although Jones and "I wish," he said. "It'll probably Garcia Navarro and German shape by performing in a Cirque forming required elements in a May hope it will be added soon put us in line for a nice pat on the Sanchez of Mexico, who took du Soleil show in Las Vegas. May certain order. enough for them to extend their back." AP

BOXING "I'm glad to give the fans another candidate for fi- ght of the year because Kovalev retains light heavyweight titles that's what I think ha- ppened." Pascal, who was stopped Tim Dahlberg, Las Vegas Promoter Kathy Duva and perhaps longer if he in March by Kovalev in said Kovalev will return is able to get a fight with his last fight in his home- ERGEY Kovalev had to the ring Nov. 28 in AP PHOTO unbeaten Andre Ward town of Montreal, took a Slittle trouble taking Moscow, likely against next spring. lot of punishment early, care of business against fellow Russian Artur Be- "If Pascal is interested getting hit with several an outmatched Nadjib terbiev. in a rematch I am rea- big right hands by the ag- Mohammedi. "Sergey is really anxious dy," Kovalev said. "It is gressive Gonzalez. He re- Now he can look forward to fight in Russia," Duva boxing. I am ready for bounded in the later rou- to a homecoming bout in said. anybody. nds, though, as Gonzalez Moscow. Kovalev, who stopped Kovalev improved to 28- seemed to tire. Kovalev stopped Moha-­ Jean Pascal in his last 0-1 with 25 knockouts, "I am so sad. I was the mmedi in the third round fight in March in Mon- while Mohammedi fell to real fighter," Gonzalez Saturday night, retaining treal, was defending his 38-4. said. "That was taken his light heavyweight 175-pound crown against Pascal (30-3-1) won by from me. He did not win, titles in a fight that was a the mandatory challenger a 96-94 margin in the I did. I am the real win- mismatch from the start. from France. Mohamme- Sergey Kovalev knocks down Nadjib Mohammedi during their light 10-round bout on all three ner." The unbeaten Russian di was so little thought heavyweight title boxing bout in Las Vegas scorecards to hand Gon- The fight was enter- dropped Mohammedi in of that Las Vegas odds- zalez (16-1) his first loss. taining, with both boxers the second round with a makers would not even eye and not being able Earlier, Pascal overca- The decision was loudly more than willing to trade series of right hands, then accept bets on the fight. to see. But he did litt- me a slow start to beat booed by the crowd at the punches. On several occa- put him down for good "I wanted more rou- le against Kovalev, who Yunieski Gonzalez by Mandalay Bay hotel-casi- sions Gonzalez seemed to with a combination in the nds," Kovalev said. "I urged him to get up and unanimous decision to no, and met with disbelief rock Pascal, though the third round. Mohammedi wanted him to look like continue fighting after set up a possible rema- by Gonzalez himself. former champion landed got to his knees but was a clown. I wanted him to being knocked down in tch with Kovalev, who Gonzalez had to be res- some good right hands of holding his nose as if it look foolish." the third. stopped him in the eighth trained in his corner as he his own. was broken and referee Mohammedi, who fou- "I told him to stand up," round of their first fight. lashed out after the deci- "I was controlling the fi- Kenny Bayless called a ght most of his career in Kovalev said. "It was a The bout will have to sion was announced. ght," Pascal said. "The fi- halt to the bout at 2:38 of France, blamed his loss short show. People didn't wait until after Kovalev "It was a great fight, ght was following exactly the third. on being thumbed in the see boxing." fights in Moscow, though, very close," Pascal said. the rhythm I wanted." AP Station Air quality THE pecial lympics gets largest 28.07.2015 tue LA S O th Anniversary BUZZ Roadside 10-30 20 single private donation, USD25M Good The Special Olympics has received a USD25 the Special Olympics World Games in Los million donation, the largest single private Angeles. The foundation says it will provide High gift in the organization’s 47-year history. $25 million to expand the Special Olympics’ Density 20-40 The donation comes from the philanthropic health services globally for people with intel- Residental foundation of Thomas Golisano, the founder lectual disabilities. Good and chairman of Paychex Inc. The Rochester, In 2012, Golisano donated $12 million to