smoking ban in bars, a decade of gambling nightclubs in force expansion ends sequence of errors A joint operation by the Tobacco Casino revenue fell 2.6 led to Control Office, Health Bureau percent to MOP351.5b in shanghai and the police found 27 people 2014, after a record 30.4 pct stampede smoking in prohibited areas monthly drop in Dec P2 P3,4 FEATURE P12,FT

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Indonesia Divers were Macau moving towards grappling with light rain and rolling waves yesterday as they tried to reach what is believed to be the fuselage of AirAsia Flight 8501, ‘One Country, One System’ resting on the ocean floor near three other P5,INSIGHT large objects. So far, only 30 bodies have been recovered. Meanwhile, The U.S. Embassy in bloomberg Jakarta has issued a warning to Americans about a potential threat against U.S. associated banks and hotels in Surabaya. More on p13

China A senior Chinese diplomat has been removed from his position and is being investigated for an unspecified disciplinary violation. A two-sentence statement from the Foreign Ministry did not offer more details last week about the removal of Assistant Foreign Minister Zhang Kunsheng. The China News Service reported that Zhang was the head of the ministry’s protocol department.

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CE acknowledges challenges ahead in New Year’s message

hief Executive Chui Sai On has acknowledged Cthat Macau will face “difficulties and challen- ges” in the near future. He pledged to address the city’s major issues building “a brighter future for Macau,” in a New Year’s message issued last week. The government will be addressing president Xi Jinping’s four recommendations for Macau as prio- rity guidelines when planning the territory’s poli- cies, said Chui Sai On. Upon visiting Macau last month to attend MSAR’s 15th anniversary celebrations, Mr Xi advised the government to improve the city’s legal system, fur- ther adjusting it in accordance to the Basic Law. He also urged the government to closely follow Ma- cau’s population’s well-being, helping them overco- me challenges. Chui Sai On stressed that his team will work to de- velop its “governance ability.” In his 2015 Policy Ad- dress, to be delivered in March, Macau’s leader will focus on long-term mechanisms, such as promoting Smoking ban in bars, “the adequate diversification of the economy,” en- suring the development of Macau as a “World Cen- ter for Tourism and Leisure.” The reinforcement of regional cooperation and the development of a nightclubs in force more “livable” city, namely by improving popula- tion’s living conditions, are among other priorities. Meanwhile, the chief executive pledged to further smoking ban in bars, nigh- non-resident workers, the au- other venues where smoking is develop the city’s education sector, improve the pu- A tclubs, saunas and massage thorities stated. now prohibited, should request blic administration’s efficiency and optimize Ma- parlors came into force as the The Tobacco Control Office clients smoking to put out their cau’s public service quality. New Year began. By 6am on has revealed that if it finds mul- cigarettes. If they do not comply, Chui Sai On said the government will continue to January 1, a total of 27 people tiple violations within the same managers should contact autho- hear the population’s opinions and accept society’s were caught breaching the law, venue, the place will be added to rities. Meanwhile, venues should suggestions. authorities revealed. a watch list and subject to close also post ‘no smoking’ signs to An editorial published in the overseas edition of A joint operation by the To- monitoring. remind clients that smoking is the People’s Daily last week highlighted Macau’s bacco Control Office, Health The new tobacco ban is aimed now prohibited. virtues in what is seen as a “warning” to Hong Bureau and the Public Security at bars, nightclubs, saunas and There are currently 50 tobacco Kong, the Wall Street Journal reported. Police Force found 27 people massage parlors where smoking control inspectors, TDM News “The road is hard for Hong Kong as it is wearing smoking in prohibited areas is now banned. Offenders are reported. The office said that the right shoe on its left foot,” said the headline. following inspections of 25 ve- required to pay a MOP400 fine. 40 new inspectors will join the The editorial portrayed Macau as having a “har- nues. 18 were Macau residents, The Health Bureau recalled that team in the beginning of this monious” and “stable” society, highlighting its six were tourists and three were managers of bars, nightclubs and year. CP “stunning” economic growth rate in recent years. CP

Letter to the Editor ‘This is now a major issue in Macau’

Dear Editor, ten accused of self-interest and lethargy, Hopefully in 2015 the Macau Police but MTDS has shown that the people of and Macau Government (through the Much was my surprise when I saw my Macau do care about their city and how new Secretary for Transport and Public daily copy of Macau Daily Times on the it is perceived, and that they can rally Works, Mr Raimundo do Rosario and last day of 2014. “Person of the Year” - around a worthy cause. DSAT) genuinely support us in this cau- me?? Wow, that was totally unexpected… This is now a major issue in Macau. It se, which is really a cause for all of Ma- I’m not often lost for words, but kind of won’t be easy to fix, but I think in the last cau, whether you use taxis or not. The am now. That’s really nice to be acknow- six months the Macau Taxi Driver Sha- taxi industry touches all who visit Ma- ledged, it’s kind of incredible. But this me Facebook group and the Macau Taxi cau, millions and millions of people, and accolade really belongs to each and every Passengers Association (www.853taxi. it reflects on our great city of Macau. Do one of the over 4,600 members of Ma- org) has achieved a lot and through 2015 we want to be seen as a nation of scam- cau Taxi Driver Shame. Well done to the we will keep pushing more initiatives to mers, cheaters and liars? Or do we want people of Macau for having rallied arou- hopefully get it resolved. It took us years to be seen as a happy, welcoming place. nd this cause originally sparked off by picked up by many more and ever since to get into this mess, and it may take That is the real issue here. Mr Sloane Jorba’s totally justified anti- has burned brightly in the Macau media many more months, even a year or two fishing taxi rant on 30 June. After Sloa- and as a talking point across all sections more to get out of it, but the sooner we Respectfully, ne sparked the match, the taxi issue was of Macau society. Macau citizens are of- start the sooner it gets done. Andrew W Scott

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Gaming Beijing’s call to develop Melco Crown to delist Hengqin is now an ‘order’ ambling revenue in Macau dropped by 2.6 percent to GMOP351.5 billion, according to data released by the gover- from Hong Kong bourse nment on Friday. Beijing has made it clear: Macau needs to di- versify its economy beyond gambling. Hengqin Island is seen as the “linchpin of the diversification plan” but the central gover- nment has been frustrated at the development pace there, an on low trade volume executive involved in discussions about Hengqin told the Wall Street Journal. A Macau government adviser said that now Beijing is no lon- Jill Mao ger just suggesting changes their call to develop non-gambling ventures in Henqgin has become “an order.”

elco Crown Entertain- bloomberg Several gaming operators have said they plan to expand their Mment Ltd., the Macau non-gaming offerings, which could also help them win casino casino operator controlled by table allotments. Chief executive of SJM Holdings Ltd., Ambro- Lawrence Ho and Australian se So, told WSJ that casino companies can participate in the billionaire James Packer, said it diversification of Macau’s economy by offering more non-ga- will delist from the Hong Kong ming activities on their premises. “Integrated resorts offer a di- stock exchange because of low verse mix of activities for patrons – including lodging, dining, trading volume. shopping, entertainment, meeting and convention facilities,” The company, which also tra- he said, acknowledging that “this requires training local em- des on the Nasdaq Stock Market, ployees with a diverse set of skills.” hasn’t found opportunities to compared with $98 million daily Jinping to rein in lavish spending China’s crackdown on corruption and strict control over raise additional funds in Hong in the U.S. during the same pe- by officials, which has discoura- UnionPay cards used by some high-profile gamblers to avoid Kong since listing there in 2011, riod, data compiled by Bloomberg ged gambling. Chinese money transfer restrictions are said to have driven the it said in a statement on Friday. show. Melco said the move is sub- Xi’s push to stamp out corrup- city’s gaming revenue into decline. However, political commen- The casino operator plunged 35 ject to shareholder approval. tion has deterred high rollers, tator and professor Eric Sautede said that many actually welco- percent in the city last year, while The planned delisting comes who account for two-thirds of me the fresh direction that comes with Beijing policies. the benchmark Hang Seng Index after Macau’s casinos reported Macau casino receipts, and wi- “I don’t think people see the central government as a threat. rose 1.3 percent. their first annual decline in reve- ped out about $73 billion in They see it much more as the last resort for things to change,” An average USD342,000 of nue after a decade of expansion. market value of companies in- he said. Melco shares changed hands dai- The casinos’ sales in the former cluding Wynn Macau Ltd. and Those familiar with the industry are unsure of when the eco- ly on the Hong Kong exchange Portuguese enclave fell amid a SJM Holdings Ltd. last year. nomy will improve. But they believe Asia’s casino hub, “will since the company’s debut there, campaign by China President Xi Bloomberg eventually right itself.”

