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CHINA-N KOREA China’s ambassador to the Casinos contest full United Nations is opposing further discussion of North Korea’s human rights situation by the U.N. Security Council, telling reporters that P3 “the Security Council is not smoking ban at the AL about human rights.”

CHINA-USA The U.S. could consider criminal charges or sanctions against China if the U.S. determines hackers there are violating an agreement not to conduct economic cyber espionage marques renato British Consul on American industry, a senior Justice Department official said yesterday.

INDIA With the simple act of memoirs depict Macau cooking causing some 4.3 million premature deaths worldwide, India is hoping to P5 MDT REPORT get everyone using clean- during WWII burning stoves by 2030. The effort should improve public health by clearing the air of lung-clogging soot. It could also help the climate by cutting back black carbon emissions, though that potential impact is hardly clear. More on p12

AUSTRALIAN Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull was reminded of some harsh criticism he made of Prince Charles as the first in line to the British throne visited the Australian capital.

AUSTRALIA A shark has seriously injured a 20-year- old surfer in an attack off the Australian east coast. Sam Morgan’s left thigh was mauled before sunset Tuesday at East Ballina, 745 kilometers north of Sydney.

MALDIVES The political crisis in the Maldives deepened with lawmakers voting to fire the country’s chief public prosecutor after he refused to press corruption charges against the country’s sacked vice president.

AFGHANISTAN A large demonstration is taking place in the Afghan capital Kabul to protest the killing of seven ethnic minority Hazaras, allegedly by the Taliban. Hundreds of people gathered in the rain west of the city yesterday and organizer Daud Naji said they would carry the bodies to the Presidential Palace. More on p13 More on backpage 12.11.2015 thu

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Grand Prix organizers aware Airport exhibits of regional challenges F3 racing vehicles o mark the 62nd Macau Grand Prix Ttaking place this month, the Macau Aries Un International Airport is displaying a Formula 3 racing car and a motorbike he traditional blessing from the same competition at the air- Tceremony of the 62nd port’s arrival and departure halls. The Macau Grand Prix (MGP) exhibition is being held in cooperation was held yesterday. The Se- with the Macau Government Tourist cretary for Social Affairs Office (MGTO) and the Macau Grand and Culture, Alexis Tam, Prix Committee. officiated the ceremony, sta- The racing units are being displayed in ting that the government is the airport’s departure hall, arrival hall seeking to elevate the status and baggage claim areas between No- of the MGP on the interna- vember 10 and 23. tional stage amid emerging According to the Macau International competition from neighbo- Airport, the exhibition offers car enthu- ring regions. siasts, residents and travelers a close-­ In addition to Singapore up view of the race car. In addition, it and Zhuhai, which boast serves as a welcome to those who are their own international mo- visiting the region to to attend the long torsport races, Macau faces a Grand Prix weekend. rising challenger from across The displayed Formula 3 racing car the sea – Hong Kong, which Costa Antunes (left) and Alexis Tam (center) was the winning car driven by Japa- is due to host its maiden For- nese racer Takuma Sato to claim the mula E race next October. springboard for burgeoning by the Guia Circuit. during the Grand Prix pe- championship in the 2001 Formula 3 The secretary shrugged off hopefuls on their way to be- Every year around this time, riod,” said Tam. cup race. The motorbike was driven by possible threats from nei- coming prominent Formula criticism from some citizens With the 62nd edition of John McGuinness, a British racer who ghboring rivals, asserting One drivers. pours in because of the ci- the event one week away, ti- won the 2001 Macau Grand Prix motor- that with more prospecti- “For those young racers, tywide gridlock caused by the cket sales have topped those cycle race. ve initiatives to be rolled they have to come to race in annual motor race. However, of last year by 30 percent, out, the Guia Circuit would Macau if they want to achieve Tam asked for people to be amounting to over MOP7 always remain appealing fame,” said Tam. “Macau is a tolerant in recognition of the million, according to João to racers who are seeking a cradle for them.” benefits to Macau’s tourism. Manuel Costa Antunes, who challenge. “About two months ago, This year, the government will be heading the race’s or- “We have to forge Macau’s British racer Lewis Hamil- is for the first time allowing ganizing committee for the car races as a world-class ton even publicly said in civil servants to travel to last time. brand,” Tam told media after an interview that he thinks work between 8 to 10 a.m. This year’s organizers have a visit to the Grand Prix buil- Macau is the best track in on the first two days of the optimized facilities for phy- ding facilities. the world,” he added, while MGP in an effort to alleviate sically disabled visitors to The official also stated stressing that almost half of the traffic congestion in the make attendance more con- that the region’s F3 race has the current 21 F1 racing dri- morning. “I believe it will sig- venient for them, the visit always been considered a vers have been challenged nificantly improve the traffic revealed.

Letter to the Editor Oxford Economics responds to critics on illicit tobacco report

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Residential mortgage loans Full smoking ban could slow, commercial on the rise According to statistics released yesterday by the Monetary Authority of Macau, the number of new approvals of residential mortgage loans (RMLs) jeopardize social welfare, declined, while those of commercial real estate loans (CRELs) experienced an increase in September. For September 2015, the number of new RMLs approved by banks in Macau fell by 35.3 percent month-on- casinos claim month to MOP 3.6 billion, of which 96.7 percent was extended to residents. When compared with the same period last year, new approvals of RMLs acau’s six red the retention of smoking have fallen by 20.6 percent. Meanwhile, new CRELs casino opera- lounges in casinos. In addi- increased by 7.8 percent month-on-month, bringing tors yesterday tion, the operators concur- the total value to MOP 10.5 billion, of which 99.5 bloomberg presented the red that since the smoking percent was granted to residents. However, in a year- Mcomplete KPMG study into ban on mass gaming floors on-year comparison, new approvals of CRELs are up the proposed smoking ban was implemented last year by 116.9 percent. In terms of outstanding balances, to the Second Standing in October. Feedback on RMLs reached MOP 170.2 billion in September, up Committee of the Legislati- smoking lounges from em- by 15.9 percent from one year earlier, while CRELs ve Assembly, arguing that ployees and customers has were up by 33 percent over the same period, to MOP a total ban could negatively reportedly been mostly posi- 153.8 billion. impact GDP, while compro- tive. Staff reporter mising social welfare in the Pedro Cardoso heads SAR, and even jeopardizing ban on travel and spending SMEs, the report says, sin- Macau’s position as a global behavior. The research con- ce such companies make up smoking lounges European Chamber of destination for tourism and tained within the study re- 99.7 percent of Macau’s bu- sufficient, Commerce leisure. vealed that VIP clients would sinesses and typically serve reduce the frequency of their tourism or tourism-related operators argue The Macau European visits to Macau by 17 percent sectors, such as food and be- Chamber of Commerce announced the election of The report and the length of their stay by verage and transportation. Chan Chak Mo, who the board’s new president 24 percent if a full smoking The operators urged le- presides over the AL’s states that and vice-president at an ban was implemented. In gislators “to take objective Second Standing Commit- Extraordinary General addition, 32 percent said that views and carefully consider tee, stated at the end of local GDP Council Meeting. they would instead travel to all of the implications that an the meeting that gaming Pedro Cardoso, the could drop alternative gaming destina- enactment of a full smoking operators strongly believe chief executive officer tions where smoking in casi- ban could have for Macau’s that the independent ven- of Banco Nacional 16 percent nos is permitted. economy”. tilation system for smok- Ultramarino, replaces The study concluded that The six operators main- ing lounges installed at the Franklin Willemyns, who gaming venues is sufficient The six operators presen- if a complete smoking ban tained their position that is retiring after leading to protect the health of ted their views on the pro- is ordered, Macau’s GDP ventilated smoking lounges the Chamber from 2013 to 2015. Kevin Thompson, employees. “This is what posed smoking regulations could drop substantially, by in casinos would be a more college master of Moon Chun Memorial College, was they say about whether or to the Legislative Assembly, another 16 percent. Casino suitable alternative to a full elected as the new vice president. Tony Un, Filipe not to keep smoking areas. and outlined the possible operators argued that a drop smoking ban. They released Cunha Santos and Andrew Evans have secured their They would allow em- effects a complete smoking in GDP and a loss of subse- the initial results of the re- existing posts as executive vice-president, secretary ployees to choose whether ban could have on Macau’s quent tax revenue could im- port in June, including infor- and treasurer respectively. Niall Murray and Lino Ho they want to work in the economy, if casinos were pact the city’s social welfare mation about the proportion will both remain as vice-presidents. smoking areas. Employees not permitted to retain their in the long run. They pointed of employees and customers working in smoking areas smoking lounges. out that vital public services, who are in support of the re- would receive a higher Police bust pyramid scheme The KPMG study, which such as health and educa- tention of smoking lounges. salary – that’s a point that was jointly commissioned by tion, are all supported by re- The report found that 66 has come up many times targeting locals the six operators, analyzed venue from MSAR taxes. percent of employees and 71 already,” he said. the projected impact of the The effect could also reach percent of customers favo- The Public Security Police Force has busted a ring that had allegedly enrolled 100 people into a pyramid scheme. The mastermind, among the eight women aged between 40 and 64 who were Furthermore, Tam called on the arrested, has been making illegal profits from the Alexis Tam applauds DSEJ public to offer the bureau head an sale of skincare and nutrition products and enlisting opportunity to provide an explana- members into the group. All of the suspects are local after accusations from watchdog tion, as she might not even be aware residents, excluding one Hong Konger. The group of the misappropriated funds. was said to specifically lure locals by promising In a statement released shortly after attractive bonuses, dividends and discounts. The Aries Un tify that the DSEJ was not strict in the report came in, DSEJ that it “fully police believe that more people could be involved in attaining proof of expenses from respects the report.” the business model, which has made at least RMB1 he Secretary for Social Affairs schools, and therefore not acting in “[We] will carry out a study in a res- million for the ring. Tand Culture, Alexis Tam, yes- line with the approved regulations. In ponsible manner and swiftly adopt terday lauded the efforts of the Di- 29 of the analyzed subsidy plan repor- measures to make improvements in UM hosts 13th Portuguese rector of the Education and Youth ts, various irregularities were found, order to ensure the legal and effective Affairs Bureau (DSEJ), Leong Lai, including millions of patacas in unve- use of the grants,” the statement reads. Speech Contest following a report from the Com- rified expenses. Asked whether he would impose a mission of Audit (CA) that slammed Before meeting Leong in the after- penalty on the management at the bu- The University of Macau (UM) Faculty of Arts the bureau’s flawed oversight that noon to discuss the CA report, Tam reau, as the authorities were negligent and Humanities recently held the 13th Portuguese allowed for overcharging at private already told media that her [Leong’s] in their management, Tam continued Speech Contest, an annual event organized by schools and the mishandling of go- contribution and endeavors in formu- to support the bureau and dismissed the UM’s Department of Portuguese. Several higher education institutions in Macau sent four vernment subsidies. lating policies over the years should the punishment as unnecessary. of their best Portuguese-speaking students to The senior official said that he wel- not be overshadowed by a single inci- In 2012, a report also from the the competition. Finalists were required to make watchdog highlighted the bureau’s comed the agency’s criticisms, which dence of “negligence.” speeches relating to the quote “What is essential he thought could result in the stren- Yet, he still admitted responsibility problematic monitoring of the Con- is invisible to the eyes,” taken from the classic gthening of management among not for the issues noted in the report and tinuing Education Development French novel, “The Little Prince.” Cristiano Xie only the education authorities but urged the department to keep a closer Program, which was introduced the Mingzhi, from the Macau University of Science and also among other departments under eye on how private schools spent go- year before to encourage locals to Technology won this year’s championship, with his supervision. vernment funds. broaden their knowledge. Malpracti- Lee Li Ruiping, Nuno Chan Chi Keong and Celia “We need to take the lead to make all “I think it could have been handled ce by authorities has cost the public Lam Lai San coming as runners-up. The contest other departments understand that better, more scrupulously and cau- coffer MOP17.13 million. This time aims to provide a platform for local college students public money has to be spent proper- tiously,” said Tam. “Therefore in the the commission pointed out that the to showcase their skills in the language, as well as ly,” he said on the sidelines of a visit. future I will require our bureau head government has lost track of MOP28 to encourage other students to take an interest in The audit report’s findings iden- to do a better job.” million due to the bureau’s laxity. learning Portuguese. 12.11.2015 thu