Area opinion New York-based company is a payroll proces- the Special Olympics to help it launch an ini- sor and human resources services provider. tiative to ensure that people with intellectual Ambient 25-45 Officials with the Golisano Foundation an- disabilities receive access to health care in Good SOURCE: DSMG SOURCE: Our Desk nounced the donation during the opening of their communities on a year-round basis. Brook Yang WORLD BRIEFS Stating the obvious Newport Jazz Festival SOMALIA A suicide The past two weeks I spent holidaying bomber rammed a in Japan’s diverse Kansai region has left truck rigged with me with three obvious impressions: A) the explosives into the supply for consumption is endless both to mark Miles Davis’ blast walls around one in types and quantities; B) standing out of Mogadishu’s most from the urban commerce are still the lo- secure hotels, killing cal heritage and customs (whether listed 60th anniversary 15 people including a as a “national treasure” or not) C) public Kenyan diplomat and a transportation, i.e. the rail system, not only Chinese embassy guard, Charles J. Gans, New York events in Europe and New serves as a reliable and efficient form of Somalian and Chinese York, released earlier this commuting but has also become closely AP PHOTO officials said. integrated into residents’ lifestyles. ILES Davis wasn’t even month by Columbia/Legacy. Returning to our bustling town here, I Mlisted in the program The collection includes see a miniature of the city cycle I gras- book when he appeared for nearly four hours of previou- AP PHOTO ped in Kansai, as a fertile ground with both the first time at the Newport sly unreleased material, inclu- glimmering lights hovering over the enter- Jazz Festival in 1955, but he ding complete performances tainment and retails sectors, and charms made his presence felt with a from the 1966 and 1967 festi- exuded from the heritage sites and folk tra- career-reviving performance. vals with Davis’ second great ditions; and of course, with jostling throngs This year’s program book is quintet — with pianist Herbie Miles Davis of visitors. However, residents here are not Miles-centric as the festival, Hancock, saxophonist Wayne ETHIOPIA President at ease. which begins Friday celebra- Shorter, bassist Ron Carter, Barack Obama urged They wish to breathe fresher air; they tes the 60th anniversary of trumpet right into the micro- and drummer Tony Williams Ethiopia’s leaders desire to solve the lack of housing; they the late jazz legend’s historic phone and it came through — at their peak. yesterday to curb hope to enjoy efficient public transporta- Newport debut. loud and clear on ‘Round Mi- This year’s festival will fea- crackdowns on tion such as a railway system that is still Newport festival founder dnight.’” ture panel discussions fo- press freedom and being built from scratch after a decade. George Wein recalls that Backstage, Columbia Re- cusing on Davis, curated by political openness Furthermore, in the creating of new re- weeks before the 1955 festi- cords producer George Grammy-winning jazz histo- as he began a visit claimed urban zones from the sea, they val, he ran into Davis at a New Avakian asked the trumpeter rian Ashley Kahn, which will that human rights groups say legitimizes are facing the master planner’s inclination York jazz club. Wein had crea- to sign with the label — the include interviews with Wein to widen the city’s inequality; in the pre- an oppressive ted the first-ever outdoor jazz beginning of a 30-year rela- and former Davis sidemen, serving of historical landscapes over the government. “When all festival in the Rhode Island tionship that saw Davis re- drummer Jack DeJohnette hills, they are fearing a tendency to lose voices are being heard, seaside resort the year befo- and guitarist Mike Stern, at the city’s essence as a seaport. lease classic recordings that when people know they re, and Davis asked if he was a new intimate indoor stage To counter the possibility of an unfortuna- changed the direction of jazz. are being included in te fate for their beloved town, many have going to do it again. When Davis next appeared named after Wein’s former the political process, voiced out by appealing to obvious values. “I said yes, and Miles said, at Newport in 1958 he brou- Storyville jazz club in Boston. that makes a country Local group Root Planning did so yester- ‘You can’t have a