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A decade of gambling expansion ends

acau’s casinos recor- Mded their worst year, ending a decade of expansion bloomberg that turned the former Portu- guese enclave into the world’s biggest gambling hub. More tough times are ahead. Casino revenue in the city fell 2.6 percent to 351.5 billion patacas (USD44 billion) in 2014, after a record 30.4 per- cent monthly drop in Decem- ber, according to figures from Macau’s Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau. Chinese President Xi Jinping’s bid to catch “tigers and flies” in an anti-corrup- tion drive and weaker econo- mic growth means Macau may face shrinking revenue until at least mid-2015, when new resorts open. The crackdown has deterred high rollers who account for two-thirds of Ma- cau’s casino receipts, and wi- ped out about $73 billion in market value of companies in- cluding Wynn Macau Ltd. and SJM Holdings Ltd. last year. “The VIP heyday is over,” said Philip Tulk, an analyst at Standard Chartered Plc in Hong Kong. “The anti-corrup- tion crackdown doesn’t look to be a short-term phenome- non,” with funds flows be- tween the mainland and Ma- cau being much more closely scrutinized, he said. after the government ended cau’s gaming regulator, told Wells Fargo and Union Ga- pdowns are expected with the Xi has urged the city to di- local gambling mogul Stanley China’s state-run Xinhua ming Group both estimate a help of banks. versify its economy and trans- Ho’s 40-year monopoly. News Agency last month. He 20 percent year-on-year de- The gambling regulator is form into a global tourism and It will be difficult for the local predicted the revenue slump cline in the first quarter, whi- also tightening scrutiny of leisure center. Macau’s casino casinos to see a “breakthrough will continue until the middle le CLSA forecast a 29 percent agents used by junket opera- takings are seven times that of improvement” in 2015 revenue of 2015. drop. tors, which arrange trips and the Las Vegas Strip and con- as the industry experiences “2010 and 2011 had excep- At the inauguration of Ma- provide credit for high-stakes tributed more than 80 percent continued adjustments, accor- tionally high growth rates; cau’s newly re-elected Chief gamblers known as VIPs. of the government’s annual ding to a Dec. 31 memo from Macau will never see those Executive Chui Sai On in De- Casino companies including revenue last year. Ho’s SJM Holdings Ltd. obtai- growth rates again,” said Aa- cember, Chinese President Xi Sands China and Galaxy are Casino revenue fell to 23.3 ned by Bloomberg News. SJM ron Fischer, a Hong Kong-ba- called for the city’s leader to shifting resources from high billion patacas in December would raise salaries by 5 per- sed analyst at CLSA Ltd., via step up regulation and super- rollers to lure more vacatio- for a seventh straight month cent, amid increasing protests telephone. The city’s gaming vision of gambling. Chui said ning Chinese and other mass of decline and the biggest drop by casino workers for better revenue jumped 58 percent his administration will con- -market gamblers by building since Macau began recording pay, according to the memo. and 42 percent respectively duct a review in spring this malls, theaters, restaurants monthly figures in 2005. Ma- Slower and steadier grow- those two years, Macau gover- year and encourage more non- and hotels. cau had posted its smallest th should be expected as the nment data shows. gambling elements to balance New project openings star- annual casino revenue gain of market matures, Leong Man Headwinds will persist into the industry. ting in mid-2015 with Galaxy’s 9.7 percent in 2009, after it Ion, deputy director of Ma- the third quarter of this year Macau’s government has second-phase expansion of its began yearly records in 2002. at least, Wells Fargo & Co. been curbing money flows resort on the Cotai Strip may As the only Chinese city whe- analysts led by Cameron McK- to the territory over concern help underscore a market re- re casino gambling is legal, night wrote in a note last mon- that illegal funds are being vival, by targeting tourists Macau has seen the indus- th. “With revenue trends still taken out of the mainland. It who’re seeking a broader ho- try’s revenue expand 8.5 times The VIP heyday decelerating sequentially, it is is restricting the use of China liday experience in addition to since the 2004 opening of its now unlikely that the overall UnionPay Co.’s debit cards gambling, according to CLSA’s first foreign casino owned by is over Macau market will grow in and its hand-held card swi- Fischer. billionaire Sheldon Adelson, Philip Tulk 2015,” McKnight wrote. pers at casinos. Further clam- “We will see stabilization in revenue in the second half of year, because the base beco- mes easier and also you’ve got SJM holds on to annual and monthly leadership new projects that will drive volume growth,” he said. ociedade de Jogos de Macau Sands, owned by US magnate Sheldon Melco Crown, where one of the sha- Tulk from Standard Charte- S(SJM), which was formed by Stanley Adelson, with a share of over 22.5 pct, reholders is Lawrence Ho, son of Stan- red is less optimistic. What led Ho, ended 2014 at the top of the leader- but still half a percentage point behind ley Ho, maintaining the trend over the to Macau’s slowing revenue board of gaming operators with a share SJM. year with a share of a fraction over 13 growth last year wasn’t casino of just over 23 pct, according to data Although it has been very strong in the pct, followed by Wynn Resorts, owned supply and demand, but decli- compiled by Lusa from the operators. last months and fighting for second po- by magnate Steve Wynn, almost three ning bets by high rollers, Tulk The data shows that SJM held on to sition, Galaxy Resorts, with Hong Kong points behind. said. “Unless the top end re- the number one position and also has interests led by Lui Che-woo, ended last Trailing behind Wynn Resorts came covers, the new capacity isn’t the most gaming spaces - 20 out of 35 year with a share of around 21 pct, but MGM China with a market share slightly going to drive gross gaming casinos. still trails well behind its competitors. over 9.5 pct. MGM China is led by Pansy revenue significantly positi- In second place came Las Vegas In the second half of the tables came Ho, daughter of Stanley Ho. MDT/Lusa vely.” MDT/Bloomberg mon 05.01.2015

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ocal authorities Hong Kong Democratic Par- barred the Hong Kong ty would not be able to enter lawmaker Emily Lau Macau in the future. Wai-hing from ente- HK lawmaker barred In a reply to media enqui- Lring Macau on Saturday, in ries, the Public Security Poli- coherence with security rea- ce said that while Emily Lau’s sons they claimed. She later from entering Macau identity matched that in the expressed her “anger and sor- authorities’ database, further row” to the media, questio- investigations suggested that ning the MSAR government’s she did not meet the criteria decision and describing it as to enter MSAR. The authori- indicative of a “One Country, ties thus issued her a “refusal One System” model. notice” in accordance with Emily Lau is a member of the procedure. PSP claimed the Hong Kong Legislative that the decision is based on Council and the chairwo- the professional judgment of man of the neighboring the police. SAR’s Democratic Party. She It is seen as an increasin- was planning to visit Macau gly common practice for the with three friends on Satur- Macau authorities to bar in- day and to stay the night. dividuals like politicians, ac- However, after arriving at tivists, scholars and journa- the Macau Outer Harbour lists from entering the SAR Ferry Terminal, Lau was im- during periods that are dee- mediately brought to a room med sensitive. For example, by immigration officials. The several Hong Kong journalis- Public Security Police (PSP) ts and activists were refused officials told her that accor- entry during the visit of Chi- ding to the Internal Security nese President Xi Jingping Law, she is seen as a threat last month. It also made hea- to the internal security and dlines when a one-year-old stability of Macau, and hen- child from Hong Kong was ce refused her entry. Her not allowed to enter Macau three friends, on the other Emily Lau because he was seen as “a hand, were allowed to cross threat to Macau’s internal the border to continue their also to the Macau people, is the first time she was re- pressed. stability.” journey. that they are really moving fused entry, even though she Lau reiterated that she did The Times sent an enquiry Lau later spoke to TDM, towards ’One Country, One only travelled here for tou- not carry any “sensitive objec- to the police regarding the criticizing the Macau au- System’,” she said. “It’s a rism. “We are only tourists. ts” such as a yellow ribbon – specific motives why the HK thorities’ decision. “I think sign that the Macau authori- What [could] we have done? the symbol of the Hong Kong lawmaker was considered a Macau is sending a signal to ty [is] being ordered by Bei- I had made absolutely no Occupy Movement – with threat to security. We also the Hong Kong people, and jing [and] is just tightening appointment [to meet] poli- her during the Saturday trip. asked PSP about who decides restrictions.” ticians and activists in Ma- She said that Macau is star- on the so called “blacklist” of Moreover, she revealed to cau [during the trip]. I only ting to adopt the practices of persons barred from entering other media that she was went to Macau with three of the mainland authorities and Macau for security reasons, I think Macau barred from entering Ma- my friends to have some fun she felt “sorrow” for it. Emily and how someone included cau several times in the past and to enjoy the food but the Lau also vowed never to set on that list can appeal or de- is sending a when planning to carry out thing still ended up this way. foot in Macau again and sus- fend himself. The police had signal to the protests here. However, this I feel really angry,” she ex- pected that members of the not replied by press time. JPL

Hong Kong ted,” he said. No entry for Taiwanese dentist The Macau authorities later informed people, and Shih that he would not be able to enter also to the part from Emily Lau, a dentist Shih said that he had expected Macau’s Macau and was asked to sign a “Refu- Afrom Taiwan was also refused en- rejection after he failed to register for sal Notice,” which stated that he was Macau people, try by the Macau authorities last Fri- a visa to Hong Kong on Thursday. Ar- barred from entry because he “[poses] day. According to Taipei Times, Shih riving at the Macau International Air- a threat to… security and stability.” that they are Shu-hua participated in Taiwan’s Sun- port with his wife, Shih was taken to A spokesperson from Taiwan’s Main- really moving flower Movement as a medical volun- a room and was asked to wait and fill land Affairs Council confirmed that teer and made a speech in October out forms. Shih did call TECO in Macau for as- towards ‘One during his visit to Hong Kong in su- He called the Taipei Economic and sistance. She said that the Taiwanese pport of the Occupy Movement there. Cultural Office (TECO) in Macau for authorities “would have TECO in Ma- Country, One The Macau immigration authorities assistance and the latter confirmed cau express our concerns to the gover- again cited Macau’s internal security the existence of a blacklist. “[TECO] nment and call for its respect of our System’ as the reason for rejecting Shih’s entry. said I might run into trouble if my people’s rights of entry (...) for tourism Emily Lau Sharing his experience on Facebook, name is identical to one of those lis- and business.”