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Demographics Gov’t profiting Population increases slightly from illicit monthly acau’s total popula- Mtion for the end of the third quarter of 2015 was parking fees bloomberg 643,100, according to data released by the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC). This is a slight increase of 200 from the previous quarter. The slowdown in growth is being attributed to a low increase in the number of non-resident workers living in Macau, of which there are now 180,751, an increase of 228 over the bies. In the first three quarters migrants and 405 individuals previous quarter. of 2015, a total of 5,193 live granted right of abode, up by The female population of births were recorded, slightly 316 and 20 respectively from Macau accounted for 50.8 per- down by 81 year-on-year. the previous quarter. The to- cent of the total, or 236,800 Meanwhile, deaths totaled tal number of non-resident persons. There were 1,819 live 490, with a slight increase of workers (180,751) increased births delivered in the third 10 quarter-to-quarter. The by 228 from the previous quarter for 2015, an increa- top three underlying causes of quarter. se of 9.4 percent quarter-to- death were neoplasms (188), A total of 862 marriages were quarter. The male-to-female diseases of the circulatory sys- registered in the third quarter, ratio of newborns in the quar- tem (107) and diseases of the while for the first three quar- ter stood at 107.4, meaning respiratory system (80). ters of 2015 combined the- that 107.4 male babies were In the third quarter of 2015, re were 2,753 registrations, born for every 100 female ba- there were 1,982 Chinese im- down by 316 year-on-year. Comendador Ho Yin Garden car park

he government had been will continue to look into the was held in the outer space Treceiving part of the pro- allegations,” he said. Architecture Promenade of the Macao Science Center. fits made by the Comenda- The preliminary inquiry sug- More than 500 children were dor Ho Yin Garden parking gests that the group has raked records 1,700 participants reported to have participated lot through its illegally issued in a total of MOP8.7 million in the activity throughout its monthly passes over the years, through the illegal business sin- display weekend on October the management firm Macau ce its conception in May 2012, he Macau Architecture own programs and activities. 24 and 25. Forehap Parking Manage- in contrast with the initial esti- TPromenade (MAP) welco- According to a press release, The “Bodies in Urban Spa- ment Limited has revealed to mation of MOP9.17 million. med over 1,700 participants the group stimulated colla- ces” performance in the city the media. The concession reached be- to a series of 38 activities over boration between around 40 center of Macau was shared An investigation into the tween the authorities and the the course of a month, which local organizations, including 1200 times on the cyber pla- arbitrary launch of the unau- firm mandates that 61 percent were divided into categories as private and public firms, cul- tform WeChat, and viewed thorized service without per- of the latter’s income form the diverse as “Books and Conver- tural and sports associations, 18,042 times on Facebook. mission from the authorities car park is passed on to the sations”, “Workshops and La- and museums. In addition In total, between Facebook is being completed, after the government, Lam also noted. boratories”, and “Movies and they stated that their digital “likes” and “shares”, Babel firm admitted to issuing unli- In addition, following the Projections.” content had received 36,000 estimates an engagement of censed monthly passes. opening of a new center for The MAP, which highlights views, the viewers of which more than 7,000 people. However, Transport Bureau old cars test next year, vehi- the role of architecture and were mostly between the ages As the Times reported pre- director Lam Hin San told cles up to or over 8 years old art in culture, society and city of 20 and 45, and came prima- viously, MAP also featured the media yesterday morning af- will have to undergo a man- life, this year held its activities rily from Macau and Portugal, book “Macau Sessions – Dia- ter a TDM call-in program datory checkup, starting from from October 10 to November with significant engagement logues on Architecture and that it was too early to com- 2017. The authorities are now 6. The organization was coor- from those hailing from Hong Society” by Tiago Quadros, ment on the allegations be- working on the refurbishment dinated by Babel, a non-profit Kong, the UK, Switzerland, with photographs by Ieong fore the authorities had fully of the center, added Lam. cultural organization based in Germany, Spain and Brazil. Man Pan. The book will later completed their investigation. When the new regulations Macau, which offered a diver- Among the events held at be presented during a talk at a “Initially, we haven’t seen in are in place, it is expected that se set of local organizations the MAP was the popular Hong Kong and Shenzhen bi- Forehap’s report mentioning the number of vehicles in the the opportunity to use the “Playland” – an artistic initia- city biennale of architecture the monthly passes, but we territory will fall. MAP as a platform for their tive by LIKEarchitects - which urban planning. Staff reporter ad thu 12.11.2015

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olin Day was in town to speak about the fin- British Consul memoirs dings that inspired his most recent publica- Ction, entitled “The Lone Flag: depict Macau during WWII Memoir of the British Consul in Macau during World War II.” Mr Day explained during a dinner event promoted by the British Business Association of Macau that he book depicts John Pownall Reeves, a British consul in what was at the time marques renato the Portuguese colony of Ma- cau from 1941 to 1946, the late years of the Second World War (WWII). The editor is an aca- demic publisher who worked in both Britain and the USA befo- re becoming a publisher for the Hong Kong University Press and later also a consultant to the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC). The book is based on the writ- ten reports of the British consul immediately after he left Macau to return home. During his next posting (in Rome), he wrote an account of his extraordinary years in the neutral enclave, which was surrounded by Japa- nese-held territory. The core of the book is John Reeves’ memoir of those years Colin Day This painting depicts a street scene in Macau during WWII and his tireless efforts to pro- vide food, shelter and medical provide relief to the approxima- In the book edited by Co- Macau was able to maintain its adventure in which Mr Reeves care for the region’s refugees. tely 10,000 people who cros- lin Day and Richard Garrett neutrality and autonomy when found himself with no escape He coped with many challen- sed the Pearl River from Hong and with a biographical essay all of the surrounding territo- point. “It is about a human being ges, as people faced starva- Kong to take refuge in Macau by David Calthorpe, “there is ries fell at the hands of the Ja- rising in a challenging situation tion, including locals. Despi- and who had a claim for su- more than just historical facts,” panese army upon invasion. and doing very good work,” Mr te the territory’s neutrality, it pport from the British Consul. Mr Day says. In fact, there are Mr Day explained to the Ti- Day commented. was thoroughly infiltrated by many similarities between tho- mes that this book came about “I’m an economist by vocation Japanese agents and rife with se troubled times in Macau and, by “pure accident.” “In around and there are two particularly assassinations. Day also had for example, what is happening 2000, on one of my many visits interesting mysteries in Ma- to navigate the complexities of A place like now in Europe with the influx to Macau, a South African scho- cau during the Second World multiple intelligence agencies— of refugees from Syria, Afgha- lar was in town and he brou- War. First there is the question British, Portuguese, Japanese, Macau of the nistan and other countries. “We ght with him a copy of Reeves’ of food supply and prices. The and Chinese Nationalist—in a must recall that Macau in those memoir. I got interested in it other interesting technical issue place that was described at tho- 1940s took in years grew from a population until finally we really got mo- is that Reeves was actually re- se times as ‘the Casablanca of of less than 200,000 people to ving on it, [at which point] my ceiving London-Lisbon-Macau the Far East’. about 400,000 600,000 in 1945, so when now role was primarily to try to find money to pay for his refugees, According to Mr Day, Macau’s [refugees] Germany or another of the big out as much as possible about and actually by the end of the exceptional position during countries in Europe is discus- what was in the manuscript war he had received 1.75 million WWII and its history during and that really sing [whether or not] to accept that Reeves did not explain. pounds from London, which those years have been hardly let’s say 100,000 refugees, it’s For example, he mentions the was quite substantial. How that studied. “John Reeves’ memoir puts such an important to think that a place secretary, but we have no more mechanism worked and what is an important contribution to like Macau of the 1940s took in information about her besides were the actual consequences our knowledge of this unique extraordinary about 400,000, and that really her name. [The role] was a little of that money flowing into Ma- place at that time” because “we achievement puts such an extraordinary about filling in the blank spots,” cau are interesting topics that I have a lot on the topic of Macau achievement into perspective.” he said. would like to dig into”, he said. in the 18th and 19th century into Mr Day also said that this More than just historians, Mr “I do believe that this book but the 20th century is not very book, and the information com- Day believes that this book mi- creates more opportunities well studied yet,” he said. perspective. piled and explained within it, ght interest a lot of people, since for further studies about this Mr Reeves’ main task was to Colin Day could also help to explain why it is basically a story of a terrible topic,” he concluded.