festival ght his famed sextet — with DeJohnette performed with more successful,” Obama said during day by citing urban planners and heritage without me,’ and he kept saxophonists John Coltrane Davis at the 1969 festival with a news conference experts including Portugal’s most renow- repeating that,” said Wein, and Cannonball Adderley and a group that included Chick with Ethiopian Prime ned architect, Siza Vieira. In plain words, who at 89 is still producing pianist Bill Evans — that the Corea on electric keyboard the festival. as the trumpeter was making Minister Hailemariam Vieira advises Macau to preserve its ar- following spring would re- Desalegn. chitecture of old. He says, “it is important But Davis, who had just ki- cord his masterpiece “Kind of the transition from acoustic to keep this. All the interesting towns have cked a heroin habit, didn’t Blue,” one of the best-selling jazz to jazz-rock fusion mu- USA The State this, (…) it contributes to the richness and have his own band. Wein jazz records. sic. Davis spent the weekend Department has taken freshness of the town.” arranged to add him to an These performances can checking out the rock bands Malaysia and Cuba Activists and reporters likewise did so by all-star jam session that also be heard on “Miles Davis on the program such as Sly off its blacklist of criticizing the government’s intent to crea- included pianist Thelonious At Newport 1955-1975: The and the Family Stone and Led countries failing to te a wealth gap among future reclamation Monk and baritone saxopho- Bootleg Series Vol. 4,” a four-­ Zeppelin, and just weeks later combat modern-day zones by concentrating public housing nist Gerry Mulligan. CD box set comprised of ei- began recording his groun- slavery, leaving the complexes within one zone yet planning “Miles was the hit of the fes- ght live performances at the dbreaking electronic “Bitches U.S. open to criticism that politics is swaying green areas with low-density commercial tival,” Wein said. “He put his Newport festival and spinoff Brew” album. AP residences within the others. the often-contentious In fact, Macau has received so much ad- rankings in its annual vice indicating the obvious, as every time human trafficking report. a big worldwide name comes to town for Thailand, downgraded a summit or a forum, we reporters would THE with Malaysia last year seize the chance to get a comment. because of abuses in its On sustainable development and equa- DECISIVE MOMENT Steve Marcus/Las Vegas Sun via AP fishing industry, remained on the blacklist. Critics lity, Joseph Stiglitz, a Nobel laureate in contend that Malaysia’s Economic Sciences, last March suggested upgrade is related to its the government plan the city and carry out participation in a U.S.- policies that could simultaneously protect backed trade agreement the environment for the future whilst redu- among Pacific Rim cing inequality. countries. Thailand is In plain words, he says, “the decisions not part of the proposed being made today about the design of the agreement. city will be there for thirty, forty years. So you have to think about things very hard USA Republican now.” He prompts us to consider that “every presidential candidate city really needs resulting, planning public Mike Huckabee is parks, public transportation. It really has likening the agreement to embrace the entire city,” and that “we on an Iranian nuclear ought to think about the design of the city, deal to “marching the very much in terms of the environment, but Israelis to the door of the also in terms of equity, fairness, affordable oven,” a reference to the housing and not having economic segre- Holocaust. The former gation.” Arkansas governor made But why do we – living alongside a re- the tweet Sunday, a markable GDP figure with international day after first making the comparison when attention here – still need to state the ob- Vegas on fire. Smoke billows from a fire on the outside pool area of the Cosmopolitan Las Vegas hotel- denouncing President vious over and over again, as common casino in Las Vegas, on Saturday. The high-rise hotel reopened its rooftop swimming pool the next day, but Barack Obama for his sense is constantly neglected or denied guest rooms on the 14th floor are still closed. Firemen were called to the resort on Saturday. Two people were treated for smoke inhalation. role in the agreement by our administrators? with Tehran.