Malaysian minister reportedly vouched for Paul Phua

alaysian relating to the country’s on World Cup football that Phua “is neither a as such we are eager for ponding to requests by MHome Minis- national security. games. member nor is he as- him to return to Malay- Phua’s lawyers in the ter Datuk Seri Ahmad Mr Phua, a Malaysian According to the Sou- sociated with the 14K sia,” the minister wro- US. “Zahid is in the Zahid Hamidi has writ- national and a former th China Morning Post, Triad in Malaysia.” te. However, he did not best position to inquire ten a letter to the depu- junket operator in Ma- the letter, dated De- “Mr Phua has, on nu- elaborate on how Phua with the Royal Malay- ty director of the Fede- cau, was arrested in Las cember 18, was sub- merous occasions, as- has assisted Malaysia sian Police to ascertain ral Bureau of Investiga- Vegas in July on char- mitted by Phua’s de- sisted the Government in terms of its national if Phua is a member and tion of the United Sta- ges related to illegal fense team to the US of Malaysia on projects security. associated with Hong tes, claiming that Paul bookmaking. He had District Court in Las affecting our national A counsel of Paul Phua Kong’s 14K triad here in Phua was not a triad been arrested in Macau Vegas last week. Minis- security and accordin- claimed to the media Malaysia,” he claimed. member and has assis- on June 18 and posted ter Zahid wrote in the gly we continue to call on Saturday that Zahid Paul Phua is scheduled ted the Malaysian go- bail on similar allega- letter, marked “priva- upon him to assist us was not vouching for to face the court again vernment on occasions tions of illegal wagering te and confidential”, from time to time and Phua and was only res- on February 9. 05.01.2015 mon

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Compensation Public consultation on bill needed but not priority, Sonia land reclamation zones Chan says to be launched in Q1 ast May, a bill granting outgoing top officials la- Lvish compensation and pension schemes sparked some of Macau’s biggest protests in recent years. public consultation on land operational matters. The newly appointed Secretary for Administration Areclamation zones A and B The new DSSOPT director said and Justice Sonia Chan said that the legislation is will be launched during this year’s on Friday that the bureau deals needed in Macau’s legal system, but stressed it is not first quarter, the newly sworn-in with a comprehensive portfolio a priority for her cabinet at the moment. head of the Land, Public Works involving different tasks, such as On the sidelines of the swearing-in ceremony of and Transport Bureau (DSSOPT) urban planning, land manage- the new director of the Legal Affairs Bureau and the said, quoted by Radio Macau. ment, infrastructure, construction Identification Services Bureau last week, Ms Chan Li Canfeng was sworn in on Fri- or project supervision. “Each task said this is not the right time to table the bill again, day, returning to public service is closely related to people’s lives. adding there isn’t a specific calendar to submit this six years after he resigned. Mr Each task is related with the deve- piece of legislation in a near future either. Canfeng served as deputy direc- lopment of Macau. We will listen Ms Chan acknowledged that the government needs tor of DSSOPT between 1998 and to social opinions and strengthen to have a compensation regime for outgoing officials 2008. During former Secretary communication and exchanges and for the Chief Executive. However, when the go- for Transport and Public Works Li Canfeng was sworn in on Friday with citizens to make our admi- vernment resumes legislative work on this bill a pu- Ao Man Long’s trial in 2007, he nistration and information open blic consultation will be launched, the Government stated that he could not remem- chose him to head the bureau. and transparent,” he said, quoted Information Bureau revealed in a statement. ber details related to the case. One Chief Executive Chui Sai On and by TDM News. The compensation bill was withdrawn from the year later, Mr Canfeng resigned. the new Secretary for Transport Mr Canfeng acknowledged that Legislative Assembly last year following two major Ao Man Long was sentenced by and Public Works Raimundo do one of DSSOPT’s priorities is to protests. the Court of Final Appeal to 28 Rosario have both stressed that launch public consultation in the Ms Chan said that her cabinet is currently drafting and a half years in prison for cor- Mr Canfeng’s professional history first quarter of this year to assess the 2015 Policy Address related to the recruitment ruption, money laundering and and educational background are and revise plans for land reclama- of public servants. She revealed that they will be su- unexplained wealth. suitable for the position. In addi- tion zones A and B, due to the LRT ggesting limitations on the overall number of public Mr Canfeng’s appointment rai- tion to having served as DSSOPT’s route. Recovering unused lands servants, thus simplifying the efficiency of Macau’s sed controversy not only because deputy director, the bureau recal- and fighting illegal construction administration. of Ao Man Long’s case, but also led that Mr Canfeng holds a doc- were highlighted as other priori- The Secretary and her team are also currently because it remains unclear who toral degree and is familiar with ties too. following up on the portfolio’s current matters.

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Portuguese Samsung takes Google group EDP sells 50 pct of software challenge to EDP Asia to TVs after phone flop ACE Asia ortuguese power group Jungah Lee supremacy after posting the PEDP – Energias de Portugal smallest quarterly earnings in has sold 50 percent of its stake amsung Electroni- more than two years. Opera- in EDP Asia – Investimento e cs Co.’s challenger to bloomberg ting profit at the mobile-pho- Consultoria, Ltda. to ACE Asia, a Google Inc. software is ne unit, the company’s big- subsidiary of CWEI Hong Kong moving from phones gest cash generator, slumped Company Limited, a 100 percent- Sto big-screen TVs as the South 74 percent in the September owned subsidiary of China Three Korean company tries to capi- quarter and sales fell about 33 Gorges, the group said. talize on the burgeoning inte- percent. In a statement filed with the Por- rest in smart homes. That’s prompting the com- tuguese Securities Market Com- The world’s biggest maker pany to look for new sources mission (CMVM), the group also of TVs will unveil the first sets grab share of a market that Claire Kim, a Seoul-based of revenue. Tizen emerged said that the parties valued the 50 powered by Tizen software may be worth USD7.1 trillion analyst at Daishin Securities after Samsung joined Intel percent stake in EDP Asia at 94 at the Consumer Electroni- by 2020. Samsung wants to Co. “But in TVs, Samsung Corp. and NTT Docomo Inc., million euros. cs Show this week, and all generate revenue from Tizen may have a chance.” among others, to develop an The deal was agreed as part of the the Web-connected models applications and services just Samsung’s rise to No. 1 in alternative to Android and strategic partnership with China it sells this year will run the as Apple Inc. and Google do global phone sales depended build its software capabilities. Three Gorges, in December 2011 and operating system. The com- from their operating systems, on Google’s Android. Nearly Helped by Samsung, LG came into force in May 2012. It is pany also may demonstrate at and the Suwon-based com- all of the 243 million smar- Electronics Inc. and dozens considered to be part of CTG’s total CES how the TVs communi- pany is emphasizing TVs and tphones Samsung shipped of other producers, Android 2 billion-euro investment in EDP. cate with its washing machi- consumer electronics after through Sept. 30 ran the sof- runs about 84 percent of EDP ​​Asia holds a 21.2 percent nes, refrigerators and vacuum falling a year behind schedule tware, which Google typically smartphones. That splinters stake in Macau electricity com- cleaners. on a Tizen-based phone. gives away in return for mo- the pool of profits, with many pany CEM, which has been the The controlling Lee family “In smartphones, there’s no bile advertising revenue and a vendors losing money in a exclusive power transmission, dis- is trying to reinvent Sam- chance that Samsung’s Tizen share of app sales. crowded market, market re- tribution and supply company in sung as a purveyor of Inter- can edge out the two domi- Samsung faces the stron- searcher Strategy Analytics the Macau Special Administrative net-connected appliances to nant operating systems,” said gest challenge to its phone said in October. Bloomberg Region since 1985. MDT/Macauhub

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Huge New Year’s Eve celebrations at Sands Resorts Cotai Strip