Daniela Wei Retail tegies haven’t worked, she said. how Tai Fook The jeweler’s biggest CJewellery Group Ltd. Chow Tai Fook hits record low hope for margin impro- shares fell to a record vement is through rental low in Hong Kong after cuts for its shops in Hong it warned that first- half after warning profit to plunge Kong next year, Li said profit will plunge by as via telephone. Chow Tai much as 50 percent due Fook is seeking a 20 per- to weak consumer sen- ending Sept. 30 to de- to a statement late on dex fell 0.2 percent. The analyst at UOB Kay Hian cent reduction in rent for timent in Hong Kong crease by about 40 to 50 Tuesday. Hong Kong-based com- Ltd. While Chow Tai some of its stores in the and Macau amid a slow- percent compared with a Chow Tai Fook fell 7.1 pany is due to announce Fook has tried to deal city when contracts come down in China’s eco- year earlier, mainly due percent to HK$6.17 per first-half results Nov. 24. with China’s retail slow- up for renewal this year, nomy. to weakness in the two share by the close of “Even though we were down including by pro- as sales of luxury items The world’s largest cities, increased sales of trading in Hong Kong, expecting the profit to moting higher-margin plunged, Managing Di- publicly traded jewelry lower-margin gold pro- its lowest since debu- fall, such a big drop co- jewelry products and in- rector Kent Wong had chain forecast its net in- ducts and unrealized he- ting Dec. 2011. The ben- mes as a surprise,” said troducing more mid-pri- said in an interview in come for the six months dging losses, according chmark Hang Seng In- Hannah Li, a senior ced products, those stra- May. Bloomberg 12.11.2015 thu

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esterday’s Singles’ Day Ysaw China’s e-commerce industry set another stunning sales record - sending shivers China’s malls adapt to survive through China’s thousands of malls and department stores. In Zhuangsheng Sogo, a high- online shopping onslaught end department store in cen- tral Beijing’s Xicheng District, promotion posters hang on the online promotions in partner- nine and ten have a video game

walls and windows. A few cus- xinhua ship with Alibaba. center, a gym and a movie thea- tomers wander among the grou- Analysts say online shopping ter. Most people come here to eat nd floor stands, outnumbered has disrupted the conventional first, then watch a movie, play by shop assistants, who chat or come-buy-go mode for goods games, or do some shopping on play with their smartphones. such as home appliances, elec- floors one to five on the way out. Floors two to four are closed for tronics and off-the-rack clothes. The combination of food, en- refurbishment. Shoppers no longer need to go tertainment and shopping is a This year has seen a growing to the store if an online service big advantage over online shops, number of conventional retai- can deliver the goods to their and is probably the future for lers retreat from the market. As home for the same or less cost. China’s conventional retailers. of June 30, nine major retailers, In Zhuangsheng Sogo, floor six According to the National Bu- including Dalian Wanda, Park- is the most crowded area, with reau of Statistics, total retail sa- son, and Marks & Spencer, shut bars, a food plaza and children’s les of consumer goods volume down at least 25 stores in Bei- playground. Liu Hailing, a mo- in 2014 hit 26.24 trillion yuan, jing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and ther watching her boy playing, with catering at 2.78 trillion other cities. says her son likes coming here yuan and online retailing at 2.79 Commerce Ministry spokes- every night. Sometimes they buy trillion yuan. man Shen Danyang said in a period reached 2.6 trillion yuan, ne ownership and usage have toys and clothes for him. “We Wang Jianlin, head of real news briefing on Nov. 4 that re- up 36.2 percent and accounting created huge mobile commerce probably wouldn’t come here if estate giant Dalian Wanda, ar- tail stores face increasing pressu- for 12 percent of total retail sales opportunities. it weren’t for this playground,” guably one of China’s richest re from the booming online sho- of consumer goods. To cope with the challenge of Liu says. people, said the retail market pping sector, with some stores Nielsen’s Global E-commerce online shopping, many depart- In Xidan’s Joy City, a large mall should aim at “experience con- closing or canceling their leases. and the New Retail Survey in ment stores launched promo- and entertainment complex just sumption”, which will account According to the National Bu- April said several factors are at tions one week before Singles’ a kilometer from Zhuangsheng for two thirds of the total con- reau of Statistics, total retail sa- play. Rapid urbanization and Day. Some offered big discoun- Sogo, crowds flow in and out. A sumption market. The future les of consumer goods in the first high population density make ts; others welcomed customers long escalator in the entrance Wanda complex would be 80 nine months of 2015 totaled 21.6 the home delivery model econo- to try on clothes and shoes even takes them direct to floor six - percent dining, entertainment trillion yuan (USD 3.4 trillion), mically viable, particularly when if they buy them online. Suning, the food plaza. Floors six to eight and cultural consumption, and up 10.5 percent year on year. The coupled with low labor costs. In one of biggest home appliance have dozens of restaurants, bars the other 20 percent conventio- value of online sales in the same addition, booming smartpho- retailers in China, has joined the and snack stalls, while floors nal shops. Xinhua ad thu 12.11.2015

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corporate bits aacm hosts asia pacific Red Starbucks cups cause flight procedures program meeting social media outcry

Mae Anderson with “Happy holidays” instead Business Writer, New York of “Merry Christmas.” ap photo On Twitter, where the topic be- t’s as red as Santa’s suit, a came a sensation, some people Ipoinsettia or your neighbor’s were upset over the cup, while ugly Christmas sweater. Yet others said they didn’t unders- Hosted by the Civil Aviation Starbucks’ stark new holiday tand what the big deal was. Authority (AACM), the “7th Mee- coffee cup has set off complaints Trump weighed in on Monday ting of the ICAO Asia-Pacific Fli- that the chain is making war on by saying, “Maybe we should ght Procedure Program Steering Christmas. boycott Starbucks.” He added: Committee (7th FPP SCM)” began yesterday and runs through until The outcry — which gained in “If I become president, we’re tomorrow. Delegates from 7 states intensity after Donald Trump all going to be saying, ‘Merry and administrations as well as the suggested boycotting the coffee Christmas’ again. That I can tell International Civil Aviation Orga- chain — illustrates the fine line you.” nization are discussing flight pro- cedure design issues, as well as companies must walk during And a group called Faith Dri- reviewing the work implementation the all-important holiday sea- ven Consumer urged people to and deliberating thoughts on futu- son: They want to stand out go to Dunkin’ Donuts or Krispy re plans. from their competitors, but not A barista pours steamed milk into a red paper cup while making an espresso Kreme instead. The ICAO Asia-Pacific Flight Pro- go so far as to offend or unsettle. drink at a Starbucks coffee shop Kit Yarrow, a professor of cedure Program was developed in 2010 with the objective of gathe- “The challenge is that the holi- psychology and marketing at ring states and administrations to day language is same for every- things as Christmas ornaments, mers that it is selling its Christ- Golden Gate University in San discuss how mutual assistance thing,” said Allen Adamson, reindeer and snowflakes. This mas Blend of coffee as usual this Francisco, said some people sei- can be offered on performing qua- founder of BrandSimple Con- year’s design is minimalist: vivid year. zed on the cup for the same rea- lity control on flight procedures sulting. “Everyone does it, so red, with nothing but the fami- But some religious conser- son many Americans have been and providing training to increase personnel’s professionalism. At how do you do it in a way that’s liar green Starbucks logo. vatives saw the new cup as an captivated by Trump’s “anti-PC” present, the program has a mem- distinctive? If you push too far Starbucks executives said they affront to tradition and yet ano- stance. bership of 10 active participating with distinctiveness, you might wanted to embrace “simplicity ther example of what some have “A lot of people are really just countries and administrations as end up ruffling feathers.” and quietness” and show that called the “war on Christmas” — constantly on the lookout for well as 7 user states. The MSAR the coffee shops are a “sanc- the taking of religion out of the some vehicle to express anger has been a member since its in- Since 1997, Starbucks has of- ception. fered holiday drinks in a festi- tuary” during the holidays. The Yuletide season by doing such and dissatisfaction, and this is ve red cup, adorned with such company also reminded custo- things as greeting customers the vehicle du jour,” she said. AP