The New Year’s Eve celebrations at Sands Resorts Cotai Strip Macao welcomed thousands of visitors enthralled by the wealth of entertainment options that catered for every kind of reveler, from those who wanted to brave the elements to those who preferred to watch a live feed of the countdown with a glass of champagne in the Ve- netian’s ballroom. According to a press release issued by Sands China, “a huge crowd turned up at The Venetian Macao to enjoy the festivi- ties and party atmosphere, saying goodbye to 2014 and rin- ging in 2015.” The free outdoor “Winter in Venice New Year’s Eve Countdown” event was well attended, with people en- joying live music, dancers and an acrobatic performance by Kinetix. Guests also interacted with street performers, actors and musicians who roamed about delighting children and adults alike. The highlight for the assembled crowd in the Venetian’s ou- tdoor area was the “3-D Light and Sound New Year’s Eve Countdown Spectacular” which transformed the façade of The Venetian Macao into a countdown clock for the final five minutes of 2014, allowing everyone to usher in 2015 with a midnight pyrotechnics display, after which the festivities con- tinued. Indoors, many revelers welcomed the new year at “The Ve- netian Macao’s New Year’s Eve Gala Light Up 2015.” Dressed to the nines, around 1,000 people celebrated with a four-cou- rse feast in The Venetian Ballroom. Hit makers and Grammy winners KC and the Sunshine Band thrilled the audience with renditions of their hits “Get Down Tonight,” “That’s The Way (I Like It)” and “I’m Your Boogie Man,” and conducted a coun- tdown to the New Year with the guests. Also entertaining the assembled guests was the “Voice of China” Season 3 champion Zhang Bichen as well as Mo Hai- jing, a contestant from the same season and singer of the show’s theme song; with the 2013 Cotai Jazz & Blues festival finalists Andy Frasco and the UN also appearing. “Our Dreams 2015 The Voice of China New Year’s Eve Live Concert in Macao” was also held at the Cotai Arena. The pop fans danced 2014 away as contestants from hit reality TV shows “The Voice of China” and “Sing My Song” took part in a friendly singing competition judged by celebrity singers Yang Kung and Zheng Jun. The two also served as mentors to the 18 singers from “The Voice of China” Season 3 compe- ting with the four singers from “Sing My Song” and brought the best voices of China to Macau. The show was broadcast as part of Dragon TV’s New Year’s Eve program. At midnight all the singers crowded on stage to celebrate the New Year with everyone in the arena. mon 05.01.2015

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Macau and Taipa welcome 2015

People join the New Year’s Eve Countdown Party in Taipa to welcome 2015

One of the biggest countdown parties in town was the Macau Countdown Concert 2014 at the Sai Van Lake Plaza in front of Macau Tower. Organized by the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM), the event featured performances by Hong Kong-ba- sed singers Andy Hui and Fiona Sit, as well as several local singers. Following the countdown, a fireworks show was held at the Macau Tower area. Many people gathered around Sai Van and Nam Van lakes to welcome the New Year. IACM also organized its famous Taipa Countdown Show at the Taipa Houses-Museum, with booths set up by expatriate communities. Se- veral Hong Kong and Macau singing and dancing performances were also held. New Year’s Eve Countdown Concert held in the Sai Van Lake Square 05.01.2015 mon

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Didi Tang, Shanghai Shanghai stampede minded them that the annual light show on the riverfront had been n New Year’s Eve of canceled. Ten minutes later, sur- 2013, Shanghai autho- veillance video showed a massive rities sent about 6,000 Witnesses: Sequence of jam of people on the steps at the city police officers and end of a public square featuring a Orequested help from military po- statue of the city’s first Communist lice to manage a 300,000-strong mayor, Chen Yi. Those steps lead crowd that filled the city’s famed errors led to accident to the best vantage point to view riverfront for the annual midnight the Huangpu River and the skys- light show. According to state me- crapers across the water. dia, police choked off access to an Authorities responded by dispat- elevated viewing platform reacha- The lack ching 500 more police, but at arou- ble through staircases and closed ap photo of police nd 11:35 p.m., people fell row by the nearest subway station to rein row on the steps under the crush in the crowd. deployment of the crowd, which was trying to On Wednesday night, just as move both up and down the steps, many revelers showed up to ring on Wednesday survivors and eyewitnesses said. in 2015, but the venue was guar- “It was unstoppable. The force ded by only 700 police officers shows an from above fell on us,” recalled with no traffic control, state media oversight by Zhao Weiwei, a survivor whose reported. People were free to walk girlfriend, Pan Haiqin, died in the up and down the staircases, and Shanghai’s stampede. “There might have been the closest subway station was left two to three security people. That open. government, was virtually none.” The city had already canceled the Yu Ping, another survivor, said: light show on the Bund, as the ri- Residents lay flowers for victims of a deadly stampede in Shanghai said Zhao Chu “There was no security. Not at all.” verfront area is known, and appa- Family members, survivors and rently downgraded police deploy- hundreds of thousands, did you naging such a huge crowd requires required admission tickets. witnesses also complained of a ment and crowd control measures. have backup measures to ensu- splitting the mass into smaller, Local media in Shanghai repor- lack of emergency response in When the authorities became alar- re safety? What were you doing less chaotic groups, and making ted on the plans for the scaled- the wake of the disaster. Police med by the huge crowd, they cal- during the time the crowds were sure crowds move in one direction down light show several days befo- vehicles and private cars were led in another 500 police officers growing?” through the space. Neither strate- re the event, but did not give many used to transport the victims, — but by then it was too late. “The government has been se- gy was followed in Shanghai, Liu details, according to the financial with little medical emergency Three dozen people ended up riously derelict of its duties,” he said. news magazine Caixin. Meanwhi- service available, and the victims trampled or asphyxiated to dea- said sternly. The next day, authorities floo- le, the media continued to hype a arrived in emergency rooms only th in a stampede at the bottom of A landmark and top attraction ded the Bund and an adjacent light show, the magazine said. The to see few medical professionals, a 17-step, 5-meter-wide concrete of this financial hub, the Bund commercial road with thousands new venue also has a similar name they said. staircase, shocking a city proud has been a high priority for local of police and military personnel to the Bund, which may have ad- In one case, family members of of its professional urban manage- authorities, but the lack of police to control traffic. “The stampede ded to the public confusion. a 25-year-old woman said that ment and a country eager to show deployment on Wednesday shows would not have occurred if they Authorities say investigations she had a stable pulse, opened her off its most cosmopolitan city. an oversight by Shanghai’s gover- had been here last night,” a street into the tragedy are ongoing, but eyes twice and appeared conscious While investigations continue nment, said Zhao Chu, a local re- vendor said, gesturing toward the patrol officers have confirmed when she was put into a vehicle into the New Year’s Eve tragedy, sident and an independent com- uniformed police. that the city downgraded police and taken to a hospital, but that eyewitness accounts and state me- mentator. For three New Year’s Eves in a deployment on the Bund on Wed- there was no doctor on hand to dia reports point to a sequence of “It’s been a tradition to see the row, Shanghai hosted the spec- nesday night. treat her when she arrived. miscalculations by city officials lights on the Bund on New Year’s tacular midnight show on the “Because there was no scheduled “As one of the first to arrive at a that helped create the out-of- Eve. Shanghai people know it, and Bund, but authorities canceled it event, there was no traffic control,” hospital, she should have had the control conditions leading to the the whole country knows it,” Zhao this year because of worries about patrol officer Wang Qiang told sta- best chances of survival, but the stampede. said. “The government should overcrowding. China’s major cities te media, adding that tourists kept delay cost her life,” said a state- “You canceled the light show, have foreseen the crowds on that were already on edge after a series asking him if there would be a light ment by her family, which reques- but did you properly notify the night. Such incidents could have of knife, bombing and vehicular show. ted anonymity because of fears of public?” asked a father who lost been avoided.” attacks blamed on terrorists left Starting at around 8 p.m. Wed- possible government reprisals. his daughter in the stampede but Liu Tiemin, a researcher at the hundreds of people dead. nesday, revelers began showing up “We are extremely angry,” the declined to give his name for fear China Academy of Safety Science Instead, authorities opted for a on the lightly patrolled riverfront. woman’s uncle told The Associa- of offending the authorities. “Once and Technology, told China’s offi- smaller light show to be held at a At around 11:20 p.m., as huge ted Press. “Her life should not have people started to show up in the cial Xinhua News Agency that ma- nearby 2,000-person venue that crowds gathered, authorities re- been ended like this.” AP

Shanghai stampede Hundreds of thousands relatives about failure to ves of the injured and dead of revellers, many of them prevent the stampede, slow or interview those atten- tourists from outside Shan- response by emergency ser- ding memorial meetings” China targets critics ghai, thronged to the wa- vices, or preventing access and told to delete all copies terfront, perhaps unaware to victims in hospital. of a story from last week’s that some of the events that At the scene of the stam- Beijing News entitled: “10 Patti Waldmeir traditionally take place the- pede yesterday, police questions about the stam- FT, Shanghai re on New Year’s Eve had allowed groups of two or pede at the Bund”. ap photo been cancelled. At least 36 three people to lay flowers Local news websites are he Shanghai gover- died and 49 were injured, at the foot of a statue of not allowed to use the Tnment took measures 13 seriously. Shanghai’s first Commu- stampede as their top item at the weekend to prevent Shanghai prides itself on nist party mayor, Chen online, and “all information public criticism of its role in being China’s best mana- Yi, who gave his name to about attacking the party the New Year’s Eve stam- ged and most advanced the square near where the and government and atta- pede that left 36 people city. News of the tragedy stampede happened. cking the social system of dead, including banning has come as a shock to go- Large crowds surveyed our country should be de- interviews with relatives of vernment officials trying to the impromptu memorial leted”, a directive to local victims and allowing only Residents gather near the spot of a deadly stampede where flowers create an image of the city to the dead, gazing away media said. photos cleared by censors are placed to commemorate the victims as a world class financial from the waterfront view China has long been criti- into city papers. centre in the making. that normally enthrals cised for censoring repor- The cause of the stampede ticism of local police for The stampede happened Censors have carefully Shanghai sightseers. Police ting of tragedies to cast the on the city’s historic water- failing to staff the event at 11.35pm at a popular si- managed the scale of co- blocked entrance to a Com- government’s role in the front known as the “Bund” adequately, has been shut ghtseeing spot on the Bund, verage in local media, with munist party compound best possible light and limit - which claimed the lives of down with critical posts one of the best vantage most allowed to report fac- elsewhere in the city, where critical public discussion. mostly young people, inclu- deleted. According to the points to watch a light show tually on what occurred. relatives were taken to ne- Government officials say ding a 12 year old boy - re- South China Morning Post, at the Pearl Tower, icon of However, they cannot spe- gotiate compensation with controls are needed to pre- mains unclear. dozens of those who posted the Shanghai skyline, on culate on the reasons for the the government. vent rumours and maintain But online discussion of online criticisms have been the opposite bank of the stampede or publish stories Local media were ordered social order. Financial Times/ the event, including cri- interrogated by police. Huangpu River. airing complaints from not to “interview any relati- MDT Exclusive mon 05.01.2015

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Indonesia Singapore-bound plane to crash zero visibility, said Henry Bam- into the Java Sea 42 minutes after bang Soelistyo, chief of Indone- taking off on what was supposed sia’s National Search and Rescue to be a two-hour flight. Minutes Agency. They were forced to turn Prayers held as divers before losing contact, the pilot back because conditions were so told air traffic control that he was bad. approaching threatening clouds, “At this moment, it’s impossible but was denied permission to to send any divers,” he said. “We’ll thwarted from AirAsia site climb to a higher altitude because wait until the weather gets better.” of heavy air traffic. Twenty planes and helicopters Despite an intensive interna- were deployed Sunday together Eileen Ng, Surabaya tional search-and-recovery ope- with 27 ships from Indonesia, ration, only 31 bodies have been Japan, Malaysia, Singapore and round 100 family mem- ap photo found so far, in large part because the United States. All were des- Abers of AirAsia Flight 8501 of bad weather. But after detec- perately searching for any sign of crash victims sought strength ting what appears to be a massive the all-important black boxes and yesterday, one week after the di- part of the fuselage on Saturday, pieces of the Airbus A320. saster, while bad weather again officials said it was possible that The investigation got a huge prevented searchers from rea- many passengers and crew will be boost this weekend when sonar ching a large object on the ocean found inside the wreckage. equipment identified five large floor that is believed to be the fu- Divers waited for breaks in the objects on the seabed in the sear- selage. weather yesterday to reach the ch area, but no images have been Emotionally exhausted relati- Members of Mawar Sharon church attend a prayer service for the relatives of lost site, but rolling seas stirred up captured confirming they are part ves sang and cried at a tiny cha- loved ones aboard the AirAsia Flight 8501 silt and mud, leaving them with of the AirAsia plane. pel in Surabaya, the city where The biggest piece of debris, mea- the plane departed from last suring 18 meters (59 feet) long Sunday with 162 crew members and 5.4 meters (18 feet) wide, and passengers. The Rev. Philip US warns about threat against banks, appeared to be part of the fuse- Mantofa, who heads the con- lage, Soelistyo said. Four other gregation at the city’s Mawar hotels in Surabaya chunks were found in the same Sharon Church — where more he U.S. Embassy in Jakarta has issued a war- threat against banks and hotels in Surabaya, but area, including one detected on than a quarter of the crash vic- Tning to Americans about a potential threat promised that security would be increased. Sunday. tims were members — urged against U.S. associated banks and hotels in Indone- The U.S. views Indonesia, the country with the Suspected plane parts also were those gathered to find comfort sia’s second-largest city, Surabaya. highest population of Muslims, as a voice of mo- seen scattered on beaches during in their faith while embracing An embassy spokesperson said yesterday the- deration and important partner in countering an aerial survey. the reality that no one survived re was nothing linking the warning with AirAsia Islamist militancy. Washington wants Jakarta Indonesian authorities have an- the disaster. Flight 8501.The plane crashed into the Java Sea a to stop any flow of fighters from Indonesia to the nounced the grounding of AirAsia “If God has called your child, week ago after taking off from Surabaya, killing all Middle East and tighten controls on terrorist fi- flights from Surabaya to Singapo- allow me to say this: Your child 162 passengers and crew on board. The U.S. Navy nancing. re, with the Transport Ministry is not to be pitied,” Mantofa told is taking part in an international effort to recover Indonesia has seen a spate of deadly attacks by saying the airline did not have a one Indonesian man seated in the bodies and locate the wreckage. Muslim militants, including the 2002 Bali bombin- permit to fly on Sundays. Howe- front row. “Your child is already The alert was issued to U.S. citizens on Saturday gs that killed 202 people, mostly foreign tourists. ver, Singapore’s Civil Aviation Au- in God’s arms. One day, your fa- without giving details. However, in recent years, smaller and less deadly thority said Saturday that from its mily will be reunited in heaven.” Indonesia’s national police spokesman Brig. Gen. strikes have been targeting mainly police and anti- end, the airline had been appro- It is not clear what caused the Agus Riyanto said he was unaware of any terrorism terrorism forces. ved to fly the route daily. AP

Vietnam Ship sinks off N. Korea blasts US for sanctions Vietnam, only 1 of over Sony attack

19 crew rescued orth Korea yesterday cri- The United States on Friday sanc- point the finger so conclusively. Nticized the United States for tioned 10 North Korean government The 10 North Koreans singled out for Norwegian cargo ship with 19 Filipino crew slapping sanctions on Pyongyang of- officials and three organizations, inclu- sanctions didn’t necessarily have any- Amembers sank off the coast of southern Vietnam ficials and organizations for a cybe- ding Pyongyang’s primary intelligence thing to do with the attack on Sony, with only one man known to have survived, officials rattack on Sony Pictures — the latest agency and state-run arms dealer, in senior U.S. officials said. Anyone who said yesterday. fallout from a Hollywood movie de- what the White House described as an works for or helps North Korea’s go- Two bodies have been recovered since the Bulk Ju- picting the fictional assassination of opening move in the response toward vernment is now fair game, especially piter sank Friday en route from Malaysia to China, North Korea’s leader. the Sony cyberattack. North Korea’s defense sector and and Vietnamese rescuers aided by commercial ships An unnamed spokesman for North The sanctions might have only a li- spying operations, they said. passing through the area continued to search for the Korea’s Foreign Ministry, in rhetoric mited effect, as North Korea already North Korea has expressed fury others, according to Vietnamese authorities and the that closely mirrors past statements, is under tough U.S. and internatio- over “The Interview,” an anti-Pyon- Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs. denied any role in the breach of tens of nal sanctions over its nuclear and gyang Sony comedy. It has denied The lone survivor was the chief cook on the ship, but thousands of confidential Sony emails missile programs. President Barack hacking Sony, but called the act a he is refusing to cooperate with rescuers, making the and business files and accused the Obama also warned Pyongyang that “righteous deed.” search more difficult, a Vietnamese rescue official told United States of “groundlessly” stir- the United States was considering Sony initially decided to call off the The Associated Press on condition of anonymity be- ring up hostility toward Pyongyang. whether to put North Korea back on film’s release after movie theaters cause he was not authorized to talk to media. The spokesman said the new sanc- its list of state sponsors of terrorism, decided not to show the film. After The man refused to say what happened with the tions would not weaken the country’s which could jeopardize aid to the Obama criticized that decision, Sony ship, the official said. It wasn’t clear why he wasn’t 1.2-million-strong military. country on a global scale. released the movie in limited theaters talking. The spokesman told the North’s of- American officials portrayed the and online. The ship owner, Bergen-based Gearbulk, said the ves- ficial media mouthpiece, the Korean sanctions as a swift, decisive respon- Questions remain about who was sel was 155 nautical miles (287 kilometers) off Vietnam Central News Agency, that the sanc- se to North Korean behavior that behind a nearly 10-hour recent shut- with a cargo of bauxite when it sent a distress signal that tions show America’s “inveterate re- they said had gone far over the line. down of North Korean websites. The was picked up by the Japanese coast guard. The Phili- pugnancy and hostility toward the Never before has the U.S. imposed United States never said whether it was ppine Foreign Affairs said the 190-meter (623-foot) DPRK,” referring to the North’s official sanctions on another nation in di- responsible, but North Korea’s power- long, 56,000-ton ship sank off the coast of Vung Tau, name, the Democratic People’s Repu- rect retaliation for a cyberattack on ful National Defense Commission bla- which is about 96 kilometers (59 miles) from the sou- blic of Korea. an American company. med the U.S. and hurled racial slurs at thern commercial hub of Ho Chi Minh City. “The policy persistently pursued by There have been doubts in the cyber Obama, calling him a reckless “monkey The rescue operation was hampered Saturday by the U.S. to stifle the DPRK, groundless- community, however, about the extent in a tropical forest.” hazy weather and high waves. ly stirring up bad blood toward it, wou- of North Korea’s involvement. Many ex- Such hateful comments are not new: Vessels from Liberia, Oman, Singapore and China ld only harden its will and resolution to perts have said it’s possible that hackers Pyongyang has similarly attacked other were helping in the search, the Philippine Foreign Af- defend the sovereignty of the country,” or even Sony insiders could be the cul- U.S. officials and called South Korea’s fairs said. AP the spokesman said. prits, and questioned how the FBI can female president a prostitute. AP 05.01.2015 mon