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Mozambique Netherlands pays for China State Grid expansion of Maputo water supply network plans to invest

he government of the Netherlands will dona- T ap photo billions in Brazil te 20 million euros to Mo- zambique to help finance the proposed expansion of the Water Supply System he China State Grid of Greater Maputo, said the group plans to invest Ministry of Public Works, about 15 billion reais bloomberg Housing and Water Re- (USD3.95 billion) in sources. TBrazil by 2020 and about 1.6 The donation is intended billion reais in 2016, said the to build complementary group’s president, Cai Hong- water supply infrastruc- xian. ture in the region, which The total amount includes should serve the current the value provided to build two 1.1 million consumers and power transmission lines that another 650,000 people in will transport the electricity 25 neighborhoods. produced in at the Belo Mon- Coverage of water supply te hydroelectric facility, in the services will increase by state of Pará, of over 2,000 ki- over 26 percent in urban lometers each. billion reais, Cai told Brazilian to invest 7 billion reais. areas by 2019, thus mee- Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte Cai Hongxian said the 15 newspaper Valor Económico. At the end of 2015 the group ting the goals of the Mo- billion reais also included cons- In the first line, where the recorded a total investment in zambican Government’s supply infrastructure, in- truction of future transmission group owns 51 percent in part- Brazil, since its arrival in 2010, Five-Year Plan for 2015 to cluding four distribution lines that the group plans to bid nership with Eletronorte (24.5 of 9.7 billion reais, including 2019. centers with a capacity of for at the next auction of the percent) and Furnas (24.5 per- projects built from scratch and Completion of the project 2,500 cubic metres each, Brazilian National Electrical cent),it will have to invest 2.5 transmission line acquisitions is secured with the dona- 200 kilometers of distribu- Energy Agency (Aneel). billion reais, according to an and the building of its subsi- tion of the Netherlands tion network and 20,000 The two transmission lines estimate in 2014 and in the se- diary headquarters in Brazil, in Enterprise Agency and in- new household connec- from Belo Monte alone are ex- cond line, of which China State the center of Rio de Janeiro. cludes execution of water tions. MDT/Macauhub pected to cost more than 10 Grid owns 100 percent, it plans MDT/Macauhub

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Mainland auto sales grow at year’s strongest rate after tax cut

hina’s auto sales accele- xpectedly severe that analysts rated to this year’s stron- who had forecast 7 to 8 percent

C ap photo gest growth in October after the growth this year slashed that to market pulled out of a slump as low as 1.7 percent. following a sales tax cut, data The slump was jarring for glo- from an industry group showed bal automakers that are looking yesterday. to China to drive sales. General Purchases of sedans, SUVs Motors Co. and Volkswagen and minivans in the biggest AG, the country’s top-selling market by number of vehicles brands, cut prices to lure sold rose 13.3 percent to 1.9 buyers. million, according to the Chi- —GM said sales of General na Association of Automobile Motors brand cars by the com- Manufacturers. pany and its Chinese partners That was up from Septem- rose 15 percent over a year ear- ber’s 3.3 percent growth, which lier to a record 327,037 units. It followed three months of con- said sales of Buick vehicles had traction. their best month ever, rising 42 Chinese auto sales growth that percent. peaked at 45 percent in 2009 —Ford Motor Co. said sales fell steadily as the world’s se- rose 7 percent over a year ago cond-largest economy cooled to 95,185 vehicles. and major cities tried to curb —Nissan Motor Co. said sales smog and congestion by impo- rose 16.8 percent to 109,600 sing limits on numbers of new units. vehicles allowed. —Toyota Motor Co. said sa- Growth rebounded after Bei- les nearly doubled to 103,400 jing cut the sales tax in Sep- vehicles. It said year-to-date tember on vehicles with engine sales were up 110 percent at sizes of 1.6 liters and below by 895,600. half to 5 percent. —BMW AG, the country’s In October, sales of SUVs grew les of sedans edged up 0.2 per- market segments grew as fast the Total vehicle sales, including most popular luxury brand, by an explosive 60.6 percent cent to just over 1 million. market, reversing a trend of trai- trucks and buses, rose 11.8 per- said sales of BMW and Mini over a year earlier to 622,000 Chinese brands that domi- ling global brands in growth and cent to 2.2 million units. brand vehicles rose 2.3 percent units, according to CAAM. Sa- nate smaller and lower-priced losing market share to them. The sales decline was so une- to 384,176. AP

from its 2010 level. Corruption Beijing has cut interest Factory growth weakens, rates six times since last November. Private sector Anti-graft agency analysts say they expect retail sales stay strong more stimulus targeting targets deputy segments of the economy but no more large-scale Beijing party boss measures. October’s retail sales grew Communist Party official in Beijing and ap photo 11 percent over a year ear- Aa deputy mayor of Shanghai have joined lier, up from the previous the rapidly growing list of prominent poli- month’s 10.9 percent in a tical figures ensnared in an anti-corruption positive sign for Beijing’s crackdown. efforts to encourage consu- The ruling party’s anti-graft agency said mer-oriented industries. yesterday it is investigating Lu Xiwen, depu- Growth in factory output ty secretary of the capital’s party committee. decelerated to 5.6 percent It said she is suspected of “severe disciplinary from September’s 5.7 per- violations” — the party’s term for corruption. cent, according to the Na- That followed the agency’s announcement tional Bureau of Statisti- Tuesday that Ai Baojun, a deputy Shanghai cs. Growth in investment mayor, faced a similar investigation. edged down to 10.2 per- Thousands of officials have been investiga- cent for the first 10 mon- ted during the 3-year-old campaign led by ths of the year from the President Xi Jinping. More than 100 senior 10.3 percent in the first officials and military officers have been char- nine months. ged with crimes or placed under criminal A woman walks past a sign reading “Prosperity” in Chinese and English in Beijing “Today’s data suggest investigation, with no sign of the campaign that, despite all the doom abating. hina’s factory output communist leaders try to plosive double-digit expan- and gloom, economic con- Lu, 60, served in party posts in Beijing in Cand investment weake- encourage growth based sion but face pressure to ditions continue to remain charge of economic and industrial issues. She ned in October while retail on consumer spending ins- avoid a politically dange- broadly stable,” said Julian also is president of the Beijing party branch’s sales growth edged up, su- tead of trade, investment rous spike in job losses. Evans-Pritchard of Capital political training school for party officials. ggesting economic growth and heavy industry. President Xi Jinping in- Economics in a report. Ai, 55, is a former chairman of Baoshan has stabilized but has yet Economic growth dece- dicated last week the par- “We expect further impro- Iron and Steel Co. Ltd., the publicly traded to revive despite repeated lerated to a six-year low ty plans to aim for at least vements in the data over the unit of state-owned Baosteel Group Corp. interest rate cuts and other of 6.9 percent in the latest 6.5 percent growth in co- coming quarters which ou- Ai was appointed a deputy Shanghai mayor stimulus. quarter. Communist lea- ming years. He said that ght to quash any lingering in 2007. In 2013, he became director of the The data reported yester- ders insist they are comfor- was necessary to achieve concerns that China may city’s new free-trade trade zone, which has day reflected the two-speed table with slower growth its goal of doubling the be about to enter a deeper been heavily promoted by the central gover- nature of the economy as after the last decade’s ex- economy’s size by 2020 downturn.” AP nment. AP thu 12.11.2015

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Delivery men sort through goods at a distribution center in Beijing Alibaba founder Jack Ma

t only took Jack Ma half the time yesterday to sell the same amount of stuff as he did a year ago with Alibaba smashes Singles’ Day Ihis online channels. Transactions through Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. during the sales record in half the time annual Singles’ Day shopping event passed 57.1 billion yuan (USD9 billion) before midday, eclipsing last year’s record with The sales figures come as Chi- That was underscored by data morphed into China’s version another 12 hours still to go. By na’s retail sales accelerated in from Alibaba showing that 27 of Cyber Monday. For the first 4:30 p.m. Beijing time, they October, overcoming a slowing This year’s million people were shopping six years, the results were tabu- totaled almost 70 billion yuan. economy. Retail sales climbed on mobile phones, fueling 72 lated during a ceremony held in The top-selling items included 11 percent, the quickest gain event is more percent of early sales. Hangzhou, eastern China. baby-related and nutritional this year and beating the me- The nation’s per capita dispo- Alibaba said it decided to shift products and apparel by Nike dian economist projection, as global with sable income rose 7.7 percent to the capital because of the ci- and Levi’s, the company said. the nation’s leaders seek to re-­ international in the first nine months from ty’s influence. “This year’s event is more glo- balance the economy toward a year earlier - after adjusting “The globalization of Nov. 11 bal with international players consumption and services. players joining for inflation - outpacing the and of Alibaba has to start from joining in,” said Fangting Sun, Taking Singles’ Day festivities 6.9 percent rise in gross do- Beijing,” Alibaba wrote in an a senior research analyst with to China’s political, economic in. mestic product. Participation Oct. 13 post on its official Wei- Euromonitor. “Alibaba aims to and media hub comes after Ali- and spending by consumers is bo account. Fangting Sun both attract more international baba’s roller-coaster first year expected to increase this year, Moving the event also allows senior research analyst, players selling products to Chi- as a public company. A record Euromonitor with clothing and footwear Alibaba to take advantage of na and the domestic players to offering was followed by a re- being the most popular cate- the city’s media machine, said expand to the overseas markets.” cord fall below the initial price, gory, according to a survey by Jeff Hao, a Hong Kong-based China’s biggest e-commerce allegations the company wasn’t be closer to China’s authorities Nielsen Holdings Plc. analyst at China Merchants emporium moved the base for doing enough to fight counter- and more in tune with the go- Alibaba’s Singles’ Day turno- Securities Holdings. The com- its annual shopathon to the for- feits on its platforms, and the vernment’s strategic interests.” ver may soar to 87 billion yuan, pany said in September it was mer Olympic aquatics center in replacement of its chief execu- Ma kicked off the event with according to researcher IDC. adding Beijing as another head- Beijing as Ma tries to reverse tive officer. a four-hour variety show that The company has confidence quarters, with an eye toward the company’s $55 billion plun- “The move is symbolically included a performance by in the resilience of the Chinese the northern China market. ge in market value. Shifting significant because it indicates “American Idol” finalist Adam economy and is focusing on at- “Alibaba wants this event to from its Hangzhou home to the that Alibaba, by moving to the Lambert and an appearance by tracting U.S. retailers to China, be high profile - Beijing has the heart of Chinese power shows capital, is China’s indisputable Daniel Craig, star of the James President Michael Evans told kind of media resources that it Alibaba’s ambitions to maintain e-commerce leader,” said Cyrus Bond films who helped sell Ca- Bloomberg TV. To that end, will need,” Hao said. “Gaining growth, penetrate the northern Mewawalla, managing director dillacs. “House of Cards” star Alibaba is opening a third U.S. exposure is a means to ensure region where rival JD.com Inc. of London-based CM Research. Kevin Spacey also made a You- office in New York to go along growth this year.” Bloomberg is based and answer the govern- “Politically, it might be a tacit Tube video. with those in Washington and ment’s call for “national cham- acknowledgment that Alibaba, Alibaba estimates that 1.7 San Francisco, he said. pions” in technology. a national champion, now has to million deliverymen, 400,000 Singles’ Day, a Chinese twist vehicles and 200 airplanes will on Valentine’s Day, was inven- be deployed to handle packages ted by students in the 1990s, new sales high in just 12 minutes holding everything from iPho- according to the Communist nes to underwear. Party-owned People’s Daily. “We’re seeing more and more When written numerically, the Alibaba had recorded sales of year, it took 38 minutes to hit the consumers shifting to mobile,” Nov. 11 date is reminiscent of 10 billion yuan (USD1.57 b) within 10b yuan mark and the company is USD9b 12 minutes and 28 seconds of mid- expected to easily break last year’s CEO Daniel Zhang said Tues- “bare branches,” the Chinese night, smashing records again on one-day sales record of 57.1b yuan. day night. “That’s why we’ve expression for bachelors and this year’s Singles’ Day yesterday, As of 8:30 a.m., the figure stood at prepared special promotion spinsters. Total transactions sessions during peak commute The Singles’ Day promotion China’s online buying fiesta akin 44.2b yuan, according to the com- before midday to America’s Cyber Monday. Last pany’s Zhejiang HQ. hours, so people can shop on started by Alibaba in 2009 has their phones.” been copied by rivals and has 12.11.2015 thu