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Mike Balsamo, New York USA ayor Bill de Blasio drew salutes from some officers at the wake for a second Officers salute police boss, Mslain New York Police Depart- ment officer after the city’s police commissioner urged his ranks to mayor at wake for slain officer refrain from making political sta- tements. The uniformed police officers showed respect rather than dis- sorrow. respects to the fallen policeman. dain for de Blasio when he arri- “Today is not the day for my “When it happens here, it ha- ap photo ved with Police Commissioner dad, but I can say I miss him ppens to us,” LAPD Officer William Bratton, with some sa- already. There’s a hole in my Hannu Tarjamo said. “It doesn’t luting as the men entered at the heart,” he said. matter if it happens here, or in start of the daylong event for Of- Liu’s funeral was scheduled for L.A., or in Louisiana. It’s an act ficer Wenjian Liu. His funeral ar- Sunday (today, Macau time) with of savagery that should be con- rangements had been delayed so a Chinese ceremony led by Bud- demned by society.” relatives from China could travel dhist monks to be followed by a Luda Kaplan, 67, of Brooklyn, to New York. traditional police ceremony with carried a handmade sign with a Liu and and his partner, Officer eulogies led by a chaplain (see heart and “NYPD” on it as she Rafael Ramos were fatally shot box). stood across the street from the in their patrol car on a Brooklyn Uniformed officers from across funeral home. She said her son street two weeks ago by Ismaaiyl the U.S. were among the first -in-law was an NYPD officer for Brinsley, who killed himself as New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, center left in line Saturday at Liu’s wake. 20 years. police closed in. Brinsley had About 20 officers from the Los “When he left every morning at made references online to the at Ramos’ funeral. Bratton had funeral mimicked what some po- Angeles Police Department tra- 4:30 a.m., we didn’t know if he killings of unarmed black men at urged rank-and-file officers not lice union officials did outside a veled to Brooklyn to pay their would come home,” she said. AP the hands of white police officers, to make political statements at hospital when the officers were vowing to put “wings on pigs.” Liu’s wake and funeral. killed two weeks ago. Investigators say Brinsley was “A hero’s funeral is about grie- Hundreds of uniformed poli- buddhist monks to lead second nypd an emotionally disturbed loner ving, not grievance,” Bratton said ce officers from around the U.S. officer funeral who started off his rampage by in a memo read to all commands streamed into the wake for Liu. shooting and wounding an ex- at roll calls Friday and Saturday. “This is a really tragic story,” Buddhist monks will lead a girlfriend in Baltimore. “I issue no mandates, and I make said New York Gov. Andrew Chinese ceremony for Officer Wen- The police killings ramped up no threats of discipline, but I re- Cuomo, who attended the wake jian Liu, followed by a traditional emotions in the already-tense mind you that when you don the two days after the death of his police ceremony with eulogies led national debate over police con- uniform of this department, you father — former New York Gov. by a chaplain. The funeral follows duct. Since Ramos and Liu were are bound by the tradition, honor Mario Cuomo. a somber wake the day before as killed, police in New York have and decency that go with it.” He noted that Liu and his wife mourners lined up for blocks on a investigated at least 70 threats Police union officials, who are were newlyweds who had just cold, rainy day to pay their respects. made against officers, and more negotiating a contract with the moved into a home months into Liu, 32, had served as a policeman than a dozen people have been city, had accused de Blasio of hel- their marriage. for seven years and was married just arrested. ping foster an anti-police atmos- “She’s now a widow,” he said. two months when he was killed with after the death of his own father, for- For de Blasio, the gesture of phere by supporting demons- “This is really pointless. It had his partner, Officer Rafael Ramos, mer New York Gov. Mario Cuomo. respect during the wake contras- trations following the chokehold nothing to do with them. They on Dec. 20. Ramos’ funeral was held “This is really pointless. It had noth- ted with the back-turning insults death of an unarmed black man did nothing wrong. It wasn’t a week ago. ing to do with them,” he said of hundreds of officers displayed in the New York City borough of about them. It was pure and ran- “This is a really tragic story,” Gov. Liu and Ramos. “They did nothing last week toward video screens Staten Island who resisted arrest. dom hatred.” Andrew Cuomo told reporters fol- wrong. ... It was pure and random lowing the wake, held just two days showing the mayor speaking The back-turning at Ramos’ Cuomo also expressed his own hatred.”

vironment,” Schultz said. making commitments. Obama has threatened Lacking a Democratic Obama looks past Republicans to use his veto power to majority in the Senate to block Republican attacks stop them, Republican this year. lawmakers convening in promoting his 2015 agenda In Detroit on Wednes- Tuesday intend to start day, Obama plans to cite chipping away on health resident Bara- as the new Congress was issues the White House the return of manufac- care, immigration and the ck Obama plans new settling in. He plans stops said Obama will empha- turing jobs and his deci- environment, displaying

P ap photo steps to help middle-in- in Michigan, Arizona and size in the coming weeks, sion to bail out the auto their power as Obama en- come Americans, part of Tennessee aimed at hi- none was among the few industry. In Phoenix the ters the last years of his a 2015 agenda he hopes ghlighting how his own areas that both Demo- next day, Obama intends presidency and the 2016 can build on the poste- economic policies were crats and Republicans to showcase gains in the race starts to unfold. lection momentum from contributing to the coun- have cited as ripe for deal housing sector since the Republican Rep. Rod- high-profile moves on im- try’s recovery. -making — trade, taxes, real estate crash and ney Davis said the Hou- migration and Cuba. Obama has appeared and public works. come out with new steps se would start right away Obama is expected back energized by the end-of- An Obama spokesman, to help Americans buy a with jobs bills that have in Washington today. the-year action on immi- Eric Schultz, said the pre- home, the White House won the support of both His approach for the gration policy and Cuban sident would announce said. parties before but never new year appears to look relations, suggesting con- proposals this coming On Friday, Vice Presi- advanced in the Senate. straight past newly em- tinued presidential rele- week that focus on hel- dent Joe Biden will join “If the president is boldened Republicans vance despite a political ping middle-class Ameri- Obama in Tennessee to willing to work with us, who take full control of wants to emphasis in his landscape dramatically cans benefit from the eco- discuss new ways to help we’ll have a real chance to Congress tomorrow. State of the Union policy altered by deep Democra- nomic recovery. more people attend colle- address our nation’s most Fresh from a two-week address on Jan. 20. It will tic losses in the Novem- “There are a number ge or receive job-training. pressing challenges,” he Hawaiian vacation, the be his sixth since taking ber elections. of issues we could make With Obama’s prime- said in the weekly Repu- president was readying office, but his first before Since the November progress on, but the pre- time address to the na- blican address. executive actions and le- a Congress entirely in Re- election setback, the key sident is clear that he will tion less than three weeks During his vacation with gislative proposals to start publican hands. question has been whe- not let this Congress undo away, the White House has his wife and daughters, promoting right away In a sign of their diver- ther Obama will lean in important protections reached out to Democratic Obama spent long after- while advisers and spee- gent paths, Obama was or away from compromi- gained — particularly in groups such as the Cen- noons on the beach with chwriters flesh out the heading out of Washin- se with Republicans in areas of health care, Wall ter for American Progress his girls and golfed nearly broad themes that Obama gton on Wednesday just his final two years. Of the Street reform and the en- to solicit input, without every day with friends. AP mon 05.01.2015

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13:00 TDM News (Repeated) “Discovering Solid Ideas: Exhibition of Commercial Photographic Work by Derry 13:30 News (RTPi) Delayed Broadcast Sio & His Students” 17:35 Brazil Avenue (Repeat) Time: 12pm-10pm (Mondays to Fridays, Closed 18:30 Non-Daily Portuguese News (Repeated) on public holidays) 19:30 Soap Opera Until: January 25, 2015 20:30 Main News, Financial & Weather Report Venue: Educational Restaurant and Team 21:00 Non-Daily Portuguese News Building, IFT Enquires: 2856 1252 21:30 TDM Sports 22:10 Brazil Avenue Hengqin Today Photos and Videos 23:00 TDM News Creative Exhibition 23:30 Non-Daily Portuguese News (Repeated) Time: 12pm-7pm (Closed on Tuesdays) 00:00 Documentary Series Until: February 8, 2014 00:45 Main News, Financial & Weather Report (Repeated) Venue: Ox Warehouse, corner of Avenida Do Coronel Mesquita and Avenida Do Almirante 01:15 RTPi Live Lacerda Admission: Free Enquiries: (853) 2853 0026 1985 Israel ends major Ethiopian rescue mission “One Hundred Photographers Focus on Macau” Exhibition cinema Israel has airlifted thousands of Jewish Ethiopian refu- gees out of Sudan, it has emerged. Time: 24 hours cineteatro Operation Moses, which has been taking place in se- Until: March 22, 2015 cret since 21 November 1984, has been suspended since 05 Jan - 07 Jan Venue: Level 2 Showcase, MGM Macau news of the covert airlift became public. Admission: Free Press leaks have forced the Israeli Government to admit Enquiries: (853) 8802 8888 that about 8,000 Ethiopians fleeing famine-struck Ethio- pia have now arrived in Israel. The Arab world has been angered by Khartoum’s deci- Exhibition “Between Science and Art: The sion to co-operate with Israel and allow charter planes to Marvels of Asia in the Eyes of Polish fly from Sudan - which does not recognise the country. Jesuit Michał Piotr Boym, SJ.” The Israeli Prime Minister, Shimon Peres, has insisted Time: 10am-7pm (Mondays to Saturdays) that Operation Moses will continue. Jewish people from Ethiopia are said to be able to trace 11am-7pm (Sundays) their lineage back almost 3,000 years and may be the Until: January 18, 2015 descendants of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. Venue: Sir Robert Ho Tung Library Taken 3_ They are a minority in Ethiopia where the major religions nquiries (853) 2837 7117 room 1 are Christianity and Islam. E : 2.00, 3.55, 5.50, 9.30 pm Admission: Free The Jewish community has suffered discrimination, par- Director: Olivier Megaton ticularly in recent years under Marxist President Colonel Starring: Liam Neeson, Forest Whitaker, Framke Mengistu Haile Mariam who prohibited the practice of Janssen Penguins Undercover Ice World with the Judaism and the teaching of Hebrew. Language: English (Chinese) ream orks ang D W G Duration: 109min The operation began following reports last September Time: 11am-8pm that more Jewish refugees from Ethiopia were arriving in Until: March 8, 2015 Night at the museum: secret of the tomb_ Sudan, and many were dying from malnutrition. Some of them, who now live in Israel, claim that details Venue: Cotai Expo room 1 7.45 pm of Operation Moses was leaked by Israelis who have been Admission: MOP120 Director: Shawn Levy alarmed at the number of Jewish refugees from Ethiopia Enquiries: 2882 8818 Starring: Ben Stiller, Robin Williams, Owen Wilson arriving in the country. Language: English (Chinese) Until recently they were not given Jewish status and Macau Science Centre Duration: 97min public opinion in Israel on the government’s motives for launching Operation Moses are mixed. Time: 10am-6pm (Closed on Thursdays) Some believe its reasons are humanitarian, but others Address: Avenida Dr. Sun Yat-Sen think the refugees from Ethiopia are simply the latest im- Admission: Exhibition Centre: MOP25 migrants to settle in Israel and raise the numbers now Planetarium (Dome/Sky Shows): MOP50 living there. Planetarium (3D Dome/3D Sky Shows): MOP65 There are now between 10,000 and 15,000 Jewish peo- ple from Ethiopia living in Israel. Enquiries: (853) 2888 0822 Estimates suggest there is still a similar figure living in famine-hit villages in the Ethiopian province of Gondar and 1,000 in refugee camps in Sudan. Seventh Son_ Jewish people from Ethiopia who live in Israel claim the Offbeat room 2 2.30, 4.30, 9.30 pm publicity surrounding the operation has endangered the Director: Sergei Bodrov safety of refugees in Sudan. Famous Southern California Starring: Jeff Bridges, Julianne Moore, Ben Barnes white cobra gets name: Adhira Language: Chinese (Chinese/English) Courtesy BBC News Duration: 102min In context

It is estimated that around 4,000 Jewish people from Ethiopia died making the journey by foot to Sudan. The US completed the airlift when it launched Operation Joshua in the same year. Women who flirt_ In 1991, Israel launched Operation Solomon and airlifted 15,000 room 3 Ethiopian Jewish people. 2.30, 4.30, 7.30, 9.30 pm There are now around 80,000 Jewish people from Ethiopia living Director: Pang Ho-Cheung in Israel, but they have faced difficulties assimilating into society. A white monocled cobra that briefly became a national ce- Starring: Zhou Xun, Huang Xiao Ming According to a government report in 1999, many cannot write He- lebrity after it roamed a Southern California neighborhood Language: Chinese (English and Chinese) brew and the unemployment rate among the Ethiopian community for several days in September now has a new name. Duration: 97min in Israel is at least three times the national average. The San Diego Zoo tells the Los Angeles Times that the Coming from a subsistence economy some found it hard to find work in an industrialised country. cobra will be called Adhira, which in Hindi means “lightning.” macau tower But nearly all young Ethiopian males have been assimilated into the The Times says Adhira came in first in an online poll to 01 Jan - 21 Jan army during national service. find a name for the venomous cobra that was captured in An independent report has said that Jewish people from Ethiopia Thousand Oaks and, after a period of quarantine, joined the Taken 3_ were “no longer viewed as a curiosity, but as a familiar part of Is- zoo’s Reptile House. 2.30, 4.30, 7.00, 9.30 pm rael’s ethnic mosaic”. Adhira received 4,612 votes, besting Sapheda (white), Kri- Director: Olivier Megaton In January 2004, the Israeli government announced that it would ma (cream), Cini (Sugar), Moti (pearl) and Sundara (beautiful). Starring: Liam Neeson, Forest Whitaker, Framke speed up the removal of 18,000 Jewish people still living in Ethiopia. The Falasha Mura community, as they are known, say they are the Selected by the cobra’s keepers, the names were meant to Janssen reflect the Southeast Asia region where cobras are native. last remaining Jewish community in Ethiopia and have long been Language: English (Chinese) persecuted for their beliefs. The Times says the snake went on exhibit Dec. 23. Duration: 109min mon 05.01.2015

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Skiing Shiffrin won the slalom Football World Cup the past two sea- sons but failed to reach a po- Russian player dium in the first three races shot dead US Shiffrin leads WCup this season until winning in dominating style in Kuehtai, A 20-year-old footballer Austria, last week. for Russian club Anzhi “With every single run that Makhachkala has been shot slalom after 1st run I take I get more confident,” dead near his home in Russia’s the American said. “My skiing volatile North Caucasus. Gasan is good right now, it’s kind of Magomedov was driving into Eric Willemsen, Zagreb back on track and my equip- his home village Saturday ment feels really good.” night when his car was sprayed merican skier ap photo The 19-year-old Shiffrin, with machine-gun fire and he Mikaela Shiffrin who won the event two years died from his wounds while continued her re- ago, is aiming for her 11th ca- being transported to hospital, cent resurgence by reer slalom victory to match a Anzhi said in a statement. buildingA a commanding lead World Cup record set in 1980 No arrests have been made in the opening run of a World by France’s Perrine Pelen for and the motive is unclear, Cup slalom yesterday. most slalom wins as a teena- the club said. There were no The Olympic champion ti- ger. reports of any other casualties. med 56.88 seconds on the Cr- Frida Hansdotter of Sweden, Magomedov was a regular in veni Spust course to lead se- who tops the slalom standin- midfield for Anzhi’s youth cond-place Kathrin Zettel of gs, trailed Shiffrin by 2.15 in and reserve teams and the Austria by 0.80. Sarka Stra- eighth while overall leader club expressed “the deepest condolences” on his death. chova of the Czech Republic Tina Maze of Slovenia came “One thing can be said with was 1.03 behind in third. fifth and had 1.75 to make up confidence - Magomedov could “I felt really good, I felt in the second run. not have provoked anything fast,” said Shiffrin, who lea- Former overall champion like this in any way,” the club ned backward and nearly Nicole Hosp of Austria, who said. The Russian region of skied out on the finish steep won in Aspen in November, Dagestan, where the attack but quickly recovered. “I wat- skied out. took place and where Anzhi ched Zettel go out of the gate There is one more slalom is based, has a long-running as she went just before me. I before next month’s world Islamist insurgency. Gun was watching her, thinking, championships in Vail and battles between rebels and ‘She’s really fast, I have to go Beaver Creek — in Flachau, Russian security forces are not fast, too.’” Mikaela Shiffrin Austria, on Jan. 13. AP uncommon. AP