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Katy Daigle, Environment Writer, Ganora Sheikh Village ap photo amlesh feeds the flames Kof a crude clay cookstove with kindling, kerosene and sunbaked discs of cow dung. She breathes in the billowing smoke, as she does for hours every day. Her eyes water and sting. Her throat feels scratchy and sore. Kamlesh is one of hundreds of millions of Indian housewi- ves who, with the simple act of cooking family meals, fill their homes every day with deadly airborne pollutants. The cons- tant exposure to indoor air pollution kills some 4.3 million people every year across the world — 30 percent of them in India. The menace of cookstove pollution, which contains high concentrations of tiny particles known as black carbon, does not stop in the home. It com- pounds many environmental problems as well, from glacial melt to falling crop yields. India, the world’s third lar- gest climate polluting nation, has spent decades encouraging Indian woman Rekha Devi lights her new fuel-efficient cook stove next to her old clay stove in her house at a village near Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh cleaner cooking technologies, with limited success. Such a Climate change shift would have little impact on India’s emissions of clima- te-warming greenhouse gases, and many of the alternatives India sees clean cooking as pollute as well. But countries like India — far behind the industrialized world in economic and infrastructure climate action that saves lives development — argue that it’s a crucial step in saving lives and ensuring energy justice for the About a quarter of the world’s poorly measured and unevenly switched to gas, the increase in could instead be spent on ex- poor. black carbon pollution comes distributed, pooling in the air global emissions would equal tending cleaner-cooking op- Impoverished women like from cookstoves, with the rest above wherever it was released. just a half-a-percent change in tions to the poor. Energy Mi- 40-year-old Kamlesh remain released by car exhaust, forest The climate-change benefits the efficiency of the world’s au- nister Piyush Goyal said they’re unconvinced. She and her nei- fires, agricultural burning and of replacing traditional cooks- tomobile fleet. aimed at helping those “who’ve ghbors in Ganora Sheikh, a nor- other sources. toves are even more muddled “You can’t blame the poor for been deprived of clean energy th Indian village about 80 kilo- The soot is blackening glaciers because common replacements climate change,” Smith said. sources for years.” Already, 2 meters from New Delhi, aren’t and polar ice so that they ab- also pollute. Gas stoves create “It’s rather a strange idea to put million Indians have waived the thinking about the climate, or sorb more solar radiation and more emissions of methane, a the poor at the margin when subsidy. about melting glaciers hun- melt more quickly. It’s creating highly potent greenhouse gas. we’re not doing all that much The problem is not limited to dreds of kilometers away. They hazy layers in the atmosphere Emissions from electric stoves ourselves” to cut electricity con- India. Countries from China wonder why they should spend that block sunshine from rea- depend on how the electricity sumption or switch away from and Ethiopia are also pushing USD30 to $60 on a cookstove ching the Earth, a phenomenon is generated; in India, it’s lar- fossil fuels. cookstove programs. In Nige- when they can build a fire and called “global dimming” that gely from coal, another major Despite the unknowns, In- ria, where deforestation has find fuel in the forest for free. can harm crops. And it messes contributor to global warming. dia has listed cleaner cooking become a major concern, the Even as Kamlesh, who goes with the weather by interacting as part of its national climate government said last year it by one name, complained that with clouds in complex ways. action plan, submitted to the would distribute some 750,000 cooking on her old stove “is But black carbon, the product India has U.N. last month before the wor- clean cookstoves in order to very difficult ... the smoke, the of incomplete combustion, is ld’s nations begin negotiating keep people from harvesting so heat, it makes my eyes burn,” rarely released alone. It de- listed cleaner a new agreement to limit clima- much wood. she doubted any of the smoke- pends on what’s being burnt, cooking as part te-warming greenhouse gases. The Global Alliance for Clean free alternatives could do the but it usually comes with a mes- Unlike many countries, India Cookstoves, a U.N. foundation job right. sy cocktail of other polluting of its national is not promising any overall working to develop a viable The fire-roasted flatbreads compounds including organic emissions cuts. It expects its cookstove market, will have called roti and naan that are a carbon and sulfates, which can climate action emissions to continue to grow helped distribute 43 million staple across northern India actually have the opposite effect as its economy expands, but the cookstoves worldwide by the just don’t have the same smoky on climate by limiting the rise plan increase relative to economic end of the year by linking ma- flavor if cooked on a gas-fired or in temperatures. output will decline. nufacturers and developers fuel-efficient stove. “If we can’t The Intergovernmental Panel “It can be politically incorrect India has made no calcula- with investors and other finan- make roti, then what will we on Climate Change, which com- to advocate for gas cooking, tions to determine how much cial support mechanisms. eat? Nothing can replace roti.” piles and analyzes climate-rela- since it’s not a renewable ener- of an impact a cookstove tran- The potential market is at Pure black carbon is a signi- ted research every four years, gy source,” said Kirk R. Smith, sition could make, Renewable least 10 times that size, likely ficant climate pollutant, with has so far left the topic of black professor of global environ- Energy Secretary Varsha Joshi more given that many homes some studies suggesting it is carbon out of its assessments. mental health at the University said. “We are making the con- use more than one stove. responsible for up to 20 per- It is a short-term pollutant, dis- of California, Berkeley. nection with indoor air pollu- “When you multiply the effec- cent of climate change. It is sipating within days whereas Still, he and other atmosphe- tion. It’s not all about the emis- ts by 500 million households,” also a major component of the greenhouse gases like carbon ric health experts say the heal- sions,” she said. alliance CEO Radha Muthiah tiny particulate matter known dioxide and methane will linger th benefits justify the change. India’s new measures for pro- said, “it’s clear that scaling it as PM2.5 that is now one of the for decades in the atmosphere. According to his research, if all moting cleaner cooking inclu- up can have a substantial im- most common measures for air As of now, black carbon pollu- 2.8 billion people still cooking de asking citizens to give up pact for health and the environ- pollution. tion is entirely unregulated, with old-world fuels suddenly cooking gas subsidies so they ment.” AP thu 12.11.2015

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Myanmar Junta promises peaceful power transfer

Vijay Joshi and Esther Htusan, tion,” she said. “He (the presi- to remove the military-backed Yangon dent) will have to understand Union Solidarity and Develo- ap photo this perfectly well that he will pment Party from power, it’s yanmar’s tran- have no authority. That he will clear that the army’s involve- sition to greater act in accordance with the posi- ment in politics won’t end, and democracy after tions of the party.” the NLD will need to convince it decades of military The military, which took to cooperate. Mrule surged ahead yesterday power in a 1962 coup and bru- The Union Election Commis- as opposition leader Aung San tally suppressed several pro- sion has announced the results Suu Kyi’s party continued its democracy uprisings during its of 151 lower house races, of whi- election sweep and the govern- rule, gave way to a nominally ch 135 were won by the NLD. ment promised a peaceful tran- civilian elected government in Suu Kyi won a seat from her sition of power. 2011 — with strings attached. constituency, Kawhmu, which Suu Kyi’s National League is part of Yangon state. In the for Democracy said it received upper house, the NLD won 29 a message from Information Suu Kyi won out of 33 announced races. Minister Ye Htut on behalf of NLD co-founder Tin Oo told President Thein Sein congratu- a seat from her The Associated Press on Tues- lating it for leading the race for constituency, day that the party expects to parliamentary seats in Sunday’s win about 80 percent of the vo- election. Kawhmu, part tes — putting it on pace with the Ye Htut said the government party’s 1990 landslide that the will pursue a peaceful transfer of Yangon state military annulled. of power “in accordance with If the NLD secures a two- the legislated timeline.” He was It installed retired senior of- thirds majority of the parlia- not immediately available for ficers in the ruling party to fill mentary seats at stake — a comment. Cabinet posts and gave itself likely scenario now — it would The message helps remo- Police officers read a copy of the newspaper “Democracy Today” in Yangon key powers in the constitution, gain control over the executive ve lingering concerns that the including control of powerful posts under Myanmar’s com- military, which has a large in- remains barred from becoming vernment. ministries and a quarter of the plicated parliamentary-presi- fluence over the ruling party, president by a constitutional She described that plan fur- seats in the 664-member two- dency system. may deny the NLD power, as it provision inserted by the mili- ther in interview Tuesday with chamber Parliament. In a state The military and the largest did after elections in 1990. tary before it transferred power Singapore’s Channel NewsAsia of emergency, a special mili- parties in the upper house and It also means that Myanmar is to a quasi-civilian government television. tary-led body can even assume the lower house will each nomi- likely to soon have its first go- in 2011. “I make all the decisions be- state powers. Another provi- nate a candidate for president. vernment in decades that isn’t Suu Kyi has declared, howe- cause I’m the leader of the sion bars Suu Kyi from the pre- After Jan. 31, all 664 legislators under the military’s sway. But ver, that she will become the winning party. And the presi- sidency because her sons hold will cast ballots and the top while an NLD victory virtually country’s de facto leader, ac- dent will be one whom we will foreign citizenship. vote-­getter will become presi- assures it of being able to elect ting “above the president,” if choose just in order to meet the While Myanmar’s people vo- dent, while the other two will the president as well, Suu Kyi her party forms the next go- requirements of the constitu- ted overwhelmingly Sunday be vice presidents. AP