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th Anniversary BUZZ NYC film critics Roadside 55-75 20 Moderate The National Society of Film Critics has chosen for his drama “Boyhood,” and Laura Poitras’ the 3-D movie “Goodbye to Language” as the best “Citizenfour” documentary of the govern- High picture of 2014 in their 49th annual awards mee- ment’s secret surveillance program exposed Density 60-80 ting in New York City. by former National Security Agency contrac- Residental Society members gathered at Lincoln Center in tor Edward Snowden was chosen as best non- Moderate Manhattan over the weekend to vote, choosing fiction film. Area opinion French director Jean-Luc Godard’s 70-minute British actor Timothy Spall was selected as best film collage as their top pick. actor of 2014 for his portrayal of British painter Ambient 50-70 Director Richard Linklater won best director J.M.W. Turner in “Mr. Turner.” Moderate Insight dsmg source: Paulo Barbosa WORLD BRIEFS One fading system? Plane engine dies N Korea Pyongyang 1. Unfortunately, a lawmakers’ agenda doesn’t yesterday criticized the always coincide with the citizens concerns. Di- United States for slapping rectly elected Ho Ion Sang, one of the main figu- just before takeoff sanctions on N Korean res of the influential Macau General Union of the officials and organizations Neighborhood Associations (known as “Kai Fong” for a cyberattack on Sony in Cantonese) said in the 2012 elections cam- paign that the overheating property market was from Surabaya Pictures — the latest fallout one of the three major aspects of public concern, from a Hollywood movie the others being economic diversification and res- depicting the fictional ponsible gaming. n the latest incident to hit an AirAsia the starter monitor had malfunctioned. assassination of North Being coherent with his previous statements, flight departing from Surabaya, the “The plane was ready and moved, but Korea’s leader. Ho Ion Sang reiterated the consequences of the I More on p13 housing problem for many residents. He said this engine of a plane failed just before it suddenly a loud sound was heard, the weekend that most of the local tenants are in an took off from Juanda International Air- sound of the engine disappeared and the “unfavorable situation” since most landlords, so- port in the Indonesian city, the Straits plane moved backwards. We were sho- metimes advised by estate agents that resort to Times reported, citing Indonesian news cked and panicked.The plane was then ap photo unethical tactics, only agree to short-term contrac- media. pulled back to where it parked and we ts. “The contracts are signed for one year and then The Bandung-bound plane had been were asked by the stewardess to leave the rent will rise by a very high extent. What we taxiing for 2m to 3m before takeoff the plane,” the passenger told. heard from the market is that tenants are on the VATICAN Pope Francis has disadvantage side,” he told TDM. when the engine suddenly died. Indo- Mr Yusuf said that the airline later told named 15 new cardinals, The fact that the rent increase ratio is not re- nesia’s Metro TV said that the incident passengers that the flight would be re- selecting the “princes gulated (although the current law opens doors horrified passengers. sumed after the issue had been attended of the church” from for such regulation) leads to irrational increases The plane made it back to the gate and to, but about 90 per cent of them refu- 14 nations, including that families can’t and shouldn’t be asked to af- the 120 passengers on board were then sed to board the plane again, fearing far-flung corners of the ford. The lawmaker is asking for new rules for asked to disembark while the plane un- that the fault would reoccur during the world such as Tonga, New the rental market. If that means setting a limit on derwent repairs. flight. Zealand and Myanmar. rent increases, thumbs up for him. Such a mea- sure is common in many countries and serves Passenger Yusuf Fitriadi told Metro TV AirAsia then refunded the plane fare of Other cardinals hail to protect tenants from arbitrary increases and that a man clad in pilots’ uniform told those passengers who had declined to con- from Ethiopia, Thailand, ensure social stability. The matter was brought passengers waiting at the terminal that tinue with the flight, Metro TV reported. Myanmar and Vietnam. to the Legislative Assembly in a bill presented by Francis said yesterday the Pereira Coutinho in 2013, who rightly spoke of “a new cardinals reflect the social emergency situation.” Meanwhile nothing church’s diversity and will was done to address the situation, which wor- Australia ged. A large number of cats be formally installed on sens by the day. and dogs were killed when a Feb. 14. kennel was destroyed in the 2. Emily Lau, who is a member of the Hong Wildfire threat eases Israel halted transfers of Kong Legislative Council (Legco) and leader De- blaze. mocratic Party, came to Macau on Saturday ac- Several firefighters were the tax revenue it collects companied by friends. After arriving at the Macau as cool front moves in treated for minor condi- on behalf of the Palestinians Outer Harbor Ferry Terminal, she was barred from tions such as smoke inhala- in retaliation for their move entering the territory. ooler conditions since Friday eased yester- tion, but no major injuries to join the International The HK legislator was told by immigration offi- yesterday were hel- day, prompting officials to were reported, the Country Criminal Court in the Hague, cials that she was not allowed to enter Macau due C ping hundreds of firefigh- lower the fire’s danger ra- Fire Service said. Israeli media reported. The to security concerns. Palestinians announced “This is ridiculous,” she commented to the Sou- ters working to contain a ting from the highest level. In neighboring Victoria massive wildfire that had Firefighters were working state, rain had helped firefi- earlier this week that they th China Morning Post. “It sends a very wrong are joining the International message to the people in both Macau and Hong forced thousands of people to clear roads and police ho- ghters bring another dange- Criminal Court in the Hague Kong; that the ‘one country, two systems’ principle to flee their homes in sou- ped to return some residen- rous fire that destroyed one to pursue war-crimes is fading.” home under control. All fire thern Australia. ts to their homes Sunday charges against Israel. The It is not the first time that the first woman to be A dozen homes have been morning, Police Commis- warnings across the state directly elected into the Legco (in 1991) has been move is meant to pressure prevented from entering the region. That was the destroyed by the fire in the sioner Gary Burns said. had been downgraded on Israel into withdrawing case in 2008, when the former journalist and other Adelaide Hills in South “We will be reopening Sunday and residents were from the territories that Democratic Party members (like Albert Ho) inten- Australia, with another 20 areas once it’s safe to do so,” returning to their homes. Palestinians demand for a ded to take part in a protest organized by the New also feared lost, state Pre- Weatherill said. “However, Destructive wildfires are future state. Macau Association on the sidelines of MSAR’s 9th mier Jay Weatherill said. there remains serious risks common across much of anniversary, but were barred. Twenty-two people have associated with falling trees Australia during the sum- USA Buddhist monks will But this time Ms Lau states that she had no been injured, though none and falling power lines.” mer months. In 2009, wil- lead a Chinese ceremony for appointments with fellow politicians here and her visit was purely personal. “I only went to Macau seriously, Weatherill said. Residents of 19 communi- dfires killed 173 people and Officer Wenjian Liu in NYC, with three of my friends to have some fun and to Hot and windy conditions ties had been forced to flee destroyed more than 2,000 followed by a traditional enjoy the food but the thing still ended up this way. that had fanned the flames their homes as the fire ra- homes in Victoria. AP police ceremony with I feel really angry,” she said (see our coverage on eulogies led by a chaplain. page 3). The funeral follows a In recent times, there have been too many cases somber wake the day before

of people prohibited from entering Macau, with the ap photo as mourners lined up for police always citing the Internal Security Law and blocks on a cold, rainy day security concerns. to pay their respects. The details leading to Emily Lau’s “blacklisting” More on p14 are not clear. To explain other cases, the gover- nment said things like: “It’s up to the police to, according to the law, refuse entry to non-residen-

ts that are considered inadmissible or constitute ap photo a threat to the region’s peace, order and social stability.” Or: “During their stay the tourists must respect the local laws, abstaining from enrolling in activities that are not suitable with their status as tourists.” But it’s difficult to understand what danger to so- USA Abu Anas al-Libi, a ciety Emily Lau could present if she was coming man accused by federal here to enjoy a dinner with friends. To bar someone from entering a territory by citing security reasons prosecutors of being an is a very serious matter and much more so when al-Qaida member involved the person is a lawmaker. Let’s imagine that Pe- in the 1998 bombings of reira Coutinho was prevented from entering Hong U.S. embassies in Kenya Kong for the same reasons - what would the local and Tanzania, died in government think of that? To bar someone simply New York awaiting trial of because he thinks differently is not healthy. In fact, complications from a recent it reminds me of totalitarianism. Heavy smoke billow in the Adelaide Hills liver surgery. He was 50.