Humayoon Babur and Afghanistan He added that even Amir Shah, Kabul during Afghanistan’s 1992 to 1996 civil war, whi- housands of peo- Thousands march through capital ch killed up to 80,000 in Tple marched through Kabul alone, no one was the Afghan capital yester- beheaded. day, carrying the coffins to protest Hazara killings Hazaras, who are pre- of seven ethnic Hazaras dominantly Shiite, have who had been kidnapped been the targets of past and beheaded and calling 10,000, which would Islamic State group is also atrocities and this year for a new government that make it the biggest de- believed to have a pre- have been the victims in can ensure security in the ap photo monstration in Kabul sence in Zabul, as well as a number of large-scale country. since the killing of a you- in the southeastern Nan- kidnappings. The green Protesters, holding ban- ng woman, Farkhunda, garhar province. cloth covering the coffins ners with photos of the by a mob in March. The After gathering in the symbolized that they were victims — who include demonstrators included west of Kabul, the de- Shia. a nine-year-old girl — members of all Afghanis- monstrators walked about The bodies of the seven rallied outside the Presi- tan’s ethnic groups. 10 kilometers through victims were brought 380 dential Palace. “We want justice and we the rain to the gate of the kilometers to Kabul from Holding up the green- want this government, Presidential Palace, whe- Zabul on Tuesday. Protes- draped coffins, they chan- Ghani and Abdullah, to re organizers said they ters held an overnight vi- ted “Death to the Taliban” go so that we can have a intended to stage an open gil before beginning their and called on President government that protects -ended sit-in. march early yesterday. Ashraf Ghani and Chief Hazara tribesmen carry the coffin of a beheaded Hazara victim all the people of the coun- Habibullah, the head of The United Nations As- Executive Abdullah Ab- during a ceremony in Kabul try and brings security to a local Kabul council, said sistance Mission in Af- dullah to resign. the whole country,” Se- the demonstration aimed ghanistan condemned the The four men, two wo- tan’s spy agency dismis- to Ghazni to investigate pehr told The Associated to show the unity of the killings and said they cou- men and child were found sed Taliban claims that af- the killings and attend Press. Afghan people, regardless ld constitute a war crime. partially beheaded on Sa- filiates of the Islamic State funerals, his office said. A She said the deaths of the of ethnicity or sect. “I’m Killing and kidnapping ci- turday in the southeastern group were behind the statement described the seven were evidence of the Afghan only,” he said. vilians are “serious viola- province of Zabul, officials killings. In the past five kidnappers as “mainly lack of security across Af- “Our voice wants justice, tions of international hu- have said. days, rival Taliban groups non-local terrorists.” ghanistan. This year, the brotherhood, sanctity of manitarian law,” UNAMA They had been kid- have been fighting each Civil society activist Taliban has extended its life, peace and equality. chief Nicholas Haysom napped in neighboring other in the region where Zahra Sepehr, one of the reach across Afghanis- No one can tolerate any said in a statement, calling Ghazni province up to six the bodies were found. protest organizers, esti- tan in its fight to topple longer the situation we for the perpetrators to be months earlier. Afghanis- Ghani sent a delegation mated a turnout of about the government, and the have in the country.” held accountable. AP 12.11.2015 thu

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Portugal Gov’t ousted amid austerity backlash

Barry Hatton, Lisbon remedy for the bloc’s recent financial crisis. nti-austerity Eurozone leaders had poin- ap photo lawmakers forced Por- ted to Portugal, and Ireland, as tugal’s center-right examples of how austerity paid government to resign off as their economies impro- TuesdayA (early yesterday, Ma- ved. Now, the progress Portu- cau time) by rejecting its policy gal made is in doubt, and some proposals at the start of what fear the country could go down was supposed to be a second the same road as Greece, which consecutive term in office — and has needed three bailouts since four more years of cutbacks and 2010. economic reforms. The triumph of the leftist The government’s dramatic alliance will likely give heart to collapse came less than two anti-austerity forces in much weeks after it was sworn in and bigger neighbor Spain, where raised questions about debt- a general election is scheduled heavy Portugal’s commitment for Dec. 20. to the fiscal discipline deman- After four years in power the ded of countries sharing the government lost its parliamen- euro currency. tary majority in an Oct. 4 ge- The moderate Socialist Par- neral election, which saw a pu- ty forged an unprecedented blic backlash against austerity alliance with the Communist measures adopted following Portuguese Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho rubs his eyes during the debate of the government’s four-year policy program Party and the radical Left Bloc a 78 billion-euro (USD84 at the Parliament in Lisbon to get a 122-seat majority in billion) bailout in 2011. the 230-seat Parliament, whi- Socialist leader Antonio Cos- tuguese want change,” he said. protests and strikes in recent later Tuesday. The head of sta- ch it used to vote down the ta is expected to become pri- Outside Parliament, demons- years. Some 400,000 Portu- te, who has no executive power proposals. The defeat brought me minister in coming weeks, trators at an anti-austerity guese left to seek work abroad. but oversees the government, the government’s automatic supported by the Communists protest by labor groups shou- The three parties in the allian- then consults the political par- resignation. and Left Bloc. ted “Victory!” as the news of ce have in the past had hostile ties in coming days before de- The government’s fall was Costa criticized the govern- the vote spread. relations, however, and will be ciding whether to invite Costa also a political setback for the ment for being “submissive” in The leftist alliance intends to watched closely for any signs to form a government. Cavaco 19-nation Eurozone’s auste- its dealings with the rest of Eu- reverse cuts in pay, pensions of friction. Silva could choose to appoint rity strategy. The policy of rope and making more cutba- and public services, as well as The speaker of Parliament a caretaker government, but cutbacks was demanded by cks than those demanded by tax increases that have brought was due to inform President analysts believed that was un- Germany and the others as a the bailout creditors. “The Por- widespread hardship, street Anibal Cavaco Silva of the vote likely. AP

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arco Rubio emer- Mged unscathed. Ben No breakouts in Republican hopefuls’ debate Carson defended his in- tegrity. Donald Trump flashed his dominant per- tense questions about his who support his plan to sonality. And Jeb Bush personal story in recent deport millions of immi- avoided disaster. ap photo days, but was given a free grants in the country ille- Mission accomplished. pass on the issue Tuesday gally. Aided by tentative ques- night. He also backed off his tioning, the Republi- “People who know me criticism of Bush and Ru- can Party’s top presiden- know I’m an honest per- bio almost completely. tial candidates executed son,” Carson told the de- On the eve of the debate, their strategies with little bate audience, flashing he called Rubio “a ligh- resistance in Tuesday ni- humor as he thanked mo- tweight” on Twitter and ght’s (yesterday in Ma- derators for “not asking attacked his immigra- cau) prime-time debate. me what I said in the 10th tion plan. Trump avoided Yet with no breakout grade.” both topics Tuesday night moments — good or bad But Carson struggled and instead endorsed Ru- — the muddled status Republican presidential candidates John Kasich, Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, Donald Trump, Ben Carson, Ted at times to demonstrate bio’s plan to strengthen quo continues in the Re- Cruz, Carly Fiorina and Rand Paul a command of policy — the nation’s military. publican Party’s unruly stating erroneously, for The absence of a ga- 2016 contest, with time me establishment favo- If Bush did well Tuesday the discussion shifted to example, that Chinese me-changing moment running out to change vo- rite now clinging to his night, however, Rubio did immigration, considered troops are in Syria. But deepens the sense of un- ters’ minds heading into political life. better. a key vulnerability among such mistakes have mat- certainty over the Repu- the holiday season. The former Florida go- Bush and the rest of the conservatives who oppo- tered little to conservative blican Party’s 2016 field. That’s good news for lea- vernor lived to fight ano- field completely igno- se Rubio’s plan to give supporters who blamed With the next debate set ding outsiders Trump and ther day after Tuesday’s red questions raised this immigrants in the coun- the media for his recent for Dec. 15, the candida- Carson, who have surpri- performance. But he was week about Rubio’s use of try illegally a pathway to challenges. tes won’t have another sed the political world overshadowed at times a Florida Republican Par- citizenship. Trump, whose tell-it- prime-time opportunity with remarkable staying by another pragmatic- ty credit card during his As the Rubio-Bush dy- like-it-is personality is to reach voters for more power atop national polls. minded executive, Ohio time in the state legislatu- namic continued unchan- perhaps his best asset, than a month. It’s also good news for a Gov. John Kasich, who re. The Rubio campaign ged, so did the standing of entered the night having And it will only get har- surging Rubio, who ente- stepped on Bush’s oppor- had released two years Carson and Trump. been at or near the top of der to get voters’ atten- red the night with a target tunities and gave nervous of spending reports just Carson, a retired neuro- the polls for several mon- tion with the holiday sea- on his back and avoided supporters another rea- days earlier. surgeon, entered the ni- ths. He did little to change son rapidly approaching any stumbles. son to question Bush’s And none of the candi- ght with a plan to defend that, occasionally jabbing and television airwaves The status quo is not as New Hampshire-focused dates — or moderators his record more aggres- his rivals and appealing getting filled with conflic- good for Bush, the oneti- comeback attempt. — engaged Rubio when sively. He had faced in- to hardline conservatives ting campaign ads. AP 12.11.2015 thu

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Photographs of Macau Old Shops Time: 10am-7pm (Closed on Mondays, No admission after 6:30 pm) Until: December 31, 2015 Venue: Macau Museum of Art, 1954 New York’s Av. Xian Xing Hai, s/n, NAPE Ellis Island closes Admission: MOP5 007 - spectre_ New York’s main immigration control centre, Ellis (Free on Sundays and public holidays) room 1 Island, has shut down after 62 years. The site, which has admitted around 15 million peo- Enquiries: (853) 8791 9814 2.00, 4.45, 9.30 pm Director: Sam Mendes ple into America from overseas since it first opened in Starring: Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Léa Seydoux 1892, will no longer be used as an examination centre Path and Adventure Language: English (Cantonese) for those wanting to live in the United States. – Works by Mio Pang Fei Duration: 148min The functions of the island will be transferred to the Immigration Service’s headquarters in New York City. Time: 10am-7pm she remembers, he forgets_ From now on, would-be US citizens will be free to (Closed on Mondays, no admission after 6:30 pm) room 1 enter the country without inspection on arrival. 7.30 pm Until: November 22, 2015 The only exception to the rule will be those who Director: Wong Say Ping have either been provisionally admitted on parole or Venue: Macau Museum of Art, Starring: Miriam Yeung, Jan Lamb sentenced to deportation for violation of US laws. Av. Xian Xing Hai, s/n, NAPE Language: Cantonese (Cantonese/English) Over the years, Ellis Island has been the chief immi- Duration: 110min Admission: MOP5 gration centre for the US. Many people from overseas had to spend a day or (Free on Sundays and public holidays) return of the cuckoo_ two at the site while their papers were being pro- Enquiries: (853) 8791 9814 room 2 2.30, 4.30, 9.30 pm cessed. Director: Patrick Kong The US government originally bought the island The Collection Exhibition of Tai Fung Starring: Chi Lam Cheung, Chairmaine Sheh from the New York state for $10,000 (£5,500) in the Language: Cantonese (Chinese and English) early 19th century. ong rt ouse T A H Duration: 86min The site had previously belonged to Manhattan mer- Time: 2pm-6pm daily (Except Mondays) chant Samuel Ellis and it was passed to his heirs in Venue: Tai Fung Tong Art House, are you here_ 1808. room 2 For a while the island was used by the US govern- Calçada da Igreja de S. Lázaro 7 7.30 pm ment for arms storage but local residents objected. Admission: Free Director: Jill Wong Then it became an immigration centre and by the Enquiries: (853) 2835 3537 / 2834 6626 Starring: Nina Paw, Helena Law, Susan Shaw turn of the century up to 5,000 people a day came Language: Cantonese (Cantonese/English) through its doors hoping for a better life in the US . Duration: 86min But following the introduction of new laws, wars and economic recessions, numbers have slowed consi- our times_ derably. room 3 The authorities are currently in the process of deci- 4.15, 7.00 pm ding how best to preserve the historic site. Director: Ding Sheng Starring: Andy Lau, Liu Ye, Wu Ruofu, Wang Qianyuan Offbeat Language: Mandarin (English/Cantonese) Courtesy BBC News Duration: 134min Hungarian officials say duck go away mr. tumor_ In context liver being sold as goose liver room 3 4.45, 9.30 pm Once Ellis Island closed its doors, several proposals were put Director: Hang Yan forward for its use - among them, an immigration museum, Hungarian food inspectors say a company was selling Starring: Fay Bai, Daniel Wu a home for the aged, drug addicts, advanced alcoholics and a packages marked as frozen goose liver that actually Language: Mandarin (Cantonese and English) theatre. contained cheaper but similar looking duck liver. Duration: 86min When it was put up for auction in 1961, no substantial offers The National Food Chain Safety Office said over 2 came in for the abandoned site and fours years later President tons of the suspicious product were ordered off the Lyndon Johnson declared Ellis Island a national monument. shelves to be kept in storage until the inspection is macau tower It was opened to the public on a limited basis between 1976 completed. and 1984. 05 Nov - 25 Nov A popular delicacy in Hungary, goose liver is tradi- An organisation called the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foun- dation then started a major restoration programme and it was tionally linked to the Nov. 11 feast of St. Martin of 007 - Spectre_ eventually re-opened in September 1990 as an immigration Tours, who according to legend hid among geese to 2.30, 4.45, 7.15, 9.30 pm museum. avoid being named bishop, but was given away by Director: Sam Mendes It now receives almost two million visitors a year. their squawking. Starring: Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Léa Seydoux In 1998, sovereignty of the island changed from New York to Officials said those responsible for the deception Language: English (Cantonese) New Jersey, following a US Supreme Court decision. would be fined heavily. Duration: 148min thu 12.11.2015

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Ronaldo says he’s afraid of nothing, but won’t discuss FIFA

The most important date of the year for Cristiano Ro- naldo has nothing to do with Real Madrid’s big “clasico” games against Barcelona. Or crucial Champions League matches. Or representing Portugal on international duty. According to Ronaldo, it’s when he takes a private jet on the annual January trip to Zurich to discover if he will be crowned the world’s top player at FIFA’s Ballon D’Or extravaganza. “It’s a card inside an envelope that can change so much,” Ronaldo says in a new documentary about his life that was premiered earlier this week in London. “It’s the climax of a year’s work.” Ronaldo’s obsession with winning football’s top indivi- dual honor is a major theme in the 92-minute documen- tary, which opens with the 2014 gala and closes with the NBA great Bill Walton, center, takes a tour with Pac-12 men’s college basketball players during an event in Hangzhou 2015 triumph. What Ronaldo is less keen to talk about is the governing body behind the coveted golden ball or the president — Basketball Sepp Blatter — who has presented him with it three times. Promoting his film in London, a news conference mode- rator initially tried to cut off question to Ronaldo about FIFA and what the star player expects from the scandal-batte- US colleges head to red organization which runs the game. But Ronaldo, perhaps sensing he was being seen as weak, quickly cut in: “I am not afraid of nothing ... I answer what I think.” China to grow fan base Only he didn’t. “Of course I’m not going to speak about that because when Cristiano says something it’s creates like a huge Justin Bergman, Hangzhou schools in China, as well as the Chi- time. The NBA has had success thing,” Ronaldo said, referring to himself in the third per- nese love of basketball, to build a bringing preseason games to Chi- son. “I’m not going to be involved in these kinds of pro- orty years ago, former fan base for their sports programs. na over the past 11 years, but it blems.” basketball star Bill Walton And on the Chinese side, the e- remains to be seen if Chinese fans Pressed further on why players are seen afraid of made a decision he still commerce giant Alibaba Group has will have the same passion for U.S. speaking out on the state of FIFA, Ronaldo was no more regrets today. His UCLA revealing. jumped on board as a way of acqui- collegiate sports. Fcollege team was invited to play an ring content for its brand new spor- “NCAA is not known in China. Pe- “What do you expect me to say? I’m so happy? Of cou- rse I’m a little bit sad because of yesterday [Monday],” he exhibition game in China in 1973, ts platform and, as founder Jack riod,” said Joe Tsai, Alibaba’s exe- said, referring not to FIFA but Real Madrid’s first loss of the year it won its second national Ma put it at the company’s head- cutive vice chairman, referring to the season. title with Walton, and he decided quarters in Hangzhou on Tuesday, the National Collegiate Athletic As- “I don’t want to (think about it) on this day because it’s not to go. The rest of the team then to help young Chinese learn the sociation. “That’s because in Chi- such a special day for me. It is one of the most important stayed home, too. value of playing — and working — na, when you go to college, have a days in my life.” “I said I didn’t want to come,” he on a team. normal college academic experien- For Ronaldo getting his own film premiere in London’s said. “I didn’t know any better. I ce, they don’t emphasize sports. Leicester Square seems to be an occasion on par with was wrong.” If you’re an athlete, they separate Champions League finals — and Ballon D’Or galas. On Saturday, the men’s baske- It won’t just be you when you are very young and Already the player with one of the biggest egos in the tball teams from the University an exhibition, you’re on a separate track.” game — justifiably given his goal scoring exploits at Man- of Washington and University of Part of Alibaba’s motivation for chester United and now Madrid — Ronaldo is elated at Texas will do what Walton chose [the teams] will joining forces with the Pac-12 Con- becoming a silver screen star thanks to the team behind not to: play a game in China, hal- ference is to change this mentality movies about Formula One driver Ayrton Senna and trou- fway around the world from their contest the first- in China. bled songstress Amy Winehouse. college campuses. “Sports is part of education,” Tsai This is a film, though, that’s unlikely to win Ronaldo any It won’t just be an exhibition, ei- ever regular said. “You don’t separate sports cinematic honors to join the vast collection of football me- ther. They’ll contest the first-ever season college from your academics because you dals — unless awards are given for shots of footballers regular season college basketball learn so much value from sports.” preening in the showers and shaving. game in China, the first of perhaps The Pac-12, meanwhile, is taking But there are touching scenes with Ronaldo seen as a basketball game many for U.S. university teams as a long-term view on promoting its doting father, playing with Cristiano Jr. in his Madrid home. they try to tap into a new market in China Recent media reports are used in the film to highlight the teams across the Pacific. The con- mystery over the identity of his son’s mother. Ronaldo has for their sports — and their schools ference began taking men’s and full custody of Cristiano Jr. and says that when he is older — in the world’s second-biggest “China is pretty good at the single women’s basketball teams to Chi- “then I will tell him what I did.” economy. sports. Ping pong is very good, but na for summer exhibitions several Cristiano Jr. is seen living a closeted life, never mixing “The opportunity that these you- we think China should focus more years ago and last year streamed on camera with other children. His father lives a similar ng people have to come to this on team sports — basketball, soc- 27 college basketball games in existence. country ... (it’s) an opportunity that cer and volleyball,” Ma said. “The China through a partnership with “In football I do not have a lot of friends ... most of the I sadly turned down,” said Walton, world is very connected and Chi- LeTV, a Beijing-based online video time I am alone,” Ronaldo says. “I consider myself to be an who will provide commentary for na needs to work like a team with company. isolated person ... disconnected from the world.” ESPN’s live broadcast of Saturday’s the (rest of the) world. If we cannot Last month, the conference an- His father figure now is agent Jorge Mendes, whose for- game in the U.S. “It was one of the make our kids focus on that, it’ll be nounced a deal with LeTV to start tune has been built by representing players like Ronaldo biggest mistakes of my life.” terrible in the future.” streaming college football games — including his then world-record 80 million-pound (then Hopes are high on both sides that The curiosity was evident as you- in China this season, as well, along USD120 million) switch from United to Madrid in 2009. this opportunity will lead to a much ng Alibaba employees took a break with Chinese commentary. Much of the film morphs into a homage to Mendes, the deeper cooperation than anyone from their last-minute prepara- Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott super-agent in the sharp black suit, black tie and shades. could have imagined just a decade tions for Singles Day — China’s big- said it was actually retired Chinese “If I didn’t know you I’d ask for your autograph,” Mendes ago, let alone in 1973. gest online shopping day yesterday NBA star Yao Ming who first sug- says to Ronaldo at a celebratory dinner. “I live obsessed In the Pac-12 Conference, which — to line the glass wall at the com- gested bringing a regular-season with him every day.” organized the game at Shanghai’s pany’s basketball court and watch basketball game to China. Ronaldo’s biggest fan, though, seems to be himself. Mercedes Benz Arena, officials the Texas basketball players sprint A second regular-season game is “If we had two or three Cristiano Ronaldos in the (Portugal) have spent the past few years trying up and down the court in a spirited already planned for next Novem- team I would be more comfortable,” he said, reflecting on last to find a way to build on the well-k- workout. ber, also in partnership with Ali- year’s World Cup group-stage failure. “But we don’t have.” nown academic reputations of their Still, the process will likely take baba. AP THE Economists: Trump’s charges Station12.11.2015Air quality thu th Anniversary BUZZ against China are obsolete Roadside 35-55 20 Moderate Donald Trump’s latest attack on China is has risen against the U.S. dollar over the about three years too old. past five years. In May, the IMF declared the High In a column in The Wall Street Journal, the yuan “no longer undervalued.” Density 60-80 Republican presidential candidate writes that The Peterson Institute for International Residental “the worst of China’s sins” is manipulating Economics says the yuan was “significantly Moderate its currency, the yuan, to gain an economic undervalued” until mid-2012 and reached Area opinion advantage. Citing unidentified economists, fair value last year. Peterson’s William Cline Trump declares that the yuan is undervalued says Trump’s charge of currency manipu- Ambient 60-80 anywhere from 15 percent to 40 percent. lation is a “good talking point” but “out of Moderate source: dsmg source: HK Observer But the charge appears outdated. The yuan date.” Robert Carroll WORLD BRIEFS ap photo Warm hearts, cold justice ap photo The sad saga of Chow Siu-shuen, and that of her grandson, Xiao Youhuai – a woman pro- secuted for caring for her grandson after his parents abandoned him – has taken a turn for the better. The old lady has not been jailed for keeping him in Hong Kong illegally. She received a suspended sentence, but as the child has no right of abode here she has been forced to leave the region and move to Shen- zen to look after him. It’s a cruel fate for Hong Kong Chinese resi- France Officials and dents who have close relatives over the bor- citizens are gathering der but cannot obtain permission for them to at memorials across provide support in desperate cases like this Europe to pay tribute one. The legacy of Hong Kong’s colonial se- to the millions of Tony Serra, right, an attorney for Raymond “Shrimp Boy” Chow, pictured at left paration from China has caused the greater soldiers killed during prosperity in the region to serve as a magnet World War I on the for poor mainlanders, and has, inevitably, 97th anniversary Organized crime of the war’s end. led to strict immigration controls. That Hong Thousands of people Kong would be swamped by unmanageab- lined Paris’ Champs le levels of immigrants if controls were dis- Elysees boulevard to mantled is pretty much a given. The current Lawyer: Chinatown see President Francois agreement with China drastically limits the Hollande lay a wreath number of people allowed to join their relati- at the Arc de Triomphe, ves in Hong Kong, leading to many years of racketeering defendant where an eternal flame waiting for eligible applicants, and shuts the marks France’s Tomb of door firmly on those who do not meet the cri- the Unknown Soldier. teria. However, in law, shouldn’t there always changed his life ISRAEL Two Palestinian be room for discretion, and the ability to be boys, aged 11 and 14, flexible in exceptional cases? stab and wound an This was surely an exceptional case whe- Sudhin Thanawala, ded an FBI agent posing as red the killing of Leung, who Israeli guard on a train re a basic sense of humanity should have San Francisco a member of the mafia who was then head of a fraternal who responds by firing come into play. Apparently, the boy’s paren- and wounding one of ts abandoned him as a baby out of supersti- plied his targets in Chinatown organization known as the them. Meanwhile, Israeli tion, dumping him in a cardboard box. They prime defendant in a — one of San Francisco’s most Ghee Kung Tong, the prose- security forces kill two also did not want to have the boy returned to ASan Francisco racketee- popular tourist attractions — cutor said. other Palestinians who them when it became clear that his deporta- ring case ordered the killing with fancy meals, liquor and Federal investigators say carried out knife attacks, tion to the mainland was imminent. Clearly of a rival before taking over cash. More than two dozen Chow took over the Ghee police say, as violence returns to Jerusalem any responsible social worker would have his organization in China- people were indicted last year Kung Tong after having Leu- after a two-week lull. ruled that the parents’ neglect and attitude town and engaging in money as part of the probe. ng killed. towards the boy made them unfit to take laundering and trafficking in Hasib called Chow the sun “This case is about this care of their child. It seems clear that the- guns and drugs, a prosecutor at the center of a criminal group of people engaging

re would have been no other option for the said during his opening sta- universe and accused him of in this pattern of criminal ap photo grandmother but to leave him in an orphana- tement this week at the high- repeatedly accepting money activity,” Hasib said. “But ge on the mainland: hardly a desirable op- profile trial. from the undercover FBI most importantly, this case tion, in China or anywhere else, when there The 2006 slaying of Allen agent. is about the person who is is a loving caregiver willing to look after him. Leung was a “cold-blooded, at the center of that, around How much better would it have been if the gangland-style hit” orde- whom all of that criminal ac- child was allowed to come here legally; or red by defendant Raymond The tivity revolved, around whom allowed to stay for compassionate reasons? “Shrimp Boy” Chow, federal all those people revolved.” As it turned out, the boy was home-schooled prosecutor Waqar Hasib told slaying of Serra said Chow’s co-defen- and spent little time outside of his grandpa- jurors as he described the dants would say anything to ISRAEL-EU Relations rents’ home for fear of being discovered. His Allen Leung killing. get a lighter sentence. between the European escape from life in an orphanage turned into Defense attorney Tony Ser- was a ‘cold Federal agents say one of Union and Israel took one of virtual imprisonment and social exclu- a dive yesterday after sion. With poorly educated grandparents as ra countered in his opening Chow’s associates was Keith statement that Chow did not blooded, Jackson, a former San Fran- Israel derided a decision his only teachers, his education level is years by the 28-nation bloc below that of his contemporaries. His predi- participate in any killings or gangland cisco school board president to specially label cament, which aroused a blaze of news co- other criminal activity detai- who raised money for Yee’s products made in Jewish verage, brought out the best and the worst in led in the investigation that style hit’ campaigns for San Francisco settlements in the West local residents. led to the conviction of for- mayor and secretary of state. Bank. The Israeli Foreign As the judge pointed out in court, referring mer state Sen. Leland Yee on ordered by Jackson led investigators Ministry said the EU has taken an “exceptional to letters of mitigation when sentencing Chou, a racketeering charge. to Yee, who acknowledged defendant and discriminatory step” Hong Kongers had reached out to the child Chow pleaded guilty to ra- as part of his plea deal that for “political reasons.” and old lady with empathy and offers of as- cketeering in 2000 amid ac- ‘Shrimp Boy’ he accepted thousands of The EU move, which sistance. One foreigner offered financial su- cusations that included he- dollars in exchange for fa- came after months pport; another, a local Hong Konger, travelled roin and cocaine trafficking, Chow, Fed vors and discussed helping of procrastinating, across the border three times a week to help attempted murder and ro- an undercover FBI agent buy underscores the bloc’s Youhuai with his studies. Earlier in the year, a bbery, according to an FBI af- prosecutor automatic weapons from the unhappiness over Israel’s local school invited the boy to see their facili- fidavit in Chow’s current case. Philippines. continued expansion of settlements on territory ties and told him that he was welcome to study But Serra said Chow, who told jurors Yee is scheduled to be sen- there. On the other hand, unfortunately, some that Palestinians seek for will testify in his own defen- tenced in December and fa- their future state. locals tried to intimidate the poor old lady and se, reformed and was looking Serra said the FBI agent ces a maximum of 20 years Youhuai, who is only twelve, by rattling the se- forward to a lucrative book instigated the crimes for whi- in prison. Jackson pleaded EGYPT-RUSSIA Moscow’s curity screen of their flat and shouting curses deal about his life. ch people were later arrested. guilty to the same racketee- ban on all flights to Egypt at them. “My client is not, and they He said his client was broke ring charge as Yee and is also in the wake of a Russian The immigration department was stuck in a will never show he is any- after leaving prison, and the scheduled to be sentenced plane crash will last for quandary because they had to follow proce- at least several months, dure and deport the boy, but if the system has thing analogous to a godfa- agent forced money on him, next month. the Kremlin says, dealing not, and will not allow him back in the future, ther,” Serra said. often when Chow was drunk. Judge Charles Breyer said a severe blow to Egypt’s is that not very cold justice? Chow was the focus of a len- Hasib said a co-defendant Chow’s trial could last until struggling tourism gthy investigation that inclu- will testify that Chow orde- February. AP